Scoil Naomh Cholmcille



Dear 6th Class,I hope you are keeping well! It’s such a pity we can’t return to school yet, but I’m sure you are doing your best with the work I am setting you. Hopefully you got on well with the work last week. MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridayMathsMathsMathsMathsMathsIrishIrishIrishIrishIrishEnglishEnglishEnglishEnglishEnglishHistoryGeographyScienceMusicArtPEPEPEPEPE Well done to Tommy Kearney, Alex Gregory and Dayna Clinton who all sent in lovely pieces for the ‘We are writers’ book. I am so amazed by the quality of the pieces that have been sent in so far!! Well done! I look forward to seeing the rest of your pieces. If you have sent in a piece and I have not mentioned your name I do apologize, I am writing this document in advance and may not have seen your submission yet. Ms. Lynch has informed me that the deadline for the submission of this piece is the 29th of May. I would encourage everyone to put a big effort into writing their piece this week and sending it in to the school email address wearewriterssnc@ . Ms Lynch has put together a Kahoot quiz relating to our comprehension this week which you can all take part in if you wish. Click on the following link to take part in the Kahoot quiz: 6th Class? PIN:?04639958Ms. Healy has made some super changes to the PE programme. We are going to focus on the different fundamental movement skills each week.Joe Wicks (The Body Coach TV) YouTube channel is also very good for exercise videos. really hope to see you all soon,Missing you all,Mr Carroll.Monday:Maths:I hope you got on well with the 3-D Shapes last week.We are going to start a new topic this week: WeightRemember:1kg = 1,000g2kg = 2,000g10kg = 10,000g1000kg = 1 tonneTry pages 161 activities A & BLook at the example on the right-hand side of the page before starting each activity.Gaeilge:This week we are going to focus on one verb, vocabulary, reading and a small written task.Go over the vocabulary on page 158 of the Abair Liom book and know these well by the end of the week. Below is a picture of this page for anybody who forgot to take their book home. Test yourself on these words at the end of the week to see how well you are learning them.In relation to the verbs, we are going to go back over the irregular verbs for now and learn them well in all three tenses for all people i.e. mé, tú, sé, sí, sinn, sibh, siad. These can be found on page 180 of the Abair Liom book. Below is a picture of the verbs we are going to be working on this week and some questions for you change into the correct tense. This week we are going to focus on the following verb: Faigh.Please know the mé, tú, sé, sí, sinn, sibh, siad and the question for this verb in all three tenses.Test yourself at the end of the week to see how well you know these.These will be very beneficial to you in secondary school. This picture below will help you identify the tense the verb should be in:English:Below is a list of the spellings I want you to learn for this week:Today’s activity is to take 5 of these words, look them up in the dictionary or an online dictionary, then put each of the 5 words into a sentence to show their meaning. History:We will continue with our topic: 1916 and the Easter Rising.Please re-watch the following link of the 1916 Easter Rising, watching the video, please go to the CJ Fallon website and open the History Quest 6 Book (the same website you opened the geography quest book on last week) pages 80 – 87 and answer activities B & C on page 88.PEGo to the active school flag tab on our website for your PE activity. You can also do a Joe Wicks (The Body Coach TV) YouTube video, these are very good! Well done on completing Monday!!TuesdayMaths:We will continue with Weight.Page 161 Activity C Qs 1-3Gaeilge:Go over the vocabulary on page 158 of the Abair Liom book and know these well by the end of the week. Below is a picture of this page for anybody who forgot to take their book home. Test yourself on these words at the end of the week to see how well you are learning them.This week we are going to focus on the following verb: Faigh Please know the mé, tú, sé, sí, sinn, sibh, siad and the question for this verb in all three tenses.Gaeilge reading:Use foclóir.ie to translate any words you do not know.1974850713740English:Today we are going to continue looking at adjectives and using them correctly. Adjectives are describing plete the activity below. Below is a list of the spellings I want you to learn for this week: Geography:We are going to continue with our topic this week: The