Scoil Bhríde Cailíní

Blanchardstown, Dublin 15

Suggested Activities 23rd March-3rd April

Maths 

  • Mental Maths (Continue with the following weeks activities Monday to Friday review, including problem solving section)
  • Some maths activities you could do at home with your children to get those brains working – https://pdst.ie/ProblemSolving

See activities:

  • Dice Train
  • Magic V
  • Teddy Town
  • School Fair
  • Necklaces

English 

  • Spellcheck (Complete blocks 1-4 and linked activities for the next week). Parents can test their children on the words if you wish.
  • Reading: 15 minutes reading every day. This can be your schoolbook (The Talking Horse) or books that you have at home.
  • Handwriting Book: Pick one page each day. Take your time with this.
  • Complete a daily diary of your news (Monday to Friday) Don’t forget to use capital letters and full stops!

Pick one of these story titles. Please write 1 page a day:

  • When I grow up
  • My favourite way to relax
  • Why Engineers are important
  • If I won the lotto
  • My favourite subject in school
  • The importance of farming
  • Reading or Writing – what I prefer the most.
  • My hopes for the future
  • Climate Change – what can we do to stop it
  • I was stranded on a desert island…

(Stories can be longer than 1 page if you wish, but make sure you are writing one page per day! Make sure children are re-reading their own work and changing any mistakes that they see.)

Irish 

  • Bun go Barr: Pick a story each day to read from the book. These should be stories that we have already read. Try your best to complete one of the activities after the story each day. Don’t forget to title and label each section you complete in your copy.
    Other

Project:  

  • Children have been asked to complete one of these projects over the course of the two weeks. If you have already started, then that’s great! Please continue or get started on Monday if you have not.

Options:

Healthy Eating
The Vikings
My Locality (where you live!)

If you have permission, you can use the internet to search for information.

This is to be completed over the course of a number of days.

Use the card provided to complete your project. Remember- the most important thing is that you are showing me new information. You can do this through facts, pictures or both. You can print off a computer or hand-write the information. Use your SESE books if you like!

Please consider doing some of these activities also…….

Play a board game
Play a game of cards
Draw a self portrait
Play games with dice
Make a scrapbook
Put on a play
Make paper aeroplanes

If you like please keep a little diary of all your activity – we would be delighted to see this diary when we return to school.