1st and 2nd Class end of year video.
End of Year Video 2019/2020 (2nd Class) https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cY1q2GCHAJ
Run Around Ireland June 2021
We have been very busy ‘Running around Ireland’ this term. Here’s a video of where we travelled to.
First Class Homework-Thursday 3rd June
Spellings x4 plus activities
Starlight pg 64 Activity A
Second Class Homework-Thursday 3rd June
Spellings x4 (LSCWC) Revise 12 Spellings for test (skip Wednesday’s)
Starlight pg 64 (Pronouns-I, was, he, she, they, we, you)
Litriù x2 and revise
First Class Homework
English
Spellings: 4 Spellings: Complete LSCWC activities and sentences
Maths
Master you Maths-Monday
Tables -12: 4 tables per night and complete Day 1 of Table Toppers activities
English
Spellings: 4 Spellings: Complete LSCWC activities and sentences
English
Spellings: 4 Spellings: Complete LSCWC activities and sentences
Reading: Unit 7B Starlight
Starlight pg 59 Activity A 3-6
Maths
Master you Maths-Wednesday
Tables -12: 4 tables per night and complete Day 3 of Table Toppers activities
English
Spellings: 4 Spellings: Complete LSCWC activities and sentences-Revise for Friday Test
Reading: Chapter 4- Flat Stanley
Maths
Master you Maths-Thursday
Tables -12: 4 tables per night and complete Day 4 of Table Toppers activities
Thursday-1st Class
-Spelling-Last 4 spellings. Complete sentences and LSCWC activities.
-Reading-Flat Stanley Chapter 3. We have been reading this chapter over the past three days. The language is a bit more difficult than the first two chapters. Please read together at home.
-Starlight pg 57 Activity A
1st Class-Wednesday
-Spellings- Next 4 and complete sentences and LSCWC activities.
-Master your Maths (Wednesday )
-Tables -11 (next 4) and complete Day 3 of Table Toppers
-Reading pg 55 Starlight Workbook.Starlight workbook pg 56 Complete activity A
The school are creating a biodiversity area to promote bee, butterfly and insect life. We are collecting sticks, red bricks, pipes, moss, acorns etc to fill a pallet structure. These can be brought in any day this week.
There is a competition to name the area. There were lots of ideas in school today. I asked the children to come up with ideas at home this evening.
We will be planting shrubs this week so if the children have a trowel, they can bring it to school. I have extra ones so if they don’t have one, I have one here they can use. Thanks.
1st Class Homework-Monday 17th 2021
-Spellings: First four spellings. Complete sentences and LSCWC activities
-Master you Maths (Monday)
-Tables -11 (4 tables) and complete Day 1 of Table Toppers
-Reading: Starlight 7A (half) No written activities tonight
2nd Class Homework. The children have a copy of this week’s homework in their bags.
1st Class-Wednesday
-Spellings- Next 4 and complete sentences and LSCWC activities.
-Master your Maths (Wednesday )
-Tables -10 (next 4) and complete Day 3 of Table Toppers
-Reading pg 50 Starlight Workbook. Complete activity A on pg 51
-SPHE: I will send home the worksheet for today’s and tomorrow’s lessons with tomorrow’s homework.
2nd Class-Tuesday
English:
Learn next four spellings (in homework copy) and complete LSCWC activities.
Read Skills book p 50 – Recipe for Chocolate Brownies and complete activity A on page 52.
Irish:
Learn the third box of spellings in Fuaimeanna agus Focail and complete E&F
Read the Irish reading piece in your homework copy. (The audio was posted on Monday)
Try to write three Irish sentences using the new template of words in your homework copy.
Maths: Learn -12 Tables, the next four and complete Day 3 of Table Toppers
Complete Mental Maths Wednesday
-SPHE: I will send home the worksheet for today’s and tomorrow’s lessons with tomorrow’s homework
1st Class-Tuesday
-Spellings- Next 4 and complete sentences and LSCWC activities.
