Look at this absolutely fabulous work I have been sent today. It has made my day! Can you guess who did it? I look forward to connecting with you all on Seesaw after the break and hopefully seeing more of your wonderful work! 

Hi everyone,

We were very busy recording our first virtual Learn Together assembly today and it will be posted tomorrow on Aladdin tomorrow at 1pm.  I think you will enjoy it very much! Here is a sneak peek!

Hi everyone,

I hope you enjoyed yesterday's activities and are helping out your families at home. You will find today's work on Aladdin. Please remember I can be contacted between 10am and 12 noon on school days by email at caoimhe@eskeretns.ie if you have any questions or would like to show me your work!

Have a great day,

Caoimhe.

​Good morning everyone and Happy April Fool's Day, I hope you're not playing too many tricks on your families!


Here are today's suggested activities:
Maths:  Mental Maths Wednesday
Play hit the button and the time game https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/116/telling-the-time
Maths Revision:  Play ‘Maths All Around Me’  (file attached below).
English: 

• Read powerpoint about April Fool’s Day around the world:

https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/roi2-t-642-april-fools-day-traditions-from-around-the-world-powerpoint

• Create an April Fool’s Day Report  (see file attached below)

• Read the poem ‘Be Glad Your Nose is On Your Face’, learn the fourth verse.

RTE Home learning hub:  Tune into RTE’s home school hub at 11am on RTE 2 or watch on  https://www.rte.ie/learn/


Gaeilge:   Log into https://www.folensonline.ie/home/library/programmes/abair-liom-3rd-class/resources/
Féach ar postaer digiteach 13 ‘Raic sa Seomra’ éist leis an comhrá.
Éist le ‘Oró sé do Bheatha ‘Bhaile’.


SESE:  Friction experiment : Try the ‘Stick or Slip’ friction experiment below.  


Have a great day,
Caoimhe

Good morning everyone,

I hope most of you got to watch RTE's new learn at home programme. There are further activities, jokes and riddles based on the programme on https://www.rte.ie/learn/. Check it out!

Maths:  Mental Maths Tuesday
Play this time game https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/116/telling-the-time
 
Maths Topic:  Area:  choose at least one area challenge from yesterday's challenge cards.

English: 
Phonics ‘tch’

• Look at https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/ni-l-70-linguistic-phonics-stage-5-and-6-phase-3b-ch-tch-sound-powerpoint
• Play ‘against the clock’  https://www.spellzone.com/word_lists/games-12904.htm
• Read the poem ‘Be Glad Your Nose is On Your Face’, learn the third verse.
• 'Read the reading comprehension 'Weather Lore and Traditions' (file attached below) and answer the questions (you can choose your own level, 3 stars are for children who would like a big challenge, you can check your answers after you do it yourself, try not to peek!).

  
RTE Home learning hub:  Tune into RTE’s home school hub at 11am on RTE 2 or watch on  https://www.rte.ie/learn/
 
Gaeilge:   Log into https://www.folensonline.ie/home/library/programmes/abair-liom-3rd-class/resources/
(Select teacher – fill in username and email address- use password Prim20)
Féach ar postaer digiteach 13 ‘Raic sa Seomra’ éist leis an scéal agus freagair na ceisteanna.
Éist le ‘Oró sé do Bheatha ‘Bhaile’.
 
SESE:  Continue working on your New Zealand /Maori project

Student’s choice:  Choose one of the following:

• Create a treasure hunt with clues
• Make ice cubes from various liquids and see how long each takes to freeze.
• Put different amounts of water into containers and tap gently to make music.
• Draw 20 circles and turn them into something (pizza,planets, wheels etc.)

 

Good morning everyone,

I hope you had a relaxing weekend. Here are today's suggested activities:


Maths:  Mental Maths Monday
Play this time game https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/116/telling-the-time

Maths Topic:  Area:  choose an area challenge (file attached below)

RTE Home learning hub:  Tune into RTE’s home school hub at 11am on RTE 2 or watch on  https://www.rte.ie/learn/

SPHE: Write a list of your favourite things – you can draw pictures of them if you like.

English:  

• Choose 5 objects near you. With a parent or sibling describe each object using your senses. Describe its colour/parts/size/function/feel/texture/smell shape. Let them guess what it is.
• Write your own secret code- you can use letters, numbers, pictures or something else. Can you get someone else to crack it?
• Read the poem ‘Be Glad Your Nose is On Your Face’, learn the second verse.

PE:  Create and do an obstacle course or do a body coach workout with Joe Wicks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3LPrhI0v-w

Gaeilge:   Log into https://www.folensonline.ie/home/library/programmes/abair-liom-3rd-class/resources/
(Select teacher – fill in username and email address- use password Prim20)
Féach ar postaer digiteach 13 ‘Raic sa Seomra’ éist leis an scéal agus freagair na ceisteanna.
Éist le ‘Oró sé do Bheatha ‘Bhaile’.

