Ms. Campbell & Ms. McCarthy's Class

May 11th

Hello all and hope you've had a good week?
Below is some exciting news about swans, and below that, your project for the week. As usual Jill and Leslie will send you your Maths and Literacy by Email.

I'm sure you remember that baby swans are called cygnets. And look what I discovered when I was out for my walk yesterday - a male and female swan with their 3 fluffy grey cygnets! They were very very cute, and the mom and dad were being very protective of their babies! I managed to get some videos also of them, and of another pair of swans I found nesting. I'll send those videos to the class WhatsApp, along with some amazing videos of baby lambs that my friend sent me from her farm.

May 11th 2020
We have a lovely project for you to do at home this week that incorporates art, SPHE, SESE and a little reading also! It is a home-made butterfly feeder. There is alot of information at the beginning and end of the activity, all about butterflies and insects and how we can help them to survive. You can pause the video and read it at your own pace, or even skip the reading and go straight to the project instructions! Jill and Leslie are going to make one and post pictures here next week - will you send us your pictures too?

Click on this link :

https://vimeo.com/415093877/7809598185

May 2nd 2020
Hello all and we hope your week was good. Now it is the Bank Holiday weekend so you can relax a little and have some fun! It's looking like a sunny weekend and we really hope you get out in the fresh air to run and play. Monday and Tuesday are days off school, but you can work if you want to, from all of the websites and resources we have shared with you. Your Literacy and Maths have been sent by email and should keep you busy until the end of next week! Have a great weekend!
Jill and Leslie

Art
How is your town coming along? I decided to add a castle to mine this week! The pictures below show what you need and how easy it is to do! Don't forget to send us some pictures of your town so that we can see your work. I am collecting lots of different shaped boxes for next week's buildings.

SPHE
Have you started your project yet? I have painted a thank you sign for the Binmen and the Postman - I leave them out every day to thank them for the work they are doing to keep us safe and happy! It has been fun collecting pebbles on my daily walks and trying to decide how to paint them - what should I do with these 3? Can you give me some ideas please? I will be leaving them in the front garden to make people smile as they walk by.

Some activities to keep me busy!

Well it is the month of May now and we hope you have all been keeping busy. I have been painting my garden walls and even painted Rosie's kennel - I think she likes it! I've also been planting seeds indoors and watching them grow - it's very exciting! The best seeds are the ones I bought in Lidl and in Dealz.

Monday April 27th
Hello all and we hope you had a lovely weekend in the sunshine! It looks like we might get some rain this week, so we will need our raincoats when we go out for our daily exercise!
And speaking of exercise - guess what week it is? Active Schools Week!
Ms O Grady and Ms Mc Cormack have given us lots of fun activities to do.
Art and SPHE activities: These are formatted to be followed on a laptop or tablet.
We are starting an art project that should keep us busy for weeks and we can share our progress by sending photos.
Also, you will really enjoy our SPHE activity, especially if you have seen painted stones around your neighbourhood lately!
In SESE you will be making playdough, and then using it to have a 'Dough Disco'!
You will see buttons below which give details of all of your activities for the week, and as we explained, Jill and Leslie will be contacting you by Email for Literacy and Maths work.
Don't forget to send us pictures of some of your art or SPHE this week so we can post them on the website.
Have a great Week!

Weekly Work

Active Schools week

Art

SESE Playdoh Recipe Video

SESE Dough Disco

SPHE

Monday 20th April 2020
Hello everyone, and welcome back after the Easter holidays! We hope you all had a super break with lots of chocolate and some fun times outdoors in the good weather! We will both be updating you on our news in the coming days (maybe even with a video!), and in the meantime we would like you to check on your school emails and reply to us as soon as possible. The email sets out our plans for teaching over the coming weeks, and we need your help to organise this for each child.

We will contact you individually as soon as we have all your email replies. Meanwhile, here is your work for the week. Do as much as you can, but don’t feel pressured to complete everything. Try to do reading, fine motor, gross motor and life skills every day if you can. We have included a tick chart to help you record your progress.

Please send us photos of your work - we can put them up on the website!
l.mccarthy@scoilmhuireleixlip.com
j.campbell@scoilmhuireleixlip.com

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Happy Happy Easter
to all of our wonderful boys and girls in Room 4,
and to your family and friends all over the world!
Wherever you are this Easter,
stay safe,
stay home and stay cheerful!
We hope to see you all again soon.
Lots of Love from
Leslie, Jill, Noreen, Linda, Sinéad and Paula.

