Class: Senior Infants Room 4 Week beginning: 25th May 2020

Note from teacher:

Hello girls! How are you all? I hope you are making the most of the sun and getting outside to play. You have all been amazing

during this time of the school closure, getting on with your work and producing some excellent results! If you would like to

check out some of your own or your friends work, have a look at the website under the following link:

http://smltullow.ie/?p=7574

A very big ‘Happy Birthday’ to Nicole who turns 7 on Thursday. I hope you have a lovely day. I can't wait to celebrate all the

birthdays we missed since school closed. A very big ‘Happy Birthday’ also to Bronagh who turns 7 on Friday! I hear that virtual

birthday parties are very popular so go for it

Gentle reminder: please collect your child’s schoolbooks which will be distributed on Thursday the 4th June at 12 noon for

Senior Infants Room 4. If you have more than one daughter in the school, books will be provided to you as a family for

the most senior child so please check the school’s website for further details.

Some activities I will not be collecting, however for others I will be asking you to email me some of your learning where

possible- these will be marked YES in the submission box. Your parent/ guardians can use their email to do this. Remember: if

you don’t have a printer you can complete the activities in a copy book.

Looking forward to hearing all your news.

Kind regards,

Ms. Hennessy niamh@smltullow.ie

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Monday 25th May

Subject Activity Resource Submit

Help at

home

To help out at home today, you could…help prepare

a meal; or help tidy things away after a meal. If you

have never done this before, ask someone at home

to help or show you how.

N/A No

15 mins

Fun

activities

Follow these instructions to make a ring toss game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl8p5tHPH9E

The player tries to toss wood, plastic, or rope rings

over a target. Play the ring toss game and ask your

child the following questions:

Did … shoot farther than …?

Who had a longer shot than …?

Who shot closer to the target than …?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl8p5tHPH9E No

English

Oral

Language

Reading: All the Fun of the Fair

Encourage your child to join in this week, varying

intonation for exclamation marks. Find words in the

text that contain the sound /ar/, e.g. far. It ends

with the letters ‘ar’. Say: The letters ‘ar’ make the

sound /ar/. Can you think of a word that rhymes

with the word ‘far’

Go to the Label mode of the poster. Review the

vocabulary. Drag the labels onto the correct

location in the poster.

‘Merry-Go-Round’

Go to the Poem mode of the poster and play the

poem ‘Merry-Go-Round’ by Dorothy W. Baruch:

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/Starlight/SI/resources

/activities/SL_SI_ACT_CH15_003/index.html

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/Starlight/SI/resources

/posters/SL_SI_ACT_CH15_004/index.html

https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/Starlight/SI/resources

/posters/SL_SI_ACT_CH15_004/index.html

Merry-Go-Round

No

By Dorothy W. Baruch

I climbed up on the merry-go-round,

And it went round and round.

I climbed up on a big brown horse,

And it went up and down.

Around and round

And up and down,

Around and round

And up and down.

I sat high up

On a big brown horse

And rode around

On the merry-go-round

And rode around

On the merry-go-round

I rode around

On the merry-go-round

Around

And round

Gaeilge

Revise this simple Irish conversation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F_FLcKTu0U

Sasha : Dia duit (Hello)

Sinéad: Dia is Mhuire duit (Hello)

Sasha: Cad is anim duit? (What is your name?)

Sinéad: Sinéad is anim dom. Cad is anim duit? (Sinéad is my name,

what is your name?)

Sasha: Sasha is anim dom. Conas atá tú? (Sasha is my name. How are

No

you?)

Sinéad: Tá mé go maith, go raibh maith agat. Conas atá tú? (I'm good

thank you, how are you?)

Sasha: Tá mé go maith, go raibh maith agat. (I'm good, thank you)

Sasha: Slán (bye)

Sinéad: Slán (bye)

Maths Shape Hunt-2D

Go on a shape hunt around your house and collect

different examples of squares, circles, rectangles,

and triangles! If you can't find examples at home

you could come up with a list of items in this shape

and pick your favourite to draw.

Number work

Draw the correct number of jewels onto each

crown. See the example across.

Now your turn!

Draw a crown with:

3, 5, 8, 10, 4 jewels

Here are little shape songs to help you on the way

https://youtu.be/OEbRDtCAFdU

https://youtu.be/P8LAEWxXpuk

Example: 2 jewels

2 jewels

No

No

PE

Let’s do a Body Coach workout!

Or

Donna Dunne Fitness is doing a free 20-minute kids

workout live every weekday at 12pm from her

Facebook page.

Or

KIDZ BOP Kids - Blinding Lights (Dance Along)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHhYIV1yAfA&feature=youtu.be

No

SESE

Farm Animals

Name the farm animals in this picture. Find out

three facts about your favourite farm animals

and write them in your copybook.

Yes

Tuesday 26h May

Subject Activity Resource Submit

Help at

home/maths

To help at home today, you could…practice getting

dressed. See how many items of clothing you can

put on all by yourself. If you need a little help with

the laces take a look at the resources below for

some visual support!

