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Hi parents/guardians,

During Aistear, Maths and Science activities, the children are developing skills through planning, design, teamwork and construction play. The below photos were taken during some of those activities over the past half-term. Well done everyone!
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Dear parents/guardians,

Thanks for your support and patience during an unique start to the school year. I am enjoying getting to know my new students- keep up the great work! 

Management will contact you in the near future regarding the introduction of 'Seesaw' to our school. This is a digital portfolio tool, allowing students to store  work in an online space and gain feedback from teachers. It will be useful for accessing homework in a digital context. 

Please follow this blog and the school website for pictures, updates on curricular work and school news throughout the academic year. 

Best Wishes,
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Sinéad Dolan

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Hi Room.8,

It's your last week of Senior Infants and my last post to you! I have really enjoyed teaching you all. I will remember you as the class who transformed me into a full-time blogger.....for a few months!😄   

Many thanks to parents, carers and students for your hard work and dedication throughout the school year. I appreciate all the emails and blog comments too.

This week's blog has a mix of fun activity sheets and videos. As always, some sheets can be copied by hand or done in your own style.

Wishing you all a happy and restful summer.
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Ms.Dolan 💛

English

Below are some suggestions for writing activities. 
summer holiday hopes writing.pdf
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writing-_my_summer_poem.pdf
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💚 Gaeilge  💚
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​ An Trá (The Beach)

Eiseamláirí Teanga (Language Examples)

Tá Oisín, Niamh agus Teidí ag an trá. Oisín, Niamh and Teddy are at the beach.
Tá buicéad ag Teidí. Teddy has a bucket.
Tá spád ag Oisín. Oisín has a spade.
Tá liathróid ag Niamh. Niamh has a ball. 
Tá caisleán ar an trá. There is a castle on the beach. 
Tá gaineamh ar an trá freisin. Sand is also on the beach. 
Tá bád agus iasc san uisce. There is a boat and fish in the water. 
Tá an ghrian agus scamall sa spéir. The sun and a cloud is in the sky. 
Tá an lá te agus tirim. ​The day is warm and dry.

 MOVEMENT BREAK 🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️

Maths

Attached are a 2D shape hunt and 'Join the dot' sheets (1-20 and 1-100 in a variety of pages). You may like to colour the dot sheets too. 
Join the dots 1-20_.pdf
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South African Animals- 1-100.pdf
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2d_shape_hunt_worksheet.pdf
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Art

summer_colouring_sheets.pdf
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 Hello Room.8,

Sending best wishes to Matas and Summer, who celebrate their birthdays this week! Summer celebrates it today and Matas on Friday. 
As per last Monday's message, weekly work will be posted each Monday until the end of the school term. Well done regarding this week's WOW wall.
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Maths

Please look at the most recent games/activities uploaded on the maths support page. This week focuses on the 10 frame. I have attached more worksheets on number bonds and addition.
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Maths support
number_bonds_to_10.pdf
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number_bonds_to_20.pdf
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star_number_bonds_to_10.pdf
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number_shape_addition_to_20.pdf
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Water Safety 

Check out the Water Safety Ireland website and follow the PAWS (Primary Aquatic Safety Programme) for Junior/Senior Infants. There are various lessons, games and activities to choose from. Please discuss the videos, spot the dangers on the poster and use the attachment to help design a water safety poster.
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design_a_water_safety_poster.pdf
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Dance

Our school was selected to take part in the Creative Schools project. We will be exploring different aspects of creativity, including dance. Please click the following link, which can be found on the school news page. It is a dance video created by a choreographer for our school, teaching part.1 of the dance.
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Creative schools dance

💚 Gaeilge  💚
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Siopadóireacht (Shopping)

Eiseamláirí Teanga (Language Examples)​

Tá na páistí sa bhaile mór. The children are in the town centre. 
Tá ___ sa bhaile mór.  The ___ is in the town centre. (siopa éadaí, clothes shop  siopa bia, food shop  siopa bréagán, toy shop  teach, house scoil, school séipéal church agus zú zoo)  
Tá ___ (Teidí, Niamh, Oisín, na páistí) ag dul go dtí ___.  Teidí, Niamh, Oisín and the children are going to_____ (an siopa éadaí, an siopa bía, an siopa bréagán, an zú) 
Tá áthas ar na páistí. ​The children are happy.

