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For our basketball fanatics follow visit the basketball Ireland YouTube channel for skills tutorials with some of Ireland’s best basketball players. Visit the link below for more information.

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This week, the Development Officers at Basketball Ireland have launched a new weekly home skills training programme.

The programme is aimed at all of our younger members and for those who may not have played the game before.

Every Monday, a new video will launch on the Basketball Ireland YouTube channel (YouTube.com/BasketballIreland) and social media platforms. Young players will be taken through the drills by some of the top young talent in the country and the drills will help young players to develop basic basketball skills and keep them active from the comfort of their own home! The first instalment will feature CJ Fulton, who will cover a number of ball handling skills in the first video, which will launch on Monday, April 13 th.

All that you need to take part is a basketball, or if you don't have a basketball, you can try the skills with any ball you might have at home. You will also need a little bit of space.

On top of learning all of the skills, we are also asking you to show off your skills! Whether you are young or old, a total beginner or an experienced pro, post your video on Twitter or Instagram and tag Basketball Ireland and we will share the videos throughout the week.

Speaking about the new initiative, Head of Development at Basketball Ireland, Ciaran O'Sullivan said: "During this time with a lot of people having to remain at home it is still important to remain active. Over the next few weeks we will be rolling out our skills programme that can be completed at home and is ideal for those who might have never tried basketball before or for someone trying to keep their skills sharp when regular basketball is not possible. We hope that everyone will get involved and send us in your clips from home!"

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New weekly Stay At Home skills programme launched

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This week, the Development Officers at Basketball Ireland have launched a new weekly home skills training programme. The programme is aimed at all of our younger members and for those who may not have played the game before.

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In this chapter the new concepts were polyhedron: 3d objects made up of polygons and an apex: a corner or vertices that is higher than the others eg the top of a pyramid.
We also looked at cross sections of 3d objects. Here is a good game to practice revising cross sections:
https://www.ixl.com/math/geometry/cross-sections-of-three-dimensional-figures

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Fractions can be tricky but we had lots of tricks to help make them easier. Remember Fractions, decimals and percentages are all linked and you can use them to help you.
Here are two of the main things we learned:
1. Equivalent Fractions. Multiply the numerator and denominator by the same number. Simple. Here is a longer explanation: https://tinyurl.com/y73b6esr

2. Adding and subtracting fractions. We had lots of tips and tricks to help us with this. Here is a great recap on the main ones. https://tinyurl.com/qdgp5jp

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Déan an crosfhocal ar leathanach 189.
The words you need are at the bottom of the page. You will know most of them from last week. Use the clues and pictures to help you.

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Read the story on page 107 (Campa Gaeltachta) of Léigh sa Bhaile and complete the following activities.
1. Read the story out loud to someone in your family. Use the clip below to help with the pronunciation.
2. Create a foclóir. Write down 5 words you already know and their meaning and then look up 5 new words. (There are some fantastic examples of this on the Wall of Fame)
3. Answer the questions.
4. Create a voice recording of you reading the story and email it to me.

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1. Write a "How to Survive in the Desert" guide for Bear Grylls new magazine. Include your top 10 tips for survival.

2. You have been abandoned alone in the desert. Write a short story about your struggle for survival and how you got out.

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Here is a reading comprehension all about the Sahara Desert. It will help with your SESE desert fact file too.

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Read the article and see can you answer the questions below!

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deserts are areas of land where there is almost no rainfall. the land can be rocky or sandy. most deserts lie in hot zones although some are cold. also

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very hot deserts can be very cold at night. very little grows in desert lands

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although some plants can survive from water beneath the surface.

the animals which live in the desert have learned how to survive. reptiles

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birds and some mammals live in deserts. camels are mammals which can go for long periods of time without water. very few people live in deserts. it is difficult to adjust to the hot

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dry climate.

only a fifth of the world's deserts are sand. sand is made up of very small particles of stone. these particles have worn off rock in time by the wind. the rest of the desert area is stone of some kind

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or various types of dry soil. stony deserts are called reg. rocky deserts are called hamada.

not very many people live in desert areas. some live at oases. these are spots in the desert that have a supply of water. the water comes from deep wells under the sand. small towns can grow up around these oases. the residents keep farm animals and grow dates and olives. nomads are farmers who wander from place to place in the desert. they use camels to travel from one oasis to another. the camels carry all of their possessions.

animals which live in the desert usually go out at night when it is cooler. during the day they stay in the shade. the smaller ones dig burrows to stay in during the hot part of the day. the kangaroo rat does this as well. reptiles in the desert can stand more heat than mammals. their skin is waterproof and it helps them keep their body moisture.

