2nd and 3rd class 2020/21
Coronavirus (Covid 19)
3rd class work

lockdown_history_booklet.pdf |

coronavirus-abookforchildren.pdf |

musical_world_-_america.pdf |

musical_world_-_carribbean.pdf |

suggested_timetable.jpg |

news_from_nch.pdf |

musical_world_-_europe.pdf |
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Updated 22/06/2020
21/06/2020
Rang a Trí, Scoil Phádraig, Baile Héil.
22ú agus 23ú lá, Meitheamh 2020.
Suggested activities:
Dear Girls and Boys,
Well done to you and your families on the great work that you have been doing since school closed in March.
This week your holidays begin. Places are beginning to open up so you’ll be able to get out and about more, and hopefully meet a few pals.
Remember to wash your hands and stay safe while you have some fun.
Have a great summer and look forward to returning to school in the autumn when you’ll be in Rang a Ceathair!
Best wishes
Slán tamaill,
Mary Hahessy.
I’m sending you a worksheet to print and complete:
‘The Year They Closed School’ attached above called the_year_they_closed_school.pdf
In Music we are learning about Traditional Irish Music (NCH pdf is attached above).
Travel around the world in sound on Nature Sound Map.
https://www.naturesoundmap.com
Try to practice your Mindfulness and relaxation techniques regularly.
https://www.lucysblueday.com/product/lucys-in-lockdown/
Keep reading while you are on holidays. Kilkenny Library has its summer reading challenge going again this year.
Summer Stars Reading Challenge 2020
We are delighted to announce that the Summer Stars Reading Adventure continues this summer, albeit in a slightly different fashion! This year, the challenge runs from Monday June 22nd until Friday August 28th in Kilkenny, and can be done digitally.
With children spending more time at home, we have tailored this years’ challenge accordingly, by increasing access to more eBooks and eAudiobooks on Borrowbox than ever before, along with eMagazines, and a programme of storytimes, quizzes and much more. links to these will be published below. If you prefer a physical book, just check kilkennylibrary.ie/ Kilkenny Library social media platforms for current details of branches providing service to the public.
What you need to get started:
« A current library membership: Parents/guardians can sign up new members here or by phoning Library HQ on 056 7794160
« Summer Stars Reading Card: Click here to download in English, or here for Gaeilge, or collect one when borrowing through our branches currently providing services.
13/06/2020
Rang a Trí, Scoil Phádraig, Baile Héil.
15ú lá go 19ú lá de Meitheamh 2020
Obair le déanamh/ Work suggestions
Dear Boys and Girls, (hello again to Mums, Dads, and everyone who is keeping us going!),
I hope that you are all well. I’m sure you’re looking forward to finishing up ‘home-based school’ and having well earned holidays. You have all been doing wonderful work and should give yourselves great praise.
By now we should have had our school trip and Sports Day. During this week I want you to include your school trip and school sports day in your weekly plan. I’m sending suggested activities. You and your parents can choose a ‘free’ day for the class outing or school trip – I’m sending some suggestions but it is completely up to you.
Hopefully you’re getting out and enjoying the lovely weather. Keep active - cycling, walking, dancing, singing and practising your team sport skills.
Keep reading – I’m suggesting Roald Dahl and C. S. Lewis for the next few weeks.
Share your smiles and laughs. Remember your ‘Mindful Minute’ and the ‘Starfish’.
For great nature ideas look up https://www.engagewithnature.ie/parent-children-activities/
Do what work you can – there is work for you to continue in texts, but only if you want (quizzes in ‘Just Maps’ and chapters on ‘Christopher Colombus’ and ‘Australia’ in ‘Small World’).
Doing things you like is a great motivator and you learn more easily.
Learning never only happens in school. As an old man Michelangelo said “I am still learning” (in Italian, of course!)
Remember, you are doing great work and being the STARS you are!
Wash those hands and stay safe.
Slán tamaill,
Mary Hahessy.
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Monday: Chapter 34: Maths Trail or Monday’s Challenge:
Measurement
We drew school diagrams/plans earlier this year. Sketch a neat diagram of your garden or bedroom with measurements shown, as best you can.
What you will need:
Pencils
Paper
Measuring Tape, string or ruler
This is a problem solving activity. You’re encouraged to talk about the ‘maths’ and explain what you think/estimate and why.
Observe the area to be mapped. Step it out. Talk about it.
Tuesday:
You could complete the ‘Revision’ on page 39 of ‘Just Grammar’ and also read ‘The Sound Collector’ by Roger McGough on page 186 of ‘Starlight’. It’s up to you to complete activities.
or
Tuesday’s Literacy challenges:
Can you create one of these for someone you love?
See first photo attached below.
Can you create a ‘WISH JAR’ listing all the things you’d like to do after this time of restrictions? Something like our ‘Kindness’ jar but with your words, drawing and sentences.
Covid 19 Time Capsule
• We are living through history.
• Why not record some of it?
See second photo attached below.
Wednesday Challenge:
Measurement
Wednesday’s Challenge:
Sketch a neat diagram of your Dream Garden/ Bedroom with measurements shown
What you will need:
Example:
Please see the third photo attached below
You could send an image of your final sketch back to you teacher
Thursday: Mindfulness Day – relax!
See fourth photo attached below.
Friday:
See fifth photo attached below.
Plan your perfect day, make a list or write a narrative. Include drawings, word webs or paper cuttings. (It could be your perfect school outing).
See sixth photo below.
Have a lovely weekend and have fun!
21/06/2020
Rang a Trí, Scoil Phádraig, Baile Héil.
22ú agus 23ú lá, Meitheamh 2020.
Suggested activities:
Dear Girls and Boys,
Well done to you and your families on the great work that you have been doing since school closed in March.
This week your holidays begin. Places are beginning to open up so you’ll be able to get out and about more, and hopefully meet a few pals.
Remember to wash your hands and stay safe while you have some fun.
Have a great summer and look forward to returning to school in the autumn when you’ll be in Rang a Ceathair!
Best wishes
Slán tamaill,
Mary Hahessy.
I’m sending you a worksheet to print and complete:
‘The Year They Closed School’ attached above called the_year_they_closed_school.pdf
In Music we are learning about Traditional Irish Music (NCH pdf is attached above).
Travel around the world in sound on Nature Sound Map.
https://www.naturesoundmap.com
Try to practice your Mindfulness and relaxation techniques regularly.
https://www.lucysblueday.com/product/lucys-in-lockdown/
Keep reading while you are on holidays. Kilkenny Library has its summer reading challenge going again this year.
Summer Stars Reading Challenge 2020
We are delighted to announce that the Summer Stars Reading Adventure continues this summer, albeit in a slightly different fashion! This year, the challenge runs from Monday June 22nd until Friday August 28th in Kilkenny, and can be done digitally.
With children spending more time at home, we have tailored this years’ challenge accordingly, by increasing access to more eBooks and eAudiobooks on Borrowbox than ever before, along with eMagazines, and a programme of storytimes, quizzes and much more. links to these will be published below. If you prefer a physical book, just check kilkennylibrary.ie/ Kilkenny Library social media platforms for current details of branches providing service to the public.
What you need to get started:
« A current library membership: Parents/guardians can sign up new members here or by phoning Library HQ on 056 7794160
« Summer Stars Reading Card: Click here to download in English, or here for Gaeilge, or collect one when borrowing through our branches currently providing services.
13/06/2020
Rang a Trí, Scoil Phádraig, Baile Héil.
15ú lá go 19ú lá de Meitheamh 2020
Obair le déanamh/ Work suggestions
Dear Boys and Girls, (hello again to Mums, Dads, and everyone who is keeping us going!),
I hope that you are all well. I’m sure you’re looking forward to finishing up ‘home-based school’ and having well earned holidays. You have all been doing wonderful work and should give yourselves great praise.
By now we should have had our school trip and Sports Day. During this week I want you to include your school trip and school sports day in your weekly plan. I’m sending suggested activities. You and your parents can choose a ‘free’ day for the class outing or school trip – I’m sending some suggestions but it is completely up to you.
Hopefully you’re getting out and enjoying the lovely weather. Keep active - cycling, walking, dancing, singing and practising your team sport skills.
Keep reading – I’m suggesting Roald Dahl and C. S. Lewis for the next few weeks.
Share your smiles and laughs. Remember your ‘Mindful Minute’ and the ‘Starfish’.
For great nature ideas look up https://www.engagewithnature.ie/parent-children-activities/
Do what work you can – there is work for you to continue in texts, but only if you want (quizzes in ‘Just Maps’ and chapters on ‘Christopher Colombus’ and ‘Australia’ in ‘Small World’).
Doing things you like is a great motivator and you learn more easily.
Learning never only happens in school. As an old man Michelangelo said “I am still learning” (in Italian, of course!)
Remember, you are doing great work and being the STARS you are!
Wash those hands and stay safe.
Slán tamaill,
Mary Hahessy.
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Monday: Chapter 34: Maths Trail or Monday’s Challenge:
Measurement
We drew school diagrams/plans earlier this year. Sketch a neat diagram of your garden or bedroom with measurements shown, as best you can.
What you will need:
Pencils
Paper
Measuring Tape, string or ruler
This is a problem solving activity. You’re encouraged to talk about the ‘maths’ and explain what you think/estimate and why.
Observe the area to be mapped. Step it out. Talk about it.
- Draw a neat sketch of the garden or bedroom, from a bird’s eye view. Include all the relevant sections – grass patch, flowerbeds, trampoline, pond, path or bed, window, furniture, doorway, etc.
- Discuss the dimensions of the garden/bedroom. What’s the shortest side? Estimate the length and what is the best way to measure it – metres and centimetres using ruler, measuring tape or the Egyptian’s system (pace, foot, hand, span, etc.).
- Try to make a guess or estimate of the lengths of parts of garden/bedroom before measuring. Next record measurements. Then, measure with ruler, measuring tape or Egyptian system. Estimating is all about what is a ‘reasonably estimate rather than a perfect answer’.
- Measure the length of the garden/bedroom. Make sure the tape is flat on the ground and held taut. (measure twice, record once)
- Record your results in sketch diagram. Remember to say what unit of measurement you used (metres, centimetres, paces, spans, etc..
- Use the process for other measurements in the garden/bedroom including pavements, lawns, bushes , flower beds,, etc./beds, furniture, doorwy, etc.
- Complete your diagram/plan. Add colour and notes of measurement. Name the diagram.
- Save this work. Well done!
Tuesday:
You could complete the ‘Revision’ on page 39 of ‘Just Grammar’ and also read ‘The Sound Collector’ by Roger McGough on page 186 of ‘Starlight’. It’s up to you to complete activities.
or
Tuesday’s Literacy challenges:
Can you create one of these for someone you love?
See first photo attached below.
Can you create a ‘WISH JAR’ listing all the things you’d like to do after this time of restrictions? Something like our ‘Kindness’ jar but with your words, drawing and sentences.
Covid 19 Time Capsule
• We are living through history.
• Why not record some of it?
See second photo attached below.
Wednesday Challenge:
Measurement
Wednesday’s Challenge:
Sketch a neat diagram of your Dream Garden/ Bedroom with measurements shown
What you will need:
- Pencils
- Paper
- Measuring Tape (for older children, if available)
- Ruler
Example:
Please see the third photo attached below
You could send an image of your final sketch back to you teacher
Thursday: Mindfulness Day – relax!
See fourth photo attached below.
Friday:
See fifth photo attached below.
Plan your perfect day, make a list or write a narrative. Include drawings, word webs or paper cuttings. (It could be your perfect school outing).
See sixth photo below.
Have a lovely weekend and have fun!
Uploaded June 7th 2020.
07/06/2020
Rang a Trí, Scoil Phádraig, Baile Héil.
2ú lá go 5ú lá de Meitheamh 2020
Obair le déanamh/ Work suggestions
Hello Boys and Girls, (and hello to Mums, Dads and everyone who is keeping us going!),
We are well into June now (Meitheamh). I hope that you are all are safe and well.
This is the last week that I will send you a ‘wheelbarrowful’ of work. (Remember that you don’t have to complete the work that I send. Do what you can and what works best for you and your family).
Hopefully you’re getting out and enjoying the lovely weather. Note that our Geography/Science includes safety in the sun too. Perhaps you could use the seeds I sent you for the science experiment as well as growing flowers.
Keep busy and share your smiles and laughs. Remember your ‘Mindful Minute’ and the ‘Starfish’.
Water Safety Ireland have a great website – with competitions – and so do the GAA. For great nature ideas look up https://www.engagewithnature.ie/parent-children-activities/
Do what schoolwork you can and remember to do things that you like – as much as you can.
Send me your work, questions or book suggestions, if you’d like to
[email protected]
You are doing great work and being the STARS you are!
Wash those hands and stay safe.
Slán tamaill,
Mary Hahessy.
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Maths
You have choices this week – Chapter 26: Division 3 and/or Chapter 31: Area
You do not have to complete two chapters, choose what you feel confident to do.
This week I’m suggesting that you begin Chapter 26: Division 3.
Complete pages 137 and 138 (remainders).
If you feel confident enough continue on to ‘Bigger Numbers’ pages 139 and 140.
Challenge: Two-step problems and Problem-solving pages 141 and 142.
Don’t worry if you find this chapter difficult, you will be learning about this when you return to school. Do as much as you can.
ALTERNATIVE MATHS
Chapter 31: Area
Pages 161 to 164
Division Vocabulary: division, divide, split, share, sets, group, repeated subtraction, subtraction/division sentences, remainders.
Area Vocabulary: surface area, number, squares, count, short method, rows, columns rectangles, Soduko, puzzle, grid, multiplication.
Handwriting:
Complete a page of ‘Just Handwriting’ every two days.
Practice your joined handwriting when writing your news/diary/free writing.
English:
Read your ‘Read at Home’ and read independently every day.
‘Starlight’ Unit 15a ‘Read This!’ p. 170 - 172
(Genre: PERSUASIVE see page 191 –persuade, includes facts and opinions – do you remember the difference between facts and opinions?.)
(New vocabulary: humour, glimmer, teases, realistic, recommend, invented, imaginary, clambering, swarming, gasoline, engine, information, old-fashioned)
Have you read many books during this time?
What books would you recommend? Why? Why not?
Your recommendations would be very valuable for school purchasing books for our library.
Have your say!
Check your work CUPS (capitals, understanding, punctuation and spelling).
Spellings: Week 34 of ‘Spell Well’ (General Revision).
‘Just Phonics’ page 72 = 73 (Homophones and homographs)
Homophones have different spelling but the same sound e.g. hare/hair
Homographs have the same spelling but different meaning e.g. pupil (student/ part of the eye)
‘Just Grammar’ page 38 ‘There, Their, They’re’ (Activities A. and B. only). Homophones!
POETRY (& ART)
The poem I’ve chosen this week is in ‘Starlight’ – page 182 “Electric Guitars” by James Carter.
Notice the shape of the poem. James Carter uses ‘sound’ words to say how he feels about electric guitars – jangling, twanging, chirpy, mellow, … Some artists use words as art – grafitti, comics, pop art, etc.
Roy Lichtenstein.
Could you try this?
Suggested words: ZOOM, BOOM, BANG, SLAM, WHOOSH, CRASH, FIZZ,….
(Words that are spelled as they sound are described as ONOMATOPOEIA).
Gaeilge:
Cailíní agus buachaillí,
I know that it’s difficult to continue with your Gaeilge at this time but don’t give up on it. Watch TG4 and try to use what you already know.
Maith sibh!
Bua na Cainte – An Samhradh
‘An Samhradh’ Lch. 154
(An dáta, de Bhealtaine (May) agus Meitheam (June))
TG4 Cartún as Gaeilge
Cúla4.com
History, Geography and Science: (two week plan)
Week 2:
History: Unit 13: Life in Norman Ireland (Two weeks for Unit 13)
(Vocabulary: mail, motte and bailey, drawbridge, dungeon, goblet, minstrels, battlements)
Week 2: pages 66 to 68
Norman Castles
Food and Farming
Clothes
Amusements and Festivals
The Normans and the Irish
The Normans were a very important part of our local history – the ‘Abbey’ in Knocktopher, Jerpoint Abbey, family and place names… Fitz… De…
Useful websites:
www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/MEDknights.htm (Information about Norman knights)
Geography/Science: Unit 16: The Sun (Two weeks for Unit 16)
(Vocabulary: supernova, galaxy, solar system, hydrogen, helium, winter solstice, eclipse)
Week 2: pages 95 to 97
Shadows and Light (Hot History)
Plants need the Sun
Plants Move Towards the Sun
Investigate: Do plants really need the sun? (We have tried this in class, now you might try it at home – be a scientist!)
Animals and People Need the Sun
Too Much Sun Can be Dangerous
People Living in hot Countries
Planets of the Solar System (see pages 98 and 99 – The Solar System)
Activities page 97 (You could do this work ORALLY with a parent or older sister/brother).
