Hello again everyone! Welcome to Wellness Week! I’ve a few activities suggested for you. Let me know how you find them and send in some photographs. 

Click here for a suggested timetable for this week. It is just a guideline. You can change it to suit yourselves.

My email address is claire.lawlor@stjosephsgorey.ie. As usual you can use this to contact me or send me your work.

*******Stay safe everyone*******

Hello again everyone! Wow! Can you believe it’s June?

Monday is a Bank Holiday so we all have the day off.

Click here for a suggested timetable for this week. It is just a guideline. You can change it to suit yourselves.

My email address is claire.lawlor@stjosephsgorey.ie. You can use this to contact me or send me your work. I have seen lots of fantastic work again this week. You are all doing so well.

Maths:

Please continue with your Mental Maths as usual.

Continue doing the Daily 10 Mental Maths Challenge on topmarks.co.uk. Click here

For the last few weeks we have been skip counting in 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 6s and 10s. We learned some songs to help us. Keep going over these as much as you can to make sure you know them.

Tables are so important. Please practise on the Hit the Button app. Keep practising your number bonds, but try the Times Tables too. This week I want you to keep trying your x2, x3, x4 and x5 on it.

This week we are continuing with Money.

On Tuesday, please watch this video and do page 145 from your Mathemagic.

On Wednedsay, please watch this video and do page 146 from your Mathemagic.

On Thursday please watch this video and do page 147 from your Mathemagic and page 65 from your Figure it Out. All pages are below.

On Friday, we are going to revise word problems. There are 3 worksheets with 4 problems on each. Just try your best. Don’t forget RUDE.

Worksheet 1       Worksheet 2       Worksheet 3

Here are the links to some money games you might like to try:

https://teachingmoney.co.uk/eurosite/wb/CLASSchangeEURO.html

https://teachingmoney.co.uk/eurosite/wb/CLASSchangeEURO.html

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money/eur

English:

10 minutes of Library Reading every day. You may use this reading log if you wish. Remember to keep sending your book reviews in. Here is the book review template we are using.

Please continue with your Jolly Phonics sheets as normal. Here are the Jolly Phonics sheets for you to print:

Jolly Spellings

Jolly Grammar

For reading this week, please  revise the words from “The Giant’s Causeway” on page 83.

On Tuesday and Wednesday we will be working on our novel. Please watch this video on Tuesday and write a postcard from Katie to Jasper. You can use this sheet from the workbook or you might like to design and print your own using this web app. Please watch this video on Wednesday and complete this sheet from the workbook.

On Thursday, I would like you to watch this video of tongue twisters and give them a try. Then you can do page 1 and page 2 of a cloze about Helen Keller.

On Friday I would like you to watch our book review video and then do this reading comprehension.

For optional work in all other subjects, please click here.

*******Stay safe everyone*******

Hello again everyone! Imagine it’s the last week of May already. Time is flying!

Here is work for you to do this week. Remember to try and do a little of each subject every day and keep a routine. Please do not get worried about getting all of this done. Just try your best.

Click here for a suggested timetable for this week. It is just a guideline. You can change it to suit yourselves.

This plan from NEPS might also prove useful. 

My email address is claire.lawlor@stjosephsgorey.ie. You can use this to contact me or send me your work. I have seen lots of great work again this week. Some people sent me riddles which was fantastic!

Maths:

Please continue with your Mental Maths as usual.

Continue doing the Daily 10 Mental Maths Challenge on topmarks.co.uk. Click here

For the last few weeks we have been skip counting in 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 6s and 10s. We learned some songs to help us. Keep going over these as much as you can to make sure you know them.

Tables are so important. Please practise on the Hit the Button app. Keep practising your number bonds, but try the Times Tables too. This week I want you to keep trying your x2, x3 and x4 on it.

This week we are moving on to Money.

On Monday, please go this page (page 139) from your Mathemagic: Here is a game you might like to try. Click the Euro flag for our currency.

On Tuesday, please do pages 140 and 141 from your Mathemagic. Here is a video about page 140 and here is a video about page 141. Here is a game you might like to play. Click on the flag to change to Euro.

On Wednesday, I would like you to do pages 142 and 143 from your Mathemagic. Here is a video about page 142 and here is a video about page 143.

On Thursday, please do page 64 from your Figure it Out and page 144 from your Mathemagic.

On Friday we are revising our addition with this worksheet and subtraction with this worksheet. Please do not spend longer than 10 minutes on each sheet, but do try and get some of each sheet done.

English:

10 minutes of Library Reading every day. You may use this reading log if you wish.

Please continue with your Jolly Phonics sheets as normal. Here are the Jolly Phonics sheets for you to print:

Spelling Sheet

Grammar Sheet

For reading this week, please  revise the words from “The Great Garden Sale” on page 82.