Art
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Good morning parents/guardians,

In line with school policy for the remainder of the term, content will be posted every Monday only. This will follow a similar timetable to the remaining three weeks in school, e.g. revision of topics, greater emphasis on outdoor activities, playtime and physical education. The content is suggested work only, so please do whatever suits your circumstances. School books will also help with revision and finishing off topics. Excuse the delay, due to video upload speed!
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Please say hello in the comments box, if you are following the blog this week. 🙂

Thanks for your continued support. 
​
Ms.Dolan 

English 

Please continue to practise reading. Further information can be found on my April 20th/April22nd posts regarding online reading books for Collins Connect.
If you would like to try a challenging tricky word dictation, use the last 10 words under the 'Blue Level' worksheet. Otherwise, listen back to previous videos for easier dictations.
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📝Cursive Handwriting Workshop 📝
​(Part.4)

This week's letters are l, t, i and j. These are part of the 'wave letters' group, due to their wave curve formation. Look at the first two videos on individual letters before watching the video on workbook pages.​
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Thanks to all who emailed me WOW examples of maths, handwriting and art. Great work everyone!

Maths

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1. Make your own calendar for the month of June.
2. Colour the boxes in the following colours: Sundays- blue, Mondays-yellow, Tuesdays-green, Wednesdays-purple, Thursdays-orange, Fridays-brown, Saturdays-pink
3. Try to give full answers to the following questions:
Which day is today? What day comes before/after that day?
What is the month/year?
What is the full date today? (The date is June 8th, 2020.)
How many Mondays are in June?
How many Wednesdays are in June?
Which season is it?
What is the weather like today?
When does the weekend start?
How many days are in a week/this month?
How many months are in a year?
Can you name the months of the year?
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4. Answer the attached addition worksheets. These have addition up to 100, if you like a challenge!
number_bonds_to_100.pdf
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addition_worksheets.pdf
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💚 Gaeilge  💚
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An Teilifís (The Television)

Please continue with workbook activities pp.41-46 and practise video language.

Eiseamláirí Teanga
(Language Examples)

(Video.1)​
​Cad atá sa seomra suí? What is in the sitting room?
Tá ___ sa seomra suí. The.....is in the sitting room.
​(teilifís, television bord, table lampa, lamp tolg, sofa tine, fire fuinneog, window ríomhaire, computer doras, door solas light)

​​(Video.2)
Tá Teidí sa seomra suí. Teddy is in the sitting room.
​Tá sé ina shuí ar an tolg. He is sitting on the sofa.
Tá sé ag féachaint ar an teilifís. He is watching television.
Tá sé ag éisteacht leis an raidió. He is listening to the radio.
Tá sé ag súgradh ar an ríomhaire. He is playing on the computer.
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Plants

1. Look at the picture 'Parts of a Plant'. Draw and label your own picture.
2. Complete the attached worksheets:
(a) Writing and drawing activity on what plants need to grow.
(b) Cut and paste parts of the flower.
plants_need_worksheet.pdf
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cut_and_paste_flower_activity.pdf
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It's Time To MOVE! 🏃🏻‍♂️

I hope you're having fun with your skipping ropes! Check out Lesson.2 on the school website, by clicking the following box:
Skipping School
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Congratulations to Jellyfish- the winners of the table competition! You will receive your prizes when back at school. If you are interested in an art competition, or would just like to use your creativity in art/maths, please visit the Home School Community Liaison page. There are also new maths games to explore on the school additional support page. You can check out both areas by clicking the following tabs:
Please continue with workbook activities at your convenience, for the remainder of the week.
I look forward to receiving further WOW examples (ms.dolan@olvinfants.com). Due to the bank holiday, I will post them on Monday 8th June instead.
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Welcome back Room.8!

Hope you had a lovely weekend. Maybe some of you spent time at the beach recently, like Mickey Mouse and Pluto! I would like you to write a few sentences about a visit you made to a beach. You can also pretend that you visited one, or describe the Disney picture like in my example below.

​I will announce the winners of the table competition tomorrow, so today is the last day for entries. Write your entry (favourite song and/or movie, with table name) in today's comment section. The following are the latest results:
Dolphins: 3
Jellyfish: 5
Turtles: 3
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Story time
​​Cave Baby 
​​(by Julia Donaldson)

Ellie the cat makes another appearance too!

Maths
Telling the Time

In Senior Infants, students learn to read time in one-hour intervals. If they are familiar with this, try reading to the half-hour for a challenge. I have included videos and worksheets regarding o'clock and half past. The worksheets go from Level 1 (easier) to Level 3 (more challenging). Please complete pg.34 of your workbook Busy at Maths.
level_1.pdf
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level_2.pdf
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level_3.pdf
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Another week of fantastic work on the WOW wall! We have a video on super skipping too. Please send attachments by Thursday evening, so that they can be included on that Friday's blog. Continue to practise workbook activities related to blog content or topics covered in school, at your convenience. 

🧐Competition entries at the moment 🤩
        Dolphins: 3
        Jellyfish: 5
        Turtles: 3

​Due to the bank holiday, I will be back here on Tuesday June 2nd. 
Ms.Dolan 🌞💛
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