St. Brigid’s National School | Killoughter | Redhills | Co. Cavan

Junior & Senior Infants

6th April – 10th April

Learning Opportunities & Daily Routine

The layout and content are suggestions. It is not compulsory to follow or complete.

Anything marked with * has accompanying resources in the resource section on the website

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Before 9.00am Wake Up - Eat breakfast, make your bed, get dressed, brush your teeth, etc.

9.00 - 9.30 Work Out - Joe Wicks (Body Coach) - Daily Gym session - Click Here

9.30-10.30 Literacy Junior Infants Phonics

https://slp.cjfallon.ie/ -Follow the above link and click into Sounds Like Phonics A. Then go into Unit 1: The Funfair and select ‘Revision’. -Begin with the Sound Discrimination Poster. Your child must firstly listen to the sound and then click on the pictures that makes the sounds. -Word Families Activity: Read all the word families, encouraging your child to sound out the individual sounds and then blend them together to read the word. Complete the game afterwards.

Maths Junior Infants

-Listen to the 2D shape song https://www.youtube.com/watchv=w6eTDfkvPmo&feature=youtu.be -Using Playdough / lollypop sticks / crayons / straws ask your child to make squares, circles, triangles, and rectangles. When your child has made the shapes, ask them about the properties of each of the shapes, e.g. How many sides has the shape, how many corners, are the sides straight or curved. *Complete the 2D shape Easter Egg colouring activity found in the resource section.

Literacy Junior Infants Reading

-Revision of sight words ‘here, is, are, has, the, he, she, I, my, was, we’. The words could be written on paper and used as flashcards. A show me game could also help revise sight words here, where parent calls out a word and the child must point to that sight word. -Finish the ‘On the farm’ core reader story. *On the farm core reader worksheet can be found in resource folder.

Senior Infants Reading -Revision of sight words in homework folder with

Maths Junior Infants

-Listen to the 2D shape song https://www.youtube.com/watchv=w6eTDfkvPmo&feature=youtu.be -2D shape hunt. Children could go on a 2D shape hunt around the house looking for (circles, squares, rectangles and triangles). -Interactive Busy At Maths game http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/19596/activity-69/index.html (Click on both Activity 69 and Activity 69A in the top right corner of the page for different sorting activities)

Senior Infants

SESE -Listen to the story ‘Five Little Chicks’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsuCLtnyJNc -Discuss the story with the child e.g. how many chicks were there, who was their mammy, what did they eat, where did they sleep, what did they drink *Look at the lifecycle of a chick activity in the resource section. Discuss the pictures with the child and get them to stick the pictures in order. -An idea for an Easter chick art activity to accompany the story can be seen in the image below.

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-Word Blending Animation: Click on the different words, get the child to listen to the words and then read independently. -Storybook: Click on the storybook and encourage your child to read this independently. *Phonics read and draw activity in resource section on website.

Senior Infant Phonics https://slp.cjfallon.ie/ -Follow the above link and click into Sounds Like Phonics B. Then go into Unit 1: The Park and select ‘th’. -Begin with the mouth position video and ask the child to copy. Following this click on ‘sounds discrimination (sounds) and sounds discrimination (words) and allow the child to complete the activities. -Click into the ‘sorting sounds’ activity for the child to complete followed by the ‘blending’ activity. -Reading activity: Click on the reading activity and encourage your child to read this independently. *th worksheet activity in resource section on website.

-Play the interactive 2D shape sort game https://www.topmarks.co.uk/early-years/shape-monsters

Senior Infants -Listen to the 3D shapes song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guNdJ5MtX1A -Using playdough or blue tack along with straws / spaghetti / lollypop sticks. Get the child to make 3D shapes (cube, cuboid, sphere, cylinder). *3D shape sort activity in resource folder. -Complete the interactive 3D shape activities on the Busy At Maths website http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/19602/activity-34/index.html (Click on Activity 34 and Activity 34 A in the right corner of the page for a variety of activities)

addition of sight words ‘other, use, know, from’. The words could be written on paper and used as flashcards. A show me game could also help revise sight words here, where parent calls out a word and the child must point to that sight word. -Begin next Core reader story ‘ Sea Lion Splash’ read first 4 pages. *’All about whales’ activity in resource section on website.

