Junior and Senior Infants- Ms Wheeler
June 22nd 2020
Hello everyone!
This week we have Virtual School Tours for the children to experience! Ms.Kennedy has put together some very interesting and fun ideas! In your child's work pack there is a worksheet that they can use along with one of the the virtual school tours.
In your child's work pack there is a Memories worksheet and a Summer Hopes worksheet that the children can use to illustrate their memories of the school year and their wishes for the summer holidays.
Caroline.😊
Hello everyone!
This week we have Virtual School Tours for the children to experience! Ms.Kennedy has put together some very interesting and fun ideas! In your child's work pack there is a worksheet that they can use along with one of the the virtual school tours.
In your child's work pack there is a Memories worksheet and a Summer Hopes worksheet that the children can use to illustrate their memories of the school year and their wishes for the summer holidays.
Caroline.😊
| virtual_tours___1_.pdf |
Sports Week Activities!
Great work still coming in! Well done!
June 15th 2020
Hi everyone,
This week we are having a Sports Week.
Below there are suggested activities for everyday this week. Thanks to Ms.Erickson for the plan! Looks like great fun!
Send me some pictures if you do any of the activities!
Caroline
This week we are having a Sports Week.
Below there are suggested activities for everyday this week. Thanks to Ms.Erickson for the plan! Looks like great fun!
Send me some pictures if you do any of the activities!
Caroline
| scoil_iosa_sports_week-1__1_.pdf |
Great work being done this week !
8th June 2020
Hi everyone,
This week we are having a STEM week! In the plans below, for both Junior and Senior Infants, there are suggestions of activities that can be carried out daily. The first activity listed each day is more relevant to infants however, I have left in the second activity also as I know there are a couple of children in infants who would really like all the activities! Thanks to Ms. Kennedy for the ideas! Send me any pictures if the children engage in any of the activities during the week and I will post them on the website. I hope you all have a lovely week. Email me if you need anything at all! scoiliosainfants@gmail.com
Caroline😊
Hi everyone,
This week we are having a STEM week! In the plans below, for both Junior and Senior Infants, there are suggestions of activities that can be carried out daily. The first activity listed each day is more relevant to infants however, I have left in the second activity also as I know there are a couple of children in infants who would really like all the activities! Thanks to Ms. Kennedy for the ideas! Send me any pictures if the children engage in any of the activities during the week and I will post them on the website. I hope you all have a lovely week. Email me if you need anything at all! scoiliosainfants@gmail.com
Caroline😊
Junior Infants
| junior_infants_8_june_stem_week.pdf |
Senior Infants
| senior_infants_8_june_stem_week.pdf |
Some more great work!
Outdoor activities,wellbeing activities, clay creations,seashell experiment,seashell painting,face painting and lots more!
June 2nd 2020
Hi everyone! This week is wellbeing week. There is a suggested activities plan below kindly organised by Ms. Donohue. 😊 You will also see the usual Junior and Senior Infant plans are below however, they are reduced in content to allow for some revision. Take time this week to look after yourselves and your children and maybe try some of the suggestions in the plan.
Today you will receive another work pack for your child. Within the work pack I have put a small piece of clay, a small piece of Airdough and a seashell. These are linked to activities for the week ahead. The work packs will contain some optional extras if you wish to use them in the coming weeks.This is explained in more detail in the cover letter in the work pack.
Look out for the green goodie bag too! Don't forget you can email me if you would like extra work for your child and I will organise it.
scoiliosainfants@gmail.com
Caroline😀
Hi everyone! This week is wellbeing week. There is a suggested activities plan below kindly organised by Ms. Donohue. 😊 You will also see the usual Junior and Senior Infant plans are below however, they are reduced in content to allow for some revision. Take time this week to look after yourselves and your children and maybe try some of the suggestions in the plan.
Today you will receive another work pack for your child. Within the work pack I have put a small piece of clay, a small piece of Airdough and a seashell. These are linked to activities for the week ahead. The work packs will contain some optional extras if you wish to use them in the coming weeks.This is explained in more detail in the cover letter in the work pack.
