Hello everybody,
We are all thinking about you and we hope you are keeping healthy during this unusual time. As many of us have said already, the most important thing is that you are happy and healthy, and hopefully you will have a chance to get exercise and some activity. Any learning activities that we suggest are optional and we have no expectations that school work is done. Anything we post here is a menu from which you can choose to do any, all or none.
I’m available to provide individual literacy support to anyone who would like it. Please contact Mr. Donnelly and he will put you in touch with me.
Here are some links for exploring Art, History, Science, Natural Science and the most important one of all … PE and movement.
Making art with the MoMa
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfYVzk0sNiGEZXlIltPP7Yy_s5gTM7hf8
MoMa learning website
https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/255
Ideas to do at home from the NY Met
https://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/now-at-the-met/2020/digital-digest
Smithsonian channel (available to view through Sky or Virgin TV) for interesting Science, History, Geography videos
http://www.smithsonianchannel.co.uk/
Some great info on London Natural History Museum website:
dinosaurs – https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2020/march/the-first-dinosaurs-probably-didn-t-have-feathers.html
elephants – https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2020/february/weird-skulls-of-straight-tusked-elephants-reveal-how-many-species.html
oceans – https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/oceans.html
London Science Museum also has great videos such as this one about The Space Race
https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/space-race-moon
or Robots
https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/robots
Maybe something a little more topical? How about Rationing during World War 2?
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-you-need-to-know-about-rationing-in-the-second-world-war
Maybe, like in my house, you are cheered up by some live animal webcams. Try here at the California Academy of Sciences
https://www.calacademy.org/learn-explore/animal-webcams
or our own Dublin Zoo
https://www.dublinzoo.ie/animals/animal-webcams/
And just to make sure you stay bright-eyed-and-bushy-tailed (if you have the energy) here’s Joe Wicks to make sure you don’t get a lie-on in the morning!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wzoy_J3I_c