Coronavirus - Covid 19
Work for Junior and Senior Infants
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Updated 22nd June 2020
Suggested Educational Activities: Monday June 22nd – Wednesday June 24th
Hello Boys and Girls 😊 This is our final week in school! I have really enjoyed teaching each and every one of you this year. I am so disappointed that we did not get to reunite before the end of the school year. I am looking forward to seeing you all in September, however. I hope you continue to be Super Stars over the Summer holidays. Try to read as much as you can and hopefully we will have some nice weather for lots of playing outdoors. Feel free to access our Padlet over the holidays. I am not going to add any written work for our final week as you have all earned a well-deserved break. If we were in school, we would be outside as much as possible and learning through play. Also, a big THANK YOU to all the Mammies and Daddies for their help and patience during these strange months – it can’t have been easy! I hope you all have a fantastic Summer and continue to be kind and helpful.
- Ms. Kelly
Moving On
Time is flying quickly and you are growing fast,
I can’t believe this year has gone and now is in the past.
We’ve had so many lovely times; with fun along the way,
Your smile has always cheered me up on each and every day.
So remember you’re fantastic; a little shining star,
Go forward and just be yourself, just perfect as you are!
Best Wishes
From, Ms. Kelly (Junior & Senior Infants, June 2020)
Updated 14th of June 2020
Suggested Educational Activities: Monday June 15th – Friday June 19th
Hello Boys and Girls 😊 This is our final FULL week in school! I am so proud of the work you have done and all you have learned this year. You are all Super Stars! If you didn’t have a ‘Sports Day’ last week, you could try to make some outdoor/indoor activities for this week. Keep happy, keep healthy and keep washing those hands! Have a lovely week everyone.
- Ms. Kelly
Junior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 35-39
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 47-51
Reading Zone Core Readers: ensure you are confident reading each book and practise word cards.
- Practice reading the title, point to each word as you read it, discuss the pictures on each page, etc.
Revise all learned sounds: s,a,t,i,p,n,ck,e,h,r,m,d,g,o,u,l,f,b,ai,j,oa,ie,ee,or,z,w,ng,v,oo,y,x,ch,sh,th,qu,ou,oi,ue,er,ar
Just Phonics (purple book): continue pages at your own pace.
Practice sounding out and writing simple words: say the word, sound it out, sound it again, write it. Use your robot hands to help. eg. b-oa-t, s-t-ar, b-a-g, j-a-m, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe and Jolly Phonics songs on YouTube to reinforce letter sounds.
Can you write a simple sentence: Capital letter at beginning, finger spaces to separate words, full stop at the end.
Use Playdough to make sounds/words.
Read, Read, Read!! Big Cat eBooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Maths:
- You have finished your Operation Maths, Well done you!!! You are all mathematicians now 😊
- If there are any pages left in the ‘At Home Book’, you can finish them at your own pace.
- There are lots of ICT games on our Padlet for you to play.
- Roleplay with money by making your own shop!
- Use playdough to make some 2-D or 3-D shapes. You could even use lollipop sticks/matchsticks to make some 3-D shapes. Use playdough/blue tack to keep the shape intact.
- Use water/rice/pasta/sand to explore the capacity of different containers.
- Practise weighing ingredients to bake a cake/buns/etc., with help from an adult.
- Make a hopscotch with chalk outside.
- Make jigsaws!
Gaeilge:
- Play I spy ‘as Gaeilge’
- Practice the colours and counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch your favourite cartoon on TG4 daily.
- Continue pages in Bua na Cainte at your own pace.
Other Areas of learning/Padlet: https://padlet.com/ms_kelly_ballyhale/zad7nhtxocodlfoa
You can access this Padlet for useful websites for all areas of learning.
Senior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 55-60
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 63-64
Spell Well: Week 31 Spellings/Activities and test on Friday
**Challenge: Can you write a sentence with each word.
Revise all learned sounds: s,a,t,i,p,n,ck,e,h,r,m,d,g,o,u,l,f,b,ai,j,oa,ie,ee,or,z,w,ng,v,oo,y,x,ch,sh,th,qu,ou,oi,ue,er,ar.
Just Phonics (purple book): continue pages at your own pace.
Practice sounding out and writing simple words: say the word, sound it out, sound it again, write it. Use your robot hands to help. eg. b-oa-t, s-t-ar, b-a-g, j-a-m, s-t-r-i-ng, sh-ar-k, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe and Jolly Phonics songs on YouTube to reinforce letter sounds.
Use Playdough to make sounds/words.
Ensure you are confident with each Core Reader: Re-read the books and practise word cards.
Read, Read, Read!! Big Cat eBooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Maths:
Operation Maths: pg. 126-128 (addition)
- You are now finished your Operation Maths - Well done you!!! You are all mathematicians now 😊
- If there are any pages left in the ‘At Home Book’, you can finish them at your own pace.
- There are lots of ICT games on our Padlet for you to play.
- Roleplay with money by making your own shop!
- Use playdough to make some 2-D or 3-D shapes. You could even use lollipop sticks/matchsticks to make some 3-D shapes. Use playdough/blue tack to keep the shape intact.
- Use water/rice/pasta/sand to explore the capacity of different containers.
- Practise weighing ingredients to bake a cake/buns/etc., with help from an adult.
- Make a hopscotch with chalk outside.
- Make jigsaws!
Gaeilge:
- Play ‘I spy’ as gaeilge.
- Practice the colours and counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch your favourite cartoon on TG4 daily.
- Continue pages in Bua na Cainte at your own pace.
Other Areas of learning/Padlet:
https://padlet.com/ms_kelly_ballyhale/zad7nhtxocodlfoa
You can access this Padlet for useful websites for all areas of learning.
Suggested Educational Activities: Monday June 22nd – Wednesday June 24th
Hello Boys and Girls 😊 This is our final week in school! I have really enjoyed teaching each and every one of you this year. I am so disappointed that we did not get to reunite before the end of the school year. I am looking forward to seeing you all in September, however. I hope you continue to be Super Stars over the Summer holidays. Try to read as much as you can and hopefully we will have some nice weather for lots of playing outdoors. Feel free to access our Padlet over the holidays. I am not going to add any written work for our final week as you have all earned a well-deserved break. If we were in school, we would be outside as much as possible and learning through play. Also, a big THANK YOU to all the Mammies and Daddies for their help and patience during these strange months – it can’t have been easy! I hope you all have a fantastic Summer and continue to be kind and helpful.
- Ms. Kelly
Moving On
Time is flying quickly and you are growing fast,
I can’t believe this year has gone and now is in the past.
We’ve had so many lovely times; with fun along the way,
Your smile has always cheered me up on each and every day.
So remember you’re fantastic; a little shining star,
Go forward and just be yourself, just perfect as you are!
Best Wishes
From, Ms. Kelly (Junior & Senior Infants, June 2020)
Updated 14th of June 2020
Suggested Educational Activities: Monday June 15th – Friday June 19th
Hello Boys and Girls 😊 This is our final FULL week in school! I am so proud of the work you have done and all you have learned this year. You are all Super Stars! If you didn’t have a ‘Sports Day’ last week, you could try to make some outdoor/indoor activities for this week. Keep happy, keep healthy and keep washing those hands! Have a lovely week everyone.
- Ms. Kelly
Junior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 35-39
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 47-51
Reading Zone Core Readers: ensure you are confident reading each book and practise word cards.
- Practice reading the title, point to each word as you read it, discuss the pictures on each page, etc.
Revise all learned sounds: s,a,t,i,p,n,ck,e,h,r,m,d,g,o,u,l,f,b,ai,j,oa,ie,ee,or,z,w,ng,v,oo,y,x,ch,sh,th,qu,ou,oi,ue,er,ar
Just Phonics (purple book): continue pages at your own pace.
Practice sounding out and writing simple words: say the word, sound it out, sound it again, write it. Use your robot hands to help. eg. b-oa-t, s-t-ar, b-a-g, j-a-m, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe and Jolly Phonics songs on YouTube to reinforce letter sounds.
Can you write a simple sentence: Capital letter at beginning, finger spaces to separate words, full stop at the end.
Use Playdough to make sounds/words.
Read, Read, Read!! Big Cat eBooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Maths:
- You have finished your Operation Maths, Well done you!!! You are all mathematicians now 😊
- If there are any pages left in the ‘At Home Book’, you can finish them at your own pace.
- There are lots of ICT games on our Padlet for you to play.
- Roleplay with money by making your own shop!
- Use playdough to make some 2-D or 3-D shapes. You could even use lollipop sticks/matchsticks to make some 3-D shapes. Use playdough/blue tack to keep the shape intact.
- Use water/rice/pasta/sand to explore the capacity of different containers.
- Practise weighing ingredients to bake a cake/buns/etc., with help from an adult.
- Make a hopscotch with chalk outside.
- Make jigsaws!
Gaeilge:
- Play I spy ‘as Gaeilge’
- Practice the colours and counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch your favourite cartoon on TG4 daily.
- Continue pages in Bua na Cainte at your own pace.
Other Areas of learning/Padlet: https://padlet.com/ms_kelly_ballyhale/zad7nhtxocodlfoa
You can access this Padlet for useful websites for all areas of learning.
Senior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 55-60
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 63-64
Spell Well: Week 31 Spellings/Activities and test on Friday
**Challenge: Can you write a sentence with each word.
Revise all learned sounds: s,a,t,i,p,n,ck,e,h,r,m,d,g,o,u,l,f,b,ai,j,oa,ie,ee,or,z,w,ng,v,oo,y,x,ch,sh,th,qu,ou,oi,ue,er,ar.
Just Phonics (purple book): continue pages at your own pace.
Practice sounding out and writing simple words: say the word, sound it out, sound it again, write it. Use your robot hands to help. eg. b-oa-t, s-t-ar, b-a-g, j-a-m, s-t-r-i-ng, sh-ar-k, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe and Jolly Phonics songs on YouTube to reinforce letter sounds.
Use Playdough to make sounds/words.
Ensure you are confident with each Core Reader: Re-read the books and practise word cards.
Read, Read, Read!! Big Cat eBooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Maths:
Operation Maths: pg. 126-128 (addition)
- You are now finished your Operation Maths - Well done you!!! You are all mathematicians now 😊
- If there are any pages left in the ‘At Home Book’, you can finish them at your own pace.
- There are lots of ICT games on our Padlet for you to play.
- Roleplay with money by making your own shop!
- Use playdough to make some 2-D or 3-D shapes. You could even use lollipop sticks/matchsticks to make some 3-D shapes. Use playdough/blue tack to keep the shape intact.
- Use water/rice/pasta/sand to explore the capacity of different containers.
- Practise weighing ingredients to bake a cake/buns/etc., with help from an adult.
- Make a hopscotch with chalk outside.
- Make jigsaws!
Gaeilge:
- Play ‘I spy’ as gaeilge.
- Practice the colours and counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch your favourite cartoon on TG4 daily.
- Continue pages in Bua na Cainte at your own pace.
Other Areas of learning/Padlet:
https://padlet.com/ms_kelly_ballyhale/zad7nhtxocodlfoa
You can access this Padlet for useful websites for all areas of learning.
Updated 7th of June 2020
Suggested Educational Activities: Monday June 8th – Friday June 12th
Hello Boys and Girls 😊 How are you all? I hope you are all safe and well and keeping yourselves busy at home. We have missed our Sports Day this year, but why not try to have your own sports day at home with your family? I have attached some ideas onto our Padlet under the heading ‘Sports Day Ideas’. I have also attached a number of books read aloud on YouTube to our Padlet under the heading ‘Celebrating Diversity’. They will help to prompt conversations about embracing our differences.
- Ms. Kelly
Junior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 31-34
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 42-46
‘Splash’ reader:
- Practice reading the title, point to each word as you read it, discuss the pictures on each page.
- read one new page daily.
Revise all learned sounds: s,a,t,i,p,n,ck,e,h,r,m,d,g,o,u,l,f,b,ai,j,oa,ie,ee,or,z,w,ng,v,oo,y,x,ch,sh,th,qu,ou,oi,ue,er,ar
Just Phonics (purple book): continue pages at your own pace.
Practice sounding out and writing simple words: say the word, sound it out, sound it again, write it. Use your robot hands to help. eg. b-oa-t, s-t-ar, b-a-g, j-a-m, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube to reinforce letter sounds.