Interesting websites:
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/kids/index.cfm
www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
www.neok12.com/Sun.htm
Use your Kilkenny Wildlife Detective Notebook whenever you get a chance. Summer is here!
“Just Maps’: Carry on using your atlas, geography book and ‘Just Maps’.
Continue at your own pace.
There are quizzes at the back of your ‘Just Maps’ if you’d like to try them. Use your geography book and your atlas to help.
RELIGION:
‘Grow in Love’
Pages 94 & 95 ‘Our Jewish Brothers and Sisters’
We will continue with this theme and consider that we are all part of the Human family, Brothers and Sisters.
In this time of Covid-19 you and your families have been doing so much. Be sure to praise yourselves.
In the wider world there is much happening that is scary but also recognizing how important it is to be kind.
MUSIC:
This week I’m adding another link to the National Concert Hall in Dublin. It’s all about music from Europe.
There is a lot to see on the NCH website.
Musical World - Europe.pdf
News from NCH is also a pdf attached at the top of the page.
That’s all for this week.
There’s lots of work for you but remember to just do what you can. You’re learning lots throughout this time.
If you want more suggestions or have any questions let me know.
Be kind and be safe!
Nigh do lámha!
Best wishes,
Mary Hahessy.
Well-Being:
‘At Home with Weaving Well-Being’
This is a free downloadable well-being journal for kids compiled by Fiona Forman. The programme ‘Weaving Well-Being’ is by Fiona Forman and Mick Rock. (Outside the Box Learning Resources)
www.otb.ie/wwb-home
‘Peace Out Guided Relaxation for Kids’ by Cosmic Kids Yoga on www.youtube.com
Literacy:
www.worldofdavidwalliams.com
‘Elevenses’ David Walliams reads from one of his books every day at 11 ‘o clock
Harry Potter website
www.wizardingworld.com
www.worldbookonline.com
eBooks – Teach Your Child to Read – Debbie Hopplewhite
www.teachyourchildtoread.co.uk
Oliver Jeffers
www.oliverjeffers.com/abookaday
Uploaded June 1st 2020
31/05/2020
Rang a Trí, Scoil Phádraig, Baile Héil.
2ú lá go 5ú lá de Meitheamh 2020
Obair le déanamh/ Work suggestions
Hello again Boys and Girls,
Welcome to June – Meitheamh. I hope that you are all are safe and well.
This is a ‘short’ week where work is concerned. Hopefully you’re getting out and enjoying the lovely weather. Keep busy and share your smiles and laughs. Remember your ‘Mindful Minute’ and the ‘Starfish’.
Water Safety Ireland have a great website – with competitions – and so do the GAA. For great nature ideas look up https://www.engagewithnature.ie/parent-children-activities/
Do what schoolwork you can and remember to do things that you like – as much as you can.
Wash those hands and stay safe.
Slán tamaill,
Mary Hahessy.
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Maths:
(You may write into your “Busy at Maths” book if your parents say that’s allowed).
Try to continue working in your ‘Work it Out’
‘Busy at Maths’
Chapter 25: Multiplication 3
Chapter 25: Multiplication 3 multiplying by zero, by one and by ten (x 0, x 1, x 10). Remember your skip counting in tens. Revise your ten times tables (x 10)
Multiplying bigger numbers.
Pages 133 to 136 (try to complete a page a day)
Multiplication Vocabulary: multiply, multiplication symbol (x), multiple/multiples, repeated addition/multiplication sentence, double, near double, two for the price of one, buy one, get one free, sets, groups, bigger/greater than, smaller/less than, addition/multiplication sentence, product, inverse, pattern, list, grid.
Handwriting:
Complete a page of ‘Just Handwriting’ every two days.
Practice your joined handwriting when writing your news/diary/free writing.
English:
Read your ‘Read at Home’ and read independently every day.
‘Starlight’ Unit 14b ‘The Hodgeheg’ p. 164
(Genre: NARRATIVE see page 191 – look out for story, characters, plot, problem to be solved, dialogue, etc.)
(New vocabulary: cautiously, biding, thunderous, unaware, pedestrian, feverishly, wrenched, rump, catapulted, recalled, dismounted, dazedly, deserted)
“The Hodgeheg’ is a Narrative. It is an extract from a novel by Dick King-Smith.
‘Starlight’ Unit 15a ‘Read This!’ p. 170 – 172 (Just read Unit 15a)
Check your work CUPS (capitals, understanding, punctuation and spelling).
(No spellings this week - Next week: Spelling: Week 34 of ‘Spell Well’ (General Revision).)
‘Just Phonics’ page 70 (Suffix _ous = ‘full of’) and 71 (Suffix _ive = ‘quality of’)
‘Just Grammar’ page 37 Contractions - A contraction is made by shortening two words and making one.
POETRY
My Chicken's on the Internet
My chicken’s on the Internet.
She surfs the web all day.
I’ve tried to stop her browsing
but, so far, there’s just no way.
She jumps up on the mouse
and then she flaps around like mad
to click on every hyperlink
and every pop-up ad.
She plays all sorts of chicken games.
She messages her folks.
She watches chicken videos
and forwards chicken jokes.
She writes a blog for chickens
and she uploads chicken pics.
She visits chicken chat rooms
where she clucks about her chicks.
I wouldn’t mind so much
except my keyboard’s now a wreck.
She hasn’t learned to type yet;
she can only hunt and peck.
-- Kenn Nesbitt
Gaeilge:
Bua na Cainte – Caitheamh Aimsire
‘Cú Chulainn’ Lch. 90
(Tiocfaidh mé – I will come)
TG4 Cartún as Gaeilge
Cúla4.com
History, Geography and Science: (two week plan) WE WILL TAKE A BREAK THIS WEEK – NO HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY & SCIENCE until June 8th, 2020.
Last week’s work:
History: Unit 13: Life in Norman Ireland (Two weeks for Unit 13)
(Vocabulary: mail, motte and bailey, drawbridge, dungeon, goblet, minstrels, battlements)
Week 1: pages 64 to 66
Who were the Normans?
Norman Knights
Why the Normans came to Ireland
Arrival of the Normans
Buildings
Useful websites:
www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/MEDknights.htm (Information about Norman knights)
Geography/Science: Unit 16: The Sun (Two weeks for Unit 16)
(Vocabulary: supernova, galaxy, solar system, hydrogen, helium, winter solstice, eclipse)
Week 1: pages 93 to 95
How Old is the Sun?
Planet Earth Moving and Spinning
Long and Short Days
The Solar System
Planets of the Solar System (see pages 98 and 99 – The Solar System)
Activities page 95 (You could do this work ORALLY with a parent or older sister/brother).
Interesting websites:
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/kids/index.cfm
www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
www.neok12.com/Sun.htm
Use your Kilkenny Wildlife Detective Notebook whenever you get a chance. Summer is here!
“Just Maps’: Carry on using your atlas, geography book and ‘Just Maps’.
Continue at your own pace.
There are quizzes at the back of your ‘Just Maps’ if you’d like to try them. Use your geography book and your atlas to help.
RELIGION:
‘Grow in Love’
Pages 94 & 95 ‘Our Jewish Brothers and Sisters’
MUSIC:
www.nch.ie
This week I’m adding another link to the National Concert Hall in Dublin. It’s all about music from Cuba and the Carribean. You will enjoy this!
That’s all for this week.
There’s lots of work for you but remember to just do what you can. You’re learning lots throughout this time.
If you want more suggestions or have any questions let me know.
Be kind and be safe!
Nigh do lámha!
Best wishes,
Mary Hahessy.
Well-Being:
‘At Home with Weaving Well-Being’
This is a free downloadable well-being journal for kids compiled by Fiona Forman. The programme ‘Weaving Well-Being’ is by Fiona Forman and Mick Rock. (Outside the Box Learning Resources)
www.otb.ie/wwb-home
‘Peace Out Guided Relaxation for Kids’ by Cosmic Kids Yoga on www.youtube.com
Literacy:
www.worldofdavidwalliams.com
‘Elevenses’ David Walliams reads from one of his books every day at 11 ‘o clock
Harry Potter website
www.wizardingworld.com
www.worldbookonline.com
eBooks – Teach Your Child to Read – Debbie Hopplewhite
www.teachyourchildtoread.co.uk
Oliver Jeffers
www.oliverjeffers.com/abookaday
07/06/2020
Rang a Trí, Scoil Phádraig, Baile Héil.
2ú lá go 5ú lá de Meitheamh 2020
Obair le déanamh/ Work suggestions
Hello Boys and Girls, (and hello to Mums, Dads and everyone who is keeping us going!),
We are well into June now (Meitheamh). I hope that you are all are safe and well.
This is the last week that I will send you a ‘wheelbarrowful’ of work. (Remember that you don’t have to complete the work that I send. Do what you can and what works best for you and your family).
Hopefully you’re getting out and enjoying the lovely weather. Note that our Geography/Science includes safety in the sun too. Perhaps you could use the seeds I sent you for the science experiment as well as growing flowers.
Keep busy and share your smiles and laughs. Remember your ‘Mindful Minute’ and the ‘Starfish’.
Water Safety Ireland have a great website – with competitions – and so do the GAA. For great nature ideas look up https://www.engagewithnature.ie/parent-children-activities/
Do what schoolwork you can and remember to do things that you like – as much as you can.
Send me your work, questions or book suggestions, if you’d like to
[email protected]
You are doing great work and being the STARS you are!
Wash those hands and stay safe.
Slán tamaill,
Mary Hahessy.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maths
You have choices this week – Chapter 26: Division 3 and/or Chapter 31: Area
You do not have to complete two chapters, choose what you feel confident to do.
This week I’m suggesting that you begin Chapter 26: Division 3.
Complete pages 137 and 138 (remainders).
If you feel confident enough continue on to ‘Bigger Numbers’ pages 139 and 140.
Challenge: Two-step problems and Problem-solving pages 141 and 142.
Don’t worry if you find this chapter difficult, you will be learning about this when you return to school. Do as much as you can.
ALTERNATIVE MATHS
Chapter 31: Area
Pages 161 to 164
Division Vocabulary: division, divide, split, share, sets, group, repeated subtraction, subtraction/division sentences, remainders.
Area Vocabulary: surface area, number, squares, count, short method, rows, columns rectangles, Soduko, puzzle, grid, multiplication.
Handwriting:
Complete a page of ‘Just Handwriting’ every two days.
Practice your joined handwriting when writing your news/diary/free writing.
English:
Read your ‘Read at Home’ and read independently every day.
‘Starlight’ Unit 15a ‘Read This!’ p. 170 - 172
(Genre: PERSUASIVE see page 191 –persuade, includes facts and opinions – do you remember the difference between facts and opinions?.)
(New vocabulary: humour, glimmer, teases, realistic, recommend, invented, imaginary, clambering, swarming, gasoline, engine, information, old-fashioned)
- Read aloud for someone in your family
- Try to complete an exercise each day (You may complete this work orally or in writing)
- A. Comprehension, page 173 (Monday), B. Comprehension, page 173 Tuesday), C. Vocabulary, page 173 (Wednesday), D. Vocabulary, page 174Writing (Thursday).
Have you read many books during this time?
What books would you recommend? Why? Why not?
Your recommendations would be very valuable for school purchasing books for our library.
Have your say!
Check your work CUPS (capitals, understanding, punctuation and spelling).
Spellings: Week 34 of ‘Spell Well’ (General Revision).
‘Just Phonics’ page 72 = 73 (Homophones and homographs)
Homophones have different spelling but the same sound e.g. hare/hair
Homographs have the same spelling but different meaning e.g. pupil (student/ part of the eye)
‘Just Grammar’ page 38 ‘There, Their, They’re’ (Activities A. and B. only). Homophones!
POETRY (& ART)
The poem I’ve chosen this week is in ‘Starlight’ – page 182 “Electric Guitars” by James Carter.
Notice the shape of the poem. James Carter uses ‘sound’ words to say how he feels about electric guitars – jangling, twanging, chirpy, mellow, … Some artists use words as art – grafitti, comics, pop art, etc.
Roy Lichtenstein.
Could you try this?
Suggested words: ZOOM, BOOM, BANG, SLAM, WHOOSH, CRASH, FIZZ,….
(Words that are spelled as they sound are described as ONOMATOPOEIA).
Gaeilge:
Cailíní agus buachaillí,
I know that it’s difficult to continue with your Gaeilge at this time but don’t give up on it. Watch TG4 and try to use what you already know.
Maith sibh!
Bua na Cainte – An Samhradh
‘An Samhradh’ Lch. 154
(An dáta, de Bhealtaine (May) agus Meitheam (June))
TG4 Cartún as Gaeilge
Cúla4.com
History, Geography and Science: (two week plan)
Week 2:
History: Unit 13: Life in Norman Ireland (Two weeks for Unit 13)
(Vocabulary: mail, motte and bailey, drawbridge, dungeon, goblet, minstrels, battlements)
Week 2: pages 66 to 68
Norman Castles
Food and Farming
Clothes
Amusements and Festivals
The Normans and the Irish
The Normans were a very important part of our local history – the ‘Abbey’ in Knocktopher, Jerpoint Abbey, family and place names… Fitz… De…
Useful websites:
www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/MEDknights.htm (Information about Norman knights)
Geography/Science: Unit 16: The Sun (Two weeks for Unit 16)
(Vocabulary: supernova, galaxy, solar system, hydrogen, helium, winter solstice, eclipse)
Week 2: pages 95 to 97
Shadows and Light (Hot History)
Plants need the Sun
Plants Move Towards the Sun
Investigate: Do plants really need the sun? (We have tried this in class, now you might try it at home – be a scientist!)
Animals and People Need the Sun
Too Much Sun Can be Dangerous
People Living in hot Countries
Planets of the Solar System (see pages 98 and 99 – The Solar System)
Activities page 97 (You could do this work ORALLY with a parent or older sister/brother).
- Answer the questions
- Get Creative – you can complete this activity if you want to.
- Draw a graph
Interesting websites:
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/kids/index.cfm
www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
www.neok12.com/Sun.htm
Use your Kilkenny Wildlife Detective Notebook whenever you get a chance. Summer is here!
“Just Maps’: Carry on using your atlas, geography book and ‘Just Maps’.
Continue at your own pace.
There are quizzes at the back of your ‘Just Maps’ if you’d like to try them. Use your geography book and your atlas to help.
RELIGION:
‘Grow in Love’
Pages 94 & 95 ‘Our Jewish Brothers and Sisters’
We will continue with this theme and consider that we are all part of the Human family, Brothers and Sisters.
In this time of Covid-19 you and your families have been doing so much. Be sure to praise yourselves.
In the wider world there is much happening that is scary but also recognizing how important it is to be kind.
MUSIC:
This week I’m adding another link to the National Concert Hall in Dublin. It’s all about music from Europe.
There is a lot to see on the NCH website.
Musical World - Europe.pdf
News from NCH is also a pdf attached at the top of the page.
That’s all for this week.
There’s lots of work for you but remember to just do what you can. You’re learning lots throughout this time.
If you want more suggestions or have any questions let me know.
Be kind and be safe!
Nigh do lámha!
Best wishes,
Mary Hahessy.
Well-Being:
‘At Home with Weaving Well-Being’
This is a free downloadable well-being journal for kids compiled by Fiona Forman. The programme ‘Weaving Well-Being’ is by Fiona Forman and Mick Rock. (Outside the Box Learning Resources)
www.otb.ie/wwb-home
‘Peace Out Guided Relaxation for Kids’ by Cosmic Kids Yoga on www.youtube.com
Literacy:
www.worldofdavidwalliams.com
‘Elevenses’ David Walliams reads from one of his books every day at 11 ‘o clock
Harry Potter website
www.wizardingworld.com
www.worldbookonline.com
eBooks – Teach Your Child to Read – Debbie Hopplewhite
www.teachyourchildtoread.co.uk
Oliver Jeffers
www.oliverjeffers.com/abookaday
Uploaded June 1st 2020
31/05/2020
Rang a Trí, Scoil Phádraig, Baile Héil.
2ú lá go 5ú lá de Meitheamh 2020
Obair le déanamh/ Work suggestions
Hello again Boys and Girls,
Welcome to June – Meitheamh. I hope that you are all are safe and well.
This is a ‘short’ week where work is concerned. Hopefully you’re getting out and enjoying the lovely weather. Keep busy and share your smiles and laughs. Remember your ‘Mindful Minute’ and the ‘Starfish’.
Water Safety Ireland have a great website – with competitions – and so do the GAA. For great nature ideas look up https://www.engagewithnature.ie/parent-children-activities/
Do what schoolwork you can and remember to do things that you like – as much as you can.
Wash those hands and stay safe.
Slán tamaill,
Mary Hahessy.