desert animals can go without water for a long time. some

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get water from plants. desert birds travel to oases to find water. they can also get water from seeds or insects. some animals can go for long periods of time without food. the scorpion is on one of these.

few plants grow in the dry conditions of a desert. some get their water from deep in the ground with long roots. some can store water in leaves or stems. cactus plants store a large amount of water. some plants don't grow at all when it is dry. when rain appears

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they shoot up from the ground. when the land dries up again

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the seeds lie dormant. they may sprout after the next rain or it can be many years before this happens.

many desert areas are getting bigger. people try to use the land for grazing. they can graze it too often and make the land bare. they chop down the trees and hen rain doesn't come droughts occur. the wind blows the soil away. there is nothing to hold the soil in place. mining can add to the creation of desert land. governments in many countries are trying to save the land. they plant trees and they provide food for animals so they won't have to graze. they are teaching farmers new ways of farming to help preserve the soil.

in summary

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deserts are regions with little or no rainfall. they can be sandy or rocky. most deserts lie in hot climate areas

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though some can be in cold zones. nights in hot deserts are may be cold as well. not many plants can survive in the dryness of the desert. the ones which do often get their water from deep in the ground.</p>

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Deserts - Deserts are areas of land where there is almost no rainfall. The land can be rocky or sandy. Most deserts lie in hot zones although some are cold. Also, very hot deserts can be very cold at night. Very little grows in desert lands, although some plants can survive from water beneath the surface.

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Camels are probably the best known desert animal. Use one of the following links to help you draw a picture of a camel. You could use it with your desert fact file!

https://youtu.be/LzDjcf7acRA

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As Wednesday June 17th World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought this we will look at the deserts of the world.

The following link is a good place to start your desert Fact file but feel free to use other books and resources too. Create a fact file containing 10 facts about deserts. You could include a definition, names and locations of deserts, animals, plants or any other interesting facts you can find.

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Look Closely

It may seem like nothing can live in a desert because it's so dry. But most deserts are full of life, with plants and animals that have adapted to survive without much water. Some plants, like cacti, store enough water in their stems to last until the next rain. Other plants, like mesquite grass, have very small leaves that curl up in the daytime to conserve the water they have. Some desert plants sprout and bloom only when it rains.

Desert animals also have adaptations that help them survive without much water. Kangaroo rats in the Sonoran Desert get water from the seeds they eat. Some carnivores, such as desert foxes, get enough liquid from their prey.

Another trick? Most desert animals stay underground or beneath shady rocks during the day. Many of them come out to hunt for food at night, when it's cool.

If you plan to explore a desert, be sure to pack water, sunscreen, and protective clothing. After all, you're not a kangaroo rat!

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Deserts are the driest places on Earth-they get fewer than 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain a year. Some deserts may get a lot of rain all at once. Then it might not rain again for months-or even years!

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Please record a short 10-20 seconds video clip answering one or more of the following questions:
1. What is your favorite memory from WETNS?
2. What is your favorite memory from 6th class?
3. What are you looking forward to most about going to secondary school?
Please send all recorded clips to patrickpender@wetns.ie

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Answer the following questions about your new Secondary school. Use the internet or interview a current student (it may be a sibling or friend) to help you with your research.

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Please ensure you have completed the 2 education passport documents and emailed them to me. These will be sent to your new school along with your report card to form your "Education Passport". All details and the documents can be found at the link below.

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Here are the Education Passport materials your child's primary school will use to support the sharing of some information about his/her learning with the post-primary school. The primary school will only share this information after the post-primary school has confirmed your child's enrolment.

Share your views on the layout, design and scope of the transfer materials; the naming of the individual items; the overall title of the transfer materials; and the process of using the transfer materials. Please email your thoughts to transfer@ncca.ie

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Here are the Education Passport materials your child's primary school will use to support the sharing of some information about his/her learning with the post-primary school. The primary school will only share this information after the post-primary school has confirmed your child's enrolment.

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Create a poster to raise awareness for the huge negative impact humans are having on the world's oceans. Include in your poster what we need to do to help change.

Have a look at the posters below for some inspiration.

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Over the past two weeks we have been learning all about the oceans of the world. Today (Monday the 8th of June) is world ocean day. This week we will look more at the environment and how to protect our oceans and all the wildlife that calls the ocean home.

Visit the following link and watch the video. I have attached 3 activities below which can be completed based on the video. This video will also help with our art this week.

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Guided by CBBC's Naomi Wilkinson and expert wildlife biologist Lizzie Daly , we explore what constitutes a healthy ecosystem and discuss the threats to our oceans such as plastics and overfishing.

