Dear Senior Infants,
Well done on finishing Senior Infants!!! We have enjoyed every minute of teaching you over the past year. You have been amazing.
It has been a very different and strange end to your school year. It wasn’t the year we ever thought would happen but we made the most of it. We did it together.
We haven’t seen you in 15 weeks and this has been the hardest part. We miss teaching you, listening to your stories, playing games and having fun. We are so proud of all the hard work you have been doing at home with your parents. It has not been easy but you always tried your best even when times were hard and the sun was shining.
To all your parents, the biggest thank you for all your support throughout the year. The support, communication and thanks we have received from you over lockdown is really appreciated.
We look forward to seeing you all when we return to school. Have a great summer!😊
Ms. Healy, Ms O’Toole & Ms. Mc Donald.
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Monday 22nd – Friday 26th June
Senior Infants
Good Morning,
I hope everybody had a lovely weekend. This is our last week of school. Well done to all the boys and girls and parents who have worked so hard over the past few months.
This week we will not be posting any academic work to be completed. Children have been working so hard since we closed so this week we would like you to enjoy our virtual sports activities. Have fun and enjoy your last week of school.
We will post a goodbye message on Friday for our favourite small people.
Virtual Sports Activity:
Monday – Running
Today was due to be the date of our annual 5K race so today try to get out there for a walk/run and share your experience on the school’s Facebook page and by e-mail to me!
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MONDAY 15th – FRIDAY 19th JUNE
Good Morning,
Hope everyone had a lovely weekend. Two weeks remaining in the school year. As always, do not put yourself under pressure to complete all of the assigned work. Have a great week!😊
SENIOR INFANTS – MS. HEALY, MS. O’TOOLE & MS. MC DONALD
READING
READER: OH WHAT FUN! The e-book can be accessed on www.folensonline.com. This is a revision book of all the words from our previous book Stop That Dog. There will be no new words.
Monday – Pg 11 & 12
Tuesday – Pg 13 & 14
Wednesday – Pg 15 & 16
Thursday – Pg 17 & 18
Friday – Pg 19 & 20
***FINISH READING THE BOOK IF YOU WANT***
Discuss the picture on each page
- Who is in the picture?
- What are the characters doing?
- Where are the characters?
- What do you see in the picture?
- How is Zack/Kitty/Finn/Mum/Dad feeling?
READING ZONE ACTIVITY BOOK (GREEN AND PURPLE COVER)
- Garden & Ring – Pg 63
- Word Check – Pg 64
SPELLBOUND
Pg 67
Pg 68
Pg 69
MATHS
Planet Maths Book
This week we will focus on MONEY & NUMBER.
- MONDAY – Numberline & Add – Pg 120 & 121
- TUESDAY – Colour – Pg 122
- WEDNESDAY – The Jungle – Pg 124 & 125
- THURSDAY – Lift – Pg 126
- FRIDAY – Add – Pg 128
- Small Planet Maths Book – Complete a few pages
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MONDAY 8th – FRIDAY 12th JUNE
Good Morning,
Hope everybody had a lovely weekend. Children can complete assigned work in their schoolbooks again this week where possible. Additional material to schoolbooks will have to be printed off.
As the end of the school year is approaching we will begin to reduce the workload being posted on a weekly basis. Children have worked so hard in very difficult circumstances since March. Well done to all the boys and girls and their parents.
As always, do not put yourself under pressure to complete all of the assigned work. Have a great week!😊
SENIOR INFANTS – MS. HEALY, MS. O’TOOLE & MS. MC DONALD
READING
READER: OH WHAT FUN! The e-book can be accessed on www.folensonline.com. This is a revision book of all the words from our previous book Stop That Dog. There will be no new words. This week we will be reading pages 1 – 10.
READING VIDEO – OH WHAT FUN!
Monday – Pg 1 & 2
Tuesday – Pg 3 & 4
Wednesday – Pg 5 & 6
Thursday – Pg 7 & 8
Friday – Pg 9 & 10
Discuss the picture on each page
- Who is in the picture?
- What are the characters doing?
- Where are the characters?
- What do you see in the picture?
- How is Zack/Kitty/Finn/Mum/Dad feeling?
READING ZONE ACTIVITY BOOK (GREEN AND PURPLE COVER)
- Top and Stop – Pg 61
- Paint – Pg 62
PHONICS
Phonics Activity Sheets 1 – 21
PLEASE ONLY COMPLETE WORKSHEETS 19, 20 & 21 THIS WEEK
- Read or sound out the words
- Find the picture that matches to the word
- Cut and Paste the picture
- Colour the picture
SPELLBOUND
Pg 64
Pg 65
Pg 66
MATHS
Planet Maths Book
This week we will focus on MONEY & NUMBER.
- MONDAY – ADD & MATCH – Pg 111 & 112
- TUESDAY – ADD – Pg 113 & 114
- WEDNESDAY – NUMBERLINE – Pg 115
- THURSDAY – THE FAIR – Pg 116 & 117
- FRIDAY – COLOUR – Pg 118 & 119
NEWS
Children can write their news daily and draw a picture to illustrate something from their writing.
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FRIDAY 5TH JUNE
Good Morning,
Happy Friday Senior Infants. Hope everybody has a lovely weekend. We have made a few correction videos to help with your work this week.😊
SENIOR INFANTS
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THURSDAY 4th JUNE
Good Morning,
Hope everybody is having a lovely week. This week we will finish our Grow in Love. Well done boys and girls!😊
GROW IN LOVE
VIDEO
Prayers
This week we will learn Prayer to Guardian Angel.
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TUESDAY 2nd – FRIDAY 5th JUNE
Good Morning,
Hope everybody had a lovely bank holiday weekend. Children can complete assigned works in their schoolbooks again this week where possible. Additional material to schoolbooks will have to be printed off.
As always, do not put yourself under pressure to complete all of the assigned work. Have a great week!😊
SENIOR INFANTS – MS. HEALY, MS. O’TOOLE & MS. MC DONALD
READING
READER: STOP THAT DOG! The e-book can be accessed on www.folensonline.com. This week we will be reading pages 29 – 32.
