Brilliant fun at our Nativity play 🌲

Great excitement when Santa visited us in Creggs and brought us some treats! 🧑‍🎄 🌲

Thank you to Siobhan and Rita from Avondale House Co. Wicklow for coming to talk to us about the history of Parnell.

Thank you to Creggs GAA, John Hanley and Eugene Hanley for the donation of footballs and P.E. Supplies.

Halloween Art Competition Prize Winners

Some fun baking banana bread.

School Tour 2023

Wildlands Park Moy Cullen

School bus- everyone is having great fun playing on the bus

Dancing

A visit from MEP Maria Walsh

Butterflies
On the 27/05/23 our caterpillars -now butterflies were released into the wildlife garden.

Creative Schools week

May 8th -12th

Nail Art and Design

Jewellery design.

Face painting

Drawing on the yard with chalk.

We baked vegetable soup and brown scones as part of our healthy eating and incredible edibles project.

There is a lot of work being done in our school for the Incredible Edibles/Healthy Eating Programmes.

salad leaves

Drumming with Aoibhínn from DRUMADORE

Birthday Celebrations

Thank you to farmer Rachael for stopping to show us these 2 day old lambs while we picked litter as part of the local tidy towns campaign.

Dance

Our Breathing Buddies

Exploring with wool and weaving design.

We made banana bread at school today.

Thank you Kai for the delicious Cake. Yummy

Easter egg hunt

Active Schools day

Christine came to talk to us about mindfulness . We made our own mindful jar

Donal Collins- Engineer from McHale Engineering came to chat to us about his work

Scooting activities

Pancake Tuesday

Christmas Play Practice

Dance

October 2022

We have started our 'Picker Pals' project. The students are very excited to do their part to keep our community nice and tidy and litter free.

Every student in our class received their own copy of 'Picker Power -A Picker Pals Adventure'

Wow - Great work. You have helped to keep our village clean.

Look at the very clean roadside. Great job!

September 2022

Welcome to our new Junior Infant Students.

Senior Infants 2022

Autumn trees and fruits

A Tree Hunt

Queen Elizabeth II
R.I.P. 8/9/2022

CONNACHT RUGBY COME TO CREGGS SEPTEMBER '22

Term 3 - JUNE 2022

Congratulations to the boys and girls for completing their food dudes programme.

Congratulations to all of the Boys and Girls for receiving a gold award for their work on Incredible Edibles this year.

On Monday June 20th, Infants, Sunshine and Mr. Conneally's classs went on their school tour to Glendeer Pet Farm. The weather was sensational. The children had a great time and a trip to super macs at the end of the day made it all the more special!!

On the same day, 1st class went with the other classes to Tayto Park. They had a really enjoyable day.

Thank you to Farmer Charlie Clarke and his wife Pauline for a fantastic tour of their wonderful farm. The children really enjoyed the experience and the delicious treats afterwards!

'An Easter Egg Hunt' written by Senior Infants 2022.

Yummy, Easter treats!

Today, April 2nd 2022 Sandra cam to visit. She brought along her horse Flora and her dog Trudi. Sandra runs a a farm in Bantry, Co. Cork called 'Hairy Henry Farm.' She is currently travelling by horseback though Ireland to raise funds for her therapy farm.

St . Patrick's Day show

Variety Show

Beautiful handmade St. Patrick's Day Badges

Biodiversity and water conservation presentation

February 2022

Valentine's Day

Fundamental Movement Skills with Ollie Lennon and Nya

Agility, Balance and Coordination Skills

Saint Bridget Art Competition in conjunction with Roscommon Library.

Athleague Hurling County Final Winners

October 2021

Garda Alma and Garda James came to visit us ....

September 2021

New School Year

Term 3

Sport's Day 2021

Week 7:

22/02/2021 -26/02/2021

Hello Everyone, Welcome,

Welcome back! I hope you all had a nice mini break from the books! This week we will organise a zoom call for Tuesday 23rd.

Junior and Senior Infants 10:30am

1st class 11am.

I fully understand that some of you may not be in a position to attend and that is absolutely fine. The call will be similar to the last call just a little chat with our friends for about 20minutes. The links to the zoom calls will be posted on Tuesday morning on the Seesaw app.

This week George will celebrate his 6th birthday on Wednesday. We wish him a very special day.

Junior Infants:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gxIwXotOSTwPsUmT2-IIhDc75dLxc1fC/view?usp=sharing

Senior Infants:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B1gT1Q_sLhoqLyFb4urm3CXC2fACQ_sZ/view?usp=sharing

1st class:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eWNoAJPO-E09PM1lLWzJmjTHcvCrwWW0/view?usp=sharing

Week 6: 15/02/2021 -17/02/2021

Hello Everyone,

I hope that you all had a great weekend. This week is a short week in terms of school. We only have school work for three days and then we get a mini break on Thursday and Friday. You have no school work to do on these days.

Tuesday is Pancake Tuesday so it marks the day that traditionally families used up all of their flour, eggs and milk and made pancakes to prepare for lent the following day.

Wednesday is Ash Wednesday and this is the day that our priest Fr. Donal marks our foreheads with holy ashes with the sign of the cross. He will be unable to do this, this year. I have added some activities associated with pancake Tuesday, Ash Wednesday and Lent to your seesaw accounts.

Saturday the 20th of February is Ryan's 7th birthday we wish him a very special birthday.

Take care and look after each other.

Mrs. Connolly.

Junior Infants:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k8GEErvpDowCHgtRMAqd05wbexbh39BV/view?usp=sharing

Senior Infants:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cPaPsreqc22E3qBqyw3GNE9Eh5zSyFGn/view?usp=sharing

1st class:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RzUVDUjzAH2B5nMt3IrLn49WxHrSIRHm/view?usp=sharing

Week 5: 8/02/2021-12/02/2021

Hello Everyone.

I hope that you all had a great weekend. This week promises to be a little colder so make sure you keep wrapped up nice and warm. This week also marks the final week of our family fundraiser- if you haven't got involved just yet there is still time. Go outside and take the dog for a walk or take a cycle to the shop or take a walk in the woods. Remember to send in any pictures you take of you exercising.

Also, this week we will arrange a Zoom call with all the boys and girls in our classroom. The zoom call for Junior and Senior Infants will take place on Tuesday morning at 10:30 and the 1st class zoom call will take place Tuesday morning at 11:00. Mr. Rabbitte and I will both be available to chat with you. I am looking forward to hearing how you all celebrated the weekend.

Mrs. Connolly

1st class:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16BMLRAwfVXTsdI_kZoszX_9eN91ISDAQ/view?usp=sharing

Senior Infants:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12hXj7J1P7kd7XOPU3RCyDIk-BXe2BenQ/view?usp=sharing

Junior Infants:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lCh7pKdqQR5FfkyfR9_zXt4IZDsgndj-/view?usp=sharing

Week 4: 01/02/2021 - 05/02/2021

Hello Everyone, I hope that you all had an enjoyable weekend.

Today is the 1st day of February. That means that Spring has sprung! Today is the day we celebrate Saint Brigid. Brigid was a very caring lady who looked after the sick and the poor. She reminds me of the wonderful nurses and doctors that work in our hospitals today.

You will need to be on the look out for spring flowers, daffodils, and tulips and also baby lambs. Let me know if you see any signs of Spring.

February is also a very special month in our classroom. We have lots of birthdays to celebrate. This week Aoibheann turns 7 on Tuesday and Phoebe turns 5 on Thursday. We wish you girls both a very enjoyable day.

Below I have attached the homework for this week. Thank you all for engaging so well with it. Please do as much as you can.

Keep safe,

Mrs. Connolly.

Junior Infants:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l5n7I4GRW-Wxlc9fgNNGZQYFAOODaY2x/view?usp=sharing

Senior Infants:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F38pRzgfk_rdSKANKJw5nnH6tyYDXf1h/view?usp=sharing

1st class:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vPRDnD_hMCA18YUxhT3J94ABsZ0UiB9Y/view?usp=sharing

25/01/2021-29/01/2021

Hello Everyone.

Thanks again for all the work you have put into your school work again this week. It's an absolute pleasure to look at your work and correct it through the seesaw app. Please continue to do so. Below are the suggested timetable of work for each day next week. Please complete as much as you can. I will also have seesaw activities every day for the children to engage with.

Mrs. Connolly

Junior Infants:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZgRN307RyD7Czz1c08NgxacJZ9ToXsY0/view?usp=sharing

Senior Infants:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14ZAv--BWYP5zbWg4mQZas6dJIcHjk-ty/view?usp=sharing

1st class:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OWkxk67tl1jec80m3Kdekd2YuPBv_mSx/view?usp=sharing

Hello Everyone,

I hope that you are all keeping safe and well.Thank you all so much for your interaction with schoolwork last week. There was a lot of positive feedback and great interest in the Seesaw activities. Below are the suggested timetable of work for each day next week. Please complete as much as you can. I will also have seesaw activities every day for the children to engage with.

Keep safe and take care.

Mrs. Connolly.

Junior Infant's schoolwork: 18/01/2021-22/01/2021

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1txbg_TIKUVGF44bQaVXDDB13dl_yMNTb/view?usp=sharing

Senior Infant's schoolwork: 18/01/2021 -22/01/2021

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b3utGxTA2mkFC4mae9IGyViHwVeESawP/view?usp=sharing

1st classscholwork: 18/01/2021-22/01/2021

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yd7rcm9o88vbl38qlFjU_xLSpM_xAFpM/view?usp=sharing

11/01/2021-15/01/2021

1st class Week 1 Home School Learning-Click on the link below

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TZ6TUbvd0lNl2z1uuqc-pMkpdoIpD38Z/view?usp=sharing

Junior Infants Week 1 Home School Learning-Click on the link below

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kAUIVhx259Tk1IiJQunKZxcWe5gm45NQ/view?usp=sharing

Senior Infants - Week 1 Home School Learning-Click on the link below

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s11jkUufsjSFgtGLwC6YpGx2w6e_vhuc/view?usp=sharing

Lego and train buildings -stem activities

Halloween Monsters

Free hand drawings of skeletons

Celebrating our achievements- raising the Active and European Flags.

Tasty green apples

Sammy the Squirrel

Friendly Scarecrows and Leaf studies

Parachute fun

Halloween Art

31st August 2020

First Day of School

Booklist infants- 1st Class

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x-ebxnmkaRyEeGHY0-kVvkAuxIQxJKeu/view?usp=sharing

22nd June 2020

Hi Everyone,

I just want to say a big 'Thank You' to you all. Thank you for engaging in all of the online material since March. I absolutely loved seeing all of your work. You did great!

