Update Thursday 4th June
I hope that you all are having a good week. I know that lots of you have been learning so many new skills like gardening, growing fruit and vegetables, cooking and baking and you’ve also been helping out at home. You’ve been designing and making things and have been so creative. I know that some of you are lucky enough to live near the River Suir and have been keeping active and cycling and walking. Lots of you have been enjoying the outdoors and soaking up the lovely sights and sounds of nature. We learn so much from nature. Seán in our class lives near the Anner river and he has sent me some amazing photos of a swan and her cygnets. He has been keeping a close eye on them as they have made the Anner their home. Have a look at the beauty of nature. It’s good to know there’s life in lockdown! 
https://wakelet.com/wake/hGCQA0X-zCj8-VLsqVtJZ
Tuesday 2nd June to Friday 5th June
Hello everyone,
I hope that you all enjoyed the fabulous sunshine over the bank holiday weekend. Milo, I hope had a lovely birthday on Saturday. June is a great month in school when you get to play on the grass during break and lunch time, we go on our school tour and of course the all important annual sports day which we all love. Although these things may not happen this year in the way we are used to, we can still find ways to make the most of the outdoors and have great fun. When normality returns, we can all look forward to doing all the lovely activities we miss so much.
Well done for all your hard work so far. I know it has been very difficult for you but you’ve done really well. June is a time for relaxing and there are so many opportunities for you to learn outdoors and have adventures when the weather is good. It’s still really important that you continue to do a little bit of reading each day and practise your tables. I know that there’s nothing as good as a real school tour but I’ve included lots of virtual tours for you to go on this week and some video clips. I really hope you enjoy them. You might start making plans for what you’d like to do and where you’d like to go when it’s easier to get around.
Have a lovely week,
Ms.O’Mahony
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Tuesday 2nd June to Friday 5th June
Here are some activities for you to do this week.
GAeilge:
Bua na Cainte lch 156, 157 ‘An Samhradh’ The Summer
*If you have access to the Bua na Cainte programme click on ‘An Aimsir’ then click on ‘An Samhradh’. Click on Ceacht 2 and listen to the story on p.156. Then click on ceacht 3 and listen to the story on p.157. Click on the games console icon and choose some activities to do.
Here are some more activities based on ‘An Samhradh’
https://wakelet.com/wake/1sc85RvvcU4Fc1CcHdXnG
English CoMprehension
A selection of stories for you to read during the week. I’ve also included a link to chapters from J.K.Rowling’s new book ‘The Ickabog’. She is publishing some chapters each weekday between 26th May and 10th of July. I’ve included details of a drawing competition that J.K.Rowling is running as well. She will be including the winning drawings in her book when it’s published in November this year.
https://wakelet.com/wake/C7gAHK6dLXXySU3zfIKKT
Maths
Mental Maths Week 34: p.101, 102, 103
History:
I know that lots of you are interested in the story of the ‘Titanic’. Take a virtual tour of the Titanic. You will be transported back in time to 1912 and you will get to see what all parts of the ship looked like. This virtual tour is about 20 minutes long and you will see the First Class dining area, the third class bedrooms, the boiler rooms and lots more. The tour is quite slow moving so you can fast forward to choose the parts you are most interested in seeing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOCSs8JYU5o&t=561s
GeOGraphy:
I know that lots of you like doing your ‘Just Maps’ workbook. If you collected your books from school you will have your ‘Just Maps’ and your atlas. If you wish, you can look up a map of Australia in your Atlas and do p.48 and 49 of your ‘Just Maps’. If you’re interested you can look up some information on Australian animals such as the wallaby, kangaroo, koala, platypus, dingo and emu by visiting the kids national geographic website.
SCiENCE: Over the past number of weeks you would have read a lot about Space and the Solar System. Why Not Take A Trip To Mars!
https://accessmars.withgoogle.com/
Now, fasten your seat belt! You’re going to be transported 250 miles above the earth to see how slime and water react in a microgravity environment.
https://nickcommunity.com/sis
I know that lots of you like Science experiments. If you want, you can choose one of these experiments to do. https://www.sciencekids.co.nz/experiments.html
MORE VIRtUal Tours:
Let’s pretend that Third class is going on a school tour to Dublin. First, we’ll visit the President.
