English:

Spellings:

·         fist

·         best

·         occasion

This week the focus is on the -sion sound:

You could make a spelling game like this for learning spellings this week!

Grammar:

New Wave English-Next day of exercises

Reading: Read and try to find 5 nouns in the piece.

See if you can answer the questions below.

Flat Stanley:

·         This week it’s me reading chapter three of Flat Stanley!

https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYhY6gkCEA

Flat Stanley loves to travel the world and learn some new languages.

See how you get on with this!

Maths:

Master your Maths: Complete any activities left or try these:

Tables:

·         This week they can work on  +11 and +12 reminding them to add 10 and then one more

when adding 11 or add 10 and then 2 more for adding 12.

Explore with splat

https://www.primarygames.co.uk/pg2/splat/splatsq100.html

or here’s another game to practice your tables:

http://www.ictgames.com/funkyMummy/index.html

·         After this, you could give your child ten sums based around this week’s

tables to answer and correct them together.

Maths Topic This Week: Revision

Monday’s Irish Activity:

Here’s this week’s link to help with Irish if you need it:

https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cY166cCoj8

Léigh an cárta poist

English:

Spellings:

·         division

·         revision

·         invasion

Grammar:

New Wave English-Next day of exercises.

Reading

·         Read the piece about the summer bucket list again and

this time look for 5 verbs (doing words)

·         See if you can answer these:

Flat Stanley:

·         You could listen to chapter two again if you like.

·         Take a look at these activities:

You could draw your own Flat Stanley or cut this one out and

send him on a trip to someone you know!

Remember to pop him into an envelope look below for how to write an address!

Maths:

Master your Maths: Finish any activities left or complete this:

Tables: (see above)

Maths Topic: Revision

Irish

Tuesday’s Irish Activity: Léigh an cárta poist arís agus freagair na ceisteanna

Read the postcard above again and answer the questions.

English:

Spellings:

·         explosion

·         television

Grammar:

New Wave English-Next day of exercises

Reading:

 Flat Stanley:

·         Listen/Read chapter 3 if you need to remember what happened.

·       

Maths:

 Master your Maths: Fill in any activities left or complete this:

Tables: (see above)

Maths Topic: Revision

Irish

Wednesday’s Irish Activity:

English:

Spellings:

·         fraction

·         estimate

Grammar:

New Wave English-Next day of exercises.

Reading

 Flat Stanley:

·        

Maths:

Master your Maths:

Tables: (see above)

Maths Topic: Revision

Irish

Thursday’s Irish Activity:

Spellings: Complete a spelling test for the week’s spellings and correct errors together.

Grammar: Do a revision unit at the back of New Wave English and correct errors together.

Maths: Complete any mental maths test not finished at the back of the book and

if you are finished maybe you’d like to go on a maths trail at home!

Summer Challenge

Build a fort! If you build one I’d love to see some pictures of your designs.

Maybe you could do your school work in there!

Science Experiment

Callum had great fun using his home-made solar oven, well done Callum!

If you want to have a try at using a solar oven to melt or cook things,

use this to have a go!

It works well for melting chocolate on marshmallows….my favourite!

Art Ideas

Sunglasses and ice-cream is what summer is made of!

Or:

Read about the Dutch artist, Piet Mondrian, and his use of

primary colours, black and white, and his use of lines.

You could try out your own Mondrian creation!

Father’s Day: 

P.E. Ideas

STEM Challenges

Baking

If you have a birthday coming up in your family over the summer this would be a good one to try!

Music

Listen to this piece of music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYAJopwEYv8

What is the music about? Here are a few hints:

or sing along to The Bare Necessities

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuudWztVX9o

Lego Challenges

Paddy has been doing a great job

with his Lego challenges!

Look below for some more.

Poetry

Here’s a nice summer poem for you to enjoy!

A compound word is when two words are put together

to make a new word like rain+bow=rainbow.