Can you write a simple sentence: Capital letter at beginning, finger spaces to separate words, full stop at the end.
Use Playdough to make sounds/words.
Read, Read, Read!! Big Cat eBooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Maths:
- Operation Maths: pg. 94 – 96 (money, problem solving)
- Children will be expected to recognise coins up to 5c (ie. 1c,2c,5c). Look at the side with the number. Which number can you see? Explain we call this 1c/2c/5c. On the other side show the children the harp. Each coin has a harp on the other side so what’s the difference between them now? Size! 1c is the smallest, next is 2c and 5c is the biggest. Discuss the uses for money: why do we need money? why do we use money?
- Sorting coins into 1cents, 2cents and 5cents
- Remember 2c is the same as two 1c coins. Can you swap a 5c coin for five 1c coins? This may be tricky for some children to understand.
- Visual Arts: coin rubbings: If you didn’t get time to do this last week, use paper, crayons and the three different coins. Place the coin under the paper and turn the crayon on its side on top of the paper. Rub the crayon over the paper to reveal the image of the coin below. Use lots of different colours.
- Set up a Food/Pet/Sweet/Ice-cream shop this week and place price tags on the items (1c,2c,5c). Role play: customer/shop keeper. Take turns.
Gaeilge:
- Play I spy ‘as Gaeilge’
- Practice the colours and counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch your favourite cartoon on TG4 daily.
- Continue pages in Bua na Cainte at your own pace.
Other Areas of learning/Padlet: https://padlet.com/ms_kelly_ballyhale/zad7nhtxocodlfoa
You can access this Padlet for useful websites for all areas of learning.
Senior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 49-54
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 61-62
Spell Well: Week 30 Spellings/Activities and test on Friday
**Challenge: Can you write a sentence with each word.
Revise all learned sounds: s,a,t,i,p,n,ck,e,h,r,m,d,g,o,u,l,f,b,ai,j,oa,ie,ee,or,z,w,ng,v,oo,y,x,ch,sh,th,qu,ou,oi,ue,er,ar.
Just Phonics (purple book): continue pages at your own pace.
Practice sounding out and writing simple words: say the word, sound it out, sound it again, write it. Use your robot hands to help. eg. b-oa-t, s-t-ar, b-a-g, j-a-m, s-t-r-i-ng, sh-ar-k, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube to reinforce letter sounds.
Use Playdough to make sounds/words.
Read, Read, Read!! Big Cat eBooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Maths:
Operation Maths: pg. 122-125 (addition)
- Use two dice to make you own sums and write them on your whiteboard.
- Addition to ten printable game:
https://www.sparklebox.co.uk/previews/7201-7225/sb7212-addition-to-10-board-game.html
- Colour by numbers printable colouring sheets:
https://www.bestcoloringpagesforkids.com/color-by-number-addition.html
- Race to the moon printable game:
https://www.math-salamanders.com/image-files/math-addition-games-race-to-the-moon-adding-to-10.gif
Online addition games:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=addition%20to%2010
Gaeilge:
- Play ‘I spy’ as gaeilge.
- Practice the colours and counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch your favourite cartoon on TG4 daily.
- Continue pages in Bua na Cainte at your own pace.
Other Areas of learning/Padlet:
https://padlet.com/ms_kelly_ballyhale/zad7nhtxocodlfoa
You can access this Padlet for useful websites for all areas of learning.
Updated 1st of June 2020
Suggested Educational Activities: Tuesday June 2nd – Friday June 5th
Hello Everyone 😊 I hope you are all well and making the most of this beautiful weather. Again, only do what you can of the work below. Get outside as much as you can to play and exercise and enjoy the weather with your families. Try to help out as much as you can at home.
– Ms. Kelly
Junior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 28-30
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 38-41
‘Splash’ reader:
- Practice reading the title, point to each word as you read it, discuss the pictures on each page.
- read one new page daily.
Revise all learned sounds: s,a,t,i,p,n,ck,e,h,r,m,d,g,o,u,l,f,b,ai,j,oa,ie,ee,or,z,w,ng,v,oo,y,x,ch,sh,th,qu,ou,oi,ue,er,ar
Just Phonics (purple book): continue pages at your own pace.
Practice sounding out and writing simple words: say the word, sound it out, sound it again, write it. Use your robot hands to help. eg. b-oa-t, s-t-ar, b-a-g, j-a-m, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube to reinforce letter sounds.
Can you write a simple sentence: Capital letter at beginning, finger spaces to separate words, full stop at the end.
Use Playdough to make sounds/words.
Read, Read, Read!! Big Cat eBooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Maths:
- Operation Maths: pg. 90-93 (money-1c, 2c, 5c)
- Children will be expected to recognise coins up to 5c (ie. 1c,2c,5c). Look at the side with the number. Which number can you see? Explain we call this 1c/2c/5c. On the other side show the children the harp. Each coin has a harp on the other side so what’s the difference between them now? Size! 1c is the smallest, next is 2c and 5c is the biggest. Discuss the uses for money: why do we need money? why do we use money?
- Sorting coins into 1cents, 2cents and 5cents
- Remember 2c is the same as two 1c coins. Can you swap a 5c coin for five 1c coins? This may be tricky for some children to understand.
- Visual Arts: coin rubbings: Use paper, crayons and the three different coins. Place the coin under the paper and turn the crayon on its side on top of the paper. Rub the crayon over the paper to reveal the image of the coin below. Use lots of different colours.
Set up a Toy shop and place price tags on the toys (1c,2c,5c). Role play! Again, if you don’t have a 5c coin is there another way you can make that amount with the coins you have?
Gaeilge:
- Play I spy ‘as Gaeilge’
- Practice the colours and counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch your favourite cartoon on TG4 daily.
- Continue pages in Bua na Cainte at your own pace.
Other Areas of learning/Padlet: https://padlet.com/ms_kelly_ballyhale/zad7nhtxocodlfoa
You can access this Padlet for useful websites for all areas of learning.
Senior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 45-48
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 59-60
Spell Well: Week 29 Spellings/Activities and test on Friday
**Challenge: Can you write a sentence with each word.
Revise all learned sounds: s,a,t,i,p,n,ck,e,h,r,m,d,g,o,u,l,f,b,ai,j,oa,ie,ee,or,z,w,ng,v,oo,y,x,ch,sh,th,qu,ou,oi,ue,er,ar.
Just Phonics (purple book): continue pages at your own pace.
Practice sounding out and writing simple words: say the word, sound it out, sound it again, write it. Use your robot hands to help. eg. b-oa-t, s-t-ar, b-a-g, j-a-m, s-t-r-i-ng, sh-ar-k, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube to reinforce letter sounds.
Use Playdough to make sounds/words.
Read, Read, Read!! Big Cat eBooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Maths:
Operation Maths: pg. 118 - 121 (pattern, counting, time)
- Pattern: Colour patterns/Number patterns: make different colour patterns using crayons/colours: red,blue,orange, red,….what comes next? 1,3,5,1,3,…….extend the number pattern.
- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/shape-patterns
- https://www.coolmath4kids.com/manipulatives/pattern-blocks
- Odd and Even Numbers: Rhymes: 0,2,4,6,8, Even numbers, they are great! 1,3,5,7,9, I love odd numbers all the time! Learn the rhymes and explain that we call 0,2,4,6,8 even numbers, and, 1,3,5,7,9 odd numbers.
Game: jump up and down when I call an even number, hop on one leg when I call an odd number.
- Time: Identify the parts of a clock (face, small hand, big hand). Make your own visual timetable using an analogue clock. What time do you eat breakfast/play outside/eat your dinner/do your school work/etc. (only use one hour intervals).
Worksheets: https://math-salamanders.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/Measurement/Time/Telling-Time-1st/telling-the-time-oclock-1.pdf
https://www.math-salamanders.com/image-files/clock-worksheet-telling-the-time-oclock-3.gif
Gaeilge:
- Play ‘I spy’ as gaeilge.
- Practice the colours and counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch your favourite cartoon on TG4 daily.
- Continue pages in Bua na Cainte at your own pace.
Other Areas of learning/Padlet:
https://padlet.com/ms_kelly_ballyhale/zad7nhtxocodlfoa
You can access this Padlet for useful websites for all areas of learning.
Suggested Educational Activities: Monday June 8th – Friday June 12th
Hello Boys and Girls 😊 How are you all? I hope you are all safe and well and keeping yourselves busy at home. We have missed our Sports Day this year, but why not try to have your own sports day at home with your family? I have attached some ideas onto our Padlet under the heading ‘Sports Day Ideas’. I have also attached a number of books read aloud on YouTube to our Padlet under the heading ‘Celebrating Diversity’. They will help to prompt conversations about embracing our differences.
- Ms. Kelly
Junior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 31-34
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 42-46
‘Splash’ reader:
- Practice reading the title, point to each word as you read it, discuss the pictures on each page.
- read one new page daily.
Revise all learned sounds: s,a,t,i,p,n,ck,e,h,r,m,d,g,o,u,l,f,b,ai,j,oa,ie,ee,or,z,w,ng,v,oo,y,x,ch,sh,th,qu,ou,oi,ue,er,ar
Just Phonics (purple book): continue pages at your own pace.
Practice sounding out and writing simple words: say the word, sound it out, sound it again, write it. Use your robot hands to help. eg. b-oa-t, s-t-ar, b-a-g, j-a-m, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube to reinforce letter sounds.
Can you write a simple sentence: Capital letter at beginning, finger spaces to separate words, full stop at the end.
Use Playdough to make sounds/words.
Read, Read, Read!! Big Cat eBooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Maths:
- Operation Maths: pg. 94 – 96 (money, problem solving)
- Children will be expected to recognise coins up to 5c (ie. 1c,2c,5c). Look at the side with the number. Which number can you see? Explain we call this 1c/2c/5c. On the other side show the children the harp. Each coin has a harp on the other side so what’s the difference between them now? Size! 1c is the smallest, next is 2c and 5c is the biggest. Discuss the uses for money: why do we need money? why do we use money?
- Sorting coins into 1cents, 2cents and 5cents
- Remember 2c is the same as two 1c coins. Can you swap a 5c coin for five 1c coins? This may be tricky for some children to understand.
- Visual Arts: coin rubbings: If you didn’t get time to do this last week, use paper, crayons and the three different coins. Place the coin under the paper and turn the crayon on its side on top of the paper. Rub the crayon over the paper to reveal the image of the coin below. Use lots of different colours.
- Set up a Food/Pet/Sweet/Ice-cream shop this week and place price tags on the items (1c,2c,5c). Role play: customer/shop keeper. Take turns.
Gaeilge:
- Play I spy ‘as Gaeilge’
- Practice the colours and counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch your favourite cartoon on TG4 daily.
- Continue pages in Bua na Cainte at your own pace.
Other Areas of learning/Padlet: https://padlet.com/ms_kelly_ballyhale/zad7nhtxocodlfoa
You can access this Padlet for useful websites for all areas of learning.
Senior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 49-54
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 61-62
Spell Well: Week 30 Spellings/Activities and test on Friday
**Challenge: Can you write a sentence with each word.
Revise all learned sounds: s,a,t,i,p,n,ck,e,h,r,m,d,g,o,u,l,f,b,ai,j,oa,ie,ee,or,z,w,ng,v,oo,y,x,ch,sh,th,qu,ou,oi,ue,er,ar.
Just Phonics (purple book): continue pages at your own pace.
Practice sounding out and writing simple words: say the word, sound it out, sound it again, write it. Use your robot hands to help. eg. b-oa-t, s-t-ar, b-a-g, j-a-m, s-t-r-i-ng, sh-ar-k, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube to reinforce letter sounds.
Use Playdough to make sounds/words.
Read, Read, Read!! Big Cat eBooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Maths:
Operation Maths: pg. 122-125 (addition)
- Use two dice to make you own sums and write them on your whiteboard.
- Addition to ten printable game:
https://www.sparklebox.co.uk/previews/7201-7225/sb7212-addition-to-10-board-game.html
- Colour by numbers printable colouring sheets:
https://www.bestcoloringpagesforkids.com/color-by-number-addition.html
- Race to the moon printable game:
https://www.math-salamanders.com/image-files/math-addition-games-race-to-the-moon-adding-to-10.gif
Online addition games:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=addition%20to%2010
Gaeilge:
- Play ‘I spy’ as gaeilge.