As this is our last week of school before summer holidays officially kick in perhaps you and your family would like to engage in a TEDDY BEAR'S PICNIC. Why not make some simple sandwiches, rice krispie buns and pour some drinks, get a blanket from the press and head outside with your Teddy Bear and have some fun. This is the only homework you will have this week!

Enjoy your summer holidays, keep up some reading and writing activities and fingers crossed we will all be back in September.

P.S. Here is a certificate for you all for engaging in the Incredible Edibles project. We will find out just how well we did with the project later on in the summer - watch this space!

All the best, Mrs. Connolly.

Printable doc here and Incredible Edibles Certificate - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mkDEZlbquj3JFoK63-nYziPJsyitKKPP/view?usp=sharing

I attached a summer booklet from twinkl in the download version if you need it!

https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/eyfs-summer-themed-end-of-year-activity-booklet-t-tp-69816

Dear Parents,

I have set the senior infant and 1st class students up on a PM reader website. This is a 30 day trial. Contact me via email creggsns@gmail.com if you would like your child's username and password. This is optional. It is just another reading resource, however if you are doing okay with your own reading material and the oxford owl online resource there is no need to avail of this. Thank you. Mrs. Connolly.

15/6/2020-19/6/2020

Hello Everyone, this week we will continue with our revision programme, I have included work for each class for English, Maths and Irish and for the remaining subjects I have suggested some activities that you can do as a family.

See printable schedule of work here- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oeorBNkdkNw2MqWn2o0pmJZ4j-Lu464j/view?usp=sharing

Junior Infants:

English:

· Revision of 42 sounds and 26 letter names.

· Sight Vocabulary: Revision of Dolch words list 3.

· (do, did, not, like, would, can, what, were, one, me, could, so get, this, will, when, see, them, my and yes. )

· Daily reading either child reads or adult reads to child. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o0AFPiaPPw This is a reading of the President’s Cat. It’s a beautiful story.

· Writing – revise writing letters, r and n. Say the rhymes when writing the letters. r= down the robots back and over his arm. n = down Noddy’s back and over the mountain.

Maths:

· Count to 10 every day. Count forwards and count backwards.

· Complete very simple addition sums to 10. E.g. 2+ 2 = 4

Irish:

· Try to watch a cartoon on TG4 each day. There are lots to choose from.

Senior Infants

English:

· Read a column of words from this website.https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/phonemePatterns/index.html each day.

· Read every day

· Continue with daily writing.

Maths:

· Count to 50 again this week.Do this activity as often as possible.Count forwards, count backwards from 20.

· Write out simple addition and subtraction sums daily within 20.

· 7+ 3 = 10, 16+4 =20, 10-7 =3, 20-15 = 5

Irish:

· Try to watch a cartoon on TG4 each day. There are lots to choose from.

1^st Class:

English:

· Read – every day out loud to someone.

· Continue with English in Practice one page each day.

· Write every day in cursive handwriting. Chose your own titles.

Maths:

· One page each day from Master Your Maths 1

Irish:

· Watch a cartoon on TG4 each day. There are lots to choose from.

Suggested activities to try out this week:

STEM Challenges

STEM challenge-Build your name in 3d

Suggestions-you could use lego, jenga blocks, k'nex, playdough, lollipop sticks, empty toilet rolls, bottle tops etc. Use whatever you have to hand at home.

Stem Challenge-Make your own Lava Lamp.

Need: 1ltr. Plastic bottle(empty), ¾ cup of water, vegetable oil, fizzing tablets (alka seltzer*ask a parent), food colouring.

Method:

· Pour the water into the bottle.

· Slowly pour the vegetable oil into the bottle until almost full. You may have to wait a few minutes for the oil and water to separate.

· Add 10 drops of food colouring to the bottle.

· Break an alka seltzer tablet in half. Add this half into the bottle. Watch it sink to the bottom and observe what happens.

· To keep the effect going, just add another tablet piece.

Virtual Tour

Click on the link below to see astronauts use slime in space.

https://youtu.be/aLWFcwzFetA

Cooking/Baking Challenges

*Adult Supervision advised when baking

Cooking challenge-Chocolate Rice Krispie Buns

Need: rice krispies, chocolate, bun cases, bun tray.

1. Melt chocolate in a bowl over hot water*

2. Add rice krispies to the chocolate.

3. Spoon into bun cases.

4. Allow to set and enjoy!

Cooking challenge-Banana pancakes

Need: 1 banana, 1 egg, 1 cup of porridge oats.

1. Mash the banana on a plate.

2. Beat the egg.

3. Combine the beaten egg, mashed banana and cup of porridge oats and mix.

4. Fry on a medium heat*

5. Serve with berries and yoghurt.

6. Enjoy.

The Big M

The Rake and Fusion Baker

The Krone Harvester

The JCB loafing shovel in use while making the silage pit.

All the machinery parked up in Creggs waiting to go to their next job!

Design a Kite

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1EJFA_enIE731IE731&ei=phPRXsXAGM6E1fAP9q2w6Ac&q=design+and+make+a+kite+with+children&oq=design+and+make+a+kite+with+children&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzoECAAQRzoGCAAQFhAeOggIIRAWEB0QHlClMFj9WmCsXmgAcAF4AIABpgKIAYwNkgEFNS44LjGYAQCgAQGqAQdnd3Mtd2l6&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwjFq9eQnNnpAhVOQhUIHfYWDH0Q4dUDCAw&uact=5#kpvalbx=_sxPRXtqPN8eG1fAP0omzqAc35

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5 - Decorate your Kite.

Look at that smile

Fantastic work.

And just like that the strawberries have ripened. Yummy

Bringing home the turf - Lego Style!

This is a plough. It is used to turn over the soil.The harrow is used to break up the soil ready for the seeder.

The seeder is filled with seed. The seed drill is planting new seed into the ground.  The fertiliser is used to spread fertiliser to help the wheat grow. It also has to be sprayed to prevent disease.

In Autumn the wheat, when ripe, is harvested by a combine harvester.

It is then sold by the farmer to the local mill. The wheat is dried and turned into flour. We use the flour to bake yummy buns and cakes.

8/6/2020-12/6/2020

Hi Everyone,

Hope you are all healthy and safe. It is wonderful news that some more restrictions have been lifted. Hopefully we can return to a new normal soon. We will continue our revision programme.

See printable schedule of work here- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tec-7ajT7lDDZJ7CllFFWtj6s3xc1m4P/view?usp=sharing

Junior Infants:

English:

  Revision of 42 sounds and 26 letter names (speed is important here)

https://www.ictgames.com/phonicsPop/index.html (A lovely fun interactive game to revise letter sounds) Revise one set each day. The sets are slightly different to how I teach them but your child may not even notice!

·         Sight Vocabulary: Revision of Dolch words list 2.(Green words)

(at, we, there, her, out, go, am, him, some, with, be, look, up, then, as, all, down, is, have and little)

Use the games sent home in March to revise these words. Play the games each day. If your child is stuck on one or two words – play the game tic-tac- toe to support the learning of these words.

·         Daily reading (websites below)

·         Writing – revise writing letters, g and q. Say the rhymes when writing the letters. g= start at the top half way round up, down, down and a curly tail. q= start at the top, half way around, up, up down and kick out.

Maths:

·         Count to 10 every day. Count forwards and count backwards, count out 10 socks, 10 t-shirts, 10 hairclips etc. Write out the numbers 1-10 every day – make sure the numbers are not backwards! Use outdoor chalk to make hopscotch using numbers 1-10. Use playdough to form the numbers 1-10.

  Complete very simple addition sums to 10. E.g. 1+ 6 = 7

·         https://www.topmarks.co.uk/addition/addition-to-10 this web site has lots of practice of addition to 10.

·         https://ie.mathgames.com/grades/ is a great site based on the Irish curriculum. You may revise any area here.

Irish:

An trá (The beach)

Trá (beach) spád (spade) buicéad (bucket) liathróid (ball)

New words: ag iascaireacht (fishing) ag snámh (swimming)

Dath na pictúir – Colour the picture.

Rainn (Poem)

Táimse féin ag iascaireacht, ag iascaireacht, ag iasaireacht.

Táimse féin ag iascaireacht , ag iascaireacht atáimse.

·         Try to watch a cartoon on TG4 each day. There are lots to choose from.

SESE:

I am putting together all of your work to date on the Incredible Edibles project. The project is due in on Friday the 12^th . Thank you again for engaging so well with it. The final aspect of the project is learning about food origin. I had planned on inviting a speaker to our school, a local farmer, to tell the children about their job. Due to the circumstances we find ourselves in – this was not doable. Instead, two children from our class wrote about their experiences of their Daddy’s farm. I have included their work for you to read.

This week take a look at this website which teaches your children all about farm safety. It is a lovely website and very easy to access. http://www.agrikids.ie/learn-more.php

Art:

Try some of the summer art ideas from the religion section below this week. The sun handprint craft is really nice and simple to do. https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/blog/sun-awareness-week

Religion

·         Grow in love website – Seasonal lessons – Summer: Login details – e-mail trial@growinlove.ie Password: growinlove

·         Discuss all of the lovely things you can now look forward to doing with your child during summer as lock down restrictions lift. Visits to Grandparents, family and friends. A visit to the park, the beach. Notice all of the lovely summer flowers. Be thankful for all the beauty God has given us.

P.E.

Skipping: Try to learn how to skip this week . For those who are already able to skip, try to perfect the technique and improve stamina e.g. skip for 30seconds none stop. Here is a video to show you the technique. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKDHIyd_tWA

English reading websites:

·         Daily reading (See websites) https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/tellATRex/index.html (This is a fun reading revision game – click on the CVC link).

·         Read every day either a book from home or from the https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ website. Click on the class login button on the top of the page: CLASS NAME mrs connolly 2020 PASSWORD Tracy (If possible, keep a record of the books your child has read)

·         Letter and sound games from www.topmarks.co.uk (Free resource)

·         Continue to play games on the jolly phonics fun app if you purchased it.

Senior Infants

English:

·         Read a column of words from this website.https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/phonemePatterns/index.html each day.

·         https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/poopDeck/index.html another nice website to help with word recognition.

·         https://ie.ixl.com/ela/sr-infants/find-a-word-in-a-sentence Word identification game.