-Master your Maths (Tuesday)
-Tables -10 (next 4) and complete Day 2 of Table Toppers
-Reading pg 50 Starlight Workbook. Complete activity A 1+2 and activity B 1-5.
-SPHE: Discuss today’s Stay Safe worksheet at home tonight.
2nd Class-Tuesday
English:
Learn first four spellings (in homework copy) and complete LSCWC activities.
Read Skills book p 50 – Recipe for Chocolate and complete A 1-5 on page 51. Please encourage your child to use capital letters, full stop and the language used in the question.
Irish:
Learn the second box of spellings in Fuaimeanna agus Focail and complete A + B.
Read the Irish reading piece in your homework copy. (The audio was posted yesterday)
Try to write three Irish sentences using the template in your homework copy.
Maths: Learn -12 Tables, the next four and complete Day 2 of Table Toppers
Complete Mental Maths Tuesday, Week 28.
SPHE: Discuss today’s Stay Safe worksheet at home tonight.
1st Class Homework
**Homework can be brought back in each day and I will correct daily instead of weekly.**
-Spellings x 4. Complete LSCWC activity and write sentences on the back of the sheet.
-Table Toppers Day 1. Practise tables orally at home (first 4)
-Master your Maths-Monday activity
-Re-read chapter 2 of Flat Stanley tonight. Please don’t read ahead. Thanks very much.
-SPHE The children have the worksheet from today’s Stay Safe Programme in their bags. Please discuss with your child tonight.
2nd Class Homework
Dear Parents,
This week I will be sending home homework copies and some school books to be returned each day to correct and for new homework to be set.
Tonight’s homework is as follows.
English:
Learn first four spellings (in homework copy) and complete LSCWC activity.
Read Skills book p 50 – Recipe for Chocolate and complete B and C only on page 51.
Irish:
Learn the first box of spellings in Fuaimeanna agus Focail and complete A + B. LSCWC can be completed in their homework copies.
Read the Irish reading piece in your homework copy. Clock on the link to hear the audio.
Write three Irish sentences using the template in your homework copy. We have been working on this in school.
Maths: Learn -12 Tables first four and complete Table Toppers Sheet.
Complete Mental Maths Monday, Week 26
SPHE: Talk at home about today’s Stay Safe lessons.
Homework 1st Class-Thursday
-Maths Check up 2
-Cloze Exercise 2
-Re-read chapter 1 of Flat Stanley.
-Roll and Say
HOMEWORK 2nd CLASS-Thursday
-Complete the remaining pages in the homework booklet.
HOMEWORK 1st Class
Wednesday
-Maths Check up 1
-Cloze Exercise 1
-Reading Chapter 1 of Flat Stanley. As this is the children’s first novel in school, please read the chapter with them together tonight. (I’d ask that you don’t read ahead in the book as we will be completing activities each day based on each chapter)
-Revise verses 3&4 of last week’s poem
-Roll and Say. Try these 2 games tonight at home.
Homework 2nd Class
Wednesday
-Cloze Activity-Grandma’s Cookies
-Tables Time Challenge Addition page. Set timer and record time. Self correct with their table books at home.
-Data activity (animals page)
-Revise verses 3&4 of last week’s poem.
PENPALS
Today we received our first letters from our new penpals. There was great excitement and we began writing our letters back this afternoon.
HOMEWORK APRIL 26th to 30th
FIRST CLASS
-4 spellings per night. Complete the activities on the worksheet each evening.
-Tables -9 Complete Table Toppers sheet each being and practise orally each evening.
-Reading 6A Divide the reading over the 4 nights.
Title and ingredients- Monday
Steps 1-6 Tuesday
Complete page- Wednesday
Revise-Thursday
-Maths activity sheet. Complete 7 sums each evening and play a game of Snakes and Ladders on Thursday evening.
-Poetry-Complete one verse per night and We will complete the poem together in class on Friday.
