Week 27th of April - 1st of May Hi boys, Here is another list of work suggestions for you. Again, there is no pressure to complete all activities just do what you can. Please spread the work out evenly over the course of the week and try to engage in English, Irish and Maths activities every day at least with lots of active breaks. For those who attend Mrs. Broderick or Mrs. Lawless for Maths and English, please refer to their page on the school website for work. Hope you are all keeping well and safe. Give me an email if you have any problems or questions. Ms. Foran Maths:

Master Your Maths: Week 28 and Friday Assessment

Weight: Try the alternative questions worksheet first. If you are finding this quite easy, why not test yourself further with the early finishers worksheet.

Practical Maths:

Weight trail

Examine food items in the fridge or food press. Choose 8 items where the weight is shown on the packaging. Note the name of the food and its unopened weight.

1. Use weighing scales to verify the weight of the items. 2. Which items are heavy but have a small size? 3. Can you find an item that’s light that has a large size? 4. If water is added to food during cooking, does it make it lighter or heavier? 5. Name some fruits and vegetables that are sold by weight. 6. What fruit and vegetables have no (or almost no) waste? 7. Name some fruits and vegetables where some of the weight paid for is thrown away

Tables: Keep revising all multiplication tables. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

English

Spellbound: Unit 27

Starlight: Read Unit 14b and complete Activities A- E (Monday -Wednesday)

Narrative Writing: Write a narrative or story. The idea for your story is ‘The Year 2050’. What might life be like in the year 2050? Use your imagination to develop an idea for a story set in the future. (Thursday - Friday)

Always plan first!! Think about the following:

Who are your characters? Where is your story set? What is the problem or complication and how will it be solved? How will your story end? Remember to: Plan your story with a beginning, middle and end. Organise your ideas into paragraphs. Choose your words carefully to entertain the reader. Write in sentences. Pay attention to your spelling and punctuation. Check and edit your work carefully.

Other English Activities:

Here are some ideas to keep your brain active and all you need is a pen and paper.

1. Write Humpty Dumpty’s diary for the day that he fell off the wall. 2. Make a poster to advertise a snail race. 3. Can you make a chain sentence? Use the last letter of each word to start the next

word. Here is an example: Joseph helped Daniel lift the elephant! 4. Make a list of questions that you would ask a dinosaur. 5. C I O M N P H A

How many different words can you make using these letters? (You can only use each letter once!)

6. Reader Response: Choose any piece of reading material (novel, magazine, comic, newspaper, website, encyclopedia). Pick the most important word/ line/ image/ object/ event from what you read and explain why you chose it.

Gaeilge:

Fuaimeanna agus Focail: Aonad 27

Scríbhneoireacht (Writing): Conas a bhíonn an aimsir in Eirinn? Scríobh 12 abairtí i do chóipleabhar. (How is the weather in Ireland? Write 6 sentences in your copy.)

Bain úsáid as an foclóir chun cabhrú leat. (Use the vocabulary to help you.)

Bíonn Ní bhíonn

sé fliuch (wet) / tirim (dry) sé te (hot) / bog (mild)/ fuar (cold) sé gaofar (windy) sé grianmhar (sunny) sé ceomhar (foggy) sé ag cur báistí (raining) /sneachta (snowing) sé níos teo (hotter)/ fuaire (colder) scamaill sa spéir (clouds in the sky) stoirmeacha ann (stormy)

i rith an gheimhridh (during winter) i rith an tsamhraidh (summer) i rith an fhómhair (during autumn) i rith an earraigh (spring) an bhliain ar fad (the whole year) beagnach gach lá (almost every day) de ghnáth (usually) go minic (often) ó am go ham (from time to time) anois is arís (now and again) uaireanta (sometimes) go hannamh (rarely)

Foclóir agus frásaí nua (New vocabulary and phrases): An Aimsir (the weather). Keep learning some of the phrases and vocabulary associated with the weather. Try and describe the weather each day orally.

Here are some new phrases for you:

Earrach (Spring) Tá an t-earrach ann. (It is spring) Feabhra (February) Márta (March) Aibreán (April) Tá na laethanta ag éirí níos faide. (The days are getting longer) Tá síneadh mór ar an lá anois. (There is a big stretch in the day now) Tá blath ag teacht ar chuid de na crainn. (Some of the trees are blooming.) Tá gach rud ag múscailt i ndiaidh tar éis an gheimhridh. (Everything is awakening after the winter) Tá an aimsir ag socrú síos. (The weather is settling down)

SESE Geography: Africa Geography Quest 6: Read Chapter 13 and Complete Activities A, B, C, D, E and F Project: Use all the information you have learned about Africa and create a poster presentation or powerpoint about the country. SPHE: Nelson Mandela: The life of Nelson Mandela can help children to learn about the importance of respecting others and challenging discrimination and injustice. Research the life of Nelson Mandela. Refer to the Nelson Mandela file attached in email. Create a biocube on Nelson Mandela

1. Click on the following link: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/cube-30057.html

2. Click on ‘get started’ 3. Click to enable adobe flash 4. Enter your name 5. Click on the bio cube (first box) 6. Enter in the answers about Nelson Mandela and click on next to move onto next box 7. When you are finished, click on finish 8. If you want, you can share it with me by clicking on ‘share final’ and enter in my

email address orlaith.foran@stbrendansbns.com. Make sure your name is on it, you will need your email address also.

OR Answer the following questions in your copy: When did Nelson Mandela live? Where did Nelson Mandela live? Background: What were the major events in Nelson Mandela’s life? Personality Traits: What was Nelson Mandela like? Significance: Why was Nelson Mandela important? Obstacles: What challenges did Nelson Mandela overcome? Important Quote: Provide a quote from Nelson Mandela and explain why you chose it.

Art: Drawing: Overlapping Shapes https://kinderart.com/art-lessons/drawing/overlapping-shapes/ Physical Education: Please refer to the active schools week timetable document. Scroll down for scanned pages of school books and worksheets.