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Maidin mhaith cailíní, an bhfuil sibh go maith? I hope you are all well. I must say, I am missing my

little girls ALOT and cannot wait to be back in the classroom with all of you! I hope you are having

lots of fun with your families and I am really looking forward to hearing all about what you got up to!

Parents, the following is some suggested work that you can do with the girls, it is based on the

curriculum and what we would have been doing in the classroom. Parents and children are under no

obligation to get through all of this work. My email is noeleencoyle@mercyconvent.ie and I am here to

support you in any way. I would also love to hear from the girls and they can share their

news/stories/homework etc. with me. Ag súil go mbeidh muid ar ais arís le chéile, i mbarr shlainte, gan

mhoill.

Monday 30th March

Jolly Phonics – th (We touched on this before closing)

Below is an image taken from the Jolly Phonics Programme. We usually begin by listening to the

sound’s story.

Here is the story that you may like to read to your child: “Matthew and Nathan have gone to the

circus. The ringmaster opens the circus and introduces the acts. First there is a juggler, throwing

three rings high into the air. Then two naughty clowns throw water at the ringmaster. He tells them

off, and then goes to change his clothes. One clown, a thin fellow, is rather rude, and he sticks his

tongue out at the ringmaster, but only a little way. “th, th, th,” he goes. The other clown, who is

much bigger, is VERY rude and sticks his tongue right out. “thth, thth, thththth!” he goes. Then the

clowns chase one another around the big top and tickle each other with a feather. Everyone laughs at

them”.

Please talk about the picture with your child – do they notice any words that begin/ have a th sound.

Action for th sound – Pretend to be a rude clown and stick your tongue out a little to say th (as in

them), and further out to say th (as in thumb).

Ask your child to write down as many words with th as possible. (eg: thumb/ feather)

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Maths

Before we closed, we were concentrating on the number 9.

o Teach your child to sing the number rhyme ‘Nine green bottles sitting on the wall’.

o Practise writing the number 9 on a piece of paper.

o Make a simple clothesline by placing a piece of string between two chairs or by using

Blu-Tack to hold the string in place across the kitchen table/wall. Give your child some

clothes pegs and ask him/her to place nine clothes pegs on the clothesline. Ask your

child to count as the pegs are placed on the line. When four/ five pegs are on the line,

ask questions, such as: How many pegs are on the line now? If we put two more pegs on,

how many are there on the line then?

o Complete page 26 in Home/School Links Busy at Maths books.

News

Encourage your child to write their news. Try to use the format that the class are used to, e.g. Today

is _____ .(day of the week, e.g. Monday) It is a _____ day. (Describe the weather, e.g.

sunny, cold, cloudy, warm, dry, rainy, foggy, frosty, etc. We are still out of school. Encourage

your child to read the sentences before writing them. Once these sentences are written, encourage

your child to write a further 2-3 sentences of their own independently. Ps: It would be great to see

your child’s news but only if possible.. You could take a photograph of their work and email it to me as

an attachment!!

Tips for when writing:

Write on the line

Space between each word

Remember the tall letters and the letters that go under the line like b d l and g j p etc.

Check for capital letters at beginning of a sentence, days of the week, months, person’s name

etc.

Full stops at the end of each sentence.

Gaeilge

We use Abair Liom B in class. Parents have access to Abair Liom online. Please follow the link to

access the website. https://www.folensonline.ie/registration/?r=t Enter Prim20 as the schools roll

number. Please look for Ceacht 23 (Lesson 23 – An Cháisc (Easter)) Listen to the story with your

child!

I understand that many parents don’t have Gaeilge but your child should be very familiar with the

resources on this website! I have attached the new vocabulary flashcards as a separate document.

Ask your child what the pictures are in Irish. If you have a problem with this, please email me and I

will send you a recording of the words in Irish. www.focloir.ie is also good website for translating and

pronouncing vocabulary.

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English

Please see new words on next page for our next story “Sea Lion Splash”. Keep revising tricky words!

Reading – Please revise first three stories in our starlight book over the course of this week.

Furthermore, parents have access to oxford owl online where you can find all the oxford reading

books! Again – this is not mandatory……

Step1: Google https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/

Step2: At top right of webpage, click ‘Join Us’ and register as a parent.

Step 3: Once you have registered, select ‘Oxford Reading Tree’ in Browse the Library Menu. The

level that your child is on is on the back cover of the current book that they are reading. If ye

choose to reading books from this, please document them!

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New Word List for the story ‘Sea Lion Splash’. (Core Reader)

• Parents, please revise 6 words each night.

• Tick the box if the word is known.

