Hello everyone,
It’s hard to believe that it’s the last week of May already! Only five weeks until our summer holidays - I bet you are all looking forward to a break from home schooling. I’m sure that your parents are looking forward to a break from home schooling too!
I was able to go into school on Tuesday evening for a couple of hours. Even though I miss school it was so strange and eerie to be back in the classroom. The classroom was exactly as we left it on March 12th but the school was far too quiet!
We have been having lots of Staff Meetings (on Zoom) and we have lots of exciting things planned for the last five weeks of the year.
Plans are underway for a Bake Off Challenge, a 5th and 6th Class Quiz, a Wellness Week, a School Memories Week, a Green Schools Week and an Active Schools Week – all during the month of June!!!
As I said last week we will be doing lots activities over the next couple of weeks to celebrate your time in our school and this week with your memories of starting school and memorable moments from your time in our school.
A big well done to everyone who sent in photographs for the Photograph Challenge. We have really enjoyed looking at all your photos and we will be putting the compilation together very soon. If you haven’t sent a photograph yet it's not too late you can still send them to me this week.
The Scribbler Magazine will go ahead this year thanks to Miss. Perdue. There are lots of budding authors in our class so make sure to send your stories, poems, drawings, reviews etc. for the Scribbler to mperduecashelgirls@gmail.com by Tuesday 2nd June. It can be a piece you have written over the last year or perhaps you would like to write something specially for the Scribbler.
Continue to email me at any time with updates on your work, questions or even just to say hello! I am here to help you in any way that I can and I am thrilled to see your amazing work every week.
The end of sixth class is a very busy and exciting time. I will be working hard for the next five weeks to ensure that you get an opportunity to do all of the usual 6th class end of year activities. You will only get out what you put in though, so I urge each and every one of you to finish out the year with the enthusiasm and hard work I have seen in class all year.
I promise you when you look back on all the beautiful keepsakes you will have from your time in our school, it will be worth it!
Have a productive week everyone!
Mrs. Kealy
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You will receive a work pack in the post at the end of this week. There will be worksheets in the pack which you will be completing over the month of June.
Keep the pack safe. You don’t need to begin any of the activities yet, I will be putting up a post every Sunday as usual telling you what to do each week.
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Have you photographs of your first day in school, your First Holy Communion, Confirmation or any other school events?
Every year we ask 6th class to bring in photographs of their time in our school to use as part of the end of year celebrations.
We have lots of photographs in school but we would love you to send any photographs you may have too. You can send them by email or by post (please put your name on the back so we can return them).
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Gaeilge
RTE School Hub
Ar an Cheadaoin beidh Muinteoir Cliona ag déanamh rang Gaeilge ar “RTE School Hub”.
Tá an samhradh beagnach linn agus tá spleodar an nádúir le feiceáil mórthimpeall orainn. Beidh Múinteoir Cliona ag labhairt faoin samhradh!
So do try to watch the RTE School Hub on Wednesday at about 11.40 am.
Dán
Éist leis an dán seo "Éirigí a Pháistí" anseo. Listen to the poem "Éirigí a Pháistí" here.
http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/seo_leat/SL_5C_T06_U20/index.html
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Éirigí – get up
gheal – bright
bhog – soft
sceach – bush
smeara – berries
Go tiubh – plentifully
Craobh
Ar gach taobh – every side
Aoibhneas a bhaint – to enjoy
Áilleacht – beauty (go hálainn)
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Eleathanach
Download the Eleathanach for this week and read about Lá Domhanda na mBeach (Wold Day for Bees)
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Beach bee (beacha – bees)
Bealtaine - May
Béim - stress
Tábhacht – importance (an-tábhachtach – very important)
an domhain – the world
ag brath orthu – depending on them
pailin - pollen
ó bhláth go bláth – from flower to flower
má – if
ag iarraidh – trying to
cabhrú leo, - help them
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Online Activities
Here is a link to an online English/ Irish dictionary https://www.focloir.ie/
Try out www.duolingo.com Practice your Irish daily for five mins to build your streak.
Play this interactive game
Match the clue with the word e.g. ólaim é – deoch http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/Rang6_Ceacht1.html
Maths
Lets start with a problem. I have one AM Office Supplies voucher left to be in with a chance to win it send the answer to this problem to me by Friday evening.
The time shown on a digital clock is 5:55.
How many minutes will pass before the clock next shows a time for which all the digits are the same? |
Maths Challenge: You can work at your own pace in Maths Challenge for the rest of the year. You can do one a week, one a day – it’s up to you!
Money
How did you get on with money and exchanging currency last week?
This week I have some real life maths on money for you.
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Currency is a system of money in general use in a country.
Ireland is part of the Eurozone, a group of 19 countries who use the Euro currency. Not all countries in Europe use the Euro.
When you travel from Ireland to a country outside the Eurozone you must exchange your Euro for the currency of the other country. Exchange rates vary from day to day so the amount of foreign currency you receive for your Euro goes up and down depending on the Exchange rate.
So you might have more or less money to spend on your holidays depending on the exchange rate at the time.
For that reason sometimes it can be better value to buy clothes etc. when you are on holidays if the exchange rate is good.
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Here is a video explaining currency and currency exchange https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbRvCnsjLxU
Clothes Shopping
I have picked some items from the online next catalogue. There is a screenshot of the prices in Euro, pounds sterling from the UK and Polish złoty in the downloads.