The programme, originally streamed live to schools in March 2019, also features links to Steve Backshall in the Bahamas who explains how sharks can teach us about ecosystems and how human behaviour can threaten shark life.

Content is designed to support Key Stage 2/2nd Level science and geography curricula.

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Guided by CBBC's Naomi Wilkinson and expert wildlife biologist Lizzie Daly , we explore what constitutes a healthy ecosystem and discuss the threats to our oceans such as plastics and overfishing. The programme, originally streamed live to schools in March 2019, also features links to Steve Backshall in the Bahamas who explains how sharks can teach us about ecosystems and how human behaviour can threaten shark life.

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Writing Prompt (ocean forests with a twist) 

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Writing Prompt (ocean forests with a twist) 

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Instead of oceans covering the earth forests have grown in their place making it possible to walk from one continent to the next. However, in the same way that oceans get darker with strange animals the deeper you go down these forests also get darker and stranger the further in you walk.
Imagine you are an explorer exploring one of these forests for the first time and you have gone deeper than anyone has gone before. Write a short story / diary entry about what you see.

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Caitheamh Aimsire (hobbies)
Write the correct hobby (in this case they are all sports) beneath the right picture.
Draw a picture of you playing your favorite sport including a sentence as Gaeilge!

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Read the story on page 46 (An Cluiche Sacair) of Léigh sa Bhaile and complete the following activities.
1. Read the story out loud to someone in your family. Use the clip below to help with the pronunciation.
2. Create a foclóir. Write down 5 words you already know and their meaning and then look up 5 new words. (There are some fantastic examples of this on the Wall of Fame)
3. Answer the questions.
4. Create a voice recording of you reading the story and email it to me.

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We learned all the different parts of the circle.

Here are some games to help you revise.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=circles

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We spent a lot of time multiplying and dividing with decimals and figuring out clever tricks to help us.

When multiplying with decimals we counted how many numbers were behind the decimal points. Removed the decimal points and multiplied as normal. Added back in the decimal point in our answer making sure it had the same amount of numbers behind the decimal point as you started with.
Here is a great link that explains it all brilliantly

https://www.ducksters.com/kidsmath/multiplying_and_dividing_decimals.php

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It's easy when you follow the steps.
DMSB
Daddy Mammy Sister Brother
Divide Multiply Subtract Bring down

Write DMSB above your sum. Tick off each step each time you complete the step.

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More brilliant work by Mia!

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Here is Holly's brilliant work!

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More brilliant work by Mia!

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This is Emma's brilliant bee with a modern art twist!

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Here is Isla's amazing piece of art.

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Here's Ivana's brilliant bee project!

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Alannah Richards

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Alannah Richards

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This Lighthouse story by Mia has been entered into the "Great Lighthouse of Ireland" competition. I look forward to seeing it published in the magazine soon!

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An amazing picture created by Mia.

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Well done to all who have already completed it and sent it to me  for correction. For those that have not sent it on please find the answers below. I have tried to screenshot just the relevant answers but the quality is too low. The answers are on page 16 of the pdf.

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It was great to hear all of your recordings as Gaeilge from last week so please do it again this week!
Read the story on page 26 "Biachlár". Answer the questions then change the menu so that includes all your favourite foods. Email me a picture and a recording of you reading your menu.

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Ivana's amazing project all about Hook Lighthouse. Well done Ivana!

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Record set by Conor Murphy. Can he be beaten?

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Here is a narrative writing planning template that will help you with your lighthouse story.

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Read a story from the Read at Home book each day and answer the questions.
Why not write three of your own questions and send them to your friend or ask a family member.

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Access to all of our digital titles are available for teacher and students during the time at home under the COVID-19 Government and Department of Education Directive

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Complete an activity a day based on the spelling list you are on. You can also complete the activity in your Jolly Grammar book.

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Complete a page of Mental Maths each day.
Choose a topic for revision and answer the questions on the link below.

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Daily 10 - Mental Maths Challenge - Topmarks

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Daily 10 is a primary maths resource for teachers of Years 1 to 6. It asks ten random questions on addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, ordering, partitioning, digit values and more. Ideal for use on a IWB and as a starter or plenary activity.

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Complete a story in Léigh sa Bhaile each day. Use www.tearma.ie to translate any new words.

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Make sure to take part in all the school activities!

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This is a great time to learn a new skill. Typing is a fantastic skill to have for life. This website is easy to use and helps learn the basics of typing.

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Learn touch typing online using TypingClub's free typing courses. It includes 650 typing games, typing tests and videos.