1 Junior Infants Dear Parents, We hope you and your families have been keeping well since. It is hard to believe that we are in the middle of June! We know that it is getting more and more challenging for you to keep the children motivated to do school work. By now, the boys and girls are most likely feeling tired and are looking forward to the holidays, and a break from the books! With this in mind, we have included some relaxation/mindfulness activities for them to do this week. This will be our last week assigning work like this. Next week, we will have our virtual Active Schools (Home) Week. That will be something for the children to look forward to. Below is the plan for the week beginning Monday, 15 th June. Again, please do not worry if you are unable to complete all tasks/activities provided and work at a pace that suits your child. Just a quick note in relation to the books – please feel free to use them. We are still including the pages from the workbooks in our plans for those people who may not have been able to collect their children’s books. Your child is free to work away in them. Many thanks once again for all the emails, photos, videos and work samples. It is great to see the children’s work and we hope the feedback that we send back to you helps to motivate them. Keep up the great work girls and boys. As always, know that we are here for you to help in any way we can. If you have any questions, please email us. Have a good week and keep smiling girls and boys. Take care of yourselves and each other, E. Loughnane [email protected]D. Webberley [email protected]S. Madigan [email protected]Suggested Daily Activities These activities are mostly the same as previous weeks, as we feel this will be of continued benefit in order to maintain routine. Calendar time – chat about what day, date, month, season it is, the weather, draw a picture/write a sentence to describe the weather. You could extend this activity by asking your child what day comes
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Junior Infants
Dear Parents,
We hope you and your families have been keeping well since.
It is hard to believe that we are in the middle of June! We know that it is getting more and more
challenging for you to keep the children motivated to do school work. By now, the boys and girls are
most likely feeling tired and are looking forward to the holidays, and a break from the books!
With this in mind, we have included some relaxation/mindfulness activities for them to do this week.
This will be our last week assigning work like this. Next week, we will have our virtual Active
Schools (Home) Week. That will be something for the children to look forward to.
Below is the plan for the week beginning Monday, 15th June. Again, please do not worry if you are
unable to complete all tasks/activities provided and work at a pace that suits your child.
Just a quick note in relation to the books – please feel free to use them. We are still including the
pages from the workbooks in our plans for those people who may not have been able to collect their
children’s books. Your child is free to work away in them.
Many thanks once again for all the emails, photos, videos and work samples. It is great to see the
children’s work and we hope the feedback that we send back to you helps to motivate them. Keep up
the great work girls and boys.
As always, know that we are here for you to help in any way we can. If you have any questions,
before Wednesday, after Friday etc., what days make up the weekend. Calendar time will be part of
Tuesday’s daily plan but you can do it anytime you wish.
Sound bag - review letter sounds, names, songs and actions, suggest words that start with specific
letters, make and write 2-4 letter words using letters sounds, these can include nonsense words!
Reading time - choose an ebook each day. You might want to focus on the same one for a few days.
Oxford Owl has a huge collection to choose from. www.oxfordowl.co.uk
You will also find free stories and ebooks for the beginner reader on www.clarkeness.com
Before reading, draw your child’s attention to the title, author, illustrator and invite them to make
predictions. After reading, encourage your child to talk about the story, sequence it, draw the
beginning, middle and end, discuss/draw their favourite parts, suggest an alternative ending, make an
‘I wonder’ statement, e.g. I wonder where the farmer went to.
Teach Your Monster to Read is also free at the moment and is a great resource for reading.
www.teachyourmonstertoread.com
Your child can use this independently to consolidate letter sounds and further develop their reading
skills.
Free writing – encourage your child to write/draw for fun, make shopping lists, write cards for
relatives, write their news, make sentences or create stories. Encourage them to match the sounds to
the letters as they write and praise their efforts. Our focus is on approximate spelling at this stage.
Letter/Number formation – practise forming letters/numbers in a variety of ways, e.g. rainbow
letters/numbers, playdough, whiteboards, tracing letters on a sandwich bag with paint inside, using
different materials (cereal box, old cardboard etc.).
Playtime – continue to encourage your child to engage in free play, make jigsaws, constructions
(lego, blocks, forts), playdough, dress-up, skipping, jumping, dancing. All these are invaluable to
develop your child’s gross and fine-motor skills as well as providing opportunities for oral language
development.
Roleplay – Continue to encourage your child to spend time in role as characters from a shop.
Encourage your child to put price tags on their toys up to 5cent and encourage them to act as
customers using coins to purchase their toys.
Enjoy reading aloud to your child for at least 15 minutes per day.
Story of the Week – The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
Songs for the Week –
Here Is The Beehive - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5Bs9xydba0 Butterfly, Ladybug, Bumblebee - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgiQ6GliTrI The Ants Go Marching - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S__fbCGwOM
Movement Breaks
These can be completed as trainsition activities from one task to the next.
Fly Like a Butterfly – Yoga Version - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYI0TPJOuGk
Some really good videos to practise movement skills at home available here
https://www.scoilnet.ie/pdst/physlit/beyond/
Wellbeing Activities
This week our school are holding a Mindfulness Week. As well as the links below you will
find one mindful activity to do each day. We hope that you enjoy them, finding some peace
for a few minutes during this busy period.
