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End of Year Message

A big thank you to all the children and parents in 1st class who have worked so incredibly hard this year, especially in the last few months. I really enjoyed staying in touch with you all on the Seesaw app and I have been very impressed with all the uploads, videos and pictures you have done since the schools closed in March. I hope everyone has a super summer and I look forward to seeing you all again in September!

Kind Regards,

Mrs. Lowther

Week 12 School Closure

Hi everyone,

Well done on another fantastic week of hard work at home!

This week is our last full week of schoolwork so our lessons will be mostly activity based focused on revision and having fun. Each day on Seesaw I will give you a list of fun activities, you can choose one to complete. I will also upload some websites that will help you revise topics covered in Literacy, Maths and Gaeilge this year. Unfortunately we can’t go on a school tour this year so I’ve also included a plan for a virtual school tour to Dublin Zoo!

I understand the children (and parents) are tired after all their hard work they have put into their online lessons the last few weeks so please don’t put yourselves under additional pressure to complete all activities.

This week’s challenge is called ‘The Great 1^st Class Bake Off’....you can bake anything you wish (the yummier the better) Send me on a picture and I’ll put them on the school website. I’ll also attach a recipe template for you to fill out and we can create a yummy recipe book!

Kind Regards,

Mrs. Lowther

Sock Puppet Challenge

I was so impressed with your sock puppets, well done boys and girls! I hope you had a great time making them.

Potato Head Challenge

Well done boys and girls on creating fantastic Potato Head charachters! You have all done a brilliant job using your imagination.

Week 11 School Closure

Hi everyone,

Well done on another great week last week. Have a look at the children’s fantastic Potato Head characters, they really used their imagination and they turned out great!

This week’s challenge is the Sock Puppet Challenge: the children can create a character using an old sock, they could use this sock puppet to create a sock puppet theatre too!

This week we have our Virtual Sports Day on Thursday so I hope the boys and girls enjoy all these activities.

Many of our lessons this week we will based on revision of topics covered this week as we have finished our textbooks for the year. I hope you have a great week.

Kind Regards,

Mrs. Lowther

Monday 8^th June 2020

Literacy

$1· What am I game? Food Guessing Riddleshttps://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-s-891-what-am-i-guessing-game-cards-food-themed

$1· The children should spend 15 minutes reading per day- they can vary their reading materials to include books, magazines, catalogues, poems, cookbooks etc. Here are a few websites that have excellent eBooks available:

www.oxfordowl.co.uk

www.getepic.com

$1· Just Phonics Revision: pgs.88+89

Numeracy

Mental Maths Week 33 Monday

Today we will revise Time. Today we will focus on telling the time to the hour. You can play this game to warm up https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=matchingpairstimev3 Make sure to choose analogue to analogue> o’clock

Complete the SeeSaw activity ‘Find the Time’.

Gaeilge

Revision: Today we will focus on na dathanna (the colours) You can play this Powerpoint game below

https://www.twinkl.ca/resource/roi-t-162-trth-na-gceist-na-dathanna-irish-colours-quiz-powerpoint?sign_in=1

SESE: Under the Sea Theme: The Submarine: I have attached a slideshow on SeeSaw for you to listen to and discuss.

Music

Listen to the song ‘Under the Sea’ from The Little Mermaid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC_mV1IpjWA - respond to it by drawing what you see when you close your eyes and listen to the song. Talk about the tempo of the song (fast or slow) and the dynamics (loud or quiet).

Tuesday 9^th June 2020

Literacy

$1· Name 5 things Challenge cards https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-l-1142-name-5-things-challenge-cards

$1· The children should spend 15 minutes reading per day- books, magazines, catalogues, poems, cookbooks etc. Here are a few websites that have excellent ebooks available:

www.oxfordowl.co.uk

www.getepic.com

$1· Write a poem activity. The website I have attached is fantastic, it allows the children to write their own poem based on a topic of their choice. Once completed you can save or print the poem. http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/theme_poems/

Numeracy

Mental Maths Week 33 Tuesday

Continue to revise Time. Today we will focus on telling the time to the half hour. You can play this game to warm up https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=matchingpairstimev3 Make sure to choose analogue to analogue> o’clock half hour

Complete the attached activity

Gaeilge:

Revision: Na dathanna (Colours) Complete the activity attached.

SESE

Today we will continue to learn about the Submarine: Here is a link for a experiment you can carry out at homehttps://www.sublimescience.com/free-science-experiments/sachet-submarine-experiment/

Wednesday 10^th June 2020

Literacy

$1· Talk for a Minute Activity https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-n-5427-talk-for-a-minute-activity-

$1· The children should spend 15 minutes reading per day-books, magazines, catalogues, poems, cookbooks etc. Here are a few websites that have excellent eBooks available:

www.oxfordowl.co.uk

www.getepic.com

Revising nouns, verbs and adjectives. This is a great website for identifying nouns, adjectives and verbs. You can choose the level you think suits your child’s ability. http://www.bigbrownbear.co.uk/demo/rocket.htm

Numeracy

Mental Maths Week 33 Wednesday

Time: Days of the Week: Listen to this song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GKmCQOy88Y Ordering the days of the week activity on Seesaw.

Gaeilge:

Revision: Laethanta na Seachtaine: Days of the Week:

Complete the worksheet attached:

Religion

Growing in Love: We learn about Jesus from the Bible, but we also learn from him. We can learn how to live and how to love. This is the Law of Love ‘As i have loved you, so you must love one another’ (John 14:34)

Now complete this activity https://app.growinlove.ie/interactives/1st_growinginlove/index.php

Think about these questions: Is it always easy to follow Jesus’ Law of Love? Why/why not? Do you think you followed the Law of Love this year? What about the times we don’t follow the Law of Love? Can we start over again?

Listen to the song ‘Grow in Love’.

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Password: growinlove

Thursday 11^th June 2020

VIRTUAL SPORTS DAY- DETAILS ON HOMEPAGE OF THE WEBSITE. YOU CAN CHOOSE THE ACTIVITIES THAT SUIT YOUR CHILD.

Friday 12^th June 2020

Literacy

$1· Tongue Twisters The children should spend 15 minutes reading per day- books, magazines, catalogues, poems, cookbooks etc. Here are a few websites that have excellent eBooks available:

www.oxfordowl.co.uk

www.getepic.com

$1· Garden Scavenger Hunt- see attched template for ideas for this hunt.