Burren in County Clare.For this, you will need to access the Geography Quest 6 Book online. To do this follow these steps:Go to cjfallon.ie, you will see this:Click on the ‘click here’ button which you can see above.You will be taken to a page with a grid, fill it out like this:5398770217995500Click on the ‘eye’ icon at the bottom right of the image above, this will open the book for you.Read the ‘Rivers’ chapter on page 72 and answer the questions on page 73 Activity A Q1 – 5.You can use the internet to answer questions 4 and 5 if you do not have an atlas. PEGo to the active school flag tab on our website for your PE activity. You can also do a Joe Wicks (The Body Coach TV) YouTube video, these are very good! Well done on completing Tuesday!!WednesdayMaths:We will continue with Weight.Today is addition of weight. Remember to keep your place value correct!! Line each decimal point up to avoid getting the place value wrong.If you have a fraction, convert to a decimal and then add together. Gaeilge:Go over the vocabulary on page 158 of the Abair Liom book and know these well by the end of the week. Below is a picture of this page for anybody who forgot to take their book home. Test yourself on these words at the end of the week to see how well you are learning them.This week we are going to focus on the following verb: Faigh Please know the mé, tú, sé, sí, sinn, sibh, siad and the question for this verb in all three tenses.Gaeilge reading:2032000717550English:Read the following comprehension on ‘Koalas’ and answer questions 1-5.Below is a list of the spellings I want you to learn for this week: Science:Try out this safe, fireworks in a glass experiment. PEGo to the active school flag tab on our website for your PE activity. You can also do a Joe Wicks (The Body Coach TV) YouTube video, these are very good! Well done on completing Wednesday!!ThursdayMaths:We will continue with Weight, try page 162 Activity B.For question 3, even if it is 0.5 of a kg over the weight limit it is still charged as an extra €5, so for example:21kg is 1 kg over the weight limit so the passenger would have to pay €5 extra21.5kg is 1.5kg over the weight limit so the passenger would have to pay €10 extra.21.3kg is 1.3kg over the weight limit so the passenger would have to pay €10 extra.Gaeilge:Go over the vocabulary on page 158 of the Abair Liom book and know these well by the end of the week. Below is a picture of this page for anybody who forgot to take their book home. Test yourself on these words at the end of the week to see how well you are learning them.This week we are going to focus on the following verb: Faigh Please know the mé, tú, sé, sí, sinn, sibh, siad and the question for this verb in all three tenses.Choose the correct question word to start each of the sentences below, the first one is done for you.Gaeilge reading:English:Read the comprehension ‘Koalas’ from yesterday’s English task and answer questions 6-9.Below is a list of the spellings I want you to learn for this week: Music:PEGo to the active school flag tab on our website for your PE activity. You can also do a Joe Wicks (The Body Coach TV) YouTube video, these are very good! Well done on completing Thursday!!FridayMaths:Please complete page 162 activity C.Gaeilge:Go over the vocabulary on page 158 of the Abair Liom book.Test yourself on these words today to see how well you are learning them.Gaeilge reading:English:Please see the extra document titled: “6th Class we are writers support resources” located on our website next to where you downloaded this document. We are going to continue writing our piece for the Scoil Naomh Cholmcille ‘We are writers’ book.This book will be very special in years to come, so make sure to write your best piece. The deadline for the submission of your piece is the 29th of May. You are welcome to submit two pieces if you wish.It is very important that all the children in 6th class submit a piece for the book we are making. When you look back at this book in years to come you will be so delighted to see your own memories of COVID-19 in the book alongside the memories of all your friends. Test yourself on these spellings: ArtDesign a flag for our school, which could be flown on the flagpoles outside the school near the road.PEGo to the active school flag tab on our website for your PE activity. You can also do a Joe Wicks (The Body Coach TV) YouTube video, these are very good!Well done on completing Friday and the full week!! Enjoy the weekend!Cooper is loving the camera!! ? ................
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