Final post

Hi Everyone,
 Hope you had a nice weekend. As we would be due to get the summer holidays tomorrow I am putting up the final posting for the class blog today. I am not putting up any work but I am sure you will have plenty to keep you busy over the next few weeks. 
I would like to thank you for all of the work and messages over the last few months. Your engagement and  discipline of working from home has been phenomenal. Also to your parent's who have helped you and kept you motivated. I know it's been hard but it is so important. Hopefully we will all see each other for our first day of school at the end of August. Until then I hope you all have a great and safe summer holidays. Take care and see you soon.
Mr. Forde

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4th class and 5th class maths answers

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Hi hope you are all well. As this was the last week of written work that we had, I would like to take the opportunity to thank you all for the hard work you have been done at home over the last few months. It is hard to believe it has been that long and I know it has been a big transition for everyone. Hopefully the measures that were put in place will ensure we will be back safely to school in September.  
   I have included the answers to this weeks planet math's book if you click on the links below. I have also posted some activities you might like to try at home yourself for the summer. These are for your own enjoyment and you don't need to post them on See saw or anything. Try them out if you like. I have also included some virtual tours you might like to look at. 
Also Water Safety Ireland has created a free educational resource for primary schools called PAWS (Primary Aquatics Water Safety). PAWS outlines life-saving guidelines for children of every age and is available digitally to every school in the country. It teaches children how to be safe around water in homes, farms, pools, beaches and on our waterways. With the summer holidays starting and restrictions on movement beginning to ease it may be a good thing to look at to refresh your safety around water.
  If you have any work that you would like corrected please send it to me on see saw or to the email address: coralstownfifth@gmail.com. Hope you have a lovely weekend. Take care.
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End_of year_memories

PAWS water safety

Every child can now learn water safety skills.

It’s National Water Safety Awareness Week, so what better time to give your children basic and essential water safety skills.
PAWS (Primary Aquatics Water Safety) is free, fun and available at www.teachpaws.ie now. With lots of games, puzzles and lessons, your child can become a PAWS HERO today.

 

Virtual Tours

Click on the images below to access the virtual tours below;

Animal Farm

National Gallery of Ireland

Escape the Fairytale!

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Digital Escape Room

Ancient Egypt Tomb Challenge- Digital Escape Room

https://www.cc-pl.org/digital-escape-rooms

Answer key/guide

Monday_15th_June_2020

Hi everyone!

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend.

I hope everyone got on ok with last week’s work? Great to see so many of you engaging with the virtual sports day and lovely to see all of the wonderful posts and pictures on the virtual sports day wall. If you haven't got around to looking at it or putting up your pictures or posts you can access it here. virtual_sports_day Remember you have another week to try the activities or come up with your own challenges.

 As always it's nice to see all of the work ye are doing and to hear from people on see saw or by email. Do continue to keep in contact with the lovely work you are doing. 

This week because we are coming near to the summer holidays and we only have a day and a half next week. I am going to put up the last of the written work this week and suggest some activities ye can do next week for the day and a half. 

   The week’s suggested menu of activities is here Please do your best on the activities that you get completed.  Again parents, if you find that it’s taking too long and you would like to prioritise the sports that's fine. I hope ye enjoy it. If you have any questions you can contact me at coralstownfifth@gmail.com. Don’t forget to keep an eye on the blog and seesaw for answers!

English 15th June 2020

English 15th June 2020

 
I hope you got a chance to try out the reading eggs app. The school had set them up on a free trial basis that would have come to end on the 12th of June.
 Attached below is an English comprehension Sadko the minstrel - a traditional Russian tale. There are questions on the story along with a cloze procedure.

There is also a revision grammar exercise on page 108 revising adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions and sentences. The grammar help link below will help you if you need help doing it.
English
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Gaeilge 15 Meitheamh 2020

Gaeilge 15 Meitheamh 2020

This is the last week of our written work so do your best with the Gaeilge. 

Lch. 161 Briathra: aimsir laithreach_ briathra neamhrialta (present tense, irregular verbs):Bí, Déan agus téigh F. Freagair na ceisteanna. 