Look out for the green goodie bag too! Don't forget you can email me if you would like extra work for your child and I will organise it.
scoiliosainfants@gmail.com
Caroline😀
Well being week Activities
| wellbeing_week_.pdf |
Junior and Senior Infant Suggested Plans
Junior Infants
| junior_infants_2nd_june_2020.pdf |
Senior Infants
| senior_infants_2nd_june_2020.pdf |
You could use your seashell from your work pack to do the experiment
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Dissolving Seashell! Put your seashell into some vinegar and check back after 24 hours to see what has happened! |
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Paint and decorate!
Paint your shell in bright colours or paint it like a ladybug, tortoise or anything you can think of! |
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Listen to She Sells Sea Shells Singalong Story and then try the Tongue Twister!
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Junior and Senior Infant Nature Photographs
Some more great home learning this week!
May 25th 2020
Hello everyone, This week we are asking the children to become photographers!
Their task is to take a Nature photograph. It can be a nature scene, an insect, flowers, plants, animals or anything that they see in the garden or on a walk. Send the picture to me by Friday to be included in the photo gallery! scoiliosainfants@gmail.com
Hope you all have a great week! Caroline😊
Hello everyone, This week we are asking the children to become photographers!
Their task is to take a Nature photograph. It can be a nature scene, an insect, flowers, plants, animals or anything that they see in the garden or on a walk. Send the picture to me by Friday to be included in the photo gallery! scoiliosainfants@gmail.com
Hope you all have a great week! Caroline😊
Junior and Senior Infant Suggested Plans
Junior Infants
| junior_infants_25_may_2020.pdf |
Senior Infants
| senior_infants_25_may_2020.pdf |
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Storytime: Monkey Puzzle
by:Julia Donaldson Listen to the story Monkey Puzzle and complete the activities during the week. |
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Rainforest: Amazing facts!
Watch the video about the rainforset. Make your own little rainforest fact book and colour it in! (See workpack for sheets) |
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Butterflies are one of the Rainforests minibeasts.
Watch Auntie Mabel and Pippin learn all about butterflies! Complete the activity: Life Cycle of a Butterfly. |
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It rains lots in the Rainforest! Can you make a raincloud and rain in a jar? Have a look at this very short video!
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Well done to everyone who entered the junk art competition!
You all made a great effort and did some wonderful work!
The winners are...
Kevin from Junior Infants with his Robot!
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Evie from Senior Infants with her model of the entrance
to Scoil Íosa with its new green flag flying high!
Well done!
We will get your prize out to you soon!
Junk Art Entries
Busy recycling! Well done!
Some more great work and activities this week!
Great writing,trips to the park and a someone got a new puppy!
May 18th 2020
Hi everyone, Today you will receive a work pack for your child.It will be linked to the plans posted below this week and next week. In celebration of being awarded our Green School Flag we are having a Junk Art Competition this week! Create anything you like and email me the pictures by Friday to be in with a chance of winning the competition! Email if you need anything! Hope you all have a good week! scoiliosainfants@gmail.com
Caroline😊
Hi everyone, Today you will receive a work pack for your child.It will be linked to the plans posted below this week and next week. In celebration of being awarded our Green School Flag we are having a Junk Art Competition this week! Create anything you like and email me the pictures by Friday to be in with a chance of winning the competition! Email if you need anything! Hope you all have a good week! scoiliosainfants@gmail.com
Caroline😊
Junior and Senior Infant Suggested Plans
Junior Infants
| junior_infants_18_may_2020.pdf |
Senior Infants
| senior_infants_18_may_2020.pdf |
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Storytime: The Rainbow Fish
By: Marcus Pfister Listen to this story about a beautiful fish and complete the activities in your work pack! |
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Animals that live in the Ocean
Lots of different animals live in the ocean.Have a look at the video and then complete the sorting activity in your work pack. |
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Animals Sounds: Under the sea
Can you guess the animal sounds? Can you copy some of the sounds? |
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Take a break!
Dance and sing along to Baby Shark! 🦈🦈🦈 |
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Busy Bakers! Everything looks delicious!
