Updated Work for School Closure
(Updated on May 8th)
Hi everyone! I hope everybody had a good week and is keeping safe and well. Thanks again for all your hard work so far. Below is the recommended timetable of work for the coming week. Enjoy the weekend!
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(Update on May 1st)
I hope you are all keeping safe and well. I know this week was a difficult week for some families and especially 6th class students as Confirmation did not take place. I want to thank everybody for their continued efforts and I want to acknowledge the work both students and parents are doing. Below is a suggested timetable of work for 6th Class for the coming week. Again, whatever school work method/routine that is working for you in your family, is perfect. I hope you all have a lovely Bank Holiday Weekend!
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(Updated on April 25th)
Thanks again to everyone for keeping up the school work at home. I hope you and your families are keeping safe and well. Below is a suggested timetable of work for 6th Class for the coming week. Again, whatever school work method/routine that is working for you in your family, is perfect. You are doing a great job!
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(Updated on April 17th)
I hope you and your family had a lovely Easter break and that you are all well and keeping safe. Again, I wish to sincerely thank everyone for keeping up the school work at home over the past weeks. I know it cannot have been the easiest of times. To keep up the routine, we are sending out the work for the coming week on the Friday beforehand. I would recommend the easiest way to complete the majority of the work is through the use of Google Classroom. Please see instructions from previous weeks on how to access Google Classroom. Below is the timetable of work for the coming week.
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(Updated on March 26th)
I hope you and your family are well and keeping safe during this strange time. I wish to sincerely thank everyone for putting in a huge effort to keep up the school work at home over the past weeks. Routine and predictable schoolwork can be a source of stability for children as it provides a familiar task in uncertain circumstances and it has given us a great boost to see the work ethic evident by all so far!
Below is a list of work for the week March 30th - April 3rd.
Below is a list of work for the week March 30th - April 3rd.
Daily:
- Read Theory - 2 Read Theory Comprehensions each day. I am monitoring your activity.
- Typing.com - 10 minutes daily.
- Starlight - Free Log-in for Parents to access books at www.FolensOnline.ie
● Monday 30th – Read Unit 9a - Ellie McCarthy’s Diary pgs: 98-100
● Tuesday 31st - Activity A p.100
● Wednesday 1st - Activity B p.100
● Thursday 2nd - Activity C p.100
● Friday 3rd – Activity D p.101
These assignments can be uploaded to Google Classroom: see details below.
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- Brain Teasers 6 – 1 test per day – children to self-correct and highlight any questions they get wrong or find difficult. I will put up solutions on Google Classroom each week so you can check your answers. Last week’s solutions are up.
- Monday 30th : Test 97 p.54
- Tuesday 31st : Test 98 p.54
- Wednesday 1st : Test 99 p.55
- Thursday 2nd : Test 100 p.55
- Friday 3rd : Play Captain Knockout or any tables/maths game with your family … make sure you win!
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- P.E. - The Body Coach TV on YouTube is now doing daily PE lessons. Every Monday – Friday at 9am he will be going live on YouTube. If 9am is too early for you, then you can play it back off his channel anytime throughout the day. Perhaps this is something you can get your whole family to do.
Weekly:
Spell Well 6 – Week 28 – Get someone at home to test you on your spellings on Friday. This is available online at www.cjfallon.ie.
Spell Well 6 – Week 28 – Get someone at home to test you on your spellings on Friday. This is available online at www.cjfallon.ie.
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Projects:
- Keep working on your Saint’s name project.
- Finish off your house/dream house on planner5d.com. I’d love to see what you’ve come up with at the end. To send it to me, I’ve created a new assignment in your Google Classroom where you can copy the link of your design into or get someone at home to follow the steps below and share the link to your project with me via email.
- Time Capsule: As we’re living through an extraordinary time, it might be a nice idea to capture some of the things you’re feeling right now or some of the things you’re doing as an 11/12-year-old or with your family. I’m suggesting that you create a time capsule. All you need is a shoe box or a container to store your items in. Once it’s complete, you can give it to an adult to hide/store or you could bury it yourself somewhere or even just put it in the attic. Then in 9/10 years’ time, on your 21st birthday, a parent could give it to you and you can remember back to when you were 11/12 years old.
- Anything from the picture attached.
- A note about the current global situation and how you’re feeling about it
- A letter to yourself from 11/12-year-old you to 21 year old you – saying what job you’d like, or what countries you’d like to visit, friends etc… whatever you like
- Put in newspaper clippings from a recent newspaper/magazine in your house
- You could put in a special diary with notes only to you
- A picture of your favourite sports star or idol.
Other information:
- RTE are broadcasting ‘School’ everyday on RTE2 between 11am and 12noon
- Grow in Love – Free Log In for Parents at www.growinlove.ie Email: trial@growinlove.ie Password: growinlove
- Edco Learning – Free Log in for Parents to access books at www.edcolearning.ie – Username: primaryedcobooks Passwrord: edco2020
- CJ Fallon – Free Log in for Parents to access books at www.cjfallon.ie
- Folens Online – Free Log in for Parents to access books at www.FolensOnline.ie – Register as a teacher and use the Roll Number Code: Prim20 to access. These will be deleted then once children are back at school.
Ceremony of Light
Ceremony of Light due to take place on April 1st has been postponed until further notice.