Lch162 Éist agus líon na bearnaí(listen and fill the gaps:the recording is on see saw). Crosfhocal. 

Lch 163 Dán ar saoire (poem on holidays, do your best with this during the week, you might learn a few lines each day). The poem is  also available see saw and on folensonline under Abair Liom 4thclass resources.

Gaeilge:To register with Folens and gain access to their resources please go to http://www.folensonline.ie/registrationand register as a teacher. For roll number please use: Prim20
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5th class maths

This week I want you to concentrate on some revision of the math's we have covered. Page 172 covers weight, page 173 covers division, 3D shapes and data (you will need to construct a pie chart). Pages 174 and 175 have some general mental math's questions. Do your best with the questions, remember if you have any questions or want to post the work you can take a picture of it and put it up on see saw. I will be able to correct it there for you and give you feedback. Good luck with it. Have a go at the multiplication revision; a flash game.

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4th class maths

This week I want you to concentrate on some problem solving. Page 162 covers written problems. Pages 163 has visual analogies. Page 164 has more written problems and puzzles and page 166 has the check up. I have put up a video explaining the work on see saw that's worth watching before you start. Do your best with the questions, remember if you have any questions or want to post the work you can take a picture of it and put it up on see saw. I will be able to correct it there for you and give you feedback. Good luck with it. Have a go at the multiplication game below a good resource.
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SESE_15th_June_2020

SESE:‘Small World –Geography and Science’ 


This week I am going to give you the option of either 
A. Reading Unit 20 –The Living Body pg. 
115 –119.
You can complete the following activities based on the chapter:
 Pg. 116. A. 1-3 –Answer the questions.
 Pg. 116. C. Draw a diagram of your fingerprints. Compare your fingerprints with those of someone in your house. Discuss the similarities and differences. 
 Pg. 119. A 1-6 –Answer the questions. 
Or
B: you can do a mini project on the breathing system using the chapter and resources at DK findout below. You could draw a picture of the lungs and heart. Label it clearly and write a few sentences about each important part that helps us breathe.
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https://www.dkfindout.com/us/human-body/lungs-and-breathing/ 

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Art 
 We are now coming to the end of our school year. There is so much for you to look forward to. Your summer holidays, being able to meet your friends. The future is so exciting! For now, I would like you to pause and think about all the things you are grateful for; all of the ways in which you have grown and all of the wonderful skills and talents you have.

I would like you to complete this art project, ‘I am grateful for...’. Start with drawing the tree, which is the picture on the top left. 
The next part is the picture underneath where you can fill in some of the things in your life that you are grateful for on the branches of the tree. Your family, your health and the health of your family for example.

The main picture on the right is the final part, colour your background and outline the branches and words in black marker. I would love to see some of your finished products! 

4th class and 5th class maths answers

Answers_12th_June_2020


Hi hope you are all well and are staying safe. As always well done to everyone for all the hard work you have been doing over the last week. I can see you are working really hard. It has been great to see all of the posts. I hope you get a chance with the virtual sports day over the next week. Well done to those of you who have had a chance so far. 
   I have included the answers to this weeks planet math's book if you click on the links below. Enjoy the  weekend and I will put up the work for next week on Monday.  As next week is our last full week it will be the last week of written work. What I hope to do after that is put up some fun activities or suggestions for the last day and a half the week after. 
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Virtual sports day
  Because we’d usually be spending time in June preparing for our annual Sports Day, we didn’t want you to miss out on a Sports Day this year. There are a number of fun sporting events that will allow you to compete against the other pupils in your class. The first thing you need to do is plan your activities. The list of activities are here. Activities
 There are 6 different task areas with three different levels of difficulty. Running, throwing, kicking, landing, traditional sports day and balancing. There is a video instruction for each task. When you have looked at the activities you can decide which ones you would like to try and you can fill out the sports day planner.
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  There is also a  2 stars and a wish card for each event.  You can rate the activity and suggest how you might or did change it.
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 To record our progress I have also set up a Padlet wall where you can post messages or pictures of how you got on and your classmates will be able to see these.  The messages will appear on the wall once I authorise them. This ensures that they are from the class and are appropriate.
Virtual_sports_day_wall 

It is up to you what day you plan your Virtual Sports Day or maybe you will have it over a number of days. You will have the next two weeks to try the activities from the Monday the 8th to Friday 19^th  June.
I am really looking forward to seeing how you get on with the activities.
 Here are some other resources you may like to print out for the sports day:  
Sports_day_bunting 
Certificates

Monday_8th_June_2020

Hi everyone!

