02/06/2020

Dear Parents, Guardians and Children,

I hope everyone had a lovely bank holiday weekend. Our theme for the next 2 weeks is the seaside.

I know that interest levels drop as summer approaches. This happens in school too. This is a fortnightly plan. Work can be done between 2nd- 12th June 2020. Tons of revision. Lots of the activities can be done outside this week. Approach the work based of your own child. Give plenty of breaks. 20 minutes of work and 15 minutes break.

If you have any tech issues or questions about the course work, feel free to email missroweonline@gmail.com or if you don’t have access to email please text any questions to the school mobile on 0894552731.

I hope you all stay safe and I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,

Miss Rowe

1. Irish Ar an trá (At the beach)

Vocabulary- trá (beach), grian (sun), buicéad (bucket), caisleán gainimh (sandcastle), spád (spade), gaineamh (sand), spéir (sky)

Instructions1. Dathaigh an buicéad dearg2. Dathaigh an caisleán gainimh oráiste3. Dathaigh an spád glas4. Dathaigh an gaineamh buí.5. Dathaigh an spéir gorm

2. English

1. Red bucket2. Orange sandcastle3. Green spade4. Yellow sand5. Blue sky

Junior Infants

Jolly Phonics sound revision: Group 1 & 2. Group 1 saptin Group 2 ckehrmd. Revise each sound. For example s: What sound does it make? s Name a word that starts with that sound? Snake Can you put that word in a sentence? There is a long snake in the grass. What rhymes with snake? bake

Oral language. Drawing challenge. Seaside/ beach. Draw something beginning with s that you could find at the seaside or at the beach. For example s is for sandcastle. Draw a picture for each sound in group 1 saptin & group 2 ckehrmd. Let the child think of an object independently. If they are stuck come back to it at the end. Label the picture. Parents can help the child sound out the words.

Story about the seaside. Feel free to read a story from your own personal collection. “Lost on the beach” Story. See powerpoint on class page. Read aloud together. Ask your child to read the easier words.

Say the phrase “Chop it up” or “If in doubt, sound it out”. Sound out the words together if needed. Give them hints if they are stuck on words.

- They all should have a Core reader 1 and 2 in their hw folder. For anyone who was absent. All Core Readers are available on this link. https://my.cjfallon.ie/dashboard/student-resources .

Click: Primary. Junior Infants. English. Rainbow stage 1. Access Core Reader 3 Fun at the park: Online book. Read “Magic” pg 17-24

Revise: Core Reader 3 Sight Words

Try a water balloon/ water gun game for sight words practice.

3. Maths Revision- Recognizing, counting and formation of numbers 0-5.

Draw seaside pictures. Add 1 starfishAdd 2 boatsAdd 3 big crabsAdd 4 red seashellsAdd 5 big fish

Complete orally or get your child to re draw pattern or sequence.

Art – Toilet Roll Crab Creation

4. Music Sing and perform: “A sailor went to sea, sea, sea.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFxAiWkSePk&t=72s

5. Drama-Role play. Visit to the beach. Wearing a hat and shorts. Putting on sun cream. Swimming in the sea. Building a sandcastle. Buying an ice-cream. Looking for crabs in the rock pool.

6. SESE- Floating and sinking experiment. Get a basin, fill it with water and test different materials to see if they float on the water or sink to the bottom. Sample materials/ items: Paper, rock, pencil, leaf, feather, fork, plastic bottle.Use whatever materials you have at home.

7. SPHE- Stay Safe Programme- We normally cover this in school but due to the situation with school, I will ask you to try cover some of the topics with your child at home. We did start this with the entire class and the Senior Infants covered this last year. Don’t worry the Junior Infants will cover the same programme again and the Senior Infants will have similar topics in 1st Class. The Stay Safe programme is available at staysafe.iehttp://www.staysafe.ie/teachers/Infants.pdf

IntroductionLearning Intention: Today we are going to learn what we should do if we feel unsafe. Remind the pupils of the previous lesson and how everyone gave an example of a time when they felt safe. Recap on Tom’s story and how Tom’s feelings changed as the story progressed.DevelopmentExplain that we all have times when we feel like Tom, when we feel unsafe and frightened. Here you could give an example of a time when you did not feel safe - perhaps using an example from your own childhood.Ask the pupils for examples of times when they don’t feel safe and discuss what they would do in these situations. Highlight the importance of telling an adult who can help. Pupils could role-play how they would tell an adult about any of the situations discussed.Alternatively, use the following What if scenarios from TR 5. TR 5 - What if:- You got lost in the shopping centre?- Nobody is at the school gate at home time to collect you?- You have a really bad dream that frightens you?- Someone is always pushing you or hurting you?- A big dog barks at you when you are going to your friend’s house?The importance of telling an adult if they don’t feel safe should again be emphasised here. Pupils can role-play the scenarios above and practice telling an adult.ConclusionWS 4/Home School Link - TELL 5: Give pupils an opportunity to look at the Tell 5 worksheet and to discuss who they would tell if they felt unsafe. Pupils bring the Tell 5 worksheet home to be completed with parents/ guardians.TR 6 - Stay Safe Song: Allow the pupils to listen to the Stay Safe song. Pupils learn the song.

8. ReligionHail Mary.

9. PE- Create an obstacle course outside including hopping, jogging, skipping and throwing.

A massive thank you to all the parents who have sent photos and email to me. It’s great to know how everyone is doing and what you are up to. Please keep sending photos so I can add them to the Gallery of Superstars. You can see what your friends are doing and what they have made. Even if your child would like to send me a few lines to say how they are doing, that would be super! If you have any work related queries please feel free to email me at: missroweonline@gmail.com or if you don’t have access to email

please text any questions to the school mobile on 0894552731. I will be monitoring the emails from 10-12 o’clock should you wish to contact me.Kind regards, Aisling Rowe