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The children had a wonderful time during our visit from 'Wee Critters' this week as part of our shared education programme with Knockevin school.  They got eagle eye views of snakes, lizards, mice, an armadillo, a cockroach and frogs. The children also enjoyed their medal ceremony for sports day, and worked on designing their minibeast shoeboxes with excellent results.

The children loved learning more about minibeasts as part of World Around Us this week. The used non fiction books to find out information, wrote sentences about their favourite bugs, made observational drawings of creepy crawlies and went on a minibeast hunt. We enjoyed some outdoor learning as part of shared education with Knockevin and shared photos with them during a zoom session. In numeracy, the children continued work on ordinal number and subtraction and are learning to write their own number sentences. We have now learnt the full alphabet of sounds and are spending time on letter formation and confident blending and simple sentence reading.

The children loved their story of 'Jack and the beanstalk' this week and made 'wanted' posters for finding Jack which are displayed in our classroom. Their work linked to this was amazing. In numeracy, we focused on building models using solid shapes, and began learning the skill of subtraction. We also visited young at heart to look at the tadpoles and continued learning about lifecycles. Blending and simple sentence work is drastically improving with daily practice, and the children continue to love their daily play based learning lessons where they consolidate all their learning.

The children had a very busy week. In Numeracy, we learnt how to 'estimate' a number to 10 and we also learnt the language of capacity in practical ways. Our book of the week was 'Zak and the vet' and we focused on characters in recent books and their feelings. Our sound of the week is 'y', The children are blending daily and writing and reading simple sentences. We enjoyed our 'Litter pick' and lots of fun play based learning activities.

Our photos this week show the children thoroughly enjoying using the iPads and working in pairs to extend their animation skills. They worked brilliantly well in partners. We also celebrated 'Number Day' on Friday and enjoyed lots of number activities and practical adding. In PE, we completed obstacle courses in teams. We opened our garden centre during play and created lots of spring and garden art for our classroom. In Literacy we learnt the sound 'x' and our book of the week was 'Jasper's beanstalk'. We sequenced the story and wrote simple sentences and words from the story. 

The children in Primary One thoroughly enjoyed their visit from the baby lambs today. Some children even wanted to take them home! The were careful towards the lambs, it was a very exciting morning. The children also took part in a 'Singing Hands' session as part of our Shared Education Programme with our friends from Knockevin Special School.

The children had a great time on their Easter egg hunt! They found all the eggs and shared them so that we all had one each. We also made rice krispie buns as an Easter treat. Our other photos show new learning at the end of last week; namely discovering and using sphero balls for the first time and coding apps on the iPads, as well as making 'something that moves' in the investigation area using joining and connecting materials as a science challenge. 
We had a wonderful week of learning in Primary One. The children consolidated their work on practical adding with some children using number lines to add and writing their own number sentences. We continue to focus on accurate and careful counting. In Literacy, we matched CVC words to the correct pictures and were challenged to write simple sentences using tricky words and CVC words. I was so impressed with this level of work! During play we made a variety of Easter craft, made cards, accessed new formation activities and jigsaws, used our hand prints to create bears and continued to enjoy the 3 bears cottage and acting out using the story 'whatever next'. In Science we focused on movement and energy and during play lessons the children were challenged to make something that moves using joining and connecting materials as well as junk materials. We also learnt all about the Easter story in Religion, focusing on 'The Last Supper', 'Jesus dies on the cross' and 'An Easter Surprise'. 
The children have loved their new topic of 'Bears' this week. We loved our story of the week 'Whatever Next' and made a list of things for baby bear to take to the moon. In Literacy, we continued to blend CVC words, and are being challenged to read and write them in short sentences. We took part in a moon rock experiment, finding out what would happen to the different materials on the way home from the moon in the rain! We engaged in problem solving and addition in Maths by recapping and learning how to combine two groups of objects together and record our number sentences. As seen in our photos we also enjoyed lovely play based learning activities as well as lots of new outdoor learning opportunities. 
The children come back to school so happily this week! They are delighted to be back with their friends and teachers and are thoroughly enjoying their playing and learning. It has amazed me how well everyone has settled back to routine. Well done everyone, thank you for a lovely week!

P1 Remote Learning (5/2/21) - Miss Murray’s class have been working extremely hard this week. They have been enjoying their activities to the full. It is great to see the P1 boys and girls thriving in their home environment. Well done everyone and keep it up!