-Listen to the 3D shapes song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guNdJ5MtX1A -3D shape hunt. Children could go on a 3D shape hunt around the house looking for (cubes, cuboids, spheres, cylinders). Question the children on the 3D shapes they find e.g. how many flat faces, curved faces and total faces has the shape got. -Complete the interactive 3D shape activities on the Busy At Maths website http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/19602/activity-33/index.html (Click on Activity 32 and Activity 33 A in the right corner of the page for a variety of activities)

10.30-11.30 Autism Awareness Week – Suggested Activities

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Day 1

Wear something

blue for the day.

Take a picture and

email it to your

teacher to be

shared on the

school website.

Bake: Bake

something sweet

and where possible

add some blue

icing, food

colouring, sprinkles

etc.

Day 2

Ask your child to watch this short cartoon that explains that children with autism understand the world a little differently. https://youtu.be/9GIcIOHxDOM

Silent Meal: Eat a meal in silence.

Day 3

Sensory Walk – Go on a walk in your locality, paying particular attention to how your surroundings could stimulate, or over stimulate your senses, particularly if you had heightened sensitivity, e.g. smells, sounds, lights, textures and surfaces.

Day 4

Learn to sing and

sign ‘Mr. Sun Song’

https://youtu.be/ee

7ZMFnlp20

Day 5

In the absence of

our balloon release,

we are asking the

children to make

blue paper lanterns

and hang them

outside their house

for the day. See

template in

resource section of

school website.

which can be

printed or used as

guidance on how to

make a paper

lantern.

A tutorial on how to

make paper

lanterns is also

attached

https://youtu.be/Ce

ZKYGmuZn0

11.30-11.45 Snack

11.45 - 12.15 Chore Time – As decided at home. (Examples: wiping surfaces, doing dishes, cleaning their room, tidying toys, etc.)

12.15-12.45 Quiet Time – Reading, Mindfulness activity Puzzles, etc.

12.45- 1.15 Lunch

1.30 - 1. 45 Mindfulness activity of the day (for parents too)

Take 10 deep breaths- ‘smell

the flowers and blow out the

candles’

Listen to sensory, relaxation

music (using headphones if

possible)

https://www.youtube.com/w

Complete a cosmic yoga

video on YouTube.

Do a jigsaw puzzle. Dragon breathing- sit up

straight, breathe in, stick

your tongue out, and breathe

out like a dragon.

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1.45 - 3.00 Outdoor Activities – (go on a spring walk/ hunt, write with chalk, ride their bike, hunt for mini beasts)

Messy Play – (playing with water, sand, pasta, shaving foam, play- doh, slime, finger painting, printing with paint)

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Junior & Senior Infants (Ms West’s Class)

6th April – 10th April

Learning Opportunities & Daily Routine

The layout and content are suggestions. It is not compulsory to follow or complete.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Before

9.00am

Wake Up - Eat breakfast, get dressed, brush your teeth, etc.

9.00-10.00 Fine motor activity - see table below. Choose an activity each day. Feel free to choose more than 1 per day.

10.00-

10.30

Literacy

Using the Jolly Phonics app-

revise all the known sounds

‘s,a,t,i,p,n’ Continue to

encourage child to make the

letter with their finger using

a rough surface.

Print and cut out the

‘SATPIN flash cards’

available from the resource

folder (you could also use

real objects here, instead).

Sprinkle flour onto a baking

tray- hold up one flash card

at a time and have child

make the initial sound with

their finger in the flour. If

your child is struggling, you

can say the word out loud,

e.g. ‘ant’, this way they

should be able to hear the ‘a’

sound.

Maths

Listen to one of the counting songs

on YouTube- 5 little ducks, 5 Little

Speckled Frogs, etc.

