SCIENCE /ENGLISH/ ART
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
Last Friday 5th June was 'World Environment Day'. Look at the images below to learn more about global warming. (Click on each picture to enlarge. Afterwards, choose from the following activities:
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1. Complete this worksheet or complete in your copybook- What can you do? What can Ireland do? What can the world do?
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2. ART: Design or create an item from rubbish / recycled materials - a robot / a creature / other.
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3. Write a letter to the taoiseach / president /a world leader about global warming. Use the document attached or write in your copybook. Remember the top right is for your address and the top left is the address of the person you are writing to. Try to keep your language formal!
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4. Design a poster on an environmental theme. Remember: poster writing should be clear to read, use of colour and pictures / diagrams, the message of the poster should be clear.
5. Come up with your own environmental activity / project - for example: a clean up of an area near you etc...
6. Try this kahoot on the environment. CLICK HERE Password: 01033740
SCRIPTURE
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Next scripture lesson : Promises of Hope!
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SPHE
CHANGE IS PART OF LIFE
1. When there is a lot of change all around us, we can feel upset and worried. Change can be hard. We often want things to stay the same because that makes us feel safe. We need to remember that change is part of life and that we have coped with it before! We can’t stop things changing, but we can learn to cope – we can be brave, even if we are afraid! Now think back on times when you coped well with a change before – something that you weren’t looking forward to or were worried about. Draw a picture of one of these times and write about what happened. Maybe something good that you weren’t expecting came out of this change! (Weaving well being at home)
1. When there is a lot of change all around us, we can feel upset and worried. Change can be hard. We often want things to stay the same because that makes us feel safe. We need to remember that change is part of life and that we have coped with it before! We can’t stop things changing, but we can learn to cope – we can be brave, even if we are afraid! Now think back on times when you coped well with a change before – something that you weren’t looking forward to or were worried about. Draw a picture of one of these times and write about what happened. Maybe something good that you weren’t expecting came out of this change! (Weaving well being at home)
BEING BRAVE
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2. Sometimes we need to be brave, especially when we have to face a challenge or do something that we are afraid to do! Think back on all of the times when you were brave in the past. Maybe you were scared or nervous, but you didn’t let that stop you! You probably felt really proud of yourself afterwards.
3. Download this worksheet. Draw a portrait of your hero. |
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MUSIC
STEVIE WONDER
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1. Read all about Stevie Wonder and answer the questions.
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2. Listen and respond to the songs of Stevie Wonder.
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3. Draw a Stevie Wonder CD cover!
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HISTORY
RUBY BRIDGES
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1. Have you heard of Ruby Bridges? She was born during the American Civil rights Movement. Download her story below and answers the questions (Remember to answer with full sentences!)
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ROSA PARKS and KATHERINE JOHNSON
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2. Now, follow the 2 slideshows below to learn about the lives of two other women - Rosa Parks and Katherine Johnson.
3. Afterwards, follow the links to the right and try these 2 kahoot quizes! |
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Maybe try this mindmap about Rosa Parks. Fill in all the important points and dates etc
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MATHS
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If you have finished your other maths, have a go at this fun maths trail.
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6th class - getting ready for September and secondary school.
You might find it very helpful to download these documents, discuss and complete them.
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5th & 6th classes - Suggested work for June, 2020
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Work for June, 2020
Below please find an outline of suggested work. ✅Read daily – read, read, read. As Dr Seuss says: ✅ Make some time for ‘Free Writing’ every week- If you finish your work early, keep a diary or write a story – any format – share it with me on seesaw or email it to me - I would love to see your work. ✅Tables practice – keep them going – mix them up and try increase your speed answering. ✅ Keep moving and staying active! |
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MATHS
FRACTIONS, DECIMALS & PERCENTAGES - Watch teaching videos on school website to help with activities this week. Zoom lesson to help with any areas of difficulty on Tuesday 9th.
- Mental Maths - Week 34+35 (There will be a few weeks left in this book, so work away if you finish early).
FRACTIONS, DECIMALS & PERCENTAGES - Watch teaching videos on school website to help with activities this week. Zoom lesson to help with any areas of difficulty on Tuesday 9th.
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5th Class
5th: Busy at Maths 5 p. 104 no 1+2 p. 120 no 2,3,4 |
6th Class
6th: Busy at maths 6 p.132 no 2 p. 133 no 1 – see teaching video on website! p. 133 no 2. a-d |
CHANCE – Watch teaching videos on school website to help with activities this week. Zoom lesson to help with any areas of difficulty on Tuesday 9th.
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HERE5th: Busy at Maths 5 CHANCE
p. 177 no 1-15 (First of all discuss the vocabulary of chance that is in the top orange box) p. 178 no 2 + 3 p. 179 no 1 + 2 - Record your results in your copybook on a tally board like the ones on the page. p. 181 no 1+2 (If you have a dice at home) - Record your results on the tally board like the one on p181. 5th online support games / activities HERE |
6th Class
6th: Busy at maths 6 CHANCE p. 178 no 1+ 3 p. 179 no 1 p. 180 no 3 p. 182 no 1 |
Next Zoom maths lesson – Tuesday 9th June 6th class (11am), 5th class (12 noon)
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5th class p.104
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5th class p.120
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6th class p.132
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6th class p.133
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ENGLISH
- Reading
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Zoom - Shared English reading – Wednesday 3rd + 10th, 10.15am
AN GHAEILGE
Online version here -
Zoom- Shared Irish reading of the above story – Thursday 4th +11th, 11am
- Reading:
Online version here -
Zoom- Shared Irish reading of the above story – Thursday 4th +11th, 11am
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Writing: Seo Leat p. 115 D – Líon na bearnaí
Seo Leat p. 86 E – Irregular verbs activity Print and complete on worksheet or write answers into copybook. To see how to complete these activities, please watch the teaching video on the school website.
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- Seesaw
Submit these assignments – It was great to hear so many of you recording and sharing your Irish seesaw assignment last week
STEM
Try one of these 3 STEM activities. Last week I saw some photos of great rockets and catapults on seesaw!
Try one of these 3 STEM activities. Last week I saw some photos of great rockets and catapults on seesaw!
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You might find this worksheet / work plan helpful. I have attached a copy to your weekly email, and it can be downloaded from the school website.
You might like to research ideas from the internet. |
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SPHE
WORRIES – Weaving wellbeing at home. If you are someone who worries a lot about things, you’re not alone! Lots of kids worry – it means that our brains are trying to help us to prepare for things that might (or might not!) happen in the future! We need to have ways to deal with our worries so that they don’t take up too much of our time and stop us from enjoying life! Read and discuss these ways to deal with your worries – Can you think of something for number 7? |
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Worksheet:
Complete the SPHE worksheet attached to the email. Or draw into your copy and complete |
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RAINBOW BREATHING
We can help our bodies and minds to feel calm and relaxed by doing Rainbow Breathing any time we need to! Try it now.
You might like to relax by lying on the floor, but you can do it sitting or standing either.
Zoom – Wellbeing Breathing Visualisations – Tuesday 9th, Wednesday 10th & Thursday 11th June, 9am (15 mins each only)
We can help our bodies and minds to feel calm and relaxed by doing Rainbow Breathing any time we need to! Try it now.
You might like to relax by lying on the floor, but you can do it sitting or standing either.
- Close your eyes.
- Now breathe in deeply and imagine lots of beautiful red light surrounding you, filling up your lungs and going right down into your toes.
- Now breathe out slowly and send this beautiful bright red light from your lungs, letting it take all of your worries away with it.