5 Minute Mindfulness Activities for Kids on Teach Starter available here
www.teachstarter.com
The P.D.S.T (Professional Development Service for Teachers) have developed some realaxation
techniques that may help your child -https://www.pdst.ie/primary/healthwellbeing/distancelearning
You may also find some of the breathing techniques/stretches outlined by SaveTheChildren.Org to be helpful. https://www.savethechildren.org/content/dam/usa/reports/emergency-response/stress-busters-from-our-heart-program.pdf
Monday, 15th
June
English
Calendar Time – https://www.starfall.com/h/holiday/calendar/?sn=main News – Ask your child to write their news using the following format: Today is Monday. It is a ____ (sunny, rainy, windy, cloudy) day. We had a nice weekend. You can model writing this for your child. Ask your child to help you with the spelling. Remind them how you need to begin each sentence with a capital letter and finish with a full stop. Also, draw attention to the fact that you are leaving a finger space between each word.
Read back over what you have written with your child. Ask them if they would like to add something to this. Your child can then begin writing and can use what you have written to help them. They can write some more if they wish. Encourage them to sound out what they would like to write and to match the sounds to the letters as best they can. Praise them for their efforts. They can draw a picture to accompany their writing.
Maths – Money – This week we will continue the topic of money. Continue to allow your child time
to explore the coins that you have at home. Ask your child to put a 2c coin next to a 1c coin, what
does this make? Practise combining different coins to make different amounts. Do not worry if this is
difficult for your child. This is a concept that can take time and lots of practice.
CJ Fallon Interactive activities 119 and 119a can be completed on https://www.cjfallon.ie/
Discuss and complete page 119 of your childs math’s book or page 9 of this document.
Gaeilge – Go to FolensOnline https://www.folensonline.ie/ and click into Abair Liom A. Search
Lesson 29 – Súil Siar 5 – Revision of recent topics - Play cluiche – Pléasc an Balún – Pop the
Bubbles
Click on Measúnú 5: Téacsleabhar – Éist agus dathaigh - Listen to the audio and colour the pictures
on page 100 of the childrens Abair Liom workbook or page 8 of this document.
Gaeilge – Lesson 9 Cén sórt aimsire atá ann? Revise topic – How is the weather?
Sa chlós. Listen to the scéal again. Listen to the amhrán and dán.
Complete activity attached on page 17 of this document.
Tarraing an aimsir. Draw the weather in the five different boxes.
1.Inniu tá sé grianmhar – Translation - Today it is sunny.
2.Inné bhí sé gaofar – Translation – Yesterday was windy.
3. Inniu tá sé scamallach – Translation - Today it is cloudy.
4. Inniu tá sé ag cur báistí – Translation - Today it is raining.
5. Inniu tá sé ag cur sneachta – Translation - Today it is snowing.
S.E.S.E – Lifecycle of a ladybird - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws_D5nXOAJg Watch the video and discuss the lifecycle of a ladybird. Explain that the life cycle is like a wheel and that it goes round and round. Complete page 55 of Small World book. Label the stages of the life cycle.
Religion – Grow in Love: Theme 9: We Give Thanks
Grow in Love Theme 9. Lesson 2: At Mass We Give Thanks can be explored this week. Discuss
the pictures of a family going to mass. Talk about your family’s experiences of going to
mass.Complete page 52 of your child’s Grow In Love workbook or page 17 of this document– Draw
your family with the other people at mass.
Listen to the song ‘We Give Thanks’. Talk about what you give thanks for. Complete page 53 of
your child’s Grow In Love workbook or page 17 of this document – Write or draw two things that you
are thankful for.
Wednesday’s Mindful Moment - Rainbow Breath Video from Go Noodle -
English – Rhyming words – Read these rhyming riddles and see if you can guess the rhyming answers. Then
complete worksheet attached on page 21 of this document. Read the words aloud and try to think of three
words that rhyme with each of them.
Maths – Caterpillar Ordering Numbers Activity –
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/caterpillar-ordering Maths – Number Ordering –Today’s focus is on what number comes after. For example – What number
comes after 3? Using sticky notes or pieces of paper make a number line up to 5. You can jumble up the
flashcards and have your child place them in the correct order. Talk about the order of the numbers with an
emphasis on what comes after.
Complete the activity on page 121 of your child’s Maths book or on page 22 of this document.
CJ Fallon Interactive activities 121 and 121a can also be completed.
Gaeilge – Lesson 5 An bosca éadaigh. Revise topic – The clothes box – Allow your child to explore the
resources for this topic. Listen to the scéal again. Listen to the amhrán and dán.
Your child might also enjoy trying some of the games on this website – Séideán Sí. Lots of the vocabulary and
phrases that we covered this year are revised in the online activities here: https://www.seideansi.ie/naionain-bheaga.php
S.E.S.E – Minibeast Hunt – Follow the directions on the below image to complete your Minibeast Hunt.
Tick off any Minibeasts that you find using the Minibeast Identification Sheet attached.
