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Hi boys,

We hope you are all keeping well. We are missing you all and are looking forward to seeing you back in our classroom soon.

We decided to start a Padlet to keep all of the work in one place and make it easier to share activities and ideas with you. Just click on the activity and give it your best shot! The work is not compulsory however we hope it is helpful. :)

We would love to see some of the work you are doing at home so we have chosen two tasks we would like you to send to us via email by the end of the week, Friday May 1st. These include a piece of English writing and an SESE project. Details of these can be found under the English Writing section and the SESE section.

We have included our email addresses below should you have any queries or if you want to send us any of your fantastic work.

Stay safe,

Ms Browne and Ms Dillon

mariabrowneolgc@gmail.com
lauradillonolgc@gmail.com

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Here is a PDF of all the work that can be done without the use of a laptop. This can be printed off and the boys can do all this work while all the laptops/tablets are being used by parents who are working from home. The boys can then come on and do all the online activities when the laptops are free to use.

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Here is a little quiz to see how well you remember the Irish vocabulary covered so far this year. Again, try your best at it. :)
Replace the emoji with the correct vocabulary or phrase from the list below:
t-léine,
tá an ghrian ag taitneamh or tá sé te,
tá sé scamallach,
cóta,
tá sé nimhneach fuar,
hata,
scairf,
bogha báistí,
ag cur báistí,
lámhaínní.

*'Cuir ort' means 'put on'.
*'Mar' means 'because'

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Maths at Home Activities – MATHS WEEK IRELAND

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Maths at Home Activities Here we present daily activities that you can do at home Scroll down for previous activities This page may be slow to load as there is a lot of content. For March, April and May we presented daily Maths at Home activities. You can

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Countdown Maths Game

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Keep up the great reading! Try to read at least twenty minutes every day. You can also fill in an online book report below.

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The boys are used to using the book Mathemagic for maths each day in school. If you would like access to it for extra materials please follow the link and directions below.

1. https://www.cjfallon.ie/ (Linked below)

2. Click the box saying 'Click here' underneath the Covid Important Notice.

3. Fill in appropriate boxes e.g. primary, 4th class, maths.

4. A list of maths books will appear under resources and to the right of Mathemagic will be a symbol resembling an eye.

5. Click this and you will have access :)

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CJ Fallon Ireland's foremost educational publishers.

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Fireworks: Witches, Spiders and Cowboys can be found online using the link below.

Recap over the story 'Hurling and Camogie' pg. 89 – 92

Complete Q. 3 + 4 at the bottom of pg. 92

**Complete a piece of writing telling us about what you have been doing since we finished school. Have you taken up any new hobbies or skills? Have you been helping out around the house? What have you been doing to keep busy?

**Please send this piece of writing to your teacher by Friday, May 1st. We will read them and send back corrections and comments.

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GillExplore is Gill Education's digital resources platform developed specifically with the busy teacher in mind, providing easy access for you and your students to all of Gill Education's digital resources for education.

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Hey, art friends! Welcome to Art For Kids Hub! 🎨✏️ Here, you’ll discover all sorts of awesome art lessons, from drawing to painting, and even some super cool origami. Whether you’re a beginner or a budding artist, there’s something fun for everyone! I’m Rob, and along with my amazing wife, Teryn, and our four creative kids, Jack, Hadley, Austin, and Olivia, we make art together as a family and love sharing it with you. ❤️ Ready to jump in and start creating? Most of our art lessons are self-contained, so grab your favorite black marker, some paper, and your coloring supplies, and let’s get drawing! 🖍️📒 Join us on this colorful adventure, and let’s make art that brings smiles and joy. Happy creating! 🌟

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Information, media, newspaper, forecast, tabloid, interview, column, reporter
□    Look up the meaning of the above words using a dictionary

□   Put each word into a sentence.

□   At the end of the week ask a member of your family to test you on your spellings.
□   Extra Activity: Make a word search – Get some squared paper like your maths copy. Draw a box e.g. 10 squares down and 10 across.