- Do the same with each of the other colours of the rainbow – orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Imagine your body becoming soft, warm and relaxed as you do this. Repeat this a few times until you start to feel relaxed and calm.
Zoom – Wellbeing Breathing Visualisations – Tuesday 9th, Wednesday 10th & Thursday 11th June, 9am (15 mins each only)
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R.E.
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5th & 6th classes - Suggested work for the week starting Monday 25th May.
Hi everyone. We are now nearing the end of May. I know that it may have been hard to stay focused during this time so well done to everyone for all their work to date. This week, I have included lots of Kahoot challenges and some more STEM activities for anyone who completes their project work early. Make sure you try all the ball-skill challenges in PE too!
✅Read daily.
✅ Make some time for ‘Free Writing’ every week- keep a diary or write a story/ poem etc.
✅Tables practice.
✅ Keep moving and staying active!
✅ Make some time for ‘Free Writing’ every week- keep a diary or write a story/ poem etc.
✅Tables practice.
✅ Keep moving and staying active!
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Maths
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Mental Maths - Week 33 |
We will revise fractions, percentages and decimals over the next week or two. This week try some of the following.
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5th Class
5th: Busy at Maths 5 Try some of the following from chapter 24: P 129 no. 3 p.130 no 3 p.131 no 1 +3 |
6th Class
6th: Busy at maths 6 Try some of the following from chapter 22: P 114 no 3 (choose either the fraction or decimal method each time) P 116 no 2+3 P 117 no 1 a+b P119 no 1+2+3 Try these online fun activities to practice the above skills.
Activity A Activity B Activity C Activity D |
Some fraction, decimal and percentage Kahoot challenges!
Close Friday 29th, 12 noon!
Kahoot 1 PIN: 02149849
Kahoot 2 PIN: 04477149
Kahoot 3 PIN: 06892852
Close Friday 29th, 12 noon!
Kahoot 1 PIN: 02149849
Kahoot 2 PIN: 04477149
Kahoot 3 PIN: 06892852
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Finding the percentage of a number - (a) fraction method and (b) decimal method
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Calculating a % decrease - finding a sale price.
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Calculating a % increase
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Turning a percentage into a fraction or a decimal.
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ENGLISH
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Michael Murpurgo - Behind the book 'Running Wild'!
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Kahoot - Try this adjectives kahoot challenge!
https://kahoot.it/challenge/05780342?challenge-id=39ba744e-98d5-46a0-a41d-f66113c749e4_1589753470355 PIN: 05780342
https://kahoot.it/challenge/05780342?challenge-id=39ba744e-98d5-46a0-a41d-f66113c749e4_1589753470355 PIN: 05780342
- Writing
- Adjectives – Adjectives describe nouns. Choose some interesting adjectives to complete the sentences.
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2. Punctuation – Rewrite to include capital letters, commas, quotation marks, fullstops, apostrophes and question marks.
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GAEILGE
Try the following interactive game based on the above story. Click here to access.
- Reading:
Try the following interactive game based on the above story. Click here to access.
- Spellings – Revise the 11 irregular verbs from the last 2 weeks:
eg An féidir liom dul amach ag súgradh (Am I able to go out to play?) List of sample questions attached to email and to download from school website. Practise saying them! (Try say them with me – listen and read along to the video on the school website.)
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- Writing
- Seo Leat p103 (D)
2 Seo Leat p.104 (E)A story poem to help you remember the 11 irregular verbs. Rewrite (or fill in gaps) in the 2nd poem to complete in the present tense. Rewrite (fill in gaps) in the 3rd poem to complete in the future tense. – Use the irregular verb sheet to the right
Underneath, choose the right tense of a verb for each sentence – look for clue words to help you choose the correct tense eg
Aimsir Chaite (past tense) = inné (yesterday), aréir (last night), ar maidin (this am)
Aimsir Láithreach (present tense) = gach lá (every day), gach seachtain (every week), ó Luan go hAoine (from Mon to Fri)
Aimsir Fháistineach (future tense) = amárach (tomorrow)
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PROJECT TIME
- SPACE - Continue this project which was assigned last week. See the school website for lots of videos and suggested websites etc…
STEM Finish your Space project assignment from last week.
If you have finished already, try one of these STEM activities:
If you have finished already, try one of these STEM activities:
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Use these stages in your design process!
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You might find this worksheet / work plan helpful. I have attached a copy to your weekly email, and it can be downloaded on the right!
You might like to research ideas from the internet. |
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S.P.H.E. – Wellbeing
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R.E.
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P.E. Ball Skills
Watch each video and then head out to the garden and practice these ball skills and then try the individual ball challenges in the last video.
Watch each video and then head out to the garden and practice these ball skills and then try the individual ball challenges in the last video.
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Dribbling -small touches
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Dribbling – 1-foot control
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Dribbling – control and trap
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Challenges
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5th & 6th classes - Suggested work for the week starting Monday 18th May.
MATHS Mental Maths - Week 32
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AREA- 5th Class
5th: Busy at Maths 5 Try some of the following: P 114 no 2 P 115 no 1 P 116 no 2 P117 no 2 Try these: Activity A Activity B Activity C Activity D |
AREA – 6th Class
6th: Busy at maths 6 Try some of the following: P125 no 2, 3 P126 no 1 P 129 no 1a, 2a, 3a Try these: Activity A Activity B Activity C Activity D |
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Optional End of week fun challenge
Design your dream house and work out the area of each room. Use your imagination – you may want to have a swimming pool or a huge games room! Here is an example – in my example, I have squared paper and I have straight lines, so it was easy to work out the area for each space.
Kahoot 2 PIN: 09881520 |
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I am aware that for the last month some of you may prefer to read your own choice of books each day instead but, for those who would like to join in reading ‘Running Wild’, I have left copies of it in the school shelter. We will try read the first 2 chapters together this Wednesday and we will assign the next 2 to read at home before the following week.
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GAEILGE
This is a poster week. Practice your pronunciation using this online activity. Try pronounce the word and then click on it to test your pronunciation.
Try the following fun, matching interactive game
Uachtar reoite, páistí, burgar, ceapairí, stalla, bonnóga, scuaine (queue), bréagáin, ag díol (selling), ag ceannach (buying).
Continue to practice saying these and follow last week’s school website video to help you with pronunciation.
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This is a poster week. Practice your pronunciation using this online activity. Try pronounce the word and then click on it to test your pronunciation.
Try the following fun, matching interactive game
- Spellings
Uachtar reoite, páistí, burgar, ceapairí, stalla, bonnóga, scuaine (queue), bréagáin, ag díol (selling), ag ceannach (buying).
- Verbs
Continue to practice saying these and follow last week’s school website video to help you with pronunciation.
- Writing – NB If you do not have the book at home for the following, I have attached the worksheets to this email to print. It is also available on the school website to download. I have also left copies of the book in the school shelter, if anyone prefers to use it.
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Seo Leat p.98a
In this activity you read each sentence and draw a picture that matches it. It is filled with prepositions eg ar an (on), faoin (under), os comhair (in front of), taobh thiar (behind), thar (over), timpeall (under), in aice (beside), den (off), ar thaobh (on the side of) etc. You can draw these in your copy or print out the sheet and draw. |
Seo Leat p.95 H
This is a cloze procedure where you must choose the right word to fill each gap and complete the story about a boy who finds money on the ground while crossing the road at traffic lights. He sees a guard and an old man and returns the money to the rightful owner. | ||
Project time - SPACE!
(incorporating Geography, History, Science, Music, Art)
Maybe include a History section on ‘The Race to Space’ and space exploration?
