Mr O’Brien 6th Class May 25th – May 29th

Hello 6^th Class,

I hope you have all had a good weekend and are keeping well. Once again, thank you to all of you who have been in contact and sent me your work to check. It has been great to hear from you!

This week is similar to the last two weeks as I have once again split the work into daily amounts. Each day you will have about 30-40 minutes of English, Gaeilge & Maths and then one further subject. Set aside your time each day and work through the activities as best you can. Again, you do not have to complete all the work in each subject but you should be spending about 2 hours/2 hours 30mins on the work that has been given. Concentrate when you are doing it and try stay away from all distractions.

If you are finishing the work much quicker than the 2 hours, spend some extra time reading or going back over Mental Maths Problem Solving questions that we may not have done throughout the year.
Plenty of extra reading on top of the work assigned – atleast 20 minutes extra reading each day of a book of your choice.

Set your morning out like the timetable below so you have a good structure and know what time you should be finished each subject:

Time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9.00 – 9.40	Gaeilge	Gaeilge	Gaeilge	Gaeilge	Gaeilge
9.40 – 10.20	English	English	English	English	English
10.20 – 10.30	B	R	E	A	K
10.30 – 11.10	Maths	Maths	Maths	Maths	Maths
11.10 – 11.45	Science	Science	Science	Science & Art	Transition

Once again if there is anything that I can do to help you please let me know. My email is: stjosephssixthclass20@gmail.com
Any books that you do not have at home are available on the CJ Fallon webpage. If you can not access this site, please let me know and I will email the relevant pages to you.

Monday 25^th May

English:

Reading – Read the story ‘Great Palaces of the World” on pages 266-269 in your Racing Ahead.

RAH Pg 112 with written answers.

Spellings – SWB Pg 68 Q5.

Sentences – Put the first 4 Revision Words into interesting sentences.

Gaeilge:
Bun go Barr – Sa Bhialann Lth 112-113

Bun go Barr – Cúpla Ceist Lth 114 C1-3

Ceartlitriú – Lth 71 C1-6

Maths:
Mental Maths – Week 33 Monday Pg 98 & Monday Problem Solving Pg 100

Mathemagic – Weight Pg 144 Q2, Q3 (d, e, f), Q4 (g, h, i, j, k, l), Q5 (ii), Q6

Science:
Unit 15 – Seeing is Believing Read Pg 84 & 85
Draw and label the parts of the eye.

Tuesday 26^th May
English:
Questions – Following on from the story you read yesterday; answer any 7 of the ‘What have you learned questions?”

RAH Pg 113 with written answers.

Spellings – SWB Pg 68 Q6.

Sentences – Put the next 3 Revision Words into interesting sentences.

Gaeilge:
Bun go Barr – Sa Bhialann Lth 112-113

Bun go Barr – Cúpla Ceist Lth 114 C4-6

Ceartlitriú – Lth 71 C7-12

Maths:
Mental Maths – Week 33 Tuesday Pg 98 & Tuesday Problem Solving Pg 100

Mathemagic – Weight Pg 145 Q1 (m, n, o, p, q, r), Q2 (m, n, o, p, q, r), Q3 (d, e, f, g, h, i), Q4 (d, e, f) & Q5.

Science:
Unit 15 – Seeing is Believing Read Pg 86
Actvities Q1-6

Wednesday 27^th May
English:
Racing Ahead – True or False Pg 270

RAH Pg 114 with written answers.

Spellings – SWB Pg 69 Q7.

Sentences – Put the next 3 Revision Words into interesting sentences.

Gaeilge:
Bun go Barr – Sa Bhialann Lth 112-113

Bun go Barr – Cúpla Ceist Lth 114 C7-10

Ceartlitriú – Lth 71 C13-18

Maths:
Mental Maths – Week 33 Wednesday Pg 99 & Wednesday Problem Solving Pg 100

Mathemagic – Data Pg 155 Q1, 2 & 3. Q5 &6.

Science:
Unit 15 – Seeing is Believing Read Pg 87 & 88
Actvities Q. A & B.

