Hello everyone,
One final note before I sign off for the summer.
I want to thank you again for your continuous effort in keeping me up to date with your daughter’s progress over the past few months. It has been a strange and challenging time and I’m sure you are welcoming the break.
Enjoy and stay safe.
To the girls,
I have really enjoyed teaching you all this year. Thank you for your hard work in school and at home. I am so proud of you all. You are a really lovely class and I wish you well next year. Don’t forget to keep reading over the summer holidays. I hope you get to spend lots of time outdoors and have lots of fun!
Take care, stay safe and keep washing your hands.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
Ms Fanning
One final note before I sign off for the summer.
I want to thank you again for your continuous effort in keeping me up to date with your daughter’s progress over the past few months. It has been a strange and challenging time and I’m sure you are welcoming the break.
Enjoy and stay safe.
To the girls,
I have really enjoyed teaching you all this year. Thank you for your hard work in school and at home. I am so proud of you all. You are a really lovely class and I wish you well next year. Don’t forget to keep reading over the summer holidays. I hope you get to spend lots of time outdoors and have lots of fun!
Take care, stay safe and keep washing your hands.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
Ms Fanning
Term 3 - Homework arrangements during school closure
Monday 22nd- Friday 26th June 2020
Hello everyone,
Here we are in the final week of term and what an extremely different term it has been. I would like to thank all of you who have made an incredible effort to keep me updated on your daughter's progress during this time. Well done to everyone for all the hard work that has been put in at home. Thankfully it is almost time for a well earned rest.
Remember you can email me should you have a query about any of the work this week. Don't forget that it is not imperative that your child completes ALL of the work suggested.
Have a lovely week,
Ms Fanning
Here we are in the final week of term and what an extremely different term it has been. I would like to thank all of you who have made an incredible effort to keep me updated on your daughter's progress during this time. Well done to everyone for all the hard work that has been put in at home. Thankfully it is almost time for a well earned rest.
Remember you can email me should you have a query about any of the work this week. Don't forget that it is not imperative that your child completes ALL of the work suggested.
Have a lovely week,
Ms Fanning
ENGLISH
The following should be covered DAILY. Some of the work may overlap with the daily schedule for English, which is given below.
Revision(when possible)
Monday For those of you who haven’t done so already go to FolensOnline.ie and click ‘register’ and select ‘teacher’. Fill in a username, email, and password. For 'Roll Number' use ‘Prim20’. Then find the Starlight resources for Senior Infants Unit 16
Tuesday Access FolensOnline.ie as above.
Wednesday
Thursday
MATHS (daily) Continue to go over mental maths activities.
SESE Comparing Junior and Senior Infants:
SPHE Sun Safety is our topic for this week.
MUSIC
PE Online Ideas:
OTHER SUGGESTIONS Songs:
Story:
Thank you very much for your continued help and support with your child's homework. Ms Fanning **************************************************************************************** |
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Monday 15th- Friday 19th June 2020
Hi everyone,
I hope you are all well. We are almost at the finish line! Thanks again to those of you who continue to send in work weekly.
This week we have included extra sports activities to mark when we would have had 'Sports Day'. You can read about it under PE below but you shall also receive an explanatory email.
Remember you can email me should you have a query about any of the work this week. Don't forget that it is not imperative that your child completes ALL of the work suggested.
Have a lovely week,
Ms Fanning
I hope you are all well. We are almost at the finish line! Thanks again to those of you who continue to send in work weekly.
This week we have included extra sports activities to mark when we would have had 'Sports Day'. You can read about it under PE below but you shall also receive an explanatory email.
Remember you can email me should you have a query about any of the work this week. Don't forget that it is not imperative that your child completes ALL of the work suggested.
Have a lovely week,
Ms Fanning
ENGLISH
The following should be covered DAILY. Some of the work may overlap with the daily schedule for English, which is given below.
Revision(when possible)
Monday For those of you who haven’t done so already go to FolensOnline.ie and click ‘register’ and select ‘teacher’. Fill in a username, email, and password. For 'Roll Number' use ‘Prim20’. Then find the Starlight resources for Senior Infants Unit 16
Geraldine the Giraffe learns the 'ear' sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EneZ1UubxSA
Tuesday Access FolensOnline.ie as above.
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday Writing To engage in free writing is to write about anything of choice. Typically in school your child writes her news. She can do this and write about how she spent her weekend. Otherwise she could make up a story of her own, write a letter to a friend or grandparent or write about a seal as suggested below.
You can give her the following prompts:
MATHS (daily) Continue to go over mental maths activities.
Outdoor Maths Idea: Sorting and Categorising: Your child could sort and categorise items found on the beach (e.g. shells, pebbles and seaweed). She could count and label the amounts in each set. IRISH(daily)
Password: trial SESE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6E0yB0Ev0o SPHE ‘Where I Live’ is our topic for this week.
ART
MUSIC Activity page- The Right Note page 62
PE The teachers had so much fun creating a Sports Day/Week that you can complete at home! Below you’ll see a choice board of 15 Sports activities. You need to download the PDF so that you can access the links on each section. From there, you’ll see ideas and videos that will help you set up a Sports Day/Week in your home! You might like to do one activity each day, spread it out over a week, or do all activities in one day. The choice is yours! Everyone who takes part will receive an electronic certificate via email. Please email me to let me know how many games you completed.
We also have a special competition for obstacle courses. Whoever designs the most creative obstacle course will receive a special certificate and a photo of their obstacle course will be uploaded onto the School Blog for everyone to see.