·         Read every day either a book from home or from the https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ website. Click on the class login button on the top of the page: CLASS NAME mrs connolly 2020 PASSWORD Tracy (If possible, keep a record of the books your child has read)

·         Continue with daily writing. 3-4 sentences each day is sufficient.

Maths: Continue with this work from last week – practice makes perfect.

·         Practice counting to 50 again this week.Do this activity as often as possible.Count forwards, count backwards from 20.

·         Write out simple addition and subtraction sums daily within 20.

·         7+ 3 = 10, 16+4 =20, 10-7 =3, 20-15 = 5

·         Your child make need a number line to help them with this – they can jump forwards on backwards on the number line as appropriate. You can draw your own or here is a sample one.

Irish:

An trá (The beach)

Trá (beach) spád (spade) buicéad (bucket) liathróid (ball) ag iascaireacht (fishing)

New words: ag snámh ( swimming) uachtar reoite (ice-cream) ghrian (sun) spéaclaí gréine (sun glasses)

Dath na pictúir – Colour the picture.

Rainn (Poem)

Táimse féin ag snámh san uisce,           ag snámh san uisce ,ag snámh san uisce

Táimse féin ag snámh san uisce,                ag snámh san uisce atáimse.

·         Try to watch a cartoon on TG4 each day. There are lots to choose from.

SESE:

I am putting together all of your work to date on the Incredible Edibles project. The project is due in on Friday the 12^th . Thank you again for engaging so well with it. The final aspect of the project is learning about food origin. I had planned on inviting a speaker to our school, a local farmer, to tell the children about their job. Due to the circumstances we find ourselves in – this was not doable. Instead, two children from our class wrote about their experiences of their Daddy’s farm. I have included their work for you to read.

This week take a look at this website which teaches your children all about farm safety. It is a lovely website and very easy to access. http://www.agrikids.ie/learn-more.php

Art:

Try the sun handprint craft from this website. https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/blog/sun-awareness-week

P.E.

Skipping: Try to learn how to skip. For those who are already able to skip, try to perfect the technique and improve stamina e.g. skip for 30seconds none stop. Here is a video to show you the technique. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKDHIyd_tWA

1^st Class:English:

·         Read – every day out loud to someone.

·         Continue with English in Practice one page each day.

·         Write every day in cursive handwriting. Chose your own titles.

Maths:

·         One page each day from Master Your Maths 1

·         One page each day from Operation Maths 1^st class pages 143-145

·         https://ie.mathgames.com/grades/ is a great site based on the Irish curriculum – this week ask your child to try out some of the geometry games .

Irish:An trá (The beach)

Trá (beach) spád (spade) buicéad (bucket) liathróid (ball) ag iascaireacht (fishing)

New words: ag snámh ( swimming) uachtar reoite (ice-cream) ghrian (sun) spéaclaí gréine (sun glasses)

Dath na pictúir – Colour the picture.

Rainn (Poem)

Táimse féin ag iascaireacht, ag iascaireacht, ag iasaireacht.

Táimse féin ag iascaireacht , ag iascaireacht atáimse.

Táimse féin ag snámh san uisce, ag snámh san uisce ,ag snámh san uisce

Táimse féin ag snámh san uisce, ag snámh san uisce atáimse.

· Try to watch a cartoon on TG4 each day. There are lots to choose from.

SESE:

·         I am putting together all of your work to date on the Incredible Edibles project. The project is due in on Friday the 12^th . Thank you again for engaging so well with it. The final aspect of the project is learning about food origin. I had planned on inviting a speaker to our school, a local farmer, to tell the children about their job. Due to the circumstances we find ourselves in – this was not doable. Instead, two children from our class wrote about their experiences of their Daddy’s farm. I have included their work for you to read.

·         This week take a look at this website which teaches your children all about farm safety. It is a lovely website and very easy to access. http://www.agrikids.ie/learn-more.php

Art:

Try the sun handprint craft from this website. https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/blog/sun-awareness-week

Religion/Art:

·         On the Grow in love website – Seasonal Lessons - Lesson 5 – Inter- Religious Education. Login details – e-mail trial@growinlove.ie Password: growinlove

·         Remind your child of the importance of being loving and kind – just as Jesus wants us to be.

·         Remind them that we are Catholics and attend a Catholic school. Explain that all children are not Catholic and all children do not attend a Catholic school. Let your child know that THIS IS OKAY. People are people and we love them regardless of their religious preference and the colour of their skin. If you wish you may show them the videos of the song from Judaism and also Islam.

P.E.

Skipping: Try to learn how to skip. For those who are already able to skip, try to perfect the technique and improve stamina e.g. skip for 30seconds none stop. Here is a video to show you the technique. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKDHIyd_tWA

A busy boy looking after the strawberries and blueberries for Mom.

2/6/2020-5/6/2020

Hi Everyone,

This month, we will engage in revision activities mainly in English and Maths. I will include material for the other subject areas, however if your child is finding it hard to take part in school based activities and would prefer to be outside playing, I will be more than happy for you to concentrate on English and Maths. Your child’s well-being is most important.

At the bottom of this week’s work I have added in some activities for eSport’s Week – online sport’s week as our usual sport’s day cannot take place! There are different challenges for each day. Feel free to give it a go. It starts off with a scavenger hunt. The children will love. If you find it difficult to view it here click onto the word document just below and you will find it at the bottom of thator alternatively, log on to www.twinkl.ie/offer password IRLTWINKLHELPS and look for esport’s week.

See printable schedule of work here- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VZV8ZzDKoNncLwzI6Thi4H5iwGq-Uc_d/view?usp=sharing

Junior Infants:

English:

·         Revision of 42 sounds and 26 letter names (speed is important here)

https://www.ictgames.com/phonicsPop/index.html (A lovely fun interactive game to revise letter sounds) Revise one set each day. The sets are slightly different to how I teach them but your child may not even notice!

·         Sight Vocabulary: Revision of Dolch words list 1.(orange words)

She, said,of,he,and, was, for, in, the, to, his, but, had, it, I, you, they, that, a and on.

Use the games sent home in March to revise these words. Play the games each day. If your child is stuck on one or two words – play the game tic-tac- toe to support the learning of these words.

·         Daily reading (websites below)

·         Writing – revise writing letters, o and d. Say the rhymes when writing the letters. O= start at the top all the way round and stop. d= start at the top, half way around, up, up down and a tail.

Maths:

·         Count to 10 every day. Count forwards and count backwards, count the chairs in the kitchen, the forks in the drawer etc.

·         Write out the numbers 1-10 every day – make sure the numbers are not backwards! Use outdoor chalk to make hopscotch using numbers 1-10. Use playdough to form the numbers 1-10.

·         Complete very simple addition sums to 10. E.g. 1+ 6 = 7

·         https://www.topmarks.co.uk/addition/addition-to-10 this web site has lots of practice of addition to 10.

·         https://ie.mathgames.com/grades/ is a great site based on the Irish curriculum. You may revise any area here.

·

Irish:

An trá (The beach)

Trá (beach) spád (spade) buicéad (bucket) liathróid (ball)

Dath na pictúir – Colour the picture.

·         Try to watch a cartoon on TG4 each day. There are lots to choose from.

SESE/Art:

·         Continue to send in your amazing photographs to creggsns@gmail.com . I am very pleased with all of your efforts to date.

·         This week we will make our very own Kite. You can make and create it whatever way you like. If you need help he is a video showing you what to do and also explaining the science behind it.

·         https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1EJFA_enIE731IE731&ei=phPRXsXAGM6E1fAP9q2w6Ac&q=design+and+make+a+kite+with+children&oq=design+and+make+a+kite+with+children&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzoECAAQRzoGCAAQFhAeOggIIRAWEB0QHlClMFj9WmCsXmgAcAF4AIABpgKIAYwNkgEFNS44LjGYAQCgAQGqAQdnd3Mtd2l6&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwjFq9eQnNnpAhVOQhUIHfYWDH0Q4dUDCAw&uact=5#kpvalbx=_sxPRXtqPN8eG1fAP0omzqAc35

Religion

·         Grow in love website – Theme 9 – lesson 2: At mass we give thanks. Login details – e-mail trial@growinlove.ie Password: growinlove

·         We thank God for all that he has given and all that has been done.

P.E.

9am P.E. session with Joe Wicks

https://www.thebodycoach.com/blog/pe-with-joe-1254.html

English reading websites:

  Daily reading (See websites) https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/tellATRex/index.html (This is a fun reading revision game – click on the CVC link).

·         Read every day either a book from home or from the https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ website. Click on the class login button on the top of the page: CLASS NAME mrs connolly 2020 PASSWORD Tracy (If possible, keep a record of the books your child has read)

·         Letter and sound games from www.topmarks.co.uk (Free resource)

·         Continue to play games on the jolly phonics fun app if you purchased it.

Senior Infants

English:

·         Read a column of words from the ‘Jolly Phonics word book’ each day. Page 48.

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/phonemePatterns/index.html Some of you may have the already completed the ‘Jolly Phonics word book’ so try reading a card (phoneme patterns) from this website each day instead. The more words your child can read from sight– the stronger more fluent their reading will become. However, don’t rush your child – reading should be enjoyable.

·         https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/poopDeck/index.html another nice website to help with word recognition.

·         https://ie.ixl.com/ela/sr-infants/find-a-word-in-a-sentence Word identification game.

·         Read every day either a book from home or from the https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ website. Click on the class login button on the top of the page: CLASS NAME mrs connolly 2020 PASSWORD Tracy (If possible, keep a record of the books your child has read)

·         Continue with daily writing. 3-4 sentences each day is sufficient.

Maths:

·         Practice counting to 50 again this week.Do this activity as often as possible.Count forwards, count backwards from 20.

·         Write out simple addition and subtraction sums daily within 20.

·         7+ 3 = 10, 16+4 =20, 10-7 =3, 20-15 = 5

·         Your child make need a number line to help them with this – they can jump forwards on backwards on the number line as appropriate. You can draw your own or here is a sample one.

Irish:

An trá (The beach)

Trá (beach) spád (spade) buicéad (bucket) liathróid (ball) ag iascaireacht (fishing)

Dath na pictúir – Colour the picture.

Rainn (Poem)

Táimse féin ag iascaireacht, ag iascaireacht, ag iasaireacht.

Táimse féin ag iascaireacht , ag iascaireacht atáimse.

·         Try to watch a cartoon on TG4 each day. There are lots to choose from.