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Maths:
(You may write into your “Busy at Maths” book if your parents say that’s allowed).
Try to continue working in your ‘Work it Out’
‘Busy at Maths’
Chapter 25: Multiplication 3
Chapter 25: Multiplication 3 multiplying by zero, by one and by ten (x 0, x 1, x 10). Remember your skip counting in tens. Revise your ten times tables (x 10)
Multiplying bigger numbers.
Pages 133 to 136 (try to complete a page a day)
Multiplication Vocabulary: multiply, multiplication symbol (x), multiple/multiples, repeated addition/multiplication sentence, double, near double, two for the price of one, buy one, get one free, sets, groups, bigger/greater than, smaller/less than, addition/multiplication sentence, product, inverse, pattern, list, grid.
Handwriting:
Complete a page of ‘Just Handwriting’ every two days.
Practice your joined handwriting when writing your news/diary/free writing.
English:
Read your ‘Read at Home’ and read independently every day.
‘Starlight’ Unit 14b ‘The Hodgeheg’ p. 164
(Genre: NARRATIVE see page 191 – look out for story, characters, plot, problem to be solved, dialogue, etc.)
(New vocabulary: cautiously, biding, thunderous, unaware, pedestrian, feverishly, wrenched, rump, catapulted, recalled, dismounted, dazedly, deserted)
“The Hodgeheg’ is a Narrative. It is an extract from a novel by Dick King-Smith.
- Read aloud for someone in your family
- Complete an exercise each day – E. Grammar page 168 (Tuesday), F. Writing Skills: Varying Sentences page 169 (Wednesday), G. Writing Genre: Writing a story page 169 – use the plan you made in Unit 14a (Thursday)
‘Starlight’ Unit 15a ‘Read This!’ p. 170 – 172 (Just read Unit 15a)
Check your work CUPS (capitals, understanding, punctuation and spelling).
(No spellings this week - Next week: Spelling: Week 34 of ‘Spell Well’ (General Revision).)
‘Just Phonics’ page 70 (Suffix _ous = ‘full of’) and 71 (Suffix _ive = ‘quality of’)
‘Just Grammar’ page 37 Contractions - A contraction is made by shortening two words and making one.
POETRY
My Chicken's on the Internet
My chicken’s on the Internet.
She surfs the web all day.
I’ve tried to stop her browsing
but, so far, there’s just no way.
She jumps up on the mouse
and then she flaps around like mad
to click on every hyperlink
and every pop-up ad.
She plays all sorts of chicken games.
She messages her folks.
She watches chicken videos
and forwards chicken jokes.
She writes a blog for chickens
and she uploads chicken pics.
She visits chicken chat rooms
where she clucks about her chicks.
I wouldn’t mind so much
except my keyboard’s now a wreck.
She hasn’t learned to type yet;
she can only hunt and peck.
-- Kenn Nesbitt
Gaeilge:
Bua na Cainte – Caitheamh Aimsire
‘Cú Chulainn’ Lch. 90
(Tiocfaidh mé – I will come)
TG4 Cartún as Gaeilge
Cúla4.com
History, Geography and Science: (two week plan) WE WILL TAKE A BREAK THIS WEEK – NO HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY & SCIENCE until June 8th, 2020.
Last week’s work:
History: Unit 13: Life in Norman Ireland (Two weeks for Unit 13)
(Vocabulary: mail, motte and bailey, drawbridge, dungeon, goblet, minstrels, battlements)
Week 1: pages 64 to 66
Who were the Normans?
Norman Knights
Why the Normans came to Ireland
Arrival of the Normans
Buildings
Useful websites:
www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/MEDknights.htm (Information about Norman knights)
Geography/Science: Unit 16: The Sun (Two weeks for Unit 16)
(Vocabulary: supernova, galaxy, solar system, hydrogen, helium, winter solstice, eclipse)
Week 1: pages 93 to 95
How Old is the Sun?
Planet Earth Moving and Spinning
Long and Short Days
The Solar System
Planets of the Solar System (see pages 98 and 99 – The Solar System)
Activities page 95 (You could do this work ORALLY with a parent or older sister/brother).
- Fill in the Blanks
- Get Creative – you can complete this activity if you want to.
Interesting websites:
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/kids/index.cfm
www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
www.neok12.com/Sun.htm
Use your Kilkenny Wildlife Detective Notebook whenever you get a chance. Summer is here!
“Just Maps’: Carry on using your atlas, geography book and ‘Just Maps’.
Continue at your own pace.
There are quizzes at the back of your ‘Just Maps’ if you’d like to try them. Use your geography book and your atlas to help.
RELIGION:
‘Grow in Love’
Pages 94 & 95 ‘Our Jewish Brothers and Sisters’
MUSIC:
www.nch.ie
This week I’m adding another link to the National Concert Hall in Dublin. It’s all about music from Cuba and the Carribean. You will enjoy this!
That’s all for this week.
There’s lots of work for you but remember to just do what you can. You’re learning lots throughout this time.
If you want more suggestions or have any questions let me know.
Be kind and be safe!
Nigh do lámha!
Best wishes,
Mary Hahessy.
Well-Being:
‘At Home with Weaving Well-Being’
This is a free downloadable well-being journal for kids compiled by Fiona Forman. The programme ‘Weaving Well-Being’ is by Fiona Forman and Mick Rock. (Outside the Box Learning Resources)
www.otb.ie/wwb-home
‘Peace Out Guided Relaxation for Kids’ by Cosmic Kids Yoga on www.youtube.com
Literacy:
www.worldofdavidwalliams.com
‘Elevenses’ David Walliams reads from one of his books every day at 11 ‘o clock
Harry Potter website
www.wizardingworld.com
www.worldbookonline.com
eBooks – Teach Your Child to Read – Debbie Hopplewhite
www.teachyourchildtoread.co.uk
Oliver Jeffers
www.oliverjeffers.com/abookaday
Can you create a ‘WISH JAR’ listing all the things you’d like to do after this time of restrictions? Something like our ‘Kindness’ jar but with your words, drawing and sentences.
Covid 19 Time Capsule
• We are living through history
Covid 19 Time Capsule
• We are living through history
Wednesday Challenge:
Measurement
Wednesday’s Challenge:
Sketch a neat diagram of your Dream Garden/ Bedroom with measurements shown
What you will need:
Example:
Measurement
Wednesday’s Challenge:
Sketch a neat diagram of your Dream Garden/ Bedroom with measurements shown
What you will need:
- Pencils
- Paper
- Measuring Tape (for older children, if available)
- Ruler
Example:
Can you create a ‘WISH JAR’ listing all the things you’d like to do after this time of restrictions? Something like our ‘Kindness’ jar but with your words, drawing and sentences.
Covid 19 Time Capsule
• We are living through history.
• Why not record some of it
Wednesday Challenge:
Measurement
Wednesday’s Challenge:
Sketch a neat diagram of your Dream Garden/ Bedroom with measurements shown
What you will need:
Example
Measurement
Wednesday’s Challenge:
Sketch a neat diagram of your Dream Garden/ Bedroom with measurements shown
What you will need:
- Pencils
- Paper
- Measuring Tape (for older children, if available)
- Ruler
Example
Uploaded May 24th 2020
24/05/2020
Rang a Trí, Scoil Pádraig, Baile Héil.
25ú lá go 29ú lá de Bealtaine 2020
Obair le déanamh/ Work suggestions
Hello again Boys and Girls,
I hope that you and your families are safe and well. As I said last week I hope you have a regular routine set up now and you are not worrying about your work. I’m attaching a suggested timetable for anyone who wants – a bit late, I know! What is most important is that you are all safe and well. It’s good to help out at home too. Keep busy and share your smiles and laughs. Remember your ‘Mindful Minute’ and the ‘Starfish’.
Water Safety Ireland have a great website – with competitions – and so do the GAA. For great nature ideas look up https://www.engagewithnature.ie/parent-children-activities/
Do what schoolwork you can and remember to do things that you like – as much as you can.
Send me an email if you have questions or if you just want to send me some of your work.
Wash those hands and stay safe.
Slán tamaill,
Mary Hahessy.
[email protected]
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Maths:
(You may write into your “Busy at Maths” book if your parents say that’s allowed).
Try to continue working in your ‘Work it Out’
‘Busy at Maths’
Chapter 24: Lines and Angles
Chapter 25: Multiplication 3 (page 132)
This week we will work on lines and angles. Do you remember making full, half and quarter turns in P.E. class?
Remember that angles occur when two straight lines meet. Can you recognise a right angle and find them in your environment?
We will begin Chapter 25: Multiplication 3 (page 132) multiplying by zero, by one and by ten (x 0, x 1, x 10). Remember your skip counting in tens. Revise your ten times tables (x 10)
Pages 128 to 132 (try to complete a page a day)
Lines and Angles Vocabulary: lines, vertical, horizontal, diagonal, same length, direction, position, parallel lines, never meet, angles, straight lines, right angles, greater than, less than
Multiplication Vocabulary: multiply, multiplication symbol (x), multiple/multiples, repeated addition/multiplication sentence, double, near double, two for the price of one, buy one, get one free, sets, groups, bigger, smaller
Handwriting:
Complete a page of ‘Just Handwriting’ every two days.
Practice your joined handwriting when writing your news/diary/free writing.
English:
Read your ‘Read at Home’ and read independently every day.
‘Starlight’ Unit 14b ‘The Hodgeheg’ p. 164
(Genre: NARRATIVE see page 191 – look out for story, characters, plot, problem to be solved, dialogue, etc.)
(New vocabulary: cautiously, biding, thunderous, unaware, pedestrian, feverishly, wrenched, rump, catapulted, recalled, dismounted, dazedly, deserted)
“The Hodgeheg’ is a Narrative. It is an extract from a novel by Dick King-Smith.
Check your work CUPS (capitals, understanding, punctuation and spelling).
Spelling: Week 33 of ‘Spell Well’ (General Revision).
‘Just Phonics’ page 68 (Multi-syllable words) and 69 (Number Prefixes: centi_, deci_, demi_, giga_, milli_, and nano_)
‘Just Grammar’ page 36 Its and It’s We looked at these last week in “Starlight’ so this is a chance to revise and consolidate.
POETRY:
My Chicken's on the Internet
My chicken’s on the Internet.
She surfs the web all day.
I’ve tried to stop her browsing
but, so far, there’s just no way.
She jumps up on the mouse
and then she flaps around like mad
to click on every hyperlink
and every pop-up ad.
She plays all sorts of chicken games.
She messages her folks.
She watches chicken videos
and forwards chicken jokes.
She writes a blog for chickens
and she uploads chicken pics.
She visits chicken chat rooms
where she clucks about her chicks.
I wouldn’t mind so much
except my keyboard’s now a wreck.
She hasn’t learned to type yet;
she can only hunt and peck.
-- Kenn Nesbitt
Gaeilge:
Bua na Cainte – Caitheamh Aimsire
‘Ag Rothaíocht Faoin Tuath’ Lch. 88
Briathar: Seinn (to play music)
Inné
Gach Lá
Amárach
+h
+eann
+fidh
Sheinn sé
Seinneann sé
Seinnfidh sé
‘An Nuacht’ agus ‘An Aimsir’ lch. 89
Briathar ‘Can’ (to sing)
Inné
Gach Lá
Amárach
+h
+ann
+faidh
Chan sé
Canann sé
Canfaidh sé
TG4 Cartún as Gaeilge
Cúla4.com
History, Geography and Science: (two week plan – second week)
History: Unit 13: Life in Norman Ireland (Two weeks for Unit 13)
(Vocabulary: mail, motte and bailey, drawbridge, dungeon, goblet, minstrels, battlements)
Week 1: pages 64 to 66
Who were the Normans?
Norman Knights
Why the Normans came to Ireland
Arrival of the Normans
Buildings
Useful websites:
www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/MEDknights.htm (Information about Norman knights)
Geography/Science: Unit 16: The Sun (Two weeks for Unit 16)
(Vocabulary: supernova, galaxy, solar system, hydrogen, helium, winter solstice, eclipse)
Week 1: pages 93 to 95
How Old is the Sun?
Planet Earth Moving and Spinning
Long and Short Days
The Solar System
Planets of the Solar System (see pages 98 and 99 – The Solar System)
Activities page 95 (You could do this work ORALLY with a parent or older sister/brother).
Interesting websites:
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/kids/index.cfm
www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
www.neok12.com/Sun.htm
Use your Kilkenny Wildlife Detective Notebook whenever you get a chance. Summer is here!
“Just Maps’: Carry on using your atlas, geography book and ‘Just Maps’.
Continue at your own pace.
There are quizzes at the back of your ‘Just Maps’ if you’d like to try them. Use your geography book and your atlas to help.
RELIGION:
‘Grow in Love’
Theme 9: Celtic Christianity
Lesson 2: Christian Pilgrimage
MUSIC:
www.nch.ie
This week I’m adding another link to the National Concert Hall in Dublin. It’s all about music from Cuba and the Carribean. You will enjoy this! The link is at the top of the page and is called Music World Carribean.pdf
Reminder to practice “Mindful Minute” to help you relax and as a break.
Remember HIT (High Intensity Training) a few times a day too.
Keep active – skipping, cycling, practising basketball shots, puc fada, taking frees or dribbling the ball, whatever makes you feel good.
Dublin Zoo has lots for you to see online, now that you can’t visit.
That’s all for this week.
There’s lots of work for you but remember to just do what you can. You’re learning lots throughout this time.
If you want more suggestions or have any questions let me know.
Be kind and be safe!
Nigh do lámha!
Best wishes,
Mary Hahessy.
*Suggested timetable is an attachment at the top of the page called Suggested Timetable.jpeg
Well-Being:
‘At Home with Weaving Well-Being’
This is a free downloadable well-being journal for kids compiled by Fiona Forman. The programme ‘Weaving Well-Being’ is by Fiona Forman and Mick Rock. (Outside the Box Learning Resources)
www.otb.ie/wwb-home
‘Peace Out Guided Relaxation for Kids’ by Cosmic Kids Yoga on www.youtube.com
Literacy:
www.worldofdavidwalliams.com
‘Elevenses’ David Walliams reads from one of his books every day at 11 ‘o clock
Harry Potter website
www.wizardingworld.com
www.worldbookonline.com
eBooks – Teach Your Child to Read – Debbie Hopplewhite
www.teachyourchildtoread.co.uk
Oliver Jeffers
www.oliverjeffers.com/abookaday
24/05/2020
Rang a Trí, Scoil Pádraig, Baile Héil.
25ú lá go 29ú lá de Bealtaine 2020
Obair le déanamh/ Work suggestions
Hello again Boys and Girls,
I hope that you and your families are safe and well. As I said last week I hope you have a regular routine set up now and you are not worrying about your work. I’m attaching a suggested timetable for anyone who wants – a bit late, I know! What is most important is that you are all safe and well. It’s good to help out at home too. Keep busy and share your smiles and laughs. Remember your ‘Mindful Minute’ and the ‘Starfish’.
Water Safety Ireland have a great website – with competitions – and so do the GAA. For great nature ideas look up https://www.engagewithnature.ie/parent-children-activities/
Do what schoolwork you can and remember to do things that you like – as much as you can.
Send me an email if you have questions or if you just want to send me some of your work.
Wash those hands and stay safe.
Slán tamaill,
Mary Hahessy.
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maths:
(You may write into your “Busy at Maths” book if your parents say that’s allowed).
Try to continue working in your ‘Work it Out’
‘Busy at Maths’
Chapter 24: Lines and Angles
Chapter 25: Multiplication 3 (page 132)
This week we will work on lines and angles. Do you remember making full, half and quarter turns in P.E. class?
Remember that angles occur when two straight lines meet. Can you recognise a right angle and find them in your environment?
We will begin Chapter 25: Multiplication 3 (page 132) multiplying by zero, by one and by ten (x 0, x 1, x 10). Remember your skip counting in tens. Revise your ten times tables (x 10)
Pages 128 to 132 (try to complete a page a day)
Lines and Angles Vocabulary: lines, vertical, horizontal, diagonal, same length, direction, position, parallel lines, never meet, angles, straight lines, right angles, greater than, less than
Multiplication Vocabulary: multiply, multiplication symbol (x), multiple/multiples, repeated addition/multiplication sentence, double, near double, two for the price of one, buy one, get one free, sets, groups, bigger, smaller
Handwriting:
Complete a page of ‘Just Handwriting’ every two days.
Practice your joined handwriting when writing your news/diary/free writing.
English:
Read your ‘Read at Home’ and read independently every day.
‘Starlight’ Unit 14b ‘The Hodgeheg’ p. 164
(Genre: NARRATIVE see page 191 – look out for story, characters, plot, problem to be solved, dialogue, etc.)