We’d love to see your photos of your Covid 19 Sports Day, so make sure you send them in! Remember, there needs to be more than one person in the photo, so we can upload to the blog. PS. Why not organise something nice to eat for the finale. An ice-lolly, some juice or maybe a bag of popcorn would go down a treat! Create a playlist for Sports Day background music or access a ready made album at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7t02bxdFRuJHD8xSGyF8tD?si=FHOcL62uRS6JQw8I_By1lg The most important thing is to have fun, and enjoy the Sports Challenges! Credits: https://www.ecsligo.ie/ https://sites.google.com/holyangelsns.ie/virtualsportsday/the-activities Healthy-kidz.com OTHER SUGGESTIONS Story: Sometimes the Beach by Scott C. Johnson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxLNYsmeH7U) Sensory meditation using sounds of the sea music Play the sounds of the sea music from this link to your child:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qTUmsuAPik Ask her: ‘What do you think Mum, Kate and Jack did after Sammy rescued Jack’s ball?’ Tell her to close her eyes, listen to the sounds of the sea and imagine that she is on the beach with Mum, Kate and Jack. Ask her to think about what she can see, hear and smell.Have her share her thoughts. Songs: ‘Trasna na dTonnta’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBdQPhFOSKs ‘The Beach Song’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zptXMcZcf18 Aistear/Play: Sociodramatic play: Set a corner of a room up as a beach and your child can imagine that she is a child, a parent, a lifeguard, an ice cream seller, etc. Puppets: The puppets could be used to reinforce the concept of beach safety (e.g. one puppet could be used as a lifeguard to teach others about being safe in the water). Small world: A small beach could be set up with some sand, water, seaweed and shells. Your child could explore the different textures with small doll figures. Construction/Sand area: Your child could construct sandcastles. Creative play: Your child could design a beach towel. Online PE Ideas:
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Monday 8th- Friday 12th June 2020
Hi everyone,
I hope you are all well. Thanks to those of you who continue to send in work weekly. Please send a photograph of a written exercise along with one of a more active or creative piece of work.
Remember you can email me should you have a query about any of the work this week. Don't forget that it is not imperative that your child completes ALL of the work suggested.
Have a lovely week,
Ms Fanning
I hope you are all well. Thanks to those of you who continue to send in work weekly. Please send a photograph of a written exercise along with one of a more active or creative piece of work.
Remember you can email me should you have a query about any of the work this week. Don't forget that it is not imperative that your child completes ALL of the work suggested.
Have a lovely week,
Ms Fanning
ENGLISH
The following should be covered DAILY. Some of the work may overlap with the daily schedule for English, which is given below.
Revision(when possible)
Monday For those of you who haven’t done so already go to FolensOnline.ie and click ‘register’ and select ‘teacher’. Fill in a username, email, and password. For 'Roll Number' use ‘Prim20’. Then find the Starlight resources for Senior Infants Unit 15
Tuesday Access FolensOnline.ie as above.
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Encourage your child to write a report on the beach. Ask her to write at least four sentences. She can do this after learning about the beach (see SESE below). You can give her the following prompts:
MATHS (daily) Continue to go over mental maths activities. -Say the days of the week/ months of the year/ seasons in order. -Find/name 2D/3D shapes in her environment. -Count from 0-20 and backwards. Count in 2s- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyCr0IgbYcI
IRISH(daily)
Password: trial SESE
SPHE Water Safety is our topic for this week.
ART Beach art: Your child can create her own picture showing her favourite things to do at the beach. She could paint, draw, colour, collect and use seashells, or construct a beach picture using coloured paper. MUSIC Under the Sea: The Little Mermaid
Part of Your World: The Little Mermaid Activity page- The Right Note page 61
PE Online Ideas:
A full list of suggested activities and links can be found on the 'School News' page. OTHER SUGGESTIONS Story: A Day at the Beach: Sand, Waves and Ice Cream (see file attached) Geography:
Songs: Beach Song- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-joNU9em1w Splish! Splash! Water Safety Song- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORe6oNJvBUI Thank you very much for your continued help and support with your child's homework. Ms Fanning *************************************************************************************** |
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Tuesday 2nd- Friday 5th June 2020
Hello everyone,
I hope you are all well and enjoying the bank holiday weekend and glorious weather that we are having. While I am posting work today (Monday), I have not scheduled any work until tomorrow to allow for the bank holiday.
Thanks to those of you who sent in work last week. I shall be posting more samples of the wonderful work I have been receiving on the blog in the coming days. Please continue to send in work weekly - a photograph of a written exercise along with one of a more active or creative piece of work would be great.
Remember you can email me should you have a query about any of the work this week. Don't forget that it is not imperative that your child completes ALL of the work suggested.
Have a lovely week,
Ms Fanning
I hope you are all well and enjoying the bank holiday weekend and glorious weather that we are having. While I am posting work today (Monday), I have not scheduled any work until tomorrow to allow for the bank holiday.
Thanks to those of you who sent in work last week. I shall be posting more samples of the wonderful work I have been receiving on the blog in the coming days. Please continue to send in work weekly - a photograph of a written exercise along with one of a more active or creative piece of work would be great.
Remember you can email me should you have a query about any of the work this week. Don't forget that it is not imperative that your child completes ALL of the work suggested.
Have a lovely week,
Ms Fanning
ENGLISH
The following should be covered DAILY. Some of the work may overlap with the daily schedule for English, which is given below.
Revision(when possible)
Tuesday For those of you who haven’t done so already go to FolensOnline.ie and click ‘register’ and select ‘teacher’. Fill in a username, email, and password. For 'Roll Number' use ‘Prim20’. Then find the Starlight resources for Senior Infants Unit 15
Wednesday Access FolensOnline.ie as above.
Thursday
Friday
Have you child write a report (one to four sentences) about the funfair. See examples below.
