Virtual School Tour! - Monday 15th - 19th June

             Virtual School Tour!

Hello again boys and girls! Thank you for continuing with your school work – despite the lovely weather outside. We are almost there and you have all been fantastic over the past couple of months. Everyone has made a great effort to complete work every week and I am very proud of you all.

Unfortunately, we cannot go on our usual school tour this year - so the next best thing is a virtual trip. I know how much you love animals so this week we will be visiting some zoos around the world. You will be able to see what they get up to when they think no one is watching, what they eat and how they are cared for. There are also games and activities for you to try. In addition, we have a story about where the zoo animals might go to on their summer holidays.

If you have unfinished pages in your workbooks, you could complete them over the next few weeks and don’t forget to keep up your reading.

I hope you have a lovely week and enjoy your virtual school trip.

Mrs O’Neill.

           

To visit the three locations on our virtual school trip, just click on the links below.

San Diego Zoo

                          Clearwater Marine Aquarium

Edinburgh Zoo

When you have visited each location, I want you to pick your favourite and complete the worksheet below. Click for a bigger version.

Have you ever wondered where the zoo animals might go to on their summer holidays? Listen to the story below to give you some ideas. Which animal would you like to accompany on holiday and why?

           

Animal matching game - click to play

 

Some games to practise your Tricky Words

Summer colouring (and some maths!)

Some happy things to think about and record

Finally, sing-a-long with this Summer Song

  

8th - 12th June

Hello boys and girls. I hope you are all well and enjoyed the sunshine last week. Well done everybody for your super work. You and your Mammies and Daddies are working very hard. It was great to see your pictures of sports week. It looks like you all had lots of fun.

We have almost reached our summer holidays. This week I have included some fun activities for you to try. I hope you enjoy them. As always complete what you can.

You can also keep working on your writing copies, maths book and sounds like phonics workbook as you wish.

We are also going to learn some very important lessons about water safety this week. I will send a copy of the water safety activities to your parents' email. These are great fun and I hope you all enjoy them and get lots of information.

Take care everyone, be happy, keep safe and have a lovely week.

Until next week,

Mrs. O’Neill  

        

Listen to the story written by Julia Donaldson ‘Sharing a Shell’

Before you read the story think about the following questions:

What do you think the story is about?

In this story a little hermit crab does not want to share his shiny new shell.  Do you think the crab will change his mind?

When you have finished listening to the story you can use the following sheet below to write about it. You can also complete the word search. Click for a bigger view.

Art

Draw or paint your favourite creature from the story ‘Sharing a shell’

You will also find some nice colouring sheets below based on the story. Click for a bigger view or to print.

                  

Literacy – Reading 

Click on these pictures and read these stories with your child.

        

Literacy – Rhyme This is the Sun

Sing this Tricky Word song

Tricky word games

Use your Tricky words to play the following games -

Tricky word reveal- This game requires two pieces of paper. Write a word from the list on a piece of paper. Then cover the word completely with the other piece of paper. Slowly reveal the first letter of the word.  Ask your child if they can guess what the word will be from looking at the first word.

 Tricky Word Hunt – You could write a few of these words on pieces of paper and stick them up in a room in the house.  Call out one of the words and you child can go and search for it.

 I Spy – Similar to the ‘Tricky Word Hunt’ You could have a few words stuck up in a room. Tell your child ‘I spy a word beginning with W. I spy a word ending in g’ etc.

 Tricky Word Toss – This is a game that can be played outside but you could also play it indoors. Write a few tricky words on pieces of paper. Spread them out on the grass. Ask your child to throw something soft e.g a ball onto a word. They then run to the word that they have landed on and read it.

Maths games and Worksheets

Click above to play the counting game! 

Click above to play the addition game!

                                     

SESE – Junior and Senior Infants

Taking care of our environment is very important. Watch and listen to this story all about looking after our environment.

When you have finished design your own poster, showing ways that you can take care of the environment.

           

Religion – Junior and Senior Infants

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Grow in Love:Junior infants P/1 Theme 9 – We Give Thanks – Lesson 9 – Thank you God for food

Poster: Thank you God for.

Colouring page: The priest at Mass.

Song – ‘Quiet and still’, ‘We Give Thanks’

Children’s Workbook – p.52 – Going to Mass on Sundays.

Children’s Workbook – p.53 – Thank you God for.

Finally,try practising this dance with the go noodle children!