A contraction is when words are shortened or put together

and shortened like: It is = It’s or would have =would’ve

Water Safety:

Here’s a great website to read about how to be careful around water:

Read the pdf book and then challenge yourself to

some questions to see what you’ve learned!

https://upperglanmirens.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/5ea67-paws2englishweb.pdf

http://paws.edco.ie/first-and-second-classes/ for interactive activities.

English:

Spellings: This week you could use one or two of these activities to help learn spellings:

·         must

·         stuck

·         nation

*This week the focus is on the -tion sound:

This activity may help:

Grammar:

New Wave English-Next day of exercises

Reading: Read and try to find 5 nouns in the piece. See if you can answer the questions below.

Flat Stanley:

·         Listen to Ms. Brady reading chapter two and have a look at the activity below:

https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYhqoIkz8V 

Maths:

Master your Maths: Complete any activities left or try these two word problems:

Tables:

·         This week they can work on  +10. It is important to revise plus 10 on the hundred square to show how you just move down one box to add ten to any number. Here is a helpful video:

https://www.mathswithmum.com/number-grid-adding-and-subtracting-ten/

or explore with splat

https://www.primarygames.co.uk/pg2/splat/splatsq100.html

·         After this, you could give your child ten sums based around this week’s tables to answer and correct them together.

Maths Topic This Week: Data

This week we will work on surveys, collecting information and using block graphs to show the information we gathered.

Try this activity today, remember to take a tally first as you ask your family at home and friends on the phone which fruit they like best. Then cut pieces of paper and stick them under the fruit for each vote. If you want my vote, I prefer oranges!

Irish

Monday’s Irish Activity:

Eádaí Samhraidh: Summer clothes

Listen to the video and learn how to say these words.

https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cY1fXIpLU

English:

Spellings:

·         station

·         relation

·         action

Grammar:

New Wave English-Next day of exercises.

Reading

·         Read the piece about the minibeasts (above) again and this time look for 5 adjectives (describing words)

·         See if you can answer these:

Flat Stanley:

·         You could listen to chapter two again if you like by clicking on the link above.

·         Take a look at these activities:

Phonics Revision:

·         The Green Genie p 94 Phonics-Revision

Maths:

Master your Maths: Finish any activities left or complete these two word problems.

Remember you RUDE rule.

Tables: (see above)

Maths Topic: Data

Count the minibeasts ad colour a block for each one you count or go out in the garden and take a tally of some minibeasts you see and make a block graph for them.

Irish

Tuesday’s Irish Activity:

Read the instructions below to dress the boy. You could draw it in your copy and label the clothes.

Remember we say ‘air’ when talking about a boy.

English:

Spellings:

·         fiction

·         dictionary

Grammar:

New Wave English-Next day of exercises

Reading: 

Flat Stanley:

·         Listen/Read chapter 2 if you need to remember what happened. Pick one or more of these places below and draw Flat Stanley in the place you’ve chosen. Include the name of the place, the weather in the background and show what Flat Stanley is wearing!

Grammar:

·         The Green Genie p 95 Word Study-Revision

Maths:

 Master your Maths: Fill in any activities left or complete these two remembering your RUDE rule 😊

Tables: (see above)

Maths Topic: Data

Irish

Wednesday’s Irish Activity:

Read the instructions and dress the girl. You could draw her in your copy and label the clothes. Remember we us ‘uirthi’ when talking about what clothes a girl is wearing.

English:

Spellings:

·         minute

·         second

Grammar:

New Wave English-Next day of exercises.

Reading

Flat Stanley:

·         See if you remember what happened in chapter 1 and 2.

·         You could draw a body or use the one provided. Find a picture of yourself and cut out your head. Stick it on the body and write about your adventures as a flat person! You could talk about how you became flat, where you went, how you got there, what the weather was like, the people you met and maybe a problem you encountered! You don’t have to finish it this week, you could write a little bit at a time over the month of June!

Maths:

Master your Maths: Complete any activities left or these three, remembering RUDE rule.

Tables: (see above)

Maths Topic: Data

·         There are lots of fun ways to experiment with block graphs too. Take a look below:

Irish

Thursday’s Irish Activity:

Write about what summer clothes you are wearing.

