14th March 2020Dear Parents, Attached are some activities that your child can complete over the course of the school closure, if you wish. This is not mandatory, it’s not work I will be looking to see, but it might be helpful to keep your child engaged to some degree in material that we have covered. There is a mixture of literacy and maths games and worksheets as well as some other activities that we could do. Please so as much or as little as you feel appropriate. Aside from this work, any practice of the phonics sounds that have been covered will be very helpful and also reading and writing the sight words covered so far will give your child a huge boost over the closure. Should you have any questions you can contact me at kdeane@castleknocknationalschool.ieKind regards, and wishing you all goo health Katharine Deane

Worklist for Senior InfantsLiteracy Activities

Practice the correct letter formation of all lowercase letters. Please use letter formation rhymes to help support correct letter formation.

a Go around the apple. Up and down the leafb First the bat, a then the ballc Curl around the caterpillar d First the dog and then its tail e Along the eyelid, over the top and under the eye.f Head to tail, then fin to fing Go around the girl’s head, down her hair and give her a curl h Down the feather, hop over the hat j Down the insect’s body, flick his tail, an jump up to his head.i Down Jack’s body, jump up for his head.j Down Jack’s body, jump up for his headk Down the kangaroo’s body, up and around her pouch and kickl Climb down the ladder and kickm Down and up and over the mountainsn Down , up and over the noseo Go all around the orangep Down the handle and around the potq Go around the queen’s head, down her gown and kickr Run down the ribbon, up and around s Slither down the snake t Dow the tree trunk, then across the branches u Go around the umbrella, back down and flick v Down the valley and up the other side w Down, up, down, up, goes the wiggly wormx Do six star jumps. Go from arm to leg, arm to leg y Under the yo-yo and down the string z Zigzag zip

Revision of diagraph sound that we completed during this term – ai, oa, ie, ee, or, long oo sound, short oo sound, ng, sh, th, wh, ch, ou. – You could play a brainstorm game for each sound or use some of the worksheet provided.

Practice writing simple sentences using capital letters, full stops and finger spaces between their words – the children could write a short diary about what they do each day to practice their sentence writing

Play some oral phonics games – I spy and I went to the shop and I bought a …

Read a variety of different picture books with your child. Play a roll and read game – these can be made up with pre-primer

words and primer words (sight words) or words that contain the diagraph sounds Here is a sample picture of a roll and read sheet (I will attach a few diagraph copies that you can print off or copy onto a blank sheet)

Practice and revise all sight words that the children have completed over the school year. Every one has their sight words book at home and these contain the words that the children have learnt – you can play games like snap, bingo, roll and read, sight word splat/slap, popcorn game (I will attach a copy of the popcorn game) or playdough sight word writing

Maths Activities Revision of all number formation. Please use the number formation

rhymes to help support correct number formation.

0 Around and round and round we go, when we get home we have a zero.

1 Start at the top and down we run, that’s the way we make a one.

2 Around and back on a railroad track, two, two, two.3 Around the tree and around the tree, that’s the way we make a

three.4 Down and over, down some more, that’s the way we make a

four.5 Down and around, then a flag on top, that’s the way we make

a five.6 Down we go and make a loop. Number six makes a hoop.7 Across the sky and down from heaven, that’s the way we make

a seven.8 Make an ‘s’ and do not wait, when it’s joined up you have an

eight.9 Make a loop and then a line, that’s the way we make a nine.

I will attach some number formation sheets in pdf form to be used Children could complete the number workbook 0-10 Create different sets of objects that match a number – you could use

crayons, lego or cubes to make the sets of numbers

Number bonds activities – children create sums that add up to 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Number dice game – children roll the dice and add the two number

together and write down the sum that they get. Play the loop number game – match the numbers to the correct

number of pictures Play dominos with the children Ordering the numbers – write/ cut and stick the numbers –

worksheets attached Revision of 2D shapes – square, rectangle, circle and triangle – Look

for different 2D shapes around the house – worksheet attached Revision of 3D shapes – cube, cuboid, sphere, cylinder – Look for

different 3D shapes around the house – Children could make 3D shapes using playdough and cocktail sticks etc. Other Activities

Read a recipe with your child and make the following recipe Construction – building blocks, lego blocks or wooden blocks – give

the children a topic to build and let them see what they could make. For example a garden shed, the farm, a spaceship, a pirate ship, the zoo or a camp site

Junk Art – children can create many different things using recycled items - give them a topic to focus their ideas. For example a plane, train, space rocket, car, house or a school

Puzzles and jigsaws Cutting activities – children can cut out different pictures or shapes

to help develop fine motor skills