Thursday 28^th May
English:
Creative Writing – Racing Ahead Pg 270 Q1 or Q2 (About a page/page & a half long)

RAH Pg 115 with written answers.

Spellings – SWB Pg 69 Q8.

Gaeilge:
Am Don Léamh – Léigh an Scéal “An Titanic”

Bun go Barr – Lth 114 C Write a short story for Scéal 1 & Scéal 2 using the verbs provided.

Ceartlitriú – Lth 71 C19-24

Maths:
Mental Maths – Week 33 Thursday Pg 99 & Thursday Problem Solving Pg 100

Mathemagic – Data Pg156 Q1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6

Science:
Unit 15 – Seeing is Believing Read Pg 87 & 88
Activity C – Try Q1 with someone at home if possible.

Art:
Try your best this week with ‘Draw with Don’ to create a tiger. Well done to all those who sent their picture of last week’s art!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1YV_Y6dQUk&t=2s

Friday 29^th May
English:
Cloze Passage – Racing Ahead Pg271 Complete the Sentences – Write passage out.

Spellings – SWB Pg 69 Q9.

Gaeilge:
Am Don Léamh – Ceist A agus Ceist B

Bun go Barr – Lth 114 C Write a short story for Scéal 3 & Scéal 4 using the verbs provided.

Ceartlitriú – Lth 71 C25-30

Maths:
Mental Maths – Week 33 Friday Review Pg 100

Mathemagic – Focus Friday (Answer as many questions as possible in 30 mins)

Transition Programme:
If you haven’t already looked at the Transition Programme video and booklet that were posted on this page last week, use this time to check them both out regardless of what school you are going to. They will help greatly!
Enjoy your weekend!

Mr O’Brien 6th Class 18th May – 22nd May

Hi again 6^th Class,

I hope you have all had a good week and are keeping well. Once again, thank you to all of you who have been in contact and sent me your work to check. It has been great to hear from you!

This week is similar to last week as I have split the work into daily amounts. Each day you will have about 30-40 minutes of English, Gaeilge & Maths and then one further subject. Set aside your time each day and work through the activities as best you can. Again, you do not have to complete all the work in each subject but you should be spending about 2 hours/2 hours 30mins on the work that has been given. Concentrate when you are doing it and try stay away from all distractions.

It might help you to set your morning out like this so you have a good structure and know what time you should be finished each subject:

Time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9.00 – 9.40	Gaeilge	Gaeilge	Gaeilge	Gaeilge	Gaeilge
9.40 – 10.20	English	English	English	English	English
10.20 – 10.30	B	R	E	A	K
10.30 – 11.10	Maths	Maths	Maths	Maths	Maths
11.10 – 11.45	History	Art	History	P.E.	Reflection

Once again if there is anything that I can do to help you please let me know. My email is: stjosephssixthclass20@gmail.com

I hope everyone is keeping safe and I’m looking forward to seeing all your wonderful work again this week!

Monday 18^th May

English:

Reading – Read the story ‘Frozen North’ on pages 256-263 in your Racing Ahead. Story is attached underneath:

Spellings – SWB Unit 17 Pg 66 Q1.

Those with SNIP spellings I will email you your spellings for this week. Session 1 & 2.

Sentences – Put the first 5 List Words into interesting sentences.

Those with SNIP spellings; put the first 5 words from Session 1 into sentences.

Gaeilge:

Am Don Léamh – Read the following story. New vocabulary is underneath:

Focail Nua:
gafa – trapped
eitleog – kite
ag lapadail – splashing
rón – seal
in ard a chinn – loudly
lean sí – she followed
d’imigh an rón as radharc – the seal went out of view
carraig – view
shroich sí – she reached
rug Lara ar …- Lara grabbed …
a gualainn – her shoulder
iall – leash

Ceartlitriú – Lth 60 Learn the first four spellings & Lth 61 B
bialann – restaurant
freastalaí – waiter
fuinneog – window
sa chúinne – in the corner

Maths:

Mental Maths – Week 32 Monday Page 95

Monday Maths Focus – Money

Tables – Practice your tables on Hit the Button for 5 minutes. Try to beat your score each time.