The President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins lives in Áras an Uachtaráin in the Phoenix Park in Dublin. You can explore this building by clicking on the link below:
https://president.ie/en/explore-visit/interactive-tour
You can find out more about the President, where he lives and what he does by clicking on the link below. After clicking the link scroll down to meet your tour guides. You can even take a quiz to test your knowledge.
https://president.ie/en/childrens-section
Let’s visit the zoo. It’s in the Phoenix Park as well so it’s very near the President’s house. https://www.dublinzoo.ie/animals/animal-webcams/
WEBsites/Links
· Video about Sea turtles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIffdbFZMPQ
· What’s the difference between a tortoise and a turtle? Watch this video to find out.
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4ywa0DYpqs
· To find out more about animals like Australian animals, type the name of the animal into the search box when you click on this link. https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/search-results/
· To access World Book online go to http://scoilnet.ie/ then scroll down towards the end of the page where you can enter the World Book online. Click on the ‘kids’ icon and you can search for your chosen topic
Games to practise tables: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/multiplication-and-division
· You can look up the meaning and pronunciation of Irish words: https://www.teanglann.ie
· Some great relaxation exercises for our well-being www.pdst.ie/primary/healthwellbeing/relaxationandself-regulationtools
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ANSWERS
Spellbound: https://wakelet.com/wake/Dkk5QHTqJgoHdIDt2I9rr
Mental Maths: https://wakelet.com/wake/DA6uAp_1qq9GEpSeedPJC
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Monday 25th May to Friday 29th May
SCIENCE
The science experiments this week might be useful if you are working as a detective or an explorer. Click on the link below to discover more!
https://wakelet.com/wake/bfW3jrR8GdA34_QCrHlYX
Art
This week our art activity involves exploring famous buildings around the world.
https://wakelet.com/wake/NTzALBfhAih41tWugUdDv
Positivity Rocks!
Have a look at some wonderful Rock Art and also details of a competition you might like to enter.
https://wakelet.com/wake/mzZlanX4PYhOx23Ei7ib7
English WritinG
Poetry writing: This week, there is a selection of poems for you to read. We will be looking at List poems about exploring. You can try writing your own list poem. Make sure to read over it carefully and check punctuation and spelling.
https://wakelet.com/wake/GRVvkX-MSn18gdCttI0e8
English CoMprehension
A selection of stories for you to read during the week. I hope you enjoy reading them.
https://wakelet.com/wake/fhO69gFKuevzDtPsHG78C
History
Over the past few weeks, we have learned about famous explorers such as St.Brendan and Tom Crean. This week we are going to be looking at the famous explorer Christopher Columbus.
https://wakelet.com/wake/ms8JKVsEfZe88IK98c6om
Geography
Where in the World? You have to follow some clues and guess which country they refer to. Last week we looked at healthy food. This week for Geography you will be taking a virtual tour and exploring some of the food producers in our local area.
https://wakelet.com/wake/KAm6tP2lXeZu4HiEQl8NG
GAeilge
We are continuing the theme of shopping this week. If you click on the link below you will see the translations for the Irish conversations and grammar exercises this week.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S8BQLjpe4buQ2ZqWuLlqvJvUBUFJvBI-/view?usp=sharing
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Monday 25th May
Spellbound: Week 35 p. 72 Our last week of Spellbound!
Complete Exercise 1 p.72 – Learn how to spell the answers for (a) – (e)
Write Here p. 56
Oíche mhaith agus codladh sámh/ Goodnight and sleep soundly
Bhí mé fliuch go craiceann./ I was drenched to the skin.
Tá sé ag stealladh báistí/ It is lashing rain.
Rith mé ar nós na gaoithe/ I ran like the wind.
Maths:
Mental Maths – Week 33 Monday p.98 and Monday problems p.100
*Revise all the x 6 tables facts → Again, have a pencil and a piece of paper ready to see how well you know them by playing Daily 10
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
Mathemagic 3: Chapter 31: Multiplication 5 p.149 Today, we are going to continue practising multiplying big numbers. Look at the short way of doing multiplication on the top of page 149. Then try Q1 a-e, Q2 a, b and c p.149
English:
Comprehension: The Best Circus Trick
https://wakelet.com/wake/fhO69gFKuevzDtPsHG78C
English Writing:
List poems https://wakelet.com/wake/GRVvkX-MSn18gdCttI0e8
Gaeilge:
Bua na Cainte lch 141 ‘San Ollmhargadh’ ‘In the Supermarket’
*If you have access to the Bua na Cainte programme click on ‘Ag Siopadóireacht’, then click on Aonad 2, Ceacht 1. Listen to the story in the supermarket. Then click on the games console icon and click on ‘Freagair na Ceisteanna’ Listen to the song ‘Neilí an Bhó’ and enjoy! You can read the words of the song on p.142
Obair Bheirte lch.141 – Write the answers to Q1-5 in your copy. Your heading is ‘San Ollmhargadh’
Try your best and I will post up the translation of the story and the answers to the questions tomorrow.