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend.

I hope everyone got on ok with last week’s work? Great to get all of the posts and pictures. I will continue to put them up on the blog. It's been great to hear from ye.  It's nice to see all of the work ye are doing and to hear from people who enjoyed carrying out the experiment. Do continue to keep in contact with the lovely work you are doing. 

This week because we are coming near to the summer holidays I thought it would be nice to try out a few more active things that you could do outside.

   In June we usually would be getting ready for our sports day and going on our school tour. With this in mind I have set up a virtual sports day that you can try over the next two weeks. If you look at the post virtual sports day it will explain how it works. You could pick a day or do it over a number of days. It would be great to hear how you get on with it.

   The second thing I have set up is a virtual school tour. Again if you look at the post for it, it explains how it works.  The rest of the week’s suggested menu of activities is also here Please do your best on the activities that you get completed.  Parents, if you find that it’s taking too long and you would like to prioritise the sports that's fine. I hope ye enjoy it. If you have any questions you can contact me at coralstownfifth@gmail.com. Don’t forget to keep an eye on the blog and seesaw for answers!

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5th class math's

This week I want you to concentrate on capacity. This is a great one to try out at home. Try measuring water in different containers at home. Try to estimate the amount they will hold first before using a measuring jug to check your estimate. Remember ask an adult to help you, always measure at a sink or outside and always clean up after yourself.
  Some of the questions ask you to measure using a graduated cylinder (page 177 C) which you wouldn't have at home. You don't need to fill out this part.
khanacademy.org/measurement  

Liter vs. litre: You will see liter used in the video.There’s no difference in meaning between liter and litre. Liter is the preferred spelling in American English, and litre is preferred in all other main varieties of English

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Capacity_activity  (You may need to register with Folen's to use activity)

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4th class maths

This week I want you to concentrate on capacity. This is a great one to try out at home. Try measuring water in different containers at home. Try to estimate the amount they will hold first before using a measuring jug to check your estimate. Remember ask an adult to help you, always measure at a sink or outside and always clean up after yourself.
 I have put up a link to a video on capacity that can be tricky at times on see saw . This is worth watching before and while you are working on your questions. I'm also putting up a video about capacity here from the Kahn academy that is a good introduction.
khanacademy.org_Capacity 
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English 8th June 2020

English 8th June 2020

 
I hope you are getting a chance to try out the reading eggs app. Remember there is loads of books online and ways to write your own short stories as well. Well done to all who have tried it out so far.
 Attached below is an English comprehension about the history of Submarines. pictured below is John Philip Holland was an Irish engineer who developed the first submarine to be formally commissioned by the US Navy, and the first Royal Navy submarine, Holland 1. 
There is also a revision exercise on conjunctions and two cloze fact files. 
Submarine_comprehension 

Gaeilge_Tuesday, 8 June 2020

Gaeilge 8 Meitheamh2020

I've attached below the next 4 pages in our Irish book.  Page 156 and 157 'ag an aerfort'; tá an sceal ar fáil ar fhíseán ar see saw (the video for the story is on see saw). Pg. 158 has Fregair na ceisteanna. Page 159, comhrá idir mamaí agus freastalaí (Coversation between mammy and flight attendant).You need to listen to the video on see saw or follow the link below.
Pg.160 scríobh an abairt mar is ceart (write the jumbled up sentence out properly) agus gramadach na huimhreacha pearsanta (numbers of people) Líon na bearnaí agus criochnaigh na habairti. Remember you will need to register with Folens to watch these.
The Link to the pages is below
Gaeilge 
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/4th_class/resources/Poster/AL_4C_ACT_POS_CH19_009/index.html 
https://content.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/4th_class/resources/Dialogue/AL_4C_ACT_DIA_CH19_008/index.html 

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Virtual School Tours

Unfortunately we will be missing our school tour this year. I have put together a list of school tours you can look at online. There are four different types of tours to look at this week. 
Zoos: Dublin zoo, Houston zoo and San Diego zoo.
Sea world.
Medieval Dublin.
I want you to pick one or you can look at all of them and pick your favourite. You can either write a report about one of them, maybe an animal you like or a period of history you found interesting. Or you can draw and colour a picture related to one of the tours. This might be your favourite animal, or part of Medieval Dublin. You choose.