We use gonoodle in class, especially when we can't go outside, or just need a quick movement break. Free gonoodle activities are available here:
Just click on this link...

https://www.gonoodle.com/good-energy-at-home-kids-games-and-videos/

Some of the activities that room 4 enjoy are.....
Kitty High Five
Maxarena
Rainbow Breath
Clap it Out by Blazer Fresh
When you find these ones, they will lead you to many more! Have fun!

Daily Reading Homework
I'm sharing a link here for free reading resources which will suit all of the children in room 4, at their different levels. Many of these readers are ones we use in school, so they will be familiar to the boys and girls.

Choose a level that they are comfortable with (able to read with ease) and move up to the next level only when they have finished all of the books at the previous level. When you move up a level, they will need support to learn new words.
Some of the readers have new word lists, which you can introduce to your child before they read the book. Write out the new words and play some fun matching games with them to help them to become familiar with these words.
Try and make this reading a regular part of your daily timetable - not just a once-off fun activity. The children will enjoy the challenge of completing all of the books in one level before moving on.

Use the strategies we have told you about to help them with comprehension. Look at the pictures before and after reading and discuss what you see. Ask 'W' questions about each picture - who, where, what, when, why.

Click on this link:
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/

April 2nd
Good morning all! I hope you had a chance to look at some of the links we put up yesterday? They will keep you active and busy over the coming weeks. Here is a fun English activity for you to try at home. Using your own name, find 3 words for every letter, and then write a sentence with one of the words. Don't forget your capitals and full stops! Why not try to find some tricky words? You could get your family to join in and help, and you could write some very funny sentences if you like! Here's a picture of my work so far........

I have been keeping very busy while I'm not in school.........walking, exercising, playing the piano and guitar. I saw some lambs and horses today when I went out for my walk! I've also been making things like rainbows and rabbits for Easter decorations! Here are some pictures of what I've made. I sent a rainbow to my niece - she's 5. She phoned me yesterday and said 'thanks for the woolly jelly fish Leslie!' Do you think they look like jelly fish? Maybe you could email us with pictures of what you've been doing? We'd love to put them on the website like some of the other classes have done!

More Maths Fun
CJ Fallon have made all their Busy at Maths online tutorials, games and interactives FREE to all teachers, parents and pupils.
Busy at Maths is the book we use in Room 4, so the children are familiar with the lessons.
Just visit http://my.cjfallon.ie, click 'Student Resources', then filter to the class and interactive that you require.

Dublin Zoo
The animals in Dublin Zoo have cameras in their enclosures so we can watch them any time, day or night! Click on the link below and select which animal enclosure you'd like to look at. Sometimes they are just sleeping, especially as they have no visitors these days, but you might be lucky and see them playing or feeding. The zoo keepers are still looking after them every day!

DUBLIN ZOO WEBCAMS

Get Moving!
Have you been keeping active? Gonoodle is always super, but don't forget to check out Joe Wicks on youtube - he does a class at 9am every day. That sounds super early I know, but you can catch up on it later in the day if you like. Click on this link to go straight to the website:
Youtube: The Body Coach

April 1st
Hello all! Guess what? It's the 1st of April today. Do you know what that means? April Fools Day!
Have you tried any of the activities below yet? I really enjoyed the teddy rescue. And then I tried to get Rosie to join in, and look what she did - I couldn't find her for ages! Can you see her fluffy tail peeking out? I don't think she likes my games! Maybe I'll get her to try some paw painting later - that could be fun!

Here are some fun indoor activities for you to try out at home - send us some pictures of the ones you like doing the best! I'm going to try the teddy rescue - looks like great fun!

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March 28th 2020
Hello all in Room 4! As you know, we have been connecting with you every day via WhatsApp and email to send you work and address any concerns you have during these tricky times. It has been great hear from you daily and to see your work and fun activities. We will also now post any links or material here on the school website so that you can access them easily on other devices.

Let us know what you have been up to at home. You can send photos of your activities to l.mccarthy@scoilmhuireleixlip.com or to j.campbell@scoilmhuireleixlip.com
and we will post them on the site.

In the meantime, stay safe, stay home, and keep washing your hands!