Email: maresaoconnor.moc@gmail.com

Dear families,We hope you all had a good week and enjoyed lots of fun activities during the sports week last week. As we begin our final week of the academic year we would like to thank you all for trying your best each week, we appreciate and value everyone’s effort, time and patience especially during these difficult and unprecedented times.This week, we are as a school focusing on e-tours. We thought it would be nice if Senior Infants pretended to go camping this week. We have included a small amount of Irish, English and Maths (just three tasks in total) in the camping activities listed. It would be lovely if those who can, could build a fort or den and send pictures of it to their friends. We would also like them to write a postcard to their friends or grandparents, they can either send a photo of the post card or post it. We hope that you and your child have lots of fun. Keep an eye on class dojo as we will be saying goodbye at the end of the week and wishing Gary a happy birthday.Regards,Mary and Maresa

Message to Senior Infants:Hello boys and girls, we can`t believe that it has come to the end of June and you are almost finished in Senior Infants. We are both so proud of you all and while we are sad that we didn`t get to spend the last few months with you in the classroom, we really enjoyed teaching you up until the school closure and hearing from you during it. You have worked hard, been helpful, stayed at home when asked and now you all deserve a lovely summer. We can`t wait to tell Ms. Gardiner how lucky she is to be getting such a wonderful First Class and we

hope to get little waves, smiles and hellos from you all next year even though you are big First Class boys and girls! Goodbye, for now, Mrs Whelan & Mrs O Connor

Task 1: Oral Language (English and Irish)- Camping

All the work for today can be completed orally.https://www.gillexplore.ie/gill-explore-resources/over-the-moon-senior-infants-skills-book?Chapters=7662&ResourceTypes=11535

A. The above link will bring you directly to the window below. Please click on ‘ Oral Language and Interactive Resources’ then Oral Language poster. Pick story mode and press play.

B. Next, choose the ‘Explore Mode’ and press on the eye icon. Press each number for questions etc.

Answer page 115 of Over the Moon. This is also your Irish for this week, see below. If you have someone to call out the Irish phrases – the pronunciation is there along with the meaning.

Éist agus dathaighDathaigh an ghrian buí (dah-hig on ghur-ee-an bwee) = colour the sun yellow.

Dathaigh an crann glas (dah-hig on crown gloss) – colour the tree green.

Dathaigh an spéir gorm. (dah-hig on spare gur-um) = colour the sky blue

Dathaigh an tine dearg. (dah-hig on tin-a jar-ag) =colour the fire red

Dathaigh na rudaí eile (dah-hig na ruddy ella) = colour the other things

Task 2: Story – ‘Fun at the Campsite’

Read the story

https://www.gillexplore.ie/gill-explore-resources/over-the-moon-senior-infants-skills-book?Chapters=7662&ResourceTypes=11314

Dear Senior Infants,We would like you to set up a campsite at home. When we do this in the classroom we make a tent (using a tent, a tepee or just blankets over a table). We create an area outside the tent for a log fire. Have fun using whatever you have available to you at home.We would love you to do some of the activities listed below when you are playing in your campsite. We thought it might be fun to send pictures and postcards to your friends. We would love to see some pictures too!From,Ms. Whelan and Ms. O’ Connor

Camping role-play

- Answering phones to take bookings at the campsite- Talking to guests who are checking into the campsite- Organising excursions with the guest, e.g. fishing trip or a mountain

climb- Filling in booking forms- Making out invitations to a campsite barbeque- Make some s`mores (with adult help)- Set up a farm shop selling milk, eggs etc. Perhaps label your items with

prices and use this to practice adding money, using coins and working out the amount of change. Keep your prices low!!

- Send a postcard home to a friend- Collect and study minibeasts

Task 3 Maths: Lots of campsites are near, and some contain, a pet farm. Look at the video in the link below for Blackwater Farm. See how many different types of animals you can count while you watch.

https://youtu.be/kKj4iPd_11s

Count and point to the correct number.