Fun Week – Second Class

Hi girls,

It is hard to believe that we have now reached our final week in second class. It

has been a very strange few months and we have really missed school a lot. We

miss the classrooms, we miss the staff but most of all we miss seeing you girls

everyday. You have all done a great job of doing your schoolwork at home and it

has been a pleasure seeing all the fantastic things you have been getting up to.

You are a super bunch of girls and we are so proud of you all. This week is

fun week, so the only thing we want you to make sure you do, is HAVE FUN!!!!

Smile, laugh, joke, and enjoy yourselves.

We have come up with a few ideas of activities that you might find fun to do

and as always girls, send us as many photos as you like. We love receiving them.

Best wishes,

Ms. Phelan & Ms. Mooney

Email: EileenPhelan@johnstowngns.ie

Email: ElaineMooney@johsntowngns.ie

Art: Shaving foam marbling paint.

Materials: Shaving foam, watercolour paints/ food colouring, shallow dish,

white card, dropper, lollipop stick, a piece of cardboard

1. Cut your white piece of card in half.

2. Spray some shaving foam into the base of your glass dish.

3. Using a dropper, add a few drops of paint/food colouring to the

shaving foam. Make sure to drop the colours all over the foam,

4. Using a lollipop stick, gently swirl the colours around in the foam.

5. Gently press one side of your piece of card onto the foam.

6. Hold the card up. (The coloured foam should be on your card)

7. Using a piece of cardboard, scrape the excess foam off your white

card.

8. Add more foam and paints and repeat the process again.

9. Be creative and think of different things you could make with your

unique marble card. (a card, a poster, a notebook cover)

Art: Create a Memory Box

1. Find a shoebox and decorate the outside of it.

2. Using a sheet of paper, write a list of all the things you got up to during

the lockdown.

3. Now see can you find pictures, recipes, art and craft pieces, projects,

worksheets or anything else that you did during the past few weeks. You

might like to include some newspaper articles.

4. Put as many bits and pieces into the shoe box that represent what being

in lockdown was like for you.

5. Finally, write a letter to your future self. Write down what has happened

over the past few weeks, how you kept busy, how you felt, all the things

you missed. Then place the letter into the box. Put the box somewhere

safe.

6. When you are older you can look back at this box and it will remind you of

this time. The time that schools were closed, everyone stayed at home

and most importantly, we all stayed safe.

Paper Plate Dream Catcher

What you need:

• Paper plate

• Wool

• Crayons

• Sequins, glitter, beads, feathers

• Glue

• Scissors

• Hole punch

What you do:

1. Ask an adult to cut the centre out of the paper plate, leaving just the

outer ring.

2. Punch holes along the inner edge of the ring.

3. Punch one hole at the top of the ring (for hanging) and 3 holes at the

bottom (to hang feathers).

4. Decorate the ring using crayons, glitter and sequins. Make sure to

decorate both sides.

5. Cut some wool to string across the middle of the plate. Begin by tying a

knot through the first hole then create a web by criss-crossing the wool

through the holes. You might like to add a few beads.

6. When your dream catcher is finished hand it up in your bedroom and it

should give you a pleasant night sleep.

Bake off

• Choose your favourite recipe. (cakes, buns, cookies, brownies).

• Pick a theme – rainbows, unicorns, summer, pets, school subjects.

• When you are baking, try to include the theme that you chose. For

example you might make cookies, in the shape of rainbows, buns with

musical notes made out of icing, a cake in the shape of a goldfish. Be as

creative as you can be and have lots of fun. Make sure to send us a

photo of your finished product.

Flower Pressing

What you need:

• A book/Something heavy to place on top.

• Paper

• A range of flowers

What you do:

1. Collect some flowers.

2. Put the flower face down on a piece of paper and place a second sheet of

paper on top. (make sure the flowers aren’t wet)

3. Place a heavy item on top.

4. Leave for as many days as you can so that the flowers are fully pressed.

5. Then be creative and use your dried flowers to make cards or bookmarks.

You might like to frame your pressed flowers and display them.

