27 th April – 1 st May  Hello to all the girls and boys in Room 4, Room 7 and Room 8. We hope you all  enjoyed the learning activities last week and we also hope you enjoyed lots of fun  time with your family.  

Parents – We are very aware that every home is different and this presents  different challenges and difficulties. We don’t want you to worry about your child’s  education. All this work is revision and consolidation of work. When this is all over  and children return to school we will all work hard to make sure your child reaches  their full potential. We are very proud of all the help you are giving to your child.  

Miss Farrell, Mrs. Lambe, Mrs Mc Carey.    

Mrs Mc Phillips & Miss Burns ( Support Teachers )  

Poem of the week  

On The Farm  

Horses, Donkeys, cows that moo,  

Chickens, kittens, piglets too,  

Fish that swim down in the farm,  

Ducklings quacking all day long.  

All these animals you can see   

If you go to the farm with me.    

Phonics  

Revise the letter names and sounds ck, e, h, r, m, d    

Find five objects in your house that begin with each sound.    

Use your letters in your folders to make words.  

Revise letters and sounds using the link below.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvAYUvQUrGo  

Story Time  

Pick a storybook that you have at home and ask a family member to read it to you.  

When you are reading stories with your child, please discuss the title, author and  the blurb at the back of the book. Read half of it and discuss what they think  might happen next. Read the end of the story and ask them to re-tell it to another  family member. Encourage them to use the beginning, middle and end. Ask  questions about the story, the setting, the characters and ask them what their  favourite part was. They can also draw pictures and write sentences from the book.    

Reading Practice  

Goodbye Danny and Mum.   

Danny and Mum go to the park.  

Goodbye Emma and Josh.  

Emma and Josh go to the park.  

Hello Zeb and Dad.   

Zeb and Dad can go to the zoo.  

Emma likes to go to the zoo.    Click on this link to read your ‘WOW!’ reader  

https://www.edcolearning.ie/Book/Page?bookId=book286&chapterId=chapter1&pa geId=page1  

Parents: This link works best on a laptop. Click the link once and a new link will  appear. Then click on it and login with the following details and scroll down to ‘Wow’  

Username: primaryedcobooks Password: edco2020  

 

Writing Activities  

Practice letter formation.   

Some fine motor work such as lego, cutting, sticking and playdough.   

Encourage your child to draw as much as possible and hold the crayon  correctly.  

   

Gaeilge  

This week we will revise the colours and continue to look at the topic ‘Bia’ ( Food).  

  Céard é seo? (What is this?)  Seo milseáin. (This is a sweet)  Tá an milseáin gorm.  

 

Céard é seo? (What is this?)  Seo cáca. (This is a cake)  Tá an cáca bándearg.  

 

Ceist/Question:   

An maith leat milseáin? Do you like sweets?  Is maith liom milseáin/Ní maith liom milseáin. ( I do/don’t like sweets. )  

Revise the dathanna (colours) as Gaeilge.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jUO1bmbIug  

Ask them to find colours around the house/outside and say it in Irish.  

Edco is making it possible for parents to download Bua na Cainte. However you will  need a laptop and fast broadband as it is a huge file. If you decide to download it,  the username is “trial” and the password is “trial”. Bua na Cainte is the Irish  programme in our classes in school. You can download it at www.edco.ie/bua .  

Maths Activities  

Revision of 2D Shapes   Go on a shape walk in your house. How many shapes  can you see?    How many sides/corners does the shape have?   

Draw as many 2D shapes as you can.  

Draw circles of different sizes by drawing around  the outline of a range of circular objects, e.g. Cups,  tins, pots plates. Cut out the circle shape. Put the  circles in order starting with the biggest down to  the smallest.    

Draw squares of different sizes by drawing around  the outline of a range of square objects, e.g.  boxes, dice. Cut out the square shape. Put the  squares in order starting with the biggest down to  the smallest.    

Draw triangles of different sizes by drawing  around the outline of a range of triangular objects, eg. cheese triangles, snooker  ball rack. Cut out the triangular shape. Put the shapes in order starting with the  smallest up to the biggest.  

Draw rectangles of different sizes by drawing around the outline of a range of  rectangular objects, e.g. book, butter carton, mobile phone. Cut out the shape. Put  the shapes in order starting with the smallest up to the biggest.  

2D Shape Song  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beTDz9HSNOM  

 

 

 

 

S.E.S.E  

New words – foal, piglet, kid, calf, lamb, chick.  

-Chat to your child about animal babies and their  mothers.  

-Ask your child to name all of the mothers. Help  your child to name the babies.  

-How is the hen different to all the other animals?  Where did its baby come from?  

-Why do you think the baby animals are born in  spring? (Weather is getting warmer and the grass  and plants are growing again so there will be lots  of food for the mothers and babies.)   

-Make the sound each animal makes.  

-Can you name other animals and their babies? eg  cat and kitten, deer and fawn.  

-Draw a picture of your favourite farm animals.