History:

Barter, Trade & Money – Read the following unit on this topic and answer the following questions:

1 – Explain the term ‘barter’ in your own words.
2 – Design three banknotes (€5, €10 & €20) to be used in your own imaginary country. Whose pictures will you put on the banknotes and why?

Tuesday 19^th May

English:

Writing – Answer any 3 questions from Seek & Search and any 3 questions from Quest & Query based on the story ‘Frozen North’ that you read yesterday.

Spellings – SWB Unit 17 Pg 67 Q2 Across Only.

Those with SNIP spellings the next 4 spellings from Session 1

Sentences – Put the next 5 List Words into interesting sentences.

Those with SNIP spellings; put the next 4 words on Session 1 into sentences.

Gaeilge:

Am Don Léamh – Ceist A Fíor nó Bregach agus Ceist B Freagair na ceisteanna.

Ceartlitriú – Lth 60 Learn the first four spellings & Lth 61 C agus D
biachlár – menu
crúiscín – jug
glasraí – vegetables
sailéad – salad

Maths:

Mental Maths – Week 32 Tuesday Page 95

Tuesday Maths Focus – Calculating VAT
Q. A&B
Step 1 – Change the % into a fraction.
Step 2 – Divide your price by your denominator.
Step 3 – Multiply your answer from step 2 by your numerator to find your ‘VAT’.
Step 4 – Add your answer from step 3 to the original price to find your ‘Price including VAT’.

Tables – Practice your tables on Hit the Button for 5 minutes. Try to beat your score each time.

Art:
Well done to everyone who sent their pictures from last week! They were excellent. This week ‘Draw with Don’ is back, but this time the aim is to draw a Border Collie. Enjoy and make sure to send me on your final pieces 😊

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcXCdlEHxos

Wednesday 20^th May

English:

Writing – Below are two Cloze Passages. Read each one carefully and then come up with a word that fits the sentence. You do not need to write out the stories, just number the words you choose for each part.

Spellings – SWB Unit 17 Pg 67 Q2 Down words.

Those with SNIP spellings the next 5 spellings from Session 2

Sentences – Put the next 5 List Words into interesting sentences.

Those with SNIP spellings; put the next 5 words on Session 2 into sentences.

Gaeilge:

Ceartlitriú – Lth 60 Learn the first four spellings & Lth 61 A
milseog – dessert
dhoirt sé – he poured
ghlaoigh sé – he called
d’íoc sé – he paid

Abairtí – Put the first 6 words from this week’s Ceartlitriú into sentences.

Maths:

Mental Maths – Week 32 Wednesday Page 96

Wednesday Maths Focus – Averages (You may use a calculator) On question C – change all the measurements to the same unit of measurement (Example – Long Jump: change all measurements to cm first; 200m Run: change all times to seconds etc.)

History:
Based on the unit you read on Monday, ‘Barter, Trade & Money’, answer the following questions (Q1, A & B) below:
Q.1 – Why do you think the barter system was replaced by money?

Thursday 21^st May

English:

Poetry – Read the following poem ‘Night Train to Istanbul’ and answer the questions based on this poem:

Spellings – SWB Unit 17 Pg 67 Q3.

Those with SNIP spellings the next 4 spellings from Session 2

Sentences – Put the next 5 List Words into interesting sentences.

Those with SNIP spellings; put the next 4 words on Session 2 into sentences.

Gaeilge:

Ceartlitriú – Lth 60 Learn spellings & Lth 62 D

Abairtí – Put the next 6 words from this week’s Ceartlitriú into sentences.

Am Don Léamh – Read the following story. New vocabulary is underneath and on the pictures in the story:

Focail Nua:
ar saoire – on holidays
an Daingean – Dingle
ag fanacht – staying
ostán – hotel
Thaitin – enjoy
Leag – knocked
ina shúile – his eyes
rud éigin – something
ag teacht – coming
a bhéic sé – he shouted

Maths:

Mental Maths – Week 32 Thursday Page 96

Thursday Maths Focus – Long Division
D – Q1-4 A & D
A – Q1-4 A

P.E.:

If you’re feeling really energetic try and do the following:
Jumping Jacks for 30 seconds
High Knees for 30 seconds
Lunges for 30 seconds
Mountain Climbers for 30 seconds
Break for 1 minute
Repeat 5 times!
Below are examples of how to do each one:

Again, try to keep yourself as active as you possibly can and get some exercise in every day you can!

