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National Geographic: Stories of Animals, Nature, and Culture

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Explore National Geographic. A world leader in geography, cartography and exploration.

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Hi everyone,
I hope that you are all keeping well. Below are the English activities for for you to look through over the week.
Take Care, Ms Biesty

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Hi all, Hope that you are all keeping well. There are some English activities below for you to look through. This week is also Creative Art Week so I hope you enjoy Ms Dunning's art challenges.
Take Care, Ms Biesty

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Hi all,
This week is Active Home Week so all our English activities have a Sports theme! I hope you enjoy doing them alongside all the Active Week activities!
Take Care, Ms Biesty

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What so you see in the Summer Garden?

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Hello everyone,
A short school week this week - I've attached the links and details for this weeks activities. I think everything should work well from a phone - any problems let me know.Take care and stay well. Ms Biesty :)

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Hi all,
Hope everyone is keeping well.
All the links and ides for English activies are here with some extra games if you want to check them out.
You are all doing great work!Stay well,Ms Biesty :)

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Extra Adjective Activity

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From Monday 30 March, each morning from 11am to 12 noon on RTÉ Home School Hub on RTÉ2, bilingual teachers will present three short class segments aimed at 1st and 2nd class, 3rd and 4th class and 5th and 6th class. Our TV programme will keep the kids watching and learning for the hour and then redirect them to fun content and project work that will be housed on rte.ie/learn and RTÉ Player.

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RTÉ and Macalla Teo, with support from Mary Immaculate College, have collaborated to introduce a cross-platform teaching initiative for primary school kids across the country. On RTÉ2, RTÉ Player, and rte.ie/learn, children will be able to watch, download and engage with curriculum-based content, project work, and fun activities that Rwill keep them entertained and learning.

From Monday 30 March, each morning from 11am to 12 noon on RTÉ Home School Hub on RTÉ2, each of our bilingual teachers will present three short class segments aimed at 1st and 2nd class, 3rd and 4th class and 5th and 6th class. Our TV programme will keep the kids watching and learning for the hour and then redirect them to fun content and project work that will be housed on rte.ie/learn and RTÉ Player.

A catch-up programme later in the day, RTÉ Home School Extra at 4.15pm, is a takeover format, where primary school kids from all over the country can reconnect by uploading and posting video messages and content that RTÉ will showcase. This programme will be an opportunity to gather all uploaded user-generated content in one space and showcase it to the entire country. No matter where you are from or what language you speak, we want every school kid to take part.

All content will be presented by primary school teachers, modeled, and curated around the existing primary school curriculum. Our bilingual teaching team will deliver engaging, exciting, and educational content and over the coming weeks RTÉ Home School Hub will be stockpiling content across TV, rte.ie/learn and RTÉ Player for all primary school kids and their parents to use.

Our teachers:

Clíona Ní Chiosáin is currently a primary school teacher. She graduated with a double honours in French & Irish in Maynooth University and later returned to complete a professional masters in education with the Froebel department in Maynooth. She has previously worked in stage and screeen in productions such as Aifric, An Triail, Réiltín , How to do Everything and Tír na nÓg.

Ray Cuddihy - Ray is a primary school teacher from Doneraile in North Cork. He graduated with a professional masters in education from Mary Immaculate College, Limerick in 2019. Previously Ray has worked with RTÉjr as an actor and puppeteer and has further background in educational theatre for young people.

John Sharpson - Primary School Teacher John Sharpson studied in St. Patricks College before obtaining his teaching degree in London. He has spend some wonderful years teaching in Mary Mother of Hope in Clonee. He has also been presenting children's television for the last 5 years. You may have seen him on RTÉjr's Bright Sparks, The Today Show with Dáithí and Maura, Pop Goes the Weekend and Twigín.

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An hour a day of "school on TV" to support primary school children and their parents at home.

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C J Fallon are providing free access to their online books. Follow this link and click on student resources.

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Hi all.Hope everyone is doing ok.All the links and ides for English activies are here with some extra games if you want to check them out.You are all doing great work!Stay well,Ms Biesty :)

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Hi all.
Hope everyone is doing ok.
All the links and ides for English activies are here with some extra games if you want to check them out.
Everyone is doing so well with their English work-Well Done!
Stay well,
Ms Biesty :)

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Biff and Chip

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Our free eBook library has been created to help children aged 3-11 to develop their reading skills at home.

All our eBooks are free to use, but you will need to register or sign in at the link below to read your book.

Please note, our eBooks are not optimised for mobile phones and are best viewed on a computer, laptop, or tablet .

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Free eBook library - practise reading with phonics eBooks - Oxford Owl

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Help your young child learn to read, and love to read, with our eBook library, containing hundreds of free eBooks. Developed for children aged 3-11.