(incorporating Geography, History, Science, Music, Art)
- Over the next couple of weeks, research and create a project on ‘Space’. Create a small booklet or use some A3 pages. Include pictures and clear headings. Alternatively create your own powerpoint or video on the topic. Choose a project format that suits you and which will show all your new learning.
Maybe include a History section on ‘The Race to Space’ and space exploration?
- Visit the Hubble Telescope website
- Look at these videos for inspiration:
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These websites may help.
https://www.esa.int/kids/en/learn
https://www.planetsforkids.org/
https://www.dkfindout.com/us/space/space-race/
https://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/space.html
https://www.planetsforkids.org/other/cool-space-facts.html
https://nineplanets.org/kids/venus/
https://www.esa.int/kids/en/learn
https://www.planetsforkids.org/
https://www.dkfindout.com/us/space/space-race/
https://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/space.html
https://www.planetsforkids.org/other/cool-space-facts.html
https://nineplanets.org/kids/venus/
- Create some artwork inspired by the planets or space or the space race! – a drawing, design your own planet, painting, 3d construction, a diorama (shoebox creation), a mobile, papier mache, a lego construction, some needlework, scratch coding programme – the list of possibilities is endless!
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- Try this space Kahoot quiz. Closes Friday 12 noon! PIN: 09549770
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S.P.H.E.
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R.E.
Stories from Babylon
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P.E.
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......and when you’ve completed them, try these next 6 challenges! |
6th class
Some things to focus on before secondary school
- Presenting your work properly – date, title, margin – you all know how to do this.
- Handwriting – it will not have to be joined writing, but it does need to be neat. If you think you would be better off writing in print, practice now.
- Using a pen to write.
- Writing full sentences for answers and long and detailed answers where you can.
- Project work.
- Organising your own books and homework.
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(5th & 6th classes - Scroll down for work for the week starting Monday 11th May, 2020.
MATHS
CAPACITY - 5th Class
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CAPACITY – 6th Class 6th: Busy at maths 6 Choose a few activities from chapter 33. Try some of the following: p. 172 – oral work – discuss p. 173 no 1(a-e), no 2 (a-e), no 3 (a-e) p.174 no 2 (a-e) p. 175 no 1,2,3 (NB Volume is the amount of space taken up by a solid shape. You find the volume by multiplying the length by the width by the height.) p 176 no 2, no 3 (a- d) Try these: Online support activity A: Volume Online support activity B: Volume |
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Changing mls to litres
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Changing litres to mls
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Adding and subtracting litres / mls
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Finding the volume
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Vocabulary of the circle
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Fractions - adding and subtracting
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Multiplying with fractions
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Division with fractions
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Maths Zoom session - Monday
ENGLISH
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Writing a book review - TOP TIPS!
1. Start with a couple of sentences describing what the book is about - But without giving any spoilers or revealing plot twists! As a general rule, try to avoid writing in detail about anything that happens from about the middle of the book onwards.. 2. Discuss what you particularly liked about the book Focus on your thoughts and feelings about the story and the way it was told. You could try answering a couple of the following questions: Who was your favourite character, and why? Did the characters feel real to you? Did the story keep you guessing? What was your favourite part of the book, and why? Were certain types of scene written particularly well - for example sad scenes, tense scenes, mysterious ones...? Did the book make you laugh or cry? Did the story grip you and keep you turning the pages? 3. Mention anything you disliked about the book Talk about why you think it didn't work for you. For example: Did you wish the ending had been different? Did you find it difficult to care about a main character, and could you work out why? Was the story too scary /sad/ realistic for your liking, or did it focus on a theme you didn't find interesting? 4. Round up your review Summarise some of your thoughts on the book by suggesting the type of reader you'd recommend the book to. 5. You can give the book a rating, for example a mark out of five or ten, if you like! |
Zoom - shared English reading -Wednesday
GAEILGE
N.B. You tube videos/ ppt supporting Irish work will be on the school website from Monday.
I will send answers for worksheet activities on Friday afternoon for you to self-correct.
The online story and pictures make it easy to follow, but there is a vocabulary list attached to email.
Try the following supporting interactive activity
N.B. You tube videos/ ppt supporting Irish work will be on the school website from Monday.
I will send answers for worksheet activities on Friday afternoon for you to self-correct.
- Reading:
The online story and pictures make it easy to follow, but there is a vocabulary list attached to email.
Try the following supporting interactive activity
- Writing
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(áthas, bród, ocras, tart, fearg, tuirse, imní, brón, díomá, náire, ionadh, sceitimíní). Extension if wished- Seasons: An Geimhreadh. An t=Earrach, an Samhradh, an Fómhair See Irish worksheet for exercise about mothúcháin. Write each feeling as Gaeilge into your copy. Write its English translation beside it. Ask someone to call them out to you on Friday. |
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Oral – An bhfuil peata/ madra / Xbox agat? Cén t-am é? Cad atá ar an teilifís? An maith leat clár nuachta? An bhfuil tú ag……… anois? |
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Verbs The 11 irregular verbs – past/present/future. Practice saying these and follow this video to help you with these. |
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Zoom Irish lesson - Tuesday.
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Curriculum strands and objectives
Story :: Stories from the lives of people in the past
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HISTORY
Tom Crean Learn about the incredible life of the famous Irish Antarctic explorer, Tom Crean. Follow the slideshow below. Kahoot quiz for this week (based on the slideshow): Go to this link Enter the challenge pin 05489512. Make sure you have gone through the slideshow first! Closes Fri 12noon! or Create a story timeline on an A3 piece of paper, retelling the story of Tom Crean. Add key events and pictures too. See this short video showing how you might complete this timeline. |
GEOGRAPHY
Human environments: County, regional and national centres
Learning objective: Become aware of the location of the counties of Ireland, some of their towns and cities.
- Towns and county towns of Ireland (Seesaw assignment)
Complete this assignment on seesaw. All the instructions are given on Seesaw. Use an atlas if you need to (or use an online atlas).
MUSIC
Listening and responding to music
Curriculum strands and learning objectives
The music of Coldplay! (Well - History is about the Antarctic so thought Coldplay might fit in 😊)!
1. Viva la vida
What do you think the first instrument in this song is?
2. Fix you
In your opinion, what might this song be about?
3. A sky full of stars
List all the instruments you hear in this song.
4. Clocks
Do you think the mood of this song is happy or sad?
Optional: Complete the homework worksheet on Coldplay.
Listening and responding to music
Curriculum strands and learning objectives
- distinguish the main instrument heard in a piece of music
- listen to and describe a broad range of musical styles and traditions, including familiar excerpts.
- recognise and understand how tempo and dynamic choices contribute to an expressive musical performance
The music of Coldplay! (Well - History is about the Antarctic so thought Coldplay might fit in 😊)!
1. Viva la vida
What do you think the first instrument in this song is?
2. Fix you
In your opinion, what might this song be about?
3. A sky full of stars
List all the instruments you hear in this song.
4. Clocks
Do you think the mood of this song is happy or sad?
Optional: Complete the homework worksheet on Coldplay.
- Ukelele with Frankie (New video uploaded this week)
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S.P.H.E.
Light up the world with kindness challenge! Kindness makes the world a brighter and better place! We can light up the world with kindness every day by trying to do three kind things for others every day! Try it for a week and see what happens! Here are some ideas for kind things you can do. Draw your own set of lightbulbs and write your own kindness ideas into the light bulbs! |
R.E.
- Once again, this week’s scanned lesson from scripture book is attached to email sent to families.