(New vocabulary: cautiously, biding, thunderous, unaware, pedestrian, feverishly, wrenched, rump, catapulted, recalled, dismounted, dazedly, deserted)
“The Hodgeheg’ is a Narrative. It is an extract from a novel by Dick King-Smith.
- Read aloud for someone in your family
- Complete an exercise each day – A. Comprehension page 167 (Monday), B. Comprehension page 167 (Tuesday), C. Vocabulary page 167 (Wednesday), D. Vocabulary page 163 (Thursday).
- Word Study: look at the word ‘biding’ on page 164. What does it mean? Max is waiting for the right moment. So, to bide means to wait.
- Grammar: Look at the words ‘suddenly’ and ‘silently’ on page 165. These words describe how someone does something. They are adverbs. An adverb describes a verb (a being or doing word) and often ends with ‘-ly’. Can you find two more adverbs on this page?
- Word Study: Page 165 ‘catapulted’. This comes from the word ‘catapult’. Do you know what a catapult is? Can you make one? These were used in Middle Ages.
Check your work CUPS (capitals, understanding, punctuation and spelling).
Spelling: Week 33 of ‘Spell Well’ (General Revision).
‘Just Phonics’ page 68 (Multi-syllable words) and 69 (Number Prefixes: centi_, deci_, demi_, giga_, milli_, and nano_)
‘Just Grammar’ page 36 Its and It’s We looked at these last week in “Starlight’ so this is a chance to revise and consolidate.
POETRY:
My Chicken's on the Internet
My chicken’s on the Internet.
She surfs the web all day.
I’ve tried to stop her browsing
but, so far, there’s just no way.
She jumps up on the mouse
and then she flaps around like mad
to click on every hyperlink
and every pop-up ad.
She plays all sorts of chicken games.
She messages her folks.
She watches chicken videos
and forwards chicken jokes.
She writes a blog for chickens
and she uploads chicken pics.
She visits chicken chat rooms
where she clucks about her chicks.
I wouldn’t mind so much
except my keyboard’s now a wreck.
She hasn’t learned to type yet;
she can only hunt and peck.
-- Kenn Nesbitt
Gaeilge:
Bua na Cainte – Caitheamh Aimsire
‘Ag Rothaíocht Faoin Tuath’ Lch. 88
Briathar: Seinn (to play music)
Inné
Gach Lá
Amárach
+h
+eann
+fidh
Sheinn sé
Seinneann sé
Seinnfidh sé
‘An Nuacht’ agus ‘An Aimsir’ lch. 89
Briathar ‘Can’ (to sing)
Inné
Gach Lá
Amárach
+h
+ann
+faidh
Chan sé
Canann sé
Canfaidh sé
TG4 Cartún as Gaeilge
Cúla4.com
History, Geography and Science: (two week plan – second week)
History: Unit 13: Life in Norman Ireland (Two weeks for Unit 13)
(Vocabulary: mail, motte and bailey, drawbridge, dungeon, goblet, minstrels, battlements)
Week 1: pages 64 to 66
Who were the Normans?
Norman Knights
Why the Normans came to Ireland
Arrival of the Normans
Buildings
Useful websites:
www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/MEDknights.htm (Information about Norman knights)
Geography/Science: Unit 16: The Sun (Two weeks for Unit 16)
(Vocabulary: supernova, galaxy, solar system, hydrogen, helium, winter solstice, eclipse)
Week 1: pages 93 to 95
How Old is the Sun?
Planet Earth Moving and Spinning
Long and Short Days
The Solar System
Planets of the Solar System (see pages 98 and 99 – The Solar System)
Activities page 95 (You could do this work ORALLY with a parent or older sister/brother).
- Fill in the Blanks
- Get Creative – you can complete this activity if you want to.
Interesting websites:
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/kids/index.cfm
www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
www.neok12.com/Sun.htm
Use your Kilkenny Wildlife Detective Notebook whenever you get a chance. Summer is here!
“Just Maps’: Carry on using your atlas, geography book and ‘Just Maps’.
Continue at your own pace.
There are quizzes at the back of your ‘Just Maps’ if you’d like to try them. Use your geography book and your atlas to help.
RELIGION:
‘Grow in Love’
Theme 9: Celtic Christianity
Lesson 2: Christian Pilgrimage
MUSIC:
www.nch.ie
This week I’m adding another link to the National Concert Hall in Dublin. It’s all about music from Cuba and the Carribean. You will enjoy this! The link is at the top of the page and is called Music World Carribean.pdf
Reminder to practice “Mindful Minute” to help you relax and as a break.
Remember HIT (High Intensity Training) a few times a day too.
Keep active – skipping, cycling, practising basketball shots, puc fada, taking frees or dribbling the ball, whatever makes you feel good.
Dublin Zoo has lots for you to see online, now that you can’t visit.
That’s all for this week.
There’s lots of work for you but remember to just do what you can. You’re learning lots throughout this time.
If you want more suggestions or have any questions let me know.
Be kind and be safe!
Nigh do lámha!
Best wishes,
Mary Hahessy.
*Suggested timetable is an attachment at the top of the page called Suggested Timetable.jpeg
Well-Being:
‘At Home with Weaving Well-Being’
This is a free downloadable well-being journal for kids compiled by Fiona Forman. The programme ‘Weaving Well-Being’ is by Fiona Forman and Mick Rock. (Outside the Box Learning Resources)
www.otb.ie/wwb-home
‘Peace Out Guided Relaxation for Kids’ by Cosmic Kids Yoga on www.youtube.com
Literacy:
www.worldofdavidwalliams.com
‘Elevenses’ David Walliams reads from one of his books every day at 11 ‘o clock
Harry Potter website
www.wizardingworld.com
www.worldbookonline.com
eBooks – Teach Your Child to Read – Debbie Hopplewhite
www.teachyourchildtoread.co.uk
Oliver Jeffers
www.oliverjeffers.com/abookaday
Uploaded May 17th 2020
Rang a Trí, Scoil Pádraig, Baile Héil.
18ú lá go 22ú lá de Bealtaine 2020
Obair le déanamh/ Work suggestions
Hello again Boys and Girls,
I hope that you and your families are safe and well. As I said last week I hope you have a regular routine set up now and you are not worrying about your work. What is most important is that you are all safe and well. It’s good to help out at home too. Keep busy and share your smiles and laughs. Remember your ‘Mindful Minute’ and the ‘Starfish’.
Do what schoolwork you can and remember to do things that you like – as much as you can.
This week we are continuing to learn about Electricity. Remember that electricity is very powerful, useful and also dangerous so don’t do anything without adult guidance. Check out www.switchedonkids.org.uk/ for information about electricity and how to use it safely.
In Maths we are moving onto Multiplication and Division by 7. So it’s back to learning your tables again!
Send me an email if you have questions or if you just want to send me some of your work.
Wash those hands and stay safe.
Slán tamaill,
Mary Hahessy.
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maths:
(You may write into your “Busy at Maths” book if your parents say that’s allowed).
Try to continue working in your ‘Work it Out’
‘Busy at Maths’
Chapter 23: Multiplication and Division by 7
This week we will work on (i) Skip counting in 7s (ii) x7 tables and (iii) division by 7.
If you can get a calendar or diary try to highlight every seven days starting from the 7th - can you see a pattern between dates and days?
Use your times tables book or 100 square (colour in every 7th number) to help you.
Pages 123 to 126 (try to complete a page a day)
Challenge: ‘Try to complete A Quick Look Back 8’ (You have a choice to try this or not).
Vocabulary: multiply, divide, symbols for multiplication and division, multiples, repeated addition/subtraction, addition/subtraction sentence, opposite, reverse, multiples, product
Handwriting:
Complete a page of ‘Just Handwriting’ every two days.
Practice your joined handwriting when writing your news/diary/free writing.
English:
Read your ‘Read at Home’ and read independently every day.
‘Starlight’ Unit 14a: ‘Save our Sanctuary’ (Continued this week)
(Genre: NARRATIVE see page 191 – look out for story, characters, plot, problem to be solved, dialogue, etc.)
(New vocabulary: grim, stunned, unfortunately, sanctuary, devoted, frail, gnawed, savaged, released, solution, volunteers, desperate)
“Save Our Sanctuary’ is a Narrative. This week I want you to focus on Writing (Activities F and G, page 163)
Spelling: Week 32 of ‘Spell Well’ (This week we are revising).
‘Just Phonics’ page 66 and 67 (Prefixes: anti_, fore_, pre_, trans_, en_/em_, inter_, sub_, under_, non_ and super_)
‘Just Grammar’ page 35 Conjunctions A conjunction is a joining word. It joins sentences together
POETRY:
This week’s poem comes from ‘Grow in Love’.
Manus the Monk
I, Manus the monk,
In my chilly stone cell
Dip the tip of my quill
In the brimming inkwell
And write down these words
While outside the woods ring
With the voices of birds
Singing psalms to the Spring.
My hand like a pilgrim
Who leans on his staff
Must rest on my pen
Through each long paragraph,
So I write ‘til the light
Of my candle grows dim
And a choir of birds
Sings the evening hymn.
By Finbar O Connor
Gaeilge:
Bua na Cainte – Caitheamh Aimsire
‘Ceolchoirm sa Chró’ Lch. 86 agus lch. 87
Briathar: Seinn (to play music)
Inné: Ar sheinn? Sheinn/Níor sheinn
Freagair na ceisteanna – lch. 87
Tarraing an pictiúr
TG4 Cartún as Gaeilge
Cúla4.com
History, Geography and Science: (two week plan – second week)
History: Chapter 11: Schools and Education (Two weeks for Unit 11)
(Vocabulary: lyre, ludi, scroll, stylus, abacus, fostering, hedge schools, gallery, copperplate)
Week 2: pages 56 to 58
Early School in Ireland
National Schools Begin
No Comforts!
National Schools of the Past
What Children Learned 100 Years Ago
Activities page 59: (You could do this work ORALLY with a parent or older sister/brother).
WARNING
All of the activities in this unit require small batteries, which contain very little electricity.
Never, ever experiment with mains electricity.
It is very dangerous and can even kill.
Geography/Science: Unit 15 Electricity (Two weeks for Unit 15)
(Vocabulary: mains, current, fossil fuels, power station, turbines, solar cells, geothermal, pylons, batteries, volts, circuit, terminals, switch, conductors, insulators)
Week 2 pages 90 to 92
Conductors
Static Electricity
Hot History
How to Use Electricity Safely
Activities page 92 (You could do this work ORALLY with a parent or older sister/brother).
SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS:
There are two experiments/investigations suggested this week but you may not have the materials needed and that’s alright.
YouTube ‘electricity for children’ has lots of clips where you can learn more and see circuits and switches in action.
Use your Kilkenny Wildlife Detective Notebook whenever you get a chance. Summer is here!
“Just Maps’: Carry on using your atlas, geography book and ‘Just Maps’.
Continue at your own pace.
There are quizzes at the back of your ‘Just Maps’ if you’d like to try them. Use your geography book and your atlas to help.
RELIGION:
‘Grow in Love’
Theme 9: Celtic Christianity
Lesson 1: Early Christian Ireland
MUSIC:
www.nch.ie
This week I’m adding a link to the National Concert Hall in Dublin. They have a great section for children. The link is all about Jazz. Your family might like it too.
Reminder to practice “Mindful Minute” to help you relax and as a break.
Remember HIT (High Intensity Training) a few times a day too.
Keep active – skipping, cycling, practising basketball shots, puc fada, taking frees or dribbling the ball, whatever makes you feel good.
Dublin Zoo has lots for you to see online, now that you can’t visit.
That’s all for this week.
There’s lots of work for you but remember to just do what you can. You’re learning lots throughout this time.
If you want more suggestions or have any questions let me know.
Be kind and be safe!
Nigh do lámha!
Best wishes,
Mary Hahessy.
Well-Being:
‘At Home with Weaving Well-Being’
This is a free downloadable well-being journal for kids compiled by Fiona Forman. The programme ‘Weaving Well-Being’ is by Fiona Forman and Mick Rock. (Outside the Box Learning Resources)
www.otb.ie/wwb-home
‘Peace Out Guided Relaxation for Kids’ by Cosmic Kids Yoga on www.youtube.com
Literacy:
www.worldofdavidwalliams.com
‘Elevenses’ David Walliams reads from one of his books every day at 11 ‘o clock
Harry Potter website
www.wizardingworld.com
www.worldbookonline.com
eBooks – Teach Your Child to Read – Debbie Hopplewhite
www.teachyourchildtoread.co.uk
Oliver Jeffers
www.oliverjeffers.com/abookaday
Updated Monday 10th May 2020
Rang a Trí, Scoil Pádraig, Baile Héil.
11ú lá go 15ú lá de Bealtaine 2020
Obair le déanamh/ Work suggestions
Hello again Boys and Girls,
It’s almost two months since we were last together in school. Hopefully you have a regular routine set up now and you are not worrying about your work. What is most important is that you are all safe and well. It’s good to help out at home too. Keep busy and share your smiles and laughs. Remember your ‘Mindful Minute’ and the ‘Starfish’.
Do what schoolwork you can and remember to do things that you like – as much as you can.
Are you keeping a diary?
This week we are learning about Electricity, so I will include some websites and experiments. Remember that electricity is very powerful, useful and also dangerous so don’t do anything without adult guidance. Check out www.switchedonkids.org.uk/ for information about electricity and how to use it safely.
In Maths we are moving onto Length. I’d like you to get measuring and not just do the work in your “Busy at Maths’. Perhaps you could measure your stride, long jump, etc. and compare with other family members. Writing length will include Fractions (i.e. ½ m = 50cm, ¼ m = 25cm) and Decimals (i.e. 132cm = 1.32m, 1.5m = 1 ½ m or 150cm). You will be adding and subtracting with and without regrouping too.
Send me an email if you have questions or if you just want to send me some of your work.
Wash those hands and stay safe.
Slán tamaill,
Mary Hahessy.
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maths:
(You may write into your “Busy at Maths” book if your parents say that’s allowed).
Try to continue working in your ‘Work it Out’
‘Busy at Maths’
Chapter 22: Length
(Remember that a 100cm = 1m and 1000m = 1km).
Pages 119 to 122 (try to complete a page a day)
Vocabulary: centimetre (cm), metre (m), kilometer (km), measure, ruler, longer, shorter, length, metre stick
Handwriting:
Complete a page of ‘Just Handwriting’ every two days. Practice your joined handwriting when writing your news/diary/free writing.
English:
Read your ‘Read at Home’ and read independently every day.
‘Starlight’ Unit 13b: ‘How Do Humans Digest a Tuna Sandwich?’ pages 152 to 154 (complete this by Tuesday and begin Unit 14a: ‘Save our Sanctuary’ on Wednesday).
(Genre: EXPLANATION see page 191 – look out for diagrams, labels, paragraphs with subheadings, etc.)
(New vocabulary: substances, digests, stored, vitamins, system, acids, absorb, muscles, expands, bacteria, squelch, nutrients)
‘Starlight’ Unit 14a: ‘Save our Sanctuary’ from Wednesday pages
(Genre: NARRATIVE see page 191 – look out for story, characters, plot, problem to be solved, dialogue, etc.)
(New vocabulary: grim, stunned, unfortunately, sanctuary, devoted, frail, gnawed, savaged, released, solution, volunteers, desperate)
Spelling: Week 31 of ‘Spellwell’ (remember it’s important to be able to read the words before you can spell them)
‘Just Phonics’ page 64 and 65 (Suffixes: _able, _ible, _less, _ness, _al and _ful)
‘Just Grammar’ page 34 Conjunctions A conjunction is a joining word. It joins sentences together
POETRY:
Here’s a funny poem that you might enjoy:
‘My Sister’s Pretty Picky ’
My sister’s pretty picky.
She likes to pick a fight.
She always wants to pick the film
On family movie night.
She picks her teeth with toothpicks.
She’s skilled at picking locks.
She picks her Minecraft pickaxe
To pick away at blocks.
She’s always picking flowers.
She picks at her guitar.
She’s even picky when she’s
Picking out a candy bar.
I only wish that, now and then,
She might pick up her clothes.
I also wish she wasn’t
Quite so picky with her nose.
by Kenn Nesbitt
Gaeilge:
Bua na Cainte – Caitheamh Aimsire
Lch. 85
Briathra: Buail (to hit), Caith (to throw or to wear), Bris (to break)
Inné
h
Gach Lá
_ann
_eann
Amárach
_faidh
_fidh
Bhuail sé
Buaileann sé
Buailfidh sé
Chaith sé
Caitheann sé
Caithfidh sé
Bhris sé
Briseann sé
Brisfidh sé
Féach ar TG4 – cartún as Gaeilge.