READING VIDEO
The new words for each day are listed below
Tuesday – Pg 29 – Go
Wednesday – Pg 30 – dig
Thursday – Pg 31 – digs/stopped
Friday – Pg 32 – they
Please go through these words with your child before reading the page. Practice sounding out the word, saying the word, putting the word in a sentence, point out the apostrophe (‘) in the word Finn’s, Does the word have a capital letter?, Is it a plural? etc.
Discuss the picture on each page
- Who is in the picture?
- What are the characters doing?
- Where are the characters?
- What do you see in the picture?
- How is Zack/Kitty/Finn/Mum/Dad feeling?
Word Sheet
Please write 3 sentences using the words we are focusing on each day.
READING ZONE ACTIVITY BOOK (GREEN AND PURPLE COVER)
- Shakes – Pg 59
- Likes – Pg 60
PHONICS
Phonics Activity Sheets 1 – 21
PLEASE ONLY COMPLETE WORKSHEETS 16, 17, 18 THIS WEEK
- Read or sound out the words
- Find the picture that matches to the word
- Cut and Paste the picture
- Colour the picture
Word List – Group 1, 2 & 3 words
- Practice reading and writing the word list
Twinkl
Fun and interactive phonics activity for children to complete
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-l-527169-phase-2-phonics-cvc-blending-powerpoint
SPELLBOUND
Unit 32
Activities – Pg 63
Test – Pg 75
- Practice the words each day
- Practice spelling the words each day
- Practice writing the words each day
MATHS
This week we will focus on MONEY.
Please revise and look at all coins with your child before they start the activities below.
- Revision Activities – Money – up to 5c
- MATCH – Pg 108
- COLOUR – Pg 109
- COUNT – Pg 110
Additional Activities
- Revise the Months of the Year. (Ask questions using before and e.g. ‘What month comes after January?’, ‘What month comes beforeMay?’ etc
- Revise Time – hours on the clock
- Continue to practise counting to 20 forwards. For a challenge try backwards.
- Practise forming the numbers using playdough/sand etc
- Practise writing numbers 1-20
- Activity – using number: Ask your son to draw 6 fish, 8 apples etc
- Try some sums making 10 in total. This is to revise the story of 10. e.g. 4+ _ = 10 , 5 + _ = 10 etc…
- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/has some lovely maths activities.
MENTAL MATHS – This is a new activity so children will need support
NEWS
Children can write their news daily and draw a picture to illustrate something from their writing.
SESE
This week our GEOGRAPHY lesson is based on Plants. It can be accessed by following the link below.
SPHE – Stay Safe Programme (IMPORTANT: PLEASE COMPLETE)
TOPIC 4: SECRETS & TELLING
- This week children are given the opportunity to learn the important message that a touch should NEVER be kept a secret
- Children learn how to tell, when to tell and to keep on telling until someone listens.
Activity 1
- Discuss GOOD secrets – a good secret might be not telling someone about a surprise or a present for them
- Discuss BAD secrets – a bad secret might not be telling someone if you got hurt/if someone touched you and you didn’t like it
- Discuss with your child people who are safe to tell – parents/grandparents/teachers
- Discuss the what if scenarios with your child (TR 16 SECRETS AND TELLING) – https://staysafe.ispringcloud.eu/acc/nDGWnu03NTM3/s/7537-ktbRy-UkeNG-vwY5p
- Colour and decorate the secrets and telling worksheet.
P.E
- PE at home with Clare – Youtube channel.
- RTE Junior have several 10-minute work outs that the children love to do https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/
- www.gonoodle.com for short movement breaks, stretches and dance routines.
- Cosmic kids yoga on You Tube
- The Body Coach on YouTube channel at 9 am.
- 7 minute HIT WORKOUT
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FRIDAY 29th MAY
Good Morning,
Happy Friday!! We have uploaded some videos to correct the work children have completed throughout the week. Thank you all so much for the hard work you have been putting in at home. It has not been easy. Well done to all the boys and girls who have working even harder.
SENIOR INFANTS
PLANET MATHS
FRIDAY TEST
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THURSDAY 28th MAY
Good Morning,
Hope everybody has been enjoying the sunny weather!😊
SENIOR INFANTS
GROW IN LOVE
STORY VIDEO
- Which children make good choices? – Pg 56
- I can make good choices – Pg 57
PRAYERS
This week we will learn the GRACE AFTER MEALS.
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MONDAY 25th – FRIDAY 29th MAY
Good Morning,
Hope everybody had a lovely weekend. Children can complete assigned works in their schoolbooks this week where possible. Additional material to schoolbooks will have to be printed off. We hope this week the work load will be reduced as children have their school books.
As always, do not put yourself under pressure to complete all of the assigned work. Have a great week!😊
SENIOR INFANTS – MS. HEALY, MS. O’TOOLE & MS. MC DONALD
READING
READER: STOP THAT DOG! The e-book can be accessed on www.folensonline.com. This week we will be reading pages 24 – 28.
READING VIDEO:
The new words for each day are listed below
Monday – Pg 24 – paint
Tuesday – Pg 25
Wednesday – Pg 26
Thursday – Pg 27 – garden/ring
Friday – Pg 28 – Mum’s
Please go through these words with your child before reading the page. Practice sounding out the word, saying the word, putting the word in a sentence, point out the apostrophe (‘) in the word Finn’s, Does the word have a capital letter?, Is it a plural? etc.
Discuss the picture on each page
- Who is in the picture?
- What are the characters doing?
- Where are the characters?
- What do you see in the picture?
- How is Zack/Kitty/Finn/Mum/Dad feeling?
STOP THAT DOG – READING ZONE ACTIVITY BOOK (GREEN AND PURPLE COVER)
PHONICS
Phonics Activity Sheets 1-21
Phonics Activity Sheets 1 – 21
PLEASE ONLY COMPLETE WORKSHEETS 13, 14, 15 THIS WEEK
- Read or sound out the words
- Find the picture that matches to the word
- Cut and Paste the picture
- Colour the picture
Word List – Group 1 & 2 words
- Practice reading and writing the word list
Twinkl
Fun and interactive phonics games for children to complete
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/T-GO-08-name-an-alien-phase-2-phonics
SPELLBOUND
Unit 31
Activities – pg 62
Test – Pg 75
- Practice the words each day
- Practice spelling the words aloud each day
- Practice writing the words each day
MATHS
This week we will be continue to focus on NUMBER.
