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28/5/2020 0 Comments More from Busy at MathsHi everyone,
Hope you're all well and if you've given the new Maths a go, I hope you're getting on ok! The main thing to do is to get lots of practice. You should watch the following videos before you try these pages in the book, watch twice if you find them tricky, and then give them a go in your book. As always, if you have any problems or questions, let me know and I'll do my best to help! For p.138, the video you watched for p. 137 will help you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJZn-TM8G6c&t=50s For p.152: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNa5kAT6E4k&t=2s For p.153: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbBl_WJA7gE Best of luck! |Ms. Parkinson
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26/5/2020 0 Comments Busy at Maths!
25/5/2020 0 Comments New WorkHi Everyone, Hope you are all well and enjoying the sun, who has decided to come back! Was delighted to get to see some of you last Thursday in school! Hope you have all been getting on ok with the books I sent home, and if you chose to get it, the work pack. Lots to keep you busy over the next few weeks. You should still be working on what I put up here last week, with Starlight, Small World etc .I told you all I would put up work for Busy at Maths and Bua na Cainte once you all had your books so I have it in the document below. Let me know if you are missing either of these books, as I can either photocopy pages for you, or may even have a spare copy available. As always, if you have any pictures, letter, photos or questions, send me an email and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible! Chat to you all soon, Ms. Parkinson
23/5/2020 0 Comments New Recipe!Big thanks to Harry for sending in this delicious recipe for homemade chocolate banana ice-cream! Such a great idea and you will only need three ingredients- 50 mls of milk, a tablespoon of chocolate spread, and of course, 4 bananas! you may need an adult to help with chopping and the blender. Would be a great activity to try next week when hopefully the sun will make a return! Thanks Harry, can't wait to try it!
18/5/2020 0 Comments First CommunionAs you all know, Sunday the 24th May should have been the day you were making your First Communion. Like I said last time, it is not cancelled, it is only postponed and we will have a great day whenever it happens! Here is a message from our Bishop, Bishop Denis Nulty, to all the children in Ireland who should be celebrating their communion this month https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=284722092537437. So that we don’t forget how special this time is, I am including a booklet here with some activities for you to do. I will print out the pictures of Mary for the May altar and include them in the work pack for anyone who wants it. Hope you enjoy them!
18/5/2020 0 Comments Updated work!Hi Second Class!
Hope everyone is keeping safe and well, I cannot believe it is the 18th of May already! Before I say anything else, I have a very important announcement to make: Harry Ging is 9 years old!! Happy birthday Harry, hope you had a lovely day yesterday!! It was great to chat to you all last week, I loved hearing what you’ve been up to! I miss school and all of you, and that’s why it really makes my day when you send me work or pictures. I am going to put a little bit of work up now for the next two weeks, but I will add more on Thursday when you will have your books back! I know it was hard when I put up Busy at Maths work or Bua na Cainte and you maybe didn’t have the book, so it will be much easier for you from now on. At this stage, we have to accept that we won’t get to finish all of our books, but as always, we will do our best. Some people have sent in fabulous artwork, if you haven’t yet please do because I’d love to see it and add it to our class page here! I am so proud of you all for working hard at home- even if you don’t get all of the work done, stick with it and keep going, we are nearly at the end of the year- so keep it up! Remember to check back on Thursday to find out what else I’d like you to do, but for now, give this work a go- best of luck! Chat to you all soon, and have a lovely week! English: Spellings: Next 2 weeks, with test on Friday, let me know if you finish the book, I will supply you with extra spellings. Continue with My Read at Home as normal, let me know if you get the book finished! Sounds Good Phonics: look at the ‘ti’ pages 107-109. These are words where ‘ti; says sh like in fraction, and like si last week in mansion. So remember that if you are sounding out any words you don’t know. There are some big words on these pages, so you might need a little bit of help with the reading or with what the words mean. Do your best! Over the two weeks, if you come across more words in books with this sound, make a little list for yourself in your homework copy, and then next Friday, you might like to try a sound challenge like we do in school, let me know how you get on if you do! Starlight: Skip to Unit 7 and look at the two texts A Bear called Paddington, and the Magic Faraway tree. You may need a bit of help with the focus words so Don’t forget to ask for help or look up the words in a dictionary, it’s how you learn new things. Last week’s stories were instructions, this week both are narrative writing – telling a made up story. Please give the activities a go, including the writing activity about villains and superheroes. Let your imagination run wild!! James and the Giant Peach: I know some of you still haven’t finished watching the videos so I’ll give you another week to do so. I am including some activities in the work pack that I am giving out on Thursday but if you don’t want a work pack I will still pop the activities up here next week because you may want to do some. If you have reached the end of the book, I really hope you enjoyed the story. If you haven’t, I won’t give any spoilers!! Irish: Léigh sa Bhaile: These are the stories for the next two weeks, split them up however you like! p. 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74 Don’t forget to look at the foclóir box at the bottom of the page for help with the words. Any questions, let me know! Spellings: p.132 and 133 in Bua na Cainte. When you get the book back, you can do the activities on these pages. This week: orm (on me), ort (on you), air (on him), uirthi (on her) Next week: brón (sad- don’t forget the fada), áthas (happy) fearg (angry) tart (thirsty- pronounced tort) ocras (hungry) You use both sets of spellings together, for example Tá tart orm- I am thirsty Tá brón air- he is sad. You could practice making a few sentences with these, or with clothes ( Tá cóta uirthi) and send them to me, I would love to see them. I will give the next chapter in Bua na Cainte on Thursday when everyone gets their book. Some people do not have it at the moment so I’m just trying to be fair! Maths: I will give work from Busy at Maths on Thursday. It is a new chapter so I will have videos of me teaching it to show you how to do the activities in the book. Mental Maths: continue as you have been. Tables: this week you are onto going back over 7 and 8, and next week it will be 9 and 10. As you probable remember- 10 are so easy, and for the 9, add a 10 then jump back one- simple!! Keep practicing the wheel to see how quickly you can do it, remember all our tricks, and most importantly, get someone to test you!! Religion: I will give work from Grow in Love when the books are collected. May is the month of Mary, who as you know is the mother of Jesus! Maybe you could turn your sacred space at home into a May altar for Mary, with some flowers, rosary beads, candles, and say the Hail Mary there every day. Small World: p 73-77 All About Africa In this section you will learn about 1. Animals called wildebeest which live in Africa 2. A traditional African story that has been told for many years, a bit like how we have all been telling the story of Tír na nÓg in Ireland. 