Fill the box with your words going vertically, horizontally or diagonally (you choose!) When you have used all of the words just fill the rest of the boxes with random letters. Write the words under your word search then give it to a member of your family to work out! Here is an example template

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Make Your Own Word Search

Make Your Own Word Search Free Printable. Free Printable Make Your Own Word Search for your kids. Last week mi son asked me that he wanted to make his own word search puzzle. So I decided to make a blank word search with a light gray grid for him to make his own word search. Is a great idea for kids that want to use their own themed words or vocabulary. Kids can create a Friends Names Word Search, Favorite Foods, Super Cars, Super Heroes or whatever your children's imagination can create. To Make Your Own Word Search write first all your 16 words at the bottom of the worksheet, then write them on the grid vertically, horizontally, diagonally and fill the blank spaces of the grid with random letters.

Instructions: Click the print link to open a new window in your browser with the PDF file. Then you can print or download using your browser's menu.

Print Make Your Own Word Search

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Make Your Own Word Search - AllFreePrintable.com

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Make Your Own Word Search Free Printable. Free Printable Make Your Own Word Search for your kids. Last week mi son asked me that he wanted to make his own word search puzzle. So I decided to make a blank word search with a light gray grid for him to make his own word search.

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Next week is Active School's Week so make sure you exercise every day. Join Joe Wicks on Youtube for his Daily 'Pe with Joe'.

Refresh your football skills. Here is a guide with little videos to demonstrate all the skills.

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Finish the chapter on Time in your Figure It Out.

**Remember; when adding hours and minutes, add the minutes separately, and then add the hours and then rename at the very end. Don't worry if you can't remember how to do these, we will do them again when we are back to school. Feel free to email us if you would like more exaplanations on this.

Create a timeline of your day. Give times in both words and digital time.(You can also draw the clock if you want).

Example;
9 o clock/ 9:00- I woke up.
Quarter past 9/9:15 - I had my breakfast
Half past 9/ 9:30 - I started my school work
Etc...

Continue on Mangahigh. There has been more activities assigned for you to do.

Try this game from Topmarks. Challenge yourself with all the levels.

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Read the time on an analogue clock. Lots of choice over levels, including: reading time to the nearest hour, half hour, quarter hour, five minutes or minute. Options include using a 24 hour clock and seeing how many correct answers you can get in a given time.

This new version will work on any tablet or computer.
For more measuring and time resources click here.
Scan to open this game on a mobile device. Right-click to copy and paste it onto a homework sheet.

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RTE school hub is available daily on RTÉ2 at 11AM. RTÉ Home School Hub Extra is on RTÉ2 at 4:10PM.

All episodes are available on RTE player which is linked below.

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Relax and listen to some fantastic stories

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Relax and listen to some fantastic stories

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This is a website that has very popular audiobooks for kids.

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Listen to Antonio Vivaldi’s ‘Spring’ using the link below. You may recognize it.

What is the name of this piece?

Who composed this piece?

Why do you think so many people like this piece of music?

What do you like about it? How did instruments help tell this story about spring?

How did the composer Vivaldi make his music sound like spring?

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Over the last few weeks you have been asked to complete two SESE projects which were based on the topics:

A famous person in history

A fact file on an animal of your choice

We would love if you could send us one of the above projects via email. It can be sent as a word document or just simply take a picture of it and attach it to the email. Whatever is easiest :)

This week you could take a sensory spring walk/run/skip/cycle in your locality or back garden (Adhering to social distancing guidelines). Record signs of spring that you can see, smell, touch, hear and taste (where appropriate). You could write or draw these in your copy.

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Build your name in 3D using objects you have around the house.
You are welcome to email us a picture of this.
This is an example;

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Dear parents,
We have created a suggested timetable which may help in structuring your day at home. It is completely optional as we don't want to put excess pressure on anybody. :)

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Spell out your name by doing the activities.

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Keep revising the counties of Ireland. Try beat your previous score.

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Ireland: Counties - Map Quiz Game - Seterra

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There are 32 counties on the island. The Republic of Ireland comprises 26 counties, while Northern Ireland accounts for the remaining 6 counties. In Northern Ireland, counties are no longer used for local government; districts are instead used.