- Add – Pg 102
- Draw – Pg 103
- Colour – Pg 104
- Draw – Pg 105
- 0-10 Word+Number Recognition Activities
- 10-20 Word+Number Recognition Activities
Additional Activities
- Revise the Months of the Year. (Ask questions using before and e.g. ‘What month comes after January?’, ‘What month comes beforeMay?’ etc
- Revise Time – hours on the clock
- Continue to practise counting to 20 forwards. For a challenge try backwards.
- Practise forming the numbers using playdough/sand etc
- Practise writing numbers 1-20
- Activity – using number: Ask your son to draw 6 fish, 8 apples etc
- Try some sums making 10 in total. This is to revise the story of 10. e.g. 4+ _ = 10 , 5 + _ = 10 etc…
- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/has some lovely maths activities.
MENTAL MATHS – This is a new activity so children will need support
NEWS
Children can write their news daily and draw a picture to illustrate something from their writing in their news copy.
SESE
LESSON 6: PEOPLE AT WORK
This weeks lesson can be accessed using the link below:
- Listen to the story of Milk – From Farm to Fridge: story
- Complete the online activity -From Farm to fridge: activity
- Complete the activity sheet
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- Cut out the pictures Farm to Fridge – Cut out pictures
- Put the pictures in order – tell the story of milk Farm to Fridge – Put the pictures in order
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SPHE – Stay Safe Programme (IMPORTANT: PLEASE COMPLETE)
TOUCHES
- This week children are given the opportunity to discuss and value appropriate touches
- Children will begin to understand inappropriate touches and that nobody has a right to touch them in a way that makes them feel unsafe
- Personal safety strategies are introduced
Activity 1
- Discuss with your child what a touch is?
- Ask your child to identify touches they like
- Ask your child to identify touches they don’t like
- Ask your child to identify touches they aren’t sure about
Complete the activity sheet – Touches
- Read the touches to your child and ask them to colour either the I like/don’t like/not sure face for each type of touch.
Activity 2
- Explain to your child the importance of not keeping touches a secret especially touches they DON’T LIKE
- Remind them of the STAY SAFE RULES
- Say no
- Get away
- Tell
- It is important that children are aware of the correct anatomical names of body parts – please discuss these with your child
Please follow the link below and complete slides 25 TO 31.
https://staysafe.ispringcloud.eu/acc/nDGWnu03NTM3/s/7537-ktbRy-UkeNG-vwY5p
- Some parts of our bodies are private – discuss the names of private body parts
- What if scenarios – what would you do if???
- The Tickling Game – Part 1 & 2 – Listen to the stories and discuss what happened
P.E
- PE at home with Clare – Youtube channel.
- RTE Junior have several 10-minute work outs that the children love to do https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/
- gonoodle.com for short movement breaks, stretches and dance routines.
- Cosmic kids yoga on You Tube
- The Body Coach on YouTube channel at 9 am.
- 7 minute HIT WORKOUT
- Practice ball throwing and catching skills. Make it fun: e.g. throwing at a target
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FRIDAY 22ND MAY
Good Morning,
We have made a few maths videos to correct the work children have completed throughout the week. Hope they are helpful. Have a nice weekend!
SENIOR INFANTS
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THURSDAY 21ST MAY
Good Morning,
We hope everybody is having a lovely week so far. Enjoy completing your Grow in Love. Well done to all the boys and girls for all the hard work they are doing since we had to close. We are so happy and proud of you all. We miss you!
GROW IN LOVE
Story Video:
Please watch the story video and complete the activities below
John Baptises the people- Activity 1
PRAYERS
This week we will be learning the GRACE BEFORE MEALS.
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MONDAY 18th – FRIDAY 22nd MAY
Good Morning,
Hope everybody had an enjoyable weekend. Please keep and safe well throughout this time.
We are available to contact through our emails if you have any questions. If you would like to share any work the children have completed, pictures or just to say hi please send us an email.
As always, do not put yourself under pressure to complete all of the assigned work. Have a great week!😊
SENIOR INFANTS – MS. HEALY, MS. O’TOOLE & MS. MC DONALD
READING
READER: STOP THAT DOG! The e-book can be accessed on www.folensonline.com. This week we will be reading pages 19-23.
The new words for each day are listed below
Monday – Pg 19
Tuesday – Pg 20 – holds
Wednesday – Pg 21 – ladder/top
Thursday – Pg 22 – Stop
Friday – Pg 23
Please go through these words with your child before reading the page. Practice sounding out the word, saying the word, putting the word in a sentence, point out the apostrophe (‘) in the word Finn’s, Does the word have a capital letter?, Is it a plural? etc.
Discuss the picture on each page
- Who is in the picture?
- What are the characters doing?
- Where are the characters?
- What do you see in the picture?
- How is Zack/Kitty/Finn/Mum/Dad feeling?
Word Sheet
Please write 3 sentences using the words we are focusing on each day.
Activities for STOP THAT DOG!
PHONICS
Phonics Activity Sheets 1-21
Phonics Activity Sheets 1 – 21
PLEASE ONLY COMPLETE WORKSHEETS 10, 11 & 12 THIS WEEK
- Read or sound out the words
- Find the picture that matches to the word
- Cut and Paste the picture
- Colour the picture
Twinkl
Fun and interactive sound games for children to complete
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/tg-ga-156-level-2-phonics-game-show
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/level-2-phonics-matching-bingo-game-tg-ga-201
SPELLBOUND
Unit 30 pg 60 & 61 – Practice the words each day – spelling the words aloud and writing them down.
Monday – Pg 60 A & B
Tuesday – Pg 60 C & D
Wednesday – Pg 61 E & F
Thursday – Pg 61 G & H
Friday – TEST Pg 75
MATHS
This week we will be focusing on the numberline and counting on.
Here is a numberline for you to print off and use when counting: 0-20 Numberline
Activity 1
Video:
Activity 2
Activity 3
Activity 4
Additional Activities
- Revise the Months of the Year. (Ask questions using before and e.g. ‘What month comes after January?’, ‘What month comes beforeMay?’ etc
- Revise Time – hours on the clock
- Continue to practise counting to 20 forwards. For a challenge try backwards.
