Hi again 6th 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 18th 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 19th 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 20th 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 21st 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 22nd 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 😊