MATHS (daily) Continue to go over mental maths activities. -Say the days of the week/ months of the year/ seasons in order. -Find/name 2D/3D shapes in her environment. -Count from 0-20 and backwards. Count in 2s- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyCr0IgbYcI
IRISH(daily)
You will need to download the Bua na Cainte programme for Irish. It's quite straightforward.
Select the file which suits your computer Mac or PC
Password: trial SESE
SPHE Respecting Difference in Cultures is our topic this week.
ART
MUSIC
PE Online Ideas:
A full list of suggested activities and links can be found on the 'School News' page. OTHER SUGGESTIONS Song: ‘Here we go Loopy Loo’ song
Video: A child at a fun fair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y38K5IDzUDM
Story:
History/Interview: A day at the fair long ago
Sensory Meditation:
Aistear/Play:
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Monday 25th- Friday 29th May 2020
Hello everyone,
Thank you for coming to collect your child's books last week and for returning the readers. It was lovely to see so many of you. Now that your daughter has her books, you will see that some specific workbook pages have been included in this week's work.
Please continue to send in work weekly - a photograph of a written exercise along with one of a more active or creative piece of work would be great.
Remember you can email me should you have a query about any of the work this week. Don't forget that it is not imperative that your child completes ALL of the work suggested.
Have a lovely week,
Ms Fanning
Thank you for coming to collect your child's books last week and for returning the readers. It was lovely to see so many of you. Now that your daughter has her books, you will see that some specific workbook pages have been included in this week's work.
Please continue to send in work weekly - a photograph of a written exercise along with one of a more active or creative piece of work would be great.
Remember you can email me should you have a query about any of the work this week. Don't forget that it is not imperative that your child completes ALL of the work suggested.
Have a lovely week,
Ms Fanning
ENGLISH
The following should be covered DAILY. Some of the work may overlap with the daily schedule for English, which is given below.
Revision (when possible)
Monday For those of you who haven’t done so already go to FolensOnline.ie and click ‘register’ and select ‘teacher’. Fill in a username, email, and password. For 'Roll Number' use ‘Prim20’. Then find the Starlight resources for Senior Infants Unit 14.
1. horn 2. thorn 3. short 4. fork 5. cord
Tuesday Access FolensOnline.ie as above.
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday Dictation– Call out the following sentences for your child to write down. Call out each sentence, then allow your child to repeat, and then you repeat as she writes it down. Treat it like the test she does in school every Friday morning. Note: The sentences in green are more challenging if you feel your child is capable of these. Choose either the purple or green sentences.
MATHS (daily) Continue to go over mental maths activities.
IRISH(daily) You will need to download the Bua na Cainte programme for Irish. It's quite straightforward.
Select the file which suits your computer Mac or PC
Password: trial
SESE Spain:
SPHE I am special See attached lesson ART/ SCIENCE Colour Mixing
MUSIC ‘Marvellous Things’
‘Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah’
PE Online Ideas:
A full list of suggested activities and links can be found on the 'School News' page. OTHER SUGGESTIONS Songs: ‘Spain Tour Bus’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp61aNnhLNo ‘Apples and Bananas’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5WLXZspD1M Videos: Car-Toons: El Materdor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0s9N2dEr7s History: Revision: Ancient Egyptians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_VAKsav2W4 Thank you very much for your continued help and support with your child's homework. Ms Fanning ***************************************************************************** |
lets_eat_outside.pptx Download File words-_reader_4.pdf Download File or_worksheet.doc Download File pre-cursive_alphabet.pdf Download File half_lined_-_portrait.pdf Download File lined_-_portrait.pdf Download File barnaby_bear_visits_spain.ppt Download File may_matador_man.pdf Download File may_matador_outfit.pdfDownload File i_am_special.doc Download File . colour-mixing-sums-powerpoint.ppt Download File colour-mixing-record-sheets.pdf Download File colour-mixing-display-labels-.pdf Download File . marvellous_things.wma Download File zip_a_dee_doo_dah.wma Download File |
Monday 18th - Friday 22nd May 2020
Hi everyone,
I hope that you are all well and having a good week so far. Thank you to all those who sent me emails last week.
Please continue to send in work weekly - a photograph of a written exercise along with one of a more active or creative piece of work would be great.
Remember you can email me should you have a query about any of the work this week. Don't forget that it is not imperative that your child completes ALL of the work suggested.
Take care,
Ms Fanning
I hope that you are all well and having a good week so far. Thank you to all those who sent me emails last week.
Please continue to send in work weekly - a photograph of a written exercise along with one of a more active or creative piece of work would be great.
Remember you can email me should you have a query about any of the work this week. Don't forget that it is not imperative that your child completes ALL of the work suggested.
Take care,
Ms Fanning
ENGLISH
The following should be covered DAILY. Some of the work may overlap with the daily schedule for English, which is given below.
Revision(when possible)
Monday For those of you who haven’t done so already go to FolensOnline.ie and click ‘register’ and select ‘teacher’. Fill in a username, email, and password. For 'Roll Number' use ‘Prim20’. Then find the Starlight resources for Senior Infants Unit 14
1. sheep 2. three 3. week 4. green 5. seen
Tuesday Access FolensOnline.ie as above.
Wednesday
Thursday Encourage your child to write a report on Ancient Egypt. Ask her to write at least four facts. She can do this after learning about Ancient Egypt (see SESE below). You can give her the following prompts: Egypt is in _____ . In Ancient Egypt the kings and queens were called ______. The Egyptians built ______. They wrote using __________. Friday
Word Family –ot
MATHS (daily) Continue to go over mental maths activities.
This week’s topic is Number.
