School Closure Blog Post #19

Story time for young readers

Read 'Can't you Sleep Little Bear' by Martin Waddell here 

Poetry

Poetry Day Ireland takes place today 30 April 2020 and the theme is 'There will be time'

Here is an online collection of inspiring activities and ideas put together by Poetry Ireland for teachers and children. Scroll down to page 23 for texts of poems.

Mindfulness

Let’s look after ourselves, and each other. Click here for some meditations, sleep stories and calming music. 

Let's play Ireland

Let’s Play Ireland is a government-led initiative aimed at promoting play for all children living in Ireland during the COVID-19 emergency. Click here to find for lots of play and learning ideas.

Daily Activities 3rd to 6th

NewsFlash
Primary Planet

School Closure Blog Post #18

Art

Artist, Don Conroy has launched his own YouTube Channel where he will teach us how to draw - a great way to pass the time while we remain indoors. You can access it here here. 

Mental Maths 

Mental Maths Train is a maths game which focuses on the essential vocabulary of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. 

Gaeilge

Eleathanach is a free, weekly reading resource as Gaeilge that is published for 5th and 6th classes and is based on current topics of interest.
Read this week's Eleathanach here.

Story time for young children 

Owl Babies by Martin Waddell is such a gorgeous story. Hear the story come to life here

Daily Activities 3rd to 6th

NewsFlash

Primary Planet

School Closure Blog Post #17

Well-being 

During challenging times, it’s more important than ever to look after your child’s well-being. A FREE Mental Well-being Journal for Children can be accessed here.  It’s probably most suitable for children aged 8 to 12 years old but can certainly be adapted for younger or older children. 

Story time for young children

Eric Carle reads The Very Hungry Caterpillar here. You can also go back to yesterday's post as we have now attached the correct link for 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'. 

Gardening

This website 'Engage with Nature' suggests some great hands-on activities for parents and children to do together in the garden 

Music 

Classics for Kids is here to help you learn about classical music and have fun too!

Daily Activities 3rd to 6th

NewsFlash

Primary Planet

School Closure Blog Post #16

Dear Parents, hope you are all safe and well as we head into another week of homeschooling. This arrangement is in place until May 5th and we expect another announcement around that time so when we post our next list of work, we may have a better idea of how long this will last.

You can find the new work for all classes here. All teachers stress that this work is there to help you keep an element of routine in your days but please do not feel under pressure to complete it.

You can find your child's teacher's email address here

Active School Week 

This week would usually be Active School Week but this year because of Covid-19 it is not possible for this to go ahead so we are asking you to participate  in the Active HOME Week  challenge instead.  
You can draw out the Challenge charts in your copy and fill in the slots as you complete each activity.

Teachers have given suggestions but here are two links we posted previously which will help you get in your 60 minutes of physical activity every day

The Body Coach - Joe Wicks has a live workout on his YouTube channel every weekday at 9 am. 

GoNoodle - this website has a range of movement video routines to keep children active every day. 

For other ideas, see the Active choice board underneath the classwork pages.

Story time for young children

 Watch and listen to Michael Rosen author of the book, performing We're going on a Bear Hunt here 

Daily Activities 3rd to 6th

NewsFlash

Primary Planet

School Closure Blog Post #15

Update on Sacraments

You can view latest message from Bishop Denis here. 

Occupational Therapy Activities

This website provides information to parents on activities they can do at home with children to develop fine motor skills, handwriting, scissor skills etc. The activities are interesting and beneficial for all children.

Literacy

This free to use site has short children's bed time stories, updated weekly, as well as nursery rhymes, poems etc.

Ways to practice your reading

You could draw this in your copy and color in each square as you complete the task - one at a time!!. Remember the best way to improve your reading is to read, read, read....

Daily Activities 

News Flash here
Primary Planet here

School Closure Blog Post #14

First Communion and Confirmation

A number of parents of second and sixth class pupils have been in touch wondering about the this year's Sacraments.

We know that there will be no gatherings until at least May 5th and we expect another Government announcement at that stage.

Bishop Denis has said that as soon as restrictions are lifted, the diocese will immediately resume planning for these celebrations so we'll have to wait.

Fun activities

Newsmagmedia has put together daily plans of activities for both Primary Planet and News Flash readers..quizzes, mental maths challenges etc.

Third and fourth classes can access daily activities on News Flash here

Fifth and Sixth class classes can access daily activities on Primary Planet here

 Here you can read Primary Planet and News Flash magazines online.

Covid-19 Memories

You can make a Time Capsule to remember this historic time of Covid 19.

There are some nice ideas here. You can take your time doing them and it might be nice to put them in a scrapbook.

Design your dream GAA Jersey

Read here about how you can win a GAA jersey designed by you! 
Open to adults too!!

School Closure Blog Post #13

Typing

Wouldn't it be nice to have a new skill at the end of this time at home? You can learn touch typing online here using Typing Club's free typing courses. It includes 650 typing games, typing tests and videos.

World Book Online

When you need fast, reliable information for homework, reports or just a lingering question, World Book Online is the place to go.

Visual Arts

This Irish visual arts website has short videos, slideshows, lessons and projects for primary school pupils.

History Competition

In light of the current school closures, the deadline for entries for the Decade of Centenaries Irish History Competition for Primary and Post-Primary Schools 2020 has now been extended to Friday 29th May. Find all the information here.
Competition details
Additional resources

School Closure Blog Post #12

Dear parents,

We're delighted that so many of you have signed up to Seesaw. Please email your child's class teacher if you haven't yet received your code. This distance learning is new to all of us so please bear with us as we find our feet. We are all learning together.

Music

We use this music programme in school and there is now free access to the parents' content. 

These activities have been selected and adapted to be accessible and fun for children and parents in a home setting.

Science

You can find live workshops on the Midlands Science facebook page every Thursday at 11am. All previous ones are HERE to see.

On the Midlands Science YouTube channel there’s a weekly show Science at Home.

TJ Reid - Kilkenny Hurler

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FREE PE & Skills class with TJ Reid, live from TJ Reid Health & Fitness on Facebook live. every Tuesday and Thursday.

A great way to keep the kids entertained, moving and learning new or improving old skills!

Gaeilge

Eleathanach is a free, weekly reading resource as Gaeilge for 5th and 6th classes.

School Closure Blog Post #11

Dear parents, hope you're all safe and well.

Please find work for all classes for the coming week at this link.

Teachers will be in touch over the coming days with your Seesaw codes. These codes are unique and are not to be shared so please keep them safe.

There is plenty to keep everyone busy but again no pressure!

I have also put up the page again with all teachers' email addresses here. 

Feel free to contact me at any time on principal@daingeanns.ie

Maths

This link is for Carol Vorderman's site for 4-11 year olds. It aims to help your child understand and enjoy maths- and is now free to access while schools are closed.

Spellings

Learn spellings using quick, memorable animations and quizzes. It's free here while schools are closed.

Get Moving

Follow these Operation Transformation videos to get active while having fun for 10 minutes.

Dept. of Education and Skills

Here is a letter from the Dept of Education NEPS team on supporting children and young people with daily routines while schools are closed.

Here you can find a sample daily plan from NEPS