- Practise forming the numbers using playdough/sand etc
- Practise writing numbers 1-20
- Activity – using number: Ask your son to draw 6 fish, 8 apples etc
- Try some sums making 10 in total. This is to revise the story of 10. e.g. 4+ _ = 10 , 5 + _ = 10 etc…
- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/has some lovely maths activities.
MENTAL MATHS – This is a new activity so children will need support
NEWS
Children can write their news daily and draw a picture to illustrate something from their writing.
ORAL LANGUAGE
TWINKL
What am I? – Guessing Game
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-s-892-what-am-i-guessing-game-cards-household-objects
- Read the clues aloud for your child
- Ask your child to guess what the item is from the clues
GAEILGE
Cad atá teidi ag deanamh? – What is teddy doing?
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/roi-gl-212-cad-ata-teidi-ag-deanamh-caitheamh-aimsire-powerpoint
POWERPOINT: Teidi
Activity – Tarraing Teidí ag siúl/ag ithe/ag ól
- Draw a picture of teddy walking/eating/drinking
Additional Activity
- Encourage your child to watch one cartoon daily in Irish on TnaG, e.g. PJ Masks is on at 0830 and 15.10.
SPHE – Stay Safe Programme (IMPORTANT: PLEASE COMPLETE)
Friendship & Bullying
- The value of friendship/making and keeping friends/how to treat a friend well
- Focus on ways to be a good friend
- What is a bully?
- Bullying can be verbal/physical/emotional
- Effects of bullying
- Ways of dealing with bullying
Activity 1 – I show friendship when…
- Discuss with your child what is a friend?
- Ask your child to describe things a good friend does/makes you feel
- Ask your child to identify why they are a good friend
- Complete Activity sheet – I show friendship when…
Activity 2
Bullying – Read the story of Bella and Georgie to your child
Story Questions
- What were Bella and Georgie doing this morning? What did Georgie do? How did Bella feel?
- How would you feel if that happened to you?
- What happened at small break? How do you think Bella felt?
- What happened at big break? How do you think Bella felt?
- What other ways could people be bullied?
- What should Bella do to stop the bullying? (Remind your child of their tell 5 hand from last week)
When someone hurts you like this on purpose and it happens MORE THAN ONCE, it is called bullying.
- Complete Activity sheet – Stay Safe Rules – Stay Safe Activity 2
P.E
- Skipping
- Skip forwards/slowly/fast/ start slow and get faster
- PE at home with Clare; the link to her Youtube channel may be found
- RTE Junior have several 10-minute work outs that the children love to do https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/
- gonoodle.comfor short movement breaks, stretches and dance routines.
- Cosmic kids yoga on You Tube
- The Body Coach on YouTube channel at 9 am.
- 7 minute HIT WORKOUT
- Practice ball throwing and catching skills. Make it fun: e.g. throwing at a target
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Friday 15th May
Good morning,
We have made a short video (13mins – go put the kettle on, we’ve got this!) to revise the work completed this week on Stop That Dog. It is a review of the 6 new words in the book as well as a look at the 3 Activity pages completed. We hope this is helpful. Have a great weekend!
THURSDAY 14TH MAY
Good Morning
Hope everybody is having a nice week. As always please do not be under pressure to complete all of the assigned material. We are available through our email if anybody needs to contact us. Please keep safe and look after yourself. Enjoy the weekend!😊
Grow in Love
This week we are looking at Baptism.
SENIOR INFANTS
Grow in Love – Seniors – Activity 1
Grow in Love – Seniors – Activity 2
PRAYERS
This week we will learn the
- Night Prayer
Please revise all prayers we have covered.
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MONDAY 11TH – FRIDAY 15TH MAY
Good Morning,
Hope everybody had an enjoyable weekend. Please keep and safe well throughout this time.
We are available to contact through our emails if you have any questions. If you would like to share any work the children have completed, pictures or just to say hi please send us an email.
As always, do not put yourself under pressure to complete all of the assigned work.
Have a great week!😊
SENIOR INFANTS – MS. HEALY, MS. O’TOOLE & MS. MC DONALD
READING
NEW READER: STOP THAT DOG! The e-book can be accessed on www.folensonline.com. This week we will be reading pages 14-18.
The new words for each day are listed below
Monday – Pg 14 – dog/dogs/again
Tuesday – Pg 15 – come/away
Wednesday – Pg 16
Thursday – Pg 17 – him
Friday – Pg 18
Please go through these words with your child before reading the page. Practice sounding out the word, saying the word, putting the word in a sentence, point out the apostrophe (‘) in the word Finn’s, Does the word have a capital letter?, Is it a plural? etc.
Discuss the picture on each page
- Who is in the picture?
- What are the characters doing?
- Where are the characters?
- What do you see in the picture?
- How is Zack/Kitty/Finn/Mum/Dad feeling?
Word Sheet
Please write 3 sentences using the words we are focusing on each day.
Activities for STOP THAT DOG!
PHONICS
Phonics Activity Sheets 1-21
Phonics Activity Sheets 1 – 21
PLEASE ONLY COMPLETE WORKSHEETS 7, 8 & 9 THIS WEEK
- Read or sound out the words
- Find the picture that matches to the word
- Cut and Paste the picture
- Colour the picture
Twinkl
Fun and interactive sound games for children to complete
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/tg-ga-147-level-1-phonics-the-seaside-environmental-sounds-game
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/level-2-phonics-sounds-pairs-game-tg-ga-116-1
SPELLBOUND
Unit 29 pg 58 & 59 – Practice the words each day – spelling the words aloud and writing them down.
Monday – Pg 58 A & B
Tuesday – Pg 58 C & D
Wednesday – Pg 59 E & F
Thursday – Pg 59 G & H
Friday – TEST Pg 75
MATHS
Activity 1 – Addition – Making 10
We have made a short video to help with this page:
https://videos.files.wordpress.com/rI1HsLWS/senior-infants-activity-1_fmt1.ogv
Activity 2 – Addition – Making 9
Activity 3 – Making Numbers
Activity 4
Additional Activities
- Revise the Months of the Year. (Ask questions using before and e.g. ‘What month comes after January?’, ‘What month comes beforeMay?’ etc
- Revise Time(only the hours) – 1 o’clock/2 o’clock etc Clock
- Continue to practise counting to 20 forwards. For a challenge try backwards.