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SCIENCE
Curriculum strands & Objectives Living things: Human life: Variety and characteristics of humans
Learn about your lungs – watch this funny video! |
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Now, choose 1 of these activities
2. Design and make – Can you make a model of your lungs? Here are some ideas. There are lots on the internet - explore and create! Example 1 Example 2 |
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P.E.
Strand: Outdoor and adventure activities Strand Unit: Walking, cycling and camping activities Objectives: The child should be enabled to • undertake forest walks exploring forest and hill walks with appropriate tasks to be undertaken along the route (e.g. using a compass if possible). • develop a range of cycling skills understand and apply cycling safety skills undertake a journey by bicycle where appropriate. There are lots of walks within a 5km distance. Explore some of these walks – maybe take some photos of nature as you go. Have you a bike? Is there a safe route near you? – check with a parent. Follow safe cycling rules. |
Bike safety on the road.
They should be aware of the workings of the bike, such as the brakes and the chain. Children under 12 years should not cycle on their own in or near traffic. It is too dangerous. If you plan to cycle on a public road with children, make sure that they have the skills and confidence to be safe. Teach them the importance of not taking any unnecessary risks. |
VISUAL ARTS
Curriculum strand
Drawing :: Making drawings
Lots of choice this week. Choose one of these activities
Linked to this week’s music
Activity A: Choose a Coldplay album / CD and try to recreate the cover or create your own cover for one of their albums or songs.
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Activity B: Listen to Paradise by the band Coldplay. Draw a picture of what you imagine paradise to look like.
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Linked to this week’s history.
Activity C: Tom Crean may have seen some penguins on his voyage to Antarctica. Draw some penguins. Learn how to draw them following these very short tutorials.
Curriculum strand
Drawing :: Making drawings
Lots of choice this week. Choose one of these activities
Linked to this week’s music
Activity A: Choose a Coldplay album / CD and try to recreate the cover or create your own cover for one of their albums or songs.
OR
Activity B: Listen to Paradise by the band Coldplay. Draw a picture of what you imagine paradise to look like.
OR
Linked to this week’s history.
Activity C: Tom Crean may have seen some penguins on his voyage to Antarctica. Draw some penguins. Learn how to draw them following these very short tutorials.
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5th & 6th classes - Scroll down for work for the week starting Monday 4th May, 2020.
MATHS
- Mental Maths - Week 30 Leave Monday out if want to, because of Bank Holiday. (Answers once again will be sent to students on Friday, on their seesaw app, for them to correct this work)
DIRECTED NUMBERS
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5th: Busy at Maths 5
p. 125 no. 1+3 Online activity A to support this - click here. p.126 Thermometers no. 2 Online activity B to support this click here. p.127 City temperatures no. 1-15
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6th: Busy at maths 6
p.120 no. 7 + Activity links to support this below. Online activity A - Click here. Online activity B - Click here. p.121 City Temperatures no 1-12 p.123 no 1 + 2 p.124 no 1,2,3
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AN GHAEILGE
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Song - Sing along to the chorus of this song from Coláiste Lurgan I have attached a copy of the words to the email sent to families. |
- Reading:
The online story and pictures make it easy to follow, but there is a vocabulary list attached to email.
Try the following supporting interactive activity - Click here!
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Cén post ba mhaith leat? Cén post atá ag do mhamaí? Cén post atá ag do dhaidí? Cén post atá ag Helen? Ruth? Mrs H? Ben Chambers? Damien Murphy? Dr Perry?.... Ar mhaith leat a bheith i do......? Watch the video to the left to hear me ask and answer each of these new questions Make flashcards of all your questions so far. How many can you answer? |
- Spellings – Aidíochtaí (adjectives) - based on worksheet activity
Like last week, write your spellings a couple of times in a column in your copybook.
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Writing – Worksheet with activities attached to email. You tube video supporting this worksheet to the right. I will send answers for worksheet activities on Friday afternoon for you to self-correct.
Finished early? Watch this fun video as Gaeilge! This is an Irish version of Horrid Henry - about a boy called Dónal Dána! |
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ENGLISH
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Spellings – Take a week off this week!
Reading Read at home – Week 30 (Leave Monday out if want to, because of Bank Holiday) The Boy in the striped pyjamas – Read chapters 17&18 Persuasive writing Write a piece based on one of the topics below:
There are tips for persuasive writing to the right. I look forward to reading your work. |
Language of Persuasive Writing
General Reporting: It is often thought that…. Many people think that…. Some people think that… One point of view is that… It has been claimed that… An alternative view is that…. Personal View In my view… In my opinion… To my mind… I personally think that…. I personally believe that…. It seems to me that…. I think.. I feel that.. Conclusion Clearly… Obviously…. Without a doubt…. It is easy to see why…. Connectives associated with reasoning Therefore… So… Because of… The first reason is…. |
HISTORY
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Eras of change and conflict: Traders, explorers and colonisers from Europe
Ferdinand Magellan Look at the video to the right and follow the slideshow below. Kahoot quiz for this week - based on the slideshow below! Go to this link and enter the challenge pin 07224271. Make sure you have gone through the slideshow first! Prize for fastest high score! |
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GEOGRAPHY
Human environments: County, regional and national centres
Learning objective: Become aware of the location of the counties of Ireland, some of their towns and cities.
Open your seesaw activity and type the counties onto the map. How many can you complete without checking back to the atlas?
NB Contact your teacher if you need your code for the class app for seesaw.(This app is not the same as the family app - it is used by pupils.)
Learning objective: Become aware of the location of the counties of Ireland, some of their towns and cities.
- Counties of Ireland (Seesaw assignment)
Open your seesaw activity and type the counties onto the map. How many can you complete without checking back to the atlas?
NB Contact your teacher if you need your code for the class app for seesaw.(This app is not the same as the family app - it is used by pupils.)
SCIENCE
Instead, maybe try to create a simple bug hotel in your garden! Here are some ideas and there are lots of easy ideas for inspiration on the internet or on pinterest. Get creative. Take a photo! |
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S.P.H.E.
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Rainbow moments
Rainbow moments are those little moments during the day when good things happen. Maybe you enjoyed a game, had a good laugh about something, watched a great movie, created something nice, observed something beautiful in nature. There are lots of good things around us even when times are difficult. We need to train our minds to notice all the good things. One or two days this week, write down 3 special rainbow moments. Write them in your copy or draw rainbows and write them into the lines of the rainbows. |
MUSIC
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Listening and responding to music Learning objectives
Listen to the following songs (on YouTube if you have permission) and respond in your copy. 1 Don’t stop me now Describe the tempo of the introduction of the song and of the rest of the track. 2. Another one bites the dust What instrument keeps the beat in this song? 3. Bohemian Rhapsody This piece uses many different styles of music and there are multiple sections to the song. Try to put the different styles and sections in order as you listen. ROCK INTRO REFLECTIVE BALLAD OPERATIC 4. Radio Gaga List all the instruments you hear in the into of this song (first 55 seconds) |
Watch Freddie Mercury perform Radio Gaga at Live Aid in 1985. Clap along with his beat when the crowd join in!
Guitar with Fergal Fergal, from Music Generation, is doing an online guitar lesson with everyone this week. Details will be sent to those involved.
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VISUAL ARTS
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1. Outdoor art Hopefully, the weather will continue to be nice this week. Try create some art in your garden or if you are out on a walk in the woods. Examples to inspire can be seen to the right! Get creative! Take a photo if you can. |
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Paint and colour: Looking and responding Learning objective: look at and talk about the work of artists 2. Banksy Follow the slideshow to the left and consider / discuss the questions on the slides. |
R.E.
PAUL
- Email sent to all families with an attached scanned lesson from scripture book.
