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5th Class Blog 30th March-3rd April

Hi all, March 2020

We hope everyone is keeping safe and well since we seen you all last Thursday and maybe some of you are still busy working away on the activities we set for you. We also hope that you are helping out around the house with jobs, keeping active, staying in contact with family and friends through phone calls and messages and limiting your screen time during the nice weather.

We have put together some activities which we think you will enjoy to work through/complete next week (or this week if you have your other work completed). There is a lot to choose from as well as some additional activities for those who finish their tasks quickly (these have a pink background and should be completed after the initial activities given in that section).

You should aim to complete 3/4 different tasks or activities each day of your own choice along with completing one block/column of your Master your Maths workbook and some handwriting as well (2-3 pages of handwriting workbook each week). Some of the activities in the PE, choice board, art and music sections can be completed on a daily basis and don't take very much time to complete. We have included a home learning log section for you to use at the end of each day which can be found at the bottom of the blog to keep track of your own learning over the next while and the activities you complete.

To access any of the links you just need to click on them. This should bring you directly to the activity attached. All written work could be recorded/completed in busy copies so that all of it is together or you could use a spare copy/paper if you don't have a busy copy home with you. We have chosen a few activities within multiple subject areas and will ensure to include the other subjects in the next update.

All you can do is try your best each day by completing some of the activities and helping out around the house.

We will keep you updated and check back here for more updates in the future.

Happy Easter!

Enjoy and stay safe!

Ms. Brady and Ms. O'Reilly

PE/Active Learning

200 Touches Challenge

1. Find a suitable ball and a suitable wall, outside!2. Stand 3 big steps back and time how long it takes you to complete the challenge.3. Increase difficulty by taking more steps back to start with.For e.g. Day 1: 3 steps Day 2: 4 steps Day 3: 5 steps

Exercising is important!

Enjoy your exercise!

Pick any name and complete the activities that follow each letter.
A good place to start is with your own name followed by the names of those in your family, your friends, your classmates and relatives.
Keep track of all the names you complete in your copy/diary.

Additional PE activities:

Create a 30-minute exercise plan that could be completed either outdoors or indoors for you, your friend or family member. Try and be creative! you can then complete it once a week.
Joe Wicks (The Body Coach) will be uploading a new PE lesson to his YouTube channel every morning at 9am.

Maths

Complete the following problems and challenge yourself to some extra ones on https://www.solvemoji.com/

2. Create 10-word problems based on the topic of money.

3. Continue with Master Your Maths (one unit per week or one block per day)

Additional Maths Activities:

Make a timetable for one day of your life including all the events you would engage with. Ensure to include specific times of each event. E.g. 8:00am I wake up/get up. Create a list of ten questions based on the timetable you have created. Try to make them challenging e.g. How long did I spend watching T.V. today? (You may have watched the T.V. on more than one occasion).
Complete the following long multiplication sums in your busy copy/spare paper.

English

Handwriting:

Please complete a section of your handwriting workbook each day. You should aim to complete 2-3 pages per week and remember to do your best handwriting each day.

Short Story:

Write a story with the following starter: ‘One day I woke up and looked out the window. To my surprise I saw that my house was floating high up in the sky! I quickly ran to the door and...’

Crossword/Wordsearch:

Create a crossword and a word search on an interesting topic of your choice. Aim for at least 10 words in each one!

Additional English Activities:

Design a Television Programme for children between the ages of 5-12. Please include the following;

-length of the programme and time of day

-presenter of programme

-people involved in the programme e.g. guest speakers/characters

-a brief description of the programme

-why this programme would be suitable/engaging for these children

-anything else interesting in relation to your programme

Design the front cover of a newspaper of your choice focusing on a headline that is currently in the news.

Reading

· Continue to read as much as possible.

· Complete a book report in your copy when you complete each book.

· Record ten new words from every book you read in your copy.

· Create a brief character profile of your favourite/main character from each book you read.

Audible Stories: For those of you who may like to try something different or maybe take a break from reading yourself you can have a listen to a wide variety of children's literature available at the following link stories.audible.com/discovery . Here you can still enjoy the story by listening to it rather than reading it yourself.

David Walliams: You could also visit 'The World of David Walliams' website to tune into 'Elenveses with The World of David Walliams' to listen to some popular children's novels/stories being read aloud for 20 minutes each day. This might be a nice time for you to take a break from some of the other activities and relax for a little while. Here is the link: www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/

History

Time to create a time capsule!

· Write a letter to your future selves. Tell them about yourself- what you like to eat/ drink/ what your hobbies are/ what class you are in/ what age you are/ what you want to be when you grow up.

· Include some food wrappers/ labels of things you like.

· Draw a picture of you and your family or include a photograph.

· Trace around your hand so your future self can compare hand sizes with you.

· Include a newspaper or the main headlines from the news today.

· Store all completed tasks in an empty jar or bottle if available and label it with the date.

Drama

Time to enhance your creative drama skills!

If you don't have a dice you could just randomly select from each colum.
Create your drama and perform for some of your family at home.
Use your imagination which we know you are all very good at doing.
Feel free to create a drama of your own choice either if this activity doesn't appeal to you.

Gaeilge/Music

New Song Alert!

Listen to and learn ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ as Gaeilge as best as you can. The link for this song is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl-_h-igh1Y
Re-cap/practice previous Gaeilge songs; 'Seo mar atáim' www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_cx6zPRnuM , 'Amhrán na gcupán' www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz63M3v11nE agus 'Wake me up'www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A6__HssHW8 . We hope that some family members would enjoy hearing you sing these songs as Gaeilge.
Create a dance to your favourite song or you could challenge yourself to creating a dance to the chorus of one of the Irish songs we have learned.
30 soicind: Pick a topic in Irish and list as much vocabulary/ phrases associated with it in 30 seconds. Try and beat your score each time you play.

Art

Alphabet art drawing: Starting with the letter ‘A’ draw a different object/item each day using the letters of the alphabet. E.g. A- apple or alligator. Sketch the object and then colour it in focusing on line, tone, pattern and shape to challenge yourself. By end of the activity you will have a different drawing for each letter of the alphabet. You could base all your letters on one theme e.g. food, animals, Spring, sport etc.
Collage art: Using any old materials/items create a collage on paper. E.g. create a picture of a basketball using empty wrappers, string, crumpled paper etc. Try and be as creative as you can using items only.
Using https://www.youtube.com/user/ArtforKidsHub challenge yourself to draw something you haven’t drawn before!

Choice Board

Tip:

Anyone who likes to keep busy may find some time to complete a few activities from the choice board. Here you get to pick whichever activity you would like to complete. This may help you relax throughout the day so you could also use it as a brain break in between some of the other subjects/work/activities.