- Practise forming the numbers using playdough/sand etc
- Practise writing numbers 1-20
- Activity – using number: Ask your son to draw 6 fish, 8 apples etc
- Try some sums making 10 in total. This is to revise the story of 10. e.g. 4+ _ = 10 , 5 + _ = 10 etc…
- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/has some lovely maths activities.
MENTAL MATHS – This is a new activity so children will need support
NEWS
Children can write their news daily and draw a picture to illustrate something from their writing.
ORAL LANGUAGE
TWINKL
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-s-891-what-am-i-guessing-game-cards-food-themed
Food Themed – Guessing game
- Read the clues for your child
- Child guesses what food they think it is
GAEILGE
Cá bhfuil Niamh? – Where is Niamh?
POWERPOINT:
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/roi-gl-297-ca-bhfuil-niamh-powerpoint
cistin – kitchen
seomra codlata – bedroom
seomra suí – sitting room
gairdín – garden
seomra folctha – bathroom
garáiste – garage
seomra bia – dining room
Activity
- Tarraing an Teach – Draw a picture of your house with your favourite rooms
Additional Activity
- Encourage your child to watch one cartoon daily in Irish on TnaG, e.g. PJ Masks is on at 0830 and 15.10.
SPHE
***Stay Safe Programme (IMPORTANT: PLEASE COMPLETE)***
TOPIC: Feeling Safe/Unsafe
- Discuss with your child times when they feel safe and unsafe and ask him or her to give you examples from the lessons.
- Talk to your child about the rules he or she should follow if lost, if a stranger calls to the door or on the phone.
- Encourage your child to tell you about any situation in which he or she could feel unsafe, upset, confused or worried.
Activity 1
- Discuss the pictures – why is this picture safe/unsafe?
- How do you know that the person in the picture is happy/sad/scared/frightened?
- Colour the safe pictures green
- Colour the unsafe pictures red
Activity 2
- Discuss with your child people who are safe to trust – parents/grandparents/family/teachers
- Discuss why these people are safe to trust
- Identify people who aren’t safe – strangers
- List 5 people that your child could trust on the hand
P.E
- 7 minute HIT WORKOUT
- Practice ball throwing and catching skills. Make it fun: e.g. throwing at a target
- RTE Junior have several 10-minute work outs that the children love to do https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/
- Cosmic kids yoga on You Tube
- The Body Coach on YouTube channel
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THURSDAY 7TH MAY
Hi All,
Hope everybody is having a nice week so far. As always please do not be under pressure to complete all of the assigned material. We are available through our email if anybody needs to contact us. Please keep safe and look after yourself. Enjoy the weekend!😊
Grow in Love
This week we are celebrating Mary – May is the month of Mary.
JUNIOR INFANTS
Junior Infants – May is the Month of Mary
Junior Infants – Stories of Mary
SENIOR INFANTS
Senior Infants – May is the Month of Mary
PRAYERS
This week we will learn the
- Morning Prayer
Please revise the Sign of the Cross and Glory be to the Father from last week.
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MONDAY 4TH MAY
Good Morning,
We hope everybody has enjoyed the Bank Holiday weekend. It has been nearly 8 weeks since we had to close our school for the health and safety of students and staff. The past few weeks have been extremely difficult for everybody. Thank you all for your continued support and we appreciate the hard work you have been putting in at home.
Last Friday, we heard the upsetting news that we will not be returning to school until September. We were so disappointed as our only wish was for us all to return to school and see the boys and girls again. We did not want our school year to finish like this.
As always, we will continue to work with you over the next few months to finish the school year on a positive note.
SENIOR INFANTS – MS. HEALY, MS. O’TOOLE & MS. MC DONALD
READING
NEW READER: STOP THAT DOG! The e-book can be accessed on www.folensonline.com. This week we will be reading pages 6-10.
The new words for each day are listed below
Wednesday – Pg 11 – muddy/shakes/Now
Thursday – Pg 12
Friday – Pg 13 – market/likes/like
Please go through these words with your child before reading the page. Practice sounding out the word, saying the word, putting the word in a sentence, point out the apostrophe (‘) in the word Finn’s, Does the word have a capital letter?, Is it a plural? etc.
Discuss the picture on each page
- Who is in the picture?
- What are the characters doing?
- Where are the characters?
- What do you see in the picture?
- How is Zack/Kitty/Finn/Mum/Dad feeling?
Word Sheet
Please write 3 sentences using the words we are focusing on each day.
Activities for STOP THAT DOG!
PHONICS
Phonics Activity Sheets 1-21
Phonics Activity Sheets 1 – 21
PLEASE ONLY COMPLETE WORKSHEETS 4, 5 & 6 THIS WEEK
- Read or sound out the words
- Find the picture that matches to the word
- Cut and Paste the picture
- Colour the picture
Twinkl
Fun and interactive sound games for children to complete
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/tg-ga-148-level-1-phonics-kit-and-sams-band-game
Maths
Twinkl: Too many frogs – Counting Game
https://www.twinkl.ie/go/resource/tg-ga-31-too-many-frogs-counting-up-to-10-game
Activities
MENTAL MATHS – This is a new activity so children will need support
Music & SPHE
TWINKL
Powerpoint: I am special
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/roi-p-9-i-am-special-song-powerpoint
Practice the song with your child using the powerpoint
Activity
- What does the word special mean?
- How are you special?
- Ask your child to draw a picture of what makes them special
Handwriting
- Read the signs
- Trace the words
- Colour the signs
- Formation of the letter T/t
News
Children can write their news daily and draw a picture to illustrate something from their writing.
Art
PLEASE DO NOT PUT YOURSELF UNDER PRESSURE TO COMPLETE ALL OF THE ASSIGNED WORK! 😊
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THURSDAY 30TH APRIL
Good Morning, hope everybody is having a nice week so far. Grow in Love for this week is below.😊
SENIOR INFANTS
Activity 1
Please read the story – Jesus helps a blind man to see.
