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Senior Infants Work: Week Beginning 20 th of April 2020
20/04/20
Dear Parent/Guardian, Boys and Girls,I hope this finds you and all your families well in this unsettling time and that you had a lovely Easter break. The Senior Infants team in Scoil Naomh Eltin hope to continue to provide your children with weekly work which will allow your child access to the Curriculum over the coming weeks. We have provided our email addresses below and would love if children sent one or two pieces of work each week that they are proud of! Keep an eye on the class page of our school website as we will update it with some of the samples of work we receive. We have created a Padlet activity page which will be regularly updated with both practical and online activities for you to complete with your child if you wish. https://padlet.com/aislingharte/snejnrsnr.
Parents if you have any queries also please feel free to contact us on:[email protected] [email protected]
[email protected] Regards,Ciara O’Connor and Aisling Harte
English : As you are aware, we are using Over the Moon as our English Programme. Gill Education have kindly offered free access for parents to their online resources for the duration of school closures. To avail of this resource please visit: https://www.gillexplore.ie/gill-explore-resources/over-the-moon-senior-infants-skills-book
Over the Moon work to be completed:1. Fiction Reader: Luna’s Escape
https://content.yudu.com/web/1yssw/0A224cw/OTMSnrInfsFReader7/html/index.html?refUrl=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.gillexplore.ie%252Fgill-explore-resources%252Fover-the-moon-senior-infants-skills-book%253FChapters%253D0%2526ResourceTypes%253D11302 . Before reading you might discuss the title and the front cover with the children. Do you think this is a fiction or nonfiction book? Can you make a prediction? Who do you think Luna is? How might she escape?
During reading questions such as.
2. Finally, the children can complete the book review attached (please feel free to do this in a copybook if it’s easier)
3. Grammar Capital Letters : pg. 98
https://content.yudu.com/web/1yssw/0A224cw/OTMSBSnrInfs/html/index.html?page=102&origin=reader
Additional English work to be completed:1. My Easter Holidays (writing) – Today is …. It is …. During my Easter holidays I…
- Please encourage children to write independently and to use their phonics to spell words.
2. Reading: https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/3. Revise all sounds and tricky words in word folders. Where possible, parents
could give children a little test by selecting tricky words and asking their child to
say the word – this will show where revision is needed. (See grid below)
4. Word Families: Create a list of 10 rhyming words. – ad e.g. bad, lad etc., - ab e.g. lab, cab etc., -en e.g. pen, when etc.
Maths : Focus on the story of 10. Ensure your child understands all the different ways to make 10. Work on partitioning and combining sets to make different ways of making 10. Use concrete items to aid this concept.
Gaeilge: TG4 will be broadcasting a new programme called “Ar Scoil” weekdays at 10 a.m. – this will be similar to the RTÉ HomeSchool Hub but will be through Irish. Our topic is “An Teilifís” (Television). EDCO have kindly given access to the interactive Bua na Cainte programme which can be downloaded using the following steps:
1. Go to www.edco.ie/bua2. Select the file which suits your computer PC or MAC3. Select the Class Level you require (Senior Infants), then click on it to start a
download of the file4. Once the download has completed, click on the file to install and follow the on-
screen instructions.5. A Bua na Cainte icon will appear on your desktop. Once you select this icon a
login page will open where you will need to enter the details included belowLogin: trialPassword: trial