TG4 Cartún
Cúla4.com
Look up Irish wild animal names as Gaeilge (deer, fox, rabbit, hedgehog, badger, rabbit, hare, otter, rat, mous
History, Geography and Science: (two week plan – first week)
How is your BUG HOTEL Project progressing? I’ve seen some great photos
‘Google’ how to do it. Two really good sites I’ve found are www.woodlandtrust.org.uk (How to build a bug hotel) and www.rsbp.org.uk (Bug or Insect hotel).
SEND PHOTOS OF YOUR BUG/BEE HOTELS to the school email
Bird Watch Ireland’s website will show you all of our wild birds, so you could check them out too.
History: Chapter 11: Schools and Education (Two weeks for Unit 11)
(Vocabulary: lyre, ludi, scroll, stylus, abacus, fostering, hedge schools, gallery, copperplate)
Week 1 pages 54 to 55
Education in Ancient Greece
Schools in Ancient Greece
Schools in Ancient Rome
Roman Numerals
The Middle Ages
Activities 1 & 2 on page 56.
You might like to write the date or your birth date in Roman numerals
WARNING
All of the activities in this unit require small batteries, which contain very little electricity.
Never, ever experiment with mains electricity.
It is very dangerous and can even kill.
Geography/Science: Unit 15 Electricity (Two weeks for Unit 15)
(Vocabulary: mains, current, fossil fuels, power station, turbines, solar cells, geothermal, pylons, batteries, volts, circuit, terminals, switch, conductors, insulators)
Week 1 pages 88 to 89
How Electricity is Made
How Electricity Gets to Your Home
Batteries
Switches
Activities 1, 2 & 3 on page 90
SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS:
There are two experiments/investigations suggested this week but you may not have the materials needed and that’s alright.
YouTube ‘electricity for children’ has lots of clips where you can learn more and see circuits and switches in action.
Use your Kilkenny Wildlife Detective Notebook whenever you get a chance. Summer is here!
“Just Maps’: Carry on using your atlas, geography book and ‘Just Maps’.
Continue at your own pace.
There are quizzes at the back of your ‘Just Maps’ if you’d like to try them. Use your geography book and your atlas to help.
RELIGION:
‘Grow in Love’
Theme 8: The Church is a Community of Believers
Lesson 3: Baptism
MUSIC:
Did you get tohearIsrael Kamakawiwo’ole singing ‘Somewhere over the Rainbow’?
www.nch.ie
This week I’m adding a link to the National Concert Hall in Dublin. They have a great section for children. The link is all about Jazz. Your family might like it too.
Reminder to practice “Mindful Minute” to help you relax and as a break.
Remember HIT (High Intensity Training) a few times a day too.
Keep active – skipping, cycling, practising basketball shots, puc fada, taking frees or dribbling the ball, whatever makes you feel good.
Dublin Zoo has lots for you to see online, now that you can’t visit.
That’s all for this week.
There’s lots of work for you but remember to just do what you can. You’re learning lots throughout this time.
I know that you miss your friends and outdoor activities.
It seem we won’t return to school until after the summer. I’m sure you have ways of keeping in touch with friends and cousins. That’s important. When this is over you’ll be so thrilled to meet your pals.
In the meantime don’t worry, keep busy and do whatever schoolwork you can. You might not be able to get everything done - and that’s OK. Do your best and do what you can.
If you want more suggestions or have any questions let me know.
Be kind and be safe!
Nigh do lámha!
Best wishes,
Mary Hahessy.
[email protected]
Well-Being:
‘At Home with Weaving Well-Being’
This is a free downloadable well-being journal for kids compiled by Fiona Forman. The programme ‘Weaving Well-Being’ is by Fiona Forman and Mick Rock. (Outside the Box Learning Resources)
www.otb.ie/wwb-home
‘Peace Out Guided Relaxation for Kids’ by Cosmic Kids Yoga on www.youtube.com
Literacy:
www.worldofdavidwalliams.com
‘Elevenses’ David Walliams reads from one of his books every day at 11 ‘o clock
Harry Potter website
www.wizardingworld.com
www.worldbookonline.com
eBooks – Teach Your Child to Read – Debbie Hopplewhite
www.teachyourchildtoread.co.uk
Oliver Jeffers
www.oliverjeffers.com/abookaday
Rang a Trí, Scoil Pádraig, Baile Héil.
18ú lá go 22ú lá de Bealtaine 2020
Obair le déanamh/ Work suggestions
Hello again Boys and Girls,
I hope that you and your families are safe and well. As I said last week I hope you have a regular routine set up now and you are not worrying about your work. What is most important is that you are all safe and well. It’s good to help out at home too. Keep busy and share your smiles and laughs. Remember your ‘Mindful Minute’ and the ‘Starfish’.
Do what schoolwork you can and remember to do things that you like – as much as you can.
This week we are continuing to learn about Electricity. Remember that electricity is very powerful, useful and also dangerous so don’t do anything without adult guidance. Check out www.switchedonkids.org.uk/ for information about electricity and how to use it safely.
In Maths we are moving onto Multiplication and Division by 7. So it’s back to learning your tables again!
Send me an email if you have questions or if you just want to send me some of your work.
Wash those hands and stay safe.
Slán tamaill,
Mary Hahessy.
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maths:
(You may write into your “Busy at Maths” book if your parents say that’s allowed).
Try to continue working in your ‘Work it Out’
‘Busy at Maths’
Chapter 23: Multiplication and Division by 7
This week we will work on (i) Skip counting in 7s (ii) x7 tables and (iii) division by 7.
If you can get a calendar or diary try to highlight every seven days starting from the 7th - can you see a pattern between dates and days?
Use your times tables book or 100 square (colour in every 7th number) to help you.
Pages 123 to 126 (try to complete a page a day)
Challenge: ‘Try to complete A Quick Look Back 8’ (You have a choice to try this or not).
Vocabulary: multiply, divide, symbols for multiplication and division, multiples, repeated addition/subtraction, addition/subtraction sentence, opposite, reverse, multiples, product
Handwriting:
Complete a page of ‘Just Handwriting’ every two days.
Practice your joined handwriting when writing your news/diary/free writing.
English:
Read your ‘Read at Home’ and read independently every day.
‘Starlight’ Unit 14a: ‘Save our Sanctuary’ (Continued this week)
(Genre: NARRATIVE see page 191 – look out for story, characters, plot, problem to be solved, dialogue, etc.)
(New vocabulary: grim, stunned, unfortunately, sanctuary, devoted, frail, gnawed, savaged, released, solution, volunteers, desperate)
“Save Our Sanctuary’ is a Narrative. This week I want you to focus on Writing (Activities F and G, page 163)
- Read aloud for someone in your family
- Complete an exercise each day – D. Vocabulary page 162 (Monday), E. Grammar: Its and it’s (it is) page 162(Tuesday), F. Writing Skills: Story Openings page 163 (Wednesday), G. Writing genre: Planning a story page 163 (Thursday).
- Word Study: look at the word ‘frail’ on page 158. What does it mean? Can you think of an opposite (antonym)? Can you think of a similar word (synonym)?
- Grammar: Look at the words ‘what’s, ‘there’s’ and ‘they’re’ on page 159. Remember that they are contractions and that the apostrophe replaces the missing letters. Can you think what two words they came from?
- Grammar: Page 160 ‘Aoife’s astonishment’. This apostrophe is used to show possession. The only time we don’t use the possessive apostrophe is for its (‘its broken leg’ or ‘its fur’). We do use the apostrophe when we’re writing the contraction of ‘it is’ (e.g. ‘It’s bigger’ – ‘It is bigger’)
Spelling: Week 32 of ‘Spell Well’ (This week we are revising).
‘Just Phonics’ page 66 and 67 (Prefixes: anti_, fore_, pre_, trans_, en_/em_, inter_, sub_, under_, non_ and super_)
‘Just Grammar’ page 35 Conjunctions A conjunction is a joining word. It joins sentences together
POETRY:
This week’s poem comes from ‘Grow in Love’.
Manus the Monk
I, Manus the monk,
In my chilly stone cell
Dip the tip of my quill
In the brimming inkwell
And write down these words
While outside the woods ring
With the voices of birds
Singing psalms to the Spring.
My hand like a pilgrim
Who leans on his staff
Must rest on my pen
Through each long paragraph,
So I write ‘til the light
Of my candle grows dim
And a choir of birds
Sings the evening hymn.
By Finbar O Connor
Gaeilge:
Bua na Cainte – Caitheamh Aimsire
‘Ceolchoirm sa Chró’ Lch. 86 agus lch. 87
Briathar: Seinn (to play music)
Inné: Ar sheinn? Sheinn/Níor sheinn
Freagair na ceisteanna – lch. 87
Tarraing an pictiúr
TG4 Cartún as Gaeilge
Cúla4.com
History, Geography and Science: (two week plan – second week)
History: Chapter 11: Schools and Education (Two weeks for Unit 11)
(Vocabulary: lyre, ludi, scroll, stylus, abacus, fostering, hedge schools, gallery, copperplate)
Week 2: pages 56 to 58
Early School in Ireland
National Schools Begin
No Comforts!
National Schools of the Past
What Children Learned 100 Years Ago
Activities page 59: (You could do this work ORALLY with a parent or older sister/brother).
- Can You Remember?
- Choose the Correct Answer to Complete Each Sentence
- Think About it. (Chat about this)
WARNING
All of the activities in this unit require small batteries, which contain very little electricity.
Never, ever experiment with mains electricity.
It is very dangerous and can even kill.
Geography/Science: Unit 15 Electricity (Two weeks for Unit 15)
(Vocabulary: mains, current, fossil fuels, power station, turbines, solar cells, geothermal, pylons, batteries, volts, circuit, terminals, switch, conductors, insulators)
Week 2 pages 90 to 92
Conductors
Static Electricity
Hot History
How to Use Electricity Safely
Activities page 92 (You could do this work ORALLY with a parent or older sister/brother).
- Answer the Questions
- Fill in the Blanks
- Get Creative – you can complete this activity if you want to.
SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS:
There are two experiments/investigations suggested this week but you may not have the materials needed and that’s alright.
YouTube ‘electricity for children’ has lots of clips where you can learn more and see circuits and switches in action.
Use your Kilkenny Wildlife Detective Notebook whenever you get a chance. Summer is here!
“Just Maps’: Carry on using your atlas, geography book and ‘Just Maps’.
Continue at your own pace.
There are quizzes at the back of your ‘Just Maps’ if you’d like to try them. Use your geography book and your atlas to help.
RELIGION:
‘Grow in Love’
Theme 9: Celtic Christianity
Lesson 1: Early Christian Ireland
- St. Kevin of Glendalough
- High Crosses – these showed images from the Bible
- Poem: Manus the Monk
MUSIC:
www.nch.ie
This week I’m adding a link to the National Concert Hall in Dublin. They have a great section for children. The link is all about Jazz. Your family might like it too.
Reminder to practice “Mindful Minute” to help you relax and as a break.
Remember HIT (High Intensity Training) a few times a day too.
Keep active – skipping, cycling, practising basketball shots, puc fada, taking frees or dribbling the ball, whatever makes you feel good.
Dublin Zoo has lots for you to see online, now that you can’t visit.
That’s all for this week.
There’s lots of work for you but remember to just do what you can. You’re learning lots throughout this time.
If you want more suggestions or have any questions let me know.
Be kind and be safe!
Nigh do lámha!
Best wishes,
Mary Hahessy.
Well-Being:
‘At Home with Weaving Well-Being’
This is a free downloadable well-being journal for kids compiled by Fiona Forman. The programme ‘Weaving Well-Being’ is by Fiona Forman and Mick Rock. (Outside the Box Learning Resources)
www.otb.ie/wwb-home
‘Peace Out Guided Relaxation for Kids’ by Cosmic Kids Yoga on www.youtube.com
Literacy:
www.worldofdavidwalliams.com
‘Elevenses’ David Walliams reads from one of his books every day at 11 ‘o clock
Harry Potter website
www.wizardingworld.com
www.worldbookonline.com
eBooks – Teach Your Child to Read – Debbie Hopplewhite
www.teachyourchildtoread.co.uk
Oliver Jeffers
www.oliverjeffers.com/abookaday
Updated Monday 10th May 2020
Rang a Trí, Scoil Pádraig, Baile Héil.
11ú lá go 15ú lá de Bealtaine 2020
Obair le déanamh/ Work suggestions
Hello again Boys and Girls,
It’s almost two months since we were last together in school. Hopefully you have a regular routine set up now and you are not worrying about your work. What is most important is that you are all safe and well. It’s good to help out at home too. Keep busy and share your smiles and laughs. Remember your ‘Mindful Minute’ and the ‘Starfish’.
Do what schoolwork you can and remember to do things that you like – as much as you can.
Are you keeping a diary?
This week we are learning about Electricity, so I will include some websites and experiments. Remember that electricity is very powerful, useful and also dangerous so don’t do anything without adult guidance. Check out www.switchedonkids.org.uk/ for information about electricity and how to use it safely.
In Maths we are moving onto Length. I’d like you to get measuring and not just do the work in your “Busy at Maths’. Perhaps you could measure your stride, long jump, etc. and compare with other family members. Writing length will include Fractions (i.e. ½ m = 50cm, ¼ m = 25cm) and Decimals (i.e. 132cm = 1.32m, 1.5m = 1 ½ m or 150cm). You will be adding and subtracting with and without regrouping too.
Send me an email if you have questions or if you just want to send me some of your work.
Wash those hands and stay safe.
Slán tamaill,
Mary Hahessy.
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maths:
(You may write into your “Busy at Maths” book if your parents say that’s allowed).
Try to continue working in your ‘Work it Out’
‘Busy at Maths’
Chapter 22: Length
(Remember that a 100cm = 1m and 1000m = 1km).
Pages 119 to 122 (try to complete a page a day)
Vocabulary: centimetre (cm), metre (m), kilometer (km), measure, ruler, longer, shorter, length, metre stick
Handwriting:
Complete a page of ‘Just Handwriting’ every two days. Practice your joined handwriting when writing your news/diary/free writing.
English:
Read your ‘Read at Home’ and read independently every day.
‘Starlight’ Unit 13b: ‘How Do Humans Digest a Tuna Sandwich?’ pages 152 to 154 (complete this by Tuesday and begin Unit 14a: ‘Save our Sanctuary’ on Wednesday).
(Genre: EXPLANATION see page 191 – look out for diagrams, labels, paragraphs with subheadings, etc.)
(New vocabulary: substances, digests, stored, vitamins, system, acids, absorb, muscles, expands, bacteria, squelch, nutrients)
‘Starlight’ Unit 14a: ‘Save our Sanctuary’ from Wednesday pages
(Genre: NARRATIVE see page 191 – look out for story, characters, plot, problem to be solved, dialogue, etc.)
(New vocabulary: grim, stunned, unfortunately, sanctuary, devoted, frail, gnawed, savaged, released, solution, volunteers, desperate)
- Read aloud for someone in your family
- Complete an exercise each day – D. Vocabulary page 156 (Monday), E. Grammar: Homophones page 156 (Tuesday), A. Comprehension page 161 (Wednesday), B. Comprehension page 161 (Thursday) and C. Vocabulary page 161 (Friday). Remember to include the extra ‘starred’ work).
- Word Study: look at the word ‘expand’ on page 153. What does it mean? Can you think of an opposite (antonym)?
- Grammar: ‘Homophones ‘waist’ and ‘waste’. Do you know the difference between them? Write a sentence for each.
- Word Study: look at the word ‘sanctuary’ on page 158. It comes from the Latin ‘sanctum’ meaning a sacred place where people found safety. Can you see how ‘animal sanctuary’ got its name?
Spelling: Week 31 of ‘Spellwell’ (remember it’s important to be able to read the words before you can spell them)
‘Just Phonics’ page 64 and 65 (Suffixes: _able, _ible, _less, _ness, _al and _ful)
‘Just Grammar’ page 34 Conjunctions A conjunction is a joining word. It joins sentences together
POETRY:
Here’s a funny poem that you might enjoy:
‘My Sister’s Pretty Picky ’
My sister’s pretty picky.
She likes to pick a fight.
She always wants to pick the film
On family movie night.
She picks her teeth with toothpicks.
She’s skilled at picking locks.
She picks her Minecraft pickaxe
To pick away at blocks.
She’s always picking flowers.
She picks at her guitar.
She’s even picky when she’s
Picking out a candy bar.
I only wish that, now and then,
She might pick up her clothes.
I also wish she wasn’t
Quite so picky with her nose.
by Kenn Nesbitt
Gaeilge:
Bua na Cainte – Caitheamh Aimsire
Lch. 85
Briathra: Buail (to hit), Caith (to throw or to wear), Bris (to break)
Inné
h
Gach Lá
_ann
_eann
Amárach
_faidh
_fidh
Bhuail sé
Buaileann sé
Buailfidh sé
Chaith sé
Caitheann sé
Caithfidh sé
Bhris sé
Briseann sé
Brisfidh sé
Féach ar TG4 – cartún as Gaeilge.