SECOND CLASS
-Complete Spelling and Litriù LSCWC activities in their copies each evening.
-Tables -11 Complete Table Toppers activity each evening and practise orally at home.
-Maths. The children have four maths activities in their bags. They can complete one per night. I would encourage them to use money at home when they are completing the word problems. We have been using the RUDE method in school to help with these word problems. (For D, we sometimes decide the plan for the sum instead of drawing)
Reading
-Poetry-Learn one verse per night. We will complete the fifth verse in class together on Friday
Read these sentences at home on Monday and Tuesday
Read these at home together on Wednesday and Thursday
-Irish Reading-Read at home on Wednesday and Thursday
HOMEWORK APRIL 19th to 23rd
FIRST CLASS
-4 Spellings per night. Complete the activities on the worksheet every evening.
-Tables -8. Complete the Table Toppers sheet each evening and practise the sums orally each evening.
-Reading- 5B (The children have a copy of it in their bags.)
-Grammar: Complete the a/an activity (on the back of their reading page) on Thursday evening.
-Poetry-Learn verse one on Monday and Tuesday night and verse two on Wednesday and Thursday night.
SECOND CLASS APRIL 18th to 23rd.
-Spellings and Litriù – Complete LSCWC activities in their copies.
-Tables -10 Complete Table Toppers activities each evening
-Reading
Read the first page on Monday and Tuesday and the second page on Wednesday and Thursday
-Maths. The children have a maths worksheet in their bags with 4 activities. Complete pg 80 on Monday, pg 81 on Tuesday, pg 83 on Wednesday and pg 84 on Thursday. I’ll send home their clocks for tomorrow night’s activity.
-Poetry Complete verse one on Monday and Tuesday evening and verse two on Wednesday and Thursday evening.
-Irish Reading-Practise on Wednesday and Thursday evening.
Dear Parents,
I hope you all had a lovely Easter break. Please find this week’s homework below,
Kind regards,
Ms Forde
1st Class
-4 Spellings per night. Complete the Look, Say, Cover Write and Check activity on the photocopied sheet and put 4 spellings into sentences each evening.
-Tables -7 this week. Complete the Table Toppers Sheet each evening and practise the new sums orally after the sheet is completed.
-Reading- This week we are reading two new poems on pg 38 (5A). (The children have a copy of it in their bags) I have included the reading from the week before Easter in the homework sheets.(4A, 4B) Re-read these over the week also. It is also very important for your child to read for fun each evening if possible.
2nd Class
-Spellings 4 per night. We completed the LSCWC activity for tonight in school. This can be completed each evening from tomorrow on.
-Contractions. This week we are learning about contractions. Read this list together at home each evening. Put them into sentences orally
-Reading-As well as the reading below, each child has a novel in their school bags. Over the next two weeks, they must read this book at home. The books can be brought back to class Friday week, the 23rd.
-Read these at home on Monday and Tuesday evening
-Read these sentences on Wednesday and Thursday evening
-Maths Complete three sums per night in their homework copies. This week’s tables are -9. Learn orally each night and complete the Table Toppers Sheet each evening.
-Gaeilge Learn 2 litriú per night and practise the Irish reading on Wednesday and Thursday evening
bird, mouth, bear, grass, finger, berries, rope, branch
Homework 22nd-26th March 2021
1st Class
4 Spellings per night
4 tables per night -6
Reading-Read over this week’s reading at home and read for fun each evening. I will assign a book on Epic for Thursday night’s reading homework.
2nd Class Homework
4 Spellings and 2 litriú per night
4 tables per night -8
Reading: The Arctic and the Antarctic-Read this week’s story at home. Read for fun each evening. I will assign a book on Epic for Thursday night’s reading homework.
Happy St Patrick’s Day from 1st and 2nd Class!
Well done to the children who drew beautiful pictures this week to help decorate the vaccination centre in the South Infirmary Hospital in Cork.
