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A message from Teacher and Ros

Wonderful work

Children as teachers

Clap to 21

Gaeilge

Sounds and tricky words

Lovely Memories

Room 5 fun

Christmas play

School in our socks

Ms. Keogh's padlet

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Ms. Keogh put together this lovely page for all of us. It is full of fun websites that are great for Junior Infants. Have a little look :-)

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School in our socks!

Literacy

My diary for the week

You will need to get your copy/paper ready:

Can you read my diary of the week?

Numeracy

Counting:
- Head and shoulders
- Clap and snap
Finger patterns (up to 10)
Number formation 1,2,3,4,5

Gaeilge

Dul siar:
An scoil - scriosán, leabhar, cóipleabhar, mála scoile, bosca lón, clár bán, ríomhaire, peann, peann luaidhe
Sa bhaile - seomra suí, seomra bia, seomra folctha, seomra leapa, cistin, gairdín, staighre, teach
Cá bhfuil Teidí? Tá Téidí sa __.

5 FUN ACTIVITIES

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Monday

Paper Planes
with Ms. McSweeney

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Thursday

Sensory Walk
with Ms. Maguire

Tuesday

Maths
with Ms. Brooks

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Friday

Baking
with Ms. Keogh

Wednesday

Art
with Ms. O'Shea

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Paper Planes
with Ms. McSweeney

What you need:

Paper
Colours (to design your plane)

What to do

Design your page
Fold you page to make a plane
Throw your plane and ENJOY!!!

Picture Instructions

Check out the video below of the world record paper aeroplane distance.He threw it 226 feet and 10 inches!!! Thats the same as 38 of me lying down.....and I'm really long!

How far can you throw yours?? How are you going to measure the distance?
(You can use a non-standard unit of measure here like your feet, colours, or books)

There are lots of different styles of paper aeroplanes that you can try. If you give this a go remember to send me on a picture or a video I would love to see all of your creations!

Maths
with Ms. Brooks

Messy play/Art
with Ms. O'Shea

You will need:

Paints
Washing up liquid/bubble solution
Water
A straw
Paper

Sensory Walk
with Ms. Maguire

We all have 5 senses...

You will need:

Sensory walk checklist

Clipboard and pencil

Sensory Walk

Colour your pictures and add labels

Baking
with Ms. Keogh

You will need:
Rice Krispies
250g of Chocolate (I used milk cooking chocolate)
Baking Cases
Large mixing bowl
small glass bowl
saucepan
kettle
big spoon
little spoon

Procedural Writing
Why don't you try writing out the procedure so that you have the recipe written down in case you would like to make them again!

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Friday feeling

19/6/2020

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School in our socks

LIAM

Dance stop

The Happy Dance

Clap to 21

This week's wonderful work!

Story time

A Huge Bag of Worries

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Days 54 - 58

15/6/2020

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School in our socks

Literacy

- Handwriting letter x
- Dictation letter x

- Handwriting revision c, a, o, d, g, q

Workbook pg. 48

Workbook pg. 16

Workbook pg. 17

Writing workshop

Numeracy

- Counting with coins

Workbook pg. 39

Gaeilge

Dathanna: dearg, buí, glas, gorm, dubh, donn, liath, corcra, bándearg, bán
Éadaí: hata, scairf, bríste, bróga, t-léine, léine, sciorta, gúna, stocaí, cóta, geansaí

5 FUN ACTIVITIES

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Monday

Music
with Ms. Keogh

___________________

Thursday

Science
with Ms. O'Shea

Tuesday

Playdough
with Ms. Maguire

___________________

Friday

Baking
with Ms. McSweeney

Wednesday

Maths
with Ms. Brooks

___________________

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Music
with Ms. Keogh

We will be looking at 3 different topics in music today!
The Orchestra
First of all we will be learning a little bit about the orchestra!
The main vocabulary to take from this lesson is orchestra, conductor, musicians, strings, woodwind, percussion and brass!

Body Percussion/ Beat
Now, we will be learning about beat in a song and how our bodies can act as instruments through body percussion! There's lots of standing up and joining in for this one!!
Remember: A beat is a steady sound/pulse in the back of a song (kind of like a heartbeat💗)

Here's the fun popcorn song that you can try again if you'd like!

Rhythm
I am going to introduce you to Granny Semibreve, Mr Minim, Mr Crochet and Little Miss Quaver! These are different rhythms in music. After watching this video try and clap along with the song from Moana below! 😊

Thanks so much to everyone for watching Music with Ms Keogh. I will be back next week with another fun activity! 😊

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Playdough
with Ms. Maguire

Ingredients:
- 1 cup of flour
- 1/2 cup of salt
- 1 cup of water
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice OR 4 tablespoons cream of tartar
(I looked everywhere for cream of tartar but couldn't find it - lemon juice is a good substitute)
- 2/3 spoons food colouring

Method
- Mix the flour and salt together
- Add the wet ingredients (water, oil, lemon juice and food colouring)
- Mix together
- Microwave for 4/5 minutes
- Let it cool
- Mix
- Lightly flour counter and knead the mixture

Here are a few fun ideas for your new playdough...

