Days 54 - 58

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

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Thursday

Science
with Ms. O'Shea

Tuesday

Playdough
with Ms. Maguire

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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!!!  :)

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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!
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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!