Tuesday May 5th to Friday May 8th
Hi All . I hope ye are all keeping well. As ye know , unfortunately, we will have no school until September .I will be uploading one week’s work at a time for the remainder of the term. Try your best with all work and don’t be stressed if having any issues, we will catch up on anything that needs addressing when it is safe to do so. There is no pressure to get all work completed, just keep yourselves and your minds active as much as possible, make sure to keep on top of reading, spellings, tables and mental maths. Do your best and have fun. Take this time to learn new skills at home like helping around the house or in the garden, see how many books you can get read, how many interesting facts you can learn about various topics, improve your fitness, but most importantly above all else stay safe and enjoy some quality time with your family.
If any parents have any questions you can contact me on jobrien5th20@gmail.com . Please feel free to forward on any samples of writing , maths ,etc if you want any help or feedback.
** For pupils of Ms. Murphy, please see her latest post on her webpage. Thank you.
All written work can be done in your copy or on sheets that you may have at home. Remember to have margin, heading and date. If you don’t have the right copy for a subject you can use any copy you have.
The books that are marked with ** can be accessed on the CJ Fallon web page. Visit http://my.cjfallon.ie and click ‘Student Resources’, then filter to the title of the book you require, making sure ‘Online Books’ is selected in the ‘Resources’ section. Only takes a minute and very easy to work (use top right corner to jump to a selected page when book is open).
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English:
**Up and Running – Read the story ‘Wilbur’s Boast” pg.218
Questions C & D pg. 230
Reading – 20 minutes reading each day of a book of your choice from home. If you haven’t a library book or your own book to read at home you can find some great books to read on the app ‘BorrowBox Library’.
Ms Cleary’s reading group continue to record daily reading.
Spellings: Next two pages of Spelling Workbook. Learn spellings over the week, put words in sentences and complete activities.
Gaeilge: Continue with daily diary [3 to 5 simple sentences on weather news etc.
Eg. “ Inniu an Mháirt , an cúigiú lá de mhí Bealtaine 2020.¬ Tá ¬¬ an ghrian ag taitneamh agus tá se te. Bhí mé ag imirt peile sa gháirdin inné…..D’ith mé pasta don dinnéir…
**Bun go Barr –
Read pg. 92 ONLY of “Maistín Mór” Bun go Barr.
See image of new vocabulary below.
Listen to recording of story [ Part 1]
Complete activities C pg. 94 and D pg. 95.
Abairtí – Write 3 interesting sentences each day Aimsir Chaite/Aimsir Fhaistineach briathra. Use back of Bun go Barr or Gramadach copy to help.
Maths:
Mental Maths – Continue with the next week of Mental Maths including Problem Solving and Friday Review.
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. Record your highest score for when we are back to see who the champion is!

**Mathemagic –
Unit 28 Area pg.121
Remember to find the perimeter of a shape we add up all sides.
To find the Area of a rectangle multiply length by width.
– Pg. 121 Qs. 4 1
– Pg. 122 Qs. 1 & 2 (read green box to help)
– Pg. 123 Qs. 1,2, & 5
– Pg. 124 Qs.1 & 2 ( Remember if it’s an irregular shape we need to break the shape up into 2 or 3 shapes and find area separately)
– Pg.126 Qs 1-15, set 20 minute timer and see how many you can get done in that time. Remember with our problems read the question properly to yourself and see what the question is really looking for, be patient 
History:
**Small World History – Read Unit on THE GREAT FAMINE pg.76 to 78 a few times and discuss with parent/guardian .

Geography:
**Small World Geography Read Unit on WEATHER , CLIMATE AND ATMOSPHERE pg.84 a few times and discuss at home .

Art and Projects
Try some of these
-Design a soccer GAA or camogie jersey or a t-shirt for your favourite tv show or video game.
-You can also do projects on topics of your choice. ( people, places, hobbies, art , etc) I would love to see any projects you do. Pictures can be sent to me on my school email provided.
-This is a link to The Great Isolation Activity Book. There are some nice activities to do with your family . You may be able to print it or just use ideas from the booklet too and put your own stamp on it. Enjoy !!!!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gasHX74OYHHH4hrrP5Y823FarA_TgnuI/view
P.E.:
Remember to try keep as active as possible and have fun.
Races – shuttle runs- time yourself
-Obstacle course -create your own in your garden
• challenge yourself
• hurling/ football / soccer skills ( how many roll lifts in 30 secs / how many keepy uppies can you do in 30 secs etc (Check out Hurling 365/Peile 4 all online for weekly challenges)
• How many basketball dribbles in 30 secs
• Jog on the spot 30secs next day 60 secs etc

Every Tuesday and Thursday at 12pm Kilkenny hurler TJ Reid does a brilliant online PE class live on his TJ Reid Health and Fitness Facebook page.
Music
Revise the new tunes from the past few weeks and any tunes from the past year. See if you can get some off by heart. Keep up the great practice! Send your recordings via email . I’d love to hear how ye are getting on!
No pressure – do your best! I hope you are all keeping well,
Mr. O’ Brien.