I hope you all enjoy your first week with no formal school work and find some time to relax and do the things you enjoy!  If you have a little bit of free time this week or next week, you might like to take part in a little project-  'Postcards from around the World'.
Below you will find all the information you need to take part and I have also added a list of virtual tours for you to try out.

Postcards from around the World

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Sonas Nursing Home Riverview Ballina have launched a lovely new project 'Postcards from around the World'.

They are asking everyone, wherever they are in the world, to send a postcard to the residents. The goal is to collect as many as they can from around Ireland and the world.  It might be a nice activity to get involved in and to be the reason someone smiles. 
​Please send cards to: 
​
Sonas Riverview Nursing Home 
Attn: Activities 
Morrison Terrace 
Ballina
Co. Mayo
Ireland.

Virtual Tours to try...

Animals
Dublin Zoo- www.dublinzoo.ie/animals/animal-webcams/
​African Safari-  wildearth.tv/kids/
​​Monterey Bay Aquarium- www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams
History/ Geography
Áras an Uachtaráin- ​president.ie/en/explore-visit/interactive-tour
​Natural History Museum Dublin- www.cliste.ie/natural-history-museum-virtual-tour/
​The American Museum of Natural History-  www.amnh.org/
National Air and Space Museum Washington D.C- airandspace.si.edu/sites/default/files/images/panoramas/files/360/exhibit/museum-dc/museum-dc-2018-vr.html
Escape Room Challenges
Alice in Wonderland
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc4-g_PdCdGnThONdtmbQZdfIG1tfy_L2PedFrN-uCnN5nDlg/viewform?fbclid=IwAR0ifgUgKKMfzcvD9d-HUi4RpQLiNHfDPO99DQI2YS3TSnWio6LZgqgBkuU

Oscar’s stolen Oscar 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdF9ApW9dkpyD7qPNi8zFyO47U66Rkyd0oWJ0OIXdN3P2QL5A/viewform?fbclid=IwAR23mReG-u_SB4JXDMV55YygPaA-uwi6gkK0TpWBFQefIJv9auRRmg3ppos&fbzx=-6263461209138682576

Minecraft
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfKkueafhM5Glhz2MesjhWtnrGrvP24BqaX8ijUM1IGln_xMQ/viewform

Harry Potter
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSflNxNM0jzbZJjUqOcXkwhGTfii4CM_CA3kCxImbY8c3AABEA/viewform?fbclid=IwAR3wMMa5PwPM_eoXaDVipqrwSC194-eVq3m5oleIbo_wJapQRMLoI59VHdQ

Save the sports team
https://mamateaches.com/sports-math-digital-escape-room/
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Monday 8th June- Friday 12th June
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Monday:
PE
  • Anything active that you enjoy!

English
Jolly Phonics Grammar Book
  •  Read through the spellings list on page 68. If there is any word you’re not sure of what it means, simply search it in your dictionary.
  • Complete all sections on page 68 (you can skip the dictionary part)
    • Top part- add <ph> or <gh> to complete each word and draw a picture.
    • Split the words into syllables
    • Parse the sentences and identify the subject in each one. 
      • Reminder- firstly you’ll need to identify the verb in the sentence. Then decide who or what is ‘doing’ the verb….that is the subject.

Maths
Operation Maths
Capacity
  • The capacity of a container is the amount of liquid it can hold. 
  • We can measure capacity using non-standard units and standard units. 
  • Non-standard units can be anything like using a mug/ spoon/ saucepan/ egg cup, etc.  You would choose what non-standard unit of measurement and then use it to fill a bigger container such as a basin/bucket/bath.  
    • Example- how many mugs of water will it take to fill a saucepan.
  • Standard units of measurement are litres (l) and millilitres (ml).
  • There are 1000ml in 1 litre.  1000ml = 1l
  • We would use millilitres to measure smaller containers and litres and millilitres to measure larger containers.
  • Complete question 1 a-e on page 143
  • Complete question 2 a-e on page 144

Gaeilge
Bua na Cainte
  • Complete lth 138
  • Fill in the directions
    • díreach ar aghaidh = straight on
    • ar chlé = left
    • ar dheis = right
Tuesday:
PE
  • North West Fitness Academy live workout on their Facebook page (North West Fitness Academy)
  • Anything active that you enjoy!
 
