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FRIDAY 05-02-2021
Happy Friday Rang a Trí,
Officially one month of distance learning completed. Well done to you all.
I was just looking at getEpic… Amazing reading being done …Great to see.
Your Class Summary
Thursday 04-02-2021
Hello Class,
hope you are all keeping well today and all set for another day of distance learning.
SESE PROJECT UPDATE: You’re a very organised group…the projects are rolling in already. You certainly have been busy and carrying out lots of fantastic research. Well done. I hope you are enjoying or enjoyed the project and learned some cool and interesting facts about the country along the way.
Photos and Videos: It is great to see all you are getting to do while at home and especially if you try out any challenges that I suggest a day. I have put together a video of Cup Challenges HERE. Well done to all who took part.
Activities: Today’s activities include Irish, English, Maths, along with Art, PE, Religion and SESE(Project).
When writing, use JOINED WRITING as much as you can and remember capital letters and full stops.
CLICK HERE for today’s sheet.
Enjoy your day.
Kind regards,
Ms O’Sullivan
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Wednesday 03-02-2021
Hello Rang a Trí,
Hope you are all doing well today. Hard to believe it’s Wednesday already.
Another EPIC day of reading… well done… another sticker achieved 🙂
I received some great photos of St Brigid Crosses that children made. Watch this VIDEO to see what was made. I was delighted to see how creative you all are.
I am including a tongue twister at the top of each day’s activities. If any of you would like a challenge, why ot have a go at saying one of these or one you find yourself and I can compile a little video of your performance 🙂
Here is your ACTIVITY SHEET for today.
Have a wonderful day.
Kind regards,
Ms O’Sullivan
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Tuesday 02-04-2021
Hi Everyone,
Hope you are all keeping well and all set for another day of learning. The weather has not been great but once you dress up for the weather it is good to get outside. I hope you enjoyed yesterday’s activities and videos and that some of you got an opportunity to try to make some St Brigid crosses.
READING: Well done to all who are using getEpic. I can see how much people have read. Some children have a huge number of books read already. We have free access to this site for the school term. It is a wonderful resource. It may even have books that would help you research your project. So far our class reading record is:
Your Class Summary
Keep it up. You’re doing great 🙂
PROJECTS: I have seen some fantastic work so far from people who have sent images of the steps they have done in their projects. Friday is presentation day and I am really looking forward to seeing what you have some up with.
GALLERY UPDATE – Have a look at the latest video displaying more of the work from last week. Well done!
Activities: Click HERE to find out today’s activities.
Have a lovely day.
Kind regards,
Ms O’Sullivan
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Monday 01-02-2021
Lá Fhéile Bríde Daoibh go Léir – Happy Spring
Dia Daoibh go léir,
Hope you are all keeping well and had a great weekend. The first day of a new month and a new season and the feast of St Brigid. We were to return to the classroom today but disappointingly we must wait a little longer until it is safe for us all to do so. Until then, we will do our best with Online Learning.
Today I want to share a video first of all to help you with making a St Brigid’s cross…if you are lucky enough to have found rushes. I went out yesterday and found some down the road from where I live. Watch this video to see how I got on and learn a few tips along the way.
Great NEWS… Another Sticker earned for all the reading you are doing in the getEpic app.
I am delighted to see you’re enjoying finding different books and enjoying reading. It is well worth giving this app a look if you haven’t already done so. Details for login is on your activity sheet.
I hope you have a great week ahead and try to engage with as many of the activities as is possible. I am really looking forward to seeing your projects on Friday. Have a lovely day.
HERE are your ACTIVITIES for today.
Kind regards,
Ms O’Sullivan
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Friday 29/01/2021
Bonjour, ça va?
(French) Hello, how are you? 🙂
It’s Friday again. Hard to believe it’s the weekend already. Thank you and well done to you all for the great work you are doing. I love to hear how you are getting on and the see the fantastic projects you have made or the videos of activities from the cup song to Gaeilge.
For a few interesting fun facts, have a look at this page I found on the National Geographic site for children. Great to see your Geography projects progressing well. I am looking forward to next Friday when I get to see the final creation.