5th & 6th classes - Scroll down for work for the week starting Monday 27th April, 2020.
MATHS
p. 161 no 2 (ii),(iii),(iv), (v).
p.163 no 1,2,3 (read the yellow boxes above each for guidance).
P.164 no 1,3 + challenge 2.
5th: optional extension activity: Maths puzzles 1 + 2 page 92
6th: Busy at maths 6
p. 170 no1,2,3 (Remember a polyhedron is a 3d shape with flat faces and a regular polyhedron has all flat faces of the same size).
P. 171 no 1,2,3 (Answer in copybooks please).
P 156 Problem solving: o 1 - 6
6th : optional extension activity: Maths sequences p. 151 no 1,2. p.152 no 3,4,5
- Mental Maths - Week 29 (Answers once again will be sent to students on Friday, on their seesaw app, for them to correct this work)
- 3-d shapes
p. 161 no 2 (ii),(iii),(iv), (v).
p.163 no 1,2,3 (read the yellow boxes above each for guidance).
P.164 no 1,3 + challenge 2.
5th: optional extension activity: Maths puzzles 1 + 2 page 92
6th: Busy at maths 6
p. 170 no1,2,3 (Remember a polyhedron is a 3d shape with flat faces and a regular polyhedron has all flat faces of the same size).
P. 171 no 1,2,3 (Answer in copybooks please).
P 156 Problem solving: o 1 - 6
6th : optional extension activity: Maths sequences p. 151 no 1,2. p.152 no 3,4,5
- Tables: Continue to revise all your tables. Choose 1 tables each day. On Friday, mix them all up.
ENGLISH
- Spellings – Unit 31 (Ask someone to call out your spellings on Friday and answers to the full unit will be sent on Friday, on seesaw, so that you can correct your work).
- Reading
-The Boy in the striped pyjamas – Read chapters 15 & 16
-From these chapters, make a list in your copy of : 5 proper nouns, 5 common nouns, 5 verbs and 5 adjectives.
- Writing – Developing cognitive abilities through language :
- argue the case in writing for a particular point of view
- argue the case in writing for a point of view with which he/she disagrees
As a result of Covid-19, many zoos are worried that they may have to close completely as they cannot afford to maintain the zoo and feed the animals.
Write a piece for me arguing whether zoos should be kept open or closed.
- Include at least 3 points in your argument. Each point should be in a new paragraph.
- Explain each point for me, maybe include examples for some of your points or explain why it makes a difference.
- Start your piece with a statement which explains your point of view.
- The ending should also reiterate this opinion as a summary.
- Edit your work for punctuation, spelling etc.
I look forward to reading your work.
Click this link to access the virtual tour for Dublin zoo
Finished early? :
Audible has a whole collection of books available to listen to for free during school closures – Start listening to one on https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
GAEILGE
The online story and pictures make it easy to follow, but I will send a photo of a vocabulary list on seesaw to help with understanding. (It might help to write the meanings over the words in the book, in pencil!)
Try the following supporting interactive activity - http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/seo_leat/SL_5C_T10_U15/index.html
Answer the answers to these questions into your copy – ( based on the first 2 slides of the above story). I will send answers Friday afternoon for you to correct.
Try look up the meanings of any you don’t understand. Like last week, write your spellings in a column into your copybook. Look, cover and write each of your spellings 3 times, in a new column, during the week.
Use this link to hear me ask and answer each of these new questions https://youtu.be/2OadF3K88tk
Bhí mé fliuch báite (I was soaking wet)
Bhí mé fliuch go craiceann (I was wet to the skin)
Tóg go bog é (Take it easy!)
Finished early? Try some of these:
- Seo Leat – An tseanbhean bhocht . When we use this book in school, we share it between 2, so not everyone has this at home. However, if you use this link you can read along to the story and hear the story being read online
The online story and pictures make it easy to follow, but I will send a photo of a vocabulary list on seesaw to help with understanding. (It might help to write the meanings over the words in the book, in pencil!)
Try the following supporting interactive activity - http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/seo_leat/SL_5C_T10_U15/index.html
Answer the answers to these questions into your copy – ( based on the first 2 slides of the above story). I will send answers Friday afternoon for you to correct.
- Cá raibh (where) Hollaí agus Ollaí? Bhí…….
- Cén sort aimsire (weather) a bhí ann? Bhí……
- Céard (what) a rinne siad? Rinne …….
- Céard (what) a chuala na páistí? Chuala…..
- An raibh áthas ar Salann nuair a chuala sé an toirneach? Bhí / Ní raibh……
- Ar thosaigh Piobar ag gáire? Thosaigh / Níor thosaigh…….
- Céard a chonaic Hollaí?.........
- Spellings –
- áthas, brón, eagla, fearg, tart.
Try look up the meanings of any you don’t understand. Like last week, write your spellings in a column into your copybook. Look, cover and write each of your spellings 3 times, in a new column, during the week.
- Oral –
- Some questions & answers this week
Use this link to hear me ask and answer each of these new questions https://youtu.be/2OadF3K88tk
- Suggested extra activity - Try writing the questions on pieces of paper, turning upside down and answering as you turn each one over.
- Useful phrases to say and learn from story:
Bhí mé fliuch báite (I was soaking wet)
Bhí mé fliuch go craiceann (I was wet to the skin)
Tóg go bog é (Take it easy!)
- Worksheet –
Finished early? Try some of these:
- Here is a 2nd cartoon as Gaeilge! https://cula4.com/en/shows/donall-dana/
- Verbs (worksheet 2) attached – past and future tense of irregular verbs are at the top of the page. Print and answer on page or write sentences into your copy. The clue is at the end of each sentence ( Inné=yesterday amárach=tomorrow )
- Put each of your spellings in sentences and write them into your copy (Use your laminated A3 Irish page to help)
Other subjects - choose some of these activities
Other subjects - choose some of these activities
Geography
Natural Environments: Rocks and Soil:
Volcanoes:
Research Volcanoes – Present your work in your copy or on an A4 /A3 page. Include information on:
-What is a volcano? What happens when a volcano erupts? Label the parts of a volcano. Famous volcanic eruptions. Difference between dormant, active and extinct volcanoes, interesting information on volcanoes etc
Use the powerpoint below or there are lots of great websites – Remember to use kiddle as your search engine for safety. Search for ‘volcanoes for kids’/
Natural Environments: Rocks and Soil:
- develop simple understanding of the structure of the Earth,
Volcanoes:
Research Volcanoes – Present your work in your copy or on an A4 /A3 page. Include information on:
-What is a volcano? What happens when a volcano erupts? Label the parts of a volcano. Famous volcanic eruptions. Difference between dormant, active and extinct volcanoes, interesting information on volcanoes etc
Use the powerpoint below or there are lots of great websites – Remember to use kiddle as your search engine for safety. Search for ‘volcanoes for kids’/
History
Tristan got the highest score on kahoot last week – Well done Tristan! – There will be a prize in the post for you this week! Keep an eye out for it!
So, here is a new one based on the Norman slideshow above. Go to https://kahoot.it/challenge/07054158?challenge-id=39ba744e-98d5-46a0-a41d-f66113c749e4_1587925634085. Click in the play button in the top right corner. The code for this quiz is 07054158 and it needs to be done be Friday 6pm!
I know you like a competition so there will be a prize once again for the highest score!
- The Normans
- Kahoot
Tristan got the highest score on kahoot last week – Well done Tristan! – There will be a prize in the post for you this week! Keep an eye out for it!