SESE: New Zealand project

Homework: See Aladdin

Have a lovely day,

​Caoimhe.

Good morning everyone,

I hope you enjoyed yesterday's activities and got some exercise.

Here are today's suggestions:

Maths:  Mental Maths Friday Review
Test yourself on your tables (number bonds or divided by 10)
Revise number bonds/ division tables on Hit the Button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
 
English: Write a diary entry about how you are feeling and how you and your family are passing the time.
Read the poem ‘Be Glad Your Nose is On Your Face’, learn the first verse. (File attached below)
Test yourself on the first ten of this week’s spellings (p.46 outdoor- unaware).
Listen to David Walliam's daily read aloud: https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/
 
Gaeilge:   Log into https://www.folensonline.ie/home/library/programmes/abair-liom-3rd-class/resources/
(Select teacher – fill in username and email address- use password Prim20)
Féach ar postaer digiteach 13 ‘Raic sa Seomra’ éist leis an scéal agus freagair na ceisteanna.
 
SESE: Make a rainbow https://www.funology.com/make-a-rainbow/
 
Choose an activity from one of your choice boards or a game from one of the following websites:
https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/category/play-and-win/games/
https://www.geoguessr.com/


Have a wonderful weekend!

Caoimhe.

Good morning everyone,

I hope you enjoyed the sun yesterday,

Here are today's activities:


Maths:  Mental Maths: Thursday
Revise your number bonds/ times tables with your tables sheets or Hit the Button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
 
Maths Topic: Area:
A short video to remind you what area is  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uKKl8R1xBM

Area game: https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/area-builder/latest/area-builder_en.html

Activity:  Find the area of your name
1. Write your name in block writing on squared paper   
(You can use a maths copy, or get squared paper on Twinkl https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-n-4357-1cm-squared-editable-paper you can even draw your own squares, just make sure they are the same size!)
2. Count the number of squares in your name. The total number of squares is the area of your name!
Look at this example I made yesterday!

I'm sure there are many boys and girls in 3rd Red who miss writing stories for Catherine's Writing Wall of Fame so Catherine's new writing competition will be very welcome news!

Here is a message from Catherine:


Hello everyone,
I hope you are all well and are not feeling too bored.
I’m feeling a bit bored and I would like to have something interesting to read, so I decided to have a story writing competition. There will be one winner from every class and there will be prizes when we get back to school.


When you have finished writing your story you should email it to me.
My email address is Catherine.hare2@gmail.com.
If you don’t have anything to type your story on, you can write it on a piece of paper, take a photograph of it and email the photo to me. Make sure your writing is very neat and the photo is clear, otherwise I won’t be able to read it.


You have to send me your stories by Thursday 2nd April. I will read them all and announce the winners on Friday 3rd April.
Please only send me one story each. I won’t have time to read more than that.


Before you write your story, please read the tips for writing stories at the bottom of the  page. These are what I will be thinking about when I’m choosing the winners of the competition.
Here are the rules of the competition. Read them carefully.
Have fun! Use your imagination! I’m looking forward to reading your stories.
Remember –it’s really important that you write your name and your class at the top of your story.

3rd and 4th class.
Your story should be 300-400 words long. You can write about anything you like, but if you can’t think of an idea, start with this line:
I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.



Tips for Writing Stories.
1.If you are not typing, make sure your writing is neat, otherwise I won’t be able to read what you’ve written.
2. Always make  a plan for your story before you start writing. Think of what happens in the beginning, the middle and the ending before you start.
3. In your story the main character should have some kind of problem they have to solve. For example, they could be lost, they could be on a boat that starts to sink, there could be a dragon scaring the people in the town where they live.
3. You should try to use interesting vocabulary. For example, shouted, whispered, squeaked, instead of said.
4. When you finish writing, go back and read through what you have written. Are there any mistakes? Can you fix anything, make it clearer or more interesting?
5.Don’t forget to write about what your characters are feeling and thinking. Why do they decide to do what they do in the story? How do they react to the things that happen to them?
6. Make your first few lines very interesting, so that I will want to continue reading.
7. Make sure you think of a good, interesting ending for your story.
Good luck,
Catherine

Dear Parents,

Audible - which is owned by Amazon are offering free streams of children's audio stories across six languages. 
Listening to stories read aloud can help improve your child's reading skills. You don't need to create an account to listen, just select the audio book and click 'start listening'. All available titles can be accessed via phone, laptop or tablet at https://stories.audible.com/start-listen

Every day at 11 am, you can also listen to one of David Walliam's 'World's Worst Children' books on the 'Elevenses' page at https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/.

Listen to today's funny story here: https://soundcloud.com/harpercollinspublishers/the-worlds-worst-children-2-3/s-zHZPQlifKuV


I hope you are all having a healthy and happy day and a big Happy Birthday to Olivier who is 9 today, Hana who will be 9 on Thursday and Ola who will be 9 next week!

Best wishes,
​
Caoimhe.