Second Class Work – Week beginning 22 / 06 / 2020

Hello everyone,

It’s the final week of home schooling so I’d like to start by thanking all of you for your hard work since the schools closed in March. It is not the easiest of situations but you all made the best of it and hopefully learned something along the way.

Last week was Active Homes Week, I hope that you tried some of the activities and had fun. This week is our Virtual Tour Week. We will use the internet to destinations in Ireland and around the world.

Have a fantastic summer. I’m very much looking forward to seeing you in September.

Kind regards,Mrs. E. StoreyEmail: e.storey.bgns@gmail.com

English:

Reading Keep reading ‘the Ickabog’ or anything sports related that you have at home. Newspapers or sports websites can be useful.

Writing

Diary Entry

Pretend that you have visited one of the virtual destinations in person. Write a diary entry telling us how your tour went. What parts were good and what parts you didn’t like? Remember that in a diary entry you can convey emotions how you felt about things that happened on the day.

Gaeilge:

Play (eye spy) in Irish while doing the virtual tours. Here are some sample commands.Feicim le shuilín rud éigin ag tosú le………

If it is a bit difficult on the tour playing it around the house is perfect.

Maths:

All Strands:

Revision Worksheet.

Virtual ToursTour 1Epic - The Irish Emigration MuseumEpic is a relatively new museum in Dublin dedicated to the millions of Irish people who have emigrated over the centuries.Discover why 10 million people left Ireland, and the impact they had on the worldIrish history should never be a long list of names and dates, it should be an experience. Get hands on with Irish culture and its past with our fully interactive museum – swipe through video galleries, dance through motion sensor quizzes, listen to remastered audio from 100 years ago and watch videos that bring Irish history to life. At EPIC you’ll discover the far reaching influence of Irish history, and the impact the 10 million Irish men and women who left Ireland had on the world. How to Get Started

Click on this link https://dublin.epicchq.com/virtual-tour-epic-the-irish-emigration-museum

Simply navigate through the museum by touching/clicking at various points around the space (it’s just like using Google Maps and Street View)

Look out for the coloured pins along the way. Touch/click on the pins to open them and reveal the story inside, with videos, audio descriptions about each gallery, images and links to articles

You can also view the museum floor plan or as a 3D model, by clicking on the buttons in the lower left hand side of the screen

It can also be viewed as a VR tour if you have a VR headset (Google Cardboard or Samsung Gear). Click on the Headset icon on the bottom right on the screen to begin and follow the instructions. (Note: the additional pinned content will not be viewable in VR mode)

Use the worksheets below to help gather more information.

Tour 2The LourveThe Lourve is probably one of the most famous art galleries in the world. It is situation in Paris the capital of France. It houses the worlds most famous painting the ‘Mona Lisa’. https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligneThis link is to a number of virtual tours that you can choose from.However our main objective is to have a look at the famous ‘Mona Lisa’ Here is a direct link to Leonardo Da Vinci’s famous work.

https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/mona-lisa-portrait-lisa-gherardini-wife-francesco-del-giocondoHave a look at this picture and create your own version.

Tour 3Machu Picchuhttps://earth.google.com/web/@-13.170664,-72.535688,2720.29829532a,3699.60478935d,35y,0h,59.94080632t,0r/data=Ci4SLBIgMjRiNWFhNTFlOGExMTFlNmJhN2U2ZjgxOGQ2OWE2ZTciCG92ZXJ2aWV3This is a link to google earth where you can explore the ancient city of Machu Picchu. This city was built by the ancient Incan civilization in the 15th century but wasn’t discover until 1911. It is situated in Peru in South America. Use the google earth to move around the historical site and learn more about the Incas. Below is a link to simplified information suitable for children if the contented on google earth is too complex.

https://www.scienceforkidsclub.com/machu-picchu.html#:~:text=Machu%20Picchu%20Facts%20for%20Kids,8%2C047%20feet%20above%20sea%20level

Task – draw a map of Macho Picchu

Tour 4Pick somewhere using google treksOne of the perks of a virtual school tour is that we all don’t have to go to the same place. Below is a link to the google treks website. Here you can visit the Pyramids of Giza, the tallest building in the world the Burj Khalifa, The Amazon, the Great Barrier Reef and many more. Pick a destination or destinations that interest you and find out more about them.https://www.google.com/maps/about/treks/#/gridWrite down the five most important facts about your chosen destination.