Try to make 5 sentences:

Tá ______orm. (I’m wearing). You could draw yourself and label the clothes. I’d love to see the pictures!

Spellings: Complete a spelling test for the week’s spellings and correct errors together.

Grammar: Do a revision unit at the back of New Wave English and correct errors together.

Maths: Complete any mental maths test not finished at the back of the book and if you are finished try this brainteaser out for today!

Summer Challenge

Can you make a piece of grass whistle? Look at the instructions below and see can you do it! Best of luck!!

Science Experiment

Did you watch the astronauts going to the International Space Station? You could try to make your own rocket!

Or see if can you try this simple activity at home.

https://www.thebestideasforkids.com/grow-a-rainbow-experiment/

Art and Drawing and Summer Colouring Ideas

If you would like to make a paper gun that shoots paper balls, have a look at the link below. Have fun!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2DgW32Y748

P.E. Ideas

Activities you could try at home…

If the weather changes, here’s 100 activities you could do indoors!

STEM Challenges

Baking

Rocky Road is one of my favourite treats. Enjoy!

Music

Have you heard of Baby Beluga?? Have a listen to this song. Try make up a few actions to go along with the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irQa3UDV_AM

Lego Challenges

or have a look at this website for more ideas about lego experiments!

https://www.science-sparks.com/category/science-experiments-for-kids/lego-science-experiments/

Poetry

Have fun learning these two poems at home. See how fast you can say Bobby Bippy!

Spellings: A lot of these have -ear in them but it sounds like ‘air’.

·              grip

·              milk

·              bear

·              tear

·              pear

·              wear

·              swear

·              underwear

·              weight

·              volume

This week you could try to learn your spelling using pyramids like these:

Or teach your family the Buzz Off Game, make them a word search where they have to find your spellings or make them an unscramble the word.

You could try to read these sentence that also have similar sounds in them!

Grammar:

New Wave English-Next day of exercises

Reading and Writing

·         The Green Genie – Unit 23 p 92, Tigers, each time you read the story search for something different: ten nouns on one day, ten verbs (doing words) another day, and five adjectives (describing words another day). Complete p 93.

Word Study:

·         Contractions p 91-making words shorter.

·              You could make a go fish game with a few words and see who can make the most pairs, good for the memory and fun!

 Flat Stanley:

Here’s a link to Flat Stanley if you’d like to listen to Ms. Brady this week and read along with her.

https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYhqldkaso

Or if you’d like the pdf of it to read yourself, take a look below:

Click to access stanley.pdf

Before you read the story make some predictions!

After listening to chapter one, have a chat about it using these activities:

If you’d like to do a little extra

Look at the people in the pictures and write what they are thinking about Stanley’s situation:

Extra Suggested Activities:

·         Let’s Get Talking! Would you rather….

Next time you have dinner with your family, see can you answer some of these questions????

*You could make up a would you rather question for your teacher and ask me in an email! Make it very tricky or very funny!

Maths:

Master your Maths:

New Week-If you have finished the book, complete a bit each day that is not filled in.

Tables:

·         This week they can work on  +9. Remember you can add ten, but then take away one because 10 is one to many. You could do some activities on SPLAT to show them this.

For example for 74 plus 9, first you could add 10 like this:

Then take away 1 because 10 is 1 too many, so your answer is 83.

https://www.primarygames.co.uk/pg2/splat/splatsq100.html

·         Here’s an adding by nine songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbICLi2mY6E

·         After this, you could give your child ten sums based around this week’s tables to answer and correct them together.

Maths Topic This Week: Data.

Take a look at the video to help you with making a tally and pictogram.

https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYhtl0pbpM

Activity 1-Tally and Pictogram

Game to work on Tally: https://www.softschools.com/math/data_analysis/tally_chart/

Game to work on Pictogram:

https://www.softschools.com/math/data_analysis/pictograph/games/

Activity 2:

Games:

http://toytheater.com/fishing/  

http://toytheater.com/fruit-fall/

Activity 3:

Create a tally and a pictogram about favourite summer snacks:

You could ask your family members and maybe friends or family on the phone to help you with your survey. Pick 4 or 5 snack you think people would like in the summer. Then ask people which of these would be their favourite.  

