Work for week: 18th May – 22nd MayHi again 6th class, we now have another week complete and we are now another week closer to

normality. I hope you are all keeping well and the keeping active outside in the beautiful weather we

have been getting.

Once again this week, I would like pupils to upload three activities please to their class portfolio.

These include; English work, Gaeilge work and History work. I would love to see the dream catchers

also if any pupils complete this task.

If any pupil has any questions regarding their work please don’t hesitate to contact me on class dojo

or by my email mshickey19@gmail.com.

You can find the suggested work for this week below. I hope you all have a great week and stay safe,

Ms Hickey.

Suggested Timetable

Suggested Timetable for this week8.30 – 8.45: Breakfast and Hail holy, Queen prayer

9.00 – 9.30am: Pe with Joe

10am: Gaeilge

10.45am: Fruit or veg snack/Tin whistle practise

11.00am: English

11.45pm: Maths

12.30pm: Lunch

1.00pm: History/Art

2.00pm: Reading/Fun outside/baking etc

English

Monday

This week we will be looking at recount writing.

Firstly, before we read the story based on Malala, I would like pupils to do the tasks on the pages below. I would like pupils to complete A, B and C.

Tuesday

Today I would like pupils to firstly read the following two pages. They are the first two pages of the excerpt from the story ‘I am Malala’.

Now I would like pupils to complete the following page based on what they have read so far in the excerpt. I would like pupils to complete A and B.

Wednesday

Today, I would like pupils to read the final three pages of Malala’s story and then complete the Comprehension (a) 1-6 and (b) 1-8 on the following page.

End of story

Following reading of the story above could you now complete the Comprehension questions (A) and (B) below

Thursday

Today, I would like you to focus on the writing genre of this week which is recount writing. I would like you to write a recount of what happened to Malala. You can complete this is your English copy.

Friday

Finally today, I would like you to write the below passage into your English copy and read it aloud and circle the words that make a /j/ sound. This is our final day looking at the story of Malala under the theme of recount writing.

Maths

Well done to all over the past two weeks looking at the topic of Money. It was our first time learning a new topic virtually and you all did so well.

This week we are moving on to a new topic. We are going to be beginning to look at Data.

We are going to be looking at pages 124 – 129. I have highlighted the work to be done each day in red.

Monday

We are going to begin with the topic of averages.

To find the average of numbers, you must add all numbers together and divide that number by the

amount of numbers.

Ex.1: Find the average of these four numbers: 5, 8, 7, 12.

1. 5 + 8 + 7 + 12 = 322. 32 ÷ 4 = 83. Therefore 8 is the average of the numbers.

Ex. 2: Calculate the total amount when the average of 5 children is 167cm.

1. 167 x 5 = 835cm 2. Therefore 835cm is the total amount of the 5 children

Ex. 3: Calculate the average number of passengers carried by an aircraft on 9 journeys when the total number of passengers is 2565.

1. 2565 ÷ 9 = 285 2. Therefore 285 is the average number of passengers carried by an aircraft on 9 journeys.

Today I would like pupils to complete pg. 124 q. 1 + 2 and pg. 125 q. 1 + 2.

Tuesday

Today I would like pupils to complete Work it out pg.125 a, b and c.

I would also like pupils to complete pg.126 q. 1, 2 and 3. I will give an example below how to find the

missing value when given the average of numbers.

Ex. 1: Calculate the missing value. The average of 321, 456, 355 and __ is 370.

1. 370 x 4 = 14802. 321 + 456 + 355 = 11323. 1480 – 1132 = 3484. Therefore 348 is the missing value.

Wednesday

I would like pupils to complete Work it out pg. 127 a, b, c, d,

Thursday

Today I would like pupils to finish work it out pg. 127 and pg. 128 today e and f.

I would also like pupils to look at calculating the extra number when the average increases or decreases. I would like pupils to complete pg.128 q. 1 also. I have an example below.

Ex.1: The average of 3 numbers is 25. When the fourth number is added, the average is 30. What is the fourth number?

1. 25 + 25 + 25 = 752. 30 + 30 + 30 + 30 = 1203. 120 – 75 = 454. Therefore 45 is the fourth number.

Friday

Finally today the children are going to look at graphs and tables pg.129 q. 1 and 2.

Answers for Maths

Gaeilge

This week I am going to change it up a little. I would like you to use the following worksheets based on the theme of ‘Around Ireland’ and complete them in your Gaeilge scríobhneoireacht copy. I would like a parent, guardian or siblings to test pupils on their 12 counties on Friday and see how they get on. This links in with the work we did learning the counties of Ireland earlier in the year and where counties are located.

Dé Luain

Today, I would like you to begin looking at the four counties which are the spellings for Monday. You can learn them and write them out in your copy. I would then like you to complete question 1 and 2.

Dé Máirt

I would like you to learn your counties for today (in purple) and write them out in your copy. I would then like you to complete q. 1 and 2 (in purple) No.1 Aimsigh an strainséir (odd one out) and no.2 Cuardach focal (wordsearch). I suggest maybe making your own wordsearch in your copy and including the counties in it rather than completing the one on the sheet.

Dé Céadaoin

Today I would like pupils to learn the counties in the picture above for Dé Céadaoin (in blue) and write them out in their copy. Then complete q. 1 Writing out the counties they learned this week and where they are located on the map a-l. They learned these on Monday I would also like pupils to complete q. 2 Cad é an focal (what is the word?)

Dé Deardaoin

Today you are ‘ag dul siar ar an tSeachtain’ (going back over the week). I would like you to complete 1, 2 and 3. Question 1 is putting the counties in alphabetical order, question 2 is choosing 5 words and putting them into 5 sentences and finally question 3 is practicing how to spell the counties before being tested on them on Friday.

De Aoine

Today, I would like a parent, guardian or sibling to test pupils on their 12 counties they learned this week. Try your very best with these.

Art

This week I would like pupils to create their own ‘dream catcher’ picture. I would like pupils to create this with their future hopes for secondary school in mind and these can be written around the dream catcher.

I have provided some ideas of other dream catchers. Pupils can use colouring pencils, markers, glitter, gel pens, paint or even other materials like feathers etc. It is complete a personal choice what materials pupils choose to use. I love forward to see what beautiful creations are made.

History

This week I would like pupils to look at The 1916 Easter Rising in their small world book pg. 54 – 59.

We will complete a small project on the 1916 Easter Rising over the next few weeks after pupils work

this week on the topic.

Monday and Tuesday

I would like pupils to read pg. 54 - 58 today.

Wednesday

Today I would like pupils to complete pg. 57 q. 1-3.

I would also like pupils to complete pg. 59 q. (a) and (b)

Thursday and Friday

I would like pupils to complete pg. 59 (c) q.1- 4 and (d) q.4

Music

Once again this week, I would like pupils to practise their tin whistle. I would like them to look back

in their homework diary through the songs we learned and recap over them. Pupils can look up

other songs online and see if there are any songs they would like to learn and try their hand at.

Pe

This week I suggest tuning into the Body Coach TV for his daily PE lessons once again. They are scheduled daily at 8:55am.

It is a great chance to get up early each morning and get some activity in before you start your schoolwork.

Religion

I would like pupils to continue to say their ‘Hail holy queen’ prayer this week for the month of May.

Well done to everyone that has been really engaging so well with the work that I have been giving over the past few weeks and have been really trying their very best. We only have 5 more weeks of work to go, including this week. All work completed will most definitely help in preparation for secondary school so please try and stay engaged and soon we will be on our summer holidays. Have a lovely week 6th class