- Discuss the importance of sight.
- What do we use our eyes for?
- What are your favourite things to look at?
Activity 2
- Discuss each of the pictures
- Circle and colour the pictures you like to look at
Prayers
This week Senior Infants will practice
- Sign of the Cross
- Glory be to the Father
Practice these prayers with your child if possible.
Indoor activities for a rainy day
Spot the difference
Monsters-Spot-the-Difference-Activity
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MONDAY 27TH APRIL
Good Morning,
Hope everybody had a lovely weekend. Please keep safe and well throughout the week ahead. Enjoy spending time outside, going on walks, playing with your family and doing some work. As always, please do not put yourself under any extra pressure as these times are hard enough. Please contact us through our email addresses if there is anything you need. Have a great week.
SENIOR INFANTS – MS. HEALY, MS. O’TOOLE & MS. MC DONALD
READING
NEW READER: STOP THAT DOG! The e-book can be accessed on www.folensonline.com. This week we will be reading pages 6-10.
The new words for each day are listed below
Monday – Pg 6 – Finn’s/lead/hold/that
Tuesday – Pg 7 – walking/pulling
Wednesday – Pg 8 – cat/after/play
Thursday – Pg 9 – back
Friday – Pg 10 – pool/mud/stuck
Please go through these words with your child before reading the page. Practice sounding out the word, saying the word, putting the word in a sentence, point out the apostrophe (‘) in the word Finn’s, Does the word have a capital letter?, Is it a plural? etc.
Discuss the picture on each page
- Who is in the picture?
- What are the characters doing?
- Where are the characters?
- What do you see in the picture?
- How is Zack/Kitty/Finn/Mum/Dad feeling?
Word Sheet
Please write 3 sentences using the words we are focusing on each day.
.Stop That Dog! – Word Sheet 2
Activities for STOP THAT DOG!
PHONICS
Phonics Activity Sheets
PLEASE ONLY COMPLETE WORKSHEETS 1, 2 & 3 THIS WEEK
Phonics Activity Sheets 1 – 21
- Read or sound out the words
- Find the picture that matches to the word
- Cut and Paste the picture
- Colour the picture
Twinkl
Fun and interactive sound games for children to complete
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/tg-ga-149-level-1-phonics-the-zoo-environmental-sounds-game
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/tg-ga-147-level-1-phonics-the-seaside-environmental-sounds-game
SPELLBOUND
Unit 28 pg 56 & 57– Practice the words each day – spelling the words aloud and writing them down.
Monday – Pg 56 A & B
Tuesday – Pg 56 C & D
Wednesday – Pg 57 E & F
Thursday – Pg 57 G & H
Friday – TEST Pg 74
MATHS
This week we will be focusing on addition
MENTAL MATHS – This is a new activity so children will need support
Monday & Tuesday
Wednesday & Thursday
Friday Test
ORAL LANGUAGE
TWINKL
Powerpoint: Jungle – What am I?
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-l-52264-what-am-i-jungle-animal-powerpoint
- Watch the powerpoint
- Read the clues and let your child figure out the animal
Guessing Game – What am I?
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-s-890-what-am-i-guessing-game-cards-animal-themed
What am I? guessing game
- Discuss the cards in detail. Read the clues two to three times for your child.
- The aim of any oral language lesson is for the child to TALK and expand their vocabulary where possible.
- Draw a picture to illustrate the animals they remember from the What am I? guessing game after the lesson is completed
NEWS
Children can write their news daily and draw a picture to illustrate something from their writing.
GAEILGE
Aimsir – The Weather
Powerpoint: Aimsir
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/roi2-gl-163-cen-sort-aimsire-ata-ann-inniu-powerpoint-gaeilge
Sneachta – snow
Scamallach – cloudy
Gaoth – windy
Ghrian ag taitneamh – sun is shining
Activity – Tarraing an aimsir (Draw the weather)
SCIENCE
Our science topic for this week is based on being HEALTHY
Powerpoint: Healthy
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-tp-5249-all-about-me-looking-after-yourself-powerpoint
- Watch the powerpoint
- Discuss the slides
- Answer the questions
Activity Sheet: Healthy Habits
- What does healthy mean?
- What can you do to be healthy?
- What is a habbit?
- Discuss all the words in the blue box
- Discuss the pictures – What is happening in the picture? Which word would you match to the picture?
- Write the words under each picture
- Draw a picture of food you should eat to stay healthy
RTE School Hub
Everyday next week the RTE School Hub will be checking in with all of their favourite animals in Dublin Zoo. This will be a nice activity and something enjoyable for all the family.
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THURSDAY 23RD APRIL
GROW IN LOVE
JUNIOR INFANTS
SENIOR INFANTS
ART ACTIVITIES
Robots
http://mericherry.com/2014/11/03/make-robots-tinker-trays/
Chalk in nature
http://mericherry.com/2015/08/02/chalk-nature-painting/
Umbrella plates
https://www.learning4kids.net/2015/11/17/paper-plate-umbrella-craft/
INDOOR SCAVENGER HUNT
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MONDAY 20TH APRIL
Happy Monday Everyone,
Welcome back after a very different Easter holidays. We hope everyone had a lovely time over the Easter break. It is beyond strange what is happening, so thank you all for the continued support. Please do not feel under pressure by the workload we are posting. These are suggested activities for you to complete. As always, please contact us if you have any questions or concerns. It is lovely to see the boys and girls and any work/drawings they have completed so don’t hesitate to send an email if you wish to. Have a great week and hopefully we are another day closer to normality!
SENIOR INFANTS – Ms Healy, Ms O’Toole & Ms. Mc Donald
READING
NEW READER: STOP THAT DOG! The e-book can be accessed on www.folensonline.com. This week we will be reading pages 1-5.
The new words for each day are listed below
Monday – Pg 1 – kicking/digging/happy
Tuesday – Pg 2 – flower/flowers
Wednesday – Pg 3 – wants/for/walk/say
Thursday – Pg 4 – What
Friday – Pg 5 – Come/cross/coming
Please go through these words with your child before reading the page. Practice sounding out the word, saying the word, putting the word in a sentence, Does the word have a capital letter?, Is it a plural? etc.