Two busy girls learning all about pond life!
Look at the amazing ponds they made! Well done!
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Excellent Experimenting!
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Lots of great activities happening this week!
Busy reading a book! Working on her Fairy Garden!
📕📚📗📖📘 🌻🌼🌺🌹🌞🌈
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Junior and Senior Infants Fashion Show.
Well done boys and girls!
Someone was very busy making her own dress for the Fashion Show!
Great work!
May 11th 2020
Good Morning Everyone! It was lovely to see the boys and girls engaging with the fashion show! Great effort and style! I know these times are difficult for everyone so don't forget to check out the well being page for some support and ideas to help yourselves and the children during this time.
Wellbeing link here: http://www.scoiliosa.ie/wellbeing.html
Keep sending in your pictures of the children, their schoolwork and any other activities the children doing! It is great to see them and I have heard from some of you that the children love seeing themselves and their friends on the website!
As always please email me if you need anything scoiliosainfants@gmail.com
Caroline 😊
Good Morning Everyone! It was lovely to see the boys and girls engaging with the fashion show! Great effort and style! I know these times are difficult for everyone so don't forget to check out the well being page for some support and ideas to help yourselves and the children during this time.
Wellbeing link here: http://www.scoiliosa.ie/wellbeing.html
Keep sending in your pictures of the children, their schoolwork and any other activities the children doing! It is great to see them and I have heard from some of you that the children love seeing themselves and their friends on the website!
As always please email me if you need anything scoiliosainfants@gmail.com
Caroline 😊
Junior and Senior Infant Suggested Plans/Worksheets/Links to Websites
Junior Infants
| junior_infants_11_may_2020.pdf |
Senior Infants
| senior_infants_11_may_2020.pdf |
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Storytime
In the Small, Small Pond by: Denise Fleming Look out for the rhyming words on each page! Can you spot the letter Z in the story? Can you find the words that have the ng, oo, ee sound in the story? |
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Storytime
Over and Under the Pond by: Kate Messner Who lives under the water in the pond? Who is floating on top of the water? Make connections with the story: Have you ever been to a pond? Where was it? |
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Come Outside: Frogs!
Watch Auntie Mabel and Pippin find out all about frogs! You will even get to see an African Bull Frog and a White Tree Frog! There are so many different types of frogs around the world! Have a look at the picture below! Look at all the colours! Which one is your favourite? Draw the frog you like the best! |
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Froganna Beaga Glasa:
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Cosmic Yoga:
Finish off your days this week with some Cosmic Yoga mindfulness. This session is called Be the Pond: thinking about our feelings. |
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Images and worksheets for reference.
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Some lovely work and activities last week! Well done!
May 5th 2020
Hi everyone! I hope you all got to enjoy the lovely sunshine at the weekend.🌞 Weekly plans are below. Send me any pictures of the children and their work and I will post it here for their friends to see! Have a look below to see some of the children's work.Don't forget to click into General Activities/Ideas for lots more ways to keep the children busy!
Email me if you need anything at all scoiliosainfants@gmail.com
Caroline😀
Hi everyone! I hope you all got to enjoy the lovely sunshine at the weekend.🌞 Weekly plans are below. Send me any pictures of the children and their work and I will post it here for their friends to see! Have a look below to see some of the children's work.Don't forget to click into General Activities/Ideas for lots more ways to keep the children busy!
Email me if you need anything at all scoiliosainfants@gmail.com
Caroline😀
Junior and Senior Infant Suggested Plans/Worksheets/Links to Websites
Junior Infants
| junior_infants_5_may_2020.docx |
Senior Infants
| senior_infants_5_may_2020.docx |
Images and worksheets for reference.
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The Enormous Turnip
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An Tornapa Mór
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Once upon a Picture:
https://www.onceuponapicture.co.uk/
Girl on a house on a Dragon!
Ramona Kaulitzki
Active Home Week!
Bouncing on trampolines, riding bikes, walking in the park, jumping jacks, counting to 100 and exercising and planks! Keep moving! Well done everyone!