TG4 Cartún
Cúla4.com
Look up Irish wild animal names as Gaeilge (deer, fox, rabbit, hedgehog, badger, rabbit, hare, otter, rat, mous
History, Geography and Science: (two week plan – first week)
How is your BUG HOTEL Project progressing? I’ve seen some great photos
‘Google’ how to do it. Two really good sites I’ve found are www.woodlandtrust.org.uk (How to build a bug hotel) and www.rsbp.org.uk (Bug or Insect hotel).
SEND PHOTOS OF YOUR BUG/BEE HOTELS to the school email
Bird Watch Ireland’s website will show you all of our wild birds, so you could check them out too.
History: Chapter 11: Schools and Education (Two weeks for Unit 11)
(Vocabulary: lyre, ludi, scroll, stylus, abacus, fostering, hedge schools, gallery, copperplate)
Week 1 pages 54 to 55
Education in Ancient Greece
Schools in Ancient Greece
Schools in Ancient Rome
Roman Numerals
The Middle Ages
Activities 1 & 2 on page 56.
You might like to write the date or your birth date in Roman numerals
WARNING
All of the activities in this unit require small batteries, which contain very little electricity.
Never, ever experiment with mains electricity.
It is very dangerous and can even kill.
Geography/Science: Unit 15 Electricity (Two weeks for Unit 15)
(Vocabulary: mains, current, fossil fuels, power station, turbines, solar cells, geothermal, pylons, batteries, volts, circuit, terminals, switch, conductors, insulators)
Week 1 pages 88 to 89
How Electricity is Made
How Electricity Gets to Your Home
Batteries
Switches
Activities 1, 2 & 3 on page 90
SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS:
There are two experiments/investigations suggested this week but you may not have the materials needed and that’s alright.
YouTube ‘electricity for children’ has lots of clips where you can learn more and see circuits and switches in action.
Use your Kilkenny Wildlife Detective Notebook whenever you get a chance. Summer is here!
“Just Maps’: Carry on using your atlas, geography book and ‘Just Maps’.
Continue at your own pace.
There are quizzes at the back of your ‘Just Maps’ if you’d like to try them. Use your geography book and your atlas to help.
RELIGION:
‘Grow in Love’
Theme 8: The Church is a Community of Believers
Lesson 3: Baptism
MUSIC:
Did you get tohearIsrael Kamakawiwo’ole singing ‘Somewhere over the Rainbow’?
www.nch.ie
This week I’m adding a link to the National Concert Hall in Dublin. They have a great section for children. The link is all about Jazz. Your family might like it too.
Reminder to practice “Mindful Minute” to help you relax and as a break.
Remember HIT (High Intensity Training) a few times a day too.
Keep active – skipping, cycling, practising basketball shots, puc fada, taking frees or dribbling the ball, whatever makes you feel good.
Dublin Zoo has lots for you to see online, now that you can’t visit.
That’s all for this week.
There’s lots of work for you but remember to just do what you can. You’re learning lots throughout this time.
I know that you miss your friends and outdoor activities.
It seem we won’t return to school until after the summer. I’m sure you have ways of keeping in touch with friends and cousins. That’s important. When this is over you’ll be so thrilled to meet your pals.
In the meantime don’t worry, keep busy and do whatever schoolwork you can. You might not be able to get everything done - and that’s OK. Do your best and do what you can.
If you want more suggestions or have any questions let me know.
Be kind and be safe!
Nigh do lámha!
Best wishes,
Mary Hahessy.
[email protected]
Well-Being:
‘At Home with Weaving Well-Being’
This is a free downloadable well-being journal for kids compiled by Fiona Forman. The programme ‘Weaving Well-Being’ is by Fiona Forman and Mick Rock. (Outside the Box Learning Resources)
www.otb.ie/wwb-home
‘Peace Out Guided Relaxation for Kids’ by Cosmic Kids Yoga on www.youtube.com
Literacy:
www.worldofdavidwalliams.com
‘Elevenses’ David Walliams reads from one of his books every day at 11 ‘o clock
Harry Potter website
www.wizardingworld.com
www.worldbookonline.com
eBooks – Teach Your Child to Read – Debbie Hopplewhite
www.teachyourchildtoread.co.uk
Oliver Jeffers
www.oliverjeffers.com/abookaday
Updated Monday 4th of May 2020
Rang a Trí, Scoil Pádraig, Baile Héil.
5ú lá go 8ú lá de Bealtaine 2020
Obair le déanamh/ Work suggestions
Hello Girls and Boys,
I hope that you and your families are well.
As already said, I hope you are all well and helping one another and your families.
Keep busy and share your smiles and laughs. Remember your ‘Mindful Minute’ and the ‘Starfish’.
Do what schoolwork you can and remember to do things that you like – as much as you can.
Remember to keep a diary of what you do each day, what you enjoy, what you miss, what makes you mad or sad or bad (!), what you look forward to doing again when this is all over. Draw pictures, stick in photos, record what’s happening in nature. I’ve seen swallows and bats. I’m watching nature’s changes. Last week and this week I’m suggesting you plan building a Bug Hotel.
There is a science experiment included too.
I’ve included some websites for wellness and literacy (Harry Potter, Oliver Jeffers and David Walliams).
Send me an email if you have questions or if you just want to send me some of your work.
Wash those hands and stay safe.
Slán tamaill,
Mary Hahessy.
[email protected]
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Maths:
(You may write into your “Busy at Maths” book if your parents say that’s allowed).
Try to continue working in your ‘Work it Out’
‘Busy at Maths’
Chapter 21: 3-D Shapes
Remember that a 2-D Shape is flat not fat AND a 3-D Shape is fat not flat!
Pages 115 to 118 (try to complete a page a day)
Vocabulary: 2-D, 3-D, shapes, flat, solid, cube, cylinder, triangle, oval, sphere, rectangle, cone, cuboid, semi-circle, trace, draw, faces, edges, vertices/vertex, roll, stack, slide, curved, straight, shape net, pyramid, prism, triangular prism.
Look around for 3-D Shapes in your environment – do you know what 3-D shapes they are?
Take an empty box and ‘open’ it up to reveal the shape net (a ‘shape net’ is what a 3-D shape looks like when it’s flattened out).
Handwriting:
Complete a page of ‘Just Handwriting’ every two days. Practice your joined handwriting when writing your news/diary/free writing.
English:
Read your ‘Read at Home’ and read independently every day.
‘Starlight’ Unit 13b: ‘How Do Humans Digest a Tuna Sandwich?’ pages 152 to 154
(Genre: EXPLANATION see page 191 – look out for diagrams, labels, paragraphs with subheadings, etc.)
(New vocabulary: substances, digests, stored, vitamins, system, acids, absorb, muscles, expands, bacteria, squelch, nutrients)
Spelling: Week 30 of ‘Spellwell’ (remember it’s important to be able to read the words before you can spell them)
‘Just Phonics’ page 63 (Prefixes: equ_, hemi_, iso_, macro_, magn_, mega_, micro_, mini_, multi_, omni_, poly_ and semi)
Again these have Latin roots. Look around for words with these prefixes.
‘Just Grammar’ page 33 (Revision – commas, exclamation marks and paragraphs).
POETRY:
Did you create a verse for a Body Part poem? ‘Be glad your brain is in your head…. ‘? Send it on to the school email or to me.
‘The Missing Sock’
I found my sock
beneath my bed
“Where have you been all week?” I said.
“Hidden away,” my sock replied.
“Another week on your foot
And I would have died.”
by Roger McGough
Gaeilge:
Bua na Cainte – Caitheamh Aimsire
Lch. 84
Briathra: Inné (past tense)
Imirt – to play (sport)
Ar imir? D’imir Níor imir
Ól – to drink
Ar ól? D’ól Níor ól
Bris – to break
Ar bhris? Bhris Níor bhris
Féach ar TG4 – cartún as Gaeilge.
TG4 Cartún
History, Geography and Science: (two week plan – second week)
BUG HOTEL Project: I’d like you to plan building a ‘Bug Hotel’. ‘Google’ how to do it.
Two really good sites I’ve found are www.woodlandtrust.org.uk (How to build a bug hotel) and www.rsbp.org.uk (Bug or Insect hotel).
SEND PHOTOS OF YOUR BUG/BEE HOTELS to the school email or me. Let me know if you’d like your photos to go on the school website.
Bird Watch Ireland will show you all of our wild birds, so check them out too.
History: Chapter 10 The Wooden Horse of Troy (Story)
(Vocabulary: Sparta, Troy, Athens)
Look up Ancient Greece on DKFindout, Scoilnet, etc.
Geography/Science: Unit 14 The Human Body (page 85 to 87)
(Vocabulary: joints, nerves, cartilage, stirrup, femur, calcium, bone marrow, plaster cast, x-ray, ball and socket)
(Additional vocabulary: carbohydrates, protein, enamel, incisors, canines, premolars, molars, cavities)
Complete activities A, B, C and D on page 87.
SCIENCE EXPERIMENT:
Investigate: Test the Strength of Bone
You will need: a cooked chicken bone and a jar of vinegar
Method:
This links in with our work in ‘Starlight”
Use your Kilkenny Wildlife Detective Notebook whenever you get a chance. Spring is here!
Watch Cappabue NS ‘One Small Change’.
“Just Maps’: Carry on using your atlas, geography book and ‘Just Maps’.
Pages 40 and 41 are about Britain
There are quizzes at the back of your ‘Just Maps’ if you’d like to try them. Use your geography book and your atlas to help.
RELIGION:
‘Grow in Love’
Theme 8: The Church is a Community of Believers
Lesson 2: Life in a Parish
MUSIC:
Listen to Israel Kamakawiwo’ole singing ‘Somewhere over the Rainbow’.
Learn it for yourself.
Reminder to practice “Mindful Minute” to help you relax and as a break.
Remember HIT (High Intensity Training) a few times a day too.
Keep active – skipping, cycling, practising basketball shots, puc fada, taking frees or dribbling the ball, whatever makes you feel good.
Dublin Zoo has lots for you to see online, now that you can’t visit.
Boys and girls,
I know that you miss your friends and outdoor activities.
It seem we won’t return to school until after the summer. I’m sure you have ways of keeping in touch with friends and cousins. That’s important. When this is over you’ll be so thrilled to meet your pals.
In the meantime don’t worry, keep busy and do whatever schoolwork you can. You might not be able to get everything done - and that’s alright. Do your best and do what you can.
If you want more suggestions or have any questions let me know.
Be kind and be safe!
Do what you can!
Nigh do lámha!
Best wishes,
Mary Hahessy.
[email protected]
Well-Being:
‘At Home with Weaving Well-Being’
This is a free downloadable well-being journal for kids compiled by Fiona Forman. The programme ‘Weaving Well-Being’ is by Fiona Forman and Mick Rock. (Outside the Box Learning Resources)
www.otb.ie/wwb-home
‘Peace Out Guided Relaxation for Kids’ by Cosmic Kids Yoga on www.youtube.com
Literacy:
www.worldofdavidwalliams.com
‘Elevenses’ David Walliams reads from one of his books every day at 11 ‘o clock
Harry Potter website
www.wizardingworld.com
www.worldbookonline.com
eBooks – Teach Your Child to Read – Debbie Hopplewhite
www.teachyourchildtoread.co.uk
Oliver Jeffers
www.oliverjeffers.com/abookaday
Rang a Trí, Scoil Pádraig, Baile Héil.
5ú lá go 8ú lá de Bealtaine 2020
Obair le déanamh/ Work suggestions
Hello Girls and Boys,
I hope that you and your families are well.
As already said, I hope you are all well and helping one another and your families.
Keep busy and share your smiles and laughs. Remember your ‘Mindful Minute’ and the ‘Starfish’.
Do what schoolwork you can and remember to do things that you like – as much as you can.
Remember to keep a diary of what you do each day, what you enjoy, what you miss, what makes you mad or sad or bad (!), what you look forward to doing again when this is all over. Draw pictures, stick in photos, record what’s happening in nature. I’ve seen swallows and bats. I’m watching nature’s changes. Last week and this week I’m suggesting you plan building a Bug Hotel.
There is a science experiment included too.
I’ve included some websites for wellness and literacy (Harry Potter, Oliver Jeffers and David Walliams).
Send me an email if you have questions or if you just want to send me some of your work.
Wash those hands and stay safe.
Slán tamaill,
Mary Hahessy.
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maths:
(You may write into your “Busy at Maths” book if your parents say that’s allowed).
Try to continue working in your ‘Work it Out’
‘Busy at Maths’
Chapter 21: 3-D Shapes
Remember that a 2-D Shape is flat not fat AND a 3-D Shape is fat not flat!
Pages 115 to 118 (try to complete a page a day)
Vocabulary: 2-D, 3-D, shapes, flat, solid, cube, cylinder, triangle, oval, sphere, rectangle, cone, cuboid, semi-circle, trace, draw, faces, edges, vertices/vertex, roll, stack, slide, curved, straight, shape net, pyramid, prism, triangular prism.
Look around for 3-D Shapes in your environment – do you know what 3-D shapes they are?
Take an empty box and ‘open’ it up to reveal the shape net (a ‘shape net’ is what a 3-D shape looks like when it’s flattened out).
Handwriting:
Complete a page of ‘Just Handwriting’ every two days. Practice your joined handwriting when writing your news/diary/free writing.
English:
Read your ‘Read at Home’ and read independently every day.
‘Starlight’ Unit 13b: ‘How Do Humans Digest a Tuna Sandwich?’ pages 152 to 154
(Genre: EXPLANATION see page 191 – look out for diagrams, labels, paragraphs with subheadings, etc.)
(New vocabulary: substances, digests, stored, vitamins, system, acids, absorb, muscles, expands, bacteria, squelch, nutrients)
- Read aloud for someone in your family
- Complete an exercise each day – A. Comprehension (Tuesday), B. Comprehension (Wednesday), C. Vocabulary (Thursday) and D. Vocabulary (Friday). Remember to include the extra ‘starred’ work).
- Why do you think it is important to diet that contains a balance of different types of healthy foods?
- Word Study: look at the word ‘tongue’ on page 153. It has an unusual ending ‘gue’. Try to find as many ‘gue’ words as you can i.e. catalogue, league, fatigue, etc.
- Grammar: ‘Homophones ‘where’ and ‘wear’. Do you know the difference between them? Write a sentence for each.
- An extra challenge if you want it: ‘The Secret Language of Doctors’ (https://youtu.be/vFV4Ud3UgQo) Most medical terms come from Latin words. Think of ‘dento’ . Where have you heard this before? What part of the body do you think it is linked to? This is the root word for dentist and dentures. Do you know now? Here are five root words for you to check out: CARDIO, OSTEO, RHINO, DERMO, PNEUMO. Let me know how you get on.
- Check your work CUPS (capitals, understanding, punctuation and spelling).
Spelling: Week 30 of ‘Spellwell’ (remember it’s important to be able to read the words before you can spell them)
‘Just Phonics’ page 63 (Prefixes: equ_, hemi_, iso_, macro_, magn_, mega_, micro_, mini_, multi_, omni_, poly_ and semi)
Again these have Latin roots. Look around for words with these prefixes.
‘Just Grammar’ page 33 (Revision – commas, exclamation marks and paragraphs).
POETRY:
Did you create a verse for a Body Part poem? ‘Be glad your brain is in your head…. ‘? Send it on to the school email or to me.
‘The Missing Sock’
I found my sock
beneath my bed
“Where have you been all week?” I said.
“Hidden away,” my sock replied.
“Another week on your foot
And I would have died.”
by Roger McGough
Gaeilge:
Bua na Cainte – Caitheamh Aimsire
Lch. 84
Briathra: Inné (past tense)
Imirt – to play (sport)
Ar imir? D’imir Níor imir
Ól – to drink
Ar ól? D’ól Níor ól
Bris – to break
Ar bhris? Bhris Níor bhris
Féach ar TG4 – cartún as Gaeilge.
TG4 Cartún
History, Geography and Science: (two week plan – second week)
BUG HOTEL Project: I’d like you to plan building a ‘Bug Hotel’. ‘Google’ how to do it.
Two really good sites I’ve found are www.woodlandtrust.org.uk (How to build a bug hotel) and www.rsbp.org.uk (Bug or Insect hotel).
SEND PHOTOS OF YOUR BUG/BEE HOTELS to the school email or me. Let me know if you’d like your photos to go on the school website.
Bird Watch Ireland will show you all of our wild birds, so check them out too.
History: Chapter 10 The Wooden Horse of Troy (Story)
(Vocabulary: Sparta, Troy, Athens)
Look up Ancient Greece on DKFindout, Scoilnet, etc.
