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Ms. O'Shea's Class Blog

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

22/6/2020

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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.
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Handwriting
Book - page 64
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Optional practice
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Picture
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.
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5 FUN ACTIVITIES
Monday
Picture
Making paper airplanes with Ms. McSweeney
Tuesday
Picture
Maths with Ms. Brooks
Wednesday
Picture
Messy play/Art
with Ms. O'Shea

Thursday
Picture
Sensory Walk with Ms. Maguire
Friday
Picture
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

Picture
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

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Clipboard and pencil

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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!
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Amazing work from last week!

15/6/2020

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15th - 19th June

Hi everyone, and welcome back to more fun online learning. I can't wait for you to see all of the fun things we are getting up to this week. But first, I want to show you what work I'd like you to do.
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 News - you could do this on any day this week. Maybe you are doing something exciting this week and you'd like to write about it after. Don't forget to add words/sentences to your picture!
  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.
  7. Play an Oral Language game eg. I spy with my little eye, I went to the supermarket and I bought and apple, banana, carrot etc. (alphabetical order).
Handwriting
Revision - pages 62 & 63
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Extra Revision (Suggested letters)
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Suggested words for dictation:
  • bun
  • wig
  • hat
  • mix
  • hot
  • red
  • shut
  • wish
  • chest
  • punch
  • string
  • cloth
Maths:
  1. Revise different ways of making 5 - use what you have at home eg. 3 green lego pieces and 2 red legos pieces is the same a 5.
  2. Stop and start eg. start counting at 3 and stop at 8, will you remember to stop?
  3. Sets of 1-10 (see below - Q and As)
  4. Suggested Busy work - Busy at Maths pages 35 & 39.
  5. Check out Ms. Brooks' Maths game for this week!
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Can you make an array like this 1-10 using items from your home?
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Or what about this?
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What did I take away in each of these?
5 FUN ACTIVITIES
Monday
Picture
Music with Ms. Keogh
Tuesday
Picture
Making play dough with Ms. Maguire
Wednesday
Picture
Maths with Ms. Brooks
Thursday
Friday
Picture
Science with Ms. O'Shea
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Baking with Ms. McSweeney

Music
with Ms Keogh

We will be looking at 3 different things 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!
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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! 😊

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 couldn't find cream of tartar anywhere but lemon juice is a god substitute)
- 2/3 spoons food colouring

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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...

Maths
with Ms. Brooks
Science
with Ms. O'Shea
Picture
 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!


​Baking

with Ms. McSweeney

​

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
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Equipment
  • bowl
  • weighing scales
  • mixer
  • bun tray and bun 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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8th - 12th June

8/6/2020

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Hi everyone, and welcome back to the blog. This week will be a little different in terms of layout and content, as outlined in the email sent to you last week.

For the next three weeks, we will be posting a small amount of suggested work for the week, and some fun educational activities for you to enjoy at home. All will be posted on Mondays, so that you can plan out the content according to your family's situation and needs at the moment.

English:
  1. I suggest that you continue to practice your reading on www.connect.collins.co.uk.
  2. Sounds, tricky words, word lists
  3. Handwriting (see more below)
  4. At least one piece of writing following the Writing Workshop format. It could be your news, your favourite cartoon character, your dream holiday etc.
  5. Dictation (see more below)
  6. Read a story - if you don't have access to books, youtube have lots.
Handwriting
Pages 60 & 61 - the letter z
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Pages 44 & 45 - Revision
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Suggested Writing Workshop template
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Suggested words for dictation:
  • run
  • car
  • bet
  • map
  • hug
  • jog
  • fact
  • trail
  • flap
  • crunch
  • splash
  • spoil
Maths:
  • Forward/backward counting by skipping, jumping jacks etc.
  • Doubles
  • Busy pages (below)
           Page 30                            Page 31                            Page 32
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5 FUN ACTIVITIES
Monday
Picture
PE with Ms. McSweeney
Tuesday
Picture
Maths with Ms. Brooks
Wednesday
Picture
Geography with Ms.
Maguire

Thursday
Picture
Science with Ms. Keogh
Friday
Picture
Art with Ms. O'Shea
PE
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

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Picture

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

Don't forget to take pictures of your leaf rubbings and send them to your teacher.

