Wednesday and Thursday 27th/28th May
Good morning again Junior and Senior Infants! You have all been very busy lately and we loved seeing your wonderful work and play activities at home. Have a look at some of the fantastic work this past month.
Junior Infants
Chat about – If you were a pirate, what would you look like? What would you wear? What would you call yourself? What would you eat? What games would you play? Describe what your ship looks like? Are you a good or bad pirate?
Reading: (Option 1): Reader Hello- from cjFallon pgs 8-16 . Make up little sentences using the cut up new words (same as Mon) Hello, This, is, I am, like, Goodbye, Len, Jen, Mammy, Daddy, Gran, Conor, Helen, Jill, Rex, Tabby, Bunny.
Oral Language: Talk about all the dogs on pg 13, say the breed of dog, what do they look like etc.
Writing in copy: Practise letter j, g, y in your copy. Write the sentence This is Bunny/Tabby/Rex in your copy and draw a picture too.
Reading (Option 2): Choose a favourite reading book from your books at home. Read the story with your parent. Talk about the characters in the story, sequence the story, talk about your favourite part and draw a picture with a sentence.
Maths – pirate booklet pages 4 and 5
Art – make some coins or other things you could put in your treasure chest
science
Pirates spend a lot of their time on water so use this opportunity to investigate water in different ways. You will be investigating the materials that absorb the most water. You will need:A bowl of water and absorbent materials like sponges and face cloths and non absorbent materials like plastic and pencils. Place a sponge in water first to demonstrate how it absorbs the water. Does a dry sponge absorb water better than a wet one?Can you hold the wet sponge in the air without it escaping?Place plastic blocks or pencils in the water and see what happens, Explanation/ reason. The more water the objects retains, the more absorbent it is
Senior Infants
Chat about – If you were a pirate, what would you look like? what would you wear? What would you call yourself? What would you eat? What games would you play? Describe what your ship looks like?Are you a good or bad pirate?
Writing – 4 sentences in your copy or on sheet in email on – If I were a pirate
Reading (Option 1) : If you are using Visiting: read pgs 13-24 A Day in town
Reading (Option 2): Read a story from your bookshelf at home and talk about the pictures, the characters and the sequence of events in the story.
Maths – pirate booklet pages pages 9 and 12
Art – make some coins or other things you could put in your treasure chest
Science
Pirates spend a lot of their time on water so use this opportunity to investigate water in different ways.You will be investigating the materials that absorb the most water. You will need: A bowl of water and absorbent materials like sponges and face cloths and non absorbent materials like plastic and pencils.Place a sponge in water first to demonstrate how it absorbs the water.Does a dry sponge absorb water better than a wet one?Can you hold the wet sponge in the air without it escaping?Place plastic blocks or pencils in the water and see what happen. Explanation/ reason: The more water the objects retains, the more absorbent it is
Have fun!
Junior Infants
Oral language / creative play:
We are continuing with our Pirate theme and for Aistear maybe you could set up a small world pirates cove. You could put in your ship and use recycled materials to make other pirate related items. Try talking like a pirate using some of the pirate phrases from the email. We have included a pirate ship flag template in your email but feel free to do your own.
Reading (Option 1) – Read the story called ‘Jakes First Day’ on twinkl and answer the following questions orally
1-Where was Jake going?
2- How do you think he was feeling and have you ever felt like this?
3- Describe his teacher, is she similar to your two teachers?
4- What is Jake’s t’eachers name?
5- What did the message in the bottle say?
6- What did the children eat for lunch?
7- what do you like to eat for lunch?
8-Name 2 things that the children did at pirate school?
9- How much treasure did they get, could you draw a treasure chest and put in all the different amounts of treasure that they found?
Reading (Option 2): Textbook called Hello on the CJFallon website or reader app. Download the books Hello, Len Likes to Hide and Jen plays tricks for the next few weeks- if using cjfallon website click Junior Infants, then click Starways, then click Hello, len likes to hide and Jen plays tricks.
New words this week to cut out: This/ is/I/am/Goodbye/Len/Jen/Conor/Helen/Jill/Rex/Tabby/Bunny/Mammy/ Daddy.
Hello reader: Read pg 1-7 . Talk about the playground on pg 7. Game: Look and remember- look at all the details of picture for 10 seconds, cover picture and see can your remember the question.
Writing in copy: This is Conor/Mammy/Jill/Helen and draw a picture.
Maths – see Pirate Maths booklet complete pages 2 and 3
PE: Try this pirate command game.Here is a list of commands and maybe do 4 or 5 each day. Pretend that you are on a pirate ship and follow the instructions that someone calls out…
1- Quarter deck – run to a wall
2- main deck – run back
3-Man the lifeboats- sit down and pretend that you are getting into a lifeboat.
4- Scrub the deck- crouch down and start scrubbing the floors.
5- Climb the robe- pretend to climb up a rope.
6- Captain coming – children salute and shout ahoy captain
7- Man over board- jump in the air and land
8- Walk the plank- Walk in a straight line with arms stretched out
9- Shark attack – run and hide
10- Fire the cannon- pretend to fire a canon and make a loud bang.
11- Captain’s wife – you do a courtesy bow
Also you can play your ship, sea, shore game
Music – listen or sing the song, over the deep blue sea on utube
Senior Infants
Oral language / creative play
We are continuing with our Pirates theme and for Aistear maybe you could set up a small world Pirates Cove.You could put in your ship and use recycled materials to make other pirate related items.Try talking like a pirate using some of the pirate phrases from the email.I have included a pirate ship flag template in your email but feel free to do your own.
Reading (Option 1)- read the story called Jakes first day on twinkl and answer the following questions orally
1-Where was Jake going?
2- How do you think he was feeling and have you ever felt like this?
3- Describe his teacher, is she similar to your two teachers?
4- What is Jake’s teachers name?
5- What did the message in the bottle say?
6- What did the children eat for lunch?
7- what do you like to eat for lunch?
8-Name 2 things that the children did at pirate school?
9- How much treasure did they get, could you draw a treasure chest and put in all the different amounts of treasure that they found?
Phonics – Go into Mamat phonics on utube and practise the tricky words set two. say each word and put 6 of these into sentences
Reading (option 2) Download the book Visiting, Stories for you and A New Baby in the CJ fallon reader app or if you were using the cjfallon website click Senior infants, then click starways, then click on these three readers and they will be available to read on your computer/ipad for the next few weeks.
Visiting reader: read pgs 1-12 A Visit to the Farm. Talk about a farm you know/visiting a farm. Write a few sentences in your copy about a visit to the farm. Pick your favourite farm animal and baby from pg 12 and draw & write them.
Maths – see pirate maths booklet complete pages pages 6 and 7
PE Try this pirate command game. Here is a list of commands and mabe do 4 or 5 each day. Pretend that you are on a pirate ship and follow the instructions that someone calls out
1- Quarter deck – run to a wall
2- main deck – run back
3-Man the lifeboats- sit down and pretend that you are getting into a lifeboat.
4- Scrub the deck- crouch down and start scrubbing the floors.
