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Weekly Blog 22nd to 26th June

22/6/2020

End of Year Video

Welcome to our last Week of online learning, I would like to say well done to all of Room 10 for such amazing work and I would like to thank all the parents for their hard work over these past few months, we would not have been able to get through this strange time without you all.

WOW Work

Calendar

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Storytime

Virtual School Tour

Unfortunately this year the children missed out on their school tour which is really sad as it’s the nicest time of year. So I thought it would be fun to have a virtual school tour to a Zoo. Not just any zoo for this school tour we will be travelling to another country. Below I have posted our ticket 😊 and some videos that they provided for us to look at. The website also has lots of other videos and live webcams too. I hope the children enjoy this experience. Also if you want to get to Dublin Zoo during the summer make sure you book your slot. 😃

While you watch the videos from Melbourne zoo I want you to be thinking of some of these questions to answer and try and pick your favourite animal from Melbourne Zoo. 😍

Zoo website

There was so many keeper talks to choose from, I only have picked three below but feel free to watch all the videos on their website.

Live Webcams

They have so many live camera feeds on their website it is worth a visit. I’ve linked below just the penguin one but if you look they have a,so saved loads of live streams too.

Yearbook

Writing

Handwriting

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Maths

For maths this week, I have provided a Summer Code Breaker for the children to complete and I did a video that explains how it works. If you haven’t finished your maths books you can pick some if this to do as well,

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Time for some counting.

Gaeilge

This week for Irish we are moving on to our last topic of Summer, An trá all about the beach. I have linked a video with the new vocab for the children and the Bua na Cainte videos too. We will also be doing a tasc éisteachta which is a listening one.

Outdoor Challenge

Activity Challenge

GoNoodle Movement Break

Art Lesson

Some summer activities the children might like!

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Friday’s End of Year Video

Check back here on Friday for a farewell message from me!

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Weekly Blog 15th to 19th June

15/6/2020

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Wow work from last week

Calendar

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Dance

As part of our creative schools project, the school has organised for a dance teacher Emma Kane to produce 3 videos for the children. Video 1 can be found on the news page and down below which will have a warm up and part 1 of dance, video 2 to come later will revise part 1 and introduce part 2 and video 3 will revise 1+2 and introduce part 3. Ms. Thomas would love if you would all take part. Enjoy your dancing, the first video is nice and easy for you all.

English

Let’s revise our tricky words and sounds.

Writing

Here are some writing activities for the week! I’ve included all the templates if you would like to do to use them. There is a selection of activities !

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I’ve included all 10 of these "If it is not a" activities, they are all summer based so you can pick and choose your favourite to do.

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Ms.Fallon Literacy Page

Literacy Support

Story time

So I managed to find the recording of Mac Barnett reading the book Chloe and the Lion and he definitely reads it better than I did, so if you like the story listen again down below to his version with some awesome impressions. All of Mac Barnet’s books are on his Instagram tv including his novel series which are amazing I highly reccomend checking them out. I think I will be buying quite a few new books for my library! 😀

Outdoor Challenge

Activity Challenge

Maths

This weeks maths activity is from the Assessment booklet which is the grey one. I would like the class to complete the end of June or Summer Assessment. It is a very short assessment so should take them no time at all.

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Ms. Stanley’s Maths Support

Maths Support

Gaeilge

Tasc Éisteachta; today we are going to do another listening task based on our Siopadóirecht topic.

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Yearbook

Handwriting

Art Lesson

GoNoodle Movement Break

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Weekly Blog 8th to 12th June

8/6/2020

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Important Video for Parents explaining the Weekly Blog

Please watch the video below to explain the new weekly layout. This is to help you plan your week and allow free choice of what to do each week. Some days the children will want to do lots of work and other days not so much, this is normal and to be expected at this stage of school at home. Don’t worry if some days you get very little done! I hope seeing in advance the whole weeks layout will allow you to pick and choose what suits you best. If you have any questions ask in the comments below or send me an email to Ms.McCarthy@olvinfants.com

Let’s celebrate with Zoe!!

I hope you will all join me in Room 10 in wishing Zoe a happy birthday. Yesterday she celebrated her birthday with her family. 🎈🎂 it looks like she had a fantastic day and looked very happy! 😊😃

Calendar

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Dictation

Below you find all the videos for dictation for this week, as I said last week this is a different type of dictation because it is the last part of dictation for the class in Senior Infants. Each day there are 12 words now in class we used to complete 10 words a day but online we have only completed 5, so the choice is yours. You can choose to do 6 words each day and continue dictation to next week, or do all 12 or do 6 in morning and 6 in the afternoon. The decision is yours!! Well done everybody in competing Dictation in Senior Infants.

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Story Time for the week

Below you will find 4 videos of story time for this week, two read by myself and two from YouTube. Pick which story you would like to listen to each day. Enjoy! 📚📚

Pom Pom the Champion

The Ugly Duckling

The Crocodile Under the Bed

Oliver Jeffers reading Stuck

Phonics

Time to revise our Tricky Words. If you have your sound books at home make sure to practise your sounds as well!!

Yearbook

Outdoor Challenge June

Activity Challenge

Skipping School

Handwriting

For handwriting this week I would like the children to focus on the revision pages. I have posted the video from last week again to remind you which pages I am talking about. I would recommend doing two short handwriting lessons a week max 15mins per lesson. A lot of the children will be able to complete 2 pages during this time.

Maths

One of the days this week make sure to check out the Maths Support Section in the Additional Support page, I’m delighted to see some Room 10 names on the leader board!!