5 spoons, 3 spoons and 1 spoon makes 9 spoons 5 and 3 and 1 makes 9 altogether 5 add 3 add 1 is the same as 9 5 and 3 and 1 are equal to 9
Benny has 2 blue crayons, 2 red crayons and 4 yellow crayons. How many crayons does he have altogether? Betsy has I doll, 5 marbles and 2 skipping ropes. How many toys does she have altogether? I have 3 buns, 4 buns and 2 buns. How many buns do I have altogether?
IRISH(daily) You will need to download the Bua na Cainte programme for Irish. It's quite straightforward.
Select the file which suits your computer Mac or PC
Password: trial
SESE
Your child can watch these short videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V3C6szgcIY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7Gp7PUOFtA&t=7s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yiqGtZXCmQ SPHE This weeks SPHE lesson focuses on mindfulness. I have attached a ‘happiness journal’ for your child to fill in daily. She can draw two pictures each day of things that have made her feel happy. She can also write a sentence about them if she chooses. If you do not have printing facilities your daughter can make her own booklet from paper. ART
MUSIC
PE Online Ideas:
A full list of suggested activities and links can be found on the 'School News' page. OTHER SUGGESTIONS Songs: ‘The Water Cycle Rap’ by GoNoodle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM-59ljA4Bs ‘The Water Cycle Song’ by Have Fun Teaching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWb4KlM2vts ‘Ten Fat Sausages Sizzling in a Pan’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBjFM-Di7_M Videos: Peppa Pig, S1 E17, ‘Picnic’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctbws0O3_1I and S3 E13 ‘The Fire Engine’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYBaUSgVAjA Story/History:
Science:
Aistear/Play:
Thank you very much for your continued help and support with your child's homework. Ms Fanning |
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Hello everyone,
I hope that you are all continuing to keep well. Thank you for your emails last week. I have received so much wonderful work to date. Why don't you take a few minutes to have a look at some such work on our blog page. I would like to remind you that I cannot post pictures of children on their own, hence I have cropped some photos where possible.
Please continue to send in work weekly and don't forget you can email me if you have any questions about any of the work this week. Again, I will remind you how it is not imperative that your child completes ALL of the work suggested.
Have a good week,
Ms Fanning
I hope that you are all continuing to keep well. Thank you for your emails last week. I have received so much wonderful work to date. Why don't you take a few minutes to have a look at some such work on our blog page. I would like to remind you that I cannot post pictures of children on their own, hence I have cropped some photos where possible.
Please continue to send in work weekly and don't forget you can email me if you have any questions about any of the work this week. Again, I will remind you how it is not imperative that your child completes ALL of the work suggested.
Have a good week,
Ms Fanning
Monday 11th - Friday 15th May 2020
ENGLISH
The following should be covered DAILY. Some of the work may overlap with the daily schedule for English, which is given below.
Revision(when possible)
Monday For those of you who haven’t done so already go to FolensOnline.ie and click ‘register’ and select ‘teacher’. Fill in a username, email, and password. For 'Roll Number' use ‘Prim20’. Then find the Starlight resources for Senior Infants Unit 13.
1. farm 2. park 3. march 4. sharp 5. jar
Tuesday Access FolensOnline.ie as above.
Wednesday Procedure: How to make ______________ (e.g. a chicken salad sandwich) (Procedural texts explain how to do something- informative, step-by-step instructions, present tense, captions, real pictures)
Step 1: ___________ Step 2: ___________ Step 3: ___________ Step 4: ___________ Thursday
Friday Dictation Call out the following sentences for your child to write down. Call out each sentence, allow your child to repeat, and then you repeat as she writes it down. Treat it like the test she does in school each Friday morning. Note: The sentences in green are more challenging if you feel your child is capable of these. Choose either the purple or green sentences.
Word Family –an
MATHS (daily)
This week’s topic is DATA. Everyone will need the attached worksheets. There is one per day. If you do not have printing facilities, they can be used as an oral activity where your child calls out the correct number/answer. It is also possible to have your child write down the answers on a separate piece of paper. Ask your child questions about the data provided. E.g. worksheet 3: What was the most popular treat? How many more children liked lollipops than candy canes?* Which was the least popular treat? How many less children liked gingerbread men than ice-cream?* *Stress the need to find the DIFFERENCE between the two amounts. Online Maths Games: Note: You will have to use your login to FolensOnline for these. https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activitya/pm_si_024/index.html https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activities/pm_si_047/index.html https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activitya/pm_si_076/index.html IRISH (daily) If you have not done so already, you will need to download the Bua na Cainte programme for Irish. It's quite straightforward.