- Practice the colours and counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch your favourite cartoon on TG4 daily.
- Continue pages in Bua na Cainte at your own pace.
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Updated 1st of June 2020
Suggested Educational Activities: Tuesday June 2nd – Friday June 5th
Hello Everyone 😊 I hope you are all well and making the most of this beautiful weather. Again, only do what you can of the work below. Get outside as much as you can to play and exercise and enjoy the weather with your families. Try to help out as much as you can at home.
– Ms. Kelly
Junior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 28-30
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 38-41
‘Splash’ reader:
- Practice reading the title, point to each word as you read it, discuss the pictures on each page.
- read one new page daily.
Revise all learned sounds: s,a,t,i,p,n,ck,e,h,r,m,d,g,o,u,l,f,b,ai,j,oa,ie,ee,or,z,w,ng,v,oo,y,x,ch,sh,th,qu,ou,oi,ue,er,ar
Just Phonics (purple book): continue pages at your own pace.
Practice sounding out and writing simple words: say the word, sound it out, sound it again, write it. Use your robot hands to help. eg. b-oa-t, s-t-ar, b-a-g, j-a-m, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube to reinforce letter sounds.
Can you write a simple sentence: Capital letter at beginning, finger spaces to separate words, full stop at the end.
Use Playdough to make sounds/words.
Read, Read, Read!! Big Cat eBooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Maths:
- Operation Maths: pg. 90-93 (money-1c, 2c, 5c)
- Children will be expected to recognise coins up to 5c (ie. 1c,2c,5c). Look at the side with the number. Which number can you see? Explain we call this 1c/2c/5c. On the other side show the children the harp. Each coin has a harp on the other side so what’s the difference between them now? Size! 1c is the smallest, next is 2c and 5c is the biggest. Discuss the uses for money: why do we need money? why do we use money?
- Sorting coins into 1cents, 2cents and 5cents
- Remember 2c is the same as two 1c coins. Can you swap a 5c coin for five 1c coins? This may be tricky for some children to understand.
- Visual Arts: coin rubbings: Use paper, crayons and the three different coins. Place the coin under the paper and turn the crayon on its side on top of the paper. Rub the crayon over the paper to reveal the image of the coin below. Use lots of different colours.
Set up a Toy shop and place price tags on the toys (1c,2c,5c). Role play! Again, if you don’t have a 5c coin is there another way you can make that amount with the coins you have?
Gaeilge:
- Play I spy ‘as Gaeilge’
- Practice the colours and counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch your favourite cartoon on TG4 daily.
- Continue pages in Bua na Cainte at your own pace.
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Senior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 45-48
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 59-60
Spell Well: Week 29 Spellings/Activities and test on Friday
**Challenge: Can you write a sentence with each word.
Revise all learned sounds: s,a,t,i,p,n,ck,e,h,r,m,d,g,o,u,l,f,b,ai,j,oa,ie,ee,or,z,w,ng,v,oo,y,x,ch,sh,th,qu,ou,oi,ue,er,ar.
Just Phonics (purple book): continue pages at your own pace.
Practice sounding out and writing simple words: say the word, sound it out, sound it again, write it. Use your robot hands to help. eg. b-oa-t, s-t-ar, b-a-g, j-a-m, s-t-r-i-ng, sh-ar-k, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube to reinforce letter sounds.
Use Playdough to make sounds/words.
Read, Read, Read!! Big Cat eBooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Maths:
Operation Maths: pg. 118 - 121 (pattern, counting, time)
- Pattern: Colour patterns/Number patterns: make different colour patterns using crayons/colours: red,blue,orange, red,….what comes next? 1,3,5,1,3,…….extend the number pattern.
- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/shape-patterns
- https://www.coolmath4kids.com/manipulatives/pattern-blocks
- Odd and Even Numbers: Rhymes: 0,2,4,6,8, Even numbers, they are great! 1,3,5,7,9, I love odd numbers all the time! Learn the rhymes and explain that we call 0,2,4,6,8 even numbers, and, 1,3,5,7,9 odd numbers.
Game: jump up and down when I call an even number, hop on one leg when I call an odd number.
- Time: Identify the parts of a clock (face, small hand, big hand). Make your own visual timetable using an analogue clock. What time do you eat breakfast/play outside/eat your dinner/do your school work/etc. (only use one hour intervals).
Worksheets: https://math-salamanders.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/Measurement/Time/Telling-Time-1st/telling-the-time-oclock-1.pdf
https://www.math-salamanders.com/image-files/clock-worksheet-telling-the-time-oclock-3.gif
Gaeilge:
- Play ‘I spy’ as gaeilge.
- Practice the colours and counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch your favourite cartoon on TG4 daily.
- Continue pages in Bua na Cainte at your own pace.
Other Areas of learning/Padlet:
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Updated May 24th 2020
Suggested Educational Activities: May 25th – May 28th
Hello Everyone 😊 I hope you and your families are all safe and well. Again, only do what you can of the work below. Get outside as much as you can to play and exercise and enjoy the long weekend with your families!!
– Ms. Kelly
Junior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 25-27
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 36-37
‘Splash’ reader:
- Practice reading the title, point to each word as you read it, discuss the pictures on each page.
- read one new page daily.
Continue practicing phonics sounds: Revise ‘er’. Introduce the next sound: ‘ar’
‘ar’ words to draw and colour: bark, art, army, carpet, farmer, charm, star, car, tar, dark, park, party, jar, March, tart, shark, etc.
Practice sounding out and writing simple words: car, tar, far, park, etc.
Listen to the Jolly song for ‘ar’ on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-bbcXhyjwA
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each new sound. Practice writing the sound.
Can you put an ‘ar’ word into a sentence?
Use Playdough to make your new sound.
Read, Read, Read!!
Big Cat eBooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Maths:
- Operation Maths: pg. 86-89 (combining 0-5)
- Use toys to combine two amounts: 1 teddy and 3 teddies make 4 teddies, 2 cars and 2 cars make 4 cars, etc.
- Word problems: if I have two dolls and I add one more doll, how many will I have altogether? Use tangible materials to demonstrate.
- Zero: Reinforce the fact that when adding zero, the number remains the same. If I have 2 sweets and I add 0 sweets, how many will I have?
Number Rhymes:
- Five enormous dinosaurs rhyme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyJ89OjZXTs
- Five little men in a flying saucer rhyme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E3p_51tJx0
Gaeilge:
- Play I spy ‘as Gaeilge’
- Practice the colours as gaeilge.
- Practice counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch your favourite cartoon on TG4 daily.
Other Areas of learning/Padlet: https://padlet.com/ms_kelly_ballyhale/zad7nhtxocodlfoa
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Senior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 42-44
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 57- 58
Spell Well: Week 28 Spellings/Activities and test on Thursday.
**Challenge: See can you write a sentence with each word.
Revise the sounds: ‘ch’, ‘sh’, ‘th’, ‘qu’, ‘ou’, ‘oi’, ‘ue’, ‘er’, ‘ar’.
‘ar’ words to draw and colour: bark, art, army, carpet, farmer, charm, star, car, tar, dark, park, party, jar, March, tart, shark, etc.
Listen to the Jolly song for ‘ar’ on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-bbcXhyjwA
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each new sound. Practice writing the sound.
Practice sounding out and writing simple words: car, tar, far, park, shark, etc.
Can you put an ‘ar’ word into a sentence? Write the simple sentence and draw a picture.
Use Playdough to make your new sound/word.
Read, Read, Read!!
Big Cat eBooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Maths:
Operation Maths: pg. 114 - 117 (money continued)
- Children will be expected to recognise coins up to 20c (1c, 2c, 5c, 10c, 20c). Use real coins if you have them to hand. What are coins used for? What coin is this? Which coin is worth the most/least? etc.
- Role Play: Reuse the price tags (1c- 10c) and set up a food shop. What coins will we need to buy an apple that costs 9c? Record the sum: 5c+2c+2c=9c. How would you pay for an item that costs 10c? Are there different coins you could use to make that amount? **Challenge: The shopkeeper may need to give change.
- Game: roll two dice and work out the total amount rolled. Make the total using coins. Record the sum on your whiteboard.
- Write the following sums on your mini whiteboard and use coins to find the answer: 5c+2c+1c=, 3c+3c+3c=, 3c+2c+2c=, etc.
ICT Games: Remember to click Euro before playing: https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/coinCalculator/index.html
http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/customCars/
Gaeilge:
- Play ‘I spy’ as gaeilge.
- Practice the colours as gaeilge.
- Practice counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch your favourite cartoon on TG4 daily.
Other Areas of learning/Padlet:
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Updated May 17th 2020
Suggested Educational Activities: May 18th – May 22nd
Hello Infants 😊 I hope you are happy and keeping safe at home. I know you are doing your best with the school work but it is so important to be active and creative and keep learning through play. Keep busy by helping with household chores and tidying away your toys when you have finished playing with them - I know you are all super at tidying up! Again only do what you can, don’t put any pressure on yourselves. Missing you all!!
– Ms. Kelly
Junior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 22-24
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 34-36
Our next Reading Zone book, ‘Splash!’, can be accessed online. www.folensonline.ie – register as a teacher by using the Roll Number: Prim20
- Practice reading the title, point to each word as you read it, discuss the pictures on each page.
- read one page daily
Continue practising phonics sounds: Revise ‘ue’. Introduce the next sound: ‘er’
‘er’ words to draw and colour: sister, brother, mother, father, flower, letter, Summer, soldier, baker, perfume, person, mermaid, jumper, her, feather, etc.
Listen to the Jolly song for ‘er’ on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lQqsDgSeIg
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each new sound. Practice writing the sound.
Can you put an ‘er’ word into a sentence?
Use Playdough to make your new sound.
Read, Read, Read!!
Big Cat eBooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Maths:
- Operation Maths: pg. 83-85 (Zero)
- The concept of Zero can be difficult for some children to understand as the other numbers have a tangible and visible form (0 has no visible and tangible form). Reinforce that 0 means ‘nothing’. You can compare this to last weeks activities with capacity and the notion of an ‘empty’ container. ‘There is nothing in the container’.
-Use your fist to represent 0. Practice starting at zero (closed fist) and raising a finger for 1, another finger for 2, etc. until you have five fingers standing.
- You can further explain this by using tangible objects/toys: Make sets of objects from 0-5. Word problems: “I’ll give you 3 sweets. I will give you 0 more sweets. How many will you have now?” This needs to be demonstrated numerous times to be fully understood.
- You can use your fingers or tangible objects to complete pages 84/85. Again emphasising that Zero means ‘nothing’ (you won’t add any more).
- Five enormous dinosaurs rhyme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyJ89OjZXTs
- Five little men in a flying saucer rhyme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E3p_51tJx0
Gaeilge:
- Play I spy ‘as Gaeilge’
- Practice the colours as gaeilge.
- Practice counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch your favourite cartoon on TG4 daily.
Other Areas of learning/Padlet: https://padlet.com/ms_kelly_ballyhale/zad7nhtxocodlfoa
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Senior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 39-41
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 54-56
Spell Well: Week 27 Spellings/Activities and test on Friday.
**Challenge: See can you write a sentence with each word.
Revise the sounds: ‘ch’, ‘sh’, ‘th’, ‘qu’, ‘ou’, ‘oi’, ‘ue’, ‘er’.
‘er’ words to draw and colour: sister, brother, mother, father, flower, letter, Summer, soldier, baker, perfume, person, mermaid, jumper, her, feather, etc.
Listen to the Jolly song for ‘er’ on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lQqsDgSeIg
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each new sound. Practice writing the sound.
Can you put an ‘er’ word into a sentence? Write the simple sentence and draw a picture.
Use Playdough to make your new sound/word.
Read, Read, Read!!
Big Cat eBooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Maths:
Operation Maths: pg. 110 - 113 (Money)
- Children will be expected to recognise coins up to 20c (1c, 2c, 5c, 10c, 20c). Use real coins if you have them to hand. What are coins used for? What coin is this? Which coin is worth the most/least? etc.
- The children will have used coins during Aistear (hour of play every day) so they should be familiar with them.