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Library Details - It's now possible to join the library online if you are not an existing member and use@ BorrowBox straight away. Just go to librariesireland.ie/join, complete the registration, set a PIN and you'll be able to log in to Borrowbox with those details to download eBooks.

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Library Services in Ireland | Libraries Ireland

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Information about your local library and the services it provides.

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Hi all.
Hope everyone is doing ok.
All the links and ides for English activies are here with some extra games if you want to check them out.
Remember - you are working very well with your English and should be very proud!
Stay well,
Ms Biesty :)

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Interview questions for older family member

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Interview questions for older family member

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English Resource

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Do you like writing stories? You can make a fairy story, a science fiction story or a horror story here!

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Memory Game

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Meandering Maze | Learning Games For Kids

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A great way to build the foundation skills that today's elementary school curriculum requires. These learning games and songs are fun. These learning games teach important skills for preschool and elementary school kids. Children will themselves work to develop their focus and skills with these learning games.

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In this game you have to guess the word by picking the letter. Scores will be added or subtracted depending on whether you’ve picked up a correct letter. The game ends when you’ve finished 10 words.

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An interactive non-fiction text.

Made for ages 7+

An interactive research text ideal for homework or in class.

The white words are defined in the glossary. They used to bring up a little tool tip definition but I dropped that as I thought it would be better to emulate the skills required in a non-fiction book.

Have fun!

This game is © copyright 2019, J.Barrett, ictgames.com All Rights Reserved.

Made using the and libraries.

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Made for ages 7+ An interactive research text ideal for homework or in class. The white words are defined in the glossary. They used to bring up a little tool tip definition but I dropped that as I thought it would be better to emulate the skills required in a non-fiction book.

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English Resource

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The game has been funded by the Usborne Foundation, a charity set up to support initiatives to develop early literacy.

Our mission is to help as many children learn to read as possible. The computer version is 100% free and we put profits from the app back into the Usborne Foundation, to continue to create new and exciting ways for children to learn.

The charity was founded by Peter Usborne MBE and his children, Nicola and Martin, one of the world's leading children's book publishing companies and Children's Publisher of the Year 2012. He was previously one of the founders of the magazine Private Eye.

The game is for children in the first stages of learning to read, or for older children who need a bit more practice. Read more details about the three games.

The game takes children on a magical journey, meeting colourful characters along the way and collecting fantastic rewards. When children are engaged, they're motivated to learn.

As they progress, they rehearse a range of essential reading skills; matching letters to sounds, blending, segmenting, tricky words and reading full sentences.

Find out exactly what the game covers.

The game runs on any normal laptop or desktop computer (including Apple Macs) and the app works on iPhone, iPad, Android and Kindle tablets.

Peter Usborne is the founder and Managing Director of Usborne Publishing, one of the world's leading children's book publishing companies and Children's Publisher of the Year 2012. He was previously one of the founders of the magazine Private Eye, and was recently awarded an MBE for services to publishing.

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The game has been funded by the Usborne Foundation, a charity set up to support initiatives to develop early literacy. Our mission is to help as many children learn to read as possible. The computer version is 100% free and we put profits from the app back into the Usborne Foundation, to continue to create new and exciting ways for children to learn.

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English Resource

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Please see Starfall's how-to-teach-reading page, Learn to Read with Phonics, Fluency, and Comprehension, and print the Free Phonics Printouts for children. Starfall™ books, games, movies, and songs follow a research-based method of systematic phonics starting with consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words. Emergent readers gain confidence as they progress to long vowels and other letter-sound relationships such as digraphs.

Brought to you by Zac the Rat™, Peg the Hen™, and Gus the Duck™.
Starfall™ Where Children Have Fun Learning to Read™

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Learn to Read with Phonics | Starfall Education

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Starfall's movies, games, and ebooks create an environment where children have fun as they learn to read. We use a proven sequential phonics method.

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English Resource

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Free educational games aimed at children between 5 and 8 years old. Made by a UK teacher with 20 years of experience in education.

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Project Work

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Do you love science? Let's learn some facts about some famous scientists for kids and well-known scientists to have ever lived.

You have probably heard of some of these!

André-Marie Ampère was a prominent French physicist and mathematician who is considered as one of the early founders of classical electromagnetism, or "electrodynamics" He invented the solenoid and the electrical telegraph.

Archimedes is credited with the invention of the sciences of mechanics and hydrostatics. The laws of levers and pulleys wwhich he discovered is what allows us to move heavy items with small forces.

The center of gravity, one of the most fundamental principles in physics was first proposed by him.