School Closure
(Updated on March 12th)
Dear Parents,
It has just been announced that all schools are to close from 6 p.m. today Thursday March 12th until March 29th. As routine is very important for the children we feel that they may benefit from having some element of learning work to complete at home during this special school closure. Please note this work will start from Wednesday March 18th. All teachers have uploaded a list of activities to be completed on the relevant class page of the school website www.sbrathcormac.ie There is a mix of literacy, maths and S.E.S.E. as well as some games and colouring activities. Aside from this work any additional reading would be beneficial.
6th Class Work
Work for March 18th - Friday 27th:
Choose between the following each day:
Next week of Spell Well – weekly
Wednesday 18th – Friday 20th – Week 26
Monday 23rd – Friday 27th – Week 27
Brain Teasers - 1 per day
Wednesday 18th: Test 90 pg 50
Thursday 19th: Test 91 pg 51
Friday 20th: Test 92 pg 51
Monday 23rd: Test 93 pg 52
Tuesday 24th: Test 94 pg 52
Wednesday 25th: Test 80 pg 45
Thursday 26th: Test 88 pg 49
Friday 27th: Test 95 pg 53
2 Projects:
It has just been announced that all schools are to close from 6 p.m. today Thursday March 12th until March 29th. As routine is very important for the children we feel that they may benefit from having some element of learning work to complete at home during this special school closure. Please note this work will start from Wednesday March 18th. All teachers have uploaded a list of activities to be completed on the relevant class page of the school website www.sbrathcormac.ie There is a mix of literacy, maths and S.E.S.E. as well as some games and colouring activities. Aside from this work any additional reading would be beneficial.
6th Class Work
Work for March 18th - Friday 27th:
- Read Theory x 2 comprehensions daily – your child has their log-in details in their journal.
- Typing.com - 10 mins daily – your child has their log-in details in their journal.
Choose between the following each day:
- Free Writing Copy - 5 mins daily using prompts at the front of copy
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- planner5d.com to finish house plans (Sa Bhaile)
Next week of Spell Well – weekly
Wednesday 18th – Friday 20th – Week 26
Monday 23rd – Friday 27th – Week 27
Brain Teasers - 1 per day
Wednesday 18th: Test 90 pg 50
Thursday 19th: Test 91 pg 51
Friday 20th: Test 92 pg 51
Monday 23rd: Test 93 pg 52
Tuesday 24th: Test 94 pg 52
Wednesday 25th: Test 80 pg 45
Thursday 26th: Test 88 pg 49
Friday 27th: Test 95 pg 53
2 Projects:
- Religion Project on Saint’s Name for Confirmation: criteria in Rel. copy
- Twinkl Science experiment from class level (parents to choose the experiment from Twinkl - free log-in for parents)
Date for the Diary
Ceremony of Light for Confirmation candidates is on Wednesday 1st April at 7.30 pm in the Church. Your child will need to bring their Baptismal candle with them.
Engineers' Week 2020
STEM Activities for Home
Next week is Engineers Week and to coincide with this we have decided to organise a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) week in school. We hope to raise awareness and excitement of the role and value of STEM in everyday life and its application to real world problem solving. Next week the children will not receive any written homework. Instead we will be sending home a menu of STEM activities/challenges. We are asking the children to complete some activities (at least one) from their STEM menu at home over the course of the week. On Friday 6th March we will have a STEM Show and Tell day in school. The children will be asked to either bring in what they designed/created/made at home or bring in a photo/ drawing of their challenge to share with their classmates. Please assist your child with their activities/challenges but please let your child do the bulk of the work and creative design. We look forward to seeing all the wonderful ideas and creativity on our Show and Tell day and we hope you enjoy working on the STEM activities/challenges together!
The children in 6th Class will have a sheet in their folders of STEM activities/projects to choose from during the week.
Here are two links to websites that contain some great STEM ideas to try out at home.
https://www.steampoweredfamily.com/education/14-brilliant-stem-activities-for-elementary/
https://wabisabilearning.com/blogs/stem/36-stem-project-based-learning-activities
Here are some clips of some experiments that may be useful too!
The children in 6th Class will have a sheet in their folders of STEM activities/projects to choose from during the week.
Here are two links to websites that contain some great STEM ideas to try out at home.
https://www.steampoweredfamily.com/education/14-brilliant-stem-activities-for-elementary/
https://wabisabilearning.com/blogs/stem/36-stem-project-based-learning-activities
Here are some clips of some experiments that may be useful too!
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Réamhaisnéis na hAimsire
We have been working on the theme, 'An Aimsir' in 6th Class and incorporated Drámaíocht into Gaeilge. Everybody got the chance to present their 'Réamhaisnéis na hAimsire'.
Recommended Reading List by 6th Class
The boys and girls in 6th class have shared some of their recommendations for books suitable for their age group.
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Orienteering
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6th class have been busy creating their maps for their orienteering activities in PE. We are now waiting for a dry day to put them to good use!
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STEM: Dot and Dash
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6th class students have been teaching 5th class students all about coding using Dot and Dash. They are passing on what they learned last year during STEM Academy with Johnson & Johnson.
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Recent Artwork
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Féile GaeilgeGhlac Ranganna 5 agus 6 i bh'Féile Gaeilge'. Bhí siad ag caint as Gaeilge ar feadh uair a chloig! Maith sibh a pháistí!
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Student Council Elections
Well done to all who campaigned to become our Student Council representative in 6th Class!
Transitioning to Secondary School
As your child prepares to make the big move to secondary school next year, here is a link to the 'School Days' website which will provide you with tips to make the transition to secondary school as smooth as possible.
https://www.schooldays.ie/articles/transition-from-primary-school-to-secondary-school