Email me your photos and videos! scoiliosainfants@gmail.com
More great work from Junior and Senior Infants!
Well done boys and girls!
April 27th 2020
Hi everyone,I hope you all had a lovely weekend and enjoyed some of the sunshine! Below are the weekly plans for Junior and Senior Infants. You will also find another weekly plan for Junior and Senior Infants for Active Home Week. There are some challenges set out for each day. Thank you for sending me the photos of the children and their work! I love seeing what they are up to each week.Send me some more this week and maybe send some of the active challenges that they do this week aswell! Email me if you need anything at all! scoiliosainfants@gmail.com
Caroline.
Hi everyone,I hope you all had a lovely weekend and enjoyed some of the sunshine! Below are the weekly plans for Junior and Senior Infants. You will also find another weekly plan for Junior and Senior Infants for Active Home Week. There are some challenges set out for each day. Thank you for sending me the photos of the children and their work! I love seeing what they are up to each week.Send me some more this week and maybe send some of the active challenges that they do this week aswell! Email me if you need anything at all! scoiliosainfants@gmail.com
Caroline.
Junior and Senior Infant Suggested Plans/Worksheets/Links to Websites
Junior Infants
| junior_infants_27_april_2020.pdf |
Senior Infants
| senior_infants_27_april_2020.pdf |
Junior and Senior Infants: Active Home Week Plan
| active_home_week_scoil_iosa__2_.pdf |
| challenge_chart__schools_working_towards_asf___1_.pdf |
Worksheets for reference and use online only
but can be printed if you want to!(Optional)
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Once upon a Picture:
https://www.onceuponapicture.co.uk/
Oral Language Activity: Below are two pictures and questions I have chosen but you can choose others from the above site if you prefer!
Cliff: Matt Dixon
First Flight:Goro Fujita
Storytime: Handa's Surprise: By Eileen Browne
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Watch and Listen to the Story Handa's Surprise By Eileen Browne.Some suggested activities in the plans above.
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Google Earth
The children love Google Earth! See if you can find Africa and then look for Kenya where the story Handa's Surprise is based. https://www.google.com/earth/ |
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Music:
Play some African Music! Listen to African chants, songs or traditional African music and draw what you hear, feel and picture in your mind when you hear the music. Lots to choose from on YouTube. |
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African Animals:
Look at the animals in the picture. How many can you name? Look at their animal prints. Do the activity in the plan above. |
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Elkonin Boxes
Take a look at the video about Elkonin Boxes. These can be easily drawn on paper and used when dictating words to your child.Click this link below also for more information. https://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/elkonin_boxes |
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April 24th 2020: Drop Everything And Read Challenge !
Today Scoil Íosa was registered to participate in the National Drop Everything and Read Challenge!! Here are some of the boys and girls reading at home. Email me your pictures!
Some more great work being done at home by the Junior and Senior Infants! Take a look at the slide show below!
Well done everyone!
April 20th 2020
Dear Parents and Guardians, I hope you and your families all had a lovely Easter even though it was a very different one to what we are all used to. I have posted below the weekly plans for Junior and Senior Infants.There are some links and some more ideas below also. Once again please use only what you wish and do not feel under pressure to complete it all. Please email me at anytime if you need anything at all! scoiliosainfants@gmail.com
Caroline
Dear Parents and Guardians, I hope you and your families all had a lovely Easter even though it was a very different one to what we are all used to. I have posted below the weekly plans for Junior and Senior Infants.There are some links and some more ideas below also. Once again please use only what you wish and do not feel under pressure to complete it all. Please email me at anytime if you need anything at all! scoiliosainfants@gmail.com
Caroline
Junior and Senior Infant Suggested Plans/Worksheets/Links to Websites
Junior Infants
| junior_infants_20_april_2020.docx |
Senior Infants
| senior_infants_20_april_2020.docx |
Worksheets to print for activities (Optional)
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Once upon a Picture:
https://www.onceuponapicture.co.uk/
Once upon a picture is a great website! The link is above. It contains many images and prompt questions to ask your child. I have chosen two for this week and posted them below but feel free to choose any images you want from the site! I know Junior and Senior Infants have really great imaginations and will come up with some amazing answers to the questions!
