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Hello boys and girls. We hope you all had a wonderful Easter break with your family and the Easter bunny paid you a visit.
Is anyone sick of chocolate yet?
All your teachers and helpers are missing you terribly and can't wait to see you once it is safe to return to school. If you would like to share any of your pictures, work or stories with us we would love to hear from you.

Sarah, Cian, Edel, Ally,
Collette, Lisa & Sarah M.

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We all hope that both you and your family are well and keeping safe. We will continue to plan lessons, using a format that is familiar to your child. Given the length of time away from school, we will have to proceed with some lessons.  Any topic that is new and your child may need more help with will be marked with an asterisk * (like today's letter formation lesson)
We will be using themes to coordinate our planning and you may see common threads emerge through some lessons. At the moment, we are using the story 'The very hungry caterpillar' by Eric Carle.
If you have any questions, don't forget you can message us directly on Aladdin Connect.

Sarah, Cian, Edel & Ally

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Pre-writing Ideas
- shower gel in a sandwich bag
- marla / play doh
- sugar / sand
- air tracing
- finger tracing
- tracing letter on the palm of your hand.

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Please listen to the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Official Animated Film | Made For Kids | Eric Carle Book

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As part of our SPHE programme we encourage children to identify and name their feelings. We also discuss how to identify the feelings of other, by body language, tone of voice, gestures etc. Look at this clip with your child and discuss the different feelings.

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Look - Describe the caterpillar: colour, size, shape, body parts.
Research - What do caterpillars like to eat?
Personalise - What do you like to eat when you are very hungry?
Revise - Revise the days of the week.
Listen & Watch
Q. What does the caterpillar begin its life as?
Q. What does the caterpillar eat on each day of the week?
Q. How does the caterpillar feel on Saturday night?
Q. What does the caterpillar eat on the Sunday?
Q. What does the caterpillar build around himself?
Q. What happens to the caterpillar after two weeks?

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Time for a 2D shape hunt.
Looking around your home, or in your garden, see if you can find any examples of squares, rectangle, triangle or circles.
Parents, please use the descriptive language below;
straight/curved lines, 0/3/4 corners, 3/4 straight sides, 2 short & 2 long sides.

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The Singing Walrus - English Songs For Kids

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Shapes song for kids | The Singing Walrus

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We are going to start looking at letter formation from today on. We will teach these letters in groups according to how the letter itself is formed. Initially, don't worry about the size of the letter, the focus should be on how the letter is formed, starting at the right point
Today we are going to look at the letters c & a.

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Try out this yoga lesson based on the story 'The very hungry caterpillar' by Eric Carle

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar | A Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure!

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Create a time capsule with your family.

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Using paper or card create you very own shape magnifying glasses to help with your 2D shape hunt