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Here are the current exchange rates:
€1.00 = £0.90 sterling
€1.00 = 4.51 Poland złoty
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Skirt
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Currency |
Euro |
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€16.50 |
| Poland |
68zl |
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| Uk |
£13.00 |
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Make a table to work out what the cost of each item would be equivalent to in Euro.
How much would you save if you purchased all the items in the UK or in Poland?
Planet Maths: pg 135 Try C (use a calculator)
Can you remember doing VAT (Value Added Tax) with Mrs. Andrews.
Planet Maths pg 135 (E) Have fun trying the Magic Number of Cent activity (use your calculator)
English
Spellbound: Unit 32
Please look over the vocabulary at the start of the week. You can use https://www.dictionary.com/ to check the meaning if you don't have a dictionary at home. You can also how the word is pronounced.
LCWC: we will only do LCWC once a week - choose 4 difficult words and do LCWC for them
Holes
This week we will finish the Novel Holes. You can listen to the last three chapters of the novel here or maybe you would prefer to read it yourself.
Chapter 48 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8QwF5Hy0qs
Chapter 49 & 50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAVWEVL4YCk
Holes Activities.
Think
- Would you like to have Stanley as a friend? Why?
- Do you think that it’s a coincidence that rain falls for the first time in 100 years? Explain why.
Write
Do you like the ending of the book? Is there anything you would like to have turned out differently? Give reasons for your answer.
I wonder ….
In Chapter 50 the reader is told “You have to fill in the holes yourself!” What questions do you have at the end of the book? In your copy draw four thought bubbles and write an “I wonder question in each thought bubble.
Watch
I would recommend that you watch the movie of Holes during the summer if you haven’t already watched it.
Memories of your time in St. John the Baptist Girls’ School.
This week we are looking at memories of your time in St. John the Baptist Girls’ school.
My First Day in St. John the Baptist Girls’ School.
I remember talking to all of you about your memories of starting school earlier in the year.
Some of you started school in our school but many also joined our school along the way.
This week I want you to think about your first day at our school. What can you remember? Here are some questions to help you.
- Who brought you to school on your first morning?
- Who was your teacher?
- Did you know any of the other girls in the class?
- Who did you sit beside?
- What activities did you do on your first day?
- Did you cry or did you tell your mum to go the minuet you reached the door?
Talk to you family about their memories of your first day in school. Look at photographs of the day – maybe you have a drawing or colouring from your first day at school too.
I would like you to write a recount My First Day in School. You can write it neatly on an A4 page.
A Funny/ Memorable Event in School
I would like you to write a recount on A funny or memorable event from your time in our school.
Looking back I’m sure you have many highlights from your time in our school. What stands out as a funny or memorable event during that time.
- Maybe you called the teacher Mammy or maybe you ate your lunch in the middle of class in Junior infants
- Perhaps your memorable event was having a part in the Christmas Show or winning a prize in a Competition or maybe it was a trip or special occasion.
You can write about things that happened to others eg. a teacher but please remember to be kind.
Write it out neatly on an A4 page.
Send a photo of your writing so that I can share your memories with your classmates. I sure everyone will enjoy reading each others memories.
Keep your writing safe we will be collecting them from you in June for your Graduation.
Time Capsule
Last week we told you about our exciting School Time Capsule Project.
All the work, along with your photographs will be put together in a School Time Capsule to be hidden away by Mrs. Andrews until 2030.
Each one of you will be invited back to Time Capsule opening. It will be an exciting event as everyone looks back on this time and sees how far they have all come.
Here are the activities for the Time Capsule.
Handprint
If you have paint at home you can make handprints on an A4 page. If you don’t have paint you could draw your handprints.
You’re not Stuck at home.
Some days I really missing work, visiting my friends and family, shopping or days out. I have to remind myself how luck I am to be safe at home with my family.
For this next activity you will be drawing picture to show what you are doing at home.
On an A4 page write “You are not stuck at home, you are safe at home” as your heading. (You can write it in bubble writing)
Write “What I am doing to keep busy” in the centre of the page in a cloud.
Around the cloud draw four pictures to show what you have been doing to keep busy since the school closed.
Special Occasions
What occasions did you celebrate during this time? (St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, Birthdays, Anniversaries)
- Divide an A4 page in 4 (or more if you had a lot of Celebrations)
- Write Special Occasions as your heading. (You can use bubble writing)
- Write the Date and Name of the event in each box and then write and/or draw a picture of how you celebrated each event.
Note: There is a template for these activity in the downloads. You can print it if you like but you don’t have to.
Remember to keep the activities safe. We will organise to collect your work from you in June.
Confirmation Scrapbook.
Continue to work on your Scrapbook cover if you didn't finish it last week
You can rewrite My Confirmation Day neatly on an A4 page for your Scrapbook. Give it a nice boarder.
‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’.
(Extra Work)
Have you been listening to Harry Potter and the Philisopher's Stone? Here are the links to Chapter 5 and Chapter 6. You can still start listening to the story - just go back to my post from last week and the week before. I plan to listen to the book, whenever I get a break!!!!
Chapter 5 ‘Diagon Alley’ and chapter 6 ‘The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters’ are available to watch now using the following links. You can also listen to it on Spotify.
https://www.wizardingworld.com/chapters/reading-diagon-alley
https://www.wizardingworld.com/chapters/reading-the-journey-from-platform-nine-and-three-quarters
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