Room 11 Work for the 5th - 8th May.

Hi girls, 

It was lovely to hear from so many of you this week. It is great to be able to see your work and to see that you are all working very hard at home. 

How are you all feeling about the news that schools will not be re-opening until September? Sad? Angry? Frustrated? Delighted? I'm sure there may have few tears over the weekend, especially from 6th class. Tears are natural and understandable when you receive bad news.  

Now that we know that we won't be going back until September it's time to refocus. 

We can look forward to the easing of restrictions and we can enjoy each new thing that we can do as we move through the phases; meeting our friends and going to shops, restaurants and playgrounds. 

Sixth class, you can look forward to secondary school and all the excitement it will bring - new friends, new subjects, new teachers. You will have a busy summer ahead of you getting ready.

Fifth class, I'm sure that you are looking forward to taking their place as the "top dogs" in the school with all the extra responsibilities. 

Until Friday the 26th of June at 12.30 p.m.,  though, you all part of this class. Miss. Flanagan, Miss Ryan and I will be putting our thinking hats on to come up with lots of fun things for us to do together. I hope that you will all get into the spirit of these activities and make the most of the final two months of 5th and 6th class. 

We are over the worst and there is a bright light at the end of the tunnel. 

Keep up the great work everyone! 

Mrs Kealy

Work for the week. 

This is a short week as Monday is a Bank Holiday. I am moving on to Time in maths,  éadai in Gaeilge and we will continue to learn about the apostrophe in English. You do not have to do every single piece of work - try to do a variety of subjects each day!

I would also like you to use this week as a "catch up week" to do some of the activities from other weeks that you would like to do. Maybe you would like to try the lung experiment or perhaps you didn't do the Mini Olympics in maths or the Pop Art activity - now is your chance!  

Send at least one update this week to gkealycashelgirls@gmail.com Remember to let me know if I can post photographs of you to the website. You can send photographs of your schoolwork or any other projects you are doing. 

I will respond to those who haven't had a reply from me yet, early next week. 

Just for Fun! Phone a friend Activity! 

It is important to have some fun at school too!  Here is a fun activity for you to try this week. Let me know what interesting things you discover about your classmates! 

PHONE A FRIEND! It is important to check in with the people you love! Use this questionnaire to see how
well you know one of your friends or family members. You may learn something new! Download the questionnaire below - you do not have to print it! 

P.E.

Sign up for Ireland's Fittest Person Challenge a four week challenge for everyone form 8 years to adult. The challenge is based on the "beep test" and you can take part individually or on a team of four (each person does their part separately). There is a fee of €5 to take part as it is a fundraiser for 5 charities. For information or to register go to https://www.irelandsfittestperson.com/

Let me know if you sign up. I would love to do a class league table so that you can all do this activity together. 

Gaeilge 

1. Ceisteanna: Scríobh and ceist agus an freagar (Write the Q & A) 

1. Tá tú amuigh sa bháisteach, cad a caitheann tú? 
2. Tá an ghrian ag taitnemh, cad a caitheann tú?
3. Tá tú ar do laethanta saoire sa Spáin, cad a caitheann tú? 
4. Tá tú i do choladh, cad a caitheann tú? 

2. Féach ar an billeog "Gaeilge Grammar" agus líon isteach na bearnaí. (Look at the "Gaeilge Grammar" sheet below and fill in the blanks. Do the exercise in your Copy. 

1. Chuir mé mo chóta orm. 
2. Bhain mé _____ _________ díom. (hata)
3. Chuir sí ____ ________ faoin leaba. (bróga)
4. Phioc sé suas ____ __________ ón turlár. (bríste)
5. Cá bhfuil mo ______________ . (geansaí)
6. Chuir tú ____ ________ _________ ort tar éis an bhricféasta. (bróga reatha)
7. Chaill sí ______ ________________ . (gúna)
8. Chuir Séan ___ ___________ ar a cheann. (caipín)

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. 

English

Spellbound: Unit 29 

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: from now on we will only do LCWC once a week - choose 4 difficult words and do LCWC for them.

The Apostrophe - possession. 

Watch this video to remind yourself about the apostrophe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sueh1OKXp78

Fifth Class: Word Wizard pg 65 (B & C)

Sixth Class: Word Wizard pg 41 (B & C) For B you only have to write the sentences using an apostrophe 

100 Word Challenge Try out the 100 Word Challenge for this week. Well done to Marta who won the €5 voucher last week. 

Poetry - Fifth Class

Read the Poem The Sound Collector on page 86 of your Word Wizard Book. 

Read about onomatopoeic words on page 87 and do question C - list the onomatopoeic words in your copy. 

Then do pg 90 A Q1 - write your own poem in the style of "The Sound Collector". I have included a list of onomatopoeic words in the download section which me be helpful. 

Send me your first draft for review ans we will redraft the poems for our Writing Scrapbooks next week. 

Poetry Writing - 6th Class

Compose a poem titled "I Can Be a Light" to put into your Confirmation Scrapbook. 

The poem should have 4 verses and include how you can be a light in the wold today. 

There are many ways you can be a light e.g. helping others, being a good friend, helping at home, helping in school, volunteering or helping charities. 