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. Washing-Up Liquid

5. Spoon
6. 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 is 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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Friday 5th June

5/6/2020

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Hi everyone, and a very happy Friday to you all. I hope you had a great week. Here are some fabulous pictures of work that went on this week. Well done to all!
Maths:
Revision - Money
As said before, money is a bit of an abstract concept so there is no harm in spending another day or two at this.
  1. Revision video - making an amount using the least about of coins ie. making 3c with a 2c and 1c rather than using all 1c coins.
  2. Busy work - Busy at Maths pages 37 & 38. You could treat these as assessment pages if you'd like to see your child's understanding. **Click into images to see in full. **
English:
  1. Practice your reader online, sounds, tricky words, word lists etc.
  2. Dictation 1-8
  3. Handwriting - pages 58 & 59, the letter s.
On a normal school day we would generally just do one page, so don't be worried if your child is finding this tiring, just let them do the second one. I would generally also ask the children to do ONE line, then we wait until everyone is finished, and move on to the next line and stop again. Try this if you are finding it difficult to keep them focused. A quick counting/jumping exercise could be a good break in between each line. Also, block the second page if you intend on doing both pages. There is nothing worse than a constant reminder of how far you have to go!
   4. Blending - a continuation from the words from last week. Read the sentence and find the matching picture. Don't forget to point to the words.
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Gaeilge:
Siopadóireacht: Ceacht 4
Suggested busy pages - lch 39 agus 40.
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Thursday 4th June

4/6/2020

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o Hi everyone, I hope you are all having a good week.
Just to let you know that there is a lovely maths challenge up on our Home School Liaison page (linked below) if you would like to do this with your kids, it's a fun one to do in your own time. Learning through play/fun will be the idea starting from next week.
https://www.olvinfants.com/home-school-liaison.html
English:
  1. Practice your reader online, sounds, tricky words, word lists etc.
  2. Handwriting revision pages 34 & 35 - I have also added a warm up video to help your child prepare for writing, as I have had some feedback from parents about it being difficult to get them to write.
  3. Writing Workshop
  • Mini Lesson (see below)
  • Independent work
  • Shared Session
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Maths:
Empty sets
Make/find things that are empty.
Busy work: Busy At Maths page 28 & 29.
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Gaeilge
Siopadóireacht: Ceacht 4
Cómhrá (conversation)
You could recreate this setting at home and play shop why using the phrases.
Dia duit.
Dia is muire dhuit (hello)
Tabhair dom ______. (Give me a _______).
Seo duit _______. (Here is a ________).
Go raibh maith agat. (Thank you).
Fáitle romhat. (You're welcome).
Seo dhuit an t-airgead. (Here is the money.)
Slán. (Goodbye).
In addition, with all the madness going on in the world, I thought this story, Same Difference, would be nice to show your child if you are having some conversations with them at the moment. Fast forward to 1 minute to start the story. Enjoy!
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Wednesday 3rd June

3/6/2020

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Hi everyone, welcome back to the blog for another day of learning.
Maths:
Game: Ms. Brooks is back this week again with another brilliant game for you!
Busy Work: Busy at Maths pages 26 & 27 - Count, add, write/draw.
English:
  1. Practice your reader online, sounds, word lists etc.
  2. Tricky words (see video)
  3. Dictation (see same video)
  4. Handwriting - pages 48 & 49, the letter x.
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Gaeilge:
Siopadóireacht: Ceacht 2
An bhfuil ______ sa siopa? (Is there a ________ in the shop?)
Tá/Níl _______ sa siopa. (________ is/is not in the shop.)
  1. Cómhrá 2.2
  2. Dán (poem)
  3. Amhráin (song)
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Tuesday 2nd June

2/6/2020

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Hi everybody, I hope you all enjoyed the weekend and got plenty of Vitamin D!
Lots of you enjoyed my pictures and videos of the pet lamb so I thought I would give you an update! She is back on the farm with a few weeks and growing big and strong! I can't believe how big she is after getting and it makes me wonder how tall all of the children in room 2 have gotten! I hope we don't have to make the doors taller for you when you return to school. Here are some pictures of her and her little friends, and a video of her drinking her milk!
English:
  1. Choose a new reader from collins connect, practice tricky words, sounds, word lists etc.
  2. News - Did you go anywhere at the weekend now that some restrictions have been lifted slightly? I want you to treat your news like writing workshop - think, draw, colour and write! I have made an example template below if you wish to use it.
  3. Handwriting - page 24 and 25, the letter w.
  4. Blending - blend the words to read and match to the pictures
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Maths:
  1. Word problems: Read the following to your child  and see if they can work out the problem. 
  • Ms O'Shea had 5 sweets. Antoni gave her 2 more. How many did she have then?
  • A bus had 2 people on it. Then, Annabelle and Lucia hopped on. How many were on the bus then?
  • 6 children were at the playground. Another 3 joined them. How many were there then?
  • Wiktor had 5 lollipops. He gave 2 to  Amelia. How many lollipops did Wiktor have left? (subtraction - challenge, not expected to find this as easy)
   2. Busy at Maths pg. 25 - count, colour and write
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Gaeilge:
Siopadóireacht: Ceacht 1
Cad atá sa siopa? (What's in the shop)?
Tá _______ sa siopa. (_________ is in the shop).
  1. Cómhrá 1.2 & 1.2
  2. Amhráin
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