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Tuesday 26th May
Spellbound: Week 35 p. 72 Learn how to spell the answers for (f) – (j)
Write Here p. 57 – I hope you enjoy the riddles!
Maths:
Mental Maths – Week 33 Tuesday p.98 and Tuesday problems p.100
*Revise all the x 9 tables facts → Again, have a pencil and a piece of paper ready to see how well you know them by playing Daily 10
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
Mathemagic 3: Chapter 31: Multiplication 5 p.149.Today, we are going to continue practising multiplying big numbers using the short method. The first tutorial I want you to watch shows you how to multiply any number that ends with zero.
http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/20684/BAM3_Tutorial_083/lessons/BAM3_Tutorial_083/index.html
The second tutorial I want you to watch today shows you the long way and the short way to multiply 27 x 6. When you are doing your sums today I want you to use the short way to find the answer
http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/20684/BAM3_Tutorial_084/lessons/BAM3_Tutorial_084/index.html
Mathemagic 3: Chapter 31: Multiplication 5 - Do Q.4 a-e on page 148 and Q.3 a and b p.149.
Use the short way to find your answer. You’ll find it much easier to work out each sum if you write the numbers in the correct places and don’t squash them together.
English:
Check your answers for yesterday’s story ‘The Best Circus Trick’
You have a factual piece to read today. It’s about a really strange tree called the baobab tree.
https://wakelet.com/wake/fhO69gFKuevzDtPsHG78C
English Writing:
If you feel like doing some more writing and want to let your imagination run wild you might be interested in finishing the mystery story called ‘The Case of the Strange Bookcase’
https://wakelet.com/wake/GRVvkX-MSn18gdCttI0e8
Gaeilge:
Bua na Cainte lch 143 ‘Ag Siopadóireacht’
*If you have access to the Bua na Cainte programme click on ‘Ag Siopadóireacht’, then click on Aonad 2, Ceacht 2. Listen to Comhrá 2.1 and 2.2. Click on the games console icon and do ‘Líon na bearnaí’ and ‘Scríobh na habairtí’.
If you look in the GAEILGE section near the top of the webpage you will find the translations for all the conversations and grammar exercises this week. I hope this helps.
Bua na Cainte lch 143 Líon na Bearnaí Do 1 – 6 in your copy.
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Wednesday 27th May
Spellbound: Week 35 p. 72 Learn how to spell the answers for (k) – (o)
Write Here p. 58 – I hope you enjoy reading the interesting facts about the elephants.
If you want to find out more interesting facts about elephants click on the link below:
https://www.natgeokids.com/ie/discover/animals/general-animals/elephant-facts/
Maths:
Mental Maths – Week 33 Wednesday p.99 and Wednesday problems p.100
*Today, I would like you to revise all the ÷ 3 tables facts → Again, have a pencil and a piece of paper ready to see how well you know them by playing Daily 10
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
Mathemagic 3: Chapter 31: Multiplication 5 p.149.Today, we are going to continue practising multiplying big numbers using the short method. Do Q 4 a-e p.149. Do Q1 and 2 p.150. Remember to read the questions carefully.
English:
Check your answers for yesterday’s story ‘The upside-down tree’
I hope you enjoy reading today’s story ‘A Case of Spooneritis’.
https://wakelet.com/wake/fhO69gFKuevzDtPsHG78C
English Writing:
If you feel like doing some more writing and want to let your imagination run wild you might be interested in finishing the mystery story called ‘The Case of the Strange Bookcase’
https://wakelet.com/wake/GRVvkX-MSn18gdCttI0e8
Gaeilge:
Bua na Cainte lch 144 ‘Sa Siopa Spóirt’
*If you have access to the Bua na Cainte programme click on ‘Ag Siopadóireacht’, then click on Aonad 2, Ceacht 3. Listen to Comhrá 3.1 and 3.2. Click on the games console icon and do ‘Tasc Tuisceana’, ‘Scríobh an scéal’ agus ‘litriú’.
If you look in the GAEILGE section near the top of the webpage you will find the translations for all the conversations and grammar exercises this week. I hope this helps with your work today.
Bua na Cainte lch 144 Obair bheirte Answer Q1 – 6 in your copy.