- Role Play: Can you make price tags (1c- 10c) and set up a toy shop? What two coins will we need to buy a teddy that costs 7c? Record the sum: 5c+2c=7c. Challenge: How would you pay for an item that costs 8c? Are there different coins you could use to make that amount?
- Use paper, crayons and coins to make coin rubbings: place the coin under a piece of paper. Turn the crayon on its side on top of the paper and rub it back and forth to reveal the coin below.
ICT Games: Remember to click Euro before playing: https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/coinCalculator/index.html
http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/customCars/
Gaeilge:
- Play ‘I spy’ as gaeilge.
- Practice the colours as gaeilge.
- Practice counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch your favourite cartoon on TG4 daily.
Other Areas of learning/Padlet:
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Updated May 10th 2020
Suggested Educational Activities: May 11th – May 15th
Hello everyone 😊 I hope that you and your families are all safe and well. I know it can be very tough staying at home all of the time and not seeing your friends every day, but you are doing an amazing job. I am very proud of you! Keep safe and keep washing those hands.
Parents, it is apparent that we will not be back to school before September. If you need additional work, the (homework) books I sent home can be completed at your own discretion. Again only do what you can, don’t put any pressure on yourselves.
– Ms. Kelly
Junior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 19-21
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 31-33
Our next Reading Zone book, ‘Splash!’, can be accessed online. www.folensonline.ie – register as a teacher by using the Roll Number: Prim20
- Practice reading the title, point to each word as you read it, discuss the pictures on each page.
- read one page daily
Continue practising phonics sounds: Revise ‘oi’. Introduce the next sound: ‘ue’
‘ue’ words to draw and colour: clue, blue, glue, sue, Tuesday, argue, tissue, cue, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each new sound. Practice writing the sound.
Can you put a ‘ue’ word into a sentence?
Use Playdough to make your new sound.
Read, Read, Read!!
Big Cat eBooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Maths:
- Operation Maths: pg. 82 (capacity)
- Discuss the vocabulary: full/empty, nearly full/nearly empty, more/less, containers (which container would you use to fill a bath/cup?).
- use water/sand/rice/pasta to explore the capacity of different household containers. How many tablespoons/cups does it take to fill each container? Estimate first, then record and discuss findings. Which holds more/less?
- Order containers from holds the least to holds the most.
Gaeilge:
- Play I spy ‘as Gaeilge’
- Practice the colours as gaeilge.
- Practice counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch ‘PJ Masks’ on TG4 at 3:05pm every day.
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Suggested Educational Activities: May 11th – May 15th
Hello everyone 😊 I hope that you and your families are all safe and well. I know it can be very tough staying at home all of the time and not seeing your friends every day, but you are doing an amazing job. I am very proud of you! Keep safe and keep washing those hands.
Parents, it is apparent that we will not be back to school before September. If you need additional work, the (homework) books I sent home can be completed at your own discretion. Again only do what you can, don’t put any pressure on yourselves.
– Ms. Kelly
Senior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 36-38
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 51-53
Spell Well: Week 26 Spellings/Activities and test on Friday.
**Challenge: See can you write a sentence with each word.
Revise the sounds: ‘ch’, ‘sh’, ‘th’, ‘qu’, ‘ou’, ‘oi’, ‘ue’.
‘ue’ words to draw and colour: clue, blue, glue, sue, Tuesday, argue, tissue, cue, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each new sound. Practice writing the sound.
Can you put an ‘ue’ word into a simple sentence? Write the sentence and draw a picture.
Use Playdough to make your new sound/word.
Read, Read, Read!!
Big Cat eBooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Maths:
Operation Maths: pg. 106 - 109
- Sing number songs: Ten in the bed, Ten fat sausages, etc.
- Roll one dice. What is one more? What is one less? Draw a flower with the corresponding number of petals.
- Game with playing cards (2-10 only). Each person picks up and turns over one card. Whoever has the biggest number wins that round.
- Using number cards 0-10 and building blocks: pick up two cards and build two towers. Which tower is the tallest/shortest and by how many blocks?
Gaeilge:
- Play ‘I spy’ as gaeilge.
- Practice the colours as gaeilge.
- Practice counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch ‘PJ Masks’ on TG4 at 3:05pm every day.
Other Areas of learning/Padlet:
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Suggested Educational Activities: May 25th – May 28th
Hello Everyone 😊 I hope you and your families are all safe and well. Again, only do what you can of the work below. Get outside as much as you can to play and exercise and enjoy the long weekend with your families!!
– Ms. Kelly
Junior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 25-27
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 36-37
‘Splash’ reader:
- Practice reading the title, point to each word as you read it, discuss the pictures on each page.
- read one new page daily.
Continue practicing phonics sounds: Revise ‘er’. Introduce the next sound: ‘ar’
‘ar’ words to draw and colour: bark, art, army, carpet, farmer, charm, star, car, tar, dark, park, party, jar, March, tart, shark, etc.
Practice sounding out and writing simple words: car, tar, far, park, etc.
Listen to the Jolly song for ‘ar’ on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-bbcXhyjwA
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each new sound. Practice writing the sound.
Can you put an ‘ar’ word into a sentence?
Use Playdough to make your new sound.
Read, Read, Read!!
Big Cat eBooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Maths:
- Operation Maths: pg. 86-89 (combining 0-5)
- Use toys to combine two amounts: 1 teddy and 3 teddies make 4 teddies, 2 cars and 2 cars make 4 cars, etc.
- Word problems: if I have two dolls and I add one more doll, how many will I have altogether? Use tangible materials to demonstrate.
- Zero: Reinforce the fact that when adding zero, the number remains the same. If I have 2 sweets and I add 0 sweets, how many will I have?
Number Rhymes:
- Five enormous dinosaurs rhyme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyJ89OjZXTs
- Five little men in a flying saucer rhyme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E3p_51tJx0
Gaeilge:
- Play I spy ‘as Gaeilge’
- Practice the colours as gaeilge.
- Practice counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch your favourite cartoon on TG4 daily.
Other Areas of learning/Padlet: https://padlet.com/ms_kelly_ballyhale/zad7nhtxocodlfoa
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Senior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 42-44
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 57- 58
Spell Well: Week 28 Spellings/Activities and test on Thursday.
**Challenge: See can you write a sentence with each word.
Revise the sounds: ‘ch’, ‘sh’, ‘th’, ‘qu’, ‘ou’, ‘oi’, ‘ue’, ‘er’, ‘ar’.
‘ar’ words to draw and colour: bark, art, army, carpet, farmer, charm, star, car, tar, dark, park, party, jar, March, tart, shark, etc.
Listen to the Jolly song for ‘ar’ on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-bbcXhyjwA
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each new sound. Practice writing the sound.
Practice sounding out and writing simple words: car, tar, far, park, shark, etc.
Can you put an ‘ar’ word into a sentence? Write the simple sentence and draw a picture.
Use Playdough to make your new sound/word.
Read, Read, Read!!
Big Cat eBooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Maths:
Operation Maths: pg. 114 - 117 (money continued)
- Children will be expected to recognise coins up to 20c (1c, 2c, 5c, 10c, 20c). Use real coins if you have them to hand. What are coins used for? What coin is this? Which coin is worth the most/least? etc.
- Role Play: Reuse the price tags (1c- 10c) and set up a food shop. What coins will we need to buy an apple that costs 9c? Record the sum: 5c+2c+2c=9c. How would you pay for an item that costs 10c? Are there different coins you could use to make that amount? **Challenge: The shopkeeper may need to give change.
- Game: roll two dice and work out the total amount rolled. Make the total using coins. Record the sum on your whiteboard.
- Write the following sums on your mini whiteboard and use coins to find the answer: 5c+2c+1c=, 3c+3c+3c=, 3c+2c+2c=, etc.
ICT Games: Remember to click Euro before playing: https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/coinCalculator/index.html
http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/customCars/
Gaeilge:
- Play ‘I spy’ as gaeilge.
- Practice the colours as gaeilge.
- Practice counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch your favourite cartoon on TG4 daily.
Other Areas of learning/Padlet:
https://padlet.com/ms_kelly_ballyhale/zad7nhtxocodlfoa
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Updated May 17th 2020
Suggested Educational Activities: May 18th – May 22nd
Hello Infants 😊 I hope you are happy and keeping safe at home. I know you are doing your best with the school work but it is so important to be active and creative and keep learning through play. Keep busy by helping with household chores and tidying away your toys when you have finished playing with them - I know you are all super at tidying up! Again only do what you can, don’t put any pressure on yourselves. Missing you all!!
– Ms. Kelly
Junior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 22-24
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 34-36
Our next Reading Zone book, ‘Splash!’, can be accessed online. www.folensonline.ie – register as a teacher by using the Roll Number: Prim20
- Practice reading the title, point to each word as you read it, discuss the pictures on each page.
- read one page daily
Continue practising phonics sounds: Revise ‘ue’. Introduce the next sound: ‘er’
‘er’ words to draw and colour: sister, brother, mother, father, flower, letter, Summer, soldier, baker, perfume, person, mermaid, jumper, her, feather, etc.
Listen to the Jolly song for ‘er’ on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lQqsDgSeIg
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each new sound. Practice writing the sound.
Can you put an ‘er’ word into a sentence?
Use Playdough to make your new sound.
Read, Read, Read!!
Big Cat eBooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Maths:
- Operation Maths: pg. 83-85 (Zero)
- The concept of Zero can be difficult for some children to understand as the other numbers have a tangible and visible form (0 has no visible and tangible form). Reinforce that 0 means ‘nothing’. You can compare this to last weeks activities with capacity and the notion of an ‘empty’ container. ‘There is nothing in the container’.
-Use your fist to represent 0. Practice starting at zero (closed fist) and raising a finger for 1, another finger for 2, etc. until you have five fingers standing.
- You can further explain this by using tangible objects/toys: Make sets of objects from 0-5. Word problems: “I’ll give you 3 sweets. I will give you 0 more sweets. How many will you have now?” This needs to be demonstrated numerous times to be fully understood.
- You can use your fingers or tangible objects to complete pages 84/85. Again emphasising that Zero means ‘nothing’ (you won’t add any more).
- Five enormous dinosaurs rhyme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyJ89OjZXTs
- Five little men in a flying saucer rhyme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E3p_51tJx0
Gaeilge:
- Play I spy ‘as Gaeilge’
- Practice the colours as gaeilge.
- Practice counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch your favourite cartoon on TG4 daily.
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Senior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 39-41
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 54-56
Spell Well: Week 27 Spellings/Activities and test on Friday.
**Challenge: See can you write a sentence with each word.
Revise the sounds: ‘ch’, ‘sh’, ‘th’, ‘qu’, ‘ou’, ‘oi’, ‘ue’, ‘er’.
‘er’ words to draw and colour: sister, brother, mother, father, flower, letter, Summer, soldier, baker, perfume, person, mermaid, jumper, her, feather, etc.
Listen to the Jolly song for ‘er’ on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lQqsDgSeIg
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each new sound. Practice writing the sound.
Can you put an ‘er’ word into a sentence? Write the simple sentence and draw a picture.
Use Playdough to make your new sound/word.
Read, Read, Read!!
Big Cat eBooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Maths:
Operation Maths: pg. 110 - 113 (Money)
- Children will be expected to recognise coins up to 20c (1c, 2c, 5c, 10c, 20c). Use real coins if you have them to hand. What are coins used for? What coin is this? Which coin is worth the most/least? etc.
- The children will have used coins during Aistear (hour of play every day) so they should be familiar with them.
- Role Play: Can you make price tags (1c- 10c) and set up a toy shop? What two coins will we need to buy a teddy that costs 7c? Record the sum: 5c+2c=7c. Challenge: How would you pay for an item that costs 8c? Are there different coins you could use to make that amount?
- Use paper, crayons and coins to make coin rubbings: place the coin under a piece of paper. Turn the crayon on its side on top of the paper and rub it back and forth to reveal the coin below.
ICT Games: Remember to click Euro before playing: https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/coinCalculator/index.html
http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/customCars/
Gaeilge:
- Play ‘I spy’ as gaeilge.
- Practice the colours as gaeilge.
- Practice counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch your favourite cartoon on TG4 daily.
