Junior Infants

To our Amazing Junior Infants & Parents/Guardians,

We cannot believe we have reached the end of our school year. Congratulations

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for the wonderful work you did with your children over the last few months. Thank you for staying connected with us throughout and for sending us so many lovely photos and videos of the children’s work. We really appreciate everything that was shared with us.

We hope you all have a fantastic Summer. Stay safe and have a well-earned break. We wish you all the best for Senior Infants.

Kind Regards,

Ms Hanlon, Ms Quinn and Mrs Cabello.

26 April 2020

Distance Learning Junior Infants: 27/4/20






Please find below a list of suggested daily activities. Please choose what activities suit your families’ circumstances at this time.
Daily Activities
Hello Junior Infants, we are all missing all of your smiling faces but we hope you are all having fun. 
  • Listen to jolly phonics sounds daily on YouTube and do the actions, sing the song and say the sound. Jolly phonics sounds 
  • Try and read at least one story together every day. Here is a lovely link to Oxford Owl   .On this website you can create a free account and have access to loads of beautiful stories/ eBooks you could read together with your child.   
  • Make sure to get outside for some fresh air everyday

Monday

1.    Phonics Game: I Spy – call a sound, write the sound and find something that starts with that sound in your house. Eg. “a” apple or “t” television.  
     Could you also try and find things in your house that start with each letter of your first name. We would love to see pictures of these stpatricksj.ias@eircom.net. 
     Here is an example:  


2.    Then you could play some of the initial sound PowerPoints from twinkl that we included last week.
3.    Maths: lets do some counting today. Start at 1 and count forward to 10. Start at 4 and count forward to 10. Start at 6 and count forward to 10.  Start at 9 and count backwards to 1. Start at 6 count backwards to 1. Can you show 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 on your fingers? Maybe you could even try 6, 7 ,8, 9, and 10 too.
4.    Lets sing some counting songs:
Five Little Ducks
Five Little Speckled Frogs 

5. Wake and shake: Shake your Sillies out  

Tuesday
1. Blending: Here are some words. Ask your child to try and read these words. The children will need to sound out the sounds/letters and blend them together (Don’t worry if your child struggles with this, just practice sounding out each sound. You don’t have to try all the words at once!).
at
pat
ant
tip
sit
pin
is
tap
rip

•You could also ask your child to read these words, try to write them and then draw a picture of the word (Read, Write, Draw).
2.   Maths Number Hunt – Can you go on a number hunt around your house and find the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 written in your house? Here are some Clues to get you started – check your washing machine, remote controls, food press
3.  Geography (Spring): Discuss the signs of Spring and go on a Spring scavenger hunt to see can you find some of them.  

4. Wake and shake: A Pirate you Shall be

Wednesday
 
1.    Here are some of the Tricky Words we have done (you don’t have to try them all at once!):

I
she
was
he
do
some
the
he
be
to
come
are
your
you
all


Games you can play with the Tricky Words:
·         Write 2 sets of them on paper and play a Matching game/snap
·         Make up your own worksheet/ table with the tricky words. Colour ‘she’ red, colour ‘he’ green etc
·         Can you put ‘your’ in a sentence?  Eg. Put on your coat Etc
·         Try write some of the tricky words on your own.
·         Why are they called tricky words?
2.    Maths: Ordering numbers 1-5: print out or write the numerals 1-5 on card/ paper. Let your child lay them out in order. Jumble them up and re-order them. Play a game: Have the cards lined up in order (1,2,3,4,5). The child closes his/her eyes while you remove one card. Child is asked to open eyes and say which numeral is missing.
3.    Listen to the story: Chicken Licken
4.    History (Stories): Sequence some of the stories you have been reading/listening to. Talk about the beginning, middle and end of the story and draw a picture for each of these. Draw a picture of your favourite part too. 
5. Wake and Shake:  Can't Stop the Feeling
Thursday
1.    Let’s try some more Blending: Here are some words. Ask your child to try and read these words. The children will need to sound out the sounds/letters and blend them together (Don’t worry if your child struggles with this, just practice sounding out each sound. You don’t have to try all the words at once!).
map
ham
ink
pest
snap
red
pet
dip
man
●       When your child is all finished reading them try some read write draw again.
2.    Maths: Length Worksheet.
After you finish this worksheet could you then make some long or short snakes using playdough?



3.    Draw a step by step of a Chicken
4.    Wake and Shake: Gummy Bear Song

Friday
1.    Phonics Game: Write some sounds on paper to create sound cards. Play snap.
2.    Science (Spring and Plants): Plant care: Ask your child what you think plants need to grow (sunlight and water) If you can, you could plant a flower/plant at home and watch it grow! Make sure to water it every day and make sure that it gets plenty of sunlight! Can you name any Spring flowers? What colours are they? Can you draw them? (daffodils, tulips, snowdrops etc)
3.    Maths: Practice saying days of the week. Revise Number Formation of 1-5. Don’t forget your number rhymes.
4.    Wake and Shake: Small Foot
Gaeilge:

Now we are only including this just in case there are any parent/ guardians who feel up to having a go and have access to a computer or laptop. Please don’t worry if you don’t. We understand it might be difficult for parents who do not speak Irish to help children. We are just suggesting that the children start at the very beginning of the Bua na Cainte Irish programme and revise some of the lessons from the first theme “Mé Féin” (Myself).
Here is how to install the programme.
  1. Bua na Cainte URL: Bua na Cainte
  2. Select the File which suits your PC.
  3. Select the Class Level you require and click to download. (Junior Infants)
  4. Once downloaded, click on the file to install and follow the instructions.
  5. A Bua na Cainte icon will appear on desktop. Click this icon to bring you to a login page.
  6. Username: trial
  7. Password: trial.
The children love using this is in school.The children will show you which icons to press for activities/games, songs and the story!
Story Time
Children love having a story read to them by their parents/ Guardians. Try read one book a day with your child. Bedtime is a lovely time to do this. Some tips
when reading a story to them. Only pick one or two of these points to focus on when you are reading a story.
●       Discuss the title of the story and the picture on the front - What do you think the story is about?
●       Who is the author, illustrator? What is the author’s job? (to write the words) What is the illustrator’s job? (to draw the pictures)
●       Can you show me the front/back and spine of the book?
●       When reading the story every so often ask your child to show me the start and end of the sentence.
●       Focus on two tricky words for example she and the, can you find these tricky words in the story. Every day focus on finding two more different tricky words in the book. Focus on finding rhyming words in the story - what rhymes with cat, pet, dip, hid etc.

  P.E./ Mindfulness







Posted by at