N/A No

15 mins

Fun

activities

Sight Words Snakes and Ladders.

No

English Reading:

One sunny day Lennie and Lena went to visit a farm. Farmer

Sarah and her husband Pat met them off the bus. They were

very happy to see them because the farm was very busy.

No

Questions

Can you think of a title for the above story?

Can you draw a picture for the story? or

Can you recreate the story using playdough/paint?

(if you have some at home)

Spellings: Word box 10 & tricky words from list 5

(Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check)

Margaret went to the henhouse to collect the eggs. She counted

them "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7!" They saw a lot of their friends who

were busy in the pigsty and shoveling up all the dirt. It was so

smelly!! Kamile, Lily and Naoise were busy feeding the ducks.

Emma, Hope and Carly were having great fun petting the rabbits.

Lauren and Hannah were feeding hay to the horses.

Maura skipped to the field to feed the sheep. When they saw

her coming with the bucket of nuts, they ran towards her. How

she laughed! Bronagh watered the beautiful flowers in the front

garden and Pat said she could bring some home for her

mammy. Then they all had a ride on the tractor. It was a

wonderful day!! THE END

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11fmJSWLmRg

Spellings: pain, jet, rain, jug, boat, pie, bee, goat, nail, soap, any,

many, more, before (in copybook)

Irish Play Deir O Grádaigh (Simon Says as Gaeilge) with

your family using all of words in the picture.

Directions:

One person is designated Simon/O’ Grádaigh, the

others are the players. Standing in front of the

group, O Grádaigh tells players what they must do.

However, the players must only obey commands

that begin with the words “Simon Says/Deir O’

Grádaigh.”

If O’ Grádaigh says, “Deir O’ Grádaigh bigí ag léim

(Simon says jump),” then players must jump. But, if

Pronunciations of each word:

Bigi (bee-gee)

Ag sugradh- egg soo-grah (playing)

Ag rith- egg ri (running)

Ag leamh- egg lay uv (reading)

Ag gaire-(egg gu-oi-rah (laughing)

Ag obair- (egg uh-bar)

Ag taitneamh- egg tan-iv (playing/having fun)

Ag ithe- egg ih-ha (eating)

Ag siul- egg shoe-ll (walking)

Ag canadh-egg con-ah (singing)

Ag leim- egg lay-um (jumping)

No

O’ Grádaigh simply says, “bígí ag léim,” without first

saying “Deir O’ Grádaigh,” players must not run.

Those that do run are out!

Maths Guess My Shape:

I have 4 sides and 4 corners. Each side is equal.

What am I?

I have 0 corners and 0 sides. I am a round shape.

What am I?

I have 3 sides and 3 corners. What am I?

I have 4 sides and 4 corners. 2 sides are long and

the other 2 are short. What am I?

Now can you draw and write the correct name

under each shape?

Circle, square, rectangle, triangle

There is a good website

Play the shape patterns game for shape recognition

and for problem solving.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/shape-

patterns

No

Religion Daniel in the Lion's Den

Who likes lions? What do lions sound like? What do

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV3eQ2PBqHE No

lions do? What do lions eat? In our Bible Story

today, you will be reading a story about a man and

some lions.

When you are finished reading the story, ask your

child the following questions so that you can know

they understood it. “Who was in the story?” The

king, Daniel “What was Daniel doing that was seen

as wrong?” Praying to God “What happened to

Daniel because of this?” He was thrown into the

lions’ den “Did he get hurt?” No “Why?” God shut

the lions’ mouths

SESE Little Red Hen

Discuss the sequence of events in this familiar

story. Sequence the main events. What happened

at the beginning, middle and end?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E72TZy0LNo

Activity: Put the pictures in the correct order.

No

Art Design and draw

Design a new fairground ride

or

Practice drawing pictures using 2D shapes. Here

are some ideas to get your started!

Sheet of paper and drawing materials

Carnival tutorial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d7HU6WOOtA

Yes

Wednesday 27th May

Subject Activity Resource Submit

Help at

home/ Oral

language

To help at home today, you could…wash up after a meal;

or help to empty/load the dishwasher. If you have

never washed up before, emptied or loaded the

dishwasher, ask someone at home to help you or show

you how.

N/A No

15 mins

Fun

activities

Clapping game

A Sailor Went to Sea

A sailor went to sea, sea, sea,

To see what he could see, see, see.

But all that he could see, see, see,

Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea.

https://youtu.be/3x_Iu4o3ydU

No

English Read this Short story & fill in the correct words.

Jim’s Wish.

Jim and Dad went to fish.

Jim got a little fish in his net.

The fish said, “If you let me go you can have a wish”.

Jim let the little fish go.

His wish was to go on a big ship.

Jim got his wish.

He was on a big ship.

But he was shut up in a cabin.

In the cabin was a box of cash.

Shotgun Hackett was by the cabin with a gun.