5- Climb the robe- pretend to climb up a rope.
6- Captain coming – children salute and shout ahoy captain
7- Man over board- jump in the air and land
8- Walk the plank- Walk in a straight line with arms stretched out
9- Shark attack – run and hide
10- Fire the cannon- pretend to fire a canon and make a loud bang.
11- Captain’s wife – you do a courtesy bow
Also you can play your ship, sea, shore game
Music – listen or sing the song, over the deep blue sea on utube
Friday 22nd May
Fun Friday- Juniors and Seniors
Story- listen to the story called Penguins make Bad Pirates on youtube. Make your own treasure map or use the template provide that I have sent, perhaps hide some thing in your garden that can be the treasure and let someone find it.
Art – draw your own cartoon pirate – use youtube videos to help, give him or her a name
Maths – Try the I spy and count pirate themed activity in your email. Watch some episodes from peter pan.
PE – Try popcorn and the pirates cosmic kids yoga on youtube. Play ship, sea , shore
Have a good weekend pirates.
Try out out delicious recipe too
Wednesday 20th and Thursday 21st May
Good morning Junior and Senior Infants, if you hadn’t already guessed our theme for this week and next week is Pirates! If we were at school we would be setting up a big Pirate ship down in the Aistear corner and we would be planning lots of different play areas too- so why don’t you have fun outside and inside at home playing some pirate games. Our story this week is Pirates Love Underpants and if you have any other pirate story at home you can read this too. Click here to listen to the story.
Junior Infants:
Oral language: Look at the word mat that’s attached in email on pirates. Say the words and think of a sentence orally that you could say about each word.
Play the pirate naming game eg, I sit on my masters shoulder and i’m multicoloured, what am I ?Make up as many puzzles as you can based on pirates.
Reading – listen to the story called Pirates Love Underpants on u tube and chat about your favourite part. Design your own pirate underpants using the template forwarded.
Phonics – continue with the tricky word booklet pages pages 4 and 5. You could make a tricky word tree by getting a parent to draw a big tree and start sticking your words to it.The words are the ones in the booklet , they include the, no, go, I, to , into. Look at these daily and say them aloud. Or write these words in your copy.
Maths- pages 119 and 120 Busy at Maths
Gaeilge- revision of colours in Irish. Worksheet with names of colours in email. We will begin with dearg- red, glas – green, bándearg- pink, gorm- blue, oráiste – orange. Play a game like ‘phioc suas rud atá dearg’- which means pick up something which is red and continue with the remainder of colours.
Science: Try the fizzy pirate coin experiment in your email
Senior infants
Oral language
Look at the word mat that’s attached in email on pirates. Say the words and think of a sentence orally that you could say about each word.
Play the pirate naming game eg, I sit on my masters shoulder and i’m multicoloured, what am I ? Make up as many puzzles as you can based on pirates.
Reading – listen to the story called Pirates Love Underpants on u tube and chat about your favourite part. Design your own pirate underpants using the template forwarded.
Phonics- continue with tricky word booklet pages 5 and 6. Try and make sentences with your tricky words and write them in your copy.
Maths – busy at maths – homeschool links p 36 and 37
Gaeilge– revision of colours in irish.worksheet with names of colours in email. We will begin with dearg- red, glas – green, bandearg- pink, gorm- blueoraiste – orange Play a game like phioc suas rud ata dearg- which means pick up something which is red and continue with the remainder of colours
Science: Try the fizzy pirate coin experiment in your email
Here are some ideas for play time
Water play-Fill a basin of water and make little pirate boats with things around the house. Test things and see will they float or sink
Junk Art-Make paper plate pirates and stick a napkin on top for his bandana
Sand play- hide treasure in the sand/ make a treasure island in the sand.
Have fun!
Monday and Tuesday 18th/19th May
Good morning Junior and Senior Infants, hope you had a nice weekend. Have you spotted any birds flying over and back to the same spot in a tree or nest box-they are busy feeding their young babies now inside. Remember the birds we learned back in February and March- the blue tit, coal tit, blackbird? I see them in the garden every day picking worms for their young- and if you are lucky enough they might be nesting in a tree close by! I found a tiny wren nesting this week in an old buggy outside this weekend so have a good look around and see what you can find in your garden this week. Draw or paint your favourite bird.
Junior Infants:
Oral language: Chat about pirates, what they look like, what they wear, where they live, how they travel. Do you know the names of any pirates ar have you watched any films with pirates in them?
Read the poem yo, ho , ho with a parent – in your email and answer the questions
1- What was the young boys name in the poem.?
2- What did he want to be?
3- What colour was his hair? , can you find the word the poet used to describe his hair.
4- Can you find some words that rhyme
5-What kind of bird does he have?
6-What do pirates do all day?
7- Would you like to be a pirate for a day?, what would you wear, what name would you give to yourself?
Phonics – pirate tricky word booklet in your email. do pages 2 and 3 and practise writing words into your copy
Writing – message in a bottle template in email .write a message to your teacher. If you have an empty bottle at home, post it into it and decorate your bottle
Maths – money p 117 and 118
Science/ art: make or design your very own pirate ship- ideas attached in email
PE- try the family fun cardio on utube
Senior Infants
Oral language: Chat about pirates, what they look like, what they wear, where they live, how they travel. Do you know the names of any pirates or have you watched any films with pirates in them?
Read the poem yo, ho , ho with a parent – in your email and answer the questions.
1- What was the young boys name in the poem.?
2- What did he want to be?
3- What colour was his hair? , can you find the word the poet used to describe his hair.
4- Can you find some words that rhyme
5-What kind of bird does he have?
6-What do pirates do all day?
7- Would you like to be a pirate for a day?, what would you wear, what name
Phonics – pirate tricky word booklet 3 in your email. try pages 2, 3 and 4
Writing – message in a bottle template in email. write a message to your teacher.If you have an empty bottle at home, post it into it and decorate your bottle
Maths -busy at maths p 107 and 108
science/ artmake or design your very own pirate ship– ideas attached in email
PE – try the family fun cardio on utube
There are lots of powerpoints on twinkl about pirates, famous pirates and pirate ships
Friday 15th May
Good morning, Friday again boys and girls! Hope you are looking forward to the weekend and maybe having a little treat for being so good for everyone at home.
Junior Infants
Oral language: Talk about 3 flavours of jam,3 things to eat while watching a movie, 3 hot drinks,3 foods that grow under ground,3 foods you eat at halloween,
Reading– The Messy Magpie ebook on twinkl. Read the whole book of Where Can GG sit? on the cj fallon app. Revise all the new words learned again and put them into sentences.
Explore with Me pg 51 Talk about recycling, what does it mean and what kind of things should we recycle.?Name the colours of the 3 bins we have in our classroom and what we should put in each.? We have a composting bin, what does this word mean and what do we put into this bin? .Watch the youtube episode of composting for kids with Peppa Pig.
