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5th Class Blog 11th-15th May

Hello Everyone in 5th class,

We hope you are all continuing to keep busy at home, play outside in the good weather and enjoy spending time with your family. No doubt you are missing your friends and school a lot but hopefully you will get to see each other soon.

A special thank you to everyone who got in contact with us again last week. We really loved receiving emails from you, hearing about what you have been getting up to and viewing some of your fabulous work. We were even lucky enough to get some pictures of what most of you have been up to. Please continue to keep in touch through email each week as we really love hearing from you.

We still haven't heard from everybody and we would really encourage you to send us an email this week even just to say 'hello' if you haven't done so already.

'Our Amazing Gallery' is still located through a separate tab at the top right corner of the blog page. We love adding to this page each week to show case your amazing work so feel free to send in any of your recent creations. Click on this page to view some of the lovely work the children in fifth class have been sending in to us over the past few weeks. We are very proud of all your creations! If you would like to see some of your own work in the gallery please send it in to us with parental permission given in the email.

We're sure you know how to use the blog at this stage. There is a variety of work from many different subjects to choose from and this week we chose to focus on the theme ‘Africa’ so a lot of the activities are based around it. The corrections for last week's MYM and riddles can be found at the bottom of this week's blog page.

Not everything needs to be completed. Just try your best.

If you have any questions, want to share some of your work with us or you just want to say hello email us at: 5thclassteachers@virginians.ie

We miss you all and look forward to hearing from you soon.

Stay safe, stay well and please stay at home.

Ms. Brady & Ms. O'Reilly

English

Create an acrostic poem about Africa or the specific country you have chosen for your project.
Read this simple comprehension about Nelson Mandela to learn more about his life in South Africa and how he tried to make a difference. Answer the follow up questions to re-cap on what you have learned about Nelson Mandela.

If you had a chance to meet Nelson Mandela what would you ask him and why? Write a short response e.g. half-1 copybook page.

Nelson Mandela Comprehension.docx

Maths

Continue with the next week of Master your Maths-This should be week 30 the last week in the book!

Length- Here are some fun activities based on the topic of length

Try this fun emoji code breaking maths activity

Gaeilge

Ainminigh agus tarraing pictúir do na rudaí a bhaineann leis an tsamhraidh- Name/label and draw a picture/scene of the things associated with the summer.

E.g. Uachtar reoite / ice-cream

an trá / the beach

Bain trial as na rabhlóg Gaeilge anseo- Try out these Irish tongue twisters

Irish tongue twisters.ppt

Bris an Cód- Try out these break the code activities

Déan cúig abairtí ag baint leis an Samhradh- Make five sentences about Summer (You can use the picture to help you).

Here are some examples of how you could start your sentences:

Is maith liom...- I like...
Tá an aimsir....- The weather is.....
Is féidir liom....- I can...
Sa Samhradh...-In Summer...

SESE- Africa

Time to learn about Africa!

Read this PowerPoint to gain a better understanding of Africa, the second largest continent in the world.

Africa PP.pptx

Project time: Pick any country in Africa you would like to learn more about and research the following questions:

1. Where in Africa is the country located?

2. What is the capital of the country?

3. How many people live there?

4. What languages do they speak?

5. Are there any major landmarks in the country?

6. Can you briefly describe the culture of the country? E.g. clothing, food, music etc.

7. What is the weather/climate like in this country?

8. Any other interesting facts about the country?

Art

African Patterns:

· Use the PowerPoint to learn about how patterns were used in African art creations.· See if you can get inspired by your surroundings to create a pattern using unique colours.· Think about all the shapes you have learned about over the past two weeks and see can you include some of them in your pattern creations.· Go outside and see what patterns you can see and how they can be used in a piece of artwork.

African pattern art PP.pptx

African animals:

· If you like learning about animals/drawing animals we would love to see you create a drawing/picture of your favourite African animal.· Here is another PP to help you get thinking.

African animals PP.ppt

Music

African music

Listen to the following songs:

· ‘Roar’-Katy Perry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW5SMrURVbM

· ‘Africa’-Toto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWfY9GRe7SI

· Jambo Bwana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUrVeRGo5IM

1. Listen to each of the songs individually.

2. Pick your favourite song and try to learn the lyrics of it.

3. Create a dance to the song with actions and moves of your own choice.

4. You could create a simple instrument instead and use it to the beat of the song if you prefer not to create a dance.

PE

Gymnastics:

· We hope you had fun practicing the different types of rolls last week

· This week we are going to focus on balances

· You can do the balances by yourself or with a partner

· Check out the balance task cards and challenge yourself by trying out some of harder ones at the bottom of the pack

· If you get through all the balances on the cards feel free to make up some balances of your own

· Remember to make sure the area you are practicing in is safe before you start and that there are no obstacles in your way. Perform the balances safely and correctly and always try your best

Gymnastics task cards for balances.docx

Something Extra

· Try and complete each of these letter task activities.

· Using the letter D for the first one and E for the second one, see can you answer all the questions without any help.

· Time yourself to see how long it takes you.

· We would really love to hear how you get on and how long it took you to solve the questions.

· We will post the answers on next weeks blog and you can check how you got on.

Corrections

Riddles

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