Maths Support Page

For Maths this week I have recorded two videos for you for revision and I would like you to you to complete some pages in your maths book. Pick which ones you would like to do.

Have a look at the website below for some maths games!!

Top marks Maths Games

Gaeilge

This weeks Gaeilge, I have some videos revising all our vocab and then some videos from Bua na Cainte. I have included the pages from the book to complete. Pick and choose what you would like.

Art Lesson

For Art this week I want you to try drawing some summer themed pictures! I’ve given two suggestions down below but feel free to make your own versions.

GoNoodle Movement Breaks

I hope this new layout for the weekly blog is easy to follow for you all and makes timetabling your week a little easier.

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Friday 5th June

5/6/2020

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Happy Friday everybody I hope you all had a lovely week and relax over the weekend.

Calendar

Dictation

Handwriting Lesson

Maths

Yearbook

Outdoor Challenge

Gaeilge

Happy Friday Dance!!

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Thursday 4th June

4/6/2020

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Calendar

Dictation

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English

Since we finished our novel The Twits today, I would like you to complete a book review for me on it.

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Gaeilge

For Irish today we are going to revise our colours, numbers and days of the week. Then we are going to finish off the pages in our Bua na Cainte books from the Sa Bhaile chapter. I’ve included the pages of the chapter below you will notice we have some completed already.

Maths

For maths today I am going to ask you to go to the maths support section and play two games that Ms. Stanley has put up and well done to those of you who have already played the maths addition quiz I’ve posted the leaderboard below well done!!!

Ms. Stanley’s Maths Games

End of the school day song!

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Wednesday 3rd June

3/6/2020

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Happy Wednesday everybody!!! I hope you all got on ok with yesterday’s blog. I hope you will all join me in wishing Sarah a happy birthday!! It was Sarah’s birthday yesterday and she sent on some pictures of her fabulous day!! They even made a piñata. Sarah we hope you had a fabulous day and enjoyed your cake!!

Calendar

Dictation

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English

Today are choice board is back so pick an activity you have yet to complete, as an introduction we also have some phonics revision from Ms. Connolly. Read the words on each of the posters.

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Maths

Today’s maths lesson is going to be based on our At Home Booklet you all received. Pick any 2 pages to complete today that are unfinished. Before this let’s start with our revision of days of the week, months of the year and some counting.

Outdoor Activity Calendar

Don’t forget to do your activity for the day!

Movement Break

Space Project

As you are all containing your space projects I am just posting some interesting videos for the class to watch and our planet songs too. Keep up the great work on the projects, the ones I have seen so far are great!!!

Gaeilge

Let’s all revise our words for Sa Bhaile!!!

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Tuesday 2nd June

2/6/2020

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Good morning everybody and as you can see from my picture Hello June. I hope you all had a lovely bank holiday weekend and enjoyed the roasting weather we had. I had lots of bbq’s and I went for some nice long walks as well. What did you get up to? Fill out your news page below And let me know!!! ☀️😊

My Bank Holiday News

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WOW Work

I forgot to include the WOW work on Friday so I have it here today instead!!! As always amazing work everybody!!

Dictation

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Kids Outdoor Challenge

I saw this on “MyKidsTime” Instagram page and thought it was a lovely idea for the children to take part in! I’ve posted her original picture but also made my own chart that is bigger for you to download for yourselves and is also clearer as this is quite blurry.

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Story Time

Maths

You all know what to do with the maths board and I say at this point you have created your own questions!!

Yearbook

Today we are doing two pages from our yearbook, but this time it will be up to you to choose what to say for them, watch the video below and I’ll explain more.

Gaeilge with Ms. Connolly

Ms. Connolly has continued on our Sa Bhaile topic and is looking at words based on the Seomra Folctha, some of these are a bit difficult and you won’t have heard them before so try your best and don’t worry you will learn them all next year as well.

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Weekly Blog 22nd to 26th June

End of Year Video

WOW Work

Calendar

Storytime

Virtual School Tour

Live Webcams

Yearbook

Writing

Handwriting

Maths

Gaeilge

Outdoor Challenge

Activity Challenge

GoNoodle Movement Break

Art Lesson

Some summer activities the children might like!

Friday’s End of Year Video

Weekly Blog 15th to 19th June

Wow work from last week

Calendar

Dance

English

Writing

Ms.Fallon Literacy Page

Story time

Outdoor Challenge

Activity Challenge

Maths

Ms. Stanley’s Maths Support

Gaeilge

Yearbook

Handwriting

Art Lesson

GoNoodle Movement Break

Weekly Blog 8th to 12th June

Important Video for Parents explaining the Weekly Blog

Let’s celebrate with Zoe!!

​Calendar

Dictation

Story Time for the week

Pom Pom the Champion

The Ugly Duckling

The Crocodile Under the Bed

Oliver Jeffers reading Stuck

Phonics

Yearbook

Outdoor Challenge June

Activity Challenge

Skipping School

Handwriting

Maths

​Gaeilge

Art Lesson

GoNoodle Movement Breaks

Friday 5th June

Calendar

Dictation

Handwriting Lesson

Maths

Yearbook

Outdoor Challenge

Gaeilge

Happy Friday Dance!!

Thursday 4th June

Calendar

Dictation

Story Time

English

Gaeilge

Maths

End of the school day song!

Wednesday 3rd June

Calendar

Dictation

Story Time

English

Maths

Outdoor Activity Calendar

Calendar

Gaeilge

Dictation