Dear Parents,

I hope that you and your family are all well.

I know that is has been quite difficult to complete most of the children’s work without their school-books but thank you for sticking with us. On Monday, you will be able to collect school-books from the school. Mrs. Moloney has sent out information about time to collect the books.

The books that you will be collecting include;

Operation Maths book Over the Moon book Ready Steady Write book Operation Maths at home book Their handwriting copies.

Additionally, on Monday could each family hand in an A4 envelope with a correct address and stamp school on it so that the school can send out the reports.

Thank you for your patience.

Kind regards,

Katharine Deane

Monday 18 th May

English Oral language poster discussiono Look at the picture and discuss what they can seeo Here are some questions you could ask about the picture

What place is shown in the picture? What can you see in the picture? Who is in the picture? Where do you think the person is going? What is the person driving? How many people can you see in the picture? Would you ever want to go to space? What planet would you like to travel to in space? What does an astronaut do in space? What would you like to do in space?

o Talk about the things that you would bring to space with you. o List of ten things that an astronaut/you couldn’t do without in space. o Send me a short video of the ten things that you would need in space

Sight words Maths Capacity – Operation Maths pg. 99

o The children are going to be learning about capacity and will be focusing on the language of capacity

Full Empty Nearly full Nearly empty

o Firstly, you could show the children a variety of full and empty objects eg, full glass of water, an empty glass, full box of toys, empty box etc. (Emphasis that full means full to the top)

o Ask the children to label the objects either full or empty. o Then, show the children a variety of objects that are nearly full or

nearly empty eg a bottle of water that is nearly full, a box of cubes that is nearly empty.

o Ask the children to label which objects is nearly empty or nearly full. o You could have a selection of objects which are full, empty, nearly full

and nearly empty and get the children to sort them into the correct groups.

o Select a variety of objects eg. a Calpol syringe and a jug. Ask the children about which one might hold more. Which one holds less? Complete this activity with a variety of objects

o You could select an object eg. a lunch box. Ask the children to find an objects that might hold more and another object that might hold less. Complete this activity on a variety of objects

o Complete the work on pg. 99 of Operation Maths Gaeilge An Teilifís – The television

o I would like the children to learn the phrases Tá sé ag féachaint ar an teilifís. – He is watching the tv Tá sé ag éisteacht leis an raidió. – He was listening to the

radio Tá sé ag súgradh ar an ríomhaire. – He is playing on the

computer o To help learn these phrases I would like the children to learn the song

‘Tá Teidí sa Seomra Suí’. You get the song by pressing the music note or I will upload a version to Seesaw

o You can use Bua na Cainte to help learn this. Click on An Teilifís, then click on Ceacht 3. You can listen to the comhra and get the children to say the words along with the video.

o Another activity that you could do is press on remote control and press tasc éisteachta. When playing this game, I get the children to practice saying the sentences before they press the screen.

sí – she sé – he

o You can play another game by pressing the remote control and then pressing Cad é?

Tuesday 19 th May

English Ir diagraph – Over the Moon pg. 78o Show them the sound ir. Practice saying the sound together. o Here is a video that might help with learning the sound

https://youtu.be/OhRxww2WmpI or https://youtu.be/TKp92vSrRwA

o Brainstorm some different words that might contain the ir sound. The video will give them lots of ir word that they could use.

o Complete the work from pg. 78 in their Over the Moon book. o You could give the children three different words and they have to

tell you which on is has/hasn’t got the sound – the odd one outo I will attach some other ir games or activities to complete if you wish

to. Sight words

Maths Capacity – Operation Maths pg. 100o Revise the language of capacity – full, empty, nearly full, nearly

empty.o The children could go on a capacity hunt around the house searching

for items that are full, empty, nearly full, nearly empty. Sort them into their proper groups

o Looking at pg. 100 in Operation Maths. Ask the children to look at the boxes at the top of the page and count how many pieces of fruit are in the boxes. Below that there are a selection of boxes that contain a variety of objects. Talk about the capacity of each box. Is it nearly full or nearly empty etc.

o Then when finished discussing the capacity of the boxes, look at the boxes and ask the question ‘How many more do you need to fill the box’

Art Space Art.o This week, I would like the children to use their imagination to create

a space themed piece of art. o The children could do a picture, make something using Junk Art or

they can make something using construction materials Paint Colouring pencils Glue Scissors Recyclable items Lego, building blocks etc.

o I will attach a few images to help inspire the children with their art. o I love a picture of the children’s work uploaded to Seesaw.

Wednesday 20 th May

English Letter formation – W, w in Ready Steady Write book pg. 41o Revise the sound that the letter ‘W, w’ makes. You could go on a

sound search around the house, looking for words that begin with the letter W, w

o Get the children to brainstorm as many words that begin with the letter W, w

o Revise when we should use capital letters At the start of sentences Names of people and places Holidays eg. Christmas, Easter The letter I in a sentence

o Complete the work based on pg. 41 in their Ready Steady Write book A capital W is written from the top red line downward to the

bottom blue line at a slight angle and travels wards to the top blue line at and angle and then downward to the bottom blue line again and finally upward at an angle to the top red line. The pencil should not leave the page when writing this letter

o If you wish, the children can also practice writing the letter ‘W, w’ in their handwriting copies.