SESE/Art:

·         Continue to send in your amazing photographs to creggsns@gmail.com . I am very pleased with all of your efforts to date.

·         This week we will make our very own Kite. You can make and create it whatever way you like. If you need help he is a video showing you what to do and also explaining the science behind it.

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1EJFA_enIE731IE731&ei=phPRXsXAGM6E1fAP9q2w6Ac&q=design+and+make+a+kite+with+children&oq=design+and+make+a+kite+with+children&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzoECAAQRzoGCAAQFhAeOggIIRAWEB0QHlClMFj9WmCsXmgAcAF4AIABpgKIAYwNkgEFNS44LjGYAQCgAQGqAQdnd3Mtd2l6&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwjFq9eQnNnpAhVOQhUIHfYWDH0Q4dUDCAw&uact=5#kpvalbx=_sxPRXtqPN8eG1fAP0omzqAc35

Religion

·         Grow in love website – Theme 10 – lesson 2– We continue to grow in love. Login details – e-mail trial@growinlove.ie Password: growinlove

·         Watch the video – discuss your child’s favourite bible with them.

·         Make a thank you card to someone who has been kind and loving to you.

P.E.

9 am daily on line PE with Joe Wicks. https://www.thebodycoach.com/blog/pe-with-joe-1254.html

1^st Class:

English:

·         Read – every day out loud to someone.

·         Continue with English in Practice one column each day.

·         Write every day in cursive handwriting.

·         Writing Ideas: - My experience of Covid 19.

-      My home schooling experience.

-      The seaside.

-      A sunny summer’s day.

-      My News

-      Write out labels for the irish words.

Maths:

·         One page each day from Master Your Maths 1

·         One page each day from Operation Maths 1^st class pages 138-141

·         https://ie.mathgames.com/grades/ is a great site based on the Irish curriculum – this week ask your child to try out some of the geometry games .

Irish:

An trá (The beach)

Trá (beach) spád (spade) buicéad (bucket) liathróid (ball) ag iascaireacht (fishing)

Dath na pictúir – Colour the picture.

Rainn (Poem)

Táimse féin ag iascaireacht, ag iascaireacht, ag iasaireacht.

Táimse féin ag iascaireacht , ag iascaireacht atáimse.

·         Try to watch a cartoon on TG4 each day. There are lots to choose from.

SESE/Art:

·         Continue to send in your amazing photographs to creggsns@gmail.com . I am very pleased with all of your efforts to date.

·         This week we will make our very own Kite. You can make and create it whatever way you like. If you need help he is a video showing you what to do and also explaining the science behind it.

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1EJFA_enIE731IE731&ei=phPRXsXAGM6E1fAP9q2w6Ac&q=design+and+make+a+kite+with+children&oq=design+and+make+a+kite+with+children&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzoECAAQRzoGCAAQFhAeOggIIRAWEB0QHlClMFj9WmCsXmgAcAF4AIABpgKIAYwNkgEFNS44LjGYAQCgAQGqAQdnd3Mtd2l6&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwjFq9eQnNnpAhVOQhUIHfYWDH0Q4dUDCAw&uact=5#kpvalbx=_sxPRXtqPN8eG1fAP0omzqAc35

Religion/Art:

·         On the Grow in love website – Theme 10 - Lesson 2 – Growing in love. Login details – e-mail trial@growinlove.ie Password: growinlove

·         Discuss with your child how they show love towards their family, friends and neighbours.

·         Watch the video showing how other children ‘follow the law of love.’

P.E.

9am daily on line PE with Joe Wicks. https://www.thebodycoach.com/blog/pe-with-joe-1254.html

ESport’s Week Challenges: Click on word document at top of page.

Life in rural Ireland during Covid-19 restrictions.

A specially commissioned nest for a friendly little sparrow.

A lovely day to hang out a bird nest.



Busy Boy looking after the birds- 'Home Tweet Home!!'

Well done Girls , you did a super job on the bird houses. I hope your new nests have been busy with little chicks this week.





Super job Boys - those animals are so lucky to have you to take care of them. Keep up the great work.




Lettuce sown in a gutter to avoid the slugs - I think I will have to try out this idea myself!

Great job there- keep those flowers watered.


Busy girls at work.



Identifying the Bord Bia Quality Mark


Healthy Eating Diaries - Do you eat a rainbow every week?

Lemon drizzle cake - yummy!

25/05/2020 - 29/5/2020

Hi Everyone,

It is hard to believe we are in the final week of May. I would like to thank you all for all of your efforts with school work – believe me I know at times it isn’t easy! I have really enjoyed the feedback and the photographs you have been sending on. Most of the course work is complete – with this in mind we will spend the last number of weeks revising work to date.

Well done to Everyone, look after yourselves. Mrs. Connolly.

Also, Mrs. Hughes (Ms. Comer) had a beautiful baby boy last Thursday. Jamie is his name. I know the children will be eager to hear this. Both Mommy and baby are safe and well.

Please see printable schedule of work here- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h7i_y6YNEisnw-9BImGm0tPB8ljfWcSt/view?usp=sharing

Junior Infants:

English:

·         Revision of 42 sounds and 26 letter names (speed is important here)

https://www.ictgames.com/phonicsPop/index.html (A lovely fun interactive game to revise letter sounds) Revise one set each day. The sets are slightly different to how I teach them but your child may not even notice!

·         Blend the following words: fat, best, lid, if, hop, soft, milk, lump, held and drill.

·         Sight Vocabulary: into, went, now and ask (Write out these words on some card and put them into the word folder)

·         Daily reading (See websites) https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/tellATRex/index.html (This is a fun reading revision game – click on the CVC link).

·         Read every day either a book from home or from the https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ website. Click on the class login button on the top of the page: CLASS NAME mrs connolly 2020 PASSWORD Tracy (If possible, keep a record of the books your child has read)

·         Writing. This week we will look at revising letter C and a. I have included an example of a handwriting sheet. Encourage your child to practice letter formation correctly. Say the rhyme when writing – start at the top half way around = letter C. start at the top half way around, up, down and a tail = a. It is important to form the letter C correctly, a lot of letters start with the C shape. Forming a C correctly will ensure that other letters like a, o, d, q etc will also be formed correctly.

·         Letter and sound games from www.topmarks.co.uk (Free resource)

·         Continue to play games on the jolly phonics fun app if you purchased it.

Alternatively, you are get a sheet of paper and rule the top line red, a middle line blue and the third line red again.

-The top red line represents the tall letters, d, l, t, b, h, k, f.

-The blue line is for the small letters (most letters are small and those that are not usually start out as small, eg. b and d)

-The fall letters are y, g, q, j, p, f.

https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/au-l-53213-year-1-handwriting-lines-sheets

Maths: (Repeat/revision of last week’s work.)

·         The children will continue with simple addition sums.

·         Tell your child all about the addition sign + and the equals sign =

·         Write out some simple sums daily on a sheet of paper. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/addition/addition-to-10 this web site has lots of practice of addition to 10.

·         Write out the numbers 1-10 daily.

·         Workbook pages 30, 31 and 32.

·         https://ie.mathgames.com/grades/ is a great site based on the Irish curriculum – this week ask your child to try out the counting section –fewer and more and also the addition section with pictures.

Irish:

Eadaí (Clothes)

Bríste ( trousers ) léine (shirt) geansaí (jumper) T-léine (T-shirt) gúna (dress) cóta (coat)

New words: hata (hat) bróga (shoes) stocaí (socks) sciorta (skirt)

Rainn: (Revision)

V1

Bríste, bríste, bríste gorm,

Tá léine, geansaí agus bríste orm.

V2

Gúna, gúna, gúna gorm.

Tá bróga, stocaí agus gúna orm.

·         Try to watch a cartoon on TG4 each day. There are lots to choose from.

·

·         Use the image of the boy or girl and draw and label their clothes or alternatively draw your own image of a boy or girl.

SESE/Art:

·         Well done on all of your work on the www.incredibleedibles.ie programme.

·         Continue to send in your photographs of planting, baking, gardening, farming activities you are involved in to creggsns@gmail.com. All photos will be uploaded to our blog page and some will be used in our schools submission to this year’s incredible edibles competition.

·         (Suggested activity) This week I would like you to try and make a bird house/feeder for your garden. No. 21 on this website is where I saw the idea! http://www.familydaystriedandtested.com/milk-carton-bottle-jar-ideas/ You will need: a 2 litre plastic milk carton, a scissors/sharp knife (used under adult supervision) permanent markers, paint and some twigs and food for the birds. If you do give this activity a go please send in your photos to creggsns@gmail.com

Religion

·        Grow in love website – Theme 9 – lesson 1 Thank you God for food. Login details – e-mail trial@growinlove.ie Password: growinlove

·        Watch the video about Enestenia’s life

·        Discuss how her life differs from our lives in terms of food.

·         Remind your child to be thankful for the variety of food that is available to them. Remind them to respect food and not be wasteful of it.

·         Say the prayers Grace before and after meals with your child.

·         Complete the spot the difference activity – how does Niamh’s home differ to Mesi’s home.

Senior Infants

English:

·         Read a column of words from the ‘Jolly Phonics word book’ each day. Page 46 and 47.

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/phonemePatterns/index.html Some of you may have the already completed the ‘Jolly Phonics word book’ so try reading a card (phoneme patterns) from this website each day instead. The more words your child can read from sight– the stronger more fluent their reading will become. However, don’t rush your child – reading should be enjoyable.

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/poopDeck/index.html another nice website to help with word recognition.

·         Read every day either a book from home or from the https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ website. Click on the class login button on the top of the page: CLASS NAME mrs connolly 2020 PASSWORD Tracy (If possible, keep a record of the books your child has read)

·         Roscommon County Library has a large range of books available to all members of the family! To sign up log on to http://www.roscommoncoco.ie/en/Services/Community/Library/ICT_Resources_In_Libraries_/Roscommon-Library-Quick-Start-Guide.pdf

·         There is also a large selection of books here in the elementary section you can sit back and listen to https://stories.audible.com/discovery/enterprise-discovery-21122356011?ref=adbl_ent_anon_ds_ds_dccs_sbtp-0-2

·         Continue with daily writing. 3-4 sentences each day is sufficient.

·         Writing Ideas: - A seed I planted.

-      The farm.

-      A sheep

-      A cow

-      A recipe

-      My News

-      Write out labels for the irish words.

Maths: (addition to 10)

·         Practice counting to 50 again this week.Do this activity as often as possible.Count forwards, count backwars from 20.