Monday is St Bridget’s Day and I hope to have a few ideas lined up for that all going well. Why not head out for a walk with your parents and see if you can spot rushes in fields (wet ground usually) and have a go at making a St Bridget’s Cross.
I have been learning a few more IT skills and I have set up a new page where I hope to post videos and photos of the talents of Rang a Trí. There is a link in the table at the top of the page which I will leave there for quick access. CLICK HERE now for a look 🙂
Here are you activities for today. CLICK HERE
Have a great weekend.
Take care,
Ms O’Sullivan
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Thursday 28/01/2021
Guten Tag,
Wie gehts? 🙂
I wonder where in the world will I get to see through all the super projects that are being created?? That was some German there for anyone who is working on Germany. A nice idea to learn HELLO and GOODBYE in the language of the country you are working on.
Today’s theme for your home activities is Mindfulness. The theme for today’s Catholic School’s week activities is Resilience. Two important things that we all need to have in our lives these days. I hope you all have a good day and try out some of the different activities I have put together for today.
Great to see so many trying out get Epic. The class got it’s first badge for all the books that have ben read so far 
ART PROJECTS…Ms O’Sullivan has learned how to make a video on POWERPOINT(big news 😀 )…View the latest additions to yesterday’s ART EXHIBITION HERE 🙂
Click HERE for your activities.
Project information available HERE in case you are looking for it.
Have a great day.
Kind regards,
Ms O’Sullivan
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Wednesday 27/01/2021
Catholic Schools Week – Grandparents’ Day
Hi Everyone,
hope you are all keeping well and all set for another day. Hard to believe it’s Wednesday again. The time is flying by.
Thanks to everyone for engaging so well and sending all the photos of your work and crafts. It is great to see.
For any of you trying to think of something different to do, why not try some photography. Photos are a great way of recording things and can be like a visual diary. Some ideas are
– Colour Walk – Go for a walk around the house or outside and look for things of a certain colour and photograph them.
– Starts with… – Find objects that start with a certain letter and photograph them.
– Their name – Find objects that start with the letters in your name or look for things that look like letters to make their name.
Photography is a great skill to have, it just takes practise.
ART EXHIBITION – Since we are not in school and it would have been lovely to have had a display of all the shoebox bedrooms and bird feeders, I have put together a slide show of some photos of your work. Well done everyone – Art Projects Rang a Trí
Here are your activities for today: CLICK HERE
Have a lovely day.
Kind regards,
Ms O’Sullivan
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Tuesday 26/01/2021
Poster by Jamie
Dia daoibh,
Conas atá sibh go léar?
Hope you are all doing well on this Tuesday morning. For anyone who made the bird feeder, I hope it is hanging outside in your garden and helping all the little birds during these cold mornings. Today you may notice an image of a poster. It was such a fantastic creation I had to share it with you. Created by Jamie as a poster for Day 1 of Catholic Schools Week. Well done Jamie. Over the coming days, I hope to share some photos and work of children in the class on this page. You are a talented class and I am learning about more and more of your talents every day. It’s fantastic to see.
Great to see children are availing of the online reading material on getEpic. It is good to have access to books when libraries are not open at this time. On today’s activities sheet, there is a link to the Mini Project. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Your activities are available HERE (it includes answers to yesterday’s MYM).
What you will need:
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GAEILGE |
BÉARLA |
Rudaí Éagsúla |
MATA |
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Abair Liom |
Starlight |
Copybook |
Table Toppers |
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Gaeilge Hardback Copy |
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Unlocking SESE |
MYM |
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Fuaimeanna agus Focail |
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Planet Maths |
Have a terrific Tuesday.
Is mise le meas,
Ms O’Sullivan
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Monday 25/01/2021
Hi Everyone,
Hope you are all keeping well and had a great weekend.
