Dear Children,

We hope you had a lovely Easter and that you enjoyed your Easter eggs. We’re

sure that you are now all set to do some schoolwork. We have assigned the work

below for you to do during the week 20 – 24 April. As usual, we ask that you do as

much of the work as you can, but do not worry if you cannot finish all the work

set. There are lots of links on the School website if you would like more work to

do. We have uploaded the answers to the three weeks’ of Mental Maths already

assigned.

We have given you our email addresses so if you would like feedback on any of the

work you have done perhaps an adult could take a photo of your work and email it

to your teacher. There is no pressure on parents to do this as we understand

circumstances are different in every household.

It is very important that you continue to follow the guidance we have been given

to keep everyone healthy and safe at this time: Please remember to wash your

hands properly with soap and water and, if you don’t have soap and water handy,

please use hand sanitizer. You should cough or sneeze into a tissue and bin the

tissue when you are done. If you don’t have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your

elbow. Please remember social distancing when you are outside of your house and

leave 2 metres between yourself and other people. You should not mix with other

children who do not live with you. We know it is hard to remember all these

points but it is important that we do what we are being asked to ensure we all

stay safe.

We really miss hearing all your wonderful little stories and we hope it is not too

long more before we are back at school.

Take care and stay safe,

Ms Bolton, Ms Connolly and Ms Ryan

First Class Work

Week 4

Maths Mental Maths Pages 54 + 55

Operation Maths Pages 74 + 75 (Data)

Times Tables -6

English Two Little Frogs

Why Zebras have Stripes

Pages 76 + 77

Phonics - Page 78

Word Study – Page 79

Jolly Grammar 1 <ow> spellings + dictation, page 52

Grammar – Compound words, page 49

*see information notes attached

Writing

Children write about their ‘Stay at Home

Experience’. Please see example attached.

Reading Read a book from home or on-line

Gaeilge Nuacht (news) Children use the template attached to write their

nuacht in their yellow copies (or any copy)

Jolly Grammar Information Notes

Writing Activity

Boys and girls, you can do this activity on a piece of paper or in your yellow

homework copy. We have written an example below. This is just an example, you

can use some ideas from here and include your own. This is about you and your

experience.

Please try to use the titles/headings (the sentences in dark black) that we have

used. You can write as many sentences as you want but aim for at least two

sentences under each title.

My Stay at Home Experience 2020

Things I have enjoyed doing

I loved spending time playing in the garden with my brother. We planted some flowers.

I liked that I got to do some baking with my Mum.

I got to watch lots of movies with my whole family.

I enjoyed joining in with all the other children in the country on RTE Home School Hub.

I have practiced piano a lot and now I am much better at playing it.

Things I have missed

I miss playing outside with my friends.

I miss going to school and seeing my friends.

I miss seeing my cousins and grandparents. I am glad that I can talk to them online.

Things I am looking forward to when life returns to normal

I am really looking forward to going to McDonald’s.

I am very excited to see all my friends again.

I can’t wait to get back to swimming lessons.

Things I will miss about staying at home

I will miss getting to stay in bed longer in the morning.

I will miss getting to play in the garden during the day.

I will miss being able to play on my tablet during the day.

I will miss all the extra time that I have spent with my Mum and Dad and my sister.

Something I have learned from this experience

I have learned how to bake buns.

I have learned how to plant plants and how to look after them.

I am very good at helping Dad with jobs around the house. We put up a new shelf in my room.

An Nuacht (News)

The children can write and fill in the blanks in their yellow homework copy (or any

copy). There is no need to print this template off.

Laethanta na Seachtaine – Days of the week.

An Luan Monday

An Mháirt Tuesday

An Chéadaoin Wednesday

An Déardaoin Thursday

An Aoine Friday

An Satharn Saturday

An Domhnach Sunday

An Aimsir - The weather

cold warm wet dry windy cloudy

Éadaí – Clothes

cóta bríste gear t-léine hata gréine spéaclaí gréine geansaí gúna bríste coat shorts t-shirt sun hat sun glasses jumper dress trousers

Children can write this. Translation that is not written

Inniu an _________.

Inné an _____________.

Amárach an __________.

Tá an lá ___________.

Tá _ , _ agus _ orm inniu.

Today is _____________.

Yesterday was _________.

Tomorrow will be ________.

The day is __________.

I am wearing _____, _____ and

_____ today.