Examples: a walk, a jog, practising your skills in a sport you are interested in, dancing!

Joe Wicks Workouts on Youtube

Set challenges for yourself – Examples

Hurling
How many roll lifts/jab lifts in 30seconds.
How many strikes against the wall in a minute. (Mind the windows!)

Jogging
Jog on the spot for 60secs x5
Jog on the spot for as long as you can.

Walking
Go for family walks and try to increase distance each time.

Friday 22^nd May

English:

Writing – Write a Silly Story using atleast 12 words from this week’s List Words. (About half a page/one page)
Those with SNIP Spellings, write a Silly Story using 10 of your words.

Spellings – SWB Unit 17 Pg 68 Q4.

Reading – Ten minutes reading of a book of your choice.

Gaeilge:

Ceartlitriú – Lth 60 Learn spellings & Lth 62 E & F

Am Don Léamh – Ceist A agus Ceist B

Maths:

Mental Maths – Week 32 Friday Review Page 97

Friday Focus – Problem Solving At the Airport
Set aside 20minutes to work through as many of these questions as possible. After 20 minutes you can stop but try your best for those 20.

Reflection:

Write a short diary entry about what part of the work (if any!) you enjoyed this week. Is there anything that you didn’t enjoy? Also, write down anything that you would like different about the work for next week or anything that you would really like to do in any subject. Maybe there is a topic in Maths you’d like to work on, a project in Geography or History you want to do or even an art idea that you would like. Please let me know if there is anything that you wish to learn about or do for next week 😊

Mr O’Brien 6th Class: 11th May – 15th May

Hi 6^th Class,

I hope everyone is keeping well and enjoying the good weather! Thank you to all of you who have been in contact with me and sent me your work to check. It has been great to hear from you!

This week is a little bit different as I have split the work into daily amounts. Each day you will have about 30-40 minutes of English, Gaeilge & Maths and then one further subject. It might be best to set your mornings out like this if possible so you are finished your work by midday and can then enjoy the rest of your day.

Time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9.00 – 9.40	Gaeilge	Gaeilge	Gaeilge	Gaeilge	Gaeilge
9.40 – 10.20	English	English	English	English	English
10.20 – 10.30	B	R	E	A	K
10.30 – 11.10	Maths	Maths	Maths	Maths	Maths
11.10 – 11.45	Geography	P.E.	Geography	Art	Drama

Set aside your time each day and work through the activities as best you can. This is great preparation in terms of learning how to organise and manage your time. Again, you do not have to complete all the work in each subject but you should be spending about 2 hours/2 hours 30mins on the work that has been given. Concentrate when you are doing it and try stay away from all distractions.

Once again if there is anything that I can do to help you please let me know. My email is: stjosephssixthclass20@gmail.com

I hope everyone is keeping safe and I’m looking forward to seeing all your great work again this week!

Monday 11^th May

English:

Reading – Read the story ‘Animal Farm’ on pages 244-252 in your Racing Ahead. Story is also attached underneath:

Spellings – SWB Pg 64 Question 5.

Those with SNIP spellings Lists 7 & 8 .

Revision Words – Put the first 4 Revision Words into an interesting sentence.

Writing – RAH Pg 109 and answer the questions in your copy with short answers.

Gaeilge:

Bun go Barr – Read Lth 106 and Cúpla Ceist Lth 108 C1-3

Ceartlitriú – Lth 57 Learn the first four spellings and Lth 58 A

Maths:

Mental Maths – Week 31 Monday Page 92

Timetable – Read the following Timetable and answer the questions based on this timetable:

Maths Revision – Practice makes perfect! Focus today on Addition of Large Numbers:

Geography:

Read Pages 74 and 75 of ‘The Moon’ and answer Question 1 on Page 75.

Tuesday 12th May

English:

Writing – Answer any 3 questions from Seek & Search and any 3 questions from Quest & Query based on the story ‘Animal Farm’ you read yesterday:

Spellings – SWB Pg 64 Question 6.