I am delighted to have received so many lovely pictures of your art projects. They turned out so well. I hope to share some images with you soon. Also, well done to all who solved the maths puzzle, did Gaeilge cómhrá, cup challenge, programming and recorded their efforts on video. It was fantastic to see and thank you all for sharing. I have put together another set of activities for today available HERE
NEW COPYBOOKS
Master Your Maths
Planet Maths
Table Toppers
Starlight
Fuaimeanna ags Focail
Abair Liom
If you feel like a challenge, try this game…CLICK THE WORD NOT THE COLOUR! Not as easy as it looks. See how fast you can complete it in.
Have a good Monday.
Kind regards,
Ms O’Sullivan
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Friday 22/01/21
Hello Everyone,
Happy Friday.
I look forward to seeing those of you who can make the ZOOM call later. Hope you are all set for the weekend. Great work again this week – well done. Check out information on the activity sheet on how you can access an ONLINE LIBRARY! A nice way to relax for the weekend.
CLICK HERE for today’s activities and HERE for answers to Maths.
When I looked up at the sky last night, it was so clear that I could see lots of star constellations. It got me thinking that I only know the names of a few. So for any of you that might get a chance to do a bit of star gazing over the weekend, I have found charts to show the names and shapes of constellations. CLICK HERE. Let me know if you try it and find any :-).
Enjoy the weekend.
Kind regards,
Ms O’Sullivan
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Thursday 21/01/21
Hi Class,
Happy Thursday. Hope you are all well today. More fantastic work has been completed by you all and is great to see. Fantastic to hear some of you are trying out new skills like the TYPING and SCRATCH programming. Great to hear that some of you found out about your family trees and had a go at searching the census pages for family connections.
If you are looking for some extra activities, why not check out the ACTIVITIES SECTION on the NASA site for children. We covered the space theme really well before Christmas so this would add to that.
Who is into SCIENCE and ENGINEERING??? We could have a future scientist/engineer in our class. Some cool experiments to try out on this STEAM INFO SITE.
Or there may be a budding FASHION DESIGNER in our midst. Lovely ideas for scrap fabric HERE.
Today you will need:
NEW COPYBOOKS
Master Your Maths
Planet Maths
Table Toppers
Starlight
Fuaimeanna ags Focail
Abair Liom
Gaeilge Hardback copy
CLICK HERE for today’s activities and ANSWERS for MYM and PM are available HERE. Please use the images to correct your MYM and PM. Answers will be available the following day.
We will have a ZOOM CALL Friday. Details have been sent to your parents. Please READ THIS DOCUMENT to find out the preparation you need to have done before the call.
Have a lovely Thursday.
Kind regards,
Ms O’Sullivan
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Wednesday 20/01/21
Hi Everyone,
hope you are all keeping well. Wednesday already! Well done to all for all the activities completed and the extra activities that you are participating in at home. It is great to see you keeping busy and making the most of this time at home with your families. I have and will be adding a few extra bits to the puzzles section and padlet section at the top of the web page for anyone that may need it. If you would like to do more Irish reading, look in the Padlet in the Irish section and select the Séideán Sí section. There are lots of short books there to read. There sould be something for everyone there. You could always test your tables HERE .
Also, why not try to learn a new skill like touch typing. I have added 2 links at the top of the page to sites online where you can learn this skill.
Today you will need:
NEW COPYBOOKS
Master Your Maths
Planet Maths
Table Toppers
Starlight
Fuaimeanna ags Focail
Abair Liom
Gaeilge Hardback copy
UNLOCKING SESE
CLICK HERE for today’s activities and HERE to access answers for yesterday’s MYM.
Hope today goes well.
Kind regards,
Ms O’Sullivan
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Tuesday 19/01/2021
Hi Everyone,
hope you are all set for another day of online learning. You are doing a great job. Keep it up and try to do as much as you can. You seem to have established routines this week which is a great thing. Take breaks like you do in school, eat healthy snacks and exercise.
Today you will need
NEW COPYBOOKS
Master Your Maths
Planet Maths
Table Toppers
Starlight
Fuaimeanna ags Focail
Abair Liom
Gaeilge Hardback copy
Click HERE for today’s activity sheet. At the top of the page you will notice some new links at the top of the page. You will find puzzle sheets, information about SCRATCH and a link to a padlet I created of websites you might find helpful.
