***Answers for Irish, Maths and English work below.
Hi everybody,
I hope you are all managing well in the current difficult circumstances. We are now getting used to our new situations and I know you are all doing your best to maintain social distancing and keep your hands washed. It is very important to keep this up in the next few weeks and months.
Below I have included work for the next week. I have again structured it so that there is core work in English, Gaeilge & maths to be completed every day and then there are some activities in other subjects to be completed during the week. It is important to note that this work is meant as an aid to learning. However, we fully understand that every household is different, and the amount of time spent at school work is completely at your discretion. There is no pressure to get all of the work mentioned below completed.
Next week, we will be venturing into the world of digital learning! Your parents will have received a text asking for permission for us to set you up on a website called SeeSaw. (https://web.seesaw.me/) On Tuesday, they will be sent a text with a code for each of you. Then you will be able to sign in as a student and fill in the code to access your own space on the site. It is important to keep this code and remember it as you will need it whenever you sign in.
We are still trialling SeeSaw and so this week, we won’t be using it every day. We will send out work on Wednesday and hopefully you will be able to send it back later the same day. This will probably be work that has been assigned below. After Easter, if schools are still shut, we hope to use it much more. It is simple enough to use SeeSaw and there are many ways of uploading your work. You can use your device to write answers, you can upload pictures of the work, or you can download the phone app and your parents can use it to directly upload images of work. We will explain this again as time goes on.
Finally, I hope you are all keeping safe and healthy and I look forward to seeing you all again soon. Have a great week and a lovely Easter break (at least we can all still have Easter Eggs!). Keep an eye on this page during the week as I will be changing it and adding updates and answers at various points. If you look at last week’s page you can now see answers for the previous work.
Happy birthday Tessa!
Core work for Monday 30th March to Friday 3rd April.
Gaeilge:
Abair Liom
***Folens are currently allowing anyone to access their online resources. To sign up for this, a parent needs to go to www.folensonline.ie, click register, Teacher and then fill in the details. Under “Roll Number” use the code Prim20 and they should set you up. Once registered, you’ll have access not only to Abair Liom but also to Reading Zone and many other good resources.
Mon: P. 111 E. Éist agus cuir tic sa bhosca ceart.
Freagraí:
- crith talún
- An Iodáil
- Dé Céadaoin
- 240
- níos mó ná 300
(This story is available to listen to here once you have followed the registration guidelines above. I also want you to write down in English what the reporter is saying in Irish i.e. Translate her report into English)
Tues: P. 112 G. Briathra: An Aimsir Fháistineach – briathra neamhrialta
(bígí cúramach le 6, 7, 9 agus 11)
- Gheobhaidh sí
- Feicfidh sibh
- Íosfaidh mé
- Gheobhaidh tú
- Feicfidh mé
- Íosfaimid
- An bhfaighidh?
- Feicfidh siad
- Ní íosfaidh
- Íosfaidh sé
- An bhfeicfidh tú?
- Gheobhaidh sé
Wed: P. 113 H. Gramadach: Tuaisceart, deisceart, oirthear, iarthar (Part A, 4 questions)
(úsáid an bosca buí chun cabhair a thabhairt leat)
- Beidh an teocht timpeall 11 gcéim san oirthear.
- Beidh tintreach agus toirneach san iarthar.
- Beidh an aimsir is fearr sa deisceart amárach.
- Beidh an aimsir is fuaire sa tuaisceart amárach.
Thurs: P. 113 H. Part B, 5 questions
(Hint: Each answer begins with “Tá” and again use the language in the yellow box to help with answers)
- Tá Contae na Gaillimhe san iarthar.
- Tá Béal Feirste sa tuaisceart.
- Tá abhainn na Life san oirthear.
- Tá an tAntartach i deisceart an domhan.
- Tá an meánchiorcal i lár an domhan.
Fri: Translate the following:
Maths:
Mathemagic: Chapter 29 (Directed Numbers)
Directed Numbers is the idea that sometimes in life we come across both positive and negative numbers. Negative numbers are numbers less than zero. You can find negative numbers in many places. For example, in really cold weather you might hear that it was -4 degrees outside. This means it was 4 degrees less than 0, so very cold! In a high rise building you may often see -1 and -2 written as options in an elevator. This means there are floors lower than the ground floor level which is 0. Finally, a golfer who is playing really well might achieve a score of -5. What does this mean? Well, in golf, players are expected to take a certain amount of shots to go around a golf course, usually 72. If a golfer hits -5, it means they have hit 5 shots less than 72, i.e. 67. However, if they hit +5, this means they have hit 77 shots.
In this chapter, you will mostly be using number lines to count the distance from a negative number to a positive one. Hopefully it won’t cause many problems. But if you have any questions about this work or any maths work, you will be able to send them to me using SeeSaw after Easter.
Mon: P. 125 Questions 1 to 4
Tues: P. 126 Questions 1 & 2
Wed: P. 126 Question 3 & P. 127 Question 1
Thurs: P. 127 Questions 2 & 3
Fri: P. 128 Questions 1 to 7
*Use the number line to help you throughout this week.
