Term 3 in Christ the King
Let's work together while staying apart!
Let's work together while staying apart!
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Can you solve a Hinky Pinky?
Hinky Pinkies are a fun activity based on language and rhyming words.
Each answer to the Hinky Pinky will have two rhyming words.
Humorous rabbit? Funny bunny!
Have fun with your family working on these ...post your answers to your teacher on Seesaw.
Hinky Pinkies are a fun activity based on language and rhyming words.
Each answer to the Hinky Pinky will have two rhyming words.
Humorous rabbit? Funny bunny!
Have fun with your family working on these ...post your answers to your teacher on Seesaw.
RTÉ Home School Hub - Weekdays at 11am
We would really love to encourage you to watch Home School Hub on RTÉ2 at 11am, Monday to Friday. This is a daily virtual classroom for all primary school children and the learning opportunities are fantastic! Use the worksheets and activities on www.rte.ie/learn to make the most of your 'school on tv' time. The topics covered this week are:
PE - Hand-Eye coordination, Sports Day
History - Diarmuid and Grainne, The Renaissance
Gaeilge - Mé Féin agus Mothucháin, Fán sa bhaile
Science - Forces and Friction
Geography - Climate Change
English - The Black Sheep, Similies
Drama - Apple Tree
Art - Botanical Art
Music - Choral singing, composing 'An Dreollin'
You can also watch RTÉ Home School Hub Extra on RTÉ2 at 12.00pm and at 4.10pm.
DIGITAL LIBRARIES - spend some time reading each day
Archive
https://archive.org/index.php
Need to create a free account in order to view thousands of books online. Best to have the name of your book and the author ready to enter into the search bar of this website.
Epic!
https://www.getepic.com/
Need to create an account. Parents can avail of a 30 day free trial. 40,000 digital books. Sorted by age.
World Book Online
https://www.scoilnet.ie/ (scroll to the bottom of the home page, click on World Book Online, then eBooks)
Account not needed. Over 2,500 digital books.
Oxford Owl
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/
Need to create an account. Access to Oxford Reading Tree books. Age 3-11
Libraries Ireland-BorrowBox
https://www.librariesireland.ie/
Account needed. Register with Libraries Ireland for free to access their bank of ebooks using the BorrowBox app.
Health and Wellbeing
'Breathe - Self-Regulation and Relaxation Techniques for Children' features a range of calming breathing techniques, written activities and guided visualisations that children can use to bring about a sense of peace and comfort in any situation.
https://www.pdst.ie/primary/healthwellbeing/relaxationandself-regulationtools
PE - Hand-Eye coordination, Sports Day
History - Diarmuid and Grainne, The Renaissance
Gaeilge - Mé Féin agus Mothucháin, Fán sa bhaile
Science - Forces and Friction
Geography - Climate Change
English - The Black Sheep, Similies
Drama - Apple Tree
Art - Botanical Art
Music - Choral singing, composing 'An Dreollin'
You can also watch RTÉ Home School Hub Extra on RTÉ2 at 12.00pm and at 4.10pm.
DIGITAL LIBRARIES - spend some time reading each day
Archive
https://archive.org/index.php
Need to create a free account in order to view thousands of books online. Best to have the name of your book and the author ready to enter into the search bar of this website.
Epic!
https://www.getepic.com/
Need to create an account. Parents can avail of a 30 day free trial. 40,000 digital books. Sorted by age.
World Book Online
https://www.scoilnet.ie/ (scroll to the bottom of the home page, click on World Book Online, then eBooks)
Account not needed. Over 2,500 digital books.
Oxford Owl
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/
Need to create an account. Access to Oxford Reading Tree books. Age 3-11
Libraries Ireland-BorrowBox
https://www.librariesireland.ie/
Account needed. Register with Libraries Ireland for free to access their bank of ebooks using the BorrowBox app.
Health and Wellbeing
'Breathe - Self-Regulation and Relaxation Techniques for Children' features a range of calming breathing techniques, written activities and guided visualisations that children can use to bring about a sense of peace and comfort in any situation.
https://www.pdst.ie/primary/healthwellbeing/relaxationandself-regulationtools
Useful links:
Over the new summer term you might like to try some of the following activities:
Password: growinlove
You can then click on your class level to find your class textbook in ebook form and online resources.
- Click on this link to download a fantastic resource 'The Great Isolation Activity Book' https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gasHX74OYHHH4hrrP5Y823FarA_TgnuI/view?usp=sharing or record this time in history by filling in your own Covid-19 Time Capsule https://s3.letsembark.ca/long-creations/2020-COVID-19-Time-Capsule-Metric.pdf
- We'd like to share a fantastic resource from our friends in Cloughfin National School in Co. Donegal. They have made Padlets for each of the year groups. A Padlet is an online noticeboard where links to relevant websites can be easily shared.
- 1st/2nd class padlet: https://padlet.com/ffarry1/firsec
- 3rd/4th class padlet: https://padlet.com/ffarry1/thifou
- 5th/6th class: padlet: https://padlet.com/ffarry1/fifthsixth
- Learn to type https://www.dancemattypingguide.com/
- Bake some treats www.londis.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Londis-Little-Baker-Book..pdf
- Practise being kind to yourself and to others https://indd.adobe.com/view/5237deef-2311-469f-9e2d-b5ee89c2000f?fbclid=IwAR0m8E9BshpKCgx8Fva0LHMELGBHuhzZl2zdsU290v6Dj9YAdm0F89qrjUU
- Christ the King Church have recently started a facebook page. Keep an eye on this for updates from our parish as well as colouring sheets and much more! https://www.facebook.com/The-Church-of-Christ-the-King-Cabra-111692867137633/
- Draw with Don! www.youtube.com/channel/UCo4dO9D4okn25M6mvfB02rQ Take a paper and pencil and draw along with Irish artist Don Conroy!
- Grow in Love is providing free access to its religion textbooks and online resources. Log in on the www.growinlove.ie website with the following details:
Password: growinlove
You can then click on your class level to find your class textbook in ebook form and online resources.
- https://www.mathsweek.ie/2019/maths-at-home/ use this link to take part in daily maths activities. Each day you will find a fun maths activity that you can do with everyday things that you might have at home, Target Boards, 24 and Simultaneous Equations. You might remember doing some of these activities during Maths Week.
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRwQrzogy-g - Here is a link to our daily loving kindness meditation we had been practicing in school. Keep up the good work and don't be afraid to get the whole family involved!
- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ - This is a great website with lots of maths games. You can find 'hit the button' to practice your addition, subtraction, multiplication and division tables and also 'The daily 10'. Why not try the daily 10 with your brothers, sisters, or even parents!
- https://www.twinkl.ie/ - This website is offering free membership for parents at the moment. You can sign up and find worksheets, powerpoint presentations and a lot more on a wide variety of topics.
- https://www.gonoodle.com/ - A fantastic resource to get some exercise- even if its raining! There is also lots of meditation and yoga available on this website.
- Listen to an audio book on https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
- https://www.storyberries.com/ This is a free online collection of easy-to-read and beautifully illustrated stories, comics and poems for children.
- www.storylineonline.net Listen to children's books being read by famous actors alongside creatively produced illustrations.
- https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1 From Monday 23rd of March Joe Wicks will be doing a PE workout live every morning at 9:00. The videos will be saved there afterwards. He also has lots of fun Kids Workout videos!