Maths – busy at maths p 115
Science experiment on composting. Compost in a sandwich bag-place a small amount of chopped up vegetables and ripped up egg carton in a small zip lock bag, about half and half.Add a little drop of water and leave a small straw poking out for air.Observe the changes as they happen. In a few weeks you should have a little bag of compost.
Oral language: Talk about 3 flavours of jam, 3 things to eat while watching a movie, 3 hot drinks,3 foods that grow under ground,3 foods you eat at halloween,
Reading- The Messy Magpie ebook on twinkl. Read pg 24 Globby’s Football Match, after reading see can you summarise the story by using the words First….Then….At the end. You can draw pictures of the story in sequence either. Go over your flashcards too if you have time.
Explore with Me pg 51 Talk about recycling, what does it mean and what kind of things should we recycle.?Name the colours of the 3 bins we have in our classroom and what we should put in each.?We have a composting bin, what does this word mean and what do we put into this bin? Watch the youtube episode of composting for kids with Peppa Pig
Maths – busy at maths p 106
Science experiment on composting: Compost in a sandwich bag-place a small amount of chopped up vegetables and ripped up egg carton in a small zip lock bag, about half and half. Add a little drop of water and leave a small straw poking out for air. Observe the changes as they happen. In a few weeks you should have a little bag of compost.
Wednesday and Thursday 13th and 14th May.
Good morning all, hope your week is going well- the weather is still nice and dry so we hope you are getting out in the garden and playing or going for walks and cycles with your family.
Junior Infants
Oral language: Talk about all the different animals you would see in a zoo, What’s your favourite and why?
Puzzle:Make up some puzzles on animals like for example, I’m large and grey with tusks and a trunk, what am I? Play the animal alphabet game, call out a letter and see how many zoo or farm animals you can get starting with this letter.
Phonics – continue with the cvc booklet.Reading – read the story The Zoo Vet, it’s an e book on twinkl. Where Can GG sit? read pg 16. revise all words by writing a word, putting some words in a sentence, or using the cut up words to make a short sentence.
Writing – worksheet in email on my favourite zoo animal. Design your own teapot- template in email
Maths: Do some coin rubbings. Busy at maths p115 and 116
Game – the banker. One person is the banker and the other a customer. The customer rolls a dice and the banker must count out this amount using different coins. Busy at Maths p 113 and 114
ART- Make or draw your own tiger, ideas sent to email
PE- throwing and catching using a small ball
SENIOR INFANTS
Oral language:Talk about all the different animals you would see in a zoo, what’s your favourite and why?
Puzzle:Make up some puzzles on animals like for example,I’m large and grey with tusks and a trunk, what am I?Play the animal alphabet game, call out a letter and see how many zoo or farm animals you can get starting with this letter
Reading – Globby’s Football Match- read pgs 20-24 over the next few days. Read the flashcards daily, write 5 words, try a dictation sentence using the words. Read the story The Zoo Vet, it’s an e book on twinkl
Writing- we did work on when to use capital letters prior to school closing, talk about when you need to use capital letters and revise forming them over next few weeks. Worksheet on capital letters in email
Design your own teapot and my favourite zoo animal worksheet in email if you wish to do these over the week
Maths:Do some coin rubbings.busy at maths p104, 105
Game – The banker.One person is the banker and the other a customer. The customer rolls a dice and the banker must count out this amount using different coins. challenge- roll 2 die and add the number together and the banker counts this out using different coins.
ART- Make or draw your own tiger, ideas sent to email
PE- throwing and catching using a small ball
Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th May.
Good morning Junior and Senior Infants, we hope you had a nice weekend and are ready for a few little activities in the mornings. As always just pick the activities that suit you and your child best and remember that you are all doing great things at home whatever the activities may be. Thank you for sharing with us your lovely work and fun at home it’s really great to see those smiling faces!
Here are a few play and craft ideas for The Tiger Who Came to Tea story for this week.
Water play- pouring and filling cups and containers using tea pot and jugs outside!
Small World Play– make a jungle for a tiger to live in using branches and garden stones/moss etc. you could use a big cardboard box to make your tiger world and include other animals too
Junk Art-
JUNIOR INFANTS
Oral language- chat about what you know about tigers, what they look like, what they eat, where they live etc. Have you ever seen a tiger?, where was this and how did you feel.
Chat about people visiting your house, friends, family etc.How do you greet them?Do you offer them tea?Have you ever had a tea party or would you like to?Who would you bring, where would you have it.? What would you serve?
Reading– continue with class reader and words. Where Can GG Sit? pg 13 and 14. New words bin, ball, to ,nowhere- write these in your copy if you want. Make a video for your Granny/Grandad/Aunty/Uncle of you reading some pages in your book and pointing to all the words as you read. Remember to read in a slow, loud voice too -they would be so proud to see you reading all by yourself!
Listen to the story called The Tiger Who came to Tea on youtube, there’s also a song called the tiger who came to tea you could listen to. Activity after reading-Talk about your favourite part and pick an animal that you would like to invite to tea and design an invitation for this.Template in your email
Phonics- continue with cvcc lists starting with flag and sled.Sound out and say each word. CVC booklet in your email that you can do over the week
Gaeilge-look back on your bia list and try this game. Take different foods out from the press like aran, bainne, ull, etc.Put them on a table and then take one away, your child must say what’s missing in irish. Play several times.
Maths– money- practical work. Go back to your supermarket and put prices on your food up to 5 cent. Make your own money coins or use coins that you have at home. Sort your coins into piles like put the 1 c together, 2c together, 5c together. Practise buying something from your shop, get somebody to be the customer and an other to be the shopkeeper. Give in your money and see have you enough to buy the item or whether you need more.The shopkeeper must work out your change.Come up with different ways of making 2c,3c, 4c and 5c using different coins
Health and well being-Try out the animal yoga cards in your email and sent a skills video on throwing and catching using a small ball so get practising!
SENIOR INFANTS
Oral language– chat about what you know about tigers, what they look like, what they eat, where they live etc. Have you ever seen a tiger?, where was this and how did you feel?
Chat about people visiting your house, friends, family etc. How do you greet them? Do you offer them tea? Have you ever had a tea party or would you like to? Who would you bring, where would you have it.? What would you serve?
Reading
Some of you have finished Globby’s Football Match so we will go a bit faster this week. Read/ re read pgs 16,17,18,19 and words to match these in your email. Try a dictation sentence using some of your flashcard words like you do in Mrs. Mulhern’s room.
Listen to the story called The Tiger who came to Tea on youtube, there’s also a song called the tiger who came to tea you could listen to
Activity after reading. Talk about your favourite part and pick an animal that you would like to invite to tea and design an invitation for this. Template in your email
Phonics- words ending in ng. watch the geraldine giraffe u tube video on ng and complete 2 activities from the ng booklet sent to your email
Gaeilge-look back on your bia list and try this game. Take different foods out from the press like aran, bainne, ull, etc. Put them on a table and then take one away, your child must say what’s missing in irish.Play several times
Maths– money- practical work
Go back to your supermarket and put prices on your food up to 5 cent. Make your own money coins or use coins that you have at home. Sort your coins into piles like put the 1 c together, 2c together, 5c together. Practise buying something from your shop, get somebody to be the customer and an other to be the shopkeeper.Give in your money and see have you enough to buy the item or whether you need more. The shopkeeper must work out your change. Come up with different ways of making 2c,3c, 4c, 5c up to 10 cents using different coins
Health and well being:Try out the animal yoga cards in your email and the skills video on throwing and catching using a small ball so get practising.