Revision: the number 3

Continuing from last week, focus

on reinforcing the number 3.

Using cubes, blocks, coloured

lollipop sticks, straws or toys; have

your child make groups of 3

identical objects. Demonstrate this

for your child once or twice before

they do it independently. Once your

child has made all the groups of 3,

practice counting them together,

focusing on the number 3, “1, 2, 3.

3! There are 3 straws, etc.”

Use playdough to make the number

3- use the playdough mats provided

last week. You could also use flour,

fairy liquid, sugar, sand, etc on a

baking tray and have your child

make the number 3 with their

Literacy

On the Vooks website, listen

to the story ‘Easter Puppy

Parade’

https://watch.vooks.com/top-

storybooks/videos/easter-

puppy-parade

Find the ‘Easter Bunny Art’

activity in the resource folder

and follow the instructions.

Maths

Listen to one of the counting

songs on YouTube- 5 little

ducks, 5 Little Speckled Frogs,

etc.

Sorting non identical objects:

Gather up a variety of different

objects and work together with

your child to sort them into

groups; e.g. using toys put all the

tractors together, all the animals

together, all the blocks together,

etc.

Find the activity ‘sorting farm

animals’ and ‘sorting farm

animals 2’ in the resource folder

and have your child cut and stick

the animals into their correct

groups.

SESE

Play ‘The Baby Animals’

song a few times

https://www.youtube.com/

watch?v=cJg4YFtvOp8

Take a look at the

PowerPoint ‘Baby

Animals’ in the resource

folder.

Download the ‘Mothers

and Their Young’ activity

page and have your child

cut out the pictures of the

baby animals and match

them to their mothers.

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Download the ‘initial sound’

worksheet from the resource

folder and have your child

complete it.

finger.

Click on the link below and have

your child play the interactive

game- objects up to 3

https://uk.ixl.com/math/reception/re

present-numbers-up-to-3

In addition: it would be useful to listen to the days of the week song, every day and have child engage in their visual calendar at home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKqAblcwFOA

10:30-

11.00

Sensory break- see table below timetables. Choose 2 activities from each box.

11.00-

11.30

Snack Time- Encourage child to help with the preparing and tidying up of lunch as much as possible.

Autism Awareness week- suggested activities

11.30-

12.30

Wear something

blue for the day.

Take a picture and

email it to your

teacher to be

shared on the

school website.

Bake: Bake

something sweet

and where possible

add some blue

icing, food

colouring, sprinkles

etc.

Ask your child to watch this short cartoon that explains that children with autism understand the world a little differently. https://youtu.be/9GIcIOHxDOM

Silent Meal: Eat a meal in silence.

Sensory Walk – Go on a walk in your locality, paying particular attention to how your surroundings could stimulate, or over stimulate your senses, particularly if you had heightened sensitivity, e.g. smells, sounds, lights, textures and surfaces.

Learn to sing and sign

‘Mr. Sun Song’

https://youtu.be/ee7Z

MFnlp20

In the absence of

our balloon

release, we are

asking the

children to make

blue paper

lanterns and hang

them outside

their house for

the day. See

template in

resource section

of school website.

which can be

printed or used as

guidance on how

to make a paper

lantern.

A tutorial on how

to make paper

lanterns is also

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attached

https://youtu.be/

CeZKYGmuZn0

12.30-1.00 Sensory break- see table below timetables. Choose 1 activity from each box.

1.00 - 1.30 Lunch Time- Encourage child to help with the preparing and tidying up of lunch as much as possible.

Gross motor activities to practice

1.30 - 1.45 Hang your head upside

down: this can be completed

on a therapy ball or simply

hanging upside down on the

couch whilst watching TV or

encourage them to pick up

items from the ground in this

position. Max for a few

minutes do not overdo it or

your child might become too

stimulated.

If you have a slide, swings or

seesaw at home, encourge your

child to spend some time on them.

Please be aware these activities can

be very alerting therefore don’t

over-do it!