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Thursday 28th May
Good morning everyone. I hope that you are all well. It’s going to be a really hot day today so try and do a little bit of work but spend as much time as you can playing and having fun in the sunshine. Enjoy your day.
Spellbound: Week 35 p. 72 Learn how to spell the answers for (p) – (t)
Write Here p.59 – Some more interesting facts.
Maths:
Mental Maths – Week 33 Wednesday p.99 and Wednesday problems p.100
*Today, I would like you to revise all the ÷ 6 tables facts → Again, have a pencil and a piece of paper ready to see how well you know them by playing Daily 10 Choose Level 2 ÷ 6
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
I want you to check your answers for the sums you have already done this week. I hope that you are doing ok. https://wakelet.com/wake/A5TT8bhJd1af9fmuO5xQP
Mathemagic 3: Chapter 31: Multiplication 5 p.149. Do Q.3-8 p.150
English:
Check your answers for yesterday’s story ‘A Case of Spooneritis’.
I hope you enjoy reading today’s story ‘I’m bored! There’s nothing to do’. Some of the things mentioned in the story might sound very familiar to you.
https://wakelet.com/wake/fhO69gFKuevzDtPsHG78C
Gaeilge:
Bua na Cainte lch 145 ‘Sa Siopa Spóirt’
*If you have access to the Bua na Cainte programme click on ‘Ag Siopadóireacht’, then click on Aonad 2, Ceacht 3. Listen to the news and the weatherforecast. Click on the games console icon and do the activities.
If you look in the GAEILGE section near the top of the webpage you will find the translation for the news and weatherforecast. Scroll down near the bottom of the page to find them. Try answering the Obair Bheirte questions 1-8 on p.145 orally. I’ll post up the translations and answers tomorrow to help you.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
I want to wish a very happy birthday to Milo who is 10 tomorrow. Have a great day!
The weather is so nice at the moment that I want you to just check over the work you’ve done this week and spend as much time as you can having fun and enjoying the sunshine. Enjoy the bank holiday weekend.
Friday 29th May
Spellbound: Revise all the spellings in the wordbox on p.72. Check your answers for Spellbound this week and then give yourself a little test to see how many spellings you would get right.
Spellbound: https://wakelet.com/wake/Dkk5QHTqJgoHdIDt2I9rr
Maths:
Mental Maths Week 33 Friday Review p.100
Check your answers for Week 32 Friday Review p.97 and Week 33 Mon-Thurs p.98-100
Mental Maths: https://wakelet.com/wake/DA6uAp_1qq9GEpSeedPJC
Practise your x 6 and x 9 tables by choosing any of the games below. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/multiplication-and-division
Mathemagic 3:Word problems. Correct Q.3-Q.8 p.150
Q.3 ans = 216 eggs Q.4 ans = 270 apples Q.5 ans = 234 marbles Q.6 ans = 768 sweets
Q.7 ans = 288 Q.8 ans = 252 biscuits
English:
You can click on the link below to check your answers for yesterday’s story ‘I’m bored. There’s nothing to do!’
https://wakelet.com/wake/fhO69gFKuevzDtPsHG78C
Art: You might like to leave this activity for a rainy day. It’s how to make stencil art with everyday household objects.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc3bROAWBck
Music: You read the story ‘The Best Circus Trick’ which reminded me of the film ‘The Greatest Showman’. This is the song ‘A Million Dreams’ Your dreams and hopes are so important. Keep dreaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rxgAh1bnHU
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Access to school textbooks and resources
Religion: Veritas are offering free access to the ‘Grow in Love’ Religion programme. To avail of this, login to www.growinlove.ie , enter the email: trial@growinlove.ie, password: growinlove. When you access the programme, click on the Third Class Book.
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Gaeilge: Bua na Cainte 3
To access the Bua na Cainte programme:
1. Go to www.edco.ie/bua
2. Select the file which suits your computer PC or MAC
3. Select the Class Level you require, and then click on it to start a download of the file.
4. Once the download has completed, click on the file to install and follow the on-screen instructions.
5. A Bua na Cainte icon will appear on your desktop. Once you select this icon a login page will open where you will need to enter the details included below.
6. The login details below can be used for all class levels. Please note that Bua na Cainte only works on PC and Mac computers.
Login: trial
Password: trial
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Access to Fallons e-books and resources
To access the Fallons resources, visit http://my.cjfallon.ie, click 'Student Resources', then filter to the title you require, making sure 'Online Book' is selected under 'Resources'. If you click on the ‘eye icon under the tab ‘Actions’ you give a name and e-mail address and this will enable you to access resources.
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