Suggested Activities 25th-29th May

*****ATTENTION PARENTS*****

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Hi girls! Hope everyone is well. We hope you enjoyed Active Home week and tried lots of the activities! Hope you’re all enjoying the lovely sunshine! If you have not registered on Seesaw, the code will be sent today.  

Have a good week. 

Ms. Kilroy and Ms. Cusack 

English 

Spellcheck: p. 76-77  

The Green Genie: P40-43. 

Handwriting: p. 40-41 

Reading: Keep up your reading log and read any other books you have at home.  

– Logon to https://www.newsmagmedia.ie/ for free access to Children’s Newspaper Ireland. 

– Levelled Readers for Junior infants – 2nd 

Collins Big Cat Ebooks and worksheets (levels 1-7) are now available online at the following link: 

https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx 

Login on the teacher portal with the following: 

Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk 
Password: Parents20! 

 

Visual Literacy: Have a go at Ms Mc Geough’s Visual Literacy challenge in the ‘Extra Challenges’ section on the school website. 

– Keep a diary of what you’re doing every day! This will be so interesting in 20 years time! 

 

Irish 

Cúla4 ar Scoil on TG4 @10am every morning, or even watch a cartoon as Gaeilge  

Cúla4 app- You can download it for games on the different themes. 

Laethanta na Seachtaine: Revise your days of the week. Write the daily news each day. 

An Luan, An Mháirt, An Chéadaoin, Déardaoin, An Aoine, An Satharn, An Domhnach. 

Mar Shampla: 

Inniu an Mháirt   (Today is Tuesday) 

Inné an Luan   (Yesterday was Monday) 

Amarách an Chéadaoin (Tomorrow will be Wednesday) 

Tá an aimsir grianmhar/ fliuch/ scamallach/ te. 

Ag Siopadóireacht/Shopping 

Parents can download Bua na Cainte to use at home. Go to www.edco.ie/bua. Username: trial Password: trial. We are following the 2nd Class programme and are working on the topic of Siopadóireacht at the moment. You can do these activities again to refresh your memory. 

• Practice the names of some things you would find in the supermarket here https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/roi-gl-33-an-t-ollmhargadh-the-supermarket-role-play-fruit-irish-gaeilge-large-display-cut-out-pack  
• Play your own Siopadóireacht Bingó- Divide an A4 page into 6 sections and pick 6 items to put in each section. Make as many as you like!  

 

 

 

Maths 

 

Look at the Maths Problem of the Week in the Extra Challenges section. You might win a prize!!

Mental Maths: p. 68 + 69 

Tables: Revise all take away tables 

Busy at Maths: Weight: Busy at Maths p105.With the help of an adult, find items in your kitchen that weighs 1 kilogramme. Watch the Seesaw video on this.  

Place Value: Revise place value by playing this game https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/place-value-basketball 

PE: Try Ms Shine’s Workout in the Active Home Week section on the school website.  

SESE 

Science– Lifecycle of a Frog- Watch this power point and video: https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-5230-frog-life-cycle-powerpoint 

Write out your own lifecycle of a frog. 

 

Art: Sunshine Art- Have a look at the Seesaw Activity this week.  

 

Religion 

Grow in Love: To access- go to www.growinlove.ie 2. Sign in using the following details: Email: trial@growinlove.ie Password: growinlove 

Select 2nd Class/P4 

Theme 8: We can live as Jesus asked; Lesson 1: I am with you always 

• Watch Jesus’ promises to his friends 
• Jesus’ Ascension 
• Guess the Picture 

 

Home School Hub on RTE 2 every day from 11a.m to 12p.m. Watch our very own Ms Ní Chíosain! 

 

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If you go to Mrs Kearney/Ms. O’Connor/Ms.McKeon 

Keep reading, girls. Read for at least 15 minutes each day.  Practise reading a page  or more and upload to Seesaw. We’d love to hear you reading. Look out for other activities on Seesaw too. 

 

 

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If you go to Ms. Kelly: 

*Please only complete these activities if you get a chance to do so * 

Hi girls. How are you all keeping? Well done with your great maps and smoothies. You are all doing such hard work.  

• This week we are going to listen to a story on Storyline Online.  
• The story is called Clark the Shark. You can access it through the link below.  
• https://www.storylineonline.net/books/clark-the-shark/ 

• Listen to the story and chat with your family about the story.  

Questions:  

1. What are the rules in your class? 
2. Why are class rules important?  
3. Is Clark being a good friend?  
4. Why do Clark’s friends stop playing with him? 
5. Is Clark a good friend at the end of the story? 

Activities: 

• Draw a picture of a shark or other sea creatures from the story. 
• Can you research some facts about sharks or sea creatures?  

• I would love to see your pictures and hear your facts on Seesaw.  

Have a lovely week everyone.  

Ms. Kelly 

 

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