ANSWERS for MYM.
Have a great day.
Ms O’Sullivan
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MONDAY 18/01/2021
Welcome back Everyone for another week of distance learning.
Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I want to say a massive WELL DONE and thank you to all the children who sent in photos and videos of them helping at home, learning new tunes on musical instruments, going for walks, horse riding, learning the cup song, dancing but to mention a few. It really was the highlight of my week seeing all of these. I look forward to hearing from you all again this week.
Today you will need
NEW COPYBOOKS
Master Your Maths
Planet Maths
Table Toppers
Starlight
Fuaimeanna ags Focail
Abair Liom
Gaeilge Hardback copy
CLICK HERE to open the information sheet with today’s activities.
If any of you have spare time after all of the activities above are completed, why not have a go at learning a bit of computer programming in the form of SCRATCH. I will link a page of information containing helpful websites and instructions HERE for anyone interested.
Best of luck and look forward to hearing from you soon again,
Ms O’Sullivan 🙂
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FRIDAY 15th January 2021
Happy Friday Everyone,
Well, we’ve made it to the first Friday of school closure. Well done to you all for all the great work and participation in the activities over the week. It was great to see your work and photos from activities you have completed at home.
Today you will need
JANUARY COPY
Fuaimeanna ags Focail (to check test once completed)
Abair Liom (for conversation)
Gaeilge Hardback copy (for conversation)
Paper for sketches
Please find the activities for today HERE. I am delighted the new layout is proving a great help to parents too. Thank you for the positive feedback relating to this.
Also, if you have spare time and are looking for something to do during the day or weekend, here is an indoor scavenger hunt template.
Have a fantastic weekend, stay safe and we will be in contact on Monday again please God.
Kind regards,
Ms O’Sullivan 😉
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Thursday 14th January 2021
HI Everyone,
hope you are all set for another day of online learning. Some great photos and videos being sent from the class. It is lovely to see you getting out and about and making the most of this time at home too.
Today you will need
NEW COPYBOOKS
Master Your Maths
Planet Maths
Table Toppers
Starlight
Fuaimeanna ags Focail
Abair Liom
Gaeilge Hardback copy
Unlocking SESE + SESE Hardback Copy
Your activities for today are on this link CLICK HERE.
If there are typing errors or links that are not working correctly, my apologies in advance 🙂
Have a great day.
Ms O’Sullivan
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Wednesday 13th January 2021
Hi Everyone,
hope you are all keeping well now that we have reached mid week. Today I am trying a different way of uploading the activities. If any of the links don’t work there is no problem.
Thank you and well done to all who have sent in their completed activities. You certainly are working very hard and well done for all you are doing.
Today you will need:
NEW COPYBOOKS
Master Your Maths
Planet Maths
Table Toppers
Starlight
Fuaimeanna ags Focail
Abair Liom
Gaeilge Hardback copy
Unlocking SESE
The link to your activities is HERE.
The link to MYM answers and Planet Maths Answers(Scroll to the topic you are working on in the document).
Have a good day and chat soon,
Ms O’Sullivan
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12th January 2021
Hi Everyone,
I hope everyone is doing well today and got on OK yesterday as a start to our stint of ‘learning from a distance’. It’s not just you are learning every day, I’m learning lots of new IT skills to help me come up with different ways to teach subjects and to get to correct your work. Hopefully we will get into the swing of it in a few days.
Thank you to all who sent in copies of the work they completed and also for the dance videos. It brought a smile to my face to see familiar faces. I hope to hear from more of you today. It was lovely to read about the ways you spent Christmas too.
Like school, do some activities, take some breaks…movement breaks especially.
Below is a list of today’s activities. Keep up the learning homework and revising tables we have covered to date.
For today you will need:
NEW COPYBOOKS
Master Your Maths
Planet Maths
Table Toppers
Starlight
Fuaimeanna ags Focail
Abair Liom
Gaeilge Hardback copy
The following is the list of activities to complete today. Do your best. It looks like a lot of writing but it’s mainly explaining what needs to be done.