Winter and Christmas activities, panto and party day!

Some photos of our exciting, Christmassy week!

The children had a wonderful time learning about winter this week. They learnt about winter in different countries as well as the effects that winter has on their local environment, plants and animals.  In maths we focussed on finding '1 less than' a given number to 5 then 10 practically and using a number line. Our new sound was 'd', and we practice all new sounds daily. Our books of the week were 'Lost and found' and 'Polar Bear Polar Bear what do you see'.  We were lucky to receive a visit from Declan Og's mummy who told us all about the post office. Everyone looked great in their Christmas hats and jumpers. Keep an eye out on our school facebook and website for the children's singing for the virtual light switch on!
This week we enjoyed a Shared Education 'virtual play lesson' with Knockevin special school. The children introduced themselves online. They then had the opportunity to engage in a winter themed sensory play session where the children made polar bears, explored ice, played in the amazing 'arctic world', made and played with snowy playdough and read a wide range of winter stories. It was very successful. The photos this week show how much the children learn during play based learning! This time is great for P1 to consolidate and lead their own learning. There are also some photos showing how well our class are doing with their new sounds s,a,t,p,i,n,m and o. Lovely work this week everyone! 
We had such a busy week this week, with our trip to the castle being a real highlight. Our sound of the week was 'm' and our number of the week was '9'. We also focussed on finding 1 more than a given number to 10 practically. Our books of the week were 'A squash and a squeeze' and 'Look out!' The children loved acting these out using puppets and are beginning to use sounds in context. In the creative area we made houses for mice, the house from the story aswell as practicing our songs for the Christmas show!
The Primary One children had a super week of learning. We were lucky to have a STEAM workshop which focussed on animals during our world around us lesson. As you can see, we had a great time outdoors playing with our newly resources water area aswell as exploring cars and ramps. During art we mixed primary colours in the paint to see what new colours we could create. In literacy we focussed on the differences between story books and information books. I was impressed at how well the children found new facts from non fiction books using pictures. We have learnt s,a,t,p,i to date and are focussing hard on these sounds in phonics. During maths, we are beginning to find 1 more than certain numbers to 10, counting accurately and learning 2D shape names.
We fitted a lot into this week of learning! We celebrated maths week with lots of fun practical activities and began work on 'Shape'. During the world around us lessons- we made toast and discussed the changes that happen to bread with heat. We also had 5 stations in class that represented each of our senses, the children loved exploring their hearing, sight, touch, smell and especially taste! In art we made objects of own choice using junk models and also painted patterns for our story 'Mum and Dad make me laugh'. We are focussing especially on using our new sounds 'satp' in different contexts e.g. labelling clothes- ssss scarf, t-t- tie.
This week the children in P1 enjoyed lots of Autumn based activities. They decorated and painted Autumn leaves, made Autumn animal masks and created Owls and Foxes in the creative area. Have a look at our owls on Seesaw! Our stories of the week for literacy and writing were 'Percy the park keeper' and 'The Library'. Our new sound is 't' and our number of the week was number '5'. In Numeracy we focussed on counting accurately in straight lines, and made fantastic stripy and spotty patterns on clothes for the book 'My mum and dad make me laugh'. During play, we are playing a lot better with more focus with our peers in the roleplay, small world and construction. During 'The World Around Us' lessons we learnt all about the season of Autumn, and had an introduction to our 5 senses. We enjoyed a great new game during PE called 'stuck in the mud' which the children might like to tell you about!
We had such a busy week in P1. In Literacy we focussed on 'The Haircut' and sequencing the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and our new sound was 'a'. In Numeracy, our number of the week was '4' and we sorted a variety of objects using different criteria. The children might also tell you about the cheeky owl who comes along to steal our numbers from the number line! Check out our additional photos below were we acted out situations linked to bike and road safety. Thanks to everyone to made a huge effort walking to biking to school this week. We also celebrated National Poetry Day, have a look at our video below showing the new rhyme we learnt!

We had a great week in Primary One and everyone was very busy. As you can see from our photos, our sound of the week was 's', our stories for the week were 'The lost teddy' and 'The Hungry Caterpillar', and in numeracy we are continuing to recognise and count numbers to 5 as well learning to make 2 colour patterns. During play we played the hungry caterpillar board game, developed ICT skills using the IWB and iPads, made caterpillars and butterflies, used lego and shapes in the construction area, and continued buying and selling in the shop.