The way that I like to layout the copies for letter formation practice is as follow

lowercase letter eg. w lowercase letter word eg. witch capital letter eg. W capital letter word eg. Winnie a sentence containing as many of the letter m as

possible. Eg. Winnie the witch (Two lines left for practice)

The children know what they should do in their handwriting copy

Sight wordsMaths Capacity – Operation Maths pg. 101

o Revise the language of capacity and link some objects are things full, empty, nearly full and nearly empty.

o Which one would you use to fill this container activity. Show the children a basin and a tablespoon. Which one would you use to fill a bath? Why? Show the children a teaspoon and a cup. Which one would be the best on to fill an eggcup. Why?Continue with a variety of other objects.

o Complete work on pg. 101 in Operation Maths Gaeilge An Teilifís – the television

o I would like the children to learn the phrase

Cé atá ar an teilifís? – Who is on the television? Tá ________ ar an teilifís. - _______ is on the television.

(fear an phoist, garda, múinteoir, fear grin, dochtúir, feirmeoir, buachaill, bó, siopadóir)

o You can use Bua na Cainte to help learn this. Click on An Teilifís, then click on Ceacht 4. You can listen to the comhra and get the children to say the words along with the video.

o Another activity that you could do is press on remote control and press tasc éisteachta 4.2. When playing this game, I get the children to practice saying the sentences before they press the screen.

o Another game that the children could use includes tasc éisteachta 4.1 and Cé hé. You can get these games by pressing the remote control.

Thursday 21 st May

English Ur diagraph – Over the Moon pg. 82o Show them the sound ur. Practice saying the sound together. o Here is a video that might help with learning the sound

https://youtu.be/7W2Wn60i24M or https://youtu.be/9354FVIi0nM

o Brainstorm some different words that might contain the ur sound. The video will give them lots of ur word that they could use.

o Complete the work from pg. 82 in their Over the Moon book. o You could give the children three different words and they have to

tell you which on is has/hasn’t got the sound – the odd one outo I will attach some other ur games or activities to complete if you wish

to. Sight words

Maths Capacity o Revise the language of capacity – full, empty, nearly full, nearly

empty o You could select an object eg. a lunch box. Ask the children to find an

objects that might hold more and another object that might hold less. Complete this activity on a variety of objects

o How many cube do you need to fill these objects? Using lego pieces, cubes or wooden blocks the children could measure the capacity of different objects eg. basin, box, ice cream tub, cup, eggcup, jug, saucepan.

o Before they measure, get the children to estimate how many cube they might need to fill the objects. Once you have estimated the capacity, then the children can measure the actually capacity of the object.

o I will attach a record sheet below, were the children fill in the objects, estimates and measurement done.

PE Creating your own obstacle courseo Using a variety of objects in your home, I would like to try make their

own obstacle course. They could use boxes, hoops, skipping ropes, tunnels, blankets and a variety of object to create their obstacle course.

o You could try to include the following movement in the obstacle course

Jumping, hopping on one or two feet, skipping, running, walking, crawling etc.

o You could include some fun throwing activities or catching activities in the obstacle course eg. basketball, soccer net, egg and spoon race etc.

o I will attach some pictures to help inspire the children in building their obstacle course.

o I would love to see a video of the obstacle course that the children create.

Capacity Worksheet

Object Estimate Measure

Friday 22 nd May

English Story – Back to Earth with a bumpo I will give you a pictures of the book o Before reading – looking at the front cover

What do you think the book will be about? Why do you think this? Do you think there will be a ______ in the story? What characters can you see on the cover? Do you think it will be a funny book? Do you think this book will be interesting? Why?

o During reading What do you think will happen next? What has happened so far in the story? What characters have we met so far? How is the character feeling? Do you think they are

happy/sad/scared/nervous/worried/etc?o After reading – when you have read the whole story

Tell me what happened in the book. Do you remember the characters? Was it a funny/sad/happy/etc book? Were you right when you guess _____ would happen in the

book? What was your favourite part of the story? Why?

o After reading the book, I would like the children to imagine that they have found their own planet like Hal in the book. Talk about

Size of the planet? Colour of the planet? How many moons does it have? Who lives there? (inhabitants) What is the planet made of? Is there oxygen/water on the planet? What does the planet look like?

o I will attach a worksheet for Design A Planet

Sight words

Maths Capacity – Operation Maths At home book pg. 31o Revise the language of capacity – full, empty, nearly full, nearly

empty. o You could do a capacity hunt around the house. Looking for items

that are full, nearly full, nearly empty and empty. o Discuss things that can hold more or less than other objects. o Play a game where the children have to find an objects that can hold

more than spoon or less than a bowl. o Complete the work on pg. 31 of the At home Operation Maths book

Gaeilge An Teilifís – The Televisiono I would like the children to learn the phrases

An _____ é/í? – Is it a ________? Sea – Yes Ní hea. – No

o You can use Bua na Cainte to help learn this. Click on An Teilifís, then click on Ceacht 5. You can listen to the comhra and get the children to say the words along with the video.

o Another activity that you could do is press on remote control and press tasc éisteachta. When playing this game, I get the children to practice saying the sentences before they press the screen.

o Another activity that the children could play is Ceangail an hUimhreacha