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QUOTE FOR THE DAY-
“All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them” – Walt Disney |
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Maths
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Video to explain today’s Maths activities: http://somup.com/crVX35o6lq
MYM – pg32 (Tuesday)
TABLE TOPPERS – 3 times tables – pg 14 Tuesday section
Planet Maths – Problem Solving: Pg 72 A(1-3) AND B(1-3)…..READ the section in the middle of the page for tackling problems
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Gaeilge
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Téama- Ag Siopadóireacht Vocab Sheet – Video to go through first section. Practise at home. Oral Irish activity
Cluiche Teanga – Use this link to access the game for Siopadóireacht online.
Abair Liom lth 72-73 – Féach ar an bpóstaeir agus abair na focail ós áird – Look at the poster and say the words aloud. Watch yesterday’s video if you need help.
Scríobhneoirecht – lth 75 – C. An féidir liom cabhrú leat? – Líon na bearnaí. Video to explain just below…
Fuaimeanna agus Focail – lth 30 C, D, E
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English
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Spellings – First 15 od 100 most commonly misspelled words. Today, take any 5 of the words and write them in sentences. With your chopped-up words, practise a speed sort of putting these 15 words into alphabetical order. The 15 words are – their, to, there, they, then, your, clothes, looked, people, pretty, because, thought, and, beautiful, it’s
Wordsearch – To help learning these spellings, there is a wordsearch on this LINK… If you would like to complete it.
Reading – pg 99 The Gymnastics Show
Dictionary – Find the meanings of honest and balance (write out in your New Copy.
Vocabulary – Pg 101 Activity C (1-5) – written into the same copy
Grammar – Contractions – Video Explanation…. https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/crVX3eP5Yz Page 102…Activity E Just write out the first 6 words
Oral Language – Have a look at the Starters poster accompanying this section of your Starlight book. Listen to the language used to describe the sport – HERE
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P.E. |
Joe Wicks – 5-minute workout OR 30 minute workout (You decide) 5 minute workout 2 – https://www.watchkin.com/7d2da0681c 30 minute workout from 11th January – https://www.watchkin.com/e490d22bdb
…Alternatively if the weather allows, go outdoors and do an activity to get your heartrate up…. Running/ skipping/ jumping/ playing soccer
Dance – If you haven’t already done so, choose a song and come up with dance moves for the first 30 seconds of the song.
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Science – As we are spending more time at home, it is a good time to observe more of our surroundings. We are going to observe the wildlife in our gardens and area around us. I am including a link to a bird poster with all of the common garden birds of Ireland. I would like you to keep an eye out for any birds that land in your garden. See can you identify the bird from the poster. Count how many different types of birds you see. If you have a bird feeder in your garden you will have a bit of an advantage 😊 January Copy – Heading – Irish Birds and Wildlife. Pick any one of the birds from the poster or that you have spotted. Write the name of this bird. Find out 3 to 5 pieces of information about this bird and write this into your January copy. Draw a picture of the bird you are writing about OR print a photo of it and stick it into your copy.
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Get thinking about construction…making things. Using recycled materials… Over the course of the next 4 weeks we will plan, design and create one of the following two items… 1. A shoebox bedroom/room OR 2. Birdfeeder At the moment, just think about which one would appeal to you most to create. NO NEED TO MAKE ANYTHING YET… JUST GET THE THINKING CAPS ON 😉
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So as to continue the development of your child’s faith during this time at home, the following guide may be helpful. CLICK HERE… If the time allows, one column per week during January.
If this isn’t an option, why not day a prayer at your sacred space (you may have set up yesterday) and remember those who are no longer with us since the past ten months. Remember those families who have lost a loved one too. It would be lovely to remember all those healthcare workers who care for the sick in our hospitals.
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ANSWERS for MYM Monday and Tuesday and Planet Maths today. APOLOGIES…yesterday’s answers for MYM were not the correct set. Today’s and yesterday’s answers are on today’s link.
