School Closure Blog Post #26

Religion

You can find resource suggestions for all classes for the coming month here.

International Nurses Day 2020 - Tuesday 12 May

International Nurses Day is celebrated each year around the world on May 12th, Florence Nightingale's birthday. This is done to mark the contributions nurses make to society. Here you can read about Florence Nightingale's life. 

Music

We put up this link previously. The content is completely free for parents.
You will be asked to 'Enroll in Course' which means signing in with your name, email address and creating a password.
There is  new content each week. We use the Dabbledoo music programme in school.

Offaly Libraries

Here are some of the services/ activities that Offaly Libraries are offering at the moment.    

• Daily book readings on their Facebook page
• Spring Into Storytime for children 0-6 
• BorrowBox
• FREE eComics for Children
• a 31 day Lego challenge (Today is Day#12).

You can access all of these and find more information on their Facebook page here. 

School Closure Blog Post #25

Dear Parents, I hope you are all keeping well.

Please click here to view letter from principal.

You can access this week's work for all classes here. (Week 5)

Please click here for teacher contact info. 

Science Experiments

Science Foundation Ireland has a collection of easy science experiments to do at home. You can find them here.

Maths

Money is quite a difficult concept for children to grasp. This is a game for helping children to understand euros.

There are two games.The first game is where children use coins to make up varying amounts to buy the toys and the second is where they work out change.This money game is suitable for children from 4to 11 years of age as it has varying levels of difficulty. Click here to play.

Reading 

Must read books for kids - recommended by kids! See the article here. 

Activities for 3rd to 6th

These links will automatically be updated every day so you can check back here to find new work. 

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School Closure Blog Post #24

Bord na Móna: A Window to Our Past and a Vision to Our Future.

      
Learn here  about Bord na Móna's 80 Year History in the Midlands.

Learn about all aspects of the bogs, from their ancient history to their wildlife and the different types of bogs found in Ireland. An excellent website.

Creative Activities for young children using a tablet.

Click here to explore 30 fun and creative activities you can do using an iPad or tablet equivalent. Instructions for each activity are included.

These activities are adaptable for all ages. Though the suggestions are specific to Apple, all tablets have equivalent apps which can be found online.

Story time for young children

Click here to hear this much-loved classic story.

Non-Screen Activities

As a follow up to Blog Post #20, here are 25 more activities you can do at home.

School Closure Blog Post #23

Creative projects at home 

 

Here are 31 activities and ideas that re-use common household materials.

Online resources for home learning during the Covid 19 restrictions 

The NCSE website is being updated regularly with more ideas and resources. These can be useful for all children not just for children with Special Educational Needs.
This week's theme is Baking. Check out the NCSE website periodically as it is added to each day.

Food Dudes Fun at Home 

Here you will find games, worksheets and videos for parents to download for primary school children of all ages to make learning about fruit, vegetables, and healthy eating fun. Each week new resources are added.

Gaeilge

Read this week's Eleathanach here. This is suitable for 5th and 6th class pupils.

School Closure Blog Post #22

Guitar Lesson

5th and 6th class pupils have their guitars at home. Hopefully they are practicing. Mr Kelly has very kindly offered to do a weekly lesson. He recommended ultimateguitar.com as the best site for nice songs to learn. There are various versions to suit the chords they know.
Mr Kelly’s video
Chords

Religion 

You can access the Grow in Love website using the following log in details.
Username : trial@growinlove.ie
Password: growinlove

SPHE - Feelings

A previous RTE hub lesson dealt with the topic of worries and anxieties that young children may be experiencing at present. You can watch it back here. 

Here you can also find conversation prompts to help get children talking about their feelings.

16 Everyday Activities That Count as Learning

School Closure Blog Post #21

Dear Parents, Hope you are all safe and well.

 Please find work for all classes for this week here. 

Please click here for teachers' e-mail addresses.

A Message to All Preparing for First Holy Communion

Bishop Denis sends his greetings and words of encouragement to all who are preparing for First Holy Communion. See the video here.

Click here to find out how you can continue to prepare at home.

RTÉ Home School Hub

Click here to view RTÉ Home School Hub's Timetable for the week. 

Story time for young children

The book is best known for its message about selfishness and sharing and for the distinctive shiny foil scales of the Rainbow Fish. Click here to hear it being read. 

Activities 3rd to 6th

These links will automatically be updated every day so you can check back here to find new work. 

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School Closure Blog Post #20

Hope you all enjoy this different May bank holiday weekend. Class work for next week will be posted on Tuesday morning May 5th. Here are a few ideas to keep everyone entertained in the meantime.

Maths

Here is a Counting, Matching and Ordering game for children who are learning to count and recognise the numbers and number words up to 10.

Art Competition

A competition for budding young artists – Draw the everyday heroes of Covid-19.
Click here for more information.

Non -screen activities

Click here for 25 non - screen activities you can do at home.

Lego Challenge

Perhaps you could take photographs of your completed work and send them to your teacher on Seesaw.

Daily Activities 3rd to 6th

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