THURSDAY 7TH MAY & FRIDAY 8TH MAY
JUNIOR INFANTS
Oral language: If you were to make a gingerbread house, what different types of sweets would you use, think about what would be suitable for the roof, doors, windows, curtains, furniture, garden etc. Do you think it was a good idea to put bread crumbs down to help the children get home? What would you have used? Do you know any other stories with witches in them?
Writing – read and draw worksheet from Hansel and Gretel- in email
phonics- word list starting with milk and other list starting with bun sound out and say words
Reading – next 2 pages of reader, chat about what has happened so far.
Maths- skittles sweet challenge. Take a bag of skittles. Count how many in the pack. How many different colours are there?, sort them into groups according to colour?.What’s your favourite colour? Roll a dice and what ever number you get, count out that amount of skittles. Repeat as many times as you can.Can you make a 2 colour pattern? Can you make a 3 colour pattern? Can you eat some?, BETTER ASK FIRST!!
PE. Create your own obstacle course inside or outside using chairs, boxes, hoops, buckets. Use words like in, over, across , under, through. Take a picture of it or draw it and we would love to see them.
Senior Infants:
Oral language:If you were to make a gingerbread house, what different types of sweets would you use?, think about what would be suitable for the roof, doors, windows, curtains, furniture, garden etc.Do you think it was a good idea to put bread crumbs down to help the children get home? What would you have used? Do you know any other stories with witches in them?Writing – read and draw worksheet from Hansel and Gretel- in email
Reading – next 2 pages and follow word list
phonics– put the words start, party, star and farm into sentences
Maths- skittles sweet challenge.Take a bag of skittles. Count how many in the pack.How many different colours are there, sort them into groups according to colour.What’s your favourite colour? Roll a dice and what ever number you get, count out that amount of skittles. Repeat as many times as you can.Can you make a 2 colour pattern? Can you make a 3 colour pattern?Roll 2 dice and add the 2 numbers together, count out that amount of skittles, you can repeat this a few times. Can you eat some? BETTER ASK FIRST!!
.PE Create your own obstacle course inside or outside using chairs, boxes, hoops, buckets.Use words like in, over, across , under, through Take a picture of it or draw it and we would love to see them.
Tuesday 4th May & Wednesday 5th May
Junior Infants
Oral language: Rhyme – tasty food song. Discussion- name 3 types of sweets and chat about your favourite type. Can you name 3 foods that need to be kept in a fridge, 3 foods that need to be cooked in an oven, 3 foods that are crunchy, 3 foods you can eat raw, 3 green vegetables,3 foods you can put in a sandwich, 3 foods that come from other countries.
Reading – pages 9 and 10 of reader Where Can GG sit. Stick up new words nowhere/to/ball/bin and words van/wet/paint from last week on a space on a wall so that you can say these words a few times a day.
Listen to audio book of Hansel and Gretel on twinkl, pick your favourite character and draw it, can you write their name? do one of the colouring sheets on the story sent to your email
Phonics- cvcc word list.sound out and say the word lists starting with sand and tent. Write some of the words if you wish
Maths- heavy and light work sheet in email and sort out your toys and put them in order from the lightest to the heaviest
SESE- watch the power point on Italy on twinkl, chat about the foods that come from Italy. Complete p 53 of explore with me
play–/ science try making coloured spaghettiCook some spaghetti, mix food colouring in a zip bag with 2 tablespoons of water and lock bag.. Allow spaghetti to cool and add to bag, repeat with different colours. Allow your child to explore and play with this.
Religion- This is the month of May, So chat about Mary and say the Hail Mary with your child. Pictures of Mary in your email
Senior Infants
Oral language:Rhyme – tasty food song. discussion- name 3 types of sweets and chat about your favourite type. Can you name 3 foods that need to be kept in a fridge, 3 foods that need to be cooked in an oven, 3 foods that are crunchy, 3 foods you can eat raw, 3 green vegetables, 3 foods you can put in a sandwich, 3 foods that come from other countries.
Reading – pgs 12 and 13 of Globby’s Football Match and flashcards
Listen to audio book of Hansel and Gretel and do a story board using sentences or a review using sheet sent to email
Phonics – ar words-watch geraldine giraffe video on ar. Try the work in the ar booklet in email and spread it out for the week
Maths- heavy and light work sheet in email and sort out your toys and put them in order from the lightest to the heaviest
SESE watch the power point on Italy on twinkl, chat about the foods that come from italy. Complete p 53 of explore with me
science / Play
Try making coloured spaghetti.Cook some spaghetti, mix food colouring in a zip bag with 2 tablespoons of water and lock bag.. Allow spaghetti to cool and add to bag, repeat with different colours
Religion- This is the month of May, So chat about Mary and say the Hail Mary with your child. Pictures of Mary in your email for children to colour.
FRIDAY 1ST MAY 2020
Good morning Junior and Senior Infants, it’s Friday again the weeks are really flying. Thanks for sharing all your wonderful pictures and a few videos too- we really enjoyed seeing you all in action with smiles on your faces! Ms Lynn has another recipe this weekend to try if you feel up for the challenge too Enjoy!
JUNIORS-Reading – listen to the story of ‘The Fish who could wish’ on u tube and draw your favourite part
Phonics – interactive sight word game called sight hopper on education.com
Science – experiment using two oranges, one peeled and one unpeeled. place both in a water and see whether they sink or float , can you give reasons for your answers,draw pictures of your experiment if you wish.try lots of other objects and see whether they will sink or float.
powerpoint and twinkl and other resources if you wish to use them
Health and well being:try the melting flow on go noodle or Tiny the Trex cosmic yoga video.
Enjoy the weekend
Listen to the story – The Fish who Could Wish and write 2 sentences about the story, add a picture if you like.
Phonics game , try any of the sight word games on education.com
Science – experiment using two oranges, one peeled and one unpeeled- place both in a water and see whether they sink or float , can you give reasons for your answers, draw pictures of your experiment if you wish. Try lots of other objects and see whether they will sink or float.
Powerpoint and twinkl and other resources if you wish to use them
Health and well being: Try the melting flow on go noodle or tiny the Trex cosmic yoga video
Enjoy your weekend
WEDNESDAY 29TH AND THURSDAY 30TH APRIL
Junior Infants
Reading: Where Can GG sit? pgs 7 and 8. New words He/ can’t/ paint/ wet/ sit- write the words on a board or in your copy.