Invisible chair sit: Make sure

back is resting on the wall and

knees and hips are in a right

angle. You can grade this

activity according to your

child’s strength and agility.

E.G. Can you firstly get into

the position (make sure back is

flat to the wall) and how long

can you hold, each time trying

to hold it for longer.

Practice throwing and catching

the ball- to make this harder try

doing it while bouncing on an

exercise ball, trampoline, bed or

couch.

Jumping with 2 feet- this

can be done on and off the

edge of something such as

an upside-down box that

isn’t too high, a footpath

(where it is safe) or even on

the stairs. Hold your child’s

hand and encourage them

to jump off, landing their

two feet together.

Mindfulness activity of the day (for parents too)

1.45-2.00 Build a jigsaw Use a straw to blow cotton balls,

pom poms or pieces of rolled up

paper across the table

Listen to relaxing music Download the ‘Super Strech

Yoga’ app on your tablet or

phone. Have a go at all the

animal poses.

Fill a basin or container

with rice, sand or even

water. Use your hand to

feed the rice or sand into a

funnel and watch the

process. If using water- use

a cup to pour into the

funnel.

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2.00 - 4.00 Outdoor Activities – (go on a spring walk/ hunt, write with chalk, ride their bike, hunt for mini beasts)

Messy Play – (playing with water, sand, pasta, shaving foam, play- doh, slime, finger painting, printing with paint)

Junior & Senior Infants (Ms. Maguire’s Class)

6th – 10th April 2020

Learning Opportunities & Daily Routine

The layout and content are suggestions. It is not compulsory to follow or complete.

Anything marked with * has accompanying resources in the resource folder on the website

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Before

9.00a

m

Wake Up - Eat breakfast, make your bed, get dressed, brush your teeth, etc.

9.00 -

10.00

Fine motor activity - see table below. Choose an activity each day. Feel free to choose more than 1 per day

10.00

-

10.30

Maths Focus: Counting and Number

Formation

Activities: Interactive Game: Ask

your child to play

‘Count Forward Within

10’. This is an

interactive game to

help improve their

ability to recognise

which number comes

Literacy

Focus: Revision of Blending

Phonics

Activities: https://slp.cjfallon.ie/

Follow the above link and

click into Sounds Like

Phonics A. Then go into

Unit 2: The Market and

select ‘Revision’. Begin with the Sound

Maths Focus: Revision of Height,

Length and Width

Activities: Using Duplo or Lego,

ask your child to build

3 towers of different

heights and arrange

them ‘Tall, Taller and

Tallest’.

Using spaghetti, ask

your child to break the

Literacy

Focus: Story and Oral

Language

Activities: Download the Vooks

app to your mobile,

tablet or sign in on a

laptop. They are

offering a Free 30day

trial. Listen to the story

‘Duck on a Bike’.

SESE

Focus: Science

Activities: Play the interactive

Farm Animals

game attached to

the email you

received this week.

Art: Create some of

your own farm

animals. I have

attached some

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Playdough Numbers: If

you have playdough,

ask your child to make

the numerals 0-7

Activity: Go on a

maths trail around your

house. I have emailed a

sample maths trail that

you can print and use.

You could also write

your own if your wish.

Encourage your child

to record their answers

independently as this

will provide them with

the opportunity to

practice their number

formation.

Discrimination Poster.

Your child must firstly

listen to the sound and

then click on the pictures

that makes the sounds. Word Families Activity:

Read all the word

families, encouraging

your child to sound out

the individual sounds and

then blend them together

to read the word.