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Below please find some excellent websites which contain extra materials for this weeks topic of time. They also contain material for any other topics we have done so far this year if you would like to revise over anything!

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Time Worksheets for Learning to Tell Time

Here is a graphic preview for all of the time worksheets. You can select different variables to customize these time worksheets for your needs. The time worksheets are randomly created and will never repeat so you have an endless supply of quality time worksheets to use in the classroom or at home. Our time worksheets are free to download, easy to use, and very flexible.

These time worksheets are a great resource for children in Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, and 5th Grade.

Click here for a Detailed Description of all the Time Worksheets.

Quick Link for All Time Worksheets
Click the image to be taken to that Time Worksheet.

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Here is a website with daily story starters to keep your creative juices flowing :)

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Instead of groans at the beginning of a writing lesson, your class were excited to pick up their pencils and you were the teacher that sparked their imaginations!

Even your most reluctant writers are generating adventurous vocabulary, perfecting punctuation and filling the page with no signs of stopping!

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Engage even your most reluctant writers with inspiring images, fun writing prompts and daily short burst writing activities that improve writing stamina.

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Please find attached a link to some helpful websites for learning and practicing your Gaeilge!

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Websites to help kids learn Irish

Young primary school aged kids are at the best stage in life to get a good grasp on a language. For this reason, its important that kids get a good introduction to language at an early age. Lots of kids struggle with Irish all the way through school, so why not help your kids out by introducing them to a few helpful apps and websites that may just make that struggle a little easier.

While there isn't a huge range of sites to choose from, here are a few that may be useful in helping the kids with their homework, or just improving their Irish in general:

Websites

'Is Féidir Linn' is easy to use and makes Irish accessible for all parents and guardians, regardless of their own Irish language skills or experience. Using phrases, stories and songs for children about the daily routines of family life, it can be incorporated into everyday family life. It features everyday phrases in both English and Irish, as well as a sound-recording of each to help with pronunciation.

Easy Irish aims to teach the language in a fun and easy way. With free podcasts covering a wide range of subjects including likes and dislikes, numbers, days of the week and much more, kids will hopefully get a good grip on the language in no time. The site also includes a few fun games for kids to play, as well as lots of useful links to Irish tv and radio stations, dictionaries and other Irish resources.

Learn Irish in just 5 minutes a day with these game-like lessons. Whether you're a beginner starting with the basics or looking to practice your reading, writing, and speaking, Duolingo is scientifically proven to work. Duolingo lessons adapt to your learning style. Exercises are tailored to help you learn and review vocabulary effectively. Interactive exercises provide instant feedback to help you improve your Irish skills on the spot.

TG4 offer an educational and fun children's section to their website called Cula4 which includes cartoons, games and competitions both in English and Irish. As part of their website they have also developed a number of simple learning apps to help kids understand the Irish language through storytelling, pictures, songs, puzzles and more. They offer a number of free apps for younger kids or for first time learners, using easy-to-follow format with pictures and words.

Ranganna.com is a user-friendly and comprehensive e-learning website that lets you learn authentic, every-day Irish independently and at your own pace. In short, it is the best place to learn Irish online. Ranganna.com was developed by Gaelchultúr and offers a wide range of courses to inspire learners of all levels to improve their knowledge of the language.

Is Feidir Liom is a free online service for all types of learners (adults and kids) that lets you learn Irish through simple online lessons. It teaches the basics and foundational Irish to those who have never done Irish before or have very little understanding of it. It can help both parents and kids who are new to the language which can be very helpful for those starting in Junior Infants and learning Irish for the first time.

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Websites to help kids learn Irish - SchoolDays.ie

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Its common knowledge that we aren't all fantastic irish speakers and lots of kids struggle with the subject at school. However, this doesn't have to be the case! Here's some websites to help the kids out at an early age

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Below please find some excellent websites which contain extra materials for this weeks topic of time. They also contain material for any other topics we have done so far this year if you would like to revise over anything!

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Time and Clock Worksheets

Welcome to the time worksheets page at Math-Drills.com where taking your time is encouraged! On this page you will find Time math worksheets including elapsed time, telling time on analog clocks, calendars and converting time worksheets.