Free writing
Phonics – words ending in ub, make a list and sound each out
game – I Went to the supermarket and I bought…..try using each letter of alphabet
Gaeilge: draw a shopping trolly and fill it with bia , use your bia sheet to help
Maths – weight. busy at maths p 26, 27
try the happy camel game on weight on topmarks https://pbskids.org/peg/games/happy-camel
SESE- Explore with Me workbook – Frank the Fisherman. You can watch the animation on edco website/explore with me (junior infants)
Chat about the work of a fisherman and try to name as many different fish as you can. Draw a map of an island and some fishing boats around it.
Art – Draw or make your own fish or follow the steps to draw a fish on this video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtGeB5tu2xU
Senior infants
Oral language-talk about how you would make a sandwich, what you need and how you do it using words like first, next, then, finally.
Add in your favourite fillings make up a puzzle on a fruit or vegetable, give 2 or 3 good clues. Listen to the story https://www.storyberries.com/bedtime-stories-my-vegetable-friends/
Reading – Read all the way up to pg 11 and focus on the new words for pgs 8,9 and 10 on your word sheet. (Reminder: cj fallon app is the best way to view the reader and can be downloaded onto your pc/laptop or device)
Free writing –
Phonics – ee watch geraldine giraffe video and make a list of words with ee in the middle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfM7Hz7US0UEE booklet in your email if further work wanted
Maths – busy at maths p 81 and 82 try the weight game – happy camel on junior maths list if you wish
Gaeilge:draw a shopping trolly and fill it with bia , use your bia sheet to help
SESE- Explore with Me workbook – Frank the Fisherman. you can watch the animation on edco/ explore with me junior infants too. Chat about the work of a fisherman and try to name as many different fish as you can.
Draw or paint a map of an island or Ireland and draw fishing boats around our country- you could label some places too!
Art – draw or make your own fish or follow these simple steps to draw a fish!
MONDAY & TUESDAY 26TH/27TH APRIL
Good morning Junior and Senior Infants, hope you had a nice weekend with your families. Here are some ideas of activities to try at home, again no pressure to complete all of these- they are just a guide so whatever suits best in your house. Any little bit of daily reading, writing and number/counting work is perfect for your child either if you find that they find it difficult to settle to work -especially with the nice weather! There is lots of learning in children’s play also so why not join in with a game or two in the evenings.e.g What time is it Mr.Wolf? Cat and Mouse/stuck in the mud/ find coloured objects/toys in the garden and race to bring them ‘home’.
Junior Infants
Oral language/ Geography:
Chat about your trips to the supermarket, where is the one you usually go to, what is the name of it, how do you travel there?
Think of all the different words you can think of to do with the supermarket.
Draw a plan of a supermarket, showing the entrance, trollies, different aisles, shelves etc.
Rhyme – Baking bread song- sent to your email-say the rhyme, illustrate it.
Reading – Class reader- Where Can GG sit – next 2 pages and revise words
Extra reading- listen to The Carrot e book on twinkl and chat about it.
Draw your favourite vegetable.
PHONICS – WORDS ENDING IN UT-Make a list and sound them out
Sight word game – sight clouds on https://www.education.com/game/sight-words-cloud-catcher/ if you wish
Writing – free writing – can be done any day- document in your email explaining this
Gaeilge– glasrai – irish for vegetables, Draw pictures of vegetables that you like and dislike-sheet in your email
Maths – weight (powerpoint on twinkl- what is weight?)
TASKS- practical
Get a rock and a small stone, hold one in each hand and compare weight
Repeat these with several items or objects inside or outside your house
Draw pictures of heavy and light things
Try the game – unit of measurement , heavy or light on https://www.turtlediary.com/game/measuring-weight.html
Try the jigsaws online on http://www.hellokids.com/r_1747/free-online-games/kids-puzzles-games/animals-free-puzzles
Senior infants
Oral language/ Geography:
Chat about your trips to the supermarket, where is the one you usually go to, what is the name of it, how do you travel there?
Think of all the different words you can think of to do with the supermarket.
Draw a plan of a supermarket, showing the entrance, trollies, different aisles, shelves etc.
Rhyme – Baking bread song- sent to your email, say the rhyme/ illustrate it.
Reading – continue with class reader pg 6 and 7 and word list to match these pages.
Extra reading- listen to The Carrot e book on twinkl and chat about it.
Draw your favourite vegetable.
Phonics- sound associated with ai, watch the geraldine giraffe video on ai on youtube
Make a list of words with this sound
Pick 3 words and make sentences
ai booklet in your email if you want further work
Writing – free writing – can be done any day- document in your email explaining this
Maths – Weight
powerpoint on twinkl- what is weight
TASKS- practical
Get a rock and a small stone, hold one in each hand and compare weight
Repeat these with several items or objects inside or outside your house
Draw pictures of heavy and light things
try the game – unit of measurement , heavy or light on https://www.turtlediary.com/game/heavy-and-light.html
Gaeilge- glasrai – irish for vegetables
Draw pictures of vegetables that you like and dislike
sheet in your emailTry the jigsaws online on http://www.hellokids.com/r_1747/free-online-games/kids-puzzles-games/animals-free-puzzles
FRIDAY 24TH APRIL
Talk about the different mealtimes and draw pictures of the foods you would eat at each meal. Watch the video of Miss Lynn making a very simple pizza and try it over the weekend!
READING-
Junior Infants: The Hot Pot sheet and activity sheet in your email
Senior Infants reading- Globby’s Football Match pg 6 and revise all the words so far. Have a little test and try to name all the words so far and maybe Mammy or Daddy can give you a treat! Read Jakes Tale on starfall
Gaeilge for both classes:game- put out lots of different foods on your table and try to name them in Irish. Close your eyes and get someone to take one away and you must say what’s missing.
Games: play the alphabet food game-Call out a letter or sound and your child must go to your cupboard and find a food starting with this
Music- listen and sing the song, I like to eat apples and bananas on utube.
P.E. -Joe Wicks has Fancy dress Friday Live at 9 a.m. (youtube) this morning if all the family want to tune in and try it out!
Have a lovely weekend and we loved seeing some of your wonderful work this week.
WEDNESDAY 22ND & THURSDAY 23RD APRIL
Good morning again Junior and Senior Infants, we hope you are having a nice week- the weather is really lovely so we hope you are out in your garden plenty and noticing all the signs of spring on these sunny days. Have you any Cherry Blossom trees near your house? They look so beautiful this week if you want to try painting one.
We have a new email address if you wish to contact us or send us anything! www.infantclassroom.kilglassns@gmail.com
Junior Infants
Reading: continue with class reader Where can GG sit p 3 and 4. Read story of The Little Red Hen on tube or twinkl and chat about the story. Pick out your favourite character and say why you like him.
Writing: write the words ‘where’ and ‘there’ in your copy or on a whiteboard.
Phonics- op words, make a list and sound each one outplay the sight word game balloon pop or the sight word hopper game on education.com.
Gaeilge- look at the bia sheet from your email and pick out the foods you like and dont like. Is maith liom means I like, ni maith lion means I dont like.
SPHE- Talk and draw healthy and unhealthy foodschat about the different ways you can stay healthy. Explore with me pg 49
ART- Make or draw your own Red Hen. Paint or draw a tree trunk and decorate it like a Cherry Blossom tree with a blue sky background.