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Updated May 10th 2020
Suggested Educational Activities: May 11th – May 15th
Hello everyone 😊 I hope that you and your families are all safe and well. I know it can be very tough staying at home all of the time and not seeing your friends every day, but you are doing an amazing job. I am very proud of you! Keep safe and keep washing those hands.
Parents, it is apparent that we will not be back to school before September. If you need additional work, the (homework) books I sent home can be completed at your own discretion. Again only do what you can, don’t put any pressure on yourselves.
– Ms. Kelly
Junior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 19-21
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 31-33
Our next Reading Zone book, ‘Splash!’, can be accessed online. www.folensonline.ie – register as a teacher by using the Roll Number: Prim20
- Practice reading the title, point to each word as you read it, discuss the pictures on each page.
- read one page daily
Continue practising phonics sounds: Revise ‘oi’. Introduce the next sound: ‘ue’
‘ue’ words to draw and colour: clue, blue, glue, sue, Tuesday, argue, tissue, cue, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each new sound. Practice writing the sound.
Can you put a ‘ue’ word into a sentence?
Use Playdough to make your new sound.
Read, Read, Read!!
Big Cat eBooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Maths:
- Operation Maths: pg. 82 (capacity)
- Discuss the vocabulary: full/empty, nearly full/nearly empty, more/less, containers (which container would you use to fill a bath/cup?).
- use water/sand/rice/pasta to explore the capacity of different household containers. How many tablespoons/cups does it take to fill each container? Estimate first, then record and discuss findings. Which holds more/less?
- Order containers from holds the least to holds the most.
Gaeilge:
- Play I spy ‘as Gaeilge’
- Practice the colours as gaeilge.
- Practice counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch ‘PJ Masks’ on TG4 at 3:05pm every day.
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Suggested Educational Activities: May 11th – May 15th
Hello everyone 😊 I hope that you and your families are all safe and well. I know it can be very tough staying at home all of the time and not seeing your friends every day, but you are doing an amazing job. I am very proud of you! Keep safe and keep washing those hands.
Parents, it is apparent that we will not be back to school before September. If you need additional work, the (homework) books I sent home can be completed at your own discretion. Again only do what you can, don’t put any pressure on yourselves.
– Ms. Kelly
Senior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 36-38
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 51-53
Spell Well: Week 26 Spellings/Activities and test on Friday.
**Challenge: See can you write a sentence with each word.
Revise the sounds: ‘ch’, ‘sh’, ‘th’, ‘qu’, ‘ou’, ‘oi’, ‘ue’.
‘ue’ words to draw and colour: clue, blue, glue, sue, Tuesday, argue, tissue, cue, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each new sound. Practice writing the sound.
Can you put an ‘ue’ word into a simple sentence? Write the sentence and draw a picture.
Use Playdough to make your new sound/word.
Read, Read, Read!!
Big Cat eBooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Maths:
Operation Maths: pg. 106 - 109
- Sing number songs: Ten in the bed, Ten fat sausages, etc.
- Roll one dice. What is one more? What is one less? Draw a flower with the corresponding number of petals.
- Game with playing cards (2-10 only). Each person picks up and turns over one card. Whoever has the biggest number wins that round.
- Using number cards 0-10 and building blocks: pick up two cards and build two towers. Which tower is the tallest/shortest and by how many blocks?
Gaeilge:
- Play ‘I spy’ as gaeilge.
- Practice the colours as gaeilge.
- Practice counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch ‘PJ Masks’ on TG4 at 3:05pm every day.
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Updated May 4th 2020
Suggested Educational Activities: May 5th – May 8th
Hello everyone 😊 I hope you are all safe and well. Enjoy the bank holiday weekend with your family. Hopefully we will have beautiful, sunny weather and you will have lots of time to play outside. I am missing you all very much. I hope you are enjoying learning at home and creating some new activities and games with your family. May marks our first Summer month, I wonder can you recognise any signs of Summer? Keep yourself occupied and active and help at home as often as possible.
Parents, I know it can be very difficult to find the time to get the ‘Suggested Work’ completed, but please do not be under any pressure and only do what you can. We will be revising all of the new learning when we return to school.
– Ms. Kelly
Junior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 17-18
Just Phonics (green book) pg. 48
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 28-30
Our next Reading Zone book, ‘Splash!’, can be accessed online. www.folensonline.ie – register as a teacher by using the Roll Number: Prim20
- Practice reading the title, point to each word as you read it, discuss the pictures on each page.
- read one page daily
Continue practising phonics sounds: Revise ‘ou’. Introduce the next sound: ‘oi’
‘oi’ words to draw and colour: boil, coin, point, soil, foil, moist, join, noise, oil, toilet, poison, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each new sound. Practice writing the sound.
Can you put an ‘oi’ word into a sentence?
Use Playdough to make your new sound.
Read a bedtime story.
Big Cat eBooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Maths:
- Operation Maths: pg. 81 (measures: weight)
- Use tangible materials at home and practice weighing two objects. Which item is heavier/lighter?
- Children can pretend to be a balance scales outstretching their arms to weigh the items.
- Sort objects onto two plates, each labelled ‘Heavy’ and ‘Light’.
- Children will use an apple and compare a range of other items to the weight of the apple. Is the pencil heavier or lighter than the apple? Is the book heavier or lighter than the apple? etc.
- Compare a light large item (piece of A4 paper, sponge) to a heavy smaller item (small rock). Misconceptions children may have: Size does not always determine weight; if something is bigger that doesn’t mean it will also be heavier. Usually this is correct, but not always.
- **Challenge** Can you order the weight of three items; light, heavy, heavier or Heaviest, light, lighter.
- ICT game: https://pbskids.org/peg/games/happy-camel
Gaeilge:
- Play I spy ‘as Gaeilge’
- Practice the colours as gaeilge.
- Practice counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch ‘Ár scéal’ on TG4 at 3:30pm every day.
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Suggested Educational Activities: May 5th – May 8th
Hello everyone 😊 I hope you are all safe and well. Enjoy the bank holiday weekend with your family. Hopefully we will have beautiful, sunny weather and you will have lots of time to play outside. I am missing you all very much. I hope you are enjoying learning at home and creating some new activities and games with your family. May marks our first Summer month, I wonder can you recognise any signs of Summer? Keep yourself occupied and active and help at home as often as possible.
Parents, I know it can be very difficult to find the time to get the ‘Suggested Work’ completed, but please do not be under any pressure and only do what you can. We will be revising all of the new learning when we return to school.
– Ms. Kelly
Senior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 33-35
Draw a Summer Picture and write two or three sentences about your picture.
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 48-50
Spell Well: Week 25 (Revision) Activities and test on Friday.
**Challenge: See can you write a sentence with each word.
Big Cat ebooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Revise the sounds: ‘ch’, ‘sh’, ‘th’, ‘qu’, ‘ou’, ‘oi’
‘oi’ words to draw and colour: boil, coin, point, soil, foil, moist, join, noise, oil, toilet, poison, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each new sound. Practice writing the sound.
Can you put an ‘oi’ word into a simple sentence? Write the sentence and draw a picture.
Use Playdough to make your new sound/word.
Read a bedtime story.
Maths:
Operation Maths: pg. 102-105 (Problem Solving)
- Sing number songs: Ten in the bed, Ten fat sausages, etc.
- Make a number line 1-10. Ask question such as: where is number 7? What is one more than 7? What is one less than 7? What is 3 less than seven (use your finger to jump back three jumps on the number line).
- Game: Tell your child that you are thinking of a number. Give clues: one less than the number is 6. Give another clue: one more than the number is 8. Use the number line to help, if too easy try without the number line.
-ICT Game: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/chopper-squad
Gaeilge:
- Play ‘I spy’ as gaeilge.
- Practice the colours as gaeilge.
- Practice counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch ‘Ár scéal’ on TG4 at 3:30pm every day.
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Suggested Educational Activities: May 5th – May 8th
Hello everyone 😊 I hope you are all safe and well. Enjoy the bank holiday weekend with your family. Hopefully we will have beautiful, sunny weather and you will have lots of time to play outside. I am missing you all very much. I hope you are enjoying learning at home and creating some new activities and games with your family. May marks our first Summer month, I wonder can you recognise any signs of Summer? Keep yourself occupied and active and help at home as often as possible.
Parents, I know it can be very difficult to find the time to get the ‘Suggested Work’ completed, but please do not be under any pressure and only do what you can. We will be revising all of the new learning when we return to school.
– Ms. Kelly
Junior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 17-18
Just Phonics (green book) pg. 48
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 28-30
Our next Reading Zone book, ‘Splash!’, can be accessed online. www.folensonline.ie – register as a teacher by using the Roll Number: Prim20
- Practice reading the title, point to each word as you read it, discuss the pictures on each page.
- read one page daily
Continue practising phonics sounds: Revise ‘ou’. Introduce the next sound: ‘oi’
‘oi’ words to draw and colour: boil, coin, point, soil, foil, moist, join, noise, oil, toilet, poison, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each new sound. Practice writing the sound.
Can you put an ‘oi’ word into a sentence?
Use Playdough to make your new sound.
Read a bedtime story.
Big Cat eBooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Maths:
- Operation Maths: pg. 81 (measures: weight)
- Use tangible materials at home and practice weighing two objects. Which item is heavier/lighter?
- Children can pretend to be a balance scales outstretching their arms to weigh the items.
- Sort objects onto two plates, each labelled ‘Heavy’ and ‘Light’.
- Children will use an apple and compare a range of other items to the weight of the apple. Is the pencil heavier or lighter than the apple? Is the book heavier or lighter than the apple? etc.
- Compare a light large item (piece of A4 paper, sponge) to a heavy smaller item (small rock). Misconceptions children may have: Size does not always determine weight; if something is bigger that doesn’t mean it will also be heavier. Usually this is correct, but not always.
- **Challenge** Can you order the weight of three items; light, heavy, heavier or Heaviest, light, lighter.
- ICT game: https://pbskids.org/peg/games/happy-camel
Gaeilge:
- Play I spy ‘as Gaeilge’
- Practice the colours as gaeilge.
- Practice counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch ‘Ár scéal’ on TG4 at 3:30pm every day.
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Suggested Educational Activities: May 5th – May 8th
Hello everyone 😊 I hope you are all safe and well. Enjoy the bank holiday weekend with your family. Hopefully we will have beautiful, sunny weather and you will have lots of time to play outside. I am missing you all very much. I hope you are enjoying learning at home and creating some new activities and games with your family. May marks our first Summer month, I wonder can you recognise any signs of Summer? Keep yourself occupied and active and help at home as often as possible.
Parents, I know it can be very difficult to find the time to get the ‘Suggested Work’ completed, but please do not be under any pressure and only do what you can. We will be revising all of the new learning when we return to school.
– Ms. Kelly
Senior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 33-35
Draw a Summer Picture and write two or three sentences about your picture.
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 48-50
Spell Well: Week 25 (Revision) Activities and test on Friday.
**Challenge: See can you write a sentence with each word.
Big Cat ebooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Revise the sounds: ‘ch’, ‘sh’, ‘th’, ‘qu’, ‘ou’, ‘oi’
‘oi’ words to draw and colour: boil, coin, point, soil, foil, moist, join, noise, oil, toilet, poison, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each new sound. Practice writing the sound.
Can you put an ‘oi’ word into a simple sentence? Write the sentence and draw a picture.
Use Playdough to make your new sound/word.
Read a bedtime story.
Maths:
Operation Maths: pg. 102-105 (Problem Solving)
- Sing number songs: Ten in the bed, Ten fat sausages, etc.
- Make a number line 1-10. Ask question such as: where is number 7? What is one more than 7? What is one less than 7? What is 3 less than seven (use your finger to jump back three jumps on the number line).
- Game: Tell your child that you are thinking of a number. Give clues: one less than the number is 6. Give another clue: one more than the number is 8. Use the number line to help, if too easy try without the number line.
-ICT Game: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/chopper-squad
Gaeilge:
- Play ‘I spy’ as gaeilge.
- Practice the colours as gaeilge.
- Practice counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch ‘Ár scéal’ on TG4 at 3:30pm every day.
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Updated April 27th 2020
If you need to contact the school please send an email at scoil@ballyhale.com for the attention of Tomás O Dowd.
Suggested Educational Activities: April 27th – May 1st
Hello everyone 😊 I hope you are all enjoying the beautiful weather and spending some time outdoors. Again, only do what you can of the work suggested below - just try your best! Keep learning through play and helping your family at home each day. Try to keep active and healthy. I am looking forward to seeing you all soon and hearing about your time at home.