So, here is a new one based on the Norman slideshow above. Go to https://kahoot.it/challenge/07054158?challenge-id=39ba744e-98d5-46a0-a41d-f66113c749e4_1587925634085. Click in the play button in the top right corner. The code for this quiz is 07054158 and it needs to be done be Friday 6pm!
I know you like a competition so there will be a prize once again for the highest score!
SCIENCE
Living things: Plant and animal life: Variety and characteristics of living things
- observe and explore some ways in which plant and animal behaviour is influenced by, or adapted to, environmental conditions
I am trying a new type of assignment this week based on the learning aim above. On Monday, I will assign a seesaw activity based on the above. Follow the instructions. You will watch a video and complete an activity based on the video. Check your seesaw for the assignment.
MUSIC
- The music of the Beatles
- Let it be: What message are the lyrics of this song trying to get across?
- Love me do: How many times does the band sing ‘Love me do!’
- Daytripper: What do you think is the first instrument in this song?
- Yesterday: Is the mood of this song happy or sad?
Complete the homework worksheet – print it off (attached) or do this in your copybook / A4 page.
- Ukelele with Frankie
Check in each week on this link as he is going to be adding more videos all the time.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/b11depgh4fmqrri/AAB_iR10W7-n5klcSXhqtP-6a?dl=0
VISUAL ARTS
Link to history topic - Did you find the painting of the Norman Lord Strongbow and Aoife last week?
Try one of these activities based in the Normans:
1,Drawing: How to draw a Norman castle
https://www.wikihow.com/Draw-a-Medieval-Castle
or
2. Construction: Construct a Norman castle from items at home eg cardboard boxes
Link to history topic - Did you find the painting of the Norman Lord Strongbow and Aoife last week?
Try one of these activities based in the Normans:
1,Drawing: How to draw a Norman castle
https://www.wikihow.com/Draw-a-Medieval-Castle
or
2. Construction: Construct a Norman castle from items at home eg cardboard boxes
R.E.
- Emails sent to all families with an attached scanned lesson from scripture book. Read and discuss. If you have access to a printer you can print this out and fill in the sections. Otherwise choose some of the activities to do in your copy.
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5th & 6th classes - Scroll down for work for the week starting Monday 20th April, 2020.
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Remember - Every house and pupil is different, so do what you can. Please let me know how you are getting on and if you need any support. |
Dear families,
I hope this email finds you and your loved ones all well and healthy and I hope you all had a lovely Easter holiday. In normal years, school would be opening tomorrow and so I send some work for this week. I am very aware that every house and every child is different. Please do what you can. I have included as many links and videos as possible to help along the way and I have tried to explain the activity as clearly as possible. I have also allocated some work for various subjects.
Every house is different in how they are approaching ‘learning from home’. There is already so much important learning happening already in houses and on farms.
As teachers, we have been asked by the Dept to help and continue to provide work for home-learning activities. This is new to us as well as we endeavour to find effective ways to support learning from home. How this actually works will vary from house to house. Some families may prefer to allocate some time every morning to school activities and then leave for the rest of the day. Other families / pupils may prefer to break it into smaller timeslots throughout the day. It might be an idea to assign approx. 20 min slot each day to Irish, English and Maths activities and then look at one other subject / activity each day? I am very conscious that many parents are working from home, so really it is whatever works best for you and your family.
Below are some activities to provide some continuity for the week starting 20th April. I have tried to keep continuity with some programmes as well as including some hands-on, active work as well.
Please don’t let this work add to any worries in the house. I will try to contact each family over the next week to see how things are going and if I can help further in any way. I am also working from home and will continue to give feedback and support as much as possible.
Stay safe,
Melanie
I hope this email finds you and your loved ones all well and healthy and I hope you all had a lovely Easter holiday. In normal years, school would be opening tomorrow and so I send some work for this week. I am very aware that every house and every child is different. Please do what you can. I have included as many links and videos as possible to help along the way and I have tried to explain the activity as clearly as possible. I have also allocated some work for various subjects.
Every house is different in how they are approaching ‘learning from home’. There is already so much important learning happening already in houses and on farms.
As teachers, we have been asked by the Dept to help and continue to provide work for home-learning activities. This is new to us as well as we endeavour to find effective ways to support learning from home. How this actually works will vary from house to house. Some families may prefer to allocate some time every morning to school activities and then leave for the rest of the day. Other families / pupils may prefer to break it into smaller timeslots throughout the day. It might be an idea to assign approx. 20 min slot each day to Irish, English and Maths activities and then look at one other subject / activity each day? I am very conscious that many parents are working from home, so really it is whatever works best for you and your family.
Below are some activities to provide some continuity for the week starting 20th April. I have tried to keep continuity with some programmes as well as including some hands-on, active work as well.
Please don’t let this work add to any worries in the house. I will try to contact each family over the next week to see how things are going and if I can help further in any way. I am also working from home and will continue to give feedback and support as much as possible.
Stay safe,
Melanie
GAEILGE
Extension spelling activity for those who find them easy / finished early!- Put each of the spellings in sentences in your copybook. (Use your laminated A3 Irish sheet for this)
Cén t-am a d'éirigh tú ar maidin? An fearr leat ....... nó ........? Ar ith tú ........ don bhricfeasta ar maidin? Céard a d’ith tú don dinnéar inné? Céard a d’ól tú ar maidin?
Watch the video below to hear me ask and answer each of these new questions.
I will send a photo of the completed work on Friday afternoon, so you correct this work!
- Reading – Rothar Nua p.38 -41 . Use this link https://youtu.be/GB7SbzAFOp0 to read along with me (or see video below).
- Spellings – (Theme: The house) - an teach, an chistin, an seomra suite, an seomra folctha, an ghairdín, an geata, an doras, an halla, seomra codlata, an leaba, an tolg, an bord.
Extension spelling activity for those who find them easy / finished early!- Put each of the spellings in sentences in your copybook. (Use your laminated A3 Irish sheet for this)
- Oral – Go over the 10 questions from last week using this link or see video below. Now practice these new questions and answers (Important to practice asking the questions too!)
Cén t-am a d'éirigh tú ar maidin? An fearr leat ....... nó ........? Ar ith tú ........ don bhricfeasta ar maidin? Céard a d’ith tú don dinnéar inné? Céard a d’ól tú ar maidin?
Watch the video below to hear me ask and answer each of these new questions.
- Verbs - 2 syllable Irish verbs revision – Write these verbs into your copybook in the past present and future tenses: Cheannaigh (bought), Bhailigh (collected), Chuidigh (helped), Shleamhnaigh (skidded), D’éirigh (got up), D’ullmhaigh (prepared), Dhúisigh (woke up), Chabhraigh (helped), Bhrostaigh (hurried).
I will send a photo of the completed work on Friday afternoon, so you correct this work!
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ENGLISH
- Spellings – Unit 30 (Don’t forget to get someone to call out your spellings on Friday)
- Reading
- Writing - Keep a diary for each day this week. This is living history. In years to come children will be learning about having to stay at home in 2020! Write down a few sentences each day about what you did and how you felt that day or the previous day. Get creative – add a sketch or create it in cartoon format.
MATHS
5th class – Choose a few sums from Busy at Maths 5 p85 no 2,3,4,. (Choose one or two long division each day this week, until you feel more confident in the method)
6th class – Choose a few sums from Busy at Maths 6 p83 no 2,3,4, (Choose one or two long division each day this week, until you feel more confident in the method)
- Mental Maths - Week 28 (Answers will be sent to students on Friday, on their seesaw app, for them to correct this work)
- Long division - Revise long division at home this week.