Maths – homeschool links book pg 9
Aistear – continue making things for your own supermarket and get thinking of a great name for it.
Senior Infants.
Reading – Globby’s Football Match. Read pg 4 and 5. There have been a lot of new words in pages 1,2 and 3 so keep reading these daily before reading the text from beginning of the story.
Read the story of The Little Red Hen on twinkl. Task– chat about the story and sequence the story saying what happened first, next etc
Writing:do a storyboard of the little red hen using pictures and sentences
Phonics: sound ie makes. Look at the geraldine giraffe video on utube on the ie sound. Draw pictures or write out words containing this sound.
Gaeilge– look at the bia sheet from your email and pick out the foods you like and don’t like.is maith liom means I like, ni maith lion means I don’t like.
SPHE- Talk and draw healthy and unhealthy foods. Chat about the different ways you can stay healthy. Explore with me pg 49
ART– Make or draw your own red hen.
Paint or draw a tree trunk and decorate it like a Cherry Blossom tree with a blue sky background.
Aistear – continue making things for your own supermarket and get thinking of a great name for it.
Maths – try the ordinal number game- determine the ordinal position of the animals on turtle diry.com Ice cream worksheet will be sent to your email or lots more on twinkl.
MONDAY 20TH & TUESDAY 21ST APRIL
Welcome back after Easter and hope you had a nice one. We are starting a new theme in Aistear which is food, so if your child would like to set up a pretend supermarket with whatever you have at home or make their own food, might be fun. They could engage in role playing the customer and shopkeeper, label and price their food, make pretend coins or print them off twinkl, make shopping lists etc. Both classes will start their new reader which you can access from cjfallons. Junior Infants reader is, Where Can GG Sit? and Senior Infants reader is called, Globby’s Football Match.We will email you the word lists and you can cut them up for their plastic pouches and revise each night like we did at school.
Work for Mon and Tue Juniors and Seniors
Topic is Food.
Task 1- Chat about the different types of food. Pick out your favourite food and talk about what it looks like, colour, how it feels, what it smells like, whether you eat it hot or cold etc., draw it if you like!
Task 2- Both classes. Chat about where different foods come from and how they are made e.g. bread
Reading – Where Can GG Sit? p1 and 2- suitable questions for each page will be in the email with word list
Phonics – words ending in ot and un. Make a list and sound out each word. There is a short activity in your email if you wish to do it
Gaeilge – Draw a bosca lóin which is lunch box and put in úll which is apple, bainne which is milk, ceapaire which is a sandwich. We will email you a BIA /food list which might help.
Maths – topic – ordinal number which is the first, second, third etc. Pirate themed ordinal numbers PowerPoint on twinkl if needed.
Task 1 – organise your family members in order putting mum first, dad second, you third etc
Task 2 – have a race and find out who comes first, second etc. Make pretend badges or medals if you wish.
Juniors – Busy at Maths p 35 and 36 over the 2 days
Online fun game called Squigly’s Apples on primarygames.com https://www.primarygames.com/squigly/start.htm There are lots of worksheets on twinkl too.
PE – Try the PE Cards in your email
Senior Infants:
Topic- food. Work for Mon and Tues.
Task-1 Chat about the different types of food. Pick out your favourite food and talk about what it looks like, the colour, how it feels, what it smells like, whether you eat it hot or cold etc., draw it if you like!
Task 2- Both classes chat about where different foods come from and how they are made e.g. bread
Phonics – sound wh makes. Watch the wh video on Starfall. Make a list of words starting with this sound. Draw pictures of words starting with wh
Reading – Reader – Globby’s Football Match one page each night (Monday pg 1 Tuesday pg 2 and 3) and new words. Chat about what’s happening in each page. Follow word list
Maths – Topic – ordinal number which is the first, second third etc. Pirate themed ordinal numbers PowerPoint on twinkl if needed.
Task 1– Organise your family members in order putting mum first, dad second, you third etc. Task 2 – have a race and find out who comes first, second etc. Make pretend badges or medals if you wish
Senior Infants – Busy at Maths p. 80
Online fun game called Squigly’s apples on primarygames.com https://www.primarygames.com/squigly/start.htm There are lots of worksheets on twinkl too.
PE
Try the PE Cards in your email. Song and dance gonoodle – Milkshake song & Purple Stew song.
FRIDAY 3RD APRIL
These are fun and practical activities for both classes- choose what you would like to try as an activity if children are bored.
Reading: The story of Easter on topmarks and ‘Saving Easter’ on twinkl.
Chat about it with your child and draw a picture
Science – experiment with eggs. Get 2 eggs, place one in vinegar and one in water. Leave for a few days and record the results.
Art and craft- templates on twinkl to make your own Easter baskets and chick and lots more!
Painting some hard boiled eggs if allowed.
Easter Twig– get a little branch in your garden, put it in a flower pot with some soil, then decorate eggs in paper or egg shells and hang them up.
Geography: Draw a map of your garden on a big sheet of paper. Colour or draw the main objects- use this as a treasure map for an easter egg hunt around or house. Make an easter card
Maths: Patterns – Junior Infants (patterns with 2 elements) Senior infants -patterns with 3 and 4 elements. Make Easter bunting in patterns, make flags using patterns. Cut out your bunting or flags and hang them up.
ART HUB ON UTUBE This shows you how to draw an Easter bunny and chicks and how to make Easter cards
Jigsaw puzzles on line – on smarty games.co .uk.
Dancing: Easter bunny hop dance on youtube and try bounce patrol for other Easter songs and dances.
Now enjoy your Easter holidays, get lots of fresh air and have lots of fun!
WEDNESDAY 1ST APRIL AND THURSDAY 2ND APRIL
Good morning again Junior and Senior Infants- we hope you are having a nice week so far and being good at home for your parents, helping out and playing nicely with your brothers and sisters. All your family will be so proud of you when you try your best!
Try gonoodle chicken dance for some activity time today.
Shape pictures– draw a page of shapes, colour them in and cut out. Then stick them on a seperate sheet to make your shape picture. Try an Easter chick using circles and triangles.
Daffodils for Spring: we see lots of daffodils around when we go for a walk. Make a daffodil using a bun case, colour/paint it yellow and stick it on a green piece of paper/green lollipop stick.
Here are some useful online passwords if you wish to access the Gaeilge, Religion and twinkl free offer for one month. The book companies have opened up all their online resources and books for this time.
Gaeilge- Bua na Cainte A (both classes) www.edcolearning.ie (Coinín na Cásca pages) We will be moving on to Bia (food) after Easter.
username: edcobooks password: edco2020
Religion- www.growinlove.ie email: trial@growinlove.ie Password: growinlove
After log in go to Senior Infants grow in love and Theme 6 Holy week and Easter, with activities, songs and stories. Click on the prayer space section at the top and light a candle for your child and have a look at all the other candles lit!
www.twinkl.ie/offer enter code IRLTWINKLHELPS for one months free activities and resources.