·         Maths page 127 and 128.

·         The children can also play some maths operations games on:

·         https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train

·         Data website: https://www.softschools.com/math/data_analysis/pictograph/games/

Irish:

Eadaí (Clothes)

Bríste ( trousers ) léine (shirt) geansaí (jumper)T-léine (T-shirt) gúna (dress) cóta (coat) hata (hat) bróga (shoes) stocaí (socks) sciorta (skirt)

New words: cófra (press) cófra éadaí (wardrobe) nigh ( to wash)



Use the image of the boy or girl and draw and label their clothes or alternatively draw your own image of a boy or girl.

https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/roi-gl-53703-draw-on-the-summer-clothes-activity-sheet

Rainn: (Revision)

V1

Bríste, bríste, bríste gorm,

Tá léine, geansaí agus bríste orm.

V2

Gúna, gúna, gúna gorm.

Tá bróga, stocaí agus gúna orm.

·         Try to watch a cartoon on TG4 each day. There are lots to choose from.

SESE/Art:

·         Well done on all of your work on the www.incredibleedibles.ie programme.

·         Continue to send in your photographs of planting, baking, gardening, farming activities you are involved in to creggsns@gmail.com. All photos will be uploaded to our blog page and some will be used in our schools submission to this year’s incredible edibles competition.

·         (Suggested activity) This week I would like you to try and make a bird house/feeder for your garden. No. 21 on this website is where I saw the idea! http://www.familydaystriedandtested.com/milk-carton-bottle-jar-ideas/ You will need: a 2 litre plastic milk carton, a scissors/sharp knife (used under adult supervision) permanent markers, paint and some twigs and food for the birds. If you do give this activity a go please send in your photos to creggsns@gmail.com

Religion

·        Grow in love website – Theme 10 – lesson 1– We can grow in love. Login details – e-mail trial@growinlove.ie Password: growinlove

·         Watch the video - Jesus teaches us.

·         What is the most important thing that God wants us to do? LOVE

·         Remind your child to loving, loving of God and loving of other people.

·         https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwzZOexj-O_gOFFtT0xfal84a28/view Colour the pictures that show the best choice.

·         Play the game – choices.

1^st Class:

English:

·         Read – every day out loud to someone.

·         Continue with English in Practice one column each day.

·         Write every day in cursive handwriting.

·         Writing Ideas: - My experience of Covid 19.

-      My home schooling experience.

-      A seed that I planted.

-      A recipe

-      My News

-      Write out labels for the irish words.

Maths:

·         One page each day from Master Your Maths 1

·         One page each day from Operation Maths 1^st class pages 133- 137.

·         https://ie.mathgames.com/grades/ is a great site based on the Irish curriculum – this week ask your child to try out some of the measurement games.

Gaeilge:

Eadaí (Clothes)

Bríste ( trousers ) léine (shirt) geansaí (jumper)T-léine (T-shirt) gúna (dress) cóta (coat) hata (hat) bróga (shoes) stocaí (socks) sciorta (skirt) cófra (press) cófra éadaí (wardrobe) nigh ( to wash) croch amach (to hang out)

New words: fobhríste (underwear) veist (vest) riteoga (tights)

Rainn

V1

Bríste, bríste, bríste gorm,

Tá léine, geansaí agus bríste orm.

V2

Gúna, gúna, gúna gorm.

Tá bróga, stocaí agus gúna orm.

Use the image of the boy or girl and draw and label their clothes or alternatively draw your own image of a boy or girl.

·         Try to watch a cartoon on TG4 each day. There are lots to choose from.

SESE/Art:

·         Well done on all of your work on the www.incredibleedibles.ie programme.

·         Continue to send in your photographs of planting, baking, gardening, farming activities you are involved in to creggsns@gmail.com. All photos will be uploaded to our blog page and some will be used in our schools submission to this year’s incredible edibles competition.

(Suggested activity) This week I would like you to try and make a bird house/feeder for your garden. No. 21 on this website is where I saw the idea! http://www.familydaystriedandtested.com/milk-carton-bottle-jar-ideas/ You will need: a 2 litre plastic milk carton, a scissors/sharp knife (used under adult supervision) permanent markers, paint and some twigs and food for the birds. If you do give this activity a go please send in your photos to creggsns@gmail.com

Religion/Art:

·        On the Grow in love website – Theme 10 - Lesson 1 – Living in love. Login details – e-mail trial@growinlove.ie Password: growinlove

·        Look at the videos in this section

·         Remind your child to be kind to nature and its creatures – to be thankful for it.

·         Remind your child that they are kind just like Jesus is and that they can use kindness to look after themselves, their friends and the world.

·         Ask your child to draw a picture of a time when they were kind or kindness was shown to them. (shared a toy, helped out somebody)

·         Jesus said – ‘Love one another as I have loved you.’

Our Fruit and Veg friends. This is brilliant! Thank you Luke


   YumYum

  Delicious seasonal salad

18/5/2020 -22/5/2020

Hi Everyone , I hope that most of you got a chance to try out some or all of the SESE activities last week. As you can see below, I got some great pictures sent in to the school email. Well done guys - lots of busy children in your houses. This week I would like you to continue with the SESE homework from last week and give some of the written activities a go as well. Please continue to send in the photos and I will post up more pictures of your work next week. www.creggsns@gmail.com

Please see printable schedule of work here
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vhjRo0wZEAUVDxgIJucdqTLowPtUKEgD/view?usp=sharing

Junior Infants:

English:

·         Revision of 42 sounds and 26 letter names (speed is important here)

·         Blend the following words: hot, rug, clap, dug, flat, us, log, help, bill and loft

·         Sight Vocabulary: big, if, came and over (Write out these words on some card and put them into the word folder)

·         Jolly Phonics workbook pages 46 and 47.

·         Letter and sound games from www.topmarks.co.uk (Free resource)

·         Continue to play games on the jolly phonics fun app if you purchased it.

·         Daily reading (See websites) and writing (1-2) words as appropriate to your child’s ability and interest.

Maths: (Repeat/revision of last week’s work.)

·         The children will continue with simple addition sums.

·         Tell your child all about the addition sign + and the equals sign =

·         Explain that when you add two things together your answer will always be bigger than what you started with.

·         Continue on with examples similar to these ones -Take a bar of (Fruit and Nut) – count the squares 8 squares. Now, ask your child to close their eyes while you make two bundles using the 8 squares only. Child opens eyes, how many squares of chocolate in bundle 1 (2) and how many squares of chocolate in bundle 2 (6). Show your child that when you add 2 and 6 you get 8. Now write out the sum. 2+6 =8 Do similar addition sums using a chopped up banana, chopped up apple, raisins, smarties and crackers. Write out some simple sums daily on a sheet of paper. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/addition/addition-to-10 this web site has lots of practice of addition to 10.

·         Write out the numbers 1-10 daily.

·         Also, this week talk to your child about the weight of an item – how heavy something is. Ask your child to hold a pencil in one hand and a mug in the other – ask them to tell you which item is heavier – which item is lightest? Continue with this activity using a fork and a bowl, glove and a teddy bear, phone and pencil case, book and marker.

·         Complete page 29 in workbook.

·         https://ie.mathgames.com/grades/ is a great site based on the Irish curriculum – this week ask your child to try out the measurement section – light and heavy.

Irish:

Eadaí (Clothes)

Bríste ( trousers ) léine (shirt) geansaí (jumper)

New words: T-léine (T-shirt) gúna (dress) cóta (coat)

Rainn:

Gúna, gúna, gúna gorm.

Tá bróga, stocaí agus gúna orm.

·         Try to watch a cartoon on TG4 each day. There are lots to choose from.

SESE/SPHE:

·         This week I would like if you would continue to focus on our annual Incredible Edibles Project. www.incredibleedibles.ie .

·         Continue with your Healthy Eating diary

·         Identify and take Photos of the Bord Bia Quality mark on food items

·         Please take some pictures of any planting you have done in your homes/ gardens and forward them onto the school email. creggsns@gmail.com

·         Photos and or written recipe of some foods you have cooked/baked with your family using the typical Irish vegetables, maybe a soup, smoothie, salad, stew, rhubarb/apple tart etc.

·         Some photos of you out farming or a written account – taking care of the animals – all of the photographs will help us achieve our award this year. http://thefamilyfarm.ie/dairy-farming/ This link shows one farmer's experience of dairy farming.

Religion

·        Grow in love website – Theme 8 – lesson 2 – Welcomed with water. Login details – e-mail trial@growinlove.ie Password: growinlove

·        Watch the videos called baptism and Holy Water

·        Discuss with your child the symbolism and significance of Holy Water.

·        Perhaps they can recall a time, (lots of times) when they used holy water themselves.

Senior Infants

English:

·         Read a column of words from the ‘Jolly Phonics word book’ each day. Page 44 and 45.

·         Read every day either a book from home or from the https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ website. Click on the class login button on the top of the page: CLASS NAME mrs connolly 2020 PASSWORD Tracy (If possible, keep a record of the books your child has read)

·         Roscommon County Library has a large range of books available to all members of the family! To sign up log on to http://www.roscommoncoco.ie/en/Services/Community/Library/ICT_Resources_In_Libraries_/Roscommon-Library-Quick-Start-Guide.pdf

·         There is also a large selection of books here in the elementary section you can sit back and listen to https://stories.audible.com/discovery/enterprise-discovery-21122356011?ref=adbl_ent_anon_ds_ds_dccs_sbtp-0-2

·         Continue with daily writing. 3-4 sentences each day is sufficient.

·         Writing Ideas: - A seed I planted.

-      The farm.

-      A sheep

-      A cow

-      A recipe

-      My News

-      Write out labels for the irish words.

Maths: (addition to 10)

·         Practice counting to 50 again this week.Do this activity as often as possible, can you get to 50 jumps on the trampoline or go up and down the stairs counting until you reach 50. How many counts will it take to run around the house once, twice etc.

·         Maths page 124, 125 and 126.

·         The children can also play some maths operations games on:

·         https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train

·         You will find worksheets for addition on the twinkl website if this is something you want to do. www.twinkl.ie/offer code IRLTWINKLHELPS .

·         https://ie.mathgames.com/grades/ is a great site based on the Irish curriculum – this week ask your child to try out some of the counting games .

Irish:

Eadaí (Clothes)

Bríste ( trousers ) léine (shirt) geansaí (jumper)T-léine (T-shirt) gúna (dress) cóta (coat)

New words: hata (hat) bróga (shoes) stocaí (socks) sciorta (skirt)

Rainn:

Gúna, gúna, gúna gorm.