5th class – Choose a few sums from Busy at Maths 5 p85 no 2,3,4,. (Choose one or two long division each day this week, until you feel more confident in the method)
6th class – Choose a few sums from Busy at Maths 6 p83 no 2,3,4, (Choose one or two long division each day this week, until you feel more confident in the method)
- Tables: Continue to revise your tables. Go to multiplication.com or… try this game.
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HISTORY
The Easter Rising, 1916
- My 1916 Rising slideshow has now been shared here on the school website (see below for slideshow) Read through the information on each slide.There is more information on http://www.askaboutireland.ie/learning-zone/primary-students/subjects/history/history-the-full-story/ireland-the-early-20th-ce/the-easter-rising/
- After you have read the slideshow, try my kahoot quiz based on the Easter Rising . I know you all enjoy kahoot in school so I thought I would devise this quiz for you at home. Go to kahoot.com. Click on the play button in the top right corner and enter the code for this quiz which is 05720590. Watch out - You will need to have read the slideshow to answer the quiz correctly! Let me know what score you got? You might like to play twice!!
Extra optional activities below - extension for those finished quickly
- (a)You could try to create a simple mind-map all about what you learnt about the 1916 rising with a branch from the heading for each day of the Easter Rising. You could have other branch headings eg signatories of proclamation, women in the rising etc. Remember mind-maps only have key information ( no need for full sentences) and they are usually colour coded and can include images.
- (b) If you were to write a 10 /15 sentence new proclamation with your dreams for Ireland in 2020, what would it say? This is particularly interesting in the current situation.
1916 Slideshow
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SCIENCE Living things - Birds
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Listen below to the birdsong of some of the most common garden birds. |
- Here is a link to a recognition page for the top 10 garden birds. It might be handy to print this out if you can and keep beside the window. Create a list of each bird and every time you see a bird, put a tick beside it. I have been busy in my garden and every day a little robin visits me and searches the newly dug ground for its lunch!
- Eagle cam! Go to this link to access some lovely footage from the sea eagle cam in Glengarriff.
Optional extension activity
Living things – Plant Life
- Have you any vegetable, flower or herb seeds or plants at home? Try planting some and taking care of them over the coming weeks. Take photos of them at each growing stage. Discuss at home how to take care of them, what they need to grow and their best growing conditions.
Extra ACTIVITIES BELOW -
VISUAL ARTS
R.E.
VISUAL ARTS
- National Art Gallery
R.E.
- Emails will be sent to all families on Monday with a scanned lesson from scripture book. Read and discuss. There is a worksheet at the end for those with access to a printer, or they can be answered in your copybook.
- Find an old box at home (am old shoe box for example). Cover it and decorate it. Keep it somewhere safe (on a shelf in your bedroom for example). At night time, write any worries you might have on some pieces of paper and keep them in the box. You might like to do this on your own or with your mum or dad. The next morning, read the pieces of paper. If they are not worries any more, tear them up and put them in the bin. If they are still worries, put them back in the box and maybe talk with someone at home about these worries.
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DESIGN AND MAKE A MARBLE RUN USING RECYCLED MATERIALS
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5th / 6th classes - Easter holidays - See below for optional activities, as requested
A message from your teacher!
Easter holidays are here! Recent weeks have been strange for us all, so I hope you enjoy this time with your families. You have all been working hard so take time now and have lots of fun. Try making jigsaws, playing board games with your family, help with cooking and baking, go for bike rides, runs or walks (within 2km though!), read books, watch TV, phone your older relatives and check in on them, plant some vegetables in trays or in the garden, knit, sew, paint, help with farm-work, build a den in your garden, design with lego, write a letter (or one of the free postcards received recently) and send it to a grandparent or a relation...or even your teacher! Print some mindfulness colouring pages, play football in the garden, keep a diary and play on your xbox! Enjoy your holidays and stay safe everyone! Mrs Hadden x
If you want other activities, scroll down through previous weeks below for links to
New activities:
Agri Aware are encouraging families to learn all about where that food comes from and the importance of consumption of Irish fruit and vegetables, for a healthy balanced diet. There are five tasks to complete in this Family Challenge, on topics such as food origin, identifying Irish food, planting, cooking and healthy eating week. Any parent can sign up their kids for free and on completion of the 5 tasks, may be in with a chance to win some prizes worth up to €175.
Parents are simply asked to take pictures of the worksheets given and write a simple description on what they did for each task. There are also two levels to facilitate different abilities of learning, beginner and advanced. CLICK HERE TO ACCESS
2. MATHS AT HOME
CLICK HERE to access Maths Week Ireland's ' maths at home' activities - games, worksheets etc.
3. UKELELE
Link on way to access online tutorials to practice your ukeleles.
A message from your teacher!
Easter holidays are here! Recent weeks have been strange for us all, so I hope you enjoy this time with your families. You have all been working hard so take time now and have lots of fun. Try making jigsaws, playing board games with your family, help with cooking and baking, go for bike rides, runs or walks (within 2km though!), read books, watch TV, phone your older relatives and check in on them, plant some vegetables in trays or in the garden, knit, sew, paint, help with farm-work, build a den in your garden, design with lego, write a letter (or one of the free postcards received recently) and send it to a grandparent or a relation...or even your teacher! Print some mindfulness colouring pages, play football in the garden, keep a diary and play on your xbox! Enjoy your holidays and stay safe everyone! Mrs Hadden x
If you want other activities, scroll down through previous weeks below for links to
- Scratch computer coding
- PE with Joe Wicks
- IXL (codes all sent to you - let me know if any problem accessing)
- www.multiplication.com (loads of tables drills through games)
- sciencekids.co.nz
New activities:
- INCREDIBLE EDIBLES
Agri Aware are encouraging families to learn all about where that food comes from and the importance of consumption of Irish fruit and vegetables, for a healthy balanced diet. There are five tasks to complete in this Family Challenge, on topics such as food origin, identifying Irish food, planting, cooking and healthy eating week. Any parent can sign up their kids for free and on completion of the 5 tasks, may be in with a chance to win some prizes worth up to €175.
Parents are simply asked to take pictures of the worksheets given and write a simple description on what they did for each task. There are also two levels to facilitate different abilities of learning, beginner and advanced. CLICK HERE TO ACCESS
2. MATHS AT HOME
CLICK HERE to access Maths Week Ireland's ' maths at home' activities - games, worksheets etc.
3. UKELELE
Link on way to access online tutorials to practice your ukeleles.
5th 6th classes - see below for suggested work for week beginning 30th March, 2020
Every house is different so just do what you can!
SCRATCH
For those interested in trying some scratch coding at home. Click here for my introduction video.
When downloaded, click here for the activity cards.
For those interested in trying some scratch coding at home. Click here for my introduction video.
When downloaded, click here for the activity cards.
ENGLISH
- Spellings: Complete unit 29 (maybe someone can call out your spellings on Friday. They are written into the back of the Spell Well book).
- Read at home: Week 27.
- Novel: Read ‘The boy in the striped pyjamas’ - Chapters 12 + 13
- Activity: Write a summary (10 sentences approx.) of chapter 13 – The bottle of wine.
MATHS
5th Busy at Maths 5
p. 136 no 1 (a-e),2(a-e),3(a-e),4(a-e)
p. 137 no 1(a-c), 2(a-c), 3(a-c), 4(a-c), 5(a-c)
p.138 no 1,2,3,4,5
6th class – Busy at Maths 6
p. 163 no1(a,b) , 2(a,b), 3(a,b), 4(a,b), 5(a,b), 6(a,b), 7(a,b), 8(a,b), 9(a,b), 10(a,b), 11(a,b), 12(a,b)
p. 164 no1(a,b), 2(a,b), 3(a,b), 4(a,b), 5(a,b,d)
5th/6th : Choose 5 items from your kitchen cupboard. Put them in order of height and then weight . Find the total weight of these items.
