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Collect some rocks and get painting – leave a message and hide for someone to find11th JANUARY 2021 Hi everyone,Welcome back. It’s the week we should all be returning from our Christmas holidays! Generally, a fun filled, buzzing, exciting week at school, filled with exciting reunions with our friends and happy conversations about our two weeks off at home with family and friends.This week is different for you of course being at home, but none the less celebrating how far you have come is so important. This week take a little time to reflect on the year gone by. Make a list of your?‘Top Ten’?memories of 2020. Why not challenge yourself and write up a little ‘ABC of all the things I learned this year’. For 2021, my hope is that you will be true to yourself, be kind and remember there is NEVER a problem that cannot be solved. Perhaps this week you could make a bucket list of things you would like to do during 2021 … then tick them off as you go along! Remember, while English, Irish and Maths are important, there’s so much more to learning than English, Irish and Maths. I’d love to see some of the things you will be learning… you can email me at h.carney@upperglanmirens.ieThe following are just suggestions of some areas that you might like to further develop in yourself. But remember they are merely suggestions as I know that you already have a busy class schedule.ORAL LANGUAGE:Let’s get talking! Maybe you might like to choose some of these topics to discuss at the dinner table. POPSICLE PAINTING:For those of you who would like to try this next activity it serves 2 purposes: It revises your procedural genre and it helps you to follow instructions.This is a great tactile activity which promotes hand eye coordination, fine motor skills and so much more!You will need:-ice cube tray-water-food colouring-popsicle sticksInstructions:Fill and ice cube tray with water.Add a small drop of food colouring to each cube.Cut a popsicle stick in half. Use the flat edge side to mix the water and food colouring. Leave the popsicle stick inside.Freeze overnight.When painting, use water colour paper for best results. Have fun!JIGSAW CREATIONS:Make your own jigsaws!How creative is this? Develop your concentration, hand-eye co-ordination, shape recognition, fine motor skills and of course your creative skills with these super easy to make jigsaw puzzles. Challenge yourself by making the pieces smaller or cutting different patterns in the shapes.NUMERACY:Try making this little monster and improve you number facts by seeing how quickly he can gobble up your Number Facts which you could write out on pieces of paper. e.g Multiples of 7, 8, 9 etcFunky Mummy Tables GameFunky Mummy is a mobile friendly number facts game. Practise quick recall of addition and subtraction facts. the calculation, press on the correct sarcophagus and watch the mummy dance!Card Games?– Some card game suggestions for children to play at home with their families! Great for social skills/turn taking and following instructions/ oral language CALMNESS:This play dough tree is also a very calming activity. It will help to develop your fine motor skills, visual processing skills, pinch grip and is very tactile and of course fun! All you need is a grape vine or a small branch and some play dough or theraputty. Roll the play dough into small balls and place on the tree. I’d love to see your creations! Alternatively you could use marshmallows or jelly tots!?YOGA FOR KIDS:Try out some Yoga moves. Go on to Cosmic kids Yoga on you Tube and follow the lesson that you like best.Or try out these poses in Garden Yoga for Children.PROCEDURAL WRITIG:Maybe you could write a procedure on how to make something of your choice…A recipe maybe!WEBSITES:These websites are excellent for primary children of all ages. Enjoy exploring them in your own space and time.English Owl has a comprehensive list of eBooks for ages 3-11 on this site library members can download books for free by downloading the BorrowBox app using your library barcode and pin numberMathstopmarks.co.ukThis site has a wide range of maths activities categorised by age and maths strand website has mathematics tutorials, tests and games for pupils of all primary school class levels you can find a range of interactive maths games categorised by class level (junior infants-second class (KS1) and 3rd-6th?class (KS2))Tables: Some great websites for working on tables in a fun way:# a lesson and have some fun!Check out?Pinterest: ?? has some great ideas for activities for children Take time to check out some of the other class pages and those of the SEN team – you will find some really good ideas. I hope that you all have an enjoyable week and feel free to send me on any of your work or experiments or experiences during the week. I will reply as soon as I can. ................
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