Junior Infants:
Story– listen to the story- Brenda’s Boring Egg, its an e book on twinkl.
Design your own egg using different patterns- Template for Easter eggs on twinkl or draw blank eggs- this is a good way to practise zig zag lines/curves/spots etc.
Phonics– words ending in ig, make a list and sound each word out.
Story on starfall – The Big Hit
Maths– practise forming the numbers 3 and 4- ONE EACH DAY & Draw pictures showing these in sets
Try the counting games on www.topmarks.co.uk – gingerbread game
SENIOR INFANTS:
Read the story- Brendas Boring Egg on twinkl. Write 3 sentences about the story and draw your favourite character
Phonics- th sound .watch the th video and make a list of words starting and ending with th. Read story – Jake’s tale on starfall.
Maths – practise forming numbers 9 and 10 draw pictures showing these in sets.
Spread work out over the 2 days
Design your own Easter egg using different patterns -templates on twinkl
MONDAY 30TH & TUESDAY 31ST MARCH
Good morning all, hope everyone is keeping well and staying positive in these difficult times. This week at school would have been mainly revision for Junior and Senior Infants with plenty of egg and chick themed activities thrown in too! These are all just suggestions so please feel free to pick and choose what suits your house best.
Children could watch RTE at school at 11a.m. today too.
JUNIOR INFANTS
Story – Chicken Licken
Task– prior to reading the story, chat about chickens, where they come from, what they eat, what they look at etc. Listen to the story of chicken licken on youtube or there’s a power point on twinkl.
Draw your favourite part of the story.
Writing: Pick 5 letters, say the sound and write a row of each in your copy each day this week. Make sure to include the tricky letters too!! (j,y,w,z,b and d)
Maths – practise forming the number 5 lots of times. Draw pictures showing sets of 5. Sing the song – 5 little ducks.
SESE- watch the life cycle of the chicken on youtube
Task: in Explore with Me p38, children have to sequence the life cycle of the chicken
You can space this work out over Monday and Tuesday
SENIOR INFANTS
Reading: Revision of Dolch Lists. Choose one Dolch list per day -if you have them in your folder and try to say them all right each day.
Story- Chicken Licken on youtube. Prior to reading, talk about chickens, what they look like, where they live etc
Writing: Pick your favourite character from the story and draw it.Write a sentence about the character
Phonics Say the sound ch makes and make a list of words starting and ending with ch. Watch the ch video on starfall. Read the story – Gus the duck on starfall
Maths: practise forming numbers 7 and 8. draw pictures to show these in sets
SESE :watch the video on the life cycle of the chicken Explore with me p38, sequence the life cycle of the chicken
You can space this work out over Monday and Tuesday.
FRIDAY 27TH MARCH
Good morning Junior and Senior Infants! Today is Friday and we hope you are looking forward to the weekend. The weather looks good so you could do lots of things outside this weekend in the garden. Here are some fun activities you could try:
-filling up and emptying pots and buckets
-if you have a hedge in your garden, rake out all the leaves and weeds from under it, and put them in a bucket.
-gather up little twigs, moss, stones etc and see can you make a birds nest.
-watch carefully birds in your garden this weekend- they are very busy picking out places to build their nests.
-make a bird feeder from two empty plastic bottles (youtube)
-blow up a balloon and catch it around the garden
-blow bubbles around the garden too!
JUNIOR INFANTS
Phonics – words that end in en- like pen.Make a list and say words aloud. write words if you wish.
Reading – Choose some activity that suits you.
1.Peg the hen on starfall .com.
2.Read the next page of class reader, remember to read all the pages in the book so far, pointing to each word as you read.
3. Read the days of the week and revise putting them in order.
Maths – revision of number formation.Write the numeral 2 several time and draw a picture to go with this.Say the rhyme Two Little Dickybirds.
SENIOR INFANTS
English
Phonics- Say the sound ‘sh’ makes.Watch the sh video on starfall
Maths: Revise the days of the week and ordering the days. Make a diary of your week for next week. Busy at Maths pg 99 Clocks & pg 100 counting ladybirds and butterflies.
Enjoy your weekend, Ye are all working so hard,Ye have all earned lots of marbles.Tune in again on Monday
THURSDAY 26TH MARCH
Good morning again Junior and Senior Infants! Hope you are all keeping well and getting outside in the fresh air when it’s dry. Here are some activities to try this morning at home.
Art/ Drawing challenge: youtube channel ‘Miss Molly’ – search ‘miss molly draw a butterfly’ and the drawing lesson will pop up- have fun!
JUNIOR INFANTS:
We planted seeds before the schools were closed.Chat about the things plants need to grow- powerpoint on twinkl if you wish to view it.Task- draw a flower and chat about the parts like the petals, leaf, stem and roots.They can write the words if you wish.
Story– listen to the story of Jack and the beanstalk on youtube or audio version on storynory. They could draw a picture of their favourite part.
PHONICS– am words- make a list like JAM, HAM -sound out and say each word aloud
Fine motor activity: use a tweezers or kitchen tongs to collect raisins /beads/birdseed and pretend they are Jack’s magic beans.
Maths
Practical work- NUMBERS UP TO 5 -make 2 sets of items that total up to 5, you can use straws. cutlery, lids or whatever you have. Example- 2 apples and 3 apples = 5. 4 apples and 1 apple = 5
www.topmarks.co.uk- counting ladybirds game is good.
Busy at Maths p93
SENIOR INFANTS
We planted seeds before schools closed.
Task- write down in your copy the things we said that plants need to grow Task- draw a plant and label the parts like the flower, leaves, stem, roots and petals.There is a nice power point on twinkl on parts of a plant
Reading: STORY- listen to the story of Jack and the beanstalk on utube or an audio version on storynory. Draw a picture of your favourite part
Phonics – continue with dolch list 5 and try the demolition sight word game on education.com
Maths – totals up to 10. Practical- Make 2 sets of items that total up to 10.Example 3 apples and 7 apples = 10. Come up with different ways using different items around the house.
Busy at Maths home school links book p30 try the count the yeti, 1-10 game on topmarks.
WEDNESDAY 25TH MARCH
Here are some activities to try at home today- feel free to choose what you want or have time to do.
www.topmarks.co.uk – click on stories section for today’s story
www.twinkl.ie – this has a months free membership for parents this month and lots of free resources to download/print.
The CJ Fallon App is very good to download- and we would be asking you to download this when you can as we will be accessing the next class readers/workbooks using the app in the coming weeks.
JUNIOR INFANTS
STORY– Listen to the story called Flutter by Friends on www.topmarks.co.uk stories section Talk about the story and draw your favourite part.
Phonics – an words- make a list eg can, fan, man , ran. Sound out and say each word aloud. Write words in your copy if you wish.
Try the phonics game – short vowel machines which is on topmarks, letter and sounds section.
Maths – revise days of the week.
Task – busy at maths home school links book p 33
Challenge – sort your toys by colour & sort your toys by size
Physical activity: ten at ten can by found on the rte player, throwing and catching a ball ten times, Play the game ‘What time is it , Mr. Wolf?! outside.