Tá bróga, stocaí agus gúna orm.

·         Try to watch a cartoon on TG4 each day. There are lots to choose from.

SESE:/SPHE

·         This week I would like if you would continue to focus on our annual Incredible Edibles Project. www.incredibleedibles.ie .

·         Continue with your Heathy Eating diary

·         Identify and take Photos of the Bord Bia Quality mark on food items

·         Please take some pictures of any planting you have done in your homes/ gardens and forward them onto the school email. creggsns@gmail.com

·         Photos and or a written recipe of some foods you have cooked/baked with your family using the typical Irish vegetables, maybe a soup, smoothie, salad, stew, rhubarb/apple tart etc.

·         Some photos of you out farming or a written description – taking care of the animals – all of the photographs will help us achieve our award this year. http://thefamilyfarm.ie/dairy-farming/ This link shows one farmer's experience of dairy farming.

Religion

·        Grow in love website – Theme 9 – lesson 2– John baptises the people. Login details – e-mail trial@growinlove.ie Password: growinlove

·         Watch the video about John the Baptist.

·         Remind your child to be kind and honest and to share just as John the Baptist did.

·         https://sermons4kids.com/john_baptist_colorpg.htm Colour the picture of John the Baptist.

1^st Class:

English:

·         Read – every day out loud to someone.

·         Continue with English in Practice one column each day.

·         Write every day in cursive handwriting.

·         Writing Ideas : - A day on the farm.

-      My favourite farm animal.

-      A seed that I planted.

-      A recipe

-      My News

-      Write out labels for the irish words.

Maths:

·         One page each day from Master Your Maths 1

·         One page each day from Operation Maths 1^st class pages 128- 132.

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/early-math/cc-early-math-add-sub-100/cc-early-math-add-two-dig-intro/v/regrouping-when-adding-two-digit-and-one-digit-number

Gaeilge: Bia (Food)

Eadaí (Clothes)

Bríste ( trousers ) léine (shirt) geansaí (jumper)T-léine (T-shirt) gúna (dress) cóta (coat) hata (hat) bróga (shoes) stocaí (socks) sciorta (skirt)

New words: cófra (press) cófra éadaí (wardrobe) nigh ( to wash) croch amach (to hang out)

Rainn

Gúna, gúna, gúna gorm.

Tá bróga, stocaí agus gúna orm.

·         Try to watch a cartoon on TG4 each day. There are lots to choose from.

SESE:

·         This week I would like if you would continue to focus on our annual Incredible Edibles Project. www.incredibleedibles.ie .

·         Continue with your Healthy Eating diary

·         Identify and take Photos of the Bord Bia Quality mark on food items

·         Please take some pictures of any planting you have done in your homes/ gardens and forward them onto the school email. creggsns@gmail.com

·   Photos and written recipe of some foods you have cooked/baked with your family using the typical Irish vegetables, maybe a soup, smoothie, salad, stew, rhubarb/apple tart etc.

·         Some photos of you out farming and a written description of your time on the farm– taking care of the animals – all of the photographs will help us achieve our award this year. http://thefamilyfarm.ie/dairy-farming/ This link shows one farmer's experience of dairy farming.

Religion

·        On the Grow in love website – Theme 9 ‘Creation’: Lesson 2 – God made us –we are special. Login details – e-mail trial@growinlove.ie Password: growinlove

·        Look at the three videos in this section

·         Remind your child to be kind to nature and its creatures – to be thankful for it.

·         Remind your child that they are good, kind and loving and that they can use these traits to look after themselves, their friends and the world.

Incredible Edible Activities this week

Herding sheep - look at those beautiful baby lambs.

Home - made Porridge Bread.

It look's delicious!

Identifying the Bord Bia Label on this week's food shop!

Lot's of fabulous planting

Spinach Carrots

Spinach Strawberries

Lettuce Strawberries

Chives and Parsley

Redcurrants Blackcurrants

Raspberries Watering new plants

Wow - and voila just like that ready to eat! Yummy

Now, that really does look tasty!

Two Super Salads.

Chips galore

Celebrating Europe - Blue Star Project

Celebrating Italy French Culture

Traditional Irish dinner - bacon and cabbage

Lasagne from Italy or Tonamaddy

'Cream from Heaven' a traditional Portuguese dessert

Lots of facts about France

Making Pizza using pizza dough a traditional Italian food

Mamaliga a traditional Romanian dish - yummy!

11/05/2020 - 15/05/2020

Hi Everyone in Infants and 1^st. I hope everyone is doing okay and enjoying the fabulous fine weather. This week I have asked for a lot of work in SESE – hopefully you will find this work very enjoyable, send on as many photographs and or drawings as you wish!

Healthy Eating Chart Printable
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cGZKdMAyGireDEX-rgTt-LXdJySkhvJS/view?usp=sharing

This weeks work- printable document.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19YGI_4nweHAl78RGNA3thB0LoBlt6Osb/view?usp=sharing

Junior Infants:

English:

· Revision of 42 sounds and 26 letter names (speed is important here)

· Blend the following words: get, bat, on, bus, leg, pot, bent, flag, grub and fist.

· Sight Vocabulary: see, them, my and yes (Write out these words on some card and put them into the word folder)

· Jolly Phonics workbook pages 44 and 45.

· Letter and sound games from www.topmarks.co.uk (Free resource)

· Continue to play games on the jolly phonics fun app if you purchased it.

· Daily reading (See websites) and writing (1-2) words as appropriate to your child’s ability and interest.

Maths: (Repeat/revision of last week’s work.)

· The children will continue with simple addition sums.

· Tell your child all about the addition sign + and the equals sign =

· Explain that when you add two things together your answer will always be bigger than what you started with.

· Take a bar of (Fruit and Nut) – count the squares 8 squares. Now, ask your child to close their eyes while you make two bundles using the 8 squares only. Child opens eyes, how many squares of chocolate in bundle 1 (2) and how many squares of chocolate in bundle 2 (6). Show your child that when you add 2 and 6 you get 8. Now write out the sum. 2+6 =8 Do similar addition sums using a chopped up banana, chopped up apple, raisins, smarties and crackers. Write out some simple sums daily on a sheet of paper. No workbook this week. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/addition/addition-to-10 this weblink has lots of practice of addition to 10.

· Write out the numbers 1-10 daily.

Irish:

Eadaí (Clothes)

Bríste ( trousers ) léine (shirt) geansaí (jumper)

Rainn:

Bríste, bríste, bríste gorm.

Tá geansaí, léine agus bríste orm.

· Try to watch a cartoon on TG4 each day. There are lots to choose from.

SESE:

Firstly, I would like to congratulate all of the Students and Teachers in our school for achieving another GREEN FLAG AWARD, Marine Conservation. Our school was highly praised for its involvement in the Green School Initiative over the last number of years.

Also, we have been awarded with a 5 Year achievement award for continued participation in the Blue Star Programme (A project on Europe) year-on-year. 2^nd – 6^th class children have completed projects on a European County of their choice. Saturday the 9^th of May was Europe day; we are asking any family who wishes to choose any European Country this week and try one of the traditional recipes associated with that country. For example, bacon and cabbage is a traditional Irish food, crepes are a traditional food from France and so on. If you decide to take part in this challenge please email some photographs to our school email address www.creggsns@gmail.com

· This week I would like if you would focus on what has become our annual Incredible Edibles Project. The project helps to educate and inform on all things agriculture, food and farming. www.incredibleedibles.ie .

· This week’s challenge is the Heathy Eating diary which can be downloaded off the above website.

Here you are asked to take a record the potatoes, fruit and vegetables that you eat over the week. (Try to eat a rainbow!! Red, Orange , Yellow, Green, Blue Indigio and Violet foods)

· Fill in this food diary or indeed your own version of a food diary and email it to the school www.creggsns@gmail.com . Your information will then be added to the information collected so far and we will submit our project towards the end of May,

· As part of the project you are also asked to take photos of your child identifying the Bord Bia Quality mark on food items such as potatoes, vegetables and meat.

· Also, if you have been busy in your own gardens planting, flowers, trees, shrubs or edible plants, please take some pictures and forward them onto the school email.

· Finally, I am asking you to send along some photos to our school website of some foods you have cooked/baked with your family using the typical Irish vegetables, maybe a soup, smoothie, salad, stew, rhubarb/apple tart etc.

· Do any of you live on a farm, or have access to a farm, could you take photos of you out farming – taking care of the animals – all of the photographs will help us achieve our award this year.

· The photographs that you email onto us will be included in this year’s Incredible Edibles project – I can’t wait to see some masterpieces!!

Religion

· Grow in love website – Theme 8 – lesson 1 – Water is Wonderful. Login details – e-mail trial@growinlove.ie Password: growinlove

· Listen to ENESTENIA’S story.

· Discuss how her life differs to your own life.

· Where does Enestenia get water from and where do you get water from.

· What does Enestenia use water for and what do you use water for.

· Discuss the importance of looking after water in our environment.

· Complete the game ‘caring for water’ on the website.

Senior Infants

English:

· Read a column of words from the ‘Jolly Phonics word book’ each day. Page 42 and 43.

· Read every day either a book from home or from the https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ website. Click on the class login button on the top of the page: CLASS NAME mrs connolly 2020 PASSWORD Tracy (If possible, keep a record of the books your child has read)

· Roscommon County Library has a large range of books available to all members of the family! To sign up log on to http://www.roscommoncoco.ie/en/Services/Community/Library/ICT_Resources_In_Libraries_/Roscommon-Library-Quick-Start-Guide.pdf

· There is also a large selection of books here in the elementary section you can sit back and listen to https://stories.audible.com/discovery/enterprise-discovery-21122356011?ref=adbl_ent_anon_ds_ds_dccs_sbtp-0-2

· Continue with daily writing. 3-4 sentences each day is sufficient.

· Writing Ideas: - A sunny day.

- Fun with my cousin.

- Ice-cream

- Swimming

- My favourite thing to do

- My News

- Write out labels for the irish words.

Maths: (addition to 10)

· Practice counting to 50 again this week.

Do this activity as often as possible, can you get to 50 jumps on the trampoline or go up and down the stairs counting until you reach 50. How many counts will it take to run around the house once, twice etc.

· Maths page 122 and 123.