Cat School: Goro Fujita
Tunnel in the Hedge:Goro Fujita
Writing Letters and Numbers:
Encourage your child to write and draw as much as possible. This will help their pencil control and pencil grip.
Write out numbers or cursive letters in a dark colour marker and tape to the window to trace.
Write out the numbers or cursive letters in a highlighter or light coloured marker for your child to trace.Encourage them to write the numbers and letters independently without tracing also! They don’t need to be perfect!
Counting:Spend 10 minutes counting each day. Count up and back from 1 to 10/20 or more if they like! Choose different starting points. Start at 3 and count on/back Start at 6 and count on/back etc.
Use any opportunities that you can to have your child counting! Climbing the stairs and counting the steps, counting toys, count and sort the cutlery draw, count the steps from one room to another and so on.
Guess the number: Use any small objects and a tub/pot. Drop the objects into the pot/tub one by one and ask you child how many did they hear drop into the pot. They can tell you the number or write it down for you.
StoryTime: A Squash and a Squeeze by Julia Donaldson.
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A Squash and a Squeeze by Julia Donaldson. Listen to the Story. Complete the suggested activity in the above plan.
There is a free activity book if you click the link below. Some of the content can be done without printing it https://www.gruffalo.com/gruffalo/files/6f/6f0481b5-b9ef-4d21-a0f5-4e5e1b1bdf99.pdf |
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Bricks: Watch Auntie Mabel and Pippin discover how bricks are made to build houses,schools and much more.
Can you make some bricks using clay, muck, playdough? |
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News Flash!
Ms.Farrell was looking at all the infant competition entries and she decided it was all so good that she just had to choose another entry from our class! The person she chose for a prize was....
Olan!
Well done Olan!
Olan!
Well done Olan!
Easter Competition Winners !
Well done to all the children from Junior and Senior infants who decided to enter the competition! The entries were all brilliant and I am very proud of all your work! You should be very proud of it too!
It was a difficult decision for Ms.Farrell but the two infant class winners are......
Max and Violet-Clare!
Well done to you both!
It was a difficult decision for Ms.Farrell but the two infant class winners are......
Max and Violet-Clare!
Well done to you both!
Junior Infants: Max
Senior Infants: Violet-Clare
Competition Entries!
Today, Friday April 3rd, is the last day to enter the competition so email your entries to scoiliosainfants@gmail.com by 3pm!! Look at some of the amazing art that has been sent so far!! Well done to everyone!!
Minion Egg!
Pom Pom and Dinosaur Eggs!
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Volcano diarama!
Humpty Dumpty!
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Barbie Egg!
Barbie Egg !
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Super Heroes !
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Mammy hen minding her chicks and the bunnies are having a campfire!
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A Straw Nest!
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Super! Amazing! Brilliant! work being done at home!
Super cursive writing!
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Colour mixing!
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Floating and sinking!
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Learning the Time!
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Playing Board Games!
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Getting some fresh air!
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Easter Competition!
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Competition Time!
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Scoil Íosa Twitter!
Why not check out our new twitter account https://twitter.com/Scoiliosa1 and Tweet us @scoiliosa1 to let us know what great activities are going on at home!
Some Reading Options for Senior Infants
This website is called World Book Online.
This is the link:
www.worldbookonline.com/wb/products?ed=all&gr=Welcome%21.
It is a resource that may be of use to you at home. It can be freely accessed on tablets, desktops and phones. It has age appropriate information.It is easy to read and comprehend.It has lots of different activities . There is also access to free ebooks! Click into the link above and select ebooks (red e in white square!) Scroll along the tabs at the top and select Early Readers. These readers also have an option to listen to the sentence being read to you. The words are highlighted as it is read to you.
I have compiled a list below of some readers that I have found that would be suitable for Senior Infants.
This is the link:
www.worldbookonline.com/wb/products?ed=all&gr=Welcome%21.