Password: trial
SESE Electricity
SPHE
ART
MUSIC
PE Online Ideas: PE with Joe Wicks- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyCLoPd4VxBsXs1WmPcektsQyFbXTf9FO PE with our basketball coach, coach Ciarán- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0UW-PBrumE RTE's 10@10- https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/ Cosmic Kids Yoga Videos- https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga A full list of suggested activities and links can be found on the 'School News' page. OTHER SUGGESTIONS History:
Geography:
Story: Gregory the Terrible Eater- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7FR1XGvAPA Questions:
Aistear/Play: Socio-dramatic play: Your child could open a smoothie café. Free writing: Your child could write and illustrate her own smoothie recipes. Small world: Your child could create a café or kitchen with doll’s house furniture and small figures. Construction: Your child could construct kitchen equipment out of junk-art to use in their smoothiecafé. Creative play: Your child could create bowls or baskets of fruit from playdough. Water area: Your child could play in the water with empty juice cartons and measuring jugs and practise her capacity words. Thank you very much for your continued help and support with your child's homework. Ms Fanning |
super_smoothie.pptx Download File words-_reader_4.pdf Download File ar_phonics_worksheet.doc Download File cursive_capital_z.doc Download File capital_z-_gwtf.doc Download File half_lined_sandwich_page_border.pdf Download File lined_sandwich_page_border.pdf Download File . free_writing_half_lined.pdf Download File free_writing_full_lined.pdf Download File mental_maths_5.pdf Download File mental_maths_6.pdf Download File data_worksheet_1.pdf Download File data_worksheet_2.pdf Download File data_worksheet_3.pdf Download File data_worksheet_4.pdf Download File data_worksheet_5.pdf Download File electricity_powerpoint.pptx Download File staying_safe_with_electricity.pdf Download File electricity_1.pdf Download File electricity_2.pdf Download File taking_care_of_our_world_.doc Download File handas_surprise.pdf Download File t-t-1276-african-surprise-story-sequencing-4-per-a4_ver_1.pdf Download File africa.pdf Download File |
Tuesday 5th - Friday 8th May 2020
Hi everyone,
I hope you all enjoyed the sunshine over the long weekend and that everyone is continuing to keep well. Thank you for all last weeks emails. It's wonderful to see the fantastic work you are doing at home. Please continue to send in work weekly. As before, a photograph of a written exercise along with one of a more active or creative piece of work would be preferable. You are also welcome to email me if you have any queries regarding any of the work below.
Again, I will remind you how it is not imperative that your child completes ALL of the work suggested. While I have included some printable worksheets in this week’s work, they are for those of you who requested more of this type of work and have the facilities to print.
Have a good week,
Ms Fanning
I hope you all enjoyed the sunshine over the long weekend and that everyone is continuing to keep well. Thank you for all last weeks emails. It's wonderful to see the fantastic work you are doing at home. Please continue to send in work weekly. As before, a photograph of a written exercise along with one of a more active or creative piece of work would be preferable. You are also welcome to email me if you have any queries regarding any of the work below.
Again, I will remind you how it is not imperative that your child completes ALL of the work suggested. While I have included some printable worksheets in this week’s work, they are for those of you who requested more of this type of work and have the facilities to print.
Have a good week,
Ms Fanning
ENGLISH
The following should be covered DAILY. Some of the work may overlap with the daily schedule for English, which is given below.
Revision(when possible)
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Tuesday For those of you who haven’t done so already go to FolensOnline.ie and click ‘register’ and select ‘teacher’. Fill in a username, email, and password. For 'Roll Number' use ‘Prim20’. Then find the Starlight resources for Senior Infants Unit 13
1. her 2. perch 3. never 4. fern 5. sister
Wednesday Access FolensOnline.ie as above.
Thursday Summer
The days are: (longer/shorter) Friday
Note: The sentences in green are more challenging if you feel your child is capable of these. Choose either the purple or green sentences.
Word Family –ab
MATHS (daily)
Compare weights of objects through handling.
The pencil is lighter than the book. The book is heavier than the pencil.
IRISH (daily) If you have not done so already, you will need to download the Bua na Cainte programme for Irish. It's quite straightforward.
Password: trial
SESE Summer
SPHE
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MUSIC
PE Online Ideas:
A full list of suggested activities and links can be found on the 'School News' page. OTHER SUGGESTIONS History:
Stories:
Video:
Aistear/Play: Socio-dramatic play: Your child could open a smoothie café. Free writing: Your child could write and illustrate her own smoothie recipes. Small world: Your child could create a café or kitchen with doll’s house furniture and small figures. Construction: Your child could construct kitchen equipment out of junk-art to use in their smoothie café. Creative play: Your child could create bowls or baskets of fruit from playdough. Water area: Your child could play in the water with empty juice cartons and measuring jugs and practise her capacity words. Thank you very much for your continued help and support with your child's homework. Ms Fanning |
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Monday 27th April - Friday 1st May 2020
Hello everyone,
I hope you all had a lovely weekend. Thank you for your emails last week. It was really great to see photos of you and your work. Don't forget you can email me [email protected] if you have any questions about any of the work this week. And remember, don't worry unduly if you are not getting everything done, we are all only doing the best we can. Have a good week, Ms Fanning.
I hope you all had a lovely weekend. Thank you for your emails last week. It was really great to see photos of you and your work. Don't forget you can email me [email protected] if you have any questions about any of the work this week. And remember, don't worry unduly if you are not getting everything done, we are all only doing the best we can. Have a good week, Ms Fanning.
ENGLISH
The following should be covered daily as would be carried out typically for homework. Some of the work may overlap with the daily schedule for English, which is given below.
Revision (when possible)
The following should be covered daily as would be carried out typically for homework. Some of the work may overlap with the daily schedule for English, which is given below.
- Continue reading fourth story in Starlight reader: Sea Lion Splash!
- Sight words for the next week: these people four gave
- Continue learning Word List 12 (in orange word book).
- Play sight word games.
- Encourage your child to put all these words (sight words and word list words) into sentences.
- Oxford Owls have a free e-book library which is very good for supplementary reading: home.oxfordowl.co.uk/books/free-ebooks/ You will need to set up an account to view the books. Then browse by Oxford Level. It is best to start with less challenging material and move up through the levels. The Oxford Reading Tree books are most suitable.
Revision (when possible)
- Revise all sight words
- Revise word lists 1-11
- Revise all digraph sounds learned last term: sh, qu, ch, th, ai, oa, ng, ie, oo, oi, ou, ue, er, ar, ee, or
- Ask your child for examples of words containing these sounds.
- Have your child write some of these words sounding them out as she does.
- Jolly Phonics songs to accompany each digraph sound can be found on YouTube.