Travel around the world with these virtual school tours

Virtual School Tours
Where would you like to  go?

Dublin Zoo, lots of live webcams  https://www.dublinzoo.ie/
Fabulous website, loads to look at https://kids.sandiegozoo.org/
Interactive Website, explore Sea World https://www.visitorlando.com/en/things-t0-do/virtual-tours
Houston Zoo – watch recordings of many cool creatures https://www.houstonzoo.org/explore/webcams/

Interactive Website, explore Sea World https://www.visitorlando.com/en/things-t0-do/virtual-tours
A history of the Vikings and Medieval Dublin https://www.dublinia.ie/online-learning/primary/

Answers_5th_June_2020

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Answer PDF's
Hi hope you are all well and are staying safe. As always well done to everyone for all the hard work you have been doing over the last week. I can see you are working really hard. It has been great to see all of the posts and I have included some of your lovely pictures from your photography challenge. I will put up more as they come in just keep an eye on the blog.  
  I have included the answers to this weeks planet math's book if you click on the links below. Enjoy the  weekend and I will put up the work for next week on Monday. Take care and stay safe.
5th_class_maths_answers 
4th_class_maths_answers 

Photo_challenge

Lovely to get your photos I will put up some of them here as they come in well done.

Shane had an unexpected visitor to his garden

Nice picture of Charlie's flower bed. Well done!

 Lovely picture of the Canal Maeve, very colourful

 Thanks Kevin for saying hello and nice big swing near your house. Lovely picture.

Lovely colours Bronwyn

Lovely picture of a tree Ellie passes on walks with her mum.

 

Daniel did a wonderful project over the last few weeks on the Knights Templar. The Knights Templar was a large organization of devout Christians during the medieval era who carried out an important mission: to protect European travelers visiting sites in the Holy Land while also carrying out military operations.

 

Great to see how ye are getting on with the science experiment. Well done Rachel, David, Charlie and Eoghan.

 Great to see some of your projects still coming in well done Donnacha

 Daniel Flynn had a busy time releasing a bat from his stove

and also has a lovely picture of sunset over the canal below

 Eoghan had a busy week with silage

 Rachel and David posted lovely pictures of their dogs and cats

Tuesday_2nd_June_2020

Hi everyone!

I hope you have all had a lovely bank holiday weekend.

I hope everyone got on ok with last week’s work? I got some lovely posts over the week and I have included some pictures of your lovely artwork and projects. It's been great to hear from ye.  I’ve really enjoyed reading some of your projects thank you! I’m so proud to see all the fantastic work that’s going on in your homes.    

Do continue to keep in contact with the lovely work you are doing.

So here is this week’s suggested menu of activities Please do your best on the activities that you get completed. It's a short week so see how ye get on with the activities. Parents, if you find that it’s taking too long, then please prioritise what you feel your child will benefit most from. If you have any questions you can contact me at coralstownfifth@gmail.com. Don’t forget to keep an eye on the blog and seesaw for answers!

Maths 4th class 2nd June 2020

4th class maths

This week I want you to concentrate on some revision of operations. Revising addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
 I have put up a link to a video on operations that can be tricky at times on see saw . This is worth watching before and while you are working on your questions. 
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Maths 2nd June 2020

Maths 2nd June 2020

  5th class Rules and properties
This week I want you to concentrate on rules and properties of numbers. This focuses on sequences and patterns in numbers with some multiplication and
 I have put up a link to a video on the chapter on see saw explaining any difficulties you may have.This is worth watching before and while you are working on your questions.
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