Complete the game

afterwards. Storybook: Click on the

storybook and encourage

your child to read this

independently.

spaghetti into different

lengths and then

arrange them ‘Long,

Longer, Longest’. This

activity can also be

completed using

playdough, asking your

child to make 3 snakes

or worms. Using a variety of

materials in your home,

(e.g. scarfs, belts,

books, ties etc.) and ask

your child to

arrange/sort them

‘Wide, Wider, Widest’. Click on the links

below. These will bring

you to online

interactive activities

focusing on height,

length and width. Height:

http://data.cjfallon.ie/re

sources/19602/activity-

17/index.html

Length:

http://data.cjfallon.ie/re

sources/19602/activity-

18/index.html

Width:

http://data.cjfallon.ie/re

sources/19602/activity-

19/index.html

Activities: I have

attached a document to

the email I sent this

week, Duck on the

Bike Pintables. Ask

your child the

questions on pages

8&9 of this document

and see if they can

answer them orally. If

possible, print page 13

and see if your child

can sequence the

pictures correctly.

suggestions to the

email you received.

10.30

-

11.00

Sensory break- see table below. Choose 2 activities from each box.

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11.00

-

11.30

Snack Time- Encourage child to help with the preparing and tidying up of lunch as much as possible

11.30-

12.00

Autism Awareness Week Activities – Follow timetable of activities on the school website.

Wear something blue

for the day. Take a

picture and email it to

your teacher to be

shared on the school

website.

Bake: Bake something

sweet and where

possible add some blue

icing, food colouring,

sprinkles etc.

Ask your child to watch this short cartoon that explains that children with autism understand the world a little differently. https://youtu.be/9GIcIOHxDOM

Silent Meal: Eat a meal in silence.

Sensory Walk – Go on a walk in your locality, paying particular attention to how your surroundings could stimulate, or over stimulate your senses, particularly if you had heightened sensitivity, e.g. smells, sounds, lights, textures and surfaces.

Learn to sing and sign

‘Mr. Sun Song’

https://youtu.be/ee7Z

MFnlp20

In the absence of

our balloon release,

we are asking the

children to make

blue paper lanterns

and hang them

outside their house

for the day. See

template in

resource section of

school website.

which can be

printed or used as

guidance on how to

make a paper

lantern.

A tutorial on how

to make paper

lanterns is also

attached

https://youtu.be/C

eZKYGmuZn0

12.00

-

12.15

Sensory break- see table below timetables. Choose 1 activity from each box.

12.15

- 1.00

Gross Motor Activities – Choose one activity per day from the booklet attached in the email

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1.00 -

1.30

Lunch Time- Encourage child to help with the preparing and tidying up of lunch as much as possible.

1.30 -

1.45

Mindfulness activity of the day (for parents too)

Go for a short walk outside- in

the garden or around your

house. Smell the flowers and

listen for the sounds of spring.

Sensory jar- make a sensory jar

with your child. Use a glass jam-jar

or water bottle. Simply add water,

food colouring and baby oil to the

jar or water bottle. You can add

glitter too if you wish.

Fill a basin of water and fairy

liquid and use a straw to blow

bubbles.

Squeeze a stress ball- If you

have balloons you could fill

them up with sand, rice or flour

for the child to squeeze.

Otherwise you could use putty

or playdough.

Dragon breathing- sit up

straight, breathe in, stick

your tongue out, and breathe

out like a dragon.

1.45 -

3.00

Outdoor Activities – (go on a spring walk/ hunt, write with chalk, ride their bike, hunt for mini beasts)

Messy Play – (playing with water, sand, pasta, shaving foam, play- doh, slime, finger painting, printing with paint)

Fine Motor Skill Activities

Monday: Playdough Tuesday: Cutting Wednesday: Squeeze/pinch Thursday: Art Friday: Miscellaneous Hide and seek: Place small

beads, toys, counters, marbles,

etc. into dough and roll dough into

ball: Child has to use finger skills

to pull pieces out of dough and

remove all dough from the pieces.

Magazine cutting: Give child old

magazines and catalogues to cut

out pictures, around people.

Cheerio stack: place dry spaghetti

pieces upright into a lump of

playdough. Child to place as many

cheerios onto the spaghetti piece

without breaking it.

Cotton bud painting: place

paint tray and cotton buds on

table. Give child a shape

pattern sheet (attached) and

model how to dot around the

lines with paint, applying

pressure as needed.

Stacking: give child stackable

objects; jenga, sugar cubs, blocks,

to practice building towers.