Discuss the picture on each page
- Who is in the picture?
- What are the characters doing?
- Where are the characters?
- What do you see in the picture?
- How is Zack/Kitty/Finn/Mum/Dad feeling?
Activity Sheets for Stop That Dog!
Word Sheet
Please write 3 sentences using the words we are focusing on each day.
PHONICS
Twinkl – Fun and interactive sound games for children to complete
https://www.twinkl.ie/go/resource/tg-ga-146-level-1-phonics-the-garden-environmental-sounds-game
SPELLBOUND
Unit 27 – Pg 54 & 55
Practice the words each day – spelling the words aloud and writing them down.
Monday – A & B – Pg 54
Tuesday – C & D – Pg 54
Wednesday – E & F – Pg 55
Thursday – G & H – Pg 55
Friday – Unit 27 TEST – Pg 74
MATHS
We have worked on number stories 1 to 9 before the school closure. The last number story we have to complete is the STORY OF 10. Practice writing the story of 10 each day as it is tricky concept. Children will need cubes/counters/objects to help them make the story of 10.
TWINKL: Exploring the number 10
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/roi-n-5201-ways-of-making-10-activity-sheet
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-n-2309-number-recognition-to-10-peg-activity
MENTAL MATHS – This is a new activity so children will need support
A fun scavenger hunt for all the family to complete around the house
ORAL LANGUAGE
Twinkl: Springtime Hotspots is the oral language lesson we will be working on this week
https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/springtime-questions-hotspots-tg-t-88-1
- Discuss the picture in detail with your child. The aim of any oral language lesson is for the child to TALK and expand their vocabulary where possible.
- Click on each number in order and answer the questions together
- Draw a picture to illustrate all the things they remember about Spring after the lesson is completed
NEWS
Children can write their news daily and draw a picture to illustrate something from their writing.
GAEILGE
We have the topic of Bia(Food) completed in class so this will be a nice revision lesson for children to complete.
Powerpoint: Bia
Activity
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FRIDAY 3RD APRIL
I hope you are all safe and well. Enjoy the next two weeks of Easter holidays. Take a break from all the hard work you have been doing since we closed. Go for a walk, play in the garden, enjoy some family time and eat loads of chocolate. Happy Easter to Senior Infants.
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TUESDAY 31ST MARCH
Paper based art activities – Paper, cardboard, paper plates, cereal boxes etc or any materials you may have around the house to use.
Listen/Watch the story of The Rainbow Fish and then complete the art activity if you would like.
Easter is coming – here are a few Easter art ideas for you to start trying out at home. You could start making a few pieces to display on your front windows and on the windowsills next week. Cut out and decorate letters to make a happy message for passers by.
Easter Egg Colouring Sheets
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MONDAY 30TH MARCH
Good Morning Senior Infants,
I hope everybody had a lovely weekend and enjoyed the nice weather. Remember to look after yourself, and to keep safe and healthy during this very challenging time.
We have put together a range of suggested activities for the boys and girls to work on over the coming weeks. As you know we can be contacted via e-mail if there is anything you need.
SENIOR INFANTS
Ms Healy, Ms O’Toole and Ms. Mc Donald
Phonics
- CVC Words
We will focus on CVC – Consonant Vowel Consonant words this week. See CVC booklet CVC Booklet and CVC Activity Sheets CVC Activity Sheets for suggested activities.
- Sounds/Blending
Continue to revise diagraphs e.g ai, oa, ie, er, as these sounds are always the most difficult for children.
Roll a Sound – 1 Roll a Sound – 2 Roll a Sound – 3
Activities to practice BLENDING
- Blending game 1 – SATIPN word blending BLENDING Game 1
- Blending game 2 – CKEHRMD word blending BLENDING Game 2
- Blending game 3 – Mixture of word blending BLENDING Game 3
- Continue to revise Tricky words – Revise all tricky words completed 1-30. See box below. These words can be read aloud, sentence formation and practiced as spellings.
Tricky Words 1-30
I be you there one
the was your they by
he to come go like
she do some no have
me are said so live
we all here my give
Additional Phonics Resources:
- Starfall.com – this website has phonic resources that includes blending.
- Twinkl – this website is a fantastic resource for teachers and parents to use. They are offering parents one month free membership while children are at home. Please see http://www.twinkl.ie/offer and enter the code IRLTWINKLHELPS.
Reading
- The new book we started to read during the school closure is called ARE YOU KITTY?. This book is available as an ebook on folens online and can be accessed. There are no new words introduced throughout this book. Continue to read this book for the remainder of the week.
Folens online can be accessed for free where you can look at the class readers we have covered to date (THE BIG HORSE and WHAT A MESS!) Please revise these books.
- BROWN BEAR POWERPOINT – Read and revise the story of brown bear.Brown Bear Story
- Children can sequence the characters in the story using the character cut out activity sheet. Brown Bear – Character cut outs
Additional Reading Resources:
- Online Stories – Getepic.com. Click login and say you do not have an account. Join free for 30 days as a family. Here you can create your account. Click learning to read and choose books for age 4-6 years. There is lots to choose from.
- co.uk – this is a similar site to getepic.com and also has lots of reading resources online. As we can’t work on our shared reading these online stories might be a useful resource.
Maths
- ADDITION
– Easter Egg: Counting and Addition activity Easter Egg – Counting and Addition
– Butterfly addition to 10 activity Butterfly Addition to 10
– Number Bonds: Activity sheet Number Bonds
- 2D Shapes – Children can practice drawing
- Square
- Circle
- Rectangle
- Oval
- 2D Shape Activities – Chicken and Rabbit Chicken – 2D Shapes Rabbit – 2D Shapes
- Count and Colour – Activity sheet Count and Colour
- Continue to practice number formation from 0-20, on paper/whiteboards etc. Children can also draw items to represent numbers (10 apples for the number 10/5 sweets for the number 5)
- We have completed number stories to 9. Please continue revise all these number stories as the concept can be difficult to grasp. Children may need resources to aid counting (cubes/counters etc).
Additional Maths Resources:
- Topmarks.co.uk- Type in search box- shapes, counting, patterns, number for all different types of games.