– Ms. Kelly
Junior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 14-16
Just Phonics (green book) pg 47
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 25-27
Our next Reading Zone book, ‘Splash!’, can be accessed online. www.folensonline.ie – register as a teacher by using the Roll Number: Prim20
- Practice reading the title, point to each word as you read it, discuss the pictures on each page.
- read one page daily
Continue practising phonics sounds: Revise ‘qu’. Introduce the next sound: ‘ou’
‘ou’ words to draw and colour: shout, pout, spout, out, ouch, cloud, found, loud, sound, mouth, bounce, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each new sound. Practice writing the sound.
Can you put an ‘ou’ word into a sentence?
Use Playdough to make your new sound.
Read a bedtime story.
Big Cat ebooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Maths:
- Operation Maths: pg. 77-80 (simple addition)
- Use tangible materials at home to practice counting two amounts altogether: Lego, marbles, pencils, etc.
- Oral Problems: If you have one biscuit and I give you another biscuit, how many biscuits will you have altogether? 1+1=2. Emma has two crayons and Henry has 3 crayons, how many have they got altogether? 2+3=5, etc.
- Discuss 1 more/less. What is 1 more than 2? What is 1 less than 5? etc.
- Demonstrate writing the sum, discuss the signs +/=
- Sing number songs: five little speckled frogs, five little men in a flying saucer, five little ducks, etc.
Gaeilge:
- Play I spy ‘as Gaeilge’
- Practice the colours as gaeilge.
- Practice counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch ‘Masha agus an Béar’ on TG4 at 3pm every day.
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Suggested Educational Activities: April 27th – May 1st
Hello everyone 😊 I hope you are all enjoying the beautiful weather and spending some time outside playing. Again, only do what you can of the work suggested below - just try your best! Keep learning through play and helping your family at home each day. Try to keep active and healthy. I am looking forward to seeing you all soon and hearing about your time at home.
– Ms. Kelly
Senior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 29-32
Write a story/news of the week/day. Draw a picture to caption your writing.
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 45-47
Spell Well: Week 24 Activities and test on Friday. Challenge: See can you write a sentence with each word.
Continue Reading Stop That Dog and practise word cards
Big Cat ebooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Revise the sounds: ‘ch’, ‘sh’, ‘th’, ‘qu’, ‘ou’
‘ou’ words to draw and colour: shout, pout, spout, out, ouch, cloud, found, loud, sound, mouth, bounce, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each sound. Practice writing the sound.
Can you put a ‘ou’ word into a simple sentence? Write the sentence and draw a picture.
Use Playdough to make your new sound/word.
Read a bedtime story.
Maths:
Operation Maths: pg. 99-101
- Sing number songs: Ten in the bed, Ten fat sausages, etc.
- Discuss the vocabulary: full/empty, nearly full/nearly empty, more/less, containers (which container would you use to fill a bath/cup).
- use water/sand/rice to explore the capacity of different household containers. How many tablespoons/cups does it take to fill each container? Estimate first, then record and discuss findings. Which holds more/less? Order containers from holds the least to holds the most.
Gaeilge:
- Play I spy as gaeilge.
- Practice the colours as gaeilge.
- Practice counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch ‘Masha agus an Béar’ on TG4 at 3pm every day.
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Updated April 20th 2020
Suggested Educational Activities: April 20th – April 24th
Hello everyone 😊 I hope you all had a lovely Easter and had a visit from the Easter Bunny. I also hope you and your families are safe and well. Again, only do what you can of the work suggested below - just try your best! Keep learning through play and helping your family at home each day. Try to keep active and healthy. I am looking forward to seeing you all soon and hearing about your time at home.
– Ms. Kelly
Junior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 11-13
Just Phonics (green book) pg 46.
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 22-24
Continue Reading The Lost Ball and practise word cards
Continue practising phonics sounds: Revise ‘th’. Introduce the next sound: ‘qu’
‘Qu’ words to draw and colour: queen, quiz, quit, quack, quiet, quick, question, quilt, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each new sound. Practice writing the sound.
Can you put a ‘qu’ word into a sentence?
Use Playdough to make your new sound.
Enjoy reading your favourite book with a parent/older sibling.
Maths:
- Operation Maths: pg. 73-76
- Make number cards 1-5/1-10, order them.
- Play a game: close eyes while one number is removed from number line, which number is missing?
- Draw a row of five houses and number each house 1-5.
- Use toys to represent each number 1-5 in a row (1 robot, two bears, three dolls, etc)
- Keep a daily calendar, sing the days of the week/months of the year song.
- Sing number songs: five little speckled frogs, five little men in a flying saucer, five little ducks, etc.
Gaeilge:
- Play I spy ‘as Gaeilge’
- Watch a cartoon on TG4
Other Ideas:
- Keep your room and toys tidy
- Make your own game: https://hubpages.com/games-hobbies/board-game-templates
- Play Hopscotch/Hide and seek
- Float/Sink: use your sink and a selection of items to investigate which items float/sink. Guess first.
- Make a map of your house/locality
- Learn how to tie your laces
- Help to make rice krispie buns with any leftover Easter Eggs
- Help to prepare a meal and clean up after eating
Useful Websites:
www.twinkl.ie https://worldbookonline.com/wbel/#/home
www.phonicsplay.co.uk www.gonoodle.com
www.topmarks.co.uk https://www.borrowbox.com/
www.learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
https://www.youtube.com/user/ArtforKidsHub
https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/list/phonics-games-phase-2
Suggested Educational Activities: April 20th – April 24th
Hello everyone 😊 I hope you all had a lovely Easter and had a visit from the Easter Bunny. I also hope you and your families are safe and well. Again, only do what you can of the work suggested below - just try your best! Keep learning through play and helping your family at home each day. Try to keep active and healthy. I am looking forward to seeing you all soon and hearing about your time at home.
– Ms. Kelly
Senior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 25-28
Write a story/news of the week/day. Draw a picture to caption your news/story
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 42-44
Spell Well: Week 23 Activities and test on Friday. Challenge: See can you write a sentence with each word.
Continue Reading Stop That Dog and practise word cards
Revise the sounds: ‘ch’, ‘sh’, ‘th’, ‘qu’
‘qu’ words to draw and colour: queen, quiz, quit, quack, quiet, quick, question, quilt, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each sound. Practice writing the sound.
Can you put a ‘qu’ word into a simple sentence? Write the sentence and draw a picture.
Use Playdough to make your new sound/word.
Enjoy reading your favourite book with a parent/older sibling.
Maths:
Operation Maths: pg. 95-98
- Sing number songs: Ten in the bed, Ten fat sausages, etc.
- Roll two dice: write the sum on a whiteboard or paper. Use household items to help solve the sum.
- Roll a die. Use pencils to make the number eg. 6. Now make three groups with the six pencils and write the sum eg. 2+1+3=6 or 1+4+1=6. Experiment with the different ways you can make six and write the sums.
- Colour by addition: https://www.momjunction.com/print-coloring-image/83866/print/2014/08/penguin-beach/
https://www.momjunction.com/print-coloring-image/83866/print/2014/08/The-lost-world-fun-math/
Gaeilge:
- Play I spy ‘as Gaeilge’
- Watch a cartoon on TG4
Other Ideas:
- Keep your room and toys tidy
- Make your own game: https://hubpages.com/games-hobbies/board-game-templates
- Play Hopscotch/Hide and seek
- Float/Sink: use your sink and a selection of items to investigate which items float/sink. Guess first.
- Make a map of your house/locality
- Learn how to tie your laces
- Help to make rice krispie buns with any leftover Easter Eggs
- Help to prepare a meal and clean up after eating
Useful Websites:
www.twinkl.ie https://worldbookonline.com/wbel/#/home
www.phonicsplay.co.uk www.gonoodle.com
www.topmarks.co.uk https://www.borrowbox.com/
www.learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
https://www.youtube.com/user/ArtforKidsHub
https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/list/phonics-games-phase-2
Updated March 29th 2020
If you need to contact the school please send an email at scoil@ballyhale.com for the attention of Tomás O Dowd.
Suggested Educational Activities: March 30th – April 3rd
Hello everyone 😊 I hope you are all safe and well. Again, only do what you can of the work suggested below - just try your best! Keep learning through play and helping your family at home each day. Try to keep active and healthy. I am looking forward to seeing you all soon and hearing about your time at home.
– Ms. Kelly
Junior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 8-10
Just Phonics (green book) pg 43-45. You can just colour page 43 or make some music using household items.
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 17-21
Continue Reading The Lost Ball and practise word cards
Continue practising phonics sounds: Revise ‘ch’ and ‘sh’. Introduce the next sound: ‘th’
‘Th’ words to draw and colour: teeth, bath, moth, tooth, path, mouth, thank, three, throne, thumb, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each new sound. Practice writing the sound.
Can you put a ‘th’ word into a sentence?
Use Playdough to make your new sound.
Enjoy reading your favourite book with a parent/older sibling.
Maths:
Operation Maths: pg. 71- 72
- Put objects/toys in a line. Ask questions: what is first/second/third/fourth/fifth/last? Put the _____ first, etc.
- Keep a Calendar and update it daily: day of the week, month of the year, Weather, Season, etc.
- Sing the days of the week song/months of the year song.
Gaeilge:
- Play I spy ‘as Gaeilge’
- Watch a cartoon on TG4
Other Ideas:
- Tidy your room
- Make your own game: https://hubpages.com/games-hobbies/board-game-templates
- Play Hopscotch
- Play Hide and seek
- Create some Easter art: Easter Bunnies - https://www.nannybutler.com/easter-arts-crafts-for-kids/
- Learn about the meaning of Easter
- https://www.crayola.com/free-coloring-pages/holidays/easter-coloring-pages/
- Learn how to tie your laces
- Help to prepare a meal
- Clean up after eating
Useful Websites:
www.twinkl.ie https://worldbookonline.com/wbel/#/home
www.phonicsplay.co.uk www.gonoodle.com
www.topmarks.co.uk https://www.borrowbox.com/
www.learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
https://www.youtube.com/user/ArtforKidsHub
https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/list/phonics-games-phase-2
Suggested Educational Activities: March 30th – April 3rd
Hello everyone 😊 I hope you are all safe and well. Again, only do what you can of the work suggested below - just try your best! Keep learning through play and helping your family at home each day. Try to keep active and healthy. I am looking forward to seeing you all soon and hearing about your time at home.
- Ms. Kelly & Ms. McMyler
Senior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 21-24
Write a story/news of the week/day
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 39-41
Spell Well: Week 22 Activities and test on Friday
Continue Reading Stop That Dog and practise word cards
Revise the sounds: ‘ch’, ‘sh’ and ‘th’
‘th’ words to draw and colour: teeth, bath, moth, tooth, path, mouth, thank, three, throne, thumb, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each sound. Practice writing the sound.
Can you put a ‘th’ word into a simple sentence? Write the sentence and draw a picture.
Use Playdough to make your new sound/word.
Enjoy reading your favourite book with a parent/older sibling.
Maths:
Operation Maths: pg. 92-94
- Sing Ten green bottles/Ten in the Bed
- Choose ten toys and explore the different ways that the set of ten can be partitioned.
- Make three sets of toys (ten or less toys), write the sum. How many is there altogether?
- Practice writing the numerals 0-10
- roll two/three dice and write the sum. Use household objects to help you find the answer.
Gaeilge:
- Play I spy ‘as Gaeilge’
- Watch a cartoon on TG4
Other Ideas:
- Tidy your room
- Make your own game: https://hubpages.com/games-hobbies/board-game-templates
- Play Hopscotch/Hide and seek
- Create some Easter art: Easter Bunnies - https://www.nannybutler.com/easter-arts-crafts-for-kids/
- Learn about the meaning of Easter
- https://www.crayola.com/free-coloring-pages/holidays/easter-coloring-pages/
- Learn how to tie your laces
- Help to prepare a meal and clean up after eating
Useful Websites:
www.twinkl.ie https://worldbookonline.com/wbel/#/home
www.phonicsplay.co.uk www.gonoodle.com
www.topmarks.co.uk https://www.borrowbox.com/
www.learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
https://www.youtube.com/user/ArtforKidsHub
https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/list/phonics-games-phase-2
Updated March 22nd
Suggested Educational Activities: March 23rd – March 27th
I hope you are all safe and well. Please only do what you can of the work below. There is no pressure on anyone to complete written work as there is abundant learning opportunities to be had at home, especially through play. Stay safe and I will hopefully see you all soon, Ms. Kelly.