Once you have accessed Bua na Cainte, select “An Teilifís” from the themes and Ceacht 5, Ceacht 6 (Lessons 5,6) will build on what was done before the Easter Break. There are lovely songs and interactive games which can all be done over the week (Please don’t feel under pressure to complete each game/activity that accompanies each lesson). A song that would prepare your child for next weeks lessons can also be found under the “Rainn” tab at the bottom of An Teilifís – please select Tá feirm ag an bhfeirmeoir (Old McDonald had a farm)Activities:Revise who is on the television. Your child should have an idea of the Irish terms for these people already from previous lessons. Please use images attached to aid your child’s learning. Question: Cé atá ar an teilifís? (Who is on the television?)Answer: Tá ____ ar an teilifís ( ____ is on the television)Fear an phoist (postman), Garda (police), múinteoir (teacher), fear grinn (clown), dochtúir (doctor), feirmeoir (farmer), buachaill bó (cowboy), siopadóir (shop keeper)
The next step which is seen in Ceacht 5 (lesson 5) is An _____ é? (Is he ____). Question: An ____ é? (Is he a ____)Answer: Sea (Yes) Ní hea (No)See worksheet below
Ceacht 6: Is based on the child telling news. Encourage your child to say this news or something simple but changing it to their own name. “Is mise _____” (I am ___)Is mise Teidí. (I am Teddy)
Tá nuacht agam. (I have news)Fuair mé rothar nua inné. (I got a new bike yesterday)Fuair Oisín eitleán nua inné. (Oisín got a new airplane yesterday)Fuair Niamh ríomhaire nua inné. (Niamh got a new computer yesterday)Slán go foill. (Bye)
S.E.S.E: (History, Geography, Science)We have outlined the learning objectives for these subjects below. These activities are covered over a two-week period.History:
Create a timeline showing the growth of a plant (this can also be done in a spare copybook or on a page where the children draw the timeline)
Geography: Develop a responsibility for taking care of and enhancing the environment. Identify, discuss and implement simple strategies for improving and caring for
the environment – recycling.
Activities: Make a list/talk about all the things your child likes/dislikes about their
locality. Talk about how they have a role in looking after their local environment and
their locality. Discuss what things they can do to look after their home, their school, their
locality. Look at the images below (pg.31), discuss each image and whether it shows
a good way to look after the locality. Explain to your child that some waste can be recycled which means it can be
reused while other waste cannot – ask your child for some examples of recyclable materials.
Looking at the headings on page 32 ask your child to come up with some example of what might go into each bin.
Science: Recognise and identify living things and non-living things. Recognise that some non-living things were once living.
Resources:https://www.kindergartenkindergarten.com/2012/03/a-science-mini-unit-living-and-non-living.html Dublin Zoo Live Webcam: https://www.dublinzoo.ie/animals/animal-webcams/ (This could be used to look at the animals in their habitats and discuss living and non-living things that you can see)
*A great opportunity to get children outdoors, looking at different things in their environment and discuss whether they are living or non-living things.
SPHE:Media Education – this lesson focusses on what is a need and what is a want and the difference between them. Talk to your child about their favourite items/objects, discuss if they need them to survive or just want them. Ask them to come up with a list of needs and wants.
Lesson ideas: https://www.safefood.eu/SafeFood/media/SafeFoodLibrary/MediaWise/download/MediaWise-Junior-Senior_Lesson4.pdf Quiz: https://www.safefood.eu/Education/Primary-(ROI)/MediaWise/media-quiz-2.aspxActivity: https://www.safefood.eu/SafeFood/media/SafeFoodLibrary/MediaWise/download/j-s/topic-2/MediaWise-Junior-Senior_Activity4-1.pdfhttps://www.safefood.eu/SafeFood/media/SafeFoodLibrary/MediaWise/download/j-s/topic-2/MediaWise-Junior-Senior_Activity4-2.pdf
PE:YogaPlease see video ‘Cosmic Kids Yoga’ on Scoil Naomh Eltin’s Junior and Senior Infants Padlet https://padlet.com/aislingharte/snejnrsnr
AthleticsClare McSweeney (Athletics Coach) will be doing weekly “We Play” videos. Ms. O’Hanrahan will forward a link to these via Aladdin.
Arts Education (Drama, Music, Art): Music: Song SingingPlease see video ‘Out of the Ark’ on Scoil Naomh Eltin’s Junior and Senior Infants Padlet. Learn song Spring Chickenhttps://padlet.com/aislingharte/snejnrsnr
Art: Construction- Construct Zoo Animals using an empty toilet roll and any materials you have at home. Have Fun! (We would love to see some of your creations)
Drama: Please see activities titled ‘Drama Games’ on Scoil Naomh Eltin’s Junior and Senior Infants Padlet https://padlet.com/aislingharte/snejnrsnr