Irish

Here is the link to talk you through Irish this week:

https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYhtXHpbyf

Activity 1 Reading: Read each day or a box each day, whichever you prefer.

Activity 2:

Read these words and see if you can make story with some words that we learned last week.

Activity 3:

English:

Spellings:

·         land

·         quiz

·         scene

*When s is followed by c and then a vowel, the c is silent.

Game: Write the spelling on someone’s back at home with your finger and ask them to guess the word. Switch and let them write the word on your back with their finger and try to guess the word!

Grammar:

New Wave English-Next day of exercises

Reading and Writing:

·         The Green Genie – Unit 22, p 88 Peter and the Dragon. Read and search for ten nouns in the story. Complete activity B, C, D and E p 89.

Maths:

Master your Maths: New Week-Complete Monday

Tables:

·         This week they can work on  +8. It is so important to learn tables really well for quick recall. It will benefit your child hugely.

·         We’ve done a lot of work on clever ways to add like for adding 8 to bigger numbers, first add ten and jump back 2 so it would benefit them to revise this too.

For 36 + 8: First add 10 onto 36.  Then jump back 2 because 10 is 2 too many.

Answer = 44

https://www.primarygames.co.uk/pg2/splat/splatsq100.html

·         After this, you could give your child ten sums based around this week’s tables to answer and correct them together or play daily ten addition, level 2 addition, on this website https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10 .

Maths Topic This Week: Addition and Subtraction with Regrouping

Monday:

Here’s the link that goes through adding and subtraction carefully with how we did it in class.

https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYhqX5kavJ

*Here they call the units ones but it explains what we did in class with blocks to show the concept and the picture next to it is how we write it down.

Irish

This link goes through all the activities for the week:

https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYhq6zkaIe

Monday’s Irish Activity:

Look at the video to help you and try to make your own sentences in Irish and read them out loud for someone at home. Try to make at least three sentences.

Fuaimeanna agus Focal-Aonad 30 An Aimsir-The weather

·         Two Irish spellings

·         Activities A+B

English:

Spellings:

·         scent

·         muscle

·         science

Grammar:

New Wave English-Next daily exercise.

Reading and Writing

·         The Green Genie: Unit 22, Read p 88 again. Try to find as many verbs as you can (doing words).

·         Complete p 89 Activity A, comprehension questions.

Maths:

Master your Maths: New Week-Complete Tuesday

Tables: (see above)

Maths Topic: Word Problems

Read the word problems, be a detective and check do any of the words give you a clue as to whether it’s addition or subtraction. These problems have two steps so there might be addition and subtraction!

Irish

Tuesday’s Irish Activity:

Look at the video to help you and try to make your own sentences in Irish and read them out loud for someone at home. Try to make at least three sentences.

Fuaimeanna agus Focal-Aonad 30 An Aimsir

·         Two Irish spellings

·         Activities C+D

English:

Spellings:

·         scissors

·         crescent

Grammar:

New Wave English-Next day of exercises

Reading:

Read about what stories tell us about dragons.

Or Enjoy listening to a story for libraries Ireland:  https://www.librariesireland.ie/services/right-to-read/spring-into-storytime

Phonics:

The Green Genie p 90 ‘ow’ and ‘ew’ sound – Activity A, B, C and D.

Here’s an activity to explore the two different sounds ‘ow’ makes:

Here’s an activity to review ‘ew’ sound, search for the words with ‘ew’ in the postcard:

Maths:

 Master your Maths: New Week-Complete Wednesday

Tables: (see above)

Maths Topic: Subtraction with renaming

Remember: Check the tens and say your rhyme ‘More on the top, no need to stop, more on the floor, go next door and get some more.’

Irish

Wednesday’s Irish Activity:

Look at the video to help you and try to make your own sentences in Irish and read them out loud for someone at home. Try to make at least three sentences.