- Revise formation of all lowercase and capital letters covered so far. Note: We have yet to cover capitals X and Z
Monday
For those of you who haven’t done so already, go to FolensOnline.ie and click ‘register’ and select ‘teacher’. Fill in a username, email, and password. For 'Roll Number' use ‘Prim20’.
1. blue 2. fuel 3. cue 4. due 5. glue
Tuesday Access FolensOnline.ie as above.
Wednesday Fact file: Animals that live in water
The ___________ lives in a river. The ___________ lives in a pond. Thursday
Friday Dictation Call out the following sentences for your child to write down. Call out each sentence, allow your child to repeat, and then you repeat as she writes it down. Treat it like the test she does in school each Friday morning. Note: The sentences in green are more challenging if you feel your child is capable of these. Choose either the purple or green sentences.
Word Family –ad
MATHS (daily)
Online Maths Games: Note: You shall have to use your login to FolensOnline for these. https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activitya/pm_si_115/index.html https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activitya/pm_si_099/index.html IRISH If you have not done so already, you will need to download the Bua na Cainte programme for Irish. It's quite straightforward.
Password: trial
SESE
SPHE
Stories
PE: Active HOME Week (April 27th – May 3rd) National ‘Active SCHOOL Week’ takes place every April and is a really enjoyable part of the school year for many children. This year, because of COVID-19, it is not possible for this to go ahead so we are inviting you to participate in the ‘Active HOME Week‘ challenge instead. Download Challenge Card here :https://activeschoolflag.ie/index.php/active-home-week-2020/#toggle-id-1 Online Ideas: PE with Joe Wicks- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyCLoPd4VxBsXs1WmPcektsQyFbXTf9FO PE with our basketball coach, coach Ciarán- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0UW-PBrumE RTE's 10@10- https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/ Cosmic Kids Yoga Videos- https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga A full list of suggested activities and links can be found on the 'School News' page. OTHER SUGGESTIONS: History: Retell the story of the Ugly Duckling in the correct sequence (what happened at the beginning/middle/end?) Split a page in three and draw a picture from each stage. Geography:
Science:
Art: Paint or draw and colour a swan from the story ‘The Ugly Duckling’ or any animal they have learned about that lives in water. Music: Play the track and talk about the song with your child. Did you enjoy listening to it? Did you think it was funny? Did Katie Beardie’s circus have the usual circus animals? (sheep, pig, hen, duck, mouse) Would you expect to find Katie Beardie’s animals in a zoo, a circus or on a farm? Have your child sing along with the song, adding actions and clapping along with the chorus. Aistear Sociodramatic play: The children could pretend that they are zookeepers and animals in the zoo. Puppets: The children could discuss their experiences of the zoo (e.g. favourite animals), using puppets. Small world: The children could create a zoo with different enclosures, using small toy animals. Construction: The children could construct animal masks from cardboard and elastic. Creative play: The children could make their favourite animals from playdough and make a playdough zoo. Free writing: The children could write their own ‘Dear Zoo’ letters. Video: There are some episodes of ‘The Zoo’ available to watch on www.rte.ie/player/series/the-zoo/SI0000001948?epguid=AI000003266 Games: Animal charades, and reading games on roythezebra.com. Thank you very much for your continued help and support with your child's homework. Ms Fanning |
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Monday 20th - Friday 24th April 2020
Dear parents,
I hope that you and your families are keeping well and that you all enjoyed the Easter break. I trust that the Easter bunny found all of the girls. Thank goodness he was granted a special travel allowance.
Many thanks again to those of you who completed the survey (the results of which can be viewed below). It gave me insight into how some of you are feeling with regard to workload for the children and I was pleased to discover that almost everyone who contributed was satisfied with the volume provided. I understand that many parents are working from home and others among you may be ill. I cannot stress enough how it is not imperative that your child completes ALL of the work suggested. While I have included some printable worksheets in this week’s work, they are for those of you who requested more of this type of work and have the facilities to print.
I shall be contacting each of you by email and I will be requesting two pieces of work per week from each child (where possible). Typically this shall include one written piece of work (a photo of which will suffice) and another sample of active or creative work. I shall elaborate more in the email.
ENGLISH
The following should be covered daily as would be carried out typically for homework. Some of the work may overlap with the daily schedule for English, which is given below.
Revision(when possible)
I hope that you and your families are keeping well and that you all enjoyed the Easter break. I trust that the Easter bunny found all of the girls. Thank goodness he was granted a special travel allowance.
Many thanks again to those of you who completed the survey (the results of which can be viewed below). It gave me insight into how some of you are feeling with regard to workload for the children and I was pleased to discover that almost everyone who contributed was satisfied with the volume provided. I understand that many parents are working from home and others among you may be ill. I cannot stress enough how it is not imperative that your child completes ALL of the work suggested. While I have included some printable worksheets in this week’s work, they are for those of you who requested more of this type of work and have the facilities to print.
I shall be contacting each of you by email and I will be requesting two pieces of work per week from each child (where possible). Typically this shall include one written piece of work (a photo of which will suffice) and another sample of active or creative work. I shall elaborate more in the email.
ENGLISH
The following should be covered daily as would be carried out typically for homework. Some of the work may overlap with the daily schedule for English, which is given below.
- Begin reading fourth story in Starlight reader: Sea Lion Splash!
- Sight words for the next week: these people four gave
- Begin learning Word List 12(in orange word book).
- Play sight word games.
- Encourage your child to put all these words (sight words and word list words) into sentences.
- Oxford Owls have a free ebook library which is very good for supplementary reading home.oxfordowl.co.uk/books/free-ebooks/ You will need to set up an account to view the books. Then browse by Oxford Level. It is best to start will less challenging material and move up through the levels. The Oxford Reading Tree books are most suitable.