It is a resource that may be of use to you at home. It can be freely accessed on tablets, desktops and phones. It has age appropriate information.It is easy to read and comprehend.It has lots of different activities . There is also access to free ebooks! Click into the link above and select ebooks (red e in white square!) Scroll along the tabs at the top and select Early Readers. These readers also have an option to listen to the sentence being read to you. The words are highlighted as it is read to you.
I have compiled a list below of some readers that I have found that would be suitable for Senior Infants.
Level A : Blue Books
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Level B: Orange Books
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Cursive Handwriting !
Here is a copy of the cursive font that we use in Scoil Íosa. There is an option to print a copy below! We mainly focus on the lower case and then of course the upper case for the Captial Letters to start our names and surnames!
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Junior and Senior Infant Suggested Plans/Worksheets/Links to Websites
March 30th 2020
Dear Parents, below you will find a weekly plan for you child's class.You will also find links to YouTube, other websites and some printable worksheets. Please remember that these are all optional and suggestions! Pick and choose what suits your child and family. Please feel free to email me at anytime if you need any guidance or would like more work for your child. I hope you are all keeping well. Caroline.
Dear Parents, below you will find a weekly plan for you child's class.You will also find links to YouTube, other websites and some printable worksheets. Please remember that these are all optional and suggestions! Pick and choose what suits your child and family. Please feel free to email me at anytime if you need any guidance or would like more work for your child. I hope you are all keeping well. Caroline.
Junior Infants
| junior_infants_30_march_2020.docx |
Senior Infants
| senior_infants_30_march_2020.docx |
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Tricky Words must be learned by sight and cannot be sounded out. In school we play Tricky word Bingo and Go Fish. You can find printables here: www.scoilnet.ie/ or you could make your own!
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Geraldine Giraffe!
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A Message to all the Junior and Senior Infants and their families.
March 26th 2020
A really big HELLO! 🖐to my fantastic and amazing bunch of Junior and Senior Infants!! I am missing you all very much! I am also missing our very busy and fun classroom! I am sure you all are missing it too!! You are probably also missing your friends.Hopefully it will not be too much longer until we are all back together again and having lots of fun in school!! Until that time comes, I will be posting some suggested activities and some school work on this page for you to try at home.Remember....if you find something difficult just try your best like you always do in school!
Hello to all parents and grandparents, I hope you are all keeping well! I know that the infants will need assistance with their school work and will only be able to work on some activities independently.I will keep this in mind and try to keep a balance when I am posting activities. I also know how busy households can be so please know that you can use as little or as much as you like of what I post here.Once we are back to our usual routine the children will catch up in no time at all.
In school we would usually complete all of our literacy and numeracy in the mornings before 11am. Afterwards we would start Aistear. With this in mind, we must remember that play will be an important element of the children's day.
Story-time will also be important, so keep reading to the children everyday!
I have set up an email address for anyone who may wish to contact me while we are not in school. The email is scoiliosainfants@gmail.com 😃
Caroline Wheeler.
A really big HELLO! 🖐to my fantastic and amazing bunch of Junior and Senior Infants!! I am missing you all very much! I am also missing our very busy and fun classroom! I am sure you all are missing it too!! You are probably also missing your friends.Hopefully it will not be too much longer until we are all back together again and having lots of fun in school!! Until that time comes, I will be posting some suggested activities and some school work on this page for you to try at home.Remember....if you find something difficult just try your best like you always do in school!
Hello to all parents and grandparents, I hope you are all keeping well! I know that the infants will need assistance with their school work and will only be able to work on some activities independently.I will keep this in mind and try to keep a balance when I am posting activities. I also know how busy households can be so please know that you can use as little or as much as you like of what I post here.Once we are back to our usual routine the children will catch up in no time at all.
In school we would usually complete all of our literacy and numeracy in the mornings before 11am. Afterwards we would start Aistear. With this in mind, we must remember that play will be an important element of the children's day.
Story-time will also be important, so keep reading to the children everyday!
I have set up an email address for anyone who may wish to contact me while we are not in school. The email is scoiliosainfants@gmail.com 😃
Caroline Wheeler.
