Virtual School Tour
Dublin Zoo have prerecorded videos of lots of animals on their website
Choose one that interests you and take a look.
Oral Language
Share a Show and Tell video on Seesaw about something you couldn't have brought into school e.g. your pet, your trampoline, etc.
Tell me all about it
Who got it for you?
When did you get it?
Where?
Why do you love it so much?
Reading
Juniors
Continue with the Oxford Owls if your child is enjoying them.
or
Here's a reading activity you could do outside.
Just write the words on a sheet of paper and ask your child to read the words and go find an object that is flat, red, green, long, etc.
Seniors
Look at the picture on page 30 of Jolly Phonics 3 (Green).
Read and answer the questions.
or
Choose one of your own books and read it to your family or to me on Seesaw.
Writing
Juniors
Continue with sentences in handwriting copies/sounds in Jolly Phonics book.
or
Give your child post its or scrap paper and let them label items in the house. Don't worry about correcting their spellings, let them use their phonic knowledge to attempt words.
Seniors
''My Game' on page 29 of Jolly Phonics 3 (Green)
ou/ow sounds on page 31
Independent Writing: Book 2 (Purple) 'night time' page
or
Let your child stick a selection of stickers on a page. Help them with some adjectives for the pictures (see below) and get them to write a short story inspired by their sticker selection.
Picture from Infant Education blog
Maths
Juniors- Adding Number
Vocabulary: make, altogether, one, two, three, four, five, together
Planet Maths pages 110-119
or
Using real objects
-ask your child to show you all the different ways to make 2/3/4/5.
Seniors- Revision
Planet Maths pages 124 and 125
Questions (before completing the page):
How many fish are in the river?
How many fish will there be when you have drawn 2 more?
How many trees can you see?
If the butterfly's 4 friends came along, how many butterflies would there be?
How do you know this is a jungle picture?
Is it daytime or night-time in the picture? How do you know?
Are there more crocodiles than snakes?
Are there more snakes than fish?
How many creatures can you see altogether?
Are the fish swimming in the same direction?
If each fish has 4 spots how many spots will 2 fish have altogether?
or
Try some board games for an extra challenge
Lightning Race - page 12
Pairs- page 14
Spot the Difference - page 18
Gaeilge
Topic- Siopadóireacht
Lessons 1-3
Aistear- Art
Have fun getting messy with this art activity. Turn your footprint into a cow or maybe another farm animal. You could even get the whole family to create an animal and make a whole farm. Have fun!
Music/ Science
Have a go at the activity below. All you need are some jars, a spoon and water.
The amount of water in the jar determines the sound it makes.
Can you arrange your jars from low sounds to high sounds? Do you notice anything about how they are arranged?
Outdoor Activities
Find some leaves, give them faces and names. Use your imagination to create a story.
Find some stones or small rocks. Use your imagination to turn them into something new.
Cut a oval shape out of cardboard. See if you can create different faces and emotions using natural materials.
STEM
Remember when we walked on balloons during Science Week?
See the photos here
See if you can stand on paper cups without breaking them.
Here's how to do it:
Space 6-10 paper cups out evenly and place a sheet of cardboard on top. Do they hold your weight?
If you're feeling brave try adding a second layer.
Why does it happen?
If we stand on one cup, we squash it because all of our weight is pushing down on it.
If you spread them out and place cardboard on top the weight is spread out so there isn't too much weight on any one cup - Just like the balloons under the table in Science Week.
Have a great week!
