Thursday 28th January

Hello tremendous 6th!

Hope you're all well this Thursday! It was nice to see some of your comments on yesterday's SPHE virtual check -in. If you didn't get a chance to fill it in, please click here!

We will be doing an Aboriginal Art lesson today with Aisling! Bring a pencil, paper, colours and a black marker or pen. It will be a relaxing lesson with Aboriginal calming music to keep us all in the zone!!

Please use the code https://meet.google.com/hqm-fmfh-dow or use the code hqm-fmfh-dow if using a phone.

If you need help with anything or have any questions in the meantime please email : lspillane@scoiltreasanaofa.ie and also, Ms. Desmond is available mdesmond@scoiltreasanaofa.ie

Work hard and stay safe,

Ms. Spillane


P.S. C'mon 6th class.... pull the finger out! Some people are not completing the minimum 10 minutes of IXL every day... but congrats to #1 Zihan, #2 Patrick and #3 Matéo on top 3 and dojo points! 🤩


Daily Schedule for Thursday 28th January

Challenge 1: Puzzle of the Day!

Subject 1: Maths

  1. Click here for Daily 10! - 5mins

  2. Busy at Maths: Topic: Capacity Chapter 33

A) Please watch the video about finding the volume of a 3D shape where we are only given the basic measurements. data.cjfallon.ie/resources/20714/BAM6_Tutorial_102/lessons/BAM6_Tutorial_102/index.html

B) Please complete Questions 2 and 3 on pg. 176

C) OPTIONAL BUT WHY NOT GIVE IT A GO!.... Complete Questions 4 and 5 on pg. 176

Don't have your Busy at Maths book? No problem.

Click here for page 176

3. Work It Out. Week 17 (Thursday) - 15 mins

4. Click here for IXL! - 10-20mins

Challenge 2: Physical Challenge of the Day!

Flip A Coin Workout : Heads or Tails?!! Continue for 9 times but less if you are doing it outdoors and in heat and remember to stay hydrated!

Subject 2: English

  1. Spellings: Complete ABC order / rainbow words into your English / Treasury / Spelling copy:

Group 2: Sort 31 - Click here! Group 3: Sort 42 - Click here! Group 4: Sort 8 - Click here! -20mins


  1. WOW Words Week 17: Yesterday you put all 10 WOW words into sentences - Click here if you still need to complete that.

Today, please fill out the WOW Word Week 17 Cloze by clicking here!


  1. Day 68 (Thursday) - 15 mins


  1. Write to Read: 'I Am David' by Anne Holm: We had a read aloud of the first page of chapter 6 yesterday as David reluctantly fled his lovely surroundings and headed for Florence. Please continue to read the first part of ch. 6 today (that's pg. 132 - 141 if you have the book and that's 54 - 57 of PDF sheets online) Please click here to access the 'I Am David' reading materials.


👉 I've included a new form on finding WOW Words, please fill out as you find new and interesting words so that they will be included in upcoming WOW Word Weeks 👈


Please complete the usual Write to Read homework - that is a choice of a ) summary, b) 3 personal responses and c ) 4 comprehension strategies. You have a choice of completing this in your copybook or here. (But if you choose to complete it in your copybook, you will need to send a picture of it to me every evening)


  1. IXL: Click here for IXL! - 10-20 mins

Challenge 3:

THROWBACK THURSDAY!

Let's throw it back to Halloween 2020 and some scary masked children!!

What movie might we use for an Easter themed movie in a few months? Get your thinking caps on!

Subject 3: Art (LIVE on Googlemeets at 1.30pm)

Aboriginal Art: We will be combining three different types of Aboriginal art to make our own masterpieces!

You will need paper, a pencil, a black marker or pen, colours (colouring pencils, crayons, markers or whatever you have). If you have black or coloured paper you can use this too!

Challenge 4: Daily Dingbat!

SAY WHAT YOU SEE!