Fuaimeanna agus Focal-Aonad 30 An Aimsir

·         Two Irish spellings

·         Activities E+F

English:

Spellings:

·         kilogram

·         gram

Grammar:

New Wave English-Next day of exercises.

Reading:

Why not enjoy listening to a story today, take a break and listen to a story and if you like you can email me and we can chat about it! https://www.storylineonline.net/

Writing:

I’d love to know if you think that dragons were real or not. You could use some persuasive writing to try to persuade me what you think! Remember to use some vocabulary like: surely, I strongly believe, do you really think, no sane person would ever believe….

You could always make a recording about what you think and send it to me by email so I can listen!

Maths:

Master your Maths: New Week-Complete Thursday

Tables: (see above)

Maths Topic: Word Problems

Read the word problems, be a detective and check do any of the words give you a clue as to whether it’s addition or subtraction. These problems have two steps so there might be addition and subtraction!

Irish

Thursday’s Irish Activity:

Look at the video to help you and try to make your own sentences in Irish and read them out loud for someone at home. Try to make at least three sentences.

Fuaimeanna agus Focal-Aonad 30 An Aimsir

·         Two Irish spellings

·         Fill in box at end of chapter

Spellings: Complete a spelling test for the week’s spellings (Irish and English) and correct errors together.

Grammar: Do a revision unit at the back of New Wave English and correct errors together.

Maths: Complete the mental maths test at the back of the book and if you enjoy brainteasers, here’s one for you to try if you’d like.

·         Write a story about going to the zoo using the sentences you were writing or saying out loud during the week.

·         Do you like Alvin and the Chipmunks? Tune in to TG4 weekdays at 4pm to see Alvin, Theodore and Simon get up to mischief as Gaeilge!

·         Have a listen to this lovely story from the ‘Scéal don Lae’ series about a cake for a king!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN3Wmi8Ux6c

SESE: The Olympics 

Th Olympics were due to take place this Summer in Tokyo. Unfortunately, they had to be postponed until next Summer. Have a look at the poster below.

The five joining rings are the Olympic emblem. See can you find out what each ring stands for. You could recreate the Olympic logo at home yourself. Here’s some ideas to help you create them.

The Olympics began in Ancient Greece. Click on the links below to read about the first Olympics and to see what sports they competed in.

https://www.historyforkids.net/ancient-greek-olympics.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z87tn39/articles/z36j7ty

Imagine if Ireland were to host the 2024 Olympics. Design a poster for the games including the Olympic rings.

See can you figure out this code breaker about sport!

Geography: Leinster and its counties  

-Take a look at the provinces of Ireland. Which counties are in the province of Leinster?

-Leinster Flag: Use the image above to help you draw the flag of Leinster with the correct colours.

-Folk Tales From Leinster

The story below took place in Co. Meath on the banks of the River Boyne. Design a cover page for this story. Make your salmon as colourful as you can.

-Timer Challenge

Set a timer and see how many of these counties you can unjumble in two minutes!

Science and Technology Challenges 

Music 

Have you ever read the book ‘Matilda’ written by Roald Dahl? The book was so popular and enjoyed by so many children that they made it into a movie and now a musical. The music in the show is fantastic. This is one of my favourites. It is called ‘When I Grow Up’.

Have a listen and enjoy!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0tRDhEmdO4

If you would like to listen to the story, click on the link below to hear Kate Winslet narrate the story.

https://soundcloud.com/penguin-books/roald-dahl-matilda-kate-winslet 

P.E. 

Skipping Rhymes

Do you have a skipping rope at home? While you are skipping, see can you recite these rhymes.

Art Ideas 

Stone Art and Activities 

GET CREATIVE WITH DAISIES AND DANDELIONS 

·         Using cardboard, punch holes using a fork and thread dandelions to create a shape or your name.

·         Gardens are full of daisies at this time of year. See can you make a daisy chain.

Riddles for fun!  

Get your brain working with these riddles. See can you figure them out!

Baking 

Lego Ideas 

Poetry 

Do you remember learning these poems during the year. See can you say them and perform them for your family!