Homework: March 1st-5th
1st Class: 4 Spellings and 4 tables per night (-4)
2nd Class: 4 Spellings and 4 tables per night (-6)
Happy Birthday to Ruairí! I hope you have a great day and we look forward to singing you Happy Birthday to you when we get back to school on Monday. Have a lovely day!
Wishing you a super day Jacob! Happy Birthday from Ms Forde and your class!
Good morning everyone. A huge well done and thank you to all of you for all the hard work and effort over the last 7 weeks. I am delighted to be returning to school and I look forward to seeing the boys and girls on Monday. Kind regards, Ms Forde.
Good morning everyone. I hope you are all keeping well and the children are looking forward to coming back on Monday. I have a lovely day planned for the children! Please check the Aladdin app if you wish to join today’s zoom. Have a good day, Ms Forde.
Good morning everyone. I will send on the details for tomorrow’s zoom via Aladdin this afternoon. It is super news that we are returning to school on Monday. I look forward to seeing everyone. Have a good day! Ms Forde.
Good morning everyone. On the School Hub today at 11am, Múinteoir Ray will be experimenting with paper planes. The information on the lesson is in today’s PDFs. This week’s zoom will be this Thursday morning and there will be one for each class. I’ll post the details on Aladdin later in the week. I hope you all have a lovely day. Ms Forde.
Good morning everyone! I hope you all had a lovely mid-term and enjoyed the break. Please find today’s work below. I will assign some books for this week on Epic this morning for the children. Have a good day, Ms Forde.
Good morning everyone. I’m sure both children and parents are thrilled that the school will be on mid-term break for the next two days. Well done to you all for the amazing work and effort over the last six and a half weeks. Enjoy the well-earned break! Stay safe and take care, Ms Forde.
Here is today’s recipe from our zoom and a Pancake Boggle to do while you wait for the batter to cool in the fridge!
Good morning everyone. Please check your Aladdin app for details about today’s zoom. As always, this is optional and no formal teaching will take place. I hope you all have a good day!
Good morning everyone. I hope you all had a lovely weekend. Please find below today’s work. I will send details of tomorrow’s zoom this afternoon via Aladdin. Have a good day.
Good morning everyone! It’s Friday!! Well done on a super week’s work. I’m so proud of all of you for the massive effort you are all making at home. I hope you all have a lovely weekend. Ms Forde .
Happy 8th Birthday to Isaac!
Good morning everyone. Please check your aladdin for today’s zoom log in details. There’s a lovely lesson coming up on Tom Crean, the Antarctic explorer on today’s School Hub at 11am. Have a great day!
Thursday-Home School Hub 11am
History-Tom Crean
Let’s learn about the great explorer Tom Crean and his voyages with Captain Scott in this history class with Múinteoir Ray.
Good morning everyone. I hope you are all keeping well. Well done to all the boys and girls on their hard work this week! You’re doing great! I have assigned 2 books for each class on Epic this week. We have reached 375 books already! We are a super class! I have sent the link for this week’s zooms via Aladdin. Have a lovely day!
School Hub 11am
SPHE-Fact or Opinion
Today Múinteoir Ray explains how we express our opinions and how it is important to respect the opinions of others.
Good morning everyone. On today’s school hub, there is a fun drama lesson that your children can enjoy! Well done to all the super readers who are using the Epic app. Each week, the site allows 2 hours of free access for each pupil. (this renews each Monday) If your child would like additional books to read, Reading Eggs are offering a free month of full site access. https://readingeggs.com/coronavirus-covid-19/ . Also, today is Internet Safety Day. For information on how to keep you child safe online, check out webwise.ie. Have a lovely day! I will post some activities tomorrow for the class on internet safety.
School Hub: Drama
Good Morning! I hope you all had a lovely weekend. A huge thank you for all the effort over the past 4 weeks of remote teaching. It’s hard to believe that this is the fifth week at home. I really appreciate all the hard work and look forward to getting back to school soon. Many thanks, Ms Forde.