Hello again!

I don’t know about you but I really wish I was back in school! For now though we have to stay safe at home and keep washing our hands.

Yesterday in the garden I saw my first butterfly of the year so let’s try some Butterfly Breaths! Click on the image below to enlarge it.

During this time you might find yourself watching more TV than usual or playing games on the playstation or tablet, etc. But don’t forget to talk to your family too!

Have a look here for some interesting ideas for Conversations.

Have a conversation!

It is very important to keep practising your Counting – both forwards and backwards. You can still practise the activities that were in my post last week. This week here are some maths games to try:

Ordering numbers

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/chinese-dragon-ordering – order numbers on the dragon from smallest to largest and from largest to smallest

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/playYourCardsRight/index.html – guess will the next number be higher or lower

Reading numbers

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/helicopter-rescue

https://www.ictgames.com/postAletter/index.html

Number after and Number before

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/chopper-squad – one more, one less

Please note: For internet based activities please ensure your children are supervised while accessing the internet.

Hello children,

We hope that you and your families are keeping well. Hopefully you are enjoying the extra hour of daylight in the evenings. It’s good to get outside when you can. Please remember to include lots of playing in your days! We would also love for you to try some of these activities during the next two weeks.

Take care,

Ms.Hanlon and Mrs. Condron

Senior Infants

Please practise vocabulary and phrases associated with Easter, spring and animals

Here are some cartoons made specifically for learning new words and phrases:

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/short-stories/the-lazy-bear

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/short-stories/no-dogs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEb1GsqxhZc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyyh8rhwKQ8

Here are some word games to learn and practise vocabulary:

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/word-games/easter

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/word-games/birds

https://www.eslgamesplus.com/farm-domestic-animals-vocabulary-esl-memory-game/

https://www.eslgamesplus.com/sea-animals-aquatic-animals-vocabulary-esl-memory-game/

1st and 2nd Class

Atlas skills:

Find these countries in an Atlas or online:

• Burkina Faso
• Lithuania
• Argentina
• Uzbekistan
• Greenland

Can you find out which continent each of these countries are in?

Draw and colour the flag of two of those countries

Countdown Challenge

• What is the longest word you can make using these letters?
• How many short words can you make?

o k r i h s m a f

Start a project!

Over the next few weeks, you could work on a project about a famous person who you are very interested in. They could be a famous person from the past or from today. You could look up some interesting facts about them and perhaps write about why you are interested in them. Headings could include:

• Their name
• When they were born
• Where they are from
• What they are famous for
• Any other interesting facts or information about them
• You could draw a picture of them

Please save your work carefully. We really look forward to seeing it and talking all about it soon!

Please note: For internet based activities please ensure your children are supervised while accessing the internet.

Across the country children are coming to a new realisation that heroes come in many forms and that many of them in fact are in their own homes. In the face of the Global COVID-19 pandemic, these heroes are their parents, cousins, neighbours and friends who are spending long hours, day and night, fighting to ensure that this virus is controlled and lives are protected.

We are asking if all children who have a flag in their county or club colours, or whatever team they follow across any code, would hang that flag from their gate posts, windows, or wherever they would normally place a flag when supporting their county club or team ahead of an important match.

While sports events at the moment are currently postponed, such a show of solidarity from the children of the country towards those on the frontline will demonstrate our gratitude for their marvelous dedication to their critical work at this extraordinary time. Hanging out the flags will also provide colour to lift everybody at a time when people are psychologically feeling the effects of this terrible pandemic.

It is the hope that in the coming days, with your help, every road, street, lane, avenue, estate and apartment complex will be festooned with colour to honour our Heroes – our families, neighbours and friends in the Frontline services.

Dear parents and guardians,

We hope you and yours are well. We appreciate this is a difficult time for you as parents. With this in mind, please find links to some resources and tips below which deal with general parenting, coping with your children and minding yourself during this period. Our own personal and mental health and wellbeing can sometimes be the last thing parents think of; it is now more important than ever.  Trying to keep a routine for yourself as well as your children can help. Don’t forget to stay in touch with family and friends by phone or social media; the right kind of social contact can benefit everyone at this time.  Continue reading →