Revision Words – Put the next 3 Revision Words into a sentence.

Reading – RAH Pg 110 and answer the questions in your copy with short answers.

Gaeilge:

Bun go Barr – Read Lth 106 agus 107 and Cúpla Ceist Lth 108 C 4-6

Ceartlitriú – Lth 57 Learn the next four spellings and Lth 58 B

Maths:

Mental Maths – Week 31 Tuesday Page 92

Timetable – Read the following school timetable and answer the questions below:

Maths Revision – Practice makes perfect! Focus today on Subtraction of Large Numbers:

P.E.:

Check out this video on lessons to work on your agility. Some really simple and fun ways to keep fit! Try and beat the scores in the video and let me know if you do 😊

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhSa3pRVmvY

Wednesday 13^th May

English:

Poetry – Read the following poem and answer the questions based on it with short answers:

Spellings – SWB Pg 64 Question 7.

Revision Words – Put the next 3 Revision Words into a sentence.

Reading – RAH Pg 111 and answer the questions in your copy with short answers.

Gaeilge:

Am Don Léamh – Read the following story and answer questions A & B

Ceartlitriú – Lth 57 Learn the next four spellings and Lth 58 C.

Maths:

Mental Maths – Week 31 Wednesday Page 93

Timetable – Read the following school timetable and answer the questions below:

Maths Revision – Practice makes perfect! Focus today on Multiplication:

Geography:

Read the following pages about ‘The Moon’ and then research 5 facts about the very first moon landing.

Thursday 14^th May

English:

Writing – Revision work on the use of ‘they’re’, ‘there’ and ‘their’. Activity A & B. For A you can just write the answer but number the question.

Spellings – SWB Pg 65 Question 8.

Reading – RAH Pg 112 and answer the questions in your copy with short answers.

Gaeilge:

Am Don Léamh – Read the following story and answer questions A & B

Ceartlitriú – Lth 57 Revise spellings and Lth 59 D.

Maths:

Mental Maths – Week 31 Thursday Page 93

Timetable – Below is an example of a 1^st Year timetable of a Gorey Community School. Spend a few minutes looking at the timetable and then try answer the following questions based on it:

How many classes are there on Monday?
What days are the least number of classes?
When does this student have a double class (Two classes in a row) of Science?
Beside each subject there is a number. What do you think the number might mean?
What might the letters ‘GER’ stand for on this timetable?
How long is break time?
How many double classes has this student over the entire week?
How long is left in school after lunch on Monday?
How long is left in school after lunch on Thursday?
How many different subjects is this student studying?

Maths Revision – Practice makes perfect! Focus today on Multiplication again:

Art:

Draw with Don Conroy – Follow the steps and see if you can draw a clown just as good as Don. Make sure to send me your final pictures! The following link is a video to help with your drawing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CRFX5zUdbk

Friday 15^th May

English:
Writing – Write a Silly Story using all of this week’s Revision Words. (About half a copy page. No more than a full page)

Spellings – SWB Pg 65 Question 9 & 10

Reading – 10 minutes reading of a book of your choice.

Gaeilge:

Bun go Barr – Líon na Bearnaí (K)

Ceartlitriú – Lth 57 Revise spellings and Lth 59 E.

Maths:

Mental Maths – Week 31 Friday Review Page 94

Focus Friday – Set aside 20minutes to work through as many of these Word Problems as possible. Remember the process RUDE. After 20 minutes stop but try your best for those 20 minutes.

Drama:

Play a game of charades with your family or FaceTime/Zoom your friends and have a game with them. I’ve attached some examples for you to use or even better, make up your own ones 😊

Mr O’Brien 6th Class May 5th – May 8th

Tuesday 5th May – Friday 8th May

Hello 6th Class,

Again, I have attached my email address for you to be able to contact me. You can email me at: stjosephssixthclass20@gmail.com

I hope you are all keeping safe & well and that you enjoyed your Bank Holiday weekend as best you could. I hope you have all been helping out at home and keeping busy. The following exercises are for this week and just like before, do what you can. Try and do some each day from Tuesday – Friday. Don’t worry if you get stuck on something, move on to the next piece and try your best on that. Set aside time each day to focus solely on your schoolwork and really concentrate on doing the best you can. Remember that this is only a guide and I’m not expecting you to complete it all, but just to try your best!