We had a fantastic time at the beach today! We were making sandcastles, mud castles, digging for treasure (X marks the spot according to the boys!) making a construction site and collecting shells. We have a very fun loving, animated and imaginative group of Primary Ones this year!!!

Please find our induction powerpoint and information below

This week in P1, we spent lots of time getting used to our new routines. We had a great time during play based learning every day. We tried our new busy rotations and had our first few PE lessons! Everyone deserved star of the week in Primary One for coming in happily and confidently!
Well Done to all of our new Primary One children who started school this week. Everyone is settling well and playing with their new and familiar friends. We had a lovely ice cream on Friday as a back to school treat!

Home Learning - Primary One

Dear Parent/Carer, 

 

Our next 4 weeks of home learning will move on to a new topic, 'Traditional Tales'. Over the coming weeks you will focus on 'The 3 little pigs', 'The Gingerbread Man', 'Rapunzel', 'Castles' and 'Goldilocks and the three bears'. World Around Us lessons will incorporate ideas linked to these stories as well as focussing on the time of year and the changes we see in our environment. Please find your next 4 week block of learning and resources below. It is set out as follows:

Timetable Week 9

Week 9 resources (all resources have been organised Monday-Friday for Literacy and Numeracy with any world around us activities/resources at the bottom of each resource list)

Timetable week 10

Week 10 resources

Timetable week 11

Week 11 resources

Timetable week 12

Week 12 resources

Grow in Love - password and Religion links

Story videos and external links

 

To reiterate Mr Doyle's message, please do not feel overwhelmed by the home learning packs. As a staff we understand the challenges that come with juggling home learning  alongside your own routines, and we know that family, safety and happiness are priority. The online and home learning is there to provide some structure and a connection with school life, and is designed to support and encourage your child. It can be used with as much rigidity or freedom that suits your family. It will remain on the website and you can access it at a slower pace or come back to it in future. You can also revisit the previous packs and websites at any time. 

Thank you to anyone who has sent in photographs, they are really lovely and heart warming to see. Good luck and keep it up- your perseverance and efforts are amazing! If you need any confirmation or support with using or accessing the packs please don't hesitate to contact me on: lmurray189@c2kni.net

 

Thank you everyone. I am looking forward to seeing everyone and in the meantime I hope you enjoy your new packs, 

 

Miss Murray

Timetable week 9

Week 9 Resources

Timetable week 10

Resources Week 10

Wakey_Wakey_-_vocal.mp3

Timetable week 11

Resources Week 11

Timetable week 12

Resources Week 12

Please see photo below which shows the free 'Grow in Love' details to access some of our Religion lessons. 

username: trial@growinlove.ie

password: growinlove

Click on Junior infants/Primary One book, Choose Theme 8: Water, and you can access the 2 lessons over the coming weeks:

1. Water is wonderful

2. Welcomed with water

Jolly Phonics Phase Two

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

The Three Little Pigs

The Gingerbread Man

Dear Parent/s, 

 

I hope you are all keeping well during these unexpected times we are living in and that the Primary Ones are settling into their new routines. Please find your next 4 week block of learning and resources below. It is set out as follows: 

Timetable Week 5

Week 5 Resources

Timetable Week 6

Week 6 Resources

Timetable Week 7

Week 7 Resources

Timetable Week 8

Week 8 Resources

Sorting Sounds

Videos

Holy Week and Easter powerpoint

Grow in Love login (Focus on Theme 7)

 

 

You will notice in your timetables that I have referred to spring and minibeast videos during weeks 6 and 7. These videos were too large to include alongside the other resources and therefore you will find them at the bottom of the resources list. 

 

Wishing you all a wonderful Easter, albeit very different to ones you have celebrated in the past. I am really missing the children and the busy, fun, vibrant atmosphere and nature of our classroom very much. I hope you all continue to stay healthy and safe during these times. 

 

Best wishes, 

Miss Murray

Timetable Week 5

Week 5 Resources

Timetable Week 6

Week 6 Resources

Timetable Week 7

Week 7 resources

Timetable Week 8

Week 8 resources

Sorting sounds game

Signs of Spring

Spring

Baby animals in spring

Baby Lambs

Butterflies Flying

Dragonflies For Kids

All About Insects for Children

Dear Parent/s, 

 

Please see photo below which shows a free password for our religion teaching scheme "Grow in Love". Click on junior infants (purple book) and we have been focussing on Theme 6:Holy week and Easter. 