John Logie Baird, a Scottish engineer, invented the first mechanical television, which could broadcast images of moving objects. In 1928, he also exhibited color television.

Alexander Graham Bell is famously known for inventing the telephone, which he got a patent for in 1876.

Niels Henrik David Bohr was a Danish physicist who contributed to our understanding of atomic structure and quantum theory.

Rachel Carson was a well-known American biologist who focused on environmental pollution and the brief history of the sea.

Silent Spring, published in 1962, became one of the most significant books in the modern environmental movement, paving the way for stricter pesticide regulations.

Barbara McClintock is best known for discovering genetic transposition, which is crucial to understanding genetics, biology and medicine.

James Chadwick is the scientist who discovered neutrons, which are elementary particles devoid of charge,

Francis Harry Compton Crick OM FRS was a molecular biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist. He, along with Rosalind Franklin and James Watson, helped decode the DNA molecule's helical structure.

Marie Curie is most known for discovering radium and polonium, as well as her significant contribution to cancer research.

She is the first woman to win the Nobel prize, in fact she won the Nobel prize twice - only woman to do so.

Democritus was a Greek philosopher best known for developing the atomic theory of the universe. This is especially revolutionary since he was able to decipher this around 420 BC.

Charles Richard Drew was a surgeon and medical researcher who conducted research in the field of blood transfusions, establishing improved blood storage procedures, and applied his expert knowledge to develop large-scale blood banks.

Thomas Alva Edison, widely considered as "America's greatest inventor" is known for inventions such as the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera, apart from improving the telephone and telegraph.

Albert Einstein was a German theoretical physicist who is regarded as one of the finest physicists of all time.

Although Einstein is best recognized for establishing the theory of relativity, he also contributed significantly to the development of quantum mechanics.

Michael Faraday FRS was an English scientist whose main discoveries were Electromagnetic induction, electrolysis and diamagnetism

Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish microbiologist and physician who is best known for developing penicillin, the world's first broadly effective antibiotic.

An English chemist and X-ray crystallographer, Rosalind Franklin's work was pivotal to understand molecular structures of DNA, RNA and viruses.

Galileo Galilei who is regarded as the "Father of modern astronomy" made important contributions to astronomy and theoretical physics. His discovery of Jupiter's 4 biggest moons as early as the 1610 was remarkable for the time.

Stephen Hawking was a great modern theoretical physicist, with a brilliant five-decade career in science and astronomy. He has made many appearances in popular media and his lifelong battle against ALS is well documented.
Antoine Lavoisier

Lavoisier is regarded as the "father of modern chemistry". He is most noted for his discovery of the role oxygen plays in combustion.

James Clerk Maxwell was the first person who described electricity, light and magnetism as different forms of the same phenomenon. He is responsible for the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation.

Isaac Newton is renowned for his discoveries in optics and mathematics (calculus), but he is best remembered for his formulation of the three laws of motion, which are the fundamental principles of contemporary physics.

Alfred Nobel is well known for inventing dynamite, which revolutionized the usage of high explosives in the contemporary era. He was also the one who established the Nobel Prizes.

French chemist and microbiologist - Louis Pasteur is renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination and pasteurization.

In the 1970s and 1980s, Carl Sagan was perhaps one of the most famous scientists. He investigated alien intelligence, campaigned for nuclear disarmament, and co-wrote and produced the television show "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage."

Nikola Tesla , a Serbian-American engineer and scientist, made many inventions geared towards the application of electric power. He pioneered AC generation and transmission technologies and invented the first alternating current (AC) motor.

James Dewey Watson was an American geneticist and biophysicist who discovered the molecular structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), the substance that is the very basis of heredity.

Anders Celsius

Anders Celsius was born in Uppsala, Sweden, was a was a Swedish astronomer. He is popularly Known for inventing Celsius temperature scale.

Telescope

Telescope is a device which is used to form magnified image of the distant objects, such as moon and stars. The first person to patent a telescope was Hans Lippershey, But Galileo in 1609 build his own telescope, making many improvement to Hans Lippershey's design.

Read more about other scientists.

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Common Irish Garden Birds

Have you ever looked out your kitchen window and wondered what's living in your garden?

Here we are delighted to introduce you to some of Ireland's most popular garden inhabitants! Proceed with caution though - you'll soon find that bird watching can be a little bit addictive!

Select the link below to find out more.

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Petmania- Common Irish Garden Birds- Wild Birds

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English Resource

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Dublin Zoo have free activity workbooks on different animals to download and print

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Hi all.
Hope everyone is doing well.
All the links and ides for English activies are here if you want to have a look through them.
Looking forward to seeing all of you soon,
Ms Biesty