Junior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 4-7
Just Phonics (green book) pg 38-42
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 12-16
Continue Reading The Lost Ball and practise word cards
Continue practising phonics sounds: Introduce the next sounds: ‘ch’, ‘sh’
‘Ch’ words to draw and colour: chip, cheese, chain, child, cherry, chest, lunch, couch, etc.
‘Sh’ words to draw and colour: ship, shark, shell, shop, sheep, shoe, fish, brush, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each new sound. Practice writing the sound.
Can you put a ‘ch’ or ‘sh’ word into a sentence?
Use Playdough to make your new sound.
Enjoy reading your favourite book with a parent/older sibling.
Maths:
Operation Maths: pg. 69-70.
- Dress up a doll or a Teddy bear for different times and activities of the day: getting up in pyjamas, school uniform, play clothes (tracksuit/shorts and T-shirt), going swimming, bath time, dressing gown etc.
- Use your toys/playdough to sequence the day/create scenes (getting up, breakfast, school, lunchtime, playtime, dinnertime, bedtime). Explain what is happening in each scene.
- Draw/Paint the sequence of your day.
- Keep a Calendar and update it daily: day of the week, month of the year, Weather, Season, etc.
- Sing the days of the week song.
- Watch Day and Night video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJz_noKP-Bw
Gaeilge:
- Play I spy ‘as Gaeilge’
- How many colours can you name in irish in 20 seconds?
- Listen to a poem as Gaeilge
- Listen to a pop song as Gaeilge
Useful Websites:
Jolly Phonics phone application
www.phonicsplay.co.uk
www.topmarks.co.uk
www.learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
https://www.youtube.com/user/ArtforKidsHub
https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/list/phonics-games-phase-2
www.twinkl.ie
www.gonoodle.com
https://worldbookonline.com/wbel/#/home
https://www.borrowbox.com/
Suggested Educational Activities: March 23rd – March 27th
I hope you are all safe and well. Please only do what you can of the work below. There is no pressure on anyone to complete written work as there is abundant learning opportunities to be had at home, especially through play. Stay safe and I will hopefully see you all soon, Ms. Kelly & Ms. McMyler.
Senior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 17-20
Write a story/news
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 36-38
Spellwell: Week 21 Activities and test on Friday
Continue Reading Stop That Dog and practise word cards
Revise the sounds: ‘ch’, ‘sh’
‘Ch’ words to draw and colour: chip, cheese, chain, child, cherry, chest, lunch, couch, etc.
‘Sh’ words to draw and colour: ship, shark, shell, shop, sheep, shoe, fish, brush, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each sound. Practice writing the sound.
Can you put a ‘ch’ or ‘sh’ word into a simple sentence? Write the sentence and draw a picture.
Use Playdough to make your new sound/word.
Enjoy reading your favourite book with a parent/older sibling.
Maths:
Operation Maths: pg. 88 - 91
- Sing Ten green bottles/Ten in the Bed
- Choose ten toys and explore the different ways that the set of ten can be partitioned.
- Play a board game: snakes and ladders, etc
- Using a deck of cards and blocks/lego, choose a card and build a tower with the corresponding number of blocks/lego.
Gaeilge:
- Play I spy ‘as Gaeilge’
- How many colours can you name in Irish in 20 seconds?
- Listen to a poem as Gaeilge
- Listen to a pop song as Gaeilge
Useful Websites:
Jolly Phonics phone application
www.phonicsplay.co.uk
www.topmarks.co.uk
www.learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
https://www.youtube.com/user/ArtforKidsHub
https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/list/phonics-games-phase-2
www.twinkl.ie
www.gonoodle.com
https://worldbookonline.com/wbel/#/home
https://www.borrowbox.com/
Junior/Senior Infants
Suggested Work: March 19th and 20th.
English:
- Revise letter sounds every day. Practice letter formation, name items beginning with letter sounds. Cut and stick/draw pictures using letter sound relationship.
- Watch “Geraldine the Giraffe” videos on YouTube to reinforce the correct letter sounds.
- Write simple three letter words i.e. dog, cat, net, etc.
- Practice writing simple sentences. Support sentence structure: begin with a capital letter, use finger spaces to separate words and put a full stop at the end of each sentence.
- Draw a picture and caption it
- Read and decode simple sentences
- Make a simple book
- Listen to and retell stories
- Continue reading class reader and revise word cards every day
- Pick out Rhyming words in stories
- Clap syllables in words/names/place names
- Make sounds and tricky words using playdough
Maths:
- Practice counting objects, write numbers 0-5 (Junior Infants), 0-10 (Senior Infants).
- Make patterns using colours/toys/etc.
- Build towers using bricks. Put them in order from shortest to tallest.
- Play with water and containers. How many yogurt cartons will I need to fill a cup? Order containers: which container holds the most/least amount of water? Which container is full/empty? etc.
- Make jigsaws
- Make 2D and 3D shapes using playdough and lollipop/match sticks
- Play pretend shop using coins (up to 5c Juniors and up to 10/20c Seniors)
Other Activities: Colour each activity you have completed on the ‘Home Activities’ sheet.
- Go on a nature walk and looks for signs of Spring
- Create a picture by cutting and sticking paper
- Board games/card games (snap, pairs)
- Lego
- Threading beads to make jewellery
- Junk Art using recyclable materials
- Plant flowers/Sow seeds.
- Simple playdough recipe that you can make together at home: https://www.thebestideasforkids.com/playdough-recipe/
If you need to contact the school please send an email at scoil@ballyhale.com for the attention of Tomás O Dowd.
Suggested Educational Activities: April 27th – May 1st
Hello everyone 😊 I hope you are all enjoying the beautiful weather and spending some time outdoors. Again, only do what you can of the work suggested below - just try your best! Keep learning through play and helping your family at home each day. Try to keep active and healthy. I am looking forward to seeing you all soon and hearing about your time at home.
– Ms. Kelly
Junior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 14-16
Just Phonics (green book) pg 47
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 25-27
Our next Reading Zone book, ‘Splash!’, can be accessed online. www.folensonline.ie – register as a teacher by using the Roll Number: Prim20
- Practice reading the title, point to each word as you read it, discuss the pictures on each page.
- read one page daily
Continue practising phonics sounds: Revise ‘qu’. Introduce the next sound: ‘ou’
‘ou’ words to draw and colour: shout, pout, spout, out, ouch, cloud, found, loud, sound, mouth, bounce, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each new sound. Practice writing the sound.
Can you put an ‘ou’ word into a sentence?
Use Playdough to make your new sound.
Read a bedtime story.
Big Cat ebooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Maths:
- Operation Maths: pg. 77-80 (simple addition)
- Use tangible materials at home to practice counting two amounts altogether: Lego, marbles, pencils, etc.
- Oral Problems: If you have one biscuit and I give you another biscuit, how many biscuits will you have altogether? 1+1=2. Emma has two crayons and Henry has 3 crayons, how many have they got altogether? 2+3=5, etc.
- Discuss 1 more/less. What is 1 more than 2? What is 1 less than 5? etc.
- Demonstrate writing the sum, discuss the signs +/=
- Sing number songs: five little speckled frogs, five little men in a flying saucer, five little ducks, etc.
Gaeilge:
- Play I spy ‘as Gaeilge’
- Practice the colours as gaeilge.
- Practice counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch ‘Masha agus an Béar’ on TG4 at 3pm every day.
Other Areas of learning/Padlet:
https://padlet.com/ms_kelly_ballyhale/zad7nhtxocodlfoa
You can access this Padlet for useful websites for all areas of learning.
Suggested Educational Activities: April 27th – May 1st
Hello everyone 😊 I hope you are all enjoying the beautiful weather and spending some time outside playing. Again, only do what you can of the work suggested below - just try your best! Keep learning through play and helping your family at home each day. Try to keep active and healthy. I am looking forward to seeing you all soon and hearing about your time at home.
– Ms. Kelly
Senior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 29-32
Write a story/news of the week/day. Draw a picture to caption your writing.
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 45-47
Spell Well: Week 24 Activities and test on Friday. Challenge: See can you write a sentence with each word.
Continue Reading Stop That Dog and practise word cards
Big Cat ebooks and printable worksheets: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx (click teacher login) Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk Password: Parents20!
Revise the sounds: ‘ch’, ‘sh’, ‘th’, ‘qu’, ‘ou’
‘ou’ words to draw and colour: shout, pout, spout, out, ouch, cloud, found, loud, sound, mouth, bounce, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each sound. Practice writing the sound.
Can you put a ‘ou’ word into a simple sentence? Write the sentence and draw a picture.
Use Playdough to make your new sound/word.
Read a bedtime story.
Maths:
Operation Maths: pg. 99-101
- Sing number songs: Ten in the bed, Ten fat sausages, etc.
- Discuss the vocabulary: full/empty, nearly full/nearly empty, more/less, containers (which container would you use to fill a bath/cup).
- use water/sand/rice to explore the capacity of different household containers. How many tablespoons/cups does it take to fill each container? Estimate first, then record and discuss findings. Which holds more/less? Order containers from holds the least to holds the most.
Gaeilge:
- Play I spy as gaeilge.
- Practice the colours as gaeilge.
- Practice counting 1-10 as gaeilge.
- Watch ‘Masha agus an Béar’ on TG4 at 3pm every day.
Other Areas of learning/Padlet:
https://padlet.com/ms_kelly_ballyhale/zad7nhtxocodlfoa
You can access this Padlet for useful websites for all areas of learning.
Updated April 20th 2020
Suggested Educational Activities: April 20th – April 24th
Hello everyone 😊 I hope you all had a lovely Easter and had a visit from the Easter Bunny. I also hope you and your families are safe and well. Again, only do what you can of the work suggested below - just try your best! Keep learning through play and helping your family at home each day. Try to keep active and healthy. I am looking forward to seeing you all soon and hearing about your time at home.
– Ms. Kelly
Junior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 11-13
Just Phonics (green book) pg 46.
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 22-24
Continue Reading The Lost Ball and practise word cards
Continue practising phonics sounds: Revise ‘th’. Introduce the next sound: ‘qu’
‘Qu’ words to draw and colour: queen, quiz, quit, quack, quiet, quick, question, quilt, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each new sound. Practice writing the sound.
Can you put a ‘qu’ word into a sentence?
Use Playdough to make your new sound.
Enjoy reading your favourite book with a parent/older sibling.
Maths:
- Operation Maths: pg. 73-76
- Make number cards 1-5/1-10, order them.
- Play a game: close eyes while one number is removed from number line, which number is missing?
- Draw a row of five houses and number each house 1-5.
- Use toys to represent each number 1-5 in a row (1 robot, two bears, three dolls, etc)
- Keep a daily calendar, sing the days of the week/months of the year song.
- Sing number songs: five little speckled frogs, five little men in a flying saucer, five little ducks, etc.
Gaeilge:
- Play I spy ‘as Gaeilge’
- Watch a cartoon on TG4
Other Ideas:
- Keep your room and toys tidy
- Make your own game: https://hubpages.com/games-hobbies/board-game-templates
- Play Hopscotch/Hide and seek
- Float/Sink: use your sink and a selection of items to investigate which items float/sink. Guess first.
- Make a map of your house/locality
- Learn how to tie your laces
- Help to make rice krispie buns with any leftover Easter Eggs
- Help to prepare a meal and clean up after eating
Useful Websites:
www.twinkl.ie https://worldbookonline.com/wbel/#/home
www.phonicsplay.co.uk www.gonoodle.com
www.topmarks.co.uk https://www.borrowbox.com/
www.learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
https://www.youtube.com/user/ArtforKidsHub
https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/list/phonics-games-phase-2
Suggested Educational Activities: April 20th – April 24th
Hello everyone 😊 I hope you all had a lovely Easter and had a visit from the Easter Bunny. I also hope you and your families are safe and well. Again, only do what you can of the work suggested below - just try your best! Keep learning through play and helping your family at home each day. Try to keep active and healthy. I am looking forward to seeing you all soon and hearing about your time at home.