English
Jolly Phonics Grammar Book
  • Complete page 69 on Sentences and Phrases
    • Use each phrase in a sentence- push yourself and be creative (don’t just write the easiest sentence you can think of! :) )
    • Once you have your sentence written, underline the verb. (Remember the verb is a doing word- so ask yourself what are they doing in the sentence)

Maths
Operation Maths
  • Complete the Work it Out! section on page 145
    • Remember your clue words for adding and subtracting.
    • Adding words- altogether/ sum of/ total…
    • Subtracting words- difference/ left…
    • Make sure you read the questions carefully as there may be two parts to a question.

Gaeilge
Bua na Cainte
  • Lth 141- listen to the recording and read the story with me.
  • Listen to the recording on answer the questions- try your best to answer them.
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Wednesday:
PE
  • Anything active that you enjoy!

English
Jolly Phonics Grammar Book
  • Read through the spellings list on page 70. If there is any word you’re not sure of what it means, simply search it in your dictionary.
  • Complete all sections on page 70 (you can skip the dictionary part)
    • Top part- match the word to its meaning (your dictionary will come in handy here if you’re not sure of something)
    • Split the words into syllables
    • Parse the sentences and identify the subject in each one. 
      • Reminder- firstly you’ll need to identify the verb in the sentence. Then decide who or what is ‘doing’ the verb….that is the subject.

Maths
Operation Maths
Sequences and Number Sentences
  • Look at the patterns on page 148.
  • On question 1 say the patterns out loud and continue the pattern 2 or 3 more times.
  • Can you say what the core of the pattern is? The core is the little section (the first part of the pattern before its repeated) at the beginning and that little section is repeated over and over again.
    • Example- on part b in question one the pattern goes:
Red, yellow, blue, Red, yellow, blue, Red, yellow… 
  • To continue the pattern it would be: blue, Red, yellow, blue, Red, yellow, blue
  • What is the core of this pattern? I will need to look at the start of the pattern and say what colours are there before they start again.
I can see in the pattern I have red, yellow and blue and then it starts at red again. So the core is red, yellow and blue.
  • Look at question 3 a-c and identify the core in each.
  • Complete question 1 a-d on page 149.
    • When you have complete the next parts to a sequence of numbers you need to find what the difference between each number is.  When you know the difference- you can add that onto the last number in the sequence.
  • Complete question 3 a-c and 4 a-c on page 150.

Gaeilge
Bua na Cainte
  • Complete lth 143.
    • Top part- fill in the blanks (using the penguin to help)
    • Middle part- filling in the gach lá and amárach.  Remember there is no ‘h’ in gach lá and amárach. Choose your ending by looking at the last vowel in the word. Leathan le leathan (a, o, u = ann)  and caol le caol (i, e = eann)
    • Bottom part- using the middle part to help fill in the gach lá and amárach.
Thursday:
PE
  • North West Fitness Academy are doing live workouts on their Facebook page (North West Fitness Academy).
  • Anything active that you enjoy!
 
English
Jolly Phonics Grammar Book
  • Complete page 71 on The Subject and Object of a Sentence
  • You have 3 jobs to do here.
  1. Underline the verb in red (or any colour). Remember the verb is a doing word- so ask yourself what are they doing in the sentence
  2. Find the subject and put a box around it with a small ‘s’ in the corner. Remember that every sentence must have a subject. The subject of a sentence is the person, place or thing that is doing or being what the verb describes.
  3. Find the object and put a circle around it with a small ‘o’ inside.  Every sentence must also have an object. Both the subject and object can be a person, place or thing.  
E.g. The farmer grows vegetables in the garden.
  • Remember the subject is ‘farmer’  and the farmer is growing (that is what he is doing). Now ask yourself ‘What is he growing?  He is growing vegetables so vegetables is the object. 