English:

Spellings:

·         belt

·         farm

·         hour

Spelling Game: This week you could play the spelling game BANG! if you would like to. Write your words twice on a piece of paper and add in two or four words with BANG! written on them. Shuffle them and pop them into a cup. Take turns with your child picking a piece of paper. If it’s a spelling, you have to spell it correctly to keep it. If it’s BANG!, you have to put all your spellings back in the cup. Set a timer and see who has the most spellings in their hands when time is up!

Grammar:

New Wave English-Next day of exercises

Reading and Writing:

·         The Green Genie – Unit 21, p 84 Heidi. Read and search for ten nouns in the story. Complete activity B, C and D on p 85.

Maths:

Master your Maths: New Week-Complete Monday

Tables:

·         This week they can work on  +7. It is so important to learn tables really well for quick recall. It will benefit your child hugely.

·         We’ve done a lot of work on clever ways to add like for adding 7 to bigger numbers, first add ten and jump back 3 so it would benefit them to revise this too.

For 24+7: First add 10 onto 24.

Then jump back 3 because ten is 3 too many. Answer = 31.

https://www.primarygames.co.uk/pg2/splat/splatsq100.html

·         After this, you could give your child ten sums based around this week’s tables to answer and correct them together.

Maths Topic This Week: 3D shapes

This is a reference to help with the work for the week.

·         Language for 3D Shapes:

Corners can also be called vertices. Faces can also be called surfaces.

Monday:

Irish

This link goes through all the activities for the week, the reading and pronunciation of the spellings:

https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYhlIagKp9

Reading: Read each day or a box or two each day, whichever you prefer.

Monday’s Irish Activity:

Is maith leis…He likes…

Fuaimeanna agus Focal-Aonad 29 mo +ch

·         Two Irish spellings

·         Activities A+B

English:

Spellings:

·         ghost

·         rhyme

·         rhythm

BANG! Spelling game.

Grammar:

New Wave English-Next daily exercise.

Reading and Writing

·         The Green Genie: Unit 21, Read p 84 again. Try to find as many adjectives as you can (describing words).

·         Complete p 85 Activity A, comprehension questions.

Maths:

Master your Maths: New Week-Complete Tuesday

Tables: (see above)

Maths Topic: 3D Shapes

Irish

Irish Reading (see above)

Tuesday’s Irish Activity:

Is maith léi…She likes…

Fuaimeanna agus Focal-Aonad 29 Na litreacha ch

·         Two Irish spellings

·         Activities C+D

English:

Spellings:

·         honest

·         rhinoceros

BANG! Spelling Game.

Grammar:

New Wave English-Next day of exercises

Reading:

Enjoy listening to a story for libraries Ireland:  https://www.librariesireland.ie/services/right-to-read/spring-into-storytime

Phonics:

The Green Genie p 86 ‘ay’ sound Activity A, B, C and D.

Here’s an activity if you would like to revise other sounds similar to ‘ay’:

Maths:

 Master your Maths: New Week-Complete Wednesday

Tables: (see above)

Maths Topic: 2D Shapes

Irish

Irish Reading (see above)

Wednesday’s Irish Activity:

An Seomra Suí-The Sitting Room

Read the words and the sentence and see if you can fill in the missing words. You can do this orally if you prefer.

 Fuaimeanna agus Focal-Aonad 29, Na litreacha ch

·         Two Irish spellings

·         Activities E+F

English:

Spellings:

·         centimetre

·         metre

Grammar:

New Wave English-Next day of exercises.

Reading: Why not enjoy listening to a story today, take a break and listen to a story and if you like you can email me and we can chat about it! https://www.storylineonline.net/

Plurals:

·         The Green Genie p 87 Revision of Plurals.

·         You might enjoy this board game to revise all your plurals you’ve learned so far.

Maths:

Master your Maths: New Week-Complete Thursday

Tables: (see above)

Maths Topic: 3D Shapes

Irish

Irish Reading (see above)

Thursday’s Irish Activity: Cad é an clár teilifíse is fearr leat? What’s your favourite tv programme?