- NRICH.com https://nrich.maths.org/9084 here are more maths activities you can do with your child. A lot of them are quite practical. Stay within age appropriate games.
- TWINKL – twinkl has a number of fun and meaningful resources to aid children’s learning.
Writing
- Writing Prompts Activity – Children can use these writing prompt cards and finish the sentence. Writing Prompts
- Pencil Grip/Pattern Formation – Please see the Pencil Control booklet for suggested activities and practice. Pencil Control Booklet Children are working on different patterns in school. This skill can be difficult for children so additional practice in this area will be of benefit.
- Children can write their news daily and draw a picture to represent their news for that day.
- Children can also practice letter formation
Projects
Below are a list of some topics you can choose to make a project about. This can be done as a little book, poster, painting or any way you like.
- Easter
- All About Me – what you can do, such as – run, swim etc.
- Important People to me.
- My Favourite Animal.
- Spring
- Ireland or any country of choice.
Please do not feel under pressure to complete all of these SUGGESTED activities. We will not be posting any new activities until after the Easter break.
HAPPY EASTER to all the boys and girls in SENIOR INFANTS.
We miss you and look forward to seeing you soon.
Eat loads of chocolate and say hi to the Easter Bunny! 😊
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Happy Friday Everyone,
have a lovely sunny weekend!:-)
Online stories are an excellent resource to use during this time.
Scavenger hunt around the house and in the garden!
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MONDAY 23RD MARCH
Happy Monday everyone,
Hope you are all well. Please find below some more activities. I can be contacted on email a.otoole@upperglanmirens.ie
Miss ye!!
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Dublin Zoo
Dublin Zoo have live webcams to look at the animals at any time during the day – there’s a live
feeding of the Penguins scheduled for 2:30 today
Gaeilge
The Irish programme we use in class is called Bua na Cainte. Edco are providing access to their online interactive programme for parents and children to use at home. The themes we have covered to date – Mé Féin, An Scoil, Bia, Caitheamh Aimsire, Éadaí and Sa Bhaile. Children can revise these themes, lessons, songs and games.
Keep Active & Learn
Children can practice spelling their names, names of siblings, names of friends and a range of different words while also keeping active.
Yoga: https://www.cosmickids.com/ choose a lesson and have some fun!
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Hi boys and girls, mums and dads,
I hope this finds you safe and well. First and foremost, we miss you loads and look forward to the day where we can return to school and get back to normal. I know it must be very hard to stay at home and not meet up with all of your friends that you have made here in school, but we have to try our best!!
Parents,
Below is a suggestion of some activities that the children could be completing over the next few weeks. These are just suggestions; we are very conscious of the fact that everyone’s daily life has been disrupted and we in no way want to add to these pressures. However, the continuation of the children’s learning is very important to us, so we ask that for the most part, we engage collaboratively and collectively to ensure we achieve this.
If you wish to take photos of completed work or email me, I can be contacted on: a.otoole@upperglanmirens.ie
I look forward to getting back to school as quickly as possible and seeing your bright smiling faces once again!
Kind regards,
Aoife O’Toole
SENIOR INFANTS
Ms Healy, Ms O’Toole and Ms. McDonald
News
I would love to see you continue to write your news everyday and tell me all that you are doing. Start a new copy to write in. Focus on neat writing, don’t break your words and make sure your letters are facing the correct way.
Jolly Phonics
We have completed all sounds in our Jolly Phonics. The free jolly phonics app can be downloaded to help with revision. Letter names, sounds, songs and actions can all be revised in a fun and meaningful way. YouTube songs – ‘What do the Letters Say’ and Jolly Phonic sound songs are also available online. Digraphs can be a focus (e.g ai, oa, ie, er) and these sounds are always the most difficult for children.
Tricky Words 1-30
Tricky words – Revise all tricky words completed 1-30. See box below. These words can be read aloud, put into sentences and practiced as spellings.
I be you there one
the was your they by
he to come go like
she do some no have
me are said so live
we all here my give
Starfall.com – this website has phonic resources that includes blending.
Twinkl – this website is a fantastic resource for teachers and parents to use. They are offering parents one month free membership while children are at home. Please see http://www.twinkl.ie/offer and enter the code IRLTWINKLHELPS.
Reading
Folens online can be accessed for free where you can look at the class readers we have covered to date (THE BIG HORSE and WHAT A MESS!) Please revise these books.
We would like children to continue reading each day. The new book we would like children to read during the school closure is called ARE YOU KITTY?. This book is available as an ebook on folens online. There are no new words introduced throughout this book.
Online Stories – Getepic.com. Click login and say you do not have an account. Join free for 30 days as a family. Here you can create your account. Click learning to read and choose books for age 4-6 years. There is lots to choose from.
Oxfordowl.co.uk – this is a similar site to getepic.com and also has lots of reading resources online. As we can’t work on our shared reading these online stories might be a useful resource.
Maths
Topmarks.co.uk- Type in search box- shapes, counting, patterns, number for all different types of games.
NRICH.com https://nrich.maths.org/9084 here are more maths activities you can do with your child. A lot of them are quite practical. Stay within age appropriate games.
Practice number formation from 0-20, on paper/whiteboards etc. Children can also draw items to represent numbers (10 apples for the number 10/5 sweets for the number 5)
We have completed number stories to 9. Please revise all these number stories. Children may need resources to aid counting (cubes/counters etc).
EXAMPLE: STORY OF 6
WEIGHT – Experiment weighing various objects at home. Encourage appropriate language e.g. heavy/light/heavier/lighter/heaviest/lightest.
SHAPES – Observe and recognise 2D and 3D shapes in environment. Maths is everywhere!!
TWINKL – twinkl has a number of fun and meaningful resources to aid children’s learning. These activities can be printed for children to complete. (Colour by number etc)
Project Work
Below are a list of some topics you can choose to make a project about. This can be done as a little book, poster, painting or any way you like.
- All About Me – favourite colour, favourite food, what you like to do, etc
- Important People to me.
- My Favourite Animal.
- Spring
- Ireland or any country of choice.
Click on the link below for some fun activities to complete!
Most importantly, try and enjoy this time at home! Play, play, play!