Send me your first draft for review and then you will be able to redraft the poem on A4 paper next week.

I have included the chapter "Making a Difference after Confirmation" for you to download and read. You will get some ideas from it. 

You can also watch this video where children talk about their post Confirmation Commitments https://app.growinlove.ie/en/user/lesson-resources/519 (To access Grow in Love website use the email trial@growinlove and password growinlove) 

Tables online activities 

https://www.transum.org/Tables/Times_Tables.asp

Maths 5th class

Play this online game to practice reading the clock face (there are 4 levels to try) https://www.transum.org/Maths/Activity/Time/ 

1. Change these hours and minutes to minutes.
(a) 1 hour 10 minutes = ______ minutes (b) 1 hour 20 minutes = ______ minutes
(c) 1 hour 40 minutes = ______ minutes (d) 1 hour 3 minutes = ______ minutes

2. Change these minutes to hours and minutes

(e) 130 minutes = ___ hours and ___ minutes (f) 100 minutes = ___ hours and ___ minutes
(g) 112 minutes = ___ hours and ___ minutes (h) 118 minutes = ___ hours and ___ minutes

3. Watch this video to revise how to Adding hours and minutes. You learned how to do it in 4th class. 

http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/20707/BAM5_Tutorial_063/lessons/BAM5_Tutorial_063/index.html

Add the following times. (Watch the video to help you). 

(a)1 hr 37 mins + 2 hrs 23 mins + 1 hr 48 mins (b) 3 hrs 56 mins + 2 hrs 44 mins+ 1 hr 11 mins 
(c) 4 hrs 6 mins + 2 hrs 19 mins + 2 hrs 26 mins (d)1 hr 33 mins + 2 hrs 44 mins + 2 hrs 13 mins 
(e)1 hr 53 mins + 4 hrs 14 mins + 2 hrs 13 mins 

4. Watch this video to learn how to subtract hour and minutes. 

http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/20707/BAM5_Tutorial_064/lessons/BAM5_Tutorial_064/index.html

Subtract the following times. Remember that if there is a bigger number of minutes to take away you will need to rename an hour. 

(a) 4 hrs 17 mins – 1 hr 32 mins
(b) 5 hrs 21 mins – 2 hr 46 mins
(c) 3 hrs 10 mins – 2 hrs 42 mins 
(d) 8 hrs 4 mins – 2 hrs  44 mins 
(e) 6 hrs 10 mins – 2 hrs 50 mins 

5. Answer these questions 

1. How long did Maeve spend working at the computer if she spent 1 hour 50 minutes on Friday,
1 hour 45 minutes on Saturday and 1 hour 35 minutes on Sunday? ___________
2. If John spent 9 hours 40 minutes sleeping on Saturday, for how long was he awake? ___________

6. Extra work: Planet Maths: pg 104 Q C, D, E. 

Maths 6th class

Practice doing time calculations based on film times  https://www.transum.org/software/SW/Starter_of_the_day/Students/Time_Totals.asp 

Play this online game to practice reading the clock face (there are 4 levels to try) https://www.transum.org/Maths/Activity/Time/ 

Watch this tutorial on how to work out how many hours and minutes are from one tome to another. 

http://data.cjfallon.ie/resources/20707/BAM5_Tutorial_066/lessons/BAM5_Tutorial_066/index.html

1. Do these questions in your copy.  (Hint: The time you leave is earlier so work backwards) 

At what time should you leave for each of these appointments?
(a) 12:15pm and the journey will take 25 minutes. ___
(b) 3:40pm, the journey will take 45 minutes and you need to stop at a shop for approx.
5 minutes. ___
(c) 4:25pm, the journey will take 35 minutes and you don’t want to be late. ___
(d) 6:45pm, the journey normally takes 55 minutes but there are expected traffic delays of up to
15 minutes. ___

2. This week we are learning about distance. To calculate distance we multiply the speed by the time. 

Example 1:

speed = 50kph     time = 3 hours 

D = S x T       D = 50kph x 3 = 150km 

Example 2: 

speed = 48kph     time = 15 mins (1/4 hour)

D = S x T        D = 48 kph x 1/4 hr = 12 km 

Planet Maths pg. 102 do B, C, D, E  and pg 103 do B 

For pg 102 Q D write all the times as a fraction of an hour first 

eg. 30 mins = 1/2 hour , 15 mins = ? hour, 12 mins = ? (hint: write 12/60 and then write in its smallest terms) 

Next week we will look at calculating speed & time. 

The lungs

Watch this video which explains how the lungs work https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/rsmovie.html?WT.ac=en-k-htbw-main-page-f

Draw a diagram of the lungs in your copy - don't forget to label the parts. (No need to print the worksheet)

Write an explanation in your own words for how your lungs work. 

Try out these online quizzes on the lungs 

https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/rsquiz.html

https://www.dkfindout.com/us/quiz/human-body/quiz-yourself-on-lungs-and-breathing/ 

Experiment

Did you try out the experiment to show how the lungs expand and contract? (it was in the experiments pack I gave to you before you left school). If not why not try it this week. I have included the worksheet below for you.

Send me a photograph of your experiment.