27th April-1st May

These are some suggested online/offline activities to keep the children working. They are optional and they do not all have to be completed as we do not wish to add further stress to family life during these unprecedented times.

This week you can do some activities from Maths, English and Irish and you can choose one other activity from one of the following subjects: SESE, STEM, SPHE, PE, Arts and Religion.

There is an option to email a picture of work or send an email about work completed to the teacher on a Friday only if you wish. You can tell us about what activities you enjoyed.

• Think about what you know about adjectives (they describe a person, place or thing)

• Write down 10 adjectives that you know

• Learn to use a dictionary/thesaurus or use an online thesaurus www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thesaurus

• Improve 4 of the adjectives you wrote down using the dictionary/ thesaurus or online thesaurus. For example, the adjective ‘unclean’ could be improved upon. The adjective ‘filthy’ could be used instead. This gives children an understanding of synonyms.

• Put some of the new adjectives that you learned into sentences.

• Read for 20 minutes each day (adult reads to child/ child reads to adult/ chat about the story)

• www.storylineonline.net/

• RTE Home School Hub is on RTE 2 Monday to Friday from 11am-12pm. Previous episodes are available here:

www.rte.ie/player/series/rt%C3%A9-home-school-hub/SI0000006854?epguid=IP000065950

• As a continuation of your work on spring last week, plant some seeds and take care of the plant/ flower as it grows.

• Record your plant/ flower’s progress every few days. You may also include drawings and/ or photographs, e.g. Day 1: I planted my seed in its pot today. I watered it and put it near a window to get lots of light.

• Project work: Create a scrapbook or write a diary or create a PowerPoint about your time at home during the school closures - What have you been doing? How are you feeling about staying at home? What do you miss? Have you made/ baked/ created anything? What have you learned?, etc.

• You may include photographs, drawings and pictures from magazines/ newspapers.

• You can continue to add to the project over the coming days/ weeks.

• We had planned to do Food Dudes in school but now we are able to do it from home. We are pleased to invite you to join Food Dudes Fun at Home via the website: www.fooddudes.ie/food-dudes-fun-at-home/ (includes: activity sheets, games, challenges and brand-new Food Dudes videos)

• Walk or cycle within a 2km radius for at least 15 minutes

• 10 minutes of exercise: rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/

• Joe Wicks PE: www.thebodycoach.com/blog/pe-with-joe-1254.html

• Dancing/ Mindfulness videos: family.gonoodle.com/

• Gymnastic rolls: www.scoilnet.ie/pdst/primarygymrolling/

• Make up your own rhythm and clap it out (eg. Ta, Ti-Ti, Ta, Ti-Ti, Taa)

• Engage in small world play (playing with Sylvanian Family dolls, Lego figurines or any figurines where they can create a dialogue)

• Encourage children to pray their own prayers and/ or they could write down their prayers

• To access Grow in Love, go to Login - Email: trial@growinlove.ie Password: growinlove

Scroll down to ‘Second Class/ P4’ and click to access themes and lessons

Click Theme 1: Called and Chosen and Lesson 2: Jesus Choose Followers

• Revision of songs, stories and you may download and print colouring sheets

Children can write a prayer and light a candle virtuallyapp.growinlove.ie/en/user/candle

Prayers: app.growinlove.ie/en/user/prayer-space