Senior Infants: (Work for the week, starting 23/3/20 Please select some of work below if suits your
own time schedule. Please do not feel under any
pressure to complete this work)
Day: Literacy
Mon Rhyme of the fortnight: ‘April Fool’s Day ’ (see link)
News of the Week: Write 8 lines approx of your own
news Read your news aloud
Sound of the week: ‘ur’ Read words (fur, blur, slur,
nurse, purse, purple, burst, burn, curl, hurl, surf,
turf, churn, church, curve, return, Saturday, turnip,
Thursday, absurd) Write 5 words each day into
words copy
Reader: ‘Oh What Fun’
Spellings: hop, mop, top, cot, got, hot, lot, pot, rot,
not, boy, girl
Tue Phonics Book: Page 80 (Revision)
Listen to the story : ‘Today is Monday’ ( Revising
days of week from maths manual)see link Can you
remember what foods were eaten each day
Clap along to the song: ‘Days of the week’ see link
Small Handwriting Book: Capital Letter ‘W’
Revise Spellings and reading words
Choose one of extra readers sent home if you wish
Comprehension 1 (see link)(Read and answer
questions orally)
Wed Large Handwriting Book: Letter ‘W’
Use words from your wordlist to compose and write
5 of your own sentences into your spare copy (use
best guess at spelling the words ) Read these
sentences aloud
Listen to bossy r song (see link) to revise ar, ir, er, ur
words
Numeracy
Use Maths Sheet sent home to help:
Revise rhymes ’10 green bottles’, ’10 in the
bed’ Discuss and use objects (eg 10
spoons) in conjunction with the rhyme
Maths (At Home book) page 28
Learn the following sums:
1+1 =2
2+2 =4
Play Flash Maths (cut up photocopiable
55), jumble and guess (just by looking) the
number of black/white spots
Maths (At Home book) page 29
Learn the following sums:
3+3 =6
4+4 =8
Make a 10 frame (Draw a rectangle and
divide into 10 segments) Use 10 small
items and complete activities pages
181/182 on sheets
Learn the following sums:
5+5 =10
6+6 =12
Other
Gaeilge: Practise as best you can saying the following
phrases from our next story:
Tá Liam sa ghairdín (Liam is in the garden)
Tá coinín cásca (pronounced cunyeen cawska)sa
ghairdín (The Easter Bunny is in the garden)
Draw a picture of Liam and the Easter Bunny in your
spare copy. If you wish write the 2 phrases above
Gaeilge: Read the phrases
Tá ciseán (pronounced cishawn) ag Coinín na Cásca
(The Easter Bunny has a basket)
Tá ubh chásca (pronounced uv cawska)ag Coinín na
Cásca (The Easter Bunny has an easter egg)
S.E.S.E.: Watch link on animals and their young.
Draw some pictures of the animals with their babies
and write ‘A baby …… is a …….’
Gaeilge: Tá ubh i bhfolach (pronounced ih vulock): The
egg is hidden
Tá Liam ag ithe (Liam is eating)
Music: Listen to the song: ‘The ants go marching…’ (see
link)
 Thurs Phonics Book: Page 81
Oral Language/S.E.S.E.: Go for a short walk / go out
into garden and look for as many signs of Spring as
you can find(flowers, weather, nests, animals etc)
If you wish draw and/or write a couple of sentences
about what you found
Handwriting copy: Complete 3 lines of cursive letter
‘d’ (you will see it inside the cover of the copy)
Revise Spellings and reading words
Choose one of extra readers sent home if you wish
Fri Comprehension 2 (see link)(Read and answer
questions orally)
Revise Spellings and reading words
Choose one of extra readers sent home if you wish
Revise Spellings and reading words
Choose one of extra readers sent home if you wish
https://www.poetry4kids.com/poems/april-fools-day/ (Rhyme of fortnight)
Draw ‘Story of 10’ into copy using dots or
pictures write sums beside it
Revise all sums by listening to song (see
link)
Revise all sums
Gaeilge: Look at Irish page (see link) ‘Cad a fheiceann
tú?’ What do you see. ‘Feicim (I see)..Liam, an liathróid
(the ball) an ubh chásca (the Easter egg), an teidí
(teddy), Fífi, an bábóg (the doll)
Religion: Use sheets sent home to help. Discuss when
we share meals, meals for special occasions, favourite
meals etc
Read story of ‘The Last Supper and the poem ‘The Last
Supper’ . If you wish complete page 36 of your religion
workbook and read your prayers page 37
Gaeilge: Revise the phrases
Drama: Listen to the story: ‘The Ugly Duckling’ see link
Act out your favourite part of the story (maybe use your
teddies to help. Ask a parent or sibling to watch your
show if they have the time!
Do some active work outside as P.E.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13I0I2w26iQ (Animals and their babies)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcR2_Y0FMuM (Today is Monday story)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GKmCQOy88Y (Days of the Week song)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S__fbCGwOM (The Ants went marching)

https://my.cjfallon.ie/preview/student/20360/52 (Irish page) Type in name etc go to page 50)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOQ5QQ9Q_1o (The Ugly Duckling story)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp8arskkcXg (Bossy r song)

https://lingua.com/pdf/english-text-my-day.pdf (Comprehension text 1)

https://lingua.com/pdf/english-text-wonderful-family.pdf (Comprehension text 2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH05IyHGGV0 (Doubles song)