Revision(when possible)
- Revise all sight words
- Revise word lists 1-11
- Revise all digraph sounds learned last term: sh, qu, ch, th, ai, oa, ng, ie, oo, oi, ou, ue, er, ar, ee, or
- Ask your child for examples of words containing these sounds.
- Have your child write some of these words sounding them out as she does.
- Jolly Phonics songs to accompany each digraph sound can be found online.
- Revise formation of all lowercase and capital letters covered so far. Note: We have yet to cover capitals V, X, Z
Monday For those of you who haven’t done so already go to FolensOnline.ie and click ‘register’ and select ‘teacher’. Fill in a username, email, and password. For 'Roll Number' use ‘Prim20’.
Tuesday Access FolensOnline.ie as above.
Wednesday Elephant Fact File
They have: (tusks/long trunks). Note: Please encourage correct (cursive) letter formation. Thursday
Note: Please encourage correct (cursive) letter formation. Friday Dictation
Word Family –at
MATHS (daily)
Online Games: Note: You shall have to use your login to FolensOnline for these. https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activitya/pm_si_104/index.html https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/PlanetMaths/PMSI/resources/activities/pm_si_105/index.html IRISH You will need to download the Bua na Cainte programme for Irish. It's quite straightforward.
Select the file which suits your computer Mac or PC
Password: trial
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTm0BYv2PFI SESE
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Stories
PE > PE with Joe Wicks - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hdR8Mlib3M > 10@10: Daily 10 minute exercise videos - https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/. > Try out some Cosmic Yoga- https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga OTHER SUGGESTIONS: History: Retell the above stories in the correct sequence (what happened at the beginning/middle/end?). Art: Paint or draw and colour an elephant or some zoo animals. Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqm54vlotYs&feature=youtu.be Geography: Draw a map of the zoo and track the order in which Jack and Kate saw the animals in the Starlight stories. Video: There are some episodes of ‘The Zoo’ available to watch on www.rte.ie/player/series/the-zoo/SI0000001948?epguid=AI000003266 Thank you very much for your continued help and support with your child's homework. Ms Fanning Survey Results |
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Many thanks to those of you who completed the survey regarding homework arrangements during the present school closure. 56% of class parents took part and the results can be seen below. I will endeavour to take all of this information on board in my future planning.
Homework arrangements during school closure
Monday 30th March - Friday 3rd April 2020
Dear Parents/Guardians,
I hope that you and your families are continuing to keep safe and well. Here are some additional homework arrangements that you can do with her child to keep her up to date during this school closure. These are merely guidelines and I must stress how it is not imperative that your daughter completes all of this work. I understand that for many reasons this may not be possible and keeping safe and healthy is by all means priority at the moment.
Reading:
Go to FolensOnline.ie and click ‘register’ and select ‘teacher’. Fill in a username, email, and password. For 'Roll Number' use ‘Prim20’. Then find the Starlight resources for Senior Infants Unit 11
Oral Language:
Login to Folens as described above.
Digraphs:
Writing:
Maths:
Science:
More water play!
Resources:
Songs:
‘1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Once I Caught a Fish Alive’ song
Play and sing along: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--BhTBXdc1o
‘A Sailor went to Sea, Sea, Sea’
Sing this version of the song ‘A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea’ to revise the names of the sea creatures:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX2Er--LYmQ
‘Under the Sea’
Listen and dance to the song ‘Under the Sea’ (from Disney’s TheLittle Mermaid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC_mV1IpjWA
Videos:
Watch the online video clip of:
Storytime:
Hooray for Fish!
Play the story Hooray for Fish! By Lucy Cousins: https://vimeo.com/52877670
Other suggestions:
Make an ocean-related item at home
Have you child make one of the following ocean-related items at home, giving them the following guidelines:
Picture Books (You may have access to some of these at home)
Thank you very much for your continued help and support with your child's homework. Wishing you all a lovely Easter. I hope the Easter bunny comes!
Ms Fanning
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Dear Parents/Guardians,
I hope that you and your families are continuing to keep safe and well. Here are some additional homework arrangements that you can do with her child to keep her up to date during this school closure. These are merely guidelines and I must stress how it is not imperative that your daughter completes all of this work. I understand that for many reasons this may not be possible and keeping safe and healthy is by all means priority at the moment.
Reading:
Go to FolensOnline.ie and click ‘register’ and select ‘teacher’. Fill in a username, email, and password. For 'Roll Number' use ‘Prim20’. Then find the Starlight resources for Senior Infants Unit 11
- Locate Big Book 11 - Under the Sea and play the story. Discuss. Scroll back through the pages and click on the headphone icon in the top corner of each page. Have your child answer the questions.
- Locate Core Reader Three - All About Whales. Go through the flashcards. Your child can play the sight word game. Then, listen to the story and discuss.
- Begin reading third story in Starlight reader: All About Whales
- Sight words for the next week: from know other use
- Revise word lists 1-10.
- Begin learning word list 11.
- Play sight word games.
- Encourage your child to put all these words into sentences.
- Oxford Owls have a free ebook library which is very good for supplementary reading www.oxfordowl.co.uk
Oral Language:
Login to Folens as described above.
- Locate Poster 11 - Sea Creatures. Listen to Story 1 and discuss.
- Complete labelling activity.
- Listen to Story 2.
- Answer Questions and complete activity.
- Listen to poem: Ocean Travel by Jennifer Tweedie
- Discuss and pick out rhyming words.
Digraphs:
- Revise all digraph sounds learned last term: sh, qu, ch, th, ai, oa, ng, ie, oo, oi, ou, ue, er, ar, ee, or
- Ask your child for examples of words containing these sounds.
- Have your child write some of these words sounding them out as she does.