Geography/Science: Unit 14 The Human Body (page 85 to 87)
(Vocabulary: joints, nerves, cartilage, stirrup, femur, calcium, bone marrow, plaster cast, x-ray, ball and socket)
(Additional vocabulary: carbohydrates, protein, enamel, incisors, canines, premolars, molars, cavities)
Complete activities A, B, C and D on page 87.
SCIENCE EXPERIMENT:
Investigate: Test the Strength of Bone
You will need: a cooked chicken bone and a jar of vinegar
Method:
- Place the bone in the jar of vinegar and leave it for a week.
- After a week, remove the bone from the jar and test to see if the bone is flexible/pliable (bendy). The bone should bend, as the vinegar dissolves the calcium within the bone, making it pliable.
This links in with our work in ‘Starlight”
Use your Kilkenny Wildlife Detective Notebook whenever you get a chance. Spring is here!
Watch Cappabue NS ‘One Small Change’.
“Just Maps’: Carry on using your atlas, geography book and ‘Just Maps’.
Pages 40 and 41 are about Britain
There are quizzes at the back of your ‘Just Maps’ if you’d like to try them. Use your geography book and your atlas to help.
RELIGION:
‘Grow in Love’
Theme 8: The Church is a Community of Believers
Lesson 2: Life in a Parish
MUSIC:
Listen to Israel Kamakawiwo’ole singing ‘Somewhere over the Rainbow’.
Learn it for yourself.
Reminder to practice “Mindful Minute” to help you relax and as a break.
Remember HIT (High Intensity Training) a few times a day too.
Keep active – skipping, cycling, practising basketball shots, puc fada, taking frees or dribbling the ball, whatever makes you feel good.
Dublin Zoo has lots for you to see online, now that you can’t visit.
Boys and girls,
I know that you miss your friends and outdoor activities.
It seem we won’t return to school until after the summer. I’m sure you have ways of keeping in touch with friends and cousins. That’s important. When this is over you’ll be so thrilled to meet your pals.
In the meantime don’t worry, keep busy and do whatever schoolwork you can. You might not be able to get everything done - and that’s alright. Do your best and do what you can.
If you want more suggestions or have any questions let me know.
Be kind and be safe!
Do what you can!
Nigh do lámha!
Best wishes,
Mary Hahessy.
[email protected]
Well-Being:
‘At Home with Weaving Well-Being’
This is a free downloadable well-being journal for kids compiled by Fiona Forman. The programme ‘Weaving Well-Being’ is by Fiona Forman and Mick Rock. (Outside the Box Learning Resources)
www.otb.ie/wwb-home
‘Peace Out Guided Relaxation for Kids’ by Cosmic Kids Yoga on www.youtube.com
Literacy:
www.worldofdavidwalliams.com
‘Elevenses’ David Walliams reads from one of his books every day at 11 ‘o clock
Harry Potter website
www.wizardingworld.com
www.worldbookonline.com
eBooks – Teach Your Child to Read – Debbie Hopplewhite
www.teachyourchildtoread.co.uk
Oliver Jeffers
www.oliverjeffers.com/abookaday
Updated April 27th 2020
Rang a Trí, Scoil Pádraig, Baile Héil.
27ú lá d’Aibreán, go 1ú lá de Bealtaine 2020
Obair le déanamh/ Work suggestions
Dia daoibh Rang a Trí and Parents
Another week of work but no school and not meeting pals!
As already said, I hope you are all well and helping one another and your families.
Keep busy and share your smiles and laughs. Remember your ‘Mindful Minute’ and the ‘Starfish’.
Do what schoolwork you can and remember to do things that you like – as much as you can.
Remember to keep a diary of what you do each day, what you enjoy, what you miss, what makes you mad or sad or bad (!), what you look forward to doing again when this is all over. Draw pictures, stick in photos, record what’s happening in nature. I’ve seen swallows and bats. I’m watching nature’s changes. This week I’m suggesting you plan building a Bug Hotel. I’m attaching some websites for wellness and literacy (Harry Potter, Oliver Jeffers and David Walliams).
Send me an email if you have questions or if you just want to send me some of your work.
Wash those hands and stay safe.
Slán tamaill,
Mary Hahessy.
[email protected]
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maths:
(You may write into your “Busy at Maths” book if your parents say that’s allowed).
Try to continue working in your ‘Work it Out’
‘Busy at Maths’
Chapter 20: Decimals page113 to page 112 to 114
(Remember that decimals are simply fractions 0.1 is another way to say 1/10 or one tenth).
9 = whole number
9.3 decimal number (9and 1/30)
0.3 decimal fraction (1/3)
Look around for decimals in your environment – draw or picture them.
Calculators are a great way to see decimals.
Handwriting:
Complete a page of ‘Just Handwriting’ every two days. Practice your joined handwriting when writing your news/diary/free writing.
English:
Make your own KWL chart on ‘How the Human Eye Works’
K
W
L
Choose a new book that you can read independently. Read every day.
‘Starlight’ Unit 13a: ‘How Does the Human Eye Work?’ pages 146 to 148 (Genre: EXPLANATION see page 191)
(New vocabulary: enable, moist, average, prevent, examine, transparent, sensitive, images, adjusts, focus, messages, … )
- Read aloud for someone in your family
- Complete Vocabulary work D page 150 (including the extra ‘starred’ work).
- E. Grammar: Homophones p.150 (to, two, too and there, their and they’re)
- F. Writing Skills: KWL charts: Look at this chart and think of some questions you’d ask about how the human body moves (one question is enough). Try to find answers on the internet
- Check your work CUPS (capitals, understanding, punctuation and spelling).
- Word Study: transparent – prefix ‘trans’ meaning ‘across’ or ‘through’. Find more words and link the meaning of the prefix with the word meaning.
- Word Study: ‘optic’ Find the meaning and more words with ’optic’ in them
Spelling: Week 29 of ‘Spellwell’ (ask someone at home to test you on Friday)
‘Just Phonics’ page 61 (continued - homographs or homophones – words that have more than one meaning)
‘Just Phonics’ page 62 (prefixes: il, im, ir and il) Find more words with these prefixes and make a list.
‘Just Grammar’ page 32 (paragraphs – a group of sentences with a main idea).
POETRY IRELAND DAY is Thursday, April 30th 2020. Look up Poetry Ireland's website
https://www.poetryireland.ie/
Write a poem or copy out a poem you really like:
Acrostic poems
Kennings (remember the poem about Nine Swords?)
Limericks
Rhyming verse
Keep on reading!
See the list of websites on the school website
Be Glad Your Nose Is on Your Face
BY JACK PRELUTSKY
Be glad your nose is on your face,
not pasted on some other place,
for if it were where it is not,
you might dislike your nose a lot.
Imagine if your precious nose
were sandwiched in between your toes,
that clearly would not be a treat,
for you’d be forced to smell your feet.
Your nose would be a source of dread
were it attached atop your head,
it soon would drive you to despair,
forever tickled by your hair.
Within your ear, your nose would be
an absolute catastrophe,
for when you were obliged to sneeze,
your brain would rattle from the breeze.
Your nose, instead, through thick and thin,
remains between your eyes and chin,
not pasted on some other place--
be glad your nose is on your face!
Did you create a verse for a Body Part poem? ‘Be glad your brain is in your head…. If not, have go at it this week.
Gaeilge: An Cháisc
Bua na Cainte – Caitheamh Aimsire
lch 81go lch 83 ‘
Tarraing an pictiúr agus scríobh amach na focail. Lch 81
‘Oisín agus Bó’ lch 82
Féach ar TG4 – cartún as Gaeilge.
History, Geography and Science: (two week plan)
BUG HOTEL Project: I’d like you to plan building a ‘Bug Hotel’. ‘Google’ how to do it.
Two really good sites I’ve found are www.woodlandtrust.org.uk (How to build a bug hotel) and www.rsbp.org.uk (Bug or Insect hotel).
Bird Watch Ireland will show you all of our wild birds, so check them out too.
History: Chapter 10 The Wooden Horse of Troy (Story)
(Vocabulary: Sparta, Troy, Athens)
Complete Activities A, B and C.
Look up Ancient Greece on DKFindout, Scoilnet, etc.
Geography/Science: Unit 14 The Human Body (page 83 to 85)
(Vocabulary: joints, nerves, cartilage, stirrup, femur, calcium, bone marrow, plaster cast, x-ray, ball and socket)
Complete activities A and B on page 85.
Use your Kilkenny Wildlife Detective Notebook whenever you get a chance. Spring is here!
Watch Cappabue NS ‘One Small Change’.
“Just Maps’: Carry on using your atlas, geography book and ‘Just Maps’.
Pages 40 and 41 are about Britain
RELIGION:
‘Grow in Love’
Theme 8: The Church is a Community of Believers
Lesson 1: Pentecost
Reminder to practice “Mindful Minute” to help you relax and as a break.
Remember HIT (High Intensity Training) a few times a day too.
Keep active – skipping, cycling, practising basketball shots or dribbling the ball, whatever makes you feel good.
The Natural History Museum in London has a great website with lots of videos and interesting ideas for things to do.
Lots of art galleries have great websites and you can view online. Good luck!
Poetry Ireland at www.poetryireland.ie has great ideas for adults and children.
I hope you are keeping well. I know that you miss your friends and activities.
When this is over you’ll be so thrilled to meet your pals. In the meantime don’t worry, keep busy and do whatever schoolwork you can. You might not be able to get everything done - and that’s alright. If you want more suggestions or have any questions let me know, via email.
Be kind and be safe!
Do what you can!
Nigh do lámha!
Best wishes,
Mary Hahessy.
[email protected]
Well-Being:
‘At Home with Weaving Well-Being’
This is a free downloadable well-being journal for kids compiled by Fiona Forman. The programme ‘Weaving Well-Being’ is by Fiona Forman and Mick Rock. (Outside the Box Learning Resources)
www.otb.ie/wwb-home
‘Peace Out Guided Relaxation for Kids’ by Cosmic Kids Yoga on www.youtube.com
Literacy:
www.worldofdavidwalliams.com
‘Elevenses’ David Walliams reads from one of his books every day at 11 ‘o clock.
Harry Potter website
www.wizardingworld.com
www.worldbookonline.com
eBooks – Teach Your Child to Read – Debbie Hopplewhite
www.teachyourchildtoread.co.uk
Oliver Jeffers
www.oliverjeffers.com/abookaday
Updated April 20th 2020
Rang a Trí, Scoil Phádraig, Baile Héil.
20ú lá go 24ú lá, Aibreán, 2020
Obair le déanamh/ Work suggestions
Hello Boys and Girls,
I hope you are all well and helping one another and your families.
Keep busy and share your smiles and laughs. Remember your ‘Mindful Minute’ and the ‘Starfish’.
Do what schoolwork you can and remember to do things that you like – as much as you can.
Remember to keep a diary of what you do each day, what you enjoy, what you miss, what makes you mad or sad or bad (!), what you look forward to doing again when this is all over. Draw pictures, stick in photos, record what’s happening in nature.
If you have any questions for me send an email.
Wash those hands and stay safe.
Slán tamaill,
Mary Hahessy.
[email protected]
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Maths:
(You may write into your “Busy at Maths” book if your parents say that’s allowed).
Try to continue working in your ‘Work it Out’
‘Busy at Maths’ page 109 ‘A quick look back 7’
Chapter 20: Decimals page110 to page 112
(Remember that decimals are simply fractions 0.1 is another way to say 1/10 or one tenth).
Look around for decimals in your environment.
Handwriting:
Complete a page of ‘Just Handwriting’ every two days. Practice your joined handwriting when writing your news/diary/free writing.
English:
Make your own KWL chart on ‘How the Human Eye Works’
K
W
L
Choose a new book that you can read independently. Read every day.
‘Starlight’ Unit 12b: ‘How to Make a Fantastic Creature Kite’ pages 144 - 145
- Activity E. Grammar: Conjunctions
- Activity F. Writing Skills: Sequencing instructions
(New vocabulary: enable, moist, average, prevent, examine, transparent, sensitive, images, adjusts, focus, messages)
- Read aloud for someone in your family
- Complete comprehension work A and B page 149 (including the extra ‘starred’ work)
- Complete Vocabulary work C page 149 (including the extra ‘starred’ work). .
- Check your work CUPS (capitals, understanding, punctuation and spelling).
- Draw a diagram of the human eye and label it
- ‘Soft g’ in ‘average’, also in age, giraffe, giant – can you think of ten more words with the ‘soft g’?
Spelling: Week 28 of ‘Spellwell’ (ask someone at home to test you on Friday)
‘Just Phonics’ page 59 (number prefixes ‘tri-‘ means three)
‘Just Phonics’ page 60 (homographs or homophones – words that have more than one meaning)
‘Just Grammar’ page 31 (Exciting Exclamation Marks).
How did you get on with the acrostic poem for March and creating your new Nursery Rhyme?
Send them to me, if you’d like to.
Keep on reading!
Virtual books available at www.librariesireland.ie/
(Read at Home, library books, magazines or comics, recipes, poetry, online books, etc.)
READ ‘ BE GLAD YOUR NOSE IS ON YOUR FACE’ by Jack Prelutsky.
Be Glad Your Nose Is on Your Face
BY JACK PRELUTSKY
Be glad your nose is on your face,
not pasted on some other place,
for if it were where it is not,
you might dislike your nose a lot.
Imagine if your precious nose
were sandwiched in between your toes,
that clearly would not be a treat,
for you’d be forced to smell your feet.
Your nose would be a source of dread
were it attached atop your head,
it soon would drive you to despair,
forever tickled by your hair.
Within your ear, your nose would be
an absolute catastrophe,
for when you were obliged to sneeze,
your brain would rattle from the breeze.
Your nose, instead, through thick and thin,
remains between your eyes and chin,
not pasted on some other place--
be glad your nose is on your face!
Could you create a verse for a Body Part poem? ‘Be glad your brain is in your head….
Gaeilge: An Cháisc
Bua na cainte lch 153 ‘An Cháisc’
Tarraing an pictiúr agus scríobh amach na focail.
Féach ar TG4 – cartún as Gaeilge.
History, Geography and Science: (two week plan – this is week two)
Watch the film “Prince of Egypt”, it’s on www.youtube.com.
Before you begin make a KWL chart in your copy
- K What I know about Ancient Egypt and Modern Egypt (March 23 -28)
- W what I would like to learn (March 23 -28)
- L What I have learned (5 facts on Friday, April 3rd).
History: Chapter 9 The Egyptians
(Vocabulary: nomad, Pharaoh, pyramid, papyrus, slit, mummified, hieroglyphs, Senet)
Complete Activities A, B and C.
Look up Ancient Egypt on DKFindout, Scoilnet, etc.
Geography: Unit 11 Egypt
(Vocabulary: Qur’an, fellahin, Allah, Islam, Ramadan, Bedouin, Sahara Desert)
www.kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/photos.ancient-egypt/ Egypt facts and photographs
Complete tasks from your text book. (March 23 – 27).
Make a copy of the map of Egypt, mark in the Sahara Desert, River Nile, Great Pyramid at Giza, cities of Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor and Aswan.
****Additional challenge: What can you find out about Howard Carter, Tutenkhamun, Nefertiti and Akhenaten. You can write about this in your diary.
Use your Kilkenny Wildlife Detective Notebook whenever you get a chance. Spring is here!
Watch Cappabue NS ‘One Small Change’.
“Just Maps’: Carry on using your atlas, geography book and ‘Just Maps’.
Pages 36 and 37 are about the continent of Africa
Pages 38 and 39 are revision of Ireland’s rivers, mountains, etc.
MUSIC
Listen to ‘Walk Like an Egyptian’ by The Bangles (if possible)
If you se the video clip you could try the dance.
Listen to the beginning of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony
Listen and dance to music you enjoy!
RELIGION:
‘Grow in Love’
Theme 7: Holy Week and Easter
Lesson 2:Easter
Try to listen to the Hymn “This is the Day” online, if possible.
Reminder to practice “Mindful Minute” to help you relax and as a break.
Remember HIT (High Intensity Training) a few times a day too.
Keep active – skipping, cycling, practising basketball shots or dribbling the ball, whatever makes you feel good.
Keep going:
Are you trying the challenge?
****CHALLENGE: How about inventing ‘AIR SWIMMING’ styles and techniques to show off when school reopens?
The Natural History Museum in London has a great website with lots of videos and interesting ideas for things to do.
Lots of art galleries have great websites and you can view online. Good luck!
Poetry Ireland at www.poetryireland.ie has great ideas for adults and children.
I hope you had a good Easter and I know that you miss your friends and activities.
When this is over you’ll be so thrilled to meet your pals. In the meantime don’t worry, keep busy and do whatever schoolwork you can. You might not be able to get everything done - and that’s alright. If you want more suggestions or have any questions let me know, via email.
Be kind and be safe!
Do what you can!
Nigh do lámha!
Best wishes,
Mary Hahessy.