Answers:
English:
Reading Zone: Unit 22
Mon: P. 111 A: Fact Finding (Read story first!)
Tues: P. 111 B & C (as normal)
Wed: P. 112 E: Grammar
Thurs: P. 112 F: Character Description
Fri: P. 112 G: Summarise
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
I hope you’re enjoying getting to know the Pevensies and their new friends. This week’s work will include reading chapters 7 to 9 while answering the questions from the following Pdf on chapters 4 to 6. Remember, the comprehension questions test whether you remember what happened in the chapter but the critical thinking questions focus more on what characters may have been thinking or looked like etc. Have a good think about question 2 in the “Write, Discuss, Create” section also as those questions really get us thinking about situations in our own lives. Enjoy Narnia!
Work to be completed during the week
History: History Quest P 80: 1916 Easter Rising
Read chapter and complete the following exercises:
Activities A, B, C, D, E & F
Research the signatories of the Proclamation. Write a piece about one of the signatories.
Geography:Geography Quest P 17: The Netherlands
Read chapter and complete the following activities:
Activity A 1-10, Activity B 1-2, Activity D
Science: Science Quest P 68: Solar Stills
Read chapter and complete experiments on pages 68 & 70. Complete Activities around each experiment and the Experiment Record for each (P. 73).
Visual Arts: Linking with work on the Netherlands, research Vincent Van Gogh. Use the Van Gogh presentation here as a guide. Then choose either one or all of the below Van Gogh paintings to print and colour.
Bedroom in Arles
Van-Gogh-Museum-kleurplaat-Slaapkamer-colouring-page-Bedroom-2017
Sunflowers
Van-Gogh-Museum-kleurplaat-Zonnebloemen-colouring-page-Sunflowers
Starry Night
Starry Starry Night
Music: Go to Bobby McFerrin’s website and practise your part. After Easter, I hope to get each of you to upload your part and put them all together to create an amazing video! Get humming!
P.E.: If you can get out for walks, try to keep track of how many kilometres you manage as we can add them to our class Walk Around Europe Challenge.
Also be sure to look at Joe Wicks “P.E. with Joe” YouTube playlist which is broadcast 5 days a week.
Extra work to be carried out once other work is complete.
Just Grammar: Work up to Page 60
Brainteasers: Work up to Test 80
Online activities to be attempted over the course of the week:
Countries of Europe: https://www.sporcle.com/games/g/europe
Countries of Asia: https://www.sporcle.com/games/g/asia
Countries of Africa: https://www.sporcle.com/games/g/africa
Briathra work: https://www.sporcle.com/games/dciteog/maidin-inn
https://www.sporcle.com/games/mkonstantin/briathra
https://www.sporcle.com/games/Leinster/na-briathra-neamhrialta-aimsir-fhistineach
Maths Tables: (When starting the games below, select all levels for a better challenge!)
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/504/Super-Maths-Bowling-Multiplication
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/551/Division-Maths-Road-Hopper
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/306/Maths-Fishing-Multiplication
Active Schools work: https://family.gonoodle.com/
Sporcle has many other fantastic quizzes in various subjects.
Keep an eye on RTE’s new Home School Hub programme on RTE 2 at 11am each day. News2day is also an interesting watch.
Note from SEN Team
For children receiving extra support from Ms Dalton, Mrs Kelly, Mrs O’Connor and Ms Malone, you may find the following information useful.
Advice from Support Agencies:
From NEPS (National Educational Psychology Service): support for Parents to talk about Covid-19 and to structure the day at home
https://www.education.ie/en/The-Department/Announcements/plan-your-day.pdf
https://www.education.ie/en/The-Department/Announcements/relaxation-techniques.pdf
https://www.education.ie/en/The-Department/Announcements/guide-for-parents-supporting-children.pdf
From NCSE (National Council for Special Education): “Top Tips” for parents with activities to support language development and motor skills at all ages
https://ncse.ie/online-resources-for-parents
English:
Reading:
Read any book/comic/magazine/internet article etc. that is of interest to your child, with your support if necessary, and then do the following;
- The child retells the story in their own words.
- You ask “who/what/where/when/why do you think/what if/how do you know” questions in relation to what was read.
- The child writes a short paragraph about what they have read.
- For the junior classes – continuous practice of sight words is important.
Spelling:
- It is important to keep up with the *SOS (Say the word, Say the letters as you write them, Say the word again) and Look Say Cover Write Check approaches in relation to class spellings work
Writing:
Keep a diary of daily events, you can illustrate this if you wish.
Useful sites:
- scoilnet.ie
- worldbookonline.com accessed through the scoilnet site above.
Maths:
- Continuous practice of sums using pencil and paper as appropriate for your child’s class level i.e. addition, subtraction, multiplication and division (please include subtraction and addition with renaming, long multiplication and long division as appropriate.)
- Tables Practice: Oral drills on all tables covered to date, the Hit the Button game accessed on topmarks.co.uk is extremely helpful.
Maths practice as above must be practiced daily so that progress made to date will be maintained.