Will Jim get the cash?

Will Shotgun Hackett get the cash?

Choose the correct words and complete the sentence.

Jim had a rod/net. Jim had a _________.

The little fish let Dad/Jim wish. The little fish let ________

wish.

Jim’s wish was to go on a ship/tug. Jim’s wish was to go on a

______.

Jim was in the box/cabin. Jim was in the ___________.

The man had a bat/gun. The man had a __________.

Copybook

No

Onset & rime

‘et’

Make a word to match the pictures in the link & read

the story ‘Peg the hen’

Today we are going to learn all about the sound

"ou". Listen to the Jolly Phonics song and join in:

https://youtu.be/E8oweTZXWow

Here are some words that have the "ou" sound in them.

Can you read them?

Pick 4 'ou' words. Write them on a page and draw

a picture for each word.

Help Geraldine the Giraffe learn the ‘ou’ sound!

Activity:

https://www.starfall.com/h/ltr-sv-e/maw-et/?sn=ltr-classic

Story:

https://www.starfall.com/h/ltr-classic/?mg=k

Watch the video below to learn more about "ou"

No

Yes

https://youtu.be/vbPZbZEj7mY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qtCB7CYH3I

Irish Revise some basic vocabulary and learn some new words

with this game ‘Tabhair dom’

https://www.seideansi.ie/naionain-bheaga/gc2/index.html

No

Maths

Shape Hunt

Go on a shape hunt around your house and collect

different examples of cubes, cylinders, cones, and

spheres! If you can't find examples at home you could

come up with a list of objects in this shape and pick

your favourite to draw.

Number work- Story of 6

Use counters (cubes, pencils, crayons) to help you

No

Religion Listen and tune into Daily Mass. Click on the link to

access daily Mass

https://www.kandle.ie/webcam-mass-schedules-during-

coronavirus/

No

SESE

My Time Capsule 2020

Develop your time capsule & by recording some or all of

the details from the attached files.

Trace around your hand and include some colourful

designs or create a handprint & complete ‘All about me’

fact file

No

Music Music Generation

Check out Music Generation folder on the Website under Covid

19 Packs. There are also links for other music/arts lessons

included in this document.

No

Thursday 28th May

Subject Activity Resource Submit

Help at home To help out at home today, you could…help prepare a meal;

or help tidy things away after a meal. If you have never

done this before, ask someone at home to help or show

you how. Make your bed everyday..when the sheets need

changing bring them to the laundry basket!

N/A No

15 mins

Fun

activities

Spot the difference- work together to identify and

explain differences between these otherwise two similar

farms

See resources below*

No

English

'The Bear Who Came to Babysit’.

Before reading, have a look at the picture and the title. I

wonder what do you think this book might be about?

While you are reading see if you can spot any of

your sight words. A parent could give you a sight word to

look for on a particular page. This can be a fun game of 'I

spy'.

Do you remember any of the 'ar' words we looked at

https://youtu.be/wZ7qSpVWUS8

No

last week?

Look at the sentences and see if you can point to the

'ar' words:

Can you unscramble these 'ar' words?

1. a c r

2. f m a r

3. j r a

4. p r a k

Aistear/

maths

Sweet Shop Role Play

Children pretend to be in the sweet shop and go into role,

acting out various scenarios and roles to practice their

money skills.

Shop assistant: Hello, how can I help you?

Customer: Hello, I would like to buy some jelly sweets

Shop assistant: Of course, that will be __

Customer: Here you go.

Shop assistant: Thank you.

Customer: Thank you, goodbye

Price all of the items in the sweet shop (jellies, soft

drinks, chocolate, crisps) and the customer must use the

following coins to make a purchase 1c, 2c, 5c, 10c, 20c. If

you were in a sweet shop, and a chocolate bar cost 8c,

what coins could you use to make 8c?

Coins & copybook

Yes

Calculate the totals in the worksheet provided to

consolidate your learning!

Gaeilge Continue with the last two verses of the poem: ‘Is maith

liom bainne’ (I like milk)

Pronunciation:

Oh-lum bon-ya (I like milk)

Oh-lum tay (I like tea)

Oh-lum coh coh (I like hot chocolate)

I law-r on lay (at midday)

I (letter sound)-him fat-ee (I eat potatoes)

I-him uv (I eat egg)

I-him ar-aw-in (I eat bread)

Leh him og-us suv (with butter & jam)

No

SPHE It is important to take some time for some mindfulness

each day. Here is another lovely example in the video.

I hope you like it.

Be the Pond | Cosmic Kids Zen Den - Mindfulness for kids

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf5K3pP2IUQ

No

Religion Reflect on one thing that made you happy this week and

write a sentence about it and draw a picture of it.

copybook No

Friday 22nd May

Catch-up If you haven’t had a chance to do all the activities for this week yet,

maybe today you can make time to catch-up!

N/A

I hope you had a great week and enjoy your weekend too, Ms. Hennessy