Activities you can do as a family, details here: https://www.powerstownet.com/home-based-activities/
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Rainy day activity or too tired to go for another walk? Take a virtual family museum tour here: https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours?utm_medium=social&utm_term=59F3F59E-653B-11EA-938E-3D9296E8478F&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=travelandleisure_travelandleisure&utm_content=link&fbclid=IwAR1uAGDRfLeIIPH_nzLDCTsFIAF5vMDhSNzkgOJvK7HP4MUEnb4X4O4m0ZA
Routine is so important in school and in these times at home some routine to keep things as normal as possible should be too. Hopefully the one attached above will help guide your day at home.
If you are following the work sent home last week you could try fit in what has been given into the above timetable. In school we do maths in the morning and English after break until lunch - so maybe you could do an hour or so of maths from 10 - 11 (baking counts!) and then come back to work after lunch at 2.30 or so doing English for 45 minutes (a mixture of reading, writing and spelling - 15 minutes each) followed by 45 minutes of project work (SESE or home tasks such as science fair project, great Powerstown bake off, maths eyes). Again - this is all just a guide and a framework in an effort to support all the great work you always do with all the children in our class - don't feel under pressure if it is unrealistic or not feasible to follow this. Let's keep pulling together and all our children will continue to excel and prosper! Dear Parents,
I hope that you and all of the Rose and Willow classes are well in these uncertain and unprecedented times. We are thinking of you all at this time and know that this must be tough on you all and may get tougher. We know that it will be impossible to get to the library or bookshops at the moment and of course it would be great if all children could continue to read at a level relevant to their ability. Luckily Epic! exists - an online library of books that can read themselves to the children or that the children can pick and read themselves in their own time. It also allows us to assign readers to children in our classes relevant to their ability - to access the website follow the instructions above. The code for the Rose class is egh0809 The code for the Willow class is zsj0574 - when you follow this code click on your child's name and you will be able to access lots of books for choice reading but also find reading that has been assigned to your child. How to support the reading development of your child using Epic!: The reading that has been assigned to your child can be completed as follows: 1. Epic! can read to your child, your child can listen - this can be done a couple of times. 2. Your child can read with Epic! reading aloud in the background to support them 3. Your child can read independently without support - remember to tell them to take their time and to use their sounds - no guessing! The same reader can be used for 2 or 3 days or until they are bored of it/have mastered independent reading with it. Hope this helps all my great readers continue to excel as best possible! James and Hannah. A chairde! Parents, Guardians and friends!
Next week we will be celebrating Irish language and culture as part of Seachtain na Gaeilge. We will be busy learning Irish songs (amhráin) and dances (damhsaí), playing games (cluichí) through Irish, reading and writing stories as Gaeilge, listening to Irish music (ceol gaelach) and promoting the Irish language throughout the school. We would like to invite you to join in the fun this Friday 13th March. Breakfast
We would be delighted if anyone would like to contribute baked goods for our Irish Breakfast morning. Some ideas of Irish foods include: Soda bread or brown bread Scones Barmbrack or fruit bread Potato cakes Oat cakes Apple cake Spreads: blackberry jam, apple jelly or Irish butter In Irish (As Ghaeilge!) A chairde, tuismitheoirí agus cosantóirí, An tseachtain seo chugainn beidh muid ag céiliúradh ár gcultúr agus teanga le Seachtain na Gaeilge 2020. Beidh muid gnóthach ag foghlaim amhráin, damhsaí, ag imirt cluichí, ag léamh agus ag scríobh scéalta tríd meain na Gaeilge, ag éisteacht le ceol gaelach agus ag déanamh iarracht mór chun an Ghaeilge a úsáid an tam ar fád ar scoil. Ba mhaith linn cuireadh a thabhairt daoibh chun teacht isteach agus tóg páirt sa chraic ar an Aoine 13ú Márta. Breakfast Ó 8.30 – 9 o chlog beidh bricfeasta gaelach ann daoibh sa halla scoile. Beidh roinnt de na scoláirí ag riartha tae, scóna, aran donn agus rudaí mar sin. Beidh siad ag déanamh iarracht chun frasaí gaelach agus simplí a mhúineadh daoibh. Show Ó 9 – 10 o chlog beidh taispeáinteas ann sa halla. Tar linn agus beidh an chraic ann! A huge well done to all our first classers who took part in the school talent show this year. Such a talented bunch.
Above is the talent show in full incase you missed it or want another look! This week we were learning all about length in maths. We started by thinking about the language of length discussing how some things can’t be long, short, wide, narrow, tall, small, big and small.
We brainstormed things that were tall and small and then set about practicing using non standard units of measurements like school bags, counters, lollipop sticks but we soon realized that if you were a builder it would be impossible to build something properly using these units and realized that there needs to be a standard unit - the meter, centimeter, millimeter and kilometer! We discussed how each unit was used for measuring different things like grains of rice to big distances between different countries! We then used a measuring tape to measure things in the class that were about a meter long! We found that most of us are a bit more than a meter tall. James’ leg was nearly the same length! We had loads of fun watching our amazingly talented peers perform their practiced pieces on Friday. Everyone was so brave and performed so well. Well done, very proud of you all.
We were able to send through two acts to next Friday's whole school talent show, so after a very tough decision the two acts going through are Silvia and Chinelo from the Willow Class. We are super excited to see you perform your acts again next Friday. We had a FANTASTIC time exploring and questioning everything in the mini museum set up for Heritage week. We really felt like we had stepped back in time, and we were loving exploring all the old ways in which things were done. Have a look at us exploring in the pictures... |
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