Dough and cutters: roll dough

into ball and flatten with the palm

of their hand. Use cutters to

apply pressure to make dough

shapes.

Straws: give children straws to

cut up into small sections for

lacing activities.

Lid twists: using jam jars and bottles

practise twisting the lids on and off.

Printing: gather lego blocks,

lids, toy cars and pasta shapes

and dip them into shallow trays

of paint and print onto paper to

create your own pictures.

Balloon bounce: blow up balloons

(oral motor) and practise keeping

the balloons up in the air, using

your index finger.

Rolling dough: Give child a piece Spaghetti: cook spaghetti and Pulling washi/masking tape: Stick Number dot/trace: Write Stirring: Fill clear plastic cups

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of dough and a rolling pin.

Practise using pressure to roll out

dough into a flat shape and use

cutters to cut out shapes.

drizzle with a little oil to store

in a box. Encourage child to hold

spaghetti and cut it up into

pieces.

tape to the tables and push down to

secure it. Model how to pull tape up

using pinching fingers. Encourage

child to pull up the tape and then

place it back down, pushing firmly on

it to secure it.

numbers 1 – 10 in large print

onto a sheet of paper. Give

child paint and cotton buds to

dot or trace over the numbers.

with water and add a drop of

paint to each. Give child spoons to

stir the mixture to make coloured

water. Model how to hold cup with

one hand to stabilise and mix with

the other. Store in bottles for

later use.

Hedgehog: Give child a piece of

dough and model how to roll into a

ball using 2 palms. Press ball onto

the table to give it a flat bottom

and pinch one side of it to make a

nose. Use google eyes and match

sticks to decorate.

Waves: Draw waves onto a piece

of paper and have child follow

the lines using their scissors

(can be done using straight lines

also).

Syringes: fill pots with water and

food dye or a drop of paint to colour

the water. Model how to pull back

handle to suck it up and then push

into bottle lids/bowls/containers.

Count how many syringe-fulls you

need to fill the containers.

Finger painting: encourage

child to dip their fingers into

the paint and drag fingers or

dot fingers to paint on paper

Buttons: give child clothing

(cardigan, shirt, t-shirt) with

buttons and have them practice

opening and closing the buttons.

To extend this have the child

wear the piece of clothing and

button it while wearing it. (Also

try similar activity on items with

zips)

Dough cutlery: Ask child to made

dough balls and dough sausages.

Give them a knife and fork

(plastic) to practise stabilising

one with the fork and cutting into

small pieces with the knife.

Squares/rectangles/triangles:

Draw different shapes onto a

page and have children cut them

out. Model how to turn the page

and make continuous scissor

snips.

Bottle squirting: using washing up

liquid and sports top bottles and fill

with coloured water (food dye),

Children practise squeezing to empty

bottles into sink or basins.

Sculptures: Collect toilet roll

tubes and punch holes into

them: lace through

ribbons/wool/straws, etc to

make a standing Art sculpture.

Threading: Punch holes in a piece

of card and have child thread the

lace through the card.

Alternatively, use objects such as

buttons, cheerios or any object

with a hole.

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Sensory Break Ideas

Choose activities from each box. It is important to follow the activities in the order given: awakening, organising, calming.

Sensory Awakening Activities Sensory Organising Activities Sensory Calming Activities

Jump on a trampoline

Running and jumping games

Play in a sand pit with wet sand

Bounce on a pogo stick

Jump up and down on the spot

Star jumps

Run

Step ups

Walk up and down the stairs

Crab walk

Press ups

Roll on tummy on exercise ball

Wheelbarrow walk

Play catch with a heavy ball

Wear a heavy backpack and walk for a few

minutes

Ride a bike

Go on a scooter

Squeeze a stress ball

Roll tightly into a blanket

Bear hug

Sit with pillow/weighted blanket etc. on lap

Play with fidget toy

Go on a swing

Ball squash- child lies on stomach and a ball

is rolled up and down by the adult

Play in sand

Listen to music