- Jolly Phonics songs to accompany each digraph sound can be found on YouTube.
Writing:
- Revise the formation of lowercase and capital letters covered. Begin to learn the formation of capital 'U'
- data.cjfallon.ie/resources/gwtf-handwriting/letter/index.html?dataFile=GWTF_B_LF_U_up.json&referrer=http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/gwtf-handwriting/index.html#!/book-sections/1/section-groups/1/group/2/
- Your child should engage in free-writing.
- Sea creature fact file
Encourage your child to write a fact file report. Ask her to write four facts on a chosen sea creature. Give her the following prompts: - This is a:(crab/seahorse/shark/starfish/jellyfish/octopus/bluewhale…)
- It lives: (close to the shore; under the sea …)
- It is: (colourful, clear, big, small, amazing …)
- It can: (move, catch food, bite, walk on its side, smell from far away …)
Maths:
- Recite days of the week, seasons and months of the year. Talk about what come before/after/in between.
- Your child should engage in water play. Have her fill and empty containers of various sizes e.g. bottles, jugs, scoops, spoons, pots, cups etc.
- Discuss which (from a selection of two) holds 'the most' and which holds 'the least'.
- Compare and order a number of containers from which holds the least to which holds the most.
- Estimate which container holds the most/least and investigate this by measuring.
- Estimate and then measure how many smaller containers will be required to fill a larger container
Science:
More water play!
- Have your child name some items that they think will float or sink in water.
- Carry out an experiment to investigate if certain objects float or sink (pebble, cotton wool, pencil, coins, cardboard, full and empty bottles, yogurt pots, plastic counters)
- Don't forget to have your child make a prediction prior to investigating.
Resources:
Songs:
‘1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Once I Caught a Fish Alive’ song
Play and sing along: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--BhTBXdc1o
‘A Sailor went to Sea, Sea, Sea’
Sing this version of the song ‘A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea’ to revise the names of the sea creatures:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX2Er--LYmQ
‘Under the Sea’
Listen and dance to the song ‘Under the Sea’ (from Disney’s TheLittle Mermaid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC_mV1IpjWA
Videos:
Watch the online video clip of:
- the blue whale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dciLg3Zm1hI
- Fungi the Dolphin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w8HRSoVTI4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK-LeeGslMA
- Ocean habitats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YtofuJ-TL4
Storytime:
Hooray for Fish!
Play the story Hooray for Fish! By Lucy Cousins: https://vimeo.com/52877670
Other suggestions:
Make an ocean-related item at home
Have you child make one of the following ocean-related items at home, giving them the following guidelines:
- Shoebox ocean scene: Get an old shoe box and decorate with paint, crepe paper, sand, shells, cut out fish, etc. Talk about what you’d expect to see in the ocean.
- ‘Under the Sea’ sensory jar: Put water, blue dyesand, small shells and plastic fish, glitter and baby oil in a small plastic container. Discuss what happens if the jar is put on one side. Try simulating the motion of waves; finding an object that will float on the top of the oil; counting shells, etc.
Picture Books (You may have access to some of these at home)
- Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle
- Tiddler by Julia Donaldson
- The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson
- Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae
Thank you very much for your continued help and support with your child's homework. Wishing you all a lovely Easter. I hope the Easter bunny comes!
Ms Fanning
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Dear Parents/Guardians,
Here are some homework arrangements that you can do with her child to keep her up to date during this school closure.
Reading:
Digraphs:
Writing:
Maths:
Other suggestions:
Resources:
Thank you very much for your continued help and support with your child's homework. Stay safe and healthy.
Ms Fanning
Here are some homework arrangements that you can do with her child to keep her up to date during this school closure.
Reading:
- Your child has two new supplementary readers in her reading folder.
- Revise first story in Starlight reader: My Classroom
- Begin reading second story in Starlight reader: Cow Takes a Bow!
- Revise all sight words - one colour per day alternately.
- Revise word lists 1-9.
- Begin learning word list 10.
- Play sight word games - find the words in the Starlight reader and other books, hide words around the house to be found and read aloud (hide and seek), play sight word bingo.
- Encourage your child to put all these words into sentences.
Digraphs:
- Revise all digraph sounds learned last term: sh, qu, ch, th, ai, oa, ng, ie, oo, oi, ou, ue, er, ar, ee, or
- Ask your child for examples of words containing these sounds.
- Have your child write some of these words sounding them out as she does.
- Jolly Phonics songs to accompany each digraph sound can be found on YouTube.
Writing:
- Revise the formation of lowercase and capital letters covered.
- Your child should engage in free-writing.
Maths:
- Recite days of the week, seasons and months of the year. Talk about what come before/after/in between.
- Have your child make amounts up to 10c using 1c, 2c, 5c, and 10c coins.
- Request alternative ways of making certain amounts.
- Have your child answer some mental maths money problems. Start with two amounts then move on to three remembering to have a maximum total of 10c. e.g. An apple costs 2c. A banana costs 4c. How much would an apple and a banana cost altogether?
Other suggestions:
- Please see School News page on the school website for a full list of suggested activities.
- Picture books
- Drawing and colouring
- Jigsaws and board games
- Cutting and sticking activities
- Get some exercise - dance, skip, practise GAA skills learned in PE
Resources:
- www.twinkl.ie/resources/roi-resources There are lots of amazing resources available on Twinkl. They are offering free access to all their resources for parents during school closures.
- dabbledoomusic.com/p/parents Dabbledoo have lots of fun interactive music activities which are free to parents during school closures.
- www.gonoodle.com/ Provides movement and mindfulness videos.
Thank you very much for your continued help and support with your child's homework. Stay safe and healthy.
Ms Fanning