Home/School Work – ‘School Closure’

Dear Parents/Guardians,
Attached are activities your child may complete, week beginning the 30th of March. This is not mandatory work, however it is a guide to help to keep your
child engaged with school work. If you wish to contact me please do so between school hours at aosborne@tarahillns.ie and I will get back to you as soon
as possible. Kind regards and wishing you all good health. Áine Osborne
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Fine Motor Activity Choose from a variety of activities- lego, jigsaws, pegs (clothes pegs), playdough for 20 minutes daily also more activity ideas linked below:
https://theimaginationtree.com/40-fine-motor-skills-activities-for-kids/
English Daily  Revise days of the week, months of year, discuss weather, alphabet, colours
Activities  Practice writing own name
 Read/ discuss pictures for 10 mins a book of your choice
 Please continue to practise tricky words at home: say, read and write
I the me be to

he she we was do

English  Practise Phonics-  Practise Phonics-  Practise Phonics-  Practise Phonics-letter ai- revise song and  Practise
letter l- revise letter f- revise letter b- revise actions p.20 (Phonics pupil book) Phonics-
song and actions song and actions song and actions  Go with the flow p. 40 letter j-
p. 17 (Phonics p. 18 (Phonics p. 19 (Phonics revise song
pupil book) pupil book) pupil book) and actions
 Go with the flow  Word Wizard p.  Word Wizard p. 21
p. 39 80 and 81 p.83  Go with the
flow p. 41
Maths Daily  Revise number formation for 1-5
Activities  Counting forwards and backwards to 10
 Listen to and sing action songs below in links to revise numbers
Maths  Busy at Maths Busy at Maths Busy at Maths Busy at Maths School book p. 89 Busy at Maths
School book p. School book p. 87 School book p. 88 School book p.
86 90
Irish Abair Liom Ag feachaint ar an teilifís p. 76- 79
Foclóir: teilifís, cartún, tolg, cathaoir, ríomhaire, ag féachaint ar an teilifís, ag gáire, ag caoineadh, ina luí
Frasaí: Tá cartún ar an teilifís. Tá ___ ag féachaint ar an teilifís. Tá ___ ag gáire/caoineadh.
You can register online and sign in to do activities, games and songs on https://www.folensonline.ie/registration/
SESE/ Art Spring hunt checklist- Read the story of the Make your own Listen to the story of the Three Little Pigs. Discuss SESE- cooking-
Look for different cautious caterpillar- Easter egg below/ and draw three pictures to sequence story- Make your own
signs of Spring in Sequence the life Easter chick- see beginning, middle and end. Easter Egg nest
your garden see cycle of a butterfly images below Three little pigs https://www.youtube.com/watch? Picture and
worksheet (Login to below v=-gdcgnSrUvU ingredients
Twinkl for (Login to Twinkl for attached below
worksheet) worksheet and story)
Religion Grow in Love – Easter p. 40 and 41 (Discuss story of Easter, why we celebrate the life of Jesus on Easter Sunday)
P.E We are focusing on skipping and outdoor trails this week
Practise creating your own hop-skotch using chalk outside and hopping 1 foot to 2 feet
Practise the bunny hop, Go on your Easter Egg hunt around your garden :D
Online- Go noodle –lots of fun dances, 10@10- movement break,
SPHE Get a blank sheet of paper
Attitude of Gratitude I’m grateful for …….. Think about all of the things you are lucky to have. Think about family, friends, your home, school,
pets or nature. Draw 4 small pictures of things you are thankful for.
Useful Websites  Junior Infants – some activities you might like to try out at home. Click on the link below for educational websites, games and activities ,
organised by subject. https://padlet.com/susan_b_gavin/xaxa8mv1axmi
 Games and resources based on Jolly phonics https://www.scoilnet.ie/go-to-primary/theme-pages/english/jolly-phonics/
 Letter formation https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg_q6YX1y3DG8Ttu_7mJ12Q
 Story books online https://www.starfall.com/h/
 Jolly phonics song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KjYLDhzhvo
 Jolly phonics sounds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2HYM9VXz9k
 Days of the week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXMofxtDPUQ
 Months of the year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe9bnYRzFvk
 Sight word rap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zJJ1S6-rMc
 Alphablocks learn to read: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_qs3c0ehDvZkbiEbOj6Drg

Maths
 Number formation song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ii202RoEd8
 Five speckled frogs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSC-gHBU_d0
 Five little Monkeys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j6AZhZFb7A
 Topmarks counting games https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting
 Story online- children pick a story, listen and discuss story- https://www.storylineonline.net/
 Procedural Writing

1. First, melt the chocolate in a small bowl

2. Then, pour the chocolate over the shredded wheat/ cereal
and stir well to combine.
3. After, spoon the chocolate wheat into the bun cases
4. Place 3 mini chocolate eggs on top of each nest
5. Finally, chill the nests in the fridge for 2 hrs until set.

 Make your own Easter Egg using Pom Pom’s/ Cotton Wool,
paint and Clothes Peg above.
 Make your own Easter Chick using a fork, paint and
orange paper>
 Make your own Easter bunny cup/ cone to collect your
eggs 
(Full links to be found on Twinkl)