Jellyfish Salt Painting

What you need:

• Glue

• Card

• Paintbrush

• Water colour/paint

• Salt

• Pencil

What you do:

1. Draw the outline for your jellyfish.

2. Squeeze glue to fill in the outline and the inside of your jellyfish.

3. Sprinkle your design with salt until it is covered, then shake off the

excess salt.

4. Add drops of food colouring to water. Use as many colours as you like.

5. Dip your paintbrush into the food colouring and gently touch the salt

covering picture. Watch how the paint travels and mixes the colours.

6. Leave your painting to dry for a day or two.

Music:

The cup song – grab a plastic cup and have a go at learning this cup song.

Practice it a few times until you have mastered the rhythm. You might like to

create your own rhythms and use two cups.

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

Challenge

• Left hand/ Right hand: On a sheet of paper draw a picture of a house.

Include as many details as possible. (Doors, windows, chimney, garden,

cars, flowers, trees)

• On another sheet of paper, use your other hand (The hand you don’t write

with) and try to draw the exact same picture of the house.

• This task requires lots of concentration.

Treasure Hunt

Read the following clues. Have a look inside and outside your home and see if you

can find an object to match each clue.

1. I am like a small house but

nobody lives in me. Tools and

gadgets are all you will see.

2. I am a friend to parent’s who

like things neat. They really

like it when you wipe your feet.

3. Everyone loves me. I am pretty

and smell sweet. Look down to

find me. I am near your feet.

4. Climbing me can cause quite a

lark. I’m not a dog but I do

have a bark.

5. Hopscotch and skating fit me

to a tee. Don’t walk on the

grass. Just walk on me.

6. Fill me with seeds and hang me

high. Il bring visitors down

from the sky.

7. Turn me to the left and you

might get wet. I’m great for

giving a drink to your pet.

8. I make lots of smoke then I

get hot. I make yummy food

that you will like a lot.

9. I swing in and out to let you

through. I sometimes creak and

that’s your last clue.

Indoor Picnic

What you need:

• Food such as sandwiches, crisps, biscuits, drinks

• Blanket

• Toys

Activity:

• Prepare some food that is easy to eat.

• Write a menu for your picnic.

• Spread out a blanket/ duvet on the floor.

• Don’t forget to invite your toys and your family might like to join too.

• Sit down on the blanket and enjoy your picnic.

• Send us a photo.

• *You might like to give your picnic a theme like fancy dress!

Take a Virtual Tour

Some of the world’s greatest museums and landmarks now have virtual tours

available.

We have included a list below of some of the tours. Click on the links and see

what you can find and learn. We would love for you to take some notes and let us

know:

1. Which tours you enjoyed and why?

2. What was the most interesting thing that you saw?

3. Would you like to visit any of these places in the future?

The National Museum of Ireland→

• Archaeology - https://www.virtualvisittours.com/national-museum-of-

ireland-archaeology/

The Titanic Experience (Cobh, Co. Cork)

• https://www.virtualvisittours.com/titanic-experience-cobh/

The Long Room at Trinity College Dublin.

(The most beautiful library!!! Take a look)

• https://panoramicireland.com/guide-to-ireland/360-degree-panoramas-

of-ireland/trinity-college-360-degree-panorama

Edinburgh Zoo

• https://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/webcams/penguin-cam/#penguincam

Nasa

• https://www.nasa.gov/glennvirtualtours

London Science Museum

• https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4973607,-

0.174517,2a,75y,89.87h,83.85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXFqPyvRkWLd4oPkp

25Lc_g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

******Final challenge (The Getty Challenge)*******

• Choose a famous painting/ piece of Art.

• Using just what it is in your home, try to recreate that image.

• We would love to see what you can come up with.

• Here are some examples: