22nd - 26th June, we made it!!

A must-watch!! 😁

Hello everyone and welcome to the last week of online learning for the year. You are officially graduated after this week and can call yourselves Senior Infants! Congratulations everybody and well done to all. You have worked tremendously hard throughout the year and especially over the last couple of months when it's been really hard. Give your mammies and daddies a big hug and tell them well done too, I bet they have been super teachers!
You can keep this week totally fun and just stick to the activities, while also enjoying the freedom/lifted restrictions. However, I know some parents are still holding on to a bit of routine so I will post some suggested work too.

** I'm also going to leave a link to lots of helpful resources that might be of use to you over the summer holidays**
https://padlet.com/mskeogh/bgqx13slivel6d7c

English:

1. I suggest that you continue to practice your reading on                               www.connect.collins.co.uk.
2. Sounds, tricky words, word lists
3. My Summer Bucket list - What sort of things do you want to get up to this summer? Draw pictures and write! (see example below)
   
4. Handwriting (see more below)
5. Dictation (see more below)
6. Read a story - if you don't have access to books, youtube have lots.
   

Handwriting

Book - page 64

Optional practice

Suggested words for Dictation:

• web
  
• zip
  
• gum
  
• tug
  
• ham
  
• set
  

• thing
  
• pinch
  
• such
  
• flash
  
• spin
  
• chicken
  

Suggested story: While we can't hug. I thought this one might be nice, as restrictions are slowly being lifted, it is difficult for children to understand why it is important to still keep their distance.

Maths:

1. Revise adding within 5, or within 10 if you wish. Use concrete materials to help; fruit, toys, coins etc.
2. Busy work - page 40 of your book

There are a couple of pages in the book that I have not assigned, as I think they are not fitting for the times we are living in. They are really to chat about your typical week ie. dancing on Mondays, swimming on Tuesdays etc. However, feel free to complete. You could fill in each box one day at a time and ask your child what they did on that day.

5 FUN ACTIVITIES

Monday

Making paper airplanes with Ms. McSweeney

Tuesday

Maths with Ms. Brooks

Wednesday

Messy play/Art
with Ms. O'Shea

Thursday

Sensory Walk with Ms. Maguire

Friday

Baking with Ms. Keogh

Paper Aeroplanes
with Ms. Mc Sweeney

What you need:

• Paper
• Colours (to design your plane)

What to do:

• Design your page
• Fold your page to make your 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 and label your pictures

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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!