Learn to say what your favourite programme is:

Cad é an clár teilifíse is fear leat? Is fearr liom ________.

You could unscramble the words below if you’d like a challenge 😊

Fuaimeanna agus Focal-Aonad 29, Na litreacha ch

·         Two Irish spellings

·         G and H and fill in box at end of chapter

Spellings: Complete a spelling test for the week’s spellings (Irish and English) and correct errors together.

Grammar: Do a revision unit at the back of New Wave English and correct errors together.

Maths: Complete the mental maths test at the back of the book.

Maths Topic: 3D Shapes

Shape Riddles:

• Join this TG4 Artist and see can you draw along with him as he teaches the presenter how to draw a zombie!

https://youtu.be/faZ5TaC-GsY

• If you like Horrid Henry, tune in to TG4 each weekday at 4.15 for Dónall Dána.

Suggested Extra Activities: 

-Continue to keep a record of the books you have read at home.

-Geography: Connacht and its counties (Connaught is another way to spell it)

-Take a look at the provinces of Ireland. Which counties are in the province of Connacht?

–      Connacht is the smallest of the four provinces. The 5 counties are Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon. See if you can find 5 facts about the province.

-Connacht Flag: Use the image above to help you draw the flag of Connacht with the correct colours.

Folk Stories from Connacht

Do you remember reading the story about Diarmuid and Gráinne in your Grumpy Teaspoon Reader? That story took place in Sligo. Have a read of the story and draw a picture of your favourite part.

-The Wild Atlantic Way runs along the whole west coast of Ireland. Have a look at this tourist map and make a plan of what you’d like to visit and activities you would like to try! Pick one place you’ve never heard of and see can you find pictures of it on the internet.

Science and Technology Challenges

Lava Lamps

P.E. :

Recipe:

These are yummy!

Lego:

Art

Get your colours and get creative!

Mindfulness Yoga

Music Ideas

Did you see Mary Poppins when it was in the cinema? One of the most famous songs from the film was Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

See can you sing along with this version of the song. See how fast you can sing it!

https://youtu.be/uZNRzc3hWvE

Dingabats

A dingbat is a letter, picture or word puzzle for you to figure out. The first two are

1. Seven Seas
2. Split Level

Have a go at the rest of the puzzles and see how many you can guess. If you need the answers, just send me a message by email! Best of luck!

Drama Ideas

Here’s some ideas for drama that you can do together at home

1. Crossing the Space. (Children line up at one side of the garden or room). Get them to move from one side to the other giving them a different scenario each time. Ideas for it could include; crossing the Sahara, walking in quick drying cement, a very steep mountain, a dense jungle, walking on the moon, wearing bouncy shoes or climbing through laser beams.
2. Playing games like ‘In my Granny’s Closet’ or ‘On the Shipwreck I found’. These are great memory games.
3. https://www.hooplaimpro.com/improv-exercises-games-formats.html  Have a try at some of these improvisation games
4. Hot Potato for telling a story. Each person around the kitchen table and each person comes up with a line of a story and the next person follows on with the story. Record and listen back. Use a potato or beanbag as a microphone!
5. Charades.
6. Mirror imaging of each other’s actions/ Mime activities.

Poetry

Pick which poem you prefer. See can you perform it for your family this week with actions!

Creative Writing Ideas

·         Read through this list of ideas and pick one of the ideas to write about during the week.

·         Read the poem below. If your dog could talk, what would he say? If you have a different pet, you can write about them or if you have no pets, create an imaginary pet!

·         Have a listen to this story about ‘Harry the Dirty Dog’

https://www.storylineonline.net/books/harry-the-dirty-dog/

·         Bart Simpson is after getting into trouble with Principal Skinner again! What did he do? What punishment did Principal Skinner give Bart?

English:

Spellings:

·         grip

·         milk

·         baby

This week see how many times you can write each of them in 30 seconds!

Grammar:

New Wave English-Next day of exercises

Reading and Writing:

·         The Green Genie – Unit 20, p 80 The Green Genie. Read and search for ten nouns in