On Monday and Tuesday, we will be working on our novel. Watch this video on Monday and this video on Tuesday. Do the three pages below over Monday and Tuesday.

On Wednesday, please do your Jolly Grammar sheet. Here is an extra sheet to practise what you have learned.

On Thursday, I would like you to watch this video of riddles and then do page 1 and page 2 of a cloze test.

On Friday, I would like you to watch our book review video and do this reading comprehension. Here is the book review template we are using.

Gaeilge:

Many of you are finished your Fuaimeanna agus Focail, so here are other pages for you to do instead:

On Monday, I would like you to listen to our story from last week again. Click here for the track. Then I want you to listen to this track. You listen for and point to the words in the story. Pick five of the words and put them into sentences. Here are the pages from your book:

On Tuesday, please watch this video and do page 116 below. On Wednesday watch this video and do the crossword from page 117 below. Put 5 of the words from the crossword into sentences.

On Thursday, watch this video of verse 1 of the poem below and on Friday, watch this video of verse 2 of the poem below. The poem is from page 117 of BgB. On both days, draw 4 pictures to illustrate each line of the verse from that day. On Friday, click here to listen to the whole poem.

SESE:

This week we are going to look at the rivers and mountains of Ireland.

On Monday, please print this worksheet and label all the rivers in Ireland. If you’re feeling confident, try this quiz.

On Tuesday, please print this worksheet about rivers and answer the questions.

On Wednesday, please print this worksheet and label all the mountains in Ireland.

On Thursday, please do the page below (Small World page 72).

Music:

Over the coming weeks, we are going to be listening to Carnival of the Animals by Camile Saint-Saens.

The second movement is called Hens and Roosters. Click here to listen to this movement and click here for the worksheet.

The third movement is called Wild Donkeys. Click here to listen to this movement and click here for the worksheet.

While you are doing your worksheets, click here to watch to the whole suite, narrated by Joanna Lumley and performed by the London Mozart Players. This version is accompanied by animated illustrations by Cat Fuller and poetry by LMP violinist Martin Smith.

Art:

Because it has been so windy lately, this week we are going to learn how to draw a kite. Click here for the video.

Religion:

Please continue to revise your prayers daily. Remember if you’ve lost your sheet you can click here to print and download another one.

We now know the first three verses of the Prayer After Communion. This week we are moving on to the fourth verse. Here is a poster for you to print and put on your fridge.

The Ascension:

The Feast of the Ascension is celebrated on the seventh Sunday of Easter (six weeks after Easter Sunday). This year it is celebrated on the 24th of May.

Here is a video telling us about what Jesus to his disciples before he ascended into heaven. It tells us about the promises Jesus made to his friends.

When you are finished watching the video, complete page 44 of your Grow in Love.

Here is a video of what the Ascension might have been like:

When you are finished watching the video, complete page 45 of your Grow in Love.

Pentecost:

When Jesus was growing up he spoke a language called Aramaic. The disciples spoke it too. Here is the Our Father in Aramaic.

Pentecost Sunday will be celebrated on the 31st of May.

Here are two different videos telling the story of Pentecost. When you have finished watching these, do page 46 and page 47 in your Grow in Love.

Even though we cannot attend Mass at the moment, St. Michael’s Church stream Mass live on the church website (www.stmichaelsgorey.ie) at 10am daily. They also broadcast it on the radio on 106FM.

For the month of May, they will also be streaming the rosary daily at 7pm. If you tune in on Mondays, you never know who you might see.

SPHE:

On Mondays we will be practising our Mindfulness. This week we are doing a Body Scan.

Over the next few weeks we will be working on this Weaving Well-being booklet. You can download and print it or do it in your copy. For this week, I want you to do pages 5 and 6.

P.E:

Here are some websites for ideas:

Scoilnet and the PDST have launched a physical literacy programme which children can follow at home. Here is the website.

www.cosmickids.com

RTE Jr 10@10 can be found here

Joe Wicks has a YouTube channel and does daily workouts for children. You can find his channel here

***Take care and stay safe***

Mrs. Murphy:

1) Continue working on Dolch List One; the, to , and , he , a, I, you, it , of , in, was, said , his , that , she , for, on, they , but and had. Flashcards are great for these. Take 5 at a time and when they know them move on to next five.
2) Go to http://www.ateachableteacher.com/online-sight-words-games This website has 10 online games to teach sight words. The games are free, super-interactive and enjoyable .
3) Snip activity per fortnight plus a spelling test.
4) Continue Toe by Toe
5) Continue Lexia and Maths Made Easy.
6) Reading at your own level with no more than 3 difficult words per page.

*Remember this is only a guide and if you don’t get it done that’s no problem at all!*