Hello again to all the brilliant pupils of St. Gabriel’s NS!  I hope that you are all feeling confident, healthy and strong.  This week I did a little bit of cycling and running and a lot of walking to keep myself healthy and strong like you.  I also did some baking and made some delicious, healthy granola and some even more delicious chocolate chip cookies!!

There were more cookies than this but they seem to have disappeared somewhere!

Yoga                                                                                                                                         I was so impressed last week to see a video of someone doing their morning yoga on Seesaw.  I am still practising holding the Tree pose and I am definitely getting better.      This week I want you to practise the Warrior 1 pose. Stand tall and don’t forget to breathe.  Think warrior thoughts like “I am brave, I am strong”.

Writing                                                                                                                               Remember you can be any age and still think up an amazing and creative story.  If you don’t feel confident writing your story down then illustrate what you have created or else just tell someone the story as people did in olden times.  This week I want you to think If you could have any fantasy pet, what would it be and why?

Finally to the children and their families in the school who will be celebrating a little differently this weekend than they would normally, wishing you peace and health.

Dear children,

I am such a proud principal seeing all the wonderful work you are submitting and I look forward to seeing the assignments of those of you who are working directly from packs and from the website when we get back.

SeeSaw is really fun to use and if you or your parents need any help using it be sure to give Mr Donnelly a call!!

I was a happy principal and Mammy this week when I saw that myself and Hollie could read some books and answer questions! Poppy the dog even got recorded barking and growling!! We try to do 2 or 3 tasks every day but if some days it doesn’t work out that is fine as I am trying to do all my principal work and Hollie’s Daddy is also gone back to work.

Every family, student and staff member from St Gabriel’s N.S. is doing their very best in an ever changing situation so well done to you all.

Vivienne, Andrew, Pauline, Emma, Sharon D, Sharon H, Ashley and Maighréad miss you all so much and say a big HELLO!!!!!

I am sad to say that this is Ms Dunne’s last week with us. She has been a wonderful addition to our school and we will miss her.

If you want to send her a picture or goodbye message your teacher will pass it on through SeeSaw.

Try and get as much fresh air as you can and practice throwing and catching a ball this week if you can. See can you catch and throw without dropping 20 times!

I hope our Communion children had a nice day on Saturday. Maybe you dressed up or still had a party!

Happy Birthday to Phillip and Carlos!

Work hard this week, get fresh air and be nice to your family as we look forward to better times.

Missing you all,

Suzanne Comerford

Hello again everyone!

I hope you are all keeping happy and well.

You all should be very proud of the fantastic work you are doing at home, whether it’s school work for your teachers or helping your family around the house, learning important life skills like baking and gardening or even how to use the washing machine and vaccuum cleaner!

As you may have already guessed, something that has been keeping me very happy over the past few weeks is walking with the dog and looking at all the beautiful nature around me! Below is a picture of a white bluebell which I was very surprised to find on one of my many walks with the dog. On another day in a different wood I was surprised again, this time by a red squirrel racing up a tree and then kindly stopping so I could take a photo! If you look closely enough at the second photo below hopefully you can see him or her! Click on both photos to enlarge.

Before we start on our school work let’s try some Sunshine Breaths. For these we have to imagine the warmth of the sun shining on us. We shouldn’t find it too hard to imagine this warmth with the lovely weather we have been having during the past few weeks, and hopefully more of it coming soon! Click on the image below to enlarge it.

Maths activities

If you need some ideas on counting or other maths activities have a look back at some of my previous posts, especially here and here.

Over the next few weeks we’ll have a go at rekenrek activities. Most of you are very familiar with using rekenreks in class. Below is a website where you can use one online. You can add rows to the rekenrerk so those of you in older classes can make a 10 row rekenrek. https://apps.mathlearningcenter.org/number-rack/

Below is an activity with a two row rekenrek. It is a PowerPoint file which should download to your device. Open and play the slideshow to do the activity.

Rekenrek activity – How many?

In previous posts we did some addition activities: Counting 2 sets, both screened and Addition Activities, e.g. 7 + ? = 10

Now try this subtraction activity: Subtraction activity, e.g. 9 – 4 = ?                                Again it is a PowerPoint file which should download to your device. Open and play the slideshow to do the activity.

Have a lovely week and stay happy and safe!

Ms. Whyte

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