· The children can also play some maths operations games on:

· https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train

· You will find worksheets for addition on the twinkl website if this is something you want to do. www.twinkl.ie/offer code IRLTWINKLHELPS .

Irish:

Eadaí (Clothes)

Bríste ( trousers ) léine (shirt) geansaí (jumper)T-léine (T-shirt) gúna (dress) cóta (coat)

Rainn:

Bríste, bríste, bríste gorm.

Tá geansaí, léine agus bríste orm.

· Try to watch a cartoon on TG4 each day. There are lots to choose from.

SESE:

Firstly, I would like to congratulate all of the Students and Teachers in our school for achieving another GREEN FLAG AWARD,Marine Conservation. Our school was highly praised for its involvement in the Green School Initiative over the last number of years.

Also, we have been awarded with a 5 Year achievement award for continued participation in the Blue Star Programme (A project on Europe) year-on-year.

2^nd – 6^th class children have completed projects on a European County of their choice. Saturday the 9^th of May was Europe day; we are asking any family who wishes to choose any European Country this week and try one of the traditional recipes associated with that country.

For example, bacon and cabbage is a traditional Irish food, crepes are a traditional food from France and so on. If you decide to take part in this challenge please email some photographs to our school email address www.creggsns@gmail.com

· This week’s challenge is the Heathy Eating diary which can be downloaded off the above website.

Here you are asked to take a record the potatoes, fruit and vegetables that you eat over the week. (Try to eat a rainbow!! Red, Orange , Yellow, Green, Blue Indigio and Violet foods)

· As part of the project you are also asked to take photos of your child identifying the Bord Bia Quality mark on food items such as potatoes, vegetables and meat.

· Also, if you have been busy in your own gardens planting, flowers, trees, shrubs or edible plants, please take some pictures and forward them onto the school email.

· Do any of you live on a farm, or have access to a farm, could you take photos of you out farming – taking care of the animals – all of the photographs will help us achieve our award this year.

· The photographs that you email onto us will be included in this year’s Incredible Edibles project – I can’t wait to see some masterpieces!!

Religion

· Grow in love website – Theme 9 – lesson 1– A baby’s baptism. Login details – e-mail trial@growinlove.ie Password: growinlove

· Discuss baptism with your child – do they know what it is, do they remember their own or their brother or sisters, cousins. What do they think it is.

· Play the video on the website called ‘baptism.’ When a child is baptised they are welcomed with love and kindness into the church family.

· Discuss your child’s first year of life with them – they day they were born, who visited them in hospital, who brought them home from hospital, their first tooth, haircut, first steps etc . Has your chid got a baby book – show it to them. Then watch the video called ‘Baby’s Book of Firsts.’

1^st Class:

English:

· Read – every day out loud to someone.

· Continue with English in Practice one column each day.

· Write every day in cursive handwriting.

· Writing Ideas: - My least favourite toy.

- My cousin.

- My Friend.

- Ice - cream

- My News

- Write out labels for the irish words.

Maths:

· One page each day from Master Your Maths 1

· One page each day from Operation Maths 1^st class pages 124-128

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/early-math/cc-early-math-add-sub-100/cc-early-math-add-two-dig-intro/v/regrouping-when-adding-two-digit-and-one-digit-number

Gaeilge:

Eadaí (Clothes)

Bríste ( trousers ) léine (shirt) geansaí (jumper)T-léine (T-shirt) gúna (dress) cóta (coat) hata (hat) bróga (shoes) stocaí (socks) sciorta (skirt)

Rainn

Bríste, bríste, bríste gorm.

Tá geansaí, léine agus bríste orm.

· Try to watch a cartoon on TG4 each day. There are lots to choose from.

SESE:

Firstly, I would like to congratulate all of the Students and Teachers in our school for achieving yet another GREEN FLAG AWARD,Marine Conservation. Our school was highly praised for its involvement in the Green School Initiative over the last number of years.

· This week’s challenge is the Heathy Eating diary which can be downloaded off the above website. Here you are asked to take a record the potatoes, fruit and vegetables that you eat over the week. (Try to eat a rainbow!! Red, Orange , Yellow, Green, Blue Indigio and Violet foods)

· Fill in this food diary or indeed your own version of a food diary and email it to the school www.creggsns@gmail.com

Your information will then be added to the information collected so far and we will submit our project towards the end of May,

· As part of the project you are also asked to take photos of your child identifying the Bord Bia Quality mark on food items such as potatoes, vegetables and meat.

· Also, if you have been busy in your own gardens planting, flowers, trees, shrubs or edible plants, please take some pictures and forward them onto the school email.

· Do any of you live on a farm, or have access to a farm, could you take photos of you out farming – taking care of the animals – all of the photographs will help us achieve our award this year.

· The photographs that you email onto us will be included in this year’s Incredible Edibles project – I can’t wait to see some masterpieces!!

Religion

· On the Grow in love website – Theme 9 ‘Creation’: Lesson 1 – Who made the World. Login details – e-mail trial@growinlove.ie Password: growinlove

· Your child will have completed similar lessons to this in Junior and Senior Infants. They should have a good knowledge of this topic.

· Watch the videos Creation part 1 and creation part 2. Discuss ways in which we can look after our world.

· Also, watch the video of the children describing their favourite animal. What is your child’s favourite animal? Draw a picture of their favourite animal and write three sentences describing why this animal is their favourite.

5/05/2020 – 8/05/2020

Junior Infants:

English:

· Revision of 42 sounds and 26 letter names (speed is important here)
· Blend the following words: hen, ran, crept. test, rat, act, sack, camp, hint and dent
· Sight Vocabulary: get, this, will and when (Write out these words on some card and put them into the word folder)
· Jolly Phonics workbook pages 42 and 43. The child should be well able to blend the sounds to read the words.
· Letter and sound games from www.topmarks.co.uk (Free resource)
· Continue to play games on the jolly phonics fun app if you purchased it.
· Daily reading (See websites from last week) and writing (1-2) words as appropriate to your child’s ability and interest.
Read every day either a book from home or from the https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ website. Click on the class login button on the top of the page: CLASS NAME mrs connolly 2020 PASSWORD Tracy (If possible, keep a record of the books your child has read)

Maths:

· The children will begin simple addition sums.

· Tell your child all about the addition sign + and the equals sign =

· Explain that when you add two things together your answer will always be bigger than what you started with.

· Take out one cup – ask your child to count it – 1 now get a second cup ask your child to count this cup – again 1. Now push the two cups together and count again – this time there are two cups. This concept although very simple to the adult is in fact quite difficult for children – practice the above cup sum using, spoons, forks, plates, toys, sweets etc over and over again.

When you think your child understands this complete activity page 28 in the maths book.

· https://www.topmarks.co.uk/addition/addition-to-10 this weblink has lots of practice of addition to 10.
· Write out the numbers 1-10 daily.
https://ie.mathgames.com/grades/ another great website for maths - log onto the junior infant section.

Irish:

Bia (Food)

Úll,oráiste, banana, piorra, im, arán, tósta, subh – revision

Tá ocras orm (I’m Hungry) Tá tart orm (I’m thirsty)

Deoch (drink)

Rainn:

Tá ocras orm.

Ba mhaith liom bia, a mhúinteoir X2

Tá tart orm.

Ba mhaith liom deoch, a mhúinteoir X2.

· Try to watch a cartoon on TG4 each day. There are lots to choose from.

SESE:

Surface tension:

In physics surface tension is a force present within the surface layer of a liquid that causes the layer to behave as an elastic sheet. It is the force that supports insects to walk on water, for example. Surface tension is caused by the attraction between the molecules of the liquid.

The following are three experiments to show surface tension.

· Experiment 1

You will need: 1 bowl of water, some pepper flakes (ground pepper) Some soap (washing up liquid is fine)

· What to do: Shake pepper flakes on top of water. Place your finger into the water – observe what happens (nothing) Now, dab some washing up liquid onto your finger, place finger in water again and observe what happens (pepper spreads out)

· Experiment 2

· You will need: glass of water, paper clip

· What to do: if you drop the paper clip into water it will sink – however if you can very gently place the paper clip on top of water without disturbing the surface tension it should float.

· Experiment 3 ( this one is trickier and can take some time )

· You will need: a plate with some milk on it, food colouring, cotton bud dipped in washing up liquid

· What to do: pour a small amount of milk onto the plate to cover its surface. Add one drop each of 3-4 different coloured food colourings. Dip cotton bud into washing up liquid and place on the centre of the plate.

· After a while the food colouring should spread out to form a pattern.

This video shows all three experiments – give them a go. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq1J-7-LVIo

Religion

· May is the month of Mary. Mary is Jesus’ Mommy. During May we think of all of our Mommies and all of the lovely kind things they do for us. During this month, perhaps you could make a card or write a letter to your Mommy thanking them for all that they do for you – making dinner, washing and cleaning, shopping and showing love.

· Us this link to hear a traditional song about Mary – ‘Bring Flowers of the Fairest.’

http://vimeo.com/280568269

· There are more resources available on Mary on the Grow in love website – seasonal lessons – lesson 5 – Mary. Login details – e-mail trial@growinlove.ie Password: growinlove

The children can also listen to the song When creation was begun and Ave Maria and colour in the picture of Mary.

Art:

Now, that May has arrived we can see beautiful flowers everywhere. So it’s a good time to make a pressed-flower card for someone special.

Instructions: When it is dry outside , collect a variety of flowers outside including their stems.

Observe how they look now. Then place them inside a heavy book to flatten them.

Leave them for a day or so, then gently peel them off the pages. Glue them to a blank card to make a beautiful surprise for someone special.

P.E.

This week, why not try out some YOGA moves. A little seed (scrunch up very small) starts to grow (open up slightly) gets bigger (open out more) shoots and grows (arms shoot up) bunches out (stand on one foot –one are up) a mighty tree (tree pose) and continue the cycle

https://www.gaa.ie/my-gaa/getting-involved/kids-activities The GAA have put together some great ideas to keep the children busy – take a look.

Senior Infants

English:

· Read a column of words from the ‘Jolly Phonics word book’ each day. Page 40 and 41/42.

· Read every day either a book from home or from the https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ website. Click on the class login button on the top of the page: CLASS NAME mrs connolly 2020 PASSWORD Tracy (If possible, keep a record of the books your child has read)

· Roscommon County Library has a large range of books available to all members of the family! To sign up log on to http://www.roscommoncoco.ie/en/Services/Community/Library/ICT_Resources_In_Libraries_/Roscommon-Library-Quick-Start-Guide.pdf

· There is also a large selection of books here in the elementary section you can sit back and listen to https://stories.audible.com/discovery/enterprise-discovery-21122356011?ref=adbl_ent_anon_ds_ds_dccs_sbtp-0-2

· Continue with daily writing. 3-4 sentences each day is sufficient.