- Mental Maths – Complete week 27 (including problem solving and Friday review) – Answers posted Friday for you to correct.
- Tables –Lets try learning our tables inside out and upside down during this period! Multiplication.com has lots of activities. For example, practice your tables on this 4 in a row online game https://www.multiplication.com/games/play/multiplication-4-row
- Weight: Remember 1000g =1kg – Make sure you write up page numbers and number sums the same as in Busy at Maths
5th Busy at Maths 5
p. 136 no 1 (a-e),2(a-e),3(a-e),4(a-e)
p. 137 no 1(a-c), 2(a-c), 3(a-c), 4(a-c), 5(a-c)
p.138 no 1,2,3,4,5
6th class – Busy at Maths 6
p. 163 no1(a,b) , 2(a,b), 3(a,b), 4(a,b), 5(a,b), 6(a,b), 7(a,b), 8(a,b), 9(a,b), 10(a,b), 11(a,b), 12(a,b)
p. 164 no1(a,b), 2(a,b), 3(a,b), 4(a,b), 5(a,b,d)
5th/6th : Choose 5 items from your kitchen cupboard. Put them in order of height and then weight . Find the total weight of these items.
- Finished early? Try this - IXL – Log onto IXL.com with the username and password I sent you, click on your class and try some of the activities that I highlighted for you. I can see from my IXL class account that some of you have already been busy on this website. Well done!
- Finished early? – Try another one or two of the photocopied revision worksheets.
GAEILGE
- Reading: Rothar Nua p. (Listen to your reading here read along a few times.)
- Spellings: Revise food words (dinnéar, bricfeasta, leite, tósta, cabáiste, prátaí, trátaí, arán, milseán, im, subh, bainne). Write these in a column in your copy. Look at each spelling, cover it and then try write in 2 more times. On Friday ask someone to call them out.
- Oral: Revise these 10 questions and answers (I have also sent a recording of these, along with choices of answers, on the Seesaw class app and also put a recording of these on the school website - click the highlighted link). Try writing them on flashcards / pieces of paper - turn upside down and as you read and turn over see can you answer them.
- Verbs – written activity: Revise past / present / future of 1 syllable verbs – Write each tense for the following verbs. Rith, Chuir, Ghlan, D’ól, Las, D’fhág, Thit, Chaith. Can you say them? Can you write them? (I have attached a short video on the Seesaw class app and on this link here reminding you how to do this and how to lay it out.)
Why not try this SESE research project this week?
Mammals of Ireland. Get creative – research and learn about some mammals of Ireland. Look at their appearance, diet, young, habitat etc. Present your work on a few pages in your copy or on sheets of A3 / A4 paper. Include lots of illustrations and fun facts.
This website might be of help. Click on each mammal to get more information. https://kids.kiddle.co/List_of_mammals_of_Ireland
Why not get creative?
Choose one of the above mammals and get creative about it – make a painting, write a story or a poem, create a fun character profile for one of the mammals or draw a comic strip…it’s up to you.
Need extra?
Go back and choose something else from the list of activities sent last week.
Mammals of Ireland. Get creative – research and learn about some mammals of Ireland. Look at their appearance, diet, young, habitat etc. Present your work on a few pages in your copy or on sheets of A3 / A4 paper. Include lots of illustrations and fun facts.
This website might be of help. Click on each mammal to get more information. https://kids.kiddle.co/List_of_mammals_of_Ireland
Why not get creative?
Choose one of the above mammals and get creative about it – make a painting, write a story or a poem, create a fun character profile for one of the mammals or draw a comic strip…it’s up to you.
Need extra?
Go back and choose something else from the list of activities sent last week.
5th +6th classes - see below for work given on 12th March, 2020 (Day school closed)
MATHS
Mental Maths – Next 2 units (including problem solving activities and the Friday reviews – see homework diaries for where we are currently)
5th class – Busy at Maths 5 p. 24 + 25 (Finished quickly? Please do p.26 as well)
- Tables booklet – Time yourself to complete each list and use your tables list in your homework diary to correct and give yourself a score for each.
- DATA – We had just started our work on graphs. The following work can be completed in the yellow copybook sent home in bags.
5th class – Busy at Maths 5 p. 24 + 25 (Finished quickly? Please do p.26 as well)
- Revision Booklet - Try one revision page every 2 days.
ENGLISH
- Spell Well – Next 2 units – It would be great if someone could call out spellings each Friday for test. These are filled in the back of the Spell Well.
- Write a book Project – We started these last week. Some have just completed their story plan and others are well under way. I have seen some lovely story ideas. Over the next 2 weeks these can be completed and illustrated. Don’t forget to read over and edit work as needed.
- The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. – Read chapters 10+ 11 and complete the following activities based on those chapters
After you have read chapter 11 – Look up these words in a dictionary and write them and their meanings in your copy: extravagant, crockery, enunciate, courtesy, established, snippet. Now try to put each of them in your own sentences.
- Word Wizard – Which tour? p.98. Read these and answer A + B p. 99 in your copybooks. Don’t forget to use full sentences for your answers.
GAEILGE
- Reading: Rothar Nua (small reader) p. 21-24 + 26 - 28. I will record myself today reading both of these stories and there will a link is on the Home school page under the Kids Zone tab on the school website later today. www.kilcommon.net
- Spellings: Revise underlined spellings on both Lá Fhéile Pádraig stories on page in school bags. Write out each of the spellings a couple of times in your copy to practice them. Maybe someone could call these out and you can do your test in yellow copies?
- Spelling sentences: Use the laminated sheet in schoolbags to help put the underlined words on p.48 in a sentence. Make up your own or try these!
(b) After a while I saw the shopkeeper in the shop.
(c) Ross bought biscuits and milk in the shop yesterday.
(d) When (Nuair a) I heard the man singing, I started dancing.
(e) The children started laughing when they saw the movie.
(f) Everyone went to the football match last Monday.
(g) Karl played the guitar and Troy played the violin.
(h) Niall san the Irish song ‘ Báidín Fheidhlimidh’
(i) I went to the céilí last night and I saw the boys dancing.
- Answering questions: Do your best to answer the questions which follow both Irish stories about St Patrick's Day on the sheet. Remember: Cé? (Who?), Cad / Céard? (what?) Cé mhéad? (How many?) Conas? (how?), Cá /Cár / Cá bhfuil? (Where?), Cén? (Which?)
SESE
- Some pupils have not completed their project work on a European country. Take this time to get your work completed.
OPTIONAL - Activity 1 – Maths Skills
- IXL.com – This Maths online website provides lots of opportunities to practice some key skills.
Optional - Activity 2 – Science/ Arts /Music /Literacy/I.T
- Table of activities – Try some of the activities below. Make a list of any you complete in your copybook.
Bake a cake!
Play a board game.
Do some knitting or sewing.
Write a rap or lyrics for a song about time off school!
Paint a picture.
Draw a picture of ‘Out-With’, based on the images in your novel.
Try some of the simple but fun experiments on this page. http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/experiments.html
China: Research China and make a leaflet with key information and points of interest for someone visiting the country.
Build something out of lego or K’Nex.
Bring your pet for a walk.
Write a letter to yourself 20 years from now.
Write a book review on one of your favourite books.
Go to https://scratch.mit.edu/ .
Click on the create tab and try some simple coding with Scratch.
Design a new cover for one of your favourite books or CDs.
Help cook the dinner!