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Maths
with Ms. Brooks

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Science
with Ms. O'Shea

Hello again everyone! Today's experiment requires minimal resources. We will be making our own Lava Lamps, how cool! The super thing about these is you can choose your own colour by changing the food colouring. I really hope you enjoy it, and have FUN!!

You will need:

Water
Oil
Food colouring
A clear container ie. a glass
1 Alka-Seltzer

Extension - add some drops of red food colouring and then some blue, what do you think will happen? Try some other mixtures!

Don't forget to send on pictures and videos!!! :)

The procedural writing is just an option you could do at the end, you may also like to do it orally to test memory!

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Baking
with Ms. Mc Sweeney

Today we are going to make fairy cakes! I have used a simple all in one recipe so that it's easy to make, and have little ones join in on the process. I hope that you enjoy and that they taste great!

Ingredients - Fairy Cakes

6oz flour
6oz sugar
6oz butter
3 eggs

Equipment

bowl
weighing scales
mixer
bun tray and cases

Ingredients - Icing

6oz icing sugar
2-3 tbsp warm water
few drops of food colouring (optional)
extra toppings (optional)

Have Fun and Enjoy!

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Day 53 - That Friday Feeling!

12/6/2020

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CHILDREN TAKE OVER

Clap to 21

Revision of sounds

Tricky words

A WEEK OF WORK AND PLAY

STORY TIME

A Zebra named Zion

AMAZING GRACE

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Dance stop...

9/6/2020

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ARIEL

Ariel's birthday was on Sunday.
Time to GoNoodle!

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Days 49 - 53

8/6/2020

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School in our socks!

The final countdown...

We are only 3 weeks away from the summer holidays. You have all worked so hard and now we're coming to the end of Junior Infants. This week's activities are outlined below. You might choose to do a different subject area each day (e.g. Literacy Monday, Numeracy Tuesday and Gaeilge Wednesday).
Underneath that you will find 5 fun activities for the week.
Please remember to send on pictures of your child's work and I will post up a gallery on Friday.

Literacy:
Handwriting and Writing workshop

Handwriting - Letter Formation - V and W

Handwriting workbook

Letter 'v' pg. 22

Letter 'w' pg. 24

Writing workshop

Numeracy

Workbook pg. 31

Workbook pg. 35

Gaeilge - Aimsir, Ainmhíthe

Aimsir

Ainmhíthe

5 FUN ACTIVITIES

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Monday

P.E.
Ms. McSweeney

Tuesday

Maths
Ms. Brooks

Wednesday

Geography
Ms. Maguire

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Thursday

Science
Ms. Keogh

Friday

Art
Ms. O'Shea

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P.E.
with Ms. McSweeney

All you need is your skipping rope, a bit of space and lots of energy. Moving your body everyday is so important. Why not try this indoors on a rainy day!

Maths
with Ms. Brooks

Geography
with Ms. Maguire

Sycamore leaf

Oak leaf

Leaf rubbings
You will need:
- paper
- crayon
(I used a twistable but a thick crayon on its side would be better)

Science
with Ms. Keogh

Today we are going to do 2 fun science experiments! For these experiments you will need:

Experiment One (Volcano):
1. Vinegar
2. Baking Soda
3. Food colouring (optional)
4. Spoon
5. Small glass

Experiment Two (Balloon)
1. Vinegar
2. Baking Soda
3. Balloon
4. Water Bottle

Remember: In science, Vinegar is an acid and baking soda is a base. When an acid and a base come together a chemical reaction occurs!

Before you watch the video try and predict what you think happens when vinegar and baking soda are mixed together...

If you like, after your experiments you can draw a picture of what happened. You could even try and label the picture and write about it!

Art
with Ms. O'Shea

Butterfly life Cycle
Today we will do an art activity based on the life cycle of a butterfly. Many of us know what butterflies are, but do we know where they come from? Watch the powerpoint video below to learn more and then get ready for some creativity! Enjoy :)

You will need:

A paper plate
Paper/card
Scissors
A ruler
Glue
A leaf
Pasta pieces
Grains of rice
Colours/pencils

This is the list needed for my lesson, you can make your own version with what you have in your house! In fact, I have posted some other versions below!
** Click into images to see in full**

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Literacy

Writing workshop

Checklist

Story: Tiddler the story-telling fish

Numeracy

Coins - Make the amount

Maths workbook pg. 38

Gaeilge

Samhradh
Dul siar: hata gréine, spéaclaí gréine, uachtar gréine, buicéad, spád
Nua: caisléan gaineamh

Tarraing caisléan gaineamh

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SCHOOL IN OUR SOCKS!