– Ms. Kelly
Senior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 25-28
Write a story/news of the week/day. Draw a picture to caption your news/story
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 42-44
Spell Well: Week 23 Activities and test on Friday. Challenge: See can you write a sentence with each word.
Continue Reading Stop That Dog and practise word cards
Revise the sounds: ‘ch’, ‘sh’, ‘th’, ‘qu’
‘qu’ words to draw and colour: queen, quiz, quit, quack, quiet, quick, question, quilt, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each sound. Practice writing the sound.
Can you put a ‘qu’ word into a simple sentence? Write the sentence and draw a picture.
Use Playdough to make your new sound/word.
Enjoy reading your favourite book with a parent/older sibling.
Maths:
Operation Maths: pg. 95-98
- Sing number songs: Ten in the bed, Ten fat sausages, etc.
- Roll two dice: write the sum on a whiteboard or paper. Use household items to help solve the sum.
- Roll a die. Use pencils to make the number eg. 6. Now make three groups with the six pencils and write the sum eg. 2+1+3=6 or 1+4+1=6. Experiment with the different ways you can make six and write the sums.
- Colour by addition: https://www.momjunction.com/print-coloring-image/83866/print/2014/08/penguin-beach/
https://www.momjunction.com/print-coloring-image/83866/print/2014/08/The-lost-world-fun-math/
Gaeilge:
- Play I spy ‘as Gaeilge’
- Watch a cartoon on TG4
Other Ideas:
- Keep your room and toys tidy
- Make your own game: https://hubpages.com/games-hobbies/board-game-templates
- Play Hopscotch/Hide and seek
- Float/Sink: use your sink and a selection of items to investigate which items float/sink. Guess first.
- Make a map of your house/locality
- Learn how to tie your laces
- Help to make rice krispie buns with any leftover Easter Eggs
- Help to prepare a meal and clean up after eating
Useful Websites:
www.twinkl.ie https://worldbookonline.com/wbel/#/home
www.phonicsplay.co.uk www.gonoodle.com
www.topmarks.co.uk https://www.borrowbox.com/
www.learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
https://www.youtube.com/user/ArtforKidsHub
https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/list/phonics-games-phase-2
Updated March 29th 2020
If you need to contact the school please send an email at scoil@ballyhale.com for the attention of Tomás O Dowd.
Suggested Educational Activities: March 30th – April 3rd
Hello everyone 😊 I hope you are all safe and well. Again, only do what you can of the work suggested below - just try your best! Keep learning through play and helping your family at home each day. Try to keep active and healthy. I am looking forward to seeing you all soon and hearing about your time at home.
– Ms. Kelly
Junior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 8-10
Just Phonics (green book) pg 43-45. You can just colour page 43 or make some music using household items.
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 17-21
Continue Reading The Lost Ball and practise word cards
Continue practising phonics sounds: Revise ‘ch’ and ‘sh’. Introduce the next sound: ‘th’
‘Th’ words to draw and colour: teeth, bath, moth, tooth, path, mouth, thank, three, throne, thumb, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each new sound. Practice writing the sound.
Can you put a ‘th’ word into a sentence?
Use Playdough to make your new sound.
Enjoy reading your favourite book with a parent/older sibling.
Maths:
Operation Maths: pg. 71- 72
- Put objects/toys in a line. Ask questions: what is first/second/third/fourth/fifth/last? Put the _____ first, etc.
- Keep a Calendar and update it daily: day of the week, month of the year, Weather, Season, etc.
- Sing the days of the week song/months of the year song.
Gaeilge:
- Play I spy ‘as Gaeilge’
- Watch a cartoon on TG4
Other Ideas:
- Tidy your room
- Make your own game: https://hubpages.com/games-hobbies/board-game-templates
- Play Hopscotch
- Play Hide and seek
- Create some Easter art: Easter Bunnies - https://www.nannybutler.com/easter-arts-crafts-for-kids/
- Learn about the meaning of Easter
- https://www.crayola.com/free-coloring-pages/holidays/easter-coloring-pages/
- Learn how to tie your laces
- Help to prepare a meal
- Clean up after eating
Useful Websites:
www.twinkl.ie https://worldbookonline.com/wbel/#/home
www.phonicsplay.co.uk www.gonoodle.com
www.topmarks.co.uk https://www.borrowbox.com/
www.learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
https://www.youtube.com/user/ArtforKidsHub
https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/list/phonics-games-phase-2
Suggested Educational Activities: March 30th – April 3rd
Hello everyone 😊 I hope you are all safe and well. Again, only do what you can of the work suggested below - just try your best! Keep learning through play and helping your family at home each day. Try to keep active and healthy. I am looking forward to seeing you all soon and hearing about your time at home.
- Ms. Kelly & Ms. McMyler
Senior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 21-24
Write a story/news of the week/day
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 39-41
Spell Well: Week 22 Activities and test on Friday
Continue Reading Stop That Dog and practise word cards
Revise the sounds: ‘ch’, ‘sh’ and ‘th’
‘th’ words to draw and colour: teeth, bath, moth, tooth, path, mouth, thank, three, throne, thumb, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each sound. Practice writing the sound.
Can you put a ‘th’ word into a simple sentence? Write the sentence and draw a picture.
Use Playdough to make your new sound/word.
Enjoy reading your favourite book with a parent/older sibling.
Maths:
Operation Maths: pg. 92-94
- Sing Ten green bottles/Ten in the Bed
- Choose ten toys and explore the different ways that the set of ten can be partitioned.
- Make three sets of toys (ten or less toys), write the sum. How many is there altogether?
- Practice writing the numerals 0-10
- roll two/three dice and write the sum. Use household objects to help you find the answer.
Gaeilge:
- Play I spy ‘as Gaeilge’
- Watch a cartoon on TG4
Other Ideas:
- Tidy your room
- Make your own game: https://hubpages.com/games-hobbies/board-game-templates
- Play Hopscotch/Hide and seek
- Create some Easter art: Easter Bunnies - https://www.nannybutler.com/easter-arts-crafts-for-kids/
- Learn about the meaning of Easter
- https://www.crayola.com/free-coloring-pages/holidays/easter-coloring-pages/
- Learn how to tie your laces
- Help to prepare a meal and clean up after eating
Useful Websites:
www.twinkl.ie https://worldbookonline.com/wbel/#/home
www.phonicsplay.co.uk www.gonoodle.com
www.topmarks.co.uk https://www.borrowbox.com/
www.learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
https://www.youtube.com/user/ArtforKidsHub
https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/list/phonics-games-phase-2
Updated March 22nd
Suggested Educational Activities: March 23rd – March 27th
I hope you are all safe and well. Please only do what you can of the work below. There is no pressure on anyone to complete written work as there is abundant learning opportunities to be had at home, especially through play. Stay safe and I will hopefully see you all soon, Ms. Kelly.
Junior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 4-7
Just Phonics (green book) pg 38-42
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 12-16
Continue Reading The Lost Ball and practise word cards
Continue practising phonics sounds: Introduce the next sounds: ‘ch’, ‘sh’
‘Ch’ words to draw and colour: chip, cheese, chain, child, cherry, chest, lunch, couch, etc.
‘Sh’ words to draw and colour: ship, shark, shell, shop, sheep, shoe, fish, brush, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each new sound. Practice writing the sound.
Can you put a ‘ch’ or ‘sh’ word into a sentence?
Use Playdough to make your new sound.
Enjoy reading your favourite book with a parent/older sibling.
Maths:
Operation Maths: pg. 69-70.
- Dress up a doll or a Teddy bear for different times and activities of the day: getting up in pyjamas, school uniform, play clothes (tracksuit/shorts and T-shirt), going swimming, bath time, dressing gown etc.
- Use your toys/playdough to sequence the day/create scenes (getting up, breakfast, school, lunchtime, playtime, dinnertime, bedtime). Explain what is happening in each scene.
- Draw/Paint the sequence of your day.
- Keep a Calendar and update it daily: day of the week, month of the year, Weather, Season, etc.
- Sing the days of the week song.
- Watch Day and Night video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJz_noKP-Bw
Gaeilge:
- Play I spy ‘as Gaeilge’
- How many colours can you name in irish in 20 seconds?
- Listen to a poem as Gaeilge
- Listen to a pop song as Gaeilge
Useful Websites:
Jolly Phonics phone application
www.phonicsplay.co.uk
www.topmarks.co.uk
www.learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
https://www.youtube.com/user/ArtforKidsHub
https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/list/phonics-games-phase-2
www.twinkl.ie
www.gonoodle.com
https://worldbookonline.com/wbel/#/home
https://www.borrowbox.com/
Suggested Educational Activities: March 23rd – March 27th
I hope you are all safe and well. Please only do what you can of the work below. There is no pressure on anyone to complete written work as there is abundant learning opportunities to be had at home, especially through play. Stay safe and I will hopefully see you all soon, Ms. Kelly & Ms. McMyler.
Senior Infants:
English:
Just Handwriting pg. 17-20
Write a story/news
Reading Zone Activity Book: pg. 36-38
Spellwell: Week 21 Activities and test on Friday
Continue Reading Stop That Dog and practise word cards
Revise the sounds: ‘ch’, ‘sh’
‘Ch’ words to draw and colour: chip, cheese, chain, child, cherry, chest, lunch, couch, etc.
‘Sh’ words to draw and colour: ship, shark, shell, shop, sheep, shoe, fish, brush, etc.
Watch Geraldine the Giraffe on YouTube for each sound. Practice writing the sound.
Can you put a ‘ch’ or ‘sh’ word into a simple sentence? Write the sentence and draw a picture.
Use Playdough to make your new sound/word.
Enjoy reading your favourite book with a parent/older sibling.
Maths:
Operation Maths: pg. 88 - 91
- Sing Ten green bottles/Ten in the Bed
- Choose ten toys and explore the different ways that the set of ten can be partitioned.
- Play a board game: snakes and ladders, etc
- Using a deck of cards and blocks/lego, choose a card and build a tower with the corresponding number of blocks/lego.
Gaeilge:
- Play I spy ‘as Gaeilge’
- How many colours can you name in Irish in 20 seconds?
- Listen to a poem as Gaeilge
- Listen to a pop song as Gaeilge
Useful Websites:
Jolly Phonics phone application
www.phonicsplay.co.uk
www.topmarks.co.uk
www.learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
https://www.youtube.com/user/ArtforKidsHub
https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/list/phonics-games-phase-2
www.twinkl.ie
www.gonoodle.com
https://worldbookonline.com/wbel/#/home
https://www.borrowbox.com/
Junior/Senior Infants
Suggested Work: March 19th and 20th.
English:
- Revise letter sounds every day. Practice letter formation, name items beginning with letter sounds. Cut and stick/draw pictures using letter sound relationship.
- Watch “Geraldine the Giraffe” videos on YouTube to reinforce the correct letter sounds.
- Write simple three letter words i.e. dog, cat, net, etc.
- Practice writing simple sentences. Support sentence structure: begin with a capital letter, use finger spaces to separate words and put a full stop at the end of each sentence.
- Draw a picture and caption it
- Read and decode simple sentences
- Make a simple book
- Listen to and retell stories
- Continue reading class reader and revise word cards every day
- Pick out Rhyming words in stories
- Clap syllables in words/names/place names
- Make sounds and tricky words using playdough
Maths:
- Practice counting objects, write numbers 0-5 (Junior Infants), 0-10 (Senior Infants).
- Make patterns using colours/toys/etc.
- Build towers using bricks. Put them in order from shortest to tallest.
- Play with water and containers. How many yogurt cartons will I need to fill a cup? Order containers: which container holds the most/least amount of water? Which container is full/empty? etc.
- Make jigsaws
- Make 2D and 3D shapes using playdough and lollipop/match sticks
- Play pretend shop using coins (up to 5c Juniors and up to 10/20c Seniors)
Other Activities: Colour each activity you have completed on the ‘Home Activities’ sheet.
- Go on a nature walk and looks for signs of Spring
- Create a picture by cutting and sticking paper
- Board games/card games (snap, pairs)
- Lego
- Threading beads to make jewellery
- Junk Art using recyclable materials
- Plant flowers/Sow seeds.
- Simple playdough recipe that you can make together at home: https://www.thebestideasforkids.com/playdough-recipe/