3. A study on Ethiopia, which is a country in Africa. Before this we have learned about France and Spain, which are in Europe, we learned about China which is in Asia, and now we are learning about Africa. You might remember that the Sahara desert is in Africa. If you want to learn more about wildebeest, you can do a google image search of them, and then check out this short video clip about them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzgI-1ArLb4. On a map of the world, find Ethiopia. See what countries touch it, and look at how far we would have to fly to get there. What countries would we cross? If you want to learn more, google ‘Ethiopia facts for kids’. Music: To follow on with our theme of Africa in Small World, there is a song I want you to learn called Umbayalo. Just to warn you, you might laugh the first time you hear it, but this is SO catchy!!. This is an African call-and-response song, you’ll get the hang of it quickly ! I love African drums in the background. Once you know it well, ask your Mam or dad to take a video of you singing it so you can hear how it sounds. Singing with you all is one of the parts I miss most about school, so I hope you enjoy it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxQOjRallEs this version has a teacher singing with kids responding. Listen to this one first to learn the words and the tune! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lnIhEtOUVA this version just has a girl singing and you must respond to her! Do this one when you are getting good at it! PE: Apart from playing outside, why not give GoNoodle a go this week, once you have a dance learned off, get someone else at home involved- your brother, sister, or even Mammy or Daddy! If you get really good at one, send me a quick video clip so I can see your moves! 12/5/2020 0 Comments Great weather, great art!Here are a few of the fabulous pictures that were sent into me over the past week. They all remind me so much of summer with their bright colours! Thanks to Jamie, Tina, Donnacha, Rioghan and Kate, and if you haven't sent one in yet, why not get drawing!! I'd love to see them! I'll keep adding to the website and share your work with everyone! Some people sent other brilliant drawings to me and I'll add them to the page also.
5/5/2020 0 Comments James and the Giant PeachHi again!
In the post with your work for the next 2 weeks, I mentioned James and the Giant Peach, and how I would like you to follow the story being read aloud on Youtube. The videos I have picked are quite handy because, if you remember, the book has over 30 chapters, all of which are quite short. The videos split the book up into 7 parts, and you can read the pages on the screen as the lady reads it out loud. Each video is around 20 minutes long, so it stops you getting bored. At the end of each day, it would be a really good idea to write a little summary of what happened in those chapters, what the highlights were, if there were any sad/funny/scary parts. You could listen to one video each day and you would have the book finished in a week! Give it a go and let me know how you get on, enjoy!! Part One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKOK7ibWAJc Part Two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo0QATMBxIc Part Three: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_uGygLck9I Part Four: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZFaBfUs5BQ Part Five: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovdGox7SEwE Part Six: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kELX7lXwRbE Part Seven: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mug81GOga6A 4/5/2020 0 Comments Work for 5th of May Hi everyone! Hope you are all well and had a lovely long weekend. It’s May now which means, number 1, Mason is now 9 years old (Happy Birthday Mason!!!) and number 2, it’s officially the summer, which you’ll know from the gorgeous weather we’ve been having! I hope you are all getting out and enjoying the sunshine, Youtube and your Xbox will be there in the winter! I have been loving all the emails, photos, videos and messages I have been getting from you the last few weeks. I’m really missing school and chatting to you all so I love hearing from ye. I have seen all the work that has been done at home so far and I am so impressed with you all. I know it’s not easy doing work at home, and that your families are all really busy, so do as much as you can and don’t worry if there are things you have to leave out or can’t do for any reason, I completely understand. I have put all the work for the next two weeks in one file, click on the link below to find it. If you don’t have the book home with you, don’t worry, as the books are all online and I will put details in the file on how your parents can find them on the publishers’ websites. On these sites, you will find lots of other 2nd class books that are used in other schools, so you might like to take a look at those, for example, if you have read all the stories in Starlight or Read at Home, you might like to see other English books and read their stories for a change. The work I am putting below should keep you busy for the next two weeks, but if you fly through it all, you might want to email me and I can suggest other activities. Before I finish, I just want to say that I know you all probably very sad about the Communion being cancelled, because I know I am. It was going to be a big day for you and I know that you have been looking forward to it all year. Please remember this: it is not cancelled forever! The rules at the moment are there to keep us all safe, we might not like them all the time, and you might think it’s unfair, but we all want our families to be safe and healthy so we have to follow the rules. You have made your First Penance, and you WILL make your First Communion when it’s safe to do, and it will be even more special, and will be an amazing celebration! It gives us something to look forward to when all of this is over. Best of luck with the work in the file. If you have any questions, need help, want me to correct anything, or just want to say hi, send me an email. Chat to you all soon! Ms. P
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