As you move into home learning weeks 5-8, you can begin to focus on Theme 7: The Church. 

Lesson 1: Places to pray

Lesson 2: The Church- A special place to pray

Home Learning notes and plans- support for parents.

All videos and links mentioned in 4 week learning pack. Please click on/copy and paste from below...

 

World Book online- 3000 free e books

Read with phonics- Phonics Games (this is excellent for P1 and can easily be downloaded onto any device)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qpn2839Kro - Jollyphonics phase 2

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/paint-the-squares - 1-30 numberline

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8m6YFr0gig  - pronunciation of all sounds taught to date

http://www.literactive.com/Download/live.asp?swf=story_files/hanging_monkeys_US.swf  -  blending CVC word game

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train - from this, you can choose addition or subtraction 1-10 games

http://www.literactive.com/Download/live.asp?swf=story_files/washing_line_rhyme_US.swf  rhyming game- find the word that rhymes

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/games variety of early years games

https://www.learningliftoff.com/kindergarten-science-learning-game-push-pull/ - world around us- push or pull?

http://www.ictgames.com/soccer_subtraction.html - taking away-maths

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/BuriedTreasure2.html - click phase 2 - phonics blending- is it a real or a fake word?

https://www.math4children.com/new%20quizzes/Pre-K/size-lighter-heavier.html maths heavy or light?

https://www.mathgames.com/skill/K.44-light-and-heavy heavy or light?

www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/earlymath/shapes_shoot.htm finding 2D or 3D shapes

 https://www.scienceforkidsclub.com/jungles.html - finding jungle facts

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/earth/jungles.html - finding jungle facts

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ - OXFORD OWL literacy- free levelled e-books

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/helpAHedgehog/index.html  - blending/phonics game

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/Early-Years.html - choose the initial sound game (all of these games are age appropriate)

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting counting games-choose underwater counting, teddy numbers, ladybird spots, or helicopter rescue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25_u1GzruQM the animal boogie song

https://www.splashlearn.com/measurement-games maths-capacity game

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/DragonsDen.html  phonics blending game- choose phase 2 (or 1 if you would like a recap also)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXgW9UCgpc8  - youtube story 'The story who came to tea'

https://www.tigerwhocametotea.com/activities/ - linked activities to 'The tiger who came to tea'

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/number-facts/number-fact-families   Maths- choose adding 1-10

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train choose adding or subtracting 1-10

https://www.gruffalo.com/ explore the Gruffalo website

http://ictgames.com/cvcPop.html CVC phonics reading game

https://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/full-stop-beginner-1.html full stop sentence game

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/shape-patterns Maths- making patterns with shapes

http://resources.hwb.wales.gov.uk/VTC/simple_patterns/eng/Introduction/MainSession.htm Maths- making patterns

https://www.turtlediary.com/game/ordinal-numbers.html - maths ordinal numbers

https://www.primarygames.com/math/moreorless/ Maths more or less game

http://www.literactive.com/Download/live.asp?swf=story_files/hanging_monkeys_US.swf  phonics blending game

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ phonics- choose phase 2 or phase 1 games

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/coconut-ordering maths-capacity

https://www.readwithphonics.com/ phonics games

 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/teddy-numbers/easter Easter counting

https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/preschool/animals/jungle/animaljunglecreate.htm make a jungle

http://www.iboard.co.uk/iwb/Naming-Positions-The-Picnic-677 positional language

http://www.abcya.com/shape_patterns.htm shape patterns

http://www.bigbrownbear.co.uk/magneticletters/ magnetic letters online

Don't forget movement online games:

  • Cosmic Kids Yoga
  • Brain pop
  • PBS Steve songs
  • The learning station
  • Have fun teaching
  • Just dance (youtube)
  • Go noodle
  • 5 minute love kids workout- the body coach

 

 

 

Numeracy

World Around us Powerpoints

Rainforests

Jungle animal videos

Reading book resources and the little busy lamb

Plaudough sounds and the Gruffalo resources

The children were challenged to make 'something that moves' in the investigation area this week. The used a trial and error approach to explore and find out what worked and what didn't. The teamwork, discussion, helping, perseverance, exploration and discovery during this task was excellent. It also helped with the children's joining and connecting skills, figuring out how to attach one object to another based on the material. Well Done everyone!
This week we opened our new Jungle areas of learning with the roleplay and the small world jungle being major hits during play based learning. Have a look at the children enjoying their new roleplay, acting as animals and booking trips in the travel agents to go on a safari. Also, we enjoyed PE out in the sun this week. Here, the children are improving their ball skills.

