Hi 2nd class,

What an incredible week I had getting a chance to speak to your mammy or daddy and even some of you. I am absolutely delighted to hear you are all safe and sound most importantly. I am so proud of you all for trying and attempting some school work each week. I could nearly swallow my ears it made my smile so big to hear you are all giving it a go.

Now that seesaw is up in action thanks to the incredible Mr. Donnelly and Mr Smyth, I will look forward to messaging you to hear how you are getting on. It would be fantastic if this week you could try to upload three pieces of work you have done for me to take a look at. I will continue to upload the main work I put together each week on the website, as requested by all, but I will also begin to add additional activities on seesaw for you to take a look at. You can do it but you don’t have to.

Unfortunately, the communion has been cancelled. I look forward to a new date being decided when we return to school.

This week I have been extra busy practicing playing my musical instruments.

I have been so lucky this week because the incredible Ms. O’Leary and Ms. Fitzpatrick have come up with some wonderful activities for you all. If you visit their folders there is lots more fun activities to do. Check them out!

The activities I have put together for this week are:

English

Try write as many “magic e” words as you can think of. The “magic e” rule is when the letter “e” sits at the end of the word, it is usually silent and the “magical e” tells the first vowel or the preceding vowel to say its name or long sound. The magic e vowels are as follows: a, e, i, o, u. Here are the 10 “magic e” words to put into sentences this week:

1. late 2. plane 3. name 4. smile 5. invite 6. cute 7. home 8. rude 9. slime 10. hope

*Remember to use adjectives (describing words like big, green, tall) and try make your sentences even longer than last weeks.*

Poem: Take a read of the poem “If I was a superhero” by Sally Gray. I want you to design your own superhero costume. You can draw it or put on clothes from your wardrobe to do this. (Maybe even borrow some things from your parent’s wardrobe too if you ask nicely.) Then write and draw about what you would do if you were a superhero.

Maths

1. This week we will be taking a look at Time.

In class we had been learning about reading time on the hour and half past the hour.

Try the activity below first.

Time

The next activity below is a little bit more challenging.

Time level

2. This week’s 5 maths word problems

A “Super Project” 

Here is a list of ideas to have a super week filled with super hero activities: Superhero day activity sheet

Design your own superhero: Design a Superhero – You can copy this drawing on a page and make it even more cooler with a super costume and lots of colour.

Create your own superhero mask: Superhero mask – copy this onto a sheet of paper and create it for your own superhero. Then cut it out.

Try create a super cool jet pack for your superhero: Jetpack Craft Instructions

Explain your superhero’s powers: Superhero Transition Writing

Art:

Why not try a step-by-step drawing jungle animals activity

Music:

Try practice singing some of these songs we have done as a class.

Hakuna Matata

Oh what a beautiful morning

Why not make a Bottle shaker to shake along to the rhythm of some traditional Irish music. These are some of my favourite tunes I play on my instruments –  Irish Music

Irish on RTE

Monday – Friday everyday from 11-2.Tune in and take a look.

I hope you all have an incredible week ahead and I really look forward to trying seesaw out with you all. I am so excited to see your super work that you can try to upload. When we get back to school perhaps we could have an ICE-CREAM party to celebrate all the wonderful work you will have uploaded on seesaw. You know Mrs. Walshe’s deal; “Work hard, Play hard”.

I hope you all aren’t too noisy at home like we sometimes are when we go silly in class 😉

Stay safe my little legends,

Mrs. Walshe the incredible 🙂

Hi folks.

Welcome back!! Hasn’t the sunshine just been incredible. I hope you have been outside enjoying it a lot. My favourite part of my day has been opening the curtains and blinds and having to wear sunglasses while I have my breakfast.
I have been so busy over Easter. I did a lot of fun gardening. I planted more flowers. I put solar panel lights on my garden shed. They are so handy because the sun’s rays power them so no electricity is needed. Most of all my brother Fiachra sent me 16 eggs. They are a mixture of different breeds of chickens. I will hatch them out in my incubator. Take a look at the pictures in the gallery to see them.

I am going to set some easy and fun tasks for you to do next week Monday to Friday. I really look forward to checking in with you all individually over the coming weeks to see how you are all getting on.

English Spellings and sentences:
-Make a list of as many “ea” words as you can.
-Here are 10 “ea” words to put into sentences. 2 a day.
tea, sea, eat, meat, meal, each, reach, please, beach, dream.

-Create a comic strip by drawing 6 boxes on a sheet of paper. Draw and write about the different type of Easter holidays you had this year. Try writing two sentences to go with each picture.

Maths:
-Before Easter you looked for all 2D shapes in your house/apartment/flat. This week I want you to look for all 3D shapes. Remember these aren’t flat like the 2D shapes. Take a look at the poster in the gallery to remind you of some 2D and 3D shapes.
-Here are 5 number stories to do Monday to Friday:

Remember our RUDE approach:

Read, Underline, Draw, Estimate.
1. The hen laid 6 eggs and then laid 8 more eggs. How many eggs did she lay altogether?
2. Tom shared his sweets with Sarah. Tom gave Sarah 6 blue sweets, 9 yellow sweets and 4 green sweets. How many sweets did Sarah get?
3. Laura picked flowers for her mum. She picked 12 daffodils, 8 sunflowers and 4 tulips. How many flowers did Laura give her mum?
4. Peter went swimming on Saturday. He did 5 cannonballs, 7 dives and 9 flips. How many different types of jumps into the pool did Peter do altogether?
5. Sally went on a bear hunt. First she spotted 6 grizzly bears. Secondly she saw 13 dancing bears and finally she noticed 11 bears eating honey. How many bears did Sally see on her bear hunt altogether?

SESE/ Project work:
-I hope your animal reports are coming along nicely.
This week I want you to write 16 names for the chickens and design a hen house for the chickens to live in when they hatch.
-In the picture in the Gallery you can see the solar panel lights on my garden shed. These are powered by the sun. Can you list important ways of staying safe in the heat of the sun now that the weather is getting hotter?
-Can you design a garden shed and write about what you would store in it?

Art/Drama:
In the Gallery of pictures you will see some daisies that are growing in my garden. Can you try making a daisy chain and then create a mini sketch(act out a play) where there is a king and a queen. Create their crowns using daisy chains.

P.E:
Everyday I want you to try doing:
1. 50 jumping jacks
2. 40 jumping with high knees
3. 30 cycling (lie on your back and with your feet in the air peddle 30 times)
4. 20 air punches (punch your arms into the air)
5. 10 burpees

Music:
I want you to try write a song about the sun and the good weather. Maybe you could include what you do on hot days; eat ice cream, have a water fight, make a daisy chain or go for a cycle.

I hope you’re helping all the adults at home. Remember every time we play we are also learning. This week I want you to be imaginative and think outside the box when you are playing. 2nd class stay cool, caring and incredibly safe.

Ms.Walshe the incredible.