Senior Infants: Week of February 22 nd – February 26 th 2021 Dear Parents/Guardians, I hope you are well and you enjoyed the mid-term break.

The following is suggested work for your children. Please prioritise maths and literacy and choose one other subject daily. Encourage your child to have an input into what he/she would like to learn.

Please contact me at mharrington@lachteen.ie if you have any queries.

It is important to give your child regular movement breaks especially when they are transitioning from one subject to another. They are used to doing this in class. Remind the children to do some of the following: chair push ups; jumping jacks; running on the spot; touch alternate foot with alternate hand; high knees. Alternatively dance along to their favourite music. Enjoy!

Suggested work:

Subject Suggested activity Website/ Powerpoint link

D.E.A.R. time

Drop everything and read Children are used to D.E.A.R. time from school. Provide them with picture books and they ‘read’ through the book themselves. Let them settle down with cushions and a blanket. Going on a picture walk, predicting what they think the book will be

about, finding letters/ words in the book that they know.Fine motor

skillsPeg board and pegs. Theraputty.

Scissors activities Encourage your child to make a pegboard picture. See ideas below for using theraputty. Encourage your child to cut out shapes from old magazines/catalogues.

Literacy(Phonics)

Sounds like Phonics pages 24,25.

Monday and Tuesday.

You may find the link below useful to consolidate phonics. Let your child progress at his/her own level.

1.2.3.4.

https://slp.cjfallon.ie/ 5. click the above link. 6. Click Sounds like Phonics ‘B’ 7. Click unit 1- ‘The park’ 8. Complete the various interactive activities on the page.

Phonics Revise ‘wh’ sound.

Wednesday

Oral Language

Poem ‘Spring is here’Puppet show

See words below.Have your own puppet show with the puppet you made!

Handwriting

Pages 32 – 35. Just Handwriting.

Encourage correct pencil grip (froggy fingers) and good sitting posture.

Do one page of the workbook daily. (Monday-Thursday). Monday

Literacy Class reader

Tricky words.

Pages 20 and 21 Pip and Rags.

New tricky words ‘’only, old, little’’. Please print for your child. (tricky words cannot be sounded out. Encourage your child to ‘look and say the word’).

Oxford Owl has an ebook library with over 250 books in it and offers free access to parents once you create an account at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.

P.E

Fundamental movement skills in keeping with the physical education curriculum. (Cork G.A.A)

Stretching exercises

https://youtube.com/channel/UC32JMu4DI-gIzJ998ZqK_dw(New classes will be uploaded each week until schools return by Rebel Óg)

Tiny the T-Rex | A Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure! - YouTube

Story time Story: ‘’A squash and a squeeze.’’ By Julia Donaldson.

Discuss their favourite part of the story. Discuss what happened at the beginning, the middle and the end.

Before listening to the story ask your child to make a prediction as to what they think the story will be about.

Click here to listen to the story.

Dictation Pupils write words on whiteboard/ copy book. Thurs 25th

Maths Busy at maths: pg. 77 Click on the links below to do the interactive activities.

(Monday)Busy at maths: pg. 78 &79 click here for interactive activity

Busy at maths: pg. 80 (Wednesday)

Click here for interactive activity.Busy at maths: pg. 84(please note we have skipped the pages on weight).

Click here for interactive activity

Busy at maths: pg. 85 Click here for interactive activity.Free play Construction toys/ imaginative

play/dressing up /sand/water etc. Children learn through play. Please encourage free play and give your child opportunity for same.

S.E.S.E. Explore with me page 42Revision.

Different homes in different places.Revision (see poster below).

(Tues )

Religion Grow in love: ‘’Jesus’’

Grow in love page 33,34

https://app.growinlove.ie/en/user/theme-lessons/12 1. Click the above link and you will be asked to log in.2. Username: trial@growinlove.ie Password: growinlove (all lowercase)3. Select book ‘ grow in love’ Senior Infants4. Select theme 6 ‘’Jesus’’.5. Select lesson one: ‘’ We listen to stories’’.

Art Fabric and fibre.(Make a sock puppet)

Click here to see how to make a simple sock puppet. You will need: old sock, buttons, cotton wool/old tights, elastic band, glue, paper coloured red.Enjoy your own puppet show!

SPHE Five star February Fridays.Draw three things you are grateful for this week.

To access the Irish resources: please follow the steps below: 1. Go to Website: www.folensonline.ie/registration/?r=t2. this will bring you to a page for creating an account. For roll number you can enter 17602W.3. You will be sent email to activate your account. Follow the instructions.4. For logging in after that go to www.folensonline.ie and click sign in.5. This will bring you to a page that looks something like this.

7. Click on the word ‘’ lesson’’ and from the list choose number 19 ‘‘ Seán agus an Gas Pónaire’’

8. Click ‘postaer’

6. You can select abair liom b resources. Click on resources.

Have fun with your theraputty or the playdough you made.