Shared Education Dance Lesson with Knockevin!

Have a look at a snapshot of photos from our week. The children enjoyed making dinosaurs out of fruit- during this activity they worked in teams to share ideas and decide on which dinosaur to make. Sharing ideas, imagination, leadership and communication skills shone through during this activity. We made volcanoes and the blue brontosaurus in the creative area, focussed on CVC blending as a literacy challenge during play, sorting dinosaurs using different criteria, finding real and fake sounds in the sand- just to name a few activities!

Volcano Experiment

The children used the language of prediction during a volcano experiment during 'World Around Us' this week. they mixed baking soda, washing up liquid, water and vinegar to see what would happen and we enjoyed some WOW moments with the results!

Have a look at some of our other photos, which show 'estimating' in maths, CVC blending in literacy, taking turns and team work to make posters in arts and crafts. The children learnt to retell the stories of 'we're going on a bear hunt' and 'The little blue brontosaurus' using actions and loud voices- ask them to tell you the stories at home!

The children were challenged in teams to make a large dinosaur skeleton. They had to arrange, cutting, sticking and arranging the pieces together. It required perseverance, teamwork, communication and patience. Well Done everyone, great teamwork!

Sensory Music- Shared Education

The children were so excited to make dinosaurs from junk art, and had been collecting resources for a while! During this activity, they learnt many skills such as perseverance, concentration, constructing a trial and error approach, finding resources, experimenting with tools and reflecting on their work. The final results were fantastic!

Dinosaur play based learning fun!

The children had a great time during play based learning this week. They are acting as 'teacher's by teaching each other new sounds we have learnt, making dinosaur masks and baby eggs, making shape patterns, matching dinosaurs, using stencils, creating lego dinos and lots more! You can also see photos of us learning our new skill of 'addition'. We are combining two groups together to find a total amount, using 'butterfly spots'. Maybe you can try some addition at home!

Using ICT- animation and the Green Screen!

The land of the Dinosaurs!!

This week we started our new topic, 'Dinosaurs'. The children enjoyed learning the names of dinosaurs and shared their previous knowledge. Have a look at our photos showing us making dinosaur fossils, using the new roleplay, dinosaur small world and investigation areas.

Our fantastic P1s before their Christmas Production!

Here come the elves!

The children have had a wonderful introduction to Winter this week, kicking off with a winter themed sensory play session with Knockevin school. Whilst here, we explored ice and snow, made winter biscuits, made penguins, enjoyed winter stories and played with arctic animals. We enjoyed playing in the new arctic world, our dance skills are improving during PE and we learnt the new 'c' and 'k' sounds. Our story in Literacy was 'Polar Bear Polar Bear' and we focussed on finding 1 more and 1 less in Maths. Austin and Darlene also showed us the new Eco Code for our school. Towards the end of the week, everyone enjoyed a lovely Christmas dinner!

A snapshot of our week

This week the children completed their Mexican people, feel free to come to the classroom and have a look! As you can see from our photos, we have some great developments in literacy, where children are learning and engaging in assisted blending, and in numeracy where the children are learning the language and the actions of '1 less than'. The children enjoyed lots of table top games, junk art, matching jigsaws and sorting animals during play.
Two of the highlights of our week included our art workshop with Jennifer, and making Mexican food. During art, we made Mexican people and colourful clothes using a range of fabric. We explored colour and texture and the finished results will look excellent when we add the final touches next week. We also made Guacamole by chopping the avocado, tomatoes and lemon and mixing it all together. Some of us loved it and some of us hated it, but we all had the confidence to try!

Antibullying week

Shared Education with Knockevin

The children took part in circle times as part of Antibullying week. We looked at power points, told stories, sorted kind and unkind actions, and roleplayed some age appropriate scenarios. Enjoy our photos which show some of these activities as children enjoying the roleplay, non fiction focus in Literacy and counting accurately in Maths.

Our New Topic is Mexico!