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11th January 2021
Hi everyone and welcome to our learning and activities page for Rang a Trí.
I hope you all had a great Christmas and are all healthy and well. You must have lots of great stories about things that happened during your break from school. It is very disappointing that we are not back in the classroom but we will do our best to learn as much as we can, as best we can over the next few weeks and hopefully we will be back to normal life in the classroom very soon. For now, just try your best to work independently. If you need help ask your parents for it and if they are unsure about anything, I will be contactable via email from 9.30-3.00pm every day from Monday until Friday.
We will try and keep to familiar work and activities that we had been doing up until now. Please start using two new blank copybooks – one for Maths and one for everything else (one lined copy and one square copy) to keep all the activities you complete at home together in one place. Use a read biro for margins, numbering, dating and putting titles on your work.
Here are images of the layout you need for ruling your copybook…
COPY LAYOUT – Maths (On the left), All other subjects (On the right)
For today you will need:
NEW COPYBOOKS
Master Your Maths
Planet Maths
Table Toppers
Starlight
Fuaimeanna ags Focail
Abair Liom
Gaeilge Hardback copy
Below is a list of the activities you can attempt today. Once completed, let your parent know and they can send a copy of your work via email to me.
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Maths
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If you would like to hear the math explained, please play the following video….CLICK HERE MYM – pg32 (Monday) Table Toppers – 3 times tables – pg 14. Complete the activities for Monday. For extra help go to the math game HIT the BUTTON Planet Maths – Problem Solving: Pg 71 A(1-5) and Activity B(1 and 2). READ the Rules for Problem Solving in the middle of page 71. Use these rule to solve the problems.
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Téama- Ag Siopadóireacht I left a new vocabulary sheet in your box of books. Stick this Vocab Sheet into Gaeilge Hardback copy. Have a go at reading the words. Abair Liom lth 72-73 – Féach ar an bpóstaeir agus abair na focail ós áird – Look at the poster and say the words aloud. Watch and listen to video provided…CLICK HERE Fuaimeanna agus Focail – Litriú: – lth 49 Activities A agus B. Click here for translations
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English
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Recount Writing – Heading – My Christmas Holidays Include the Following 1. Who you spent most of the time with 2. Best thing that happened 3. Favourite food you ate 4. Best present you got and why 5. Anything you missed this year that would normally happen
Spellings – we will work on a list of 100 Most Commonly Misspelled Words. CLICK HERE for a copy of the list. We will focus on the first 3 rows for this first week. If you can, try and get the list printed out. Then cut up the words like we do in school. arrange the words from the first 3 rows into alphabetical order. Write out the 15 words into alphabetical order into your new copy.
STARLIGHT – Reading – pg 98 The Gymnastics Show – read aloud for someone
Dictionary – Find the meanings of routines and gulped (write out in your New Copy. Heading in red pen at the top of the page – Meanings)
Vocabulary – Pg 102 Activity D (1-5) – written into the same copy
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P.E. |
Joe Wicks – 5 minute workout – CLICK HERE Dance – Choose a song and come up with dance moves for the first 30 seconds of the song. If you are feeling confident, why not get your parent to video your dance and send it to me via email. I could share them to you as a big video. |
Religion – Why not set up a little sacred space in your bedroom or any other space in your home. Place some special items on it. Make it a little routine every day that you would sit by your sacred space and have a think or say a little prayer. For some ideas have a look at this link.
If you get one set up I would love to see a photo please 🙂
SPHE – For January we will focus on being healthier in mind and body. Today we will look at nutrition. Why not make a list for this week of all the fruit you eat per week. Then next week we will focus on adding one piece of fruit or vegetables. We will do movement activities each day for exercise. Don’t forget, as the days are getting longer to be sure and get outdoors for fresh air each day…even if it is raining. You will feel much better to have got out and about.
All the best and I am looking forward to seeing your work whether it is scanned or videos.
Ms O’Sullivan
ANSWERS for correcting MYM Monday Week 14 and Planet Maths pg71.