The calendars come in two different formats: yearly (all on one page) and monthly when you need extra space or a larger layout. The calendars are very useful in conjunction with the elapsed time worksheets with days, weeks, months, and years. Students who have difficulty visualizing a calendar may need the actual calendars to use as a reference. Telling time on analog clocks is still an important skill despite the number of digital clocks around; many people still choose the analog clock design for aesthetic purposes.

Most Popular Time and Clock Worksheets this Week

Calendars

The calendars in this section are simple everyday calendars that can easily be used in math activities such as the elapsed time worksheets (days, weeks, months, years) also on this page. Although they are on a math worksheets website, our calendars may be used for many other purposes including for personal schedules, classroom planning, holiday calendars or any other use you see fit. One simple activity that can be done on the monthly calendars is to ask students to place a bingo chip (or similar item) on specific spots on the calendar (e.g. "Place a chip on a Tuesday in March"). After students become familiar with how a calendar is laid out and works, you can create more challenging activities like finding elapsed time, discovering the number of days in each month, scheduling activities, etc.

Reading Time on Analog Clocks

Reading time on analog clocks worksheets including various clock options for second hands and minute intervals.

Even though the time is displayed digitally in so many places these days-on cell phones, on computers, on microwaves-there are still quite a few analog clocks around. Besides being able to tell time on an analog clock, this is probably one of the first places that students encounter a number system other than base ten. Thanks to the Babylonians et. al. we have 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour. Once your students master the intricacies of the time system, they can start learning about other useful number systems like hexadecimal and binary, both of which are heavily used in computers.
Suns and moons are included with each clock to indicate the time of day. Think of the moon as midnight and the sun as noon. If the clock has a sun on the left and a moon on the right, then the time is between midnight and noon (AM in North America). The reverse means that the time is between noon and midnight (PM in North America).
Sketching Time on Analog Clocks

Sketching time on analog clocks worksheets including various clock options for second hands and minute intervals.

Converting Time

Converting time worksheets.

Elapsed Time Worksheets (Seconds, Minutes, Hours)

Elapsed time worksheets in hours, minutes and seconds.

Elapsed time refers to the amount of time that has passed between a start time and a finish time. This can be challenging to students if they are not completely familiar with the base 60 system used for second, minutes and hours, and the fact that there are 24 hours a day sometimes split into morning and afternoon times.

Elapsed Time Worksheets (Days, Weeks, Months, Years)

Elapsed time worksheets in years, months, weeks and days.

All of the time worksheets below are based on a three column table with 10 rows. Each different version of the elapsed time table will challenge students in different ways. The worksheets that ask students to find the end date are given a start date and an elapsed time. These worksheets work well for starting at a specific point and counting up. The worksheets that ask students to find the start date, elapsed time or the end date will have random blanks in the table, so students may have to figure out the elapsed time forwards or backwards. Below you will find various challenges including elapsed time with days only, then we progressively add weeks, months, and years to the worksheets.

Please note that when finding future dates, it is important to start with the largest unit first and progress to the smaller units. For example, if the start date is February 8, 2000 and the elapsed time is 3 years, 2 months, 3 weeks and 6 days, you would add the three years first to get February 8, 2003. Next, add the months to get April 8, 2003. Finally, add the weeks and days to get May 5, 2003. You can add the weeks and days together as they are both exact lengths whereas years and months vary in size.

Adding and Subtracting Time

Adding and subtracting time is similar to adding any numbers, but the regrouping amounts are different. If you think of the decimal system, numbers are divided into places named: ones, tens, hundreds, etc. In time values, the places have different values based on an ancient Babylonian numbering system with a base of 60. In the "seconds place," there are 60 unique seconds from 0 to 59. The same is true for the "minutes place." The "hours place" can vary from 24 if one is interested in counting days as well, or can be greater than 24 if the largest place value is in the hours place. In these worksheets, students are challenged to regroup seconds and minutes as they add or subtract two time amounts.

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You can create your own interactive stories, games and animations.

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With ScratchJr, young children (ages 5-7) can program their own interactive stories and games.