Art and Craft: Scribble / colour all over a sheet of paper. Fold the paper carefully like a fan, pinch in the middle and use a clothes peg or pipe cleaner for the butterfly body OR use a colourful napkin to fold from the kitchen if you don’t feel like colouring! Draw a smiley face on your butterfly!
SENIOR INFANTS ACTIVITIES
Continue with class reader The Beach House and dolch List 5 revision, remember to re read all the previous pages as this is great for developing fluency and confidence in familiar text.
Story – listen to the story called The Flutter by Friends which is on topmarks stories section
Task – chat about the story and try the ordering of events in the story using the storyboard
Writing – write 2 sentences about the story in your copy
Phonics – try the game called bowling alley on www.topmarks.co.uk- click letter and sounds section
Maths – revise the hour on the clock. Interactive game on telling the time in hours on – www.iknowit.com- telling the time in hours
Task – Busy at Maths- home school link p 34/ Busy at Maths pgs 98 and 99 can also be completed over the next few days.
P.E. – Ten at ten on RTÉ player. Play the Game ‘What time is it Mr. Wolf? ALL children love this one!
Art and Craft: Scribble / colour all over a sheet of paper. Fold the paper carefully like a fan, pinch in the middle and use a clothes peg or pipe cleaner for the butterfly body OR use a colourful napkin to fold from the kitchen if you don’t feel like colouring! Draw a smiley face on your butterfly !
TUESDAY 24TH MARCH
Story: Listen to the story of the Hungry Caterpillar- read the story/pick out days of the week/ find the letters. Continue with a page of the class reader.
Physical Activity: cosmic kids Yoga for the Hungry Caterpillar
JUNIOR INFANTS ACTIVITIES:
English:
-at words- words that rhyme with ‘at’ (cat, hat, mat etc) -blend the letters/read the word.
-Write the letters that have a caterpillar shape- c,a,d,g in copies.
Play doh or Cutting- making leaves and caterpillars, making food that he ate.
Maths:
-Reciting days of the week, match activities to the days of the week, discuss your favourite day and why.
Busy at Maths big book pg 106/107
-Making patterns- using red and green objects/toys make a pattern using the two colours e.g. red,green,red,green or red, red, green,green.
SENIOR INFANTS ACTIVITIES:
Word work: Write the word CATERPILLAR in your copy and see how many little words you can make from the big word e.g. lip/at.
Reading- the next page from The Beach House, go over flashcards and write one sentence about the picture.
Maths:
-Making patterns activity- using objects/bricks/toys of red green and yellow how many ways can you make a pattern. e.g. red,green,yellow, red, green, yellow. Game: close your eyes and parent takes away a colour-which colour is missing?
-Clocks- Telling the time in one hour intervals- make a clock from paper/card, fill in the numbers and make the hands different colours.
Busy at Maths Book pg 97- telling the time.
MONDAY 23RD MARCH
Our theme for this week will be the Very Hungry Caterpillar story by Eric Carle. There are so many online resources to choose from, but our main tip is to aim for short and simple activities that your child responds well to! Here are some activities to try out today. Go to the educational resources page of the website where there are great Maths games for Junior and Senior Infants.
Read /listen to the story of Hungry Caterpillar -youtube . Talk about the story/sequence the story, ask questions after reading.
Maths– say the days of the week; cut out the days of the week and child puts them in order- say/sing the days of week song (youtube singing walrus) Busy at Maths big Book pg 112 (junior) Busy at Maths pg 101 (Senior) cats and dogs
Writing: Junior Infants: Write one day of the week and draw the food to match that day . Senior Infants: write two days in a sentence and draw the food he ate in your copy.
Art/ Fine Motor activity: Trace around a saucepan lid on sheets of paper, colour/ paint them green and red, cut them out and glue together to make a Hungry Caterpillar for your wall!
Reading: Read one page of your class reader, revise some words in the word pouch.
THURSDAY 19th AND FRIDAY 20th MARCH
Here are some activities to continue our work at school for Thursday and Friday (19th and 20th March). We are currently setting up an online platform where we can be in touch with you with more activities at home.
SESE-Science, Geography, History- We have been learning about Spring
Task – take a spring walk, chat about what you see, smell and feel.Chat about changes that happen and maybe draw a spring picture.There are lovely power points and other activities on Spring on Twinkl (www.twinkl.ie). We have been learning about the types of birds also- can you spot a blue tit, great tit, coal tit, goldfinch, robin or blackbird in your garden? Draw a picture if you find one!
English
Reading: Continue class readers (1 page per day usually), read words from flashcards and plastic word pouch folder.
Writing activities:
Junior Infants: (based on page 10-13 of reader) write the letters b,w,g in copies, draw a picture of something for each letter, write the words ‘will’ and ‘get’ in your copy, write the sentence ‘I will get the ____’
Senior Infants: write words from your flashcards, write a sentence using your flashcards, call out a sentence and your child writes it in their copy.
Physical Activity- try the ten at ten- rte player. There are lots of different videos
To finish off our Aistear Travel theme for February we visited our local airport at Strandhill. We learned so much from all the people who work in the emergency services and we would like to thank Kevin, Justin and all the staff who told us about the fire engines and Coastguard Helicopter. We all had a turn shooting the water hose, sitting in the fire engine, going inside the Coastguard Helicopter and looking at all the equipment. A great day out was had by all!
Junior and Senior infants were fortunate to have two members of our community visit our classroom.Marietta -Anna Kilcullen’s grandmother , spoke about transport in the past. We have been learning about transport and the children enjoyed asking questions about the forms of transport used when she was young . Marietta had many interesting stories for them.
PJ Renyolds, Dad of Ione read a story about yoga poses. He modelled some for us with Ione and all the children joined in. It was a wonderful experience and all the children joined in. We love when parents are involved in our school and parental involvement in children’s education has far reaching benefits.The smiles on all the childrens’ faces told it all.
We are exploring all sorts of Hobbies and Play this month in Junior and Senior Infants. In Aistear play time we have set up our own sports shop with lots of fantastic offers for our January sale, along with a Fitness Studio to perfect our 10@10 exercise moves each week! We loved exploring ramps and how toys move using push and pull forces in Science, we compared old and new toys in History and we drew maps of our own playground for Geography.
Santa’s Workshop opened this month and we are having great fun during Aistear play time taking turns on all the different stations- making cookies with play doh, wrapping presents, playing at the Winter table, playing elf games, writing letters to Santa and Christmas cards and making Christmas crafts and decorations.
Junior and Senior Infants are settling back into school at Kilglass N.S. All the staff and children send a warm welcome to our new Junior Infants, as they adjust to all the new experiences of school life!
We are learning all about colours this week and we explored this through some fun activities. We mixed paints to create new colours, we observed and predicted what would happen the skittles when we added water. We made ‘Rainbow Rice’ too by using food dye, vinegar and rice- we enjoyed mixing the rice and shaking the containers really hard to get the colour to spread evenly through all the grains of rice.