Maths
Operation Maths
Number sentences
  • Remember that a number sentence is the same as a sum.  When you complete these questions- just do the your normal way and write down your sum to work out.
  • Complete question 1  and question 2 a-g on page 152. 

Gaeilge
Bua na Cainte
  • Lth 157- Listen to the recording and read with me.
  • Answer the questions on the story.
  • Answer the questions at the bottom of the page also.
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Friday:
PE 
English
Jolly Phonics Grammar Book
  • Read through the spellings list on page 72. 
  • Complete all sections on page 72 
  • Complete page 73
    • Remember that if a verb is in the simple past/present/future- the only change to the verb will be adding an ‘-ed’ in the past tense and adding ‘will’ before the verb in the future.
    • In the continuous past/present/future- the verb will have an ‘-ing’ on the end of it in the past/present and future. 

Maths
Operation Maths
Chance
  • Read through the yellow box on page 154
  • Complete question 2 on page 155.

Art
Milk Carton Bird Feeders https://www.happinessishomemade.net/collage-birdhouses/
 You will need:
  • Clean, dry milk/juice carton.
  • White paint
  • Tissue paper/ paint
  • Glue
  • Twine
  • Spoon
  • Knife/ scissors 
  • Cardboard/ cereal box
Instructions:
  1. Paint the carton white and decorate by sticking the tissue paper onto it or by painting it.
  2. Let dry.
  3. Cut out a large square of cardboard which will act as the roof and paint and decorate the same.
  4. Remove the pouring spout and you can also cut off any excess cardboard from the “roof ridge” if desired.
  5. Cut out a rectangular shape out of the middle of the side of the carton. 
  6. Make a little whole a finger space from the bottom of the rectangle and push the spoon through.
  7. On you roof piece, cut out two small slits about 2 inches apart and thread the ends of the twine through. Tie a knot securely on the underneath side so it won’t show. 
  8. Attach the roof to your carton using glue/tape.
  9. If you made a bird feeder, fill the bottom up with bird seed, hang from a tree, and wait for your feathered friends to discover it!
Wishing everyone a
HAPPY SUMMER!
You have all worked fantastically during our time out of school and I am so proud of you all! :)
​Laura

Meet the gang!

Project Work

Working in pairs the children carried out some research on Italy using the laptops and iPads

The Great Famine

After learning about The Great Famine the children were put to the test! Working together they had to create a timeline of the Famine using all the information they had learned.

An Crios Gaeilge (Gaeilge Zone)

This week we were studying the procedural genre in English. The recipes were for brownies and oaty cookies. We followed the recipe and made the cookies! We then had afternoon tea 'as Gaeilge' in our Gaeilge only zone in the halla, where we had a chat with a few different people and enjoyed our treats during a break. 

Tessellating with 2D Shapes

Puppet Show

Third class were invited to a Puppet show in the town Library! It was a lot of fun with an abundance of laughter !!

North West Fitness Academy

Art- Christmas Decorations

Science- Magnetic Cars

Pancake Tuesday

Third class enjoyed a lovely treat after swimming! It was Pancake Tuesday so we HAD to have pancakes- can you guess what the most popular choice of topping was?

Engineers Week

Our first challenge of Engineers Week was the 'Marshmallow Challenge'. The children worked in small groups to complete different challenges involving building structures using marshmallows and mini sticks.  It was tough trying to resist the marshmallows but luckily there were some left over at the end that satisfied our cravings!!
Our second challenge of the week was to build a marble maze.  The children got to decide whether they wanted to complete this challenge individually or in pairs.  They used lots of different materials to build walls inside the maze!

World Book Day

To celebrate World Book Day in our school everyone was encouraged to dress up as a character from a book.  This was the first year our school has participated like this and the children really made a HUGE effort with their costumes!! We had a guest Author in the morning and we got to hear two chapters of his new book.