• Please keep revising previous word lists that your child has

Date:

Mon 30th zoo feeding sea lion people stand hold

Tues 31st hand tall stood can’t spot zookeeper

Wed 1st pressed horn jumped clapped clever took

Thurs 2nd bucket

tossed grabbed pool wall front

Name:__________________________

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Tuesday 31st March

Gaeilge

Usaid acmhainní ar line do Abair Liom...ceacht 23 amháin.

Please continue to use the Abair Liom resources online...only look at lesson 23.

You could also have a little sing-song os gaeilge with songs like:

Oro ‘se do bheatha bhaile

An Haka gaelach

Amhrán na bhFiann (amhrán náisiúnta)

Maths

Ask your child to write out the story of nine beginning with 0 + 9 = 9, 1 + 8 = 9 and so on.

They can also complete the document on page 6 if possible once they have finished the above activity.

English

Continue with word grid and keep revising tricky words. Complete work on page 7 if possible.

Continue with your child’s reading. Read and practise the following poem with your child:

Come My Chicks:

Come my chicks,

It's time for bed,

That’s what mother hen said,

But first I'll count you just to see,

If you have all come back to me,

Chick 1, chick 2, chick 3, Oh dear!

Chick 4, chick 5, yes you're all here!

Religion

Follow the link https://vimeo.com/171914911. Talk about Easter and why it is so special – why did

Jesus die on the cross?

SESE

Please complete the work on page 8 of this document. If it is not possible to print worksheet – talk to

your child orally about the flower. Furthermore, the following link is to a YouTube channel where your

child can learn some interesting facts about science. https://www.youtube.com/user/scishowkids

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Wednesday 1st April

Lá na nAmadán sona ...Happy April Fools’ Day Everyone! Has anyone played an April Fools’ Day trick on

anyone? I’d love to hear about it at noeleencoyle@mercyconvent.ie

Gaeilge

Please revise vocabulary and listen to song/poem on Abair Liom B, Ceacht 23 if possible!

Maths

Draw a timeline of your day – what did you do in the morning/afternoon/ evening/ at night.

Talk to your child about some things that usually happen during the season of spring, such as:

Buds begin to appear on the trees

Days begin to get longer

Seeds are sown in the fields

Lots of spring flowers are visible like the Daffodil/Crocus/Snowdrop/Hyacinth/Primrose

The squirrel and hedgehog wake up after hibernating for the winter

Colour in the picture on the next page. More can be found on www.twinkl.ie

Handwriting

Can write a few sentences about the spring and draw a spring picture.

English

Revise the poem from yesterday, continue with tricky words, word wall and reading.

Complete th worksheet on page 11 if possible.

More th worksheets are available from www.twinkl.ie

PE

I hope ye are keeping up with your daily exercise! Here are a few links to keep you going:

https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1

https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLearningStation

https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga

Can you hop on one leg for 20 seconds and then the other? Keep up the skipping rope exercises as you

have all made such progress at skipping this year!

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Name: Date:

three thin thick think thank thunder

thorn this that tooth

‘th'

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Thursday 2nd April

Gaeilge

Leanaigí ar aghaidh le ceacht na seachtaine seo le bhur dtoil ...Please continue with this week’s lesson.

Maths

Your child needs to know some of the language associated with direction – left, right, move forward,

backward, in, on, under, over, beside, down etc. Give your child some directions and see if they can

carry these out correctly.

Complete the work on the next page if possible.

English

Today, I want your child to listen to all 42 Jolly Phonics sounds on Youtube!

Continue with reading and word wall.

Write a story!! (Maybe even share it with me!)

SESE – Transport Long ago and Now

Talk to your child about transport in the olden days and how it differs today. Watch the following

links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-r-xHln6nE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQN_QN4grAk

Complete the worksheet on page 14 if possible.

Free-writing/News

Please write news in the same format as Mondays.

Read a story to your child. Explain to them that after you’ve finished reading, they are going to write

a sentence or two from the story then draw an illustration based on what they have written. I would

always read to story twice. They are very familiar with the term ‘free-writing’ and emphasis is on

writing for enjoyment (not spelling, punctuation etc.).

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Friday 3rd April

What would you have been dressing up as today for our Easter Parade? I was going to dress up as Mr

Bump! Ah well, hopefully next year!!! I don’t have much work for you today as it was going to be a half

day! Just a reminder that if you do want some extra work or just want to say hello please email me!

You can catch me on the web at noeleencoyle@mercyconvent.ie

English

Please see worksheet on next page!

Maths

I hope you can follow your parent’s directions now after yesterday!

Complete the worksheet on page 17.

Visual Arts

Can you draw an Easter chick?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V5eBOz19O4 Don’t forget to show me yours! I have also

attached some pictures that you might like to colour in!

Beannachtaí na Cásca oraibh... Happy Easter to you all!!

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