[email protected]
An idea for ART – create ‘parchment’ by using cold tea and paper
Stain the paper with tea
Scrunch it up and then open it up (carefully)
Let it dry
Use it to create an Egyptian text with hieroglyphics or make a treasure map.
Good luck!
Updated March 29th
If you need to contact the school please email [email protected] for the attention of Tomás O Dowd.
Rang a Trí, Scoil Pádraig, Baile Héil.
30ú agus 31ú lá, Márta go 3ú lá, Aibreán, 2020
Obair le déanamh/ Work suggestions
Dia daoibh, Cailíní agus Buachaillí,
Conas atá sibh?
Hello Boys and Girls,
I hope you are all well and helping one another and your families during this strange time.
Keep busy and share your smiles and laughs. Remember your ‘Mindful Minute’ and the ‘Starfish’.
RTE are broadcasting for Primary school pupils from tomorrow - 11am to 12 noon.Get some exercise, there’s gonoodle.ie and I even see that Joe Wicks is doing P.E. lessons on youtube every day. That might be fun!
Do what schoolwork you can and remember to do things that you like – as much as you can. This week I have three challenges for you – are you up for a challenge or three?
Try to keep a diary of what you do each day, what you enjoy, what you miss, what makes you mad or sad or bad (!), what you look forward to doing again when this is all over. Draw pictures, stick in photos, record what’s happening in nature -celandines, primroses, birds building nests, the first swallow you see – due in April.
One day you’ll read it and remember…
Wash those hands and stay safe.
Slán tamaill,
Mary Hahessy.
[email protected]
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Maths:
(You may write into your “Busy at Maths” book if your parents say that’s allowed).
Try to continue working in your ‘Work it Out’
‘Busy at Maths’ pages 105 to 107 (You may do page 108)
Make a fraction wall to include 1 unit, 2 halves, and 10 tenths.
Revise skip counting in 5s and10s.
RECIPES are a form of Procedural Writing and a great way of leaning about measuring weight and time. Perhaps you can help at home and learn while you do.
The Ancient Egyptians had a great way of measuring – using body parts. I’ve sent on a picture but you could look it up.
Handwriting:
Complete a page of ‘Just Handwriting’ every two days. Practice your joined handwriting when writing your news/diary/free writing.
English:
Choose a new book that you can read independently. Read every day.
‘Starlight’ Unit 12a: ‘How to Make a Totem Pole’ pages 134 -136
- Complete page 139 F. Writing Skills: Using precise language and G. Writing Genre: Planning a procedure.
- Unit 12b: ‘How to Make a Fantastic Creature Kite’ pages 140 - 142
- Read aloud for someone in your family
- Complete comprehension work A and B page 143 (including the extra ‘starred’ work)
- Complete Vocabulary work C and D page 143/144 (including the extra ‘starred’ work). .
- Check your work CUPS (capitals, understanding, punctuation and spelling).
- Make as many words as you can from : decorated, measuring, and symmetrical
- Write a word with the same meaning as secure, vivid and awesome.
Spelling: Week 27 of ‘Spellwell’ (ask someone at home to test you on Friday)
‘Just Phonics’ page 57 (revision of un_, re_, dis_, ex_, mis_, de_ and over_).
‘Just Phonics’ page 58 (ng, nc and nk sounds).)
‘Just Grammar’ page 30 (Commas – we use these to separate items in a list).
Creative writing: Have you composed your acrostic poem for MARCH? I hope so!
(i.e. Misty mornings/ Animal babies/C…)
*** New poetry challenge (there will be prizes when we all get together again).
- Choose a nursery rhyme (Jack and Jill, Humpty Dumpty, Three Blind Mice, Hey Diddle Diddle, Old Mother Hubbard, etc.)
- Write it out and highlight the nouns (naming words) and adjectives (describing the naming words)
- Change the nouns and adjectives to create your own nursery rhyme (you might need to adjust pronouns – he/she)
- It’s important to keep the same number of syllables (sound beats) in the new replacement word.
- Try to make it rhyme.
Old Mother Hubbard
She went to the cupboard
To fetch her poor doggy a bone
But when she got there
The cupboard was bare
And so her poor doggy had none.
Young Danny Scarey
He went to the dairy
To fetch his fast pony a scone
But when he got there
The dairy was bare
And so his fast pony had none.
Keep on reading!
(Read at Home, library books, magazines or comics, recipes, poetry, online books, etc.)
READ ‘ A DRAGON IN THE CLASSROOM’ by Charles Thomson.
Gaeilge: An Cháisc
Bua na cainte lch 151 ‘Damhsa na gCoiníní’
Tarraing an pictiúr agus scríobh amach ‘Damhsa na gCoiníní’.
Bua na cainte lch. 152 Bígí ag comhaireamh.
‘Cé mhéad?’ Tarraing na pictiúir agus lion na bearnaí.
Féach ar TG4 – cartún as Gaeilge.
History, Geography and Science: (two week plan)
Before you begin make a KWL chart in your copy
- K What I know about Ancient Egypt and Modern Egypt (March 23 -28)
- W what I would like to learn (March 23 -28)
- L What I have learned (5 facts on Friday, April 3rd).
History: Chapter 9 The Egyptians
(Vocabulary: nomad, Pharaoh, pyramid, papyrus, slit, mummified, hieroglyphs, Senet)
Complete Activities A, B and C.
Look up Ancient Egypt on DKFindout, Scoilnet, etc.
Geography: Unit 11 Egypt
(Vocabulary: Qur’an, fellahin, Allah, Islam, Ramadan, Bedouin, Sahara Desert)
www.kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/photos.ancient-egypt/ Egypt facts and photographs
Complete tasks from your text book. (March 23 – 27).
Make a copy of the map of Egypt, mark in the Sahara Desert, River Nile, Great Pyramid at Giza, cities of Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor and Aswan. Plan a menu for a Pharaoh.
****Additional challenge: What can you find out about Howard Carter, Tutenkhamun, Nefertiti and Akhenaten. You can write about this in your diary.
Use your Kilkenny Wildlife Detective Notebook whenever you get a chance. Spring is here!
Watch Cappabue NS ‘One Small Change’. Click on the link below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuR7VN_Q06g&feature=youtu.be
Keep learning and practicing filling in the rivers, lakes and seas of Ireland. Trace the map if you haven’t a blank copy. Test yourself!
MUSIC
Listen to ‘Ghostbusters’ theme (if possible) .
Listen to the beginning of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony
Listen and dance to music you enjoy!
RELIGION:
‘Grow in Love’
Theme 7: Holy Week and Easter
Lesson 1: Holy Week
Key words: Servant, High Priest, The (Jewish) Council, Son of man, Son of God, Blasphemy, Easter Tridiuum
Try to listen to the Taizé Hymn “Jesus, Remember me” online, if possible.
Look up
Reminder to practice “Mindful Minute” to help you relax and as a break.
Remember HIT (High Intensity Training) a few times a day too.
Keep active – skipping, cycling, practising basketball shots or dribbling the ball, whatever makes you feel good.
****CHALLENGE: How about inventing ‘AIR SWIMMING’ styles and techniques to show off when school reopens?
The Natural History Museum in London has a great website with lots of videos and interesting ideas for things to do.
Lots of art galleries have great websites and you can view online. Good luck!
Poetry Ireland at www.poetryireland.ie have great ideas for adults and children.
Be kind and be safe!
Do what you can!
Nigh do lámha!
Le meas,
Mary Hahessy.
Rang a Trí, Scoil Pádraig, Baile Héil.
23ú go 27ú lá, Márta 2020
Obair le déanamh/ Work suggestions
Maths:
Try to continue working in your ‘Work it Out’
‘Busy at Maths’ page104
Make a fraction wall to include 1 unit, 2 halves, 4 quarters and 8 eighths.
Revise skip counting in 2, 4 and 8.
Handwriting:
Complete a page of ‘Just Handwriting’ every two days. Practice your joined handwriting when writing your news/diary/free writing.
English:
Choose a new book that you can read independently. Read every day.
‘Starlight’ Unit 12a: ‘How to Make a Totem Pole’ pages 134 -136
‘Just Phonics’ page 55 and 56 (prefix de- and prefix over-)
‘Just Grammar” page 29 (Revision of VERBS – action words)
Creative writing: Can you compose an acrostic poem for MARCH?
(i.e. Misty mornings/ Animal babies/C…)
Keep on reading!
(Read at Home, library books, magazines or comics, recipes, poetry, etc.)
Gaeilge: Sa Bhaile
Bua na cainte lch 107 agus 108
History, Geography and Science: (two week plan)
Before you begin make a KWL chart in your copy
(Vocabulary: nomad, Pharaoh, pyramid, papyrus, slit, mummified, hieroglyphs, Senet)
Geography: Unit 11 Egypt
(Vocabulary: Qur’an, fellahin, Allah, Islam, Ramadan, Bedouin, Sahara Desert)
www.kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/photos.ancient-egypt/ Egypt facts and photographs
Complete tasks from your text book.
The Ancient Egyptians are really interesting – look them up.
Use your Kilkenny Wildlife Detective Notebook whenever you get a chance. Spring is here!
Try to make a 3D model of a pyramid using clay, cardboard or whatever materials you have.
Write your name in hieroglyphics.
Keep learning and practicing filling in the rivers, lakes and seas of Ireland. Trace the map if you haven’t a blank copy. Test yourself!
RELIGION:
‘Grow in Love’
Theme 6: Lesson 2
Living the Great Commandment
Think of your gifts and talents
Remember to practice “Mindful Minute” a couple of times a day to help you relax and as a break.
Remember HIT (High Intensity Training) a few times a day too.
Keep active – skipping, cycling, practising basketball shots, puc fadas or dribbling the ball, whatever makes you feel good.
Dear Parents,
I have created a new email address which is [email protected]
This is for parents/pupils of my class for any further questions, directions, help or suggestions while school is closed.
Kind regards,
Ms. Hahessy.
Rang a Trí, Scoil Phádraig, Baile Héil.
19ú agus 20ú lá, Márta 2020
Obair le déanamh/ Work suggestions
Maths:
Try to continue working in your ‘Work it Out’
‘Busy at Maths’ page104 (Children may write in the book if parents deem it necessary otherwise do the work in Maths copy)
Make a fraction wall to include 1 unit, 2 halves, 4 quarters and 8 eighths.
Revise skip counting in 2, 4 and 8.
Handwriting:
Complete a page of ‘Just Handwriting’ every two days. Practice your joined handwriting when writing your news/diary/free writing.
English:
Complete reading ‘Ice Man’ this week and then write a book review on the sheet given to you.
‘Starlight’ Unit 12a: ‘How to Make a Totem Pole’ pages 134 -136
- Look up new vocabulary in your dictionary
- Read aloud for someone in your family
- Complete comprehension work A and B page 137 (including the extra ‘starred’ work).
- Check your work CUPS (capitals, understanding, punctuation and spelling).
- You might like to design and make your own totem pole as an art & craft activity.
Spelling: Revise Week 25 and ask someone at home to give you a Friday test. (Next week we’ll start Week 26)
‘Just Phonics’ page 54 (prefix –mid)
Creative writing: Can you compose an acrostic poem for MARCH?
(i.e. Misty mornings/ Animal babies/C…)
Keep on reading!
(library books, magazines or comics, recipes, poetry, etc.)
Gaeilge:
‘Bua na Cainte’ lch. 150 ‘An Leipreachán’
Tarraing an pictiúr agus scríobh amach an dán. Léigh é.
History, Geography and Science:
Keep learning and practicing filling in the rivers, lakes and seas of Ireland. Trace the map if you haven’t a blank copy. Test yourself!
Remember to practice “Mindful Minute” a couple of times a day to help you relax and as a break.
Remember HIT (High Intensity Training) a few times a day too.
Keep active – skipping, cycling, practising basketball shots or dribbling the ball, whatever makes you feel good.
Be kind and be safe!
More work suggestions next week,
Mary Hahessy.
23ú go 27ú lá, Márta 2020
Obair le déanamh/ Work suggestions
Maths:
Try to continue working in your ‘Work it Out’
‘Busy at Maths’ page104
Make a fraction wall to include 1 unit, 2 halves, 4 quarters and 8 eighths.
Revise skip counting in 2, 4 and 8.
Handwriting:
Complete a page of ‘Just Handwriting’ every two days. Practice your joined handwriting when writing your news/diary/free writing.
English:
Choose a new book that you can read independently. Read every day.
‘Starlight’ Unit 12a: ‘How to Make a Totem Pole’ pages 134 -136
- Look up new vocabulary in your dictionary
- Read aloud for someone in your family
- Complete vocabulary work C and D page 137/138 (including the extra ‘starred’ work).
- Grammar: Conjunctions
- Check your work CUPS (capitals, understanding, punctuation and spelling).
- You might like to design and make your own totem pole as an art & craft activity.
- Pipe cleaner bird/crocodile – what else could you make?
‘Just Phonics’ page 55 and 56 (prefix de- and prefix over-)
‘Just Grammar” page 29 (Revision of VERBS – action words)
Creative writing: Can you compose an acrostic poem for MARCH?
(i.e. Misty mornings/ Animal babies/C…)
Keep on reading!
(Read at Home, library books, magazines or comics, recipes, poetry, etc.)
Gaeilge: Sa Bhaile
Bua na cainte lch 107 agus 108
History, Geography and Science: (two week plan)
Before you begin make a KWL chart in your copy
- K What I know about Ancient Egypt and Modern Egypt
- W what I would like to learn
- L What I have learned (that’s for next week, f course)
(Vocabulary: nomad, Pharaoh, pyramid, papyrus, slit, mummified, hieroglyphs, Senet)
Geography: Unit 11 Egypt
(Vocabulary: Qur’an, fellahin, Allah, Islam, Ramadan, Bedouin, Sahara Desert)
www.kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/photos.ancient-egypt/ Egypt facts and photographs
Complete tasks from your text book.
The Ancient Egyptians are really interesting – look them up.
Use your Kilkenny Wildlife Detective Notebook whenever you get a chance. Spring is here!
Try to make a 3D model of a pyramid using clay, cardboard or whatever materials you have.
Write your name in hieroglyphics.
Keep learning and practicing filling in the rivers, lakes and seas of Ireland. Trace the map if you haven’t a blank copy. Test yourself!
RELIGION:
‘Grow in Love’
Theme 6: Lesson 2
Living the Great Commandment
Think of your gifts and talents
Remember to practice “Mindful Minute” a couple of times a day to help you relax and as a break.
Remember HIT (High Intensity Training) a few times a day too.
Keep active – skipping, cycling, practising basketball shots, puc fadas or dribbling the ball, whatever makes you feel good.
Dear Parents,
I have created a new email address which is [email protected]
This is for parents/pupils of my class for any further questions, directions, help or suggestions while school is closed.
Kind regards,
Ms. Hahessy.
Rang a Trí, Scoil Phádraig, Baile Héil.
19ú agus 20ú lá, Márta 2020
Obair le déanamh/ Work suggestions
Maths:
Try to continue working in your ‘Work it Out’
‘Busy at Maths’ page104 (Children may write in the book if parents deem it necessary otherwise do the work in Maths copy)
Make a fraction wall to include 1 unit, 2 halves, 4 quarters and 8 eighths.
Revise skip counting in 2, 4 and 8.
Handwriting:
Complete a page of ‘Just Handwriting’ every two days. Practice your joined handwriting when writing your news/diary/free writing.
English:
Complete reading ‘Ice Man’ this week and then write a book review on the sheet given to you.
‘Starlight’ Unit 12a: ‘How to Make a Totem Pole’ pages 134 -136
- Look up new vocabulary in your dictionary
- Read aloud for someone in your family
- Complete comprehension work A and B page 137 (including the extra ‘starred’ work).
- Check your work CUPS (capitals, understanding, punctuation and spelling).
- You might like to design and make your own totem pole as an art & craft activity.
Spelling: Revise Week 25 and ask someone at home to give you a Friday test. (Next week we’ll start Week 26)
‘Just Phonics’ page 54 (prefix –mid)
Creative writing: Can you compose an acrostic poem for MARCH?
(i.e. Misty mornings/ Animal babies/C…)
Keep on reading!
(library books, magazines or comics, recipes, poetry, etc.)
Gaeilge:
‘Bua na Cainte’ lch. 150 ‘An Leipreachán’
Tarraing an pictiúr agus scríobh amach an dán. Léigh é.
History, Geography and Science:
Keep learning and practicing filling in the rivers, lakes and seas of Ireland. Trace the map if you haven’t a blank copy. Test yourself!
Remember to practice “Mindful Minute” a couple of times a day to help you relax and as a break.
Remember HIT (High Intensity Training) a few times a day too.
Keep active – skipping, cycling, practising basketball shots or dribbling the ball, whatever makes you feel good.
Be kind and be safe!
More work suggestions next week,
Mary Hahessy.