A message from Teacher and Ros

Wonderful work

Children as teachers​

Clap to 21

Gaeilge

Sounds and tricky words

Lovely Memories

Room 5 fun

Christmas play

School in our socks

Ms. Keogh's padlet

​https://padlet.com/mskeogh/bgqx13slivel6d7c

School in our socks!

Literacy

My diary for the week

Can you read my diary of the week?

Numeracy

Counting: - Head and shoulders- Clap and snapFinger patterns (up to 10)​Number formation 1,2,3,4,5

Gaeilge

Dul siar:An scoil - scriosán, leabhar, cóipleabhar, mála scoile, bosca lón, clár bán, ríomhaire, peann, peann luaidheSa bhaile - seomra suí, seomra bia, seomra folctha, seomra leapa, cistin, gairdín, staighre, teachCá bhfuil Teidí? Tá Téidí sa __.

5 FUN ACTIVITIES

________________________________________________________________

Monday

___________________

Thursday

Tuesday

___________________

Friday

Wednesday

________________________________________________________________

Paper Planeswith Ms. McSweeney

Picture Instructions

Mathswith Ms. Brooks

Messy play/Artwith Ms. O'Shea

Sensory Walkwith Ms. Maguire

We all have 5 senses...

You will need:

Sensory walk checklist

Clipboard and pencil

Sensory Walk

Colour your pictures and add labels

Bakingwith Ms. Keogh

School in our socks

LIAM

Dance stop

The Happy Dance

Clap to 21

This week's wonderful work!

Story time

A Huge Bag of Worries

School in our socks

Literacy

- Handwriting letter x- Dictation letter x

- Handwriting revision c, a, o, d, g, q

Workbook pg. 48

Workbook pg. 16

Workbook pg. 17

Writing workshop

Numeracy

- Counting with coins

Workbook pg. 39

Gaeilge

Dathanna: dearg, buí, glas, gorm, dubh, donn, liath, corcra, bándearg, bánÉadaí: hata, scairf, bríste, bróga, t-léine, léine, sciorta, gúna, stocaí, cóta, geansaí

5 FUN ACTIVITIES

________________________________________________________________

Monday

Musicwith Ms. Keogh

___________________

Thursday

Sciencewith Ms. O'Shea

Tuesday

Playdoughwith Ms. Maguire

___________________

Friday

Bakingwith Ms. McSweeney

Wednesday

Maths​with Ms. Brooks

___________________

________________________________________________________________

Children as teachers

https://padlet.com/mskeogh/bgqx13slivel6d7c

Counting:
- Head and shoulders
- Clap and snap
Finger patterns (up to 10)
Number formation 1,2,3,4,5

Dul siar:
An scoil - scriosán, leabhar, cóipleabhar, mála scoile, bosca lón, clár bán, ríomhaire, peann, peann luaidhe
Sa bhaile - seomra suí, seomra bia, seomra folctha, seomra leapa, cistin, gairdín, staighre, teach
Cá bhfuil Teidí? Tá Téidí sa __.

Paper Planes
with Ms. McSweeney

Maths
with Ms. Brooks

Messy play/Art
with Ms. O'Shea

Sensory Walk
with Ms. Maguire

Baking
with Ms. Keogh

- Handwriting letter x
- Dictation letter x

Dathanna: dearg, buí, glas, gorm, dubh, donn, liath, corcra, bándearg, bán
Éadaí: hata, scairf, bríste, bróga, t-léine, léine, sciorta, gúna, stocaí, cóta, geansaí

Music
with Ms. Keogh

Science
with Ms. O'Shea

Playdough
with Ms. Maguire

Baking
with Ms. McSweeney

Maths
with Ms. Brooks

Music
with Ms. Keogh

Playdough
with Ms. Maguire

Ingredients:
- 1 cup of flour
- 1/2 cup of salt
- 1 cup of water
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice OR 4 tablespoons cream of tartar
(I looked everywhere for cream of tartar but couldn't find it - lemon juice is a good substitute)
- 2/3 spoons food colouring

Maths
with Ms. Brooks

Science
with Ms. O'Shea

Baking
with Ms. Mc Sweeney

Have Fun and Enjoy!

Literacy:
Handwriting and Writing workshop

P.E.
with Ms. McSweeney

Maths
with Ms. Brooks

Geography
with Ms. Maguire

Leaf rubbings
You will need:
- paper
- crayon
(I used a twistable but a thick crayon on its side would be better)

Science
with Ms. Keogh

Art
with Ms. O'Shea

Samhradh
Dul siar: hata gréine, spéaclaí gréine, uachtar gréine, buicéad, spád
Nua: caisléan gaineamh