Try some different things to keep yourself busy at home but that will also help you learn new skills such as baking, helping in the garden etc.

English:

New Novel – The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
I have attached a link to the Novel – https://www.beasleyac.org/ourpages/auto/2011/9/7/53584980/The%20Boy%20in%20the%20Striped%20Pajamas.pdf

If you started the novel over the last two weeks, continue to read the story for your own enjoyment. If you are not enjoying the story then choose a different book from home to read.

Read at Home – Continue with the next week of RAH – short answers in copy and again no need to write questions. Do one each day for Tuesday – Thursday like normal.
Ms Cleary’s group to continue with your nightly reading and reading log.

Spellings – Do 1 or 2 activities from the first two pages of your SWB Unit 16 each day just like our normal homework.

For those doing SNIP Spellings, I will email you your spellings for this week.

**Racing Ahead – Read the story ‘The Hands that Built America’ and complete either the Seek & Search or Quest & Query questions.

Diary – Keep a personal diary for the next week on what you do each day. You can keep this confidential or share with me or friends if you wish.

Reading – Continue with your own personal daily reading of your own books.

Gaeilge:

**Bun go Barr – Read the story ‘Déanach don Scoil’ Lth 92 & 93

Cúpla Ceist (B) Lth 94 C1-10

Ceartlitriú – Lá gan Éide Scoile Lth 52 – 54

Focail Nua:
Lá gan Éide Scoile – A day without school uniforms
gorta – famine
bia – food
éide scoile – school uniform
cúig euro – 5 euro
éadaí ildaithe – multi-coloured clothes
peileadóir – footballer
iománaí – hurler
carbhat – tie
spéaclaí gréine – sunglasses
buicéad – bucket
bocht – poor
saibhir – rich

Abairtí –
Use the spellings on page 52 of your Ceartlitriú to write 4 sentences each day from Tuesday – Thursday.

Maths:

Mental Maths – Continue with the next week of Mental Maths. Again there will be new questions that you might not be able to do so don’t worry!

Tables – Practise your ‘mixed tables’ for 5 minutes each day on https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button (Hit the Button) and try beat your score.

Maths Sheets – Q7-12 – Divide by denominator and then multiply by numerator.
Q13-24 – Change decimal or percentage to a fraction first.
Q25-27 – Change percentage to a fraction; divide by denominator and multiply your answer by the numerator; add your answer to original price.

Q1-6 – Step 1) Change percentage to a fraction (eg. 20% = 1/5);
Step 2) Divide the cost by the denominator and multiply your answer by your numerator;
Step 3) Add your answer on to the original cost.

Q7-12 – Step 1) Change percentage to a fraction (eg. 25% = 1/4);
Step 2) Divide the cost by the denominator and multiply your answer by your numerator;
Step 3) Subtract your answer from the original cost.

Q13 – Step 1) Selling Price – Cost Price = Actual Profit
Step 2) Fraction Profit = Actual Profit over Cost Price (3 over 12 = 3/12)
Step 3) Simply your fraction if possible (3/12=1/4)
Step 4) Change your Fraction Profit to a Percentage (Example: 1/4 = 25%)

Q14 – Step 1) Cost Price – Selling Price = Actual Loss
Step 2) Fraction Profit = Actual Loss over Cost Price (3 over 15 = 3/15)
Step 3) Simply your fraction if possible (3/15=1/5)
Step 4) Change your Fraction Profit to a Percentage (Example: 1/5 = 20%)

Q1-3 – Calculate the total cost of each shopping list and find out what change you would receive from the original money you had.

Q1 – Divide £2.70 by 6
Q2 – Divide £11.70 in half and add to the cost of one steak.

Q5-7 – Change percentages/decimals to a fraction first.

History:

Read the chapter Modern Ireland below and answer questions A & B and try to answer the following question:
“If you were Taoiseach during the Celtic Tiger, what would you have done differently?”