· Writing Ideas: - My favourite toy.

- My brother or my sister.

- My Family.

- My Granny/Grandad

- My favourite holiday.

- My News

- Write out labels for the irish words.

Maths:

Continue to work on time – O’Clock. Draw out 4 clock faces every day. Encourage your child to write in the numbers on the clock themselves, starting with number 12, then 6, 3 and 9. Now fill in the remaining numbers. Ask, your child to draw in the hands showing the time the wake at, to some exercise, eat dinner and go to bed at.( Remember the big hand needs to be at 12 while the small hand represents the time shown.)

Use this website to practice the 0’Clock time http://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resourses/resource/116/telling-the-time
https://ie.mathgames.com/grades/ another great website for maths - log onto the Senior infant section.

You will find worksheets similar to these on the twinkl website www.twinkl.ie/offer code IRLTWINKLHELPS or alternatively write out questions similar to those above using a circular shape on some paper. Lots of practice with O’clock is advisable.

The children can also play some maths operations games on:

· Practice counting to 50 this week.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train

Irish:

Bia (Food)

Úll, oráiste, banana, piorra, im, arán, tósta, subh – revision

Tá ocras orm (I’m Hungry) Tá tart orm (I’m thirsty)

Deoch (drink)tráta (tomato) práta (potato) cairéad (carrot) cabáiste (cabbage)

Rainn:

Tá ocras orm.

Ba mhaith liom bia, a mhúinteoir X2

Tá tart orm.

Ba mhaith liom deoch, a mhúinteoir X2.

· Try to watch a cartoon on TG4 each day. There are lots to choose from.

SESE:

Surface tension: In physics surface tension is a force present within the surface layer of a liquid that causes the layer to behave as an elastic sheet. It is the force that supports insects to walk on water, for example. Surface tension is caused by the attraction between the molecules of the liquid.

The following are three experiments to show surface tension.

· Experiment 1

You will need: 1 bowl of water, some pepper flakes (ground pepper) Some soap (washing up liquid is fine)

· Experiment 2

· You will need: glass of water, paper clip

· What to do: if you drop the paper clip into water it will sink – however if you can very gently place the paper clip on top of water without disturbing the surface tension it should float.

· Experiment 3 ( this one is trickier and can take some time )

· You will need: a plate with some milk on it, food colouring, cotton bud dipped in washing up liquid

· After a while the food colouring should spread out to form a pattern.

This video shows all three experiments – give them a go. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq1J-7-LVIo

Religion

· Us this link to hear a traditional song about Mary – ‘Bring Flowers of the Fairest.’

http://vimeo.com/280568269

· There are more resources available on Mary on the Grow in love website – seasonal lessons – lesson 3 – Mary. Login details – e-mail trial@growinlove.ie Password: growinlove The children can also listen to the song When creation was begun and colour in the picture of Mary.

Art:

Now, that May has arrived we can see beautiful flowers everywhere. So it’s a good time to make a pressed-flower card for someone special.

Instructions: When it is dry outside , collect a variety of flowers outside including their stems.

Observe how they look now. Then place them inside a heavy book to flatten them.

Leave them for a day or so, then gently peel them off the pages. Glue them to a blank card to make a beautiful surprise for someone special.

P.E.

https://www.gaa.ie/my-gaa/getting-involved/kids-activities The GAA have put together some great ideas to keep the children busy – take a look.

1^st Class:

English:

· Read – every day out loud to someone.
· Continue with English in Practice one column each day.
· Write every day in cursive handwriting.
· Writing Ideas: - My favourite toy.
- My brother or my sister.

- My Family.

- My Granny/Grandad

- My favourite holiday.

- My News

- Write out labels for the irish words.

Maths:

· One page each day from Master Your Maths 1
· Shape and Space – revision of a triangle, circle, rectangle,square and semi – circle.
· Learn their properties – number of sides, curved or straight, number of corners etc.
· Complete pages 120-123 this week.
· Give these websites and worksheets a go: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/early-years/shape-monsters
· https://www.education.com/game/identifying-shapes-attributes/
https://ie.mathgames.com/grades/ another great website for maths - log onto the 1st class section.

Gaeilge: Bia (Food)

Revision:

sú talún (strawberry) tráta (tomato) líomóid (lemon) cairéad (carrot) min bhuí (corn/maize) brocailí (broccoli) oinniún (onion) práta (potato) anann (pineapple) cabáiste (cabbage)

Tá ocras orm ( I am Hungry) Tá tart orm ( I am thirsty) deoch (drink)

Give this game a go. https://www.digitaldialects.com/Irish/Fruit.htm

Rainn: (Poem)

Tá ocras orm

Ba mhaith liom bia, a mhuinteoir X2

Tá tart orm.

Ba mhaith liom deoch, a mhúinteoir X2

· Try to watch a cartoon on TG4 each day. There are lots to choose from.

SESE:

The following are three experiments to show surface tension.

· Experiment 1

You will need: 1 bowl of water, some pepper flakes (ground pepper) Some soap (washing up liquid is fine)

· Experiment 2

· You will need: glass of water, paper clip

· What to do: if you drop the paper clip into water it will sink – however if you can very gently place the paper clip on top of water without disturbing the surface tension it should float.

· Experiment 3 ( this one is trickier and can take some time )

· You will need: a plate with some milk on it, food colouring, cotton bud dipped in washing up liquid

· After a while the food colouring should spread out to form a pattern.

· This video shows all three experiments – give them a go. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq1J-7-LVIo

Religion

· Us this link to hear a traditional song about Mary – ‘Bring Flowers of the Fairest.’

http://vimeo.com/280568269

· There are more resources available on Mary on the Grow in love website Under the Junior and Senior Infant pages – seasonal lessons otherwise continue with– Theme 8 ‘Jesus is still with us’: Lesson 3 – What is a missionary and after Penecost. Login details – e-mail trial@growinlove.ie Password: growinlove

Art:

Now, that May has arrived we can see beautiful flowers everywhere. So it’s a good time to make a pressed-flower card for someone special.

Instructions: When it is dry outside , collect a variety of flowers outside including their stems.

Observe how they look now. Then place them inside a heavy book to flatten them.

Leave them for a day or so, then gently peel them off the pages. Glue them to a blank card to make a beautiful surprise for someone special.

P.E.

https://www.gaa.ie/my-gaa/getting-involved/kids-activities The GAA have put together some great ideas to keep the children busy – take a look.

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INFANT CLASSES (2)

School bus- everyone is having great fun playing on the bus

A visit from MEP Maria Walsh

Butterflies

Creative Schools week

There is a lot of work being done in our school for the Incredible Edibles/Healthy Eating Programmes. salad leavesDrumming with Aoibhínn from DRUMADORE

Dance

Easter egg hunt

October 2022

We have started our 'Picker Pals' project. The students are very excited to do their part to keep our community nice and tidy and litter free.

Every student in our class received their own copy of 'Picker Power -A Picker Pals Adventure'

September 2022

Welcome to our new Junior Infant Students.

Senior Infants 2022Autumn trees and fruitsA Tree HuntQueen Elizabeth II R.I.P. 8/9/2022CONNACHT RUGBY COME TO CREGGS SEPTEMBER '22Term 3 - JUNE 2022Congratulations to the boys and girls for completing their food dudes programme.

Congratulations to all of the Boys and Girls for receiving a gold award for their work on Incredible Edibles this year.

On Monday June 20th, Infants, Sunshine and Mr. Conneally's classs went on their school tour to Glendeer Pet Farm. The weather was sensational. The children had a great time and a trip to super macs at the end of the day made it all the more special!!

On the same day, 1st class went with the other classes to Tayto Park. They had a really enjoyable day.

Thank you to Farmer Charlie Clarke and his wife Pauline for a fantastic tour of their wonderful farm. The children really enjoyed the experience and the delicious treats afterwards!

'An Easter Egg Hunt' written by Senior Infants 2022.

Yummy, Easter treats!

Today, April 2nd 2022 Sandra cam to visit. She brought along her horse Flora and her dog Trudi. Sandra runs a a farm in Bantry, Co. Cork called 'Hairy Henry Farm.' She is currently travelling by horseback though Ireland to raise funds for her therapy farm.

St . Patrick's Day show

Variety Show

February 2022

All the machinery parked up in Creggs waiting to go to their next job!

Design a Kite

Bringing home the turf - Lego Style!

8/6/2020-12/6/2020

Senior Infants

English:

Maths: Continue with this work from last week – practice makes perfect.

Irish:

SESE:

Art:

P.E.

1st Class:English:

Maths:

Irish:An trá (The beach)

SESE:

Art:

Religion/Art:

P.E.

A busy boy looking after the strawberries and blueberries for Mom.

Senior Infants

1st Class:

Incredible Edible Activities this week

Lot's of fabulous planting

Spinach Carrots

Spinach Strawberries

Lettuce Strawberries

Chives and Parsley

Redcurrants Blackcurrants

Raspberries Watering new plants

Now, that really does look tasty!

Celebrating Europe - Blue Star Project

Celebrating Italy French Culture

Traditional Irish dinner - bacon and cabbage

Lots of facts about France

Making Pizza using pizza dough a traditional Italian food

11/05/2020 - 15/05/2020

Hi Everyone in Infants and 1st. I hope everyone is doing okay and enjoying the fabulous fine weather. This week I have asked for a lot of work in SESE – hopefully you will find this work very enjoyable, send on as many photographs and or drawings as you wish!

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There is a lot of work being done in our school for the Incredible Edibles/Healthy Eating Programmes.

salad leaves

Drumming with Aoibhínn from DRUMADORE

Senior Infants 2022

Autumn trees and fruits

A Tree Hunt

Queen Elizabeth II
R.I.P. 8/9/2022

CONNACHT RUGBY COME TO CREGGS SEPTEMBER '22

Term 3 - JUNE 2022

Congratulations to the boys and girls for completing their food dudes programme.

1^st Class:English:

1^st Class:

Hi Everyone in Infants and 1^st. I hope everyone is doing okay and enjoying the fabulous fine weather. This week I have asked for a lot of work in SESE – hopefully you will find this work very enjoyable, send on as many photographs and or drawings as you wish!