Second Class

Hi all, Science sparks is a great website to find endless fun experiments to do at home with children. https://www.science-sparks.com/science-experiments-for-kids/ https://www.science-sparks.com/fun-easter-science-experiments/ Thanks a mill, Hannah and Claire

Hi all, I have uploaded the rest of the comprehension questions for The Giggler Treatment in the resources file. Depending on where your child is at in the novel,  they can complete a set of the questions for Friday's activity (see work plan). I will attach the questions to this post as well :) The Giggler Treatment Comprehension Questions ‘Mammy Doyle’ - ‘Chapter Two Million and Seven’ 1) How did Billie Jean practise her rock climbing? 2) Where was the first mountain Billie Jean climbed? 3) How did the boys keep Kayla on the wall? 4) How did the boys make Kayla heavier? 5) Why was Jimmy surprised when he looked under the oil drum? 6) Why could the boys see the Giggler? 7) Do you think the Giggler is annoyed at being seen by the boys? 8) Who do you think the funniest character is? Why? Chapter 16 - ‘Rover Gives His Side of The Story’ 1) What was odd about the shape of the poo? 2) What does the author say Rover runs like? 3) Why do you th

Link to Resources Here is the link to the resources for this week. For the Gaeilge PPT, if you download the powerpoint and then click 'slideshow' at the top, it should work. It has to be viewed as a powerpoint presentation. If you have any trouble accessing it please let us know! Thanks!

Hi all, We hope everyone is keeping safe during this crazy time! In this post, we will be uploading the work for  this week  along with links to interactive videos and worksheets to go with it. The document is a  guideline to follow  at your own discretion and there is no pressure to get all of the work completed. The work plan is linked below at the end of the post. Assessment:  children will send  one  piece of work to their teacher by Friday 3 rd  April to be assessed. Zoom:    We will  invite the class to a quick zoom call on Friday to check in and see how they are keeping. More details to follow. Spellings for this week:  money chimney journey dear year spear earrings seventy eighty Resources:  We will be giving a link to a folder of resources for each subject in the next post. If you have any other questions or queries, please contact us by email. Thanks a mill, Hannah and Claire Work Plan Link

Hi everyone, Myself and Hannah have been receiving all of your brilliant projects. We can’t wait to look at them all. A massive thank you for sending them in and we will be back to you on Monday with the feedback. Enjoy the weekend. Hannah and Claire

Hi all, Recently, we reached out to CareChoice nursing home to see if there was anything we could do to cheer up the residents during this lonely time. They said that the best way to make contact and cheer up the residents at the moment would be to get the children to make a card, draw/paint a picture, make a piece of art etc and get parents to take a picture and email it to them. They also suggested videos of the children singing a song or doing a dance, or Easter cards/art etc , anything to cheer the residents up as they have had a no visitors policy for the last three weeks.   CareChoice said that they will print off the artwork that is sent to them and stick it up around the place for residents to see. They’re also making a book with all of the positive things that have happened during this so some of the pictures etc could go into that.  The email address is  hello@carechoice.ie   If you are willing to get involved, can you please put ‘To the staff and residen

Hi all, Here are the answers for the Master your Maths test for week 2. The quiz should also be available from today. Thanks! Hannah and Claire

Just a quick reminder to get your animal projects into us by this Friday, a video presentation if possible. We have received some brilliant projects so far and are really looking forward to seeing the rest! Remember it can be a poster or a PowerPoint and can be on any animal that you want. Thanks!

Hi all, Just a quick update to let you know that David Walliams is releasing a free audio story every day for the next 30 days. They are available on his website; www.worldofdavidwalliams.com from 11am daily. Thanks!

Hi all, I hope you are keeping well. I know a few of you joined in on Joe Wick's live PE lesson this morning, which is great! For this week, we ask that the children continue on with their revision work booklets and SESE project. There are other useful resources for PE, mindfulness etc on the blog too! We would really appreciate if you could practise the following spellings (revision of recent sounds covered in class) with your child this week and test them on Friday. It is encouraged to use the 'look, cover, write, spell, check' method while practising the spellings. 1. join 2. spoil 3. royal 4. found 5. crowd 6. flower 7. form 8. pork 9. fifty 10. sixty Activities you could do to practise spellings at home Geraldine the Giraffe videos on youtube going through the different sounds (oi, oy, ow, or) Sound hunt: go around the house/

Researching the weather in different counties and making our Irish weather charts :) Designing and making our weather instruments

The Department of Health and the HSE have produced Covid-19 resources in a range of languages other than Irish and English which you can access below: https://www.hse.ie/eng/ services/news/newsfeatures/ covid19-updates/partner- resources/covid-19-translated- resources/ The languages currently available are Chinese, Italian, Spanish, French, Arabic, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Latvian and Lithuanian. The site above will continue to be updated with more resources, so we encourage you to check it regularly. We hope this information will be useful and that it will make important information more accessible to everybody.  

Hi everyone, Here are some websites and ideas that could help keep the kids occupied over the next week. If there are any we haven’t listed here that you’ve been using, let us know! Movement breaks: Just dance - YouTube GoNoodle Cosmic Kids Yoga - YouTube Joe Wicks - The Body Coach -  is doing free PE classes on his YouTube channel every morning live at 9 am. Here’s another idea: Maths: TopMarks website - Daily 10 and Hit the Button are games we use in class Splat - mental maths game used in class that the kids could challenge each other with Countdown - choose 5 numbers, choose a target number and using addition and subtraction the kids have to try and reach the target number. Countdown music on YouTube can be used. English: Storyline Online Into the Book - website that works on comprehension strategies Oxford Owl Ebook Reader Library - website Pebble Go - website Gaeilge: Duolingo Pota focal - to search for words Deir O Gradaigh - Simon says O

Hi all, We hope everyone is keeping safe and well! We hope everyone is doing ok with the work we have assigned for this week. The work for next week is included in the last blog post too and booklets and other resources were sent home last week with the kids. If you have any questions please email myself or Hannah. There are lots of educational resources and websites available online that you could use also. I will send on a list in the next blog post. A quiz will be uploaded today based on the work the kids have completed this week and recently in class, we ask that the kids try it out. We also ask that the kids complete the first test at the back of their Master your Maths book if possible. Here are the answers to the Master your Maths Friday test. If there is anything else we can help with just let us know! Thanks a mill, Hannah and Claire