Work for Junior Infants Class: Tuesday 2nd June 2020

Monday
	Bank holiday weekend – enjoy the fresh air and sunshine 	

Tuesday

	Optional activities if required:
Art: Make fruit prints using fruits from Handa’s Surprise 

Wednesday

	English: Oral language At the Supermarket. Play vocabulary games 3 and 4 https://rainbow.cjfallon.ie/#/units/junior/15 

Maths: Count up to five and back down. Practice our counting rhymes and songs “One, Two Buckle my Shoe”, “12345 Once I caught a Fish Alive”, “Two Little Dickie Birds”.  Planet Maths pg. 97

Irish: Bí ag rith (pronounced be egg rih) means running. Draw a picture or play Simon Says using this phrase. 

P.E: Set up and complete an obstacle course. You could time yourself and see who is the fastest in your family. 

SPHE: RSE Programme (See lessons below)	

Thursday

*Don’t forget Zoom call today.
Looking forward to seeing you all!
	English: Spot the difference languge activity. https://content.twinkl.co.uk/resource/e8/91/roi-t-20162117-the-supermarket-aistear-spot-the-difference-activity-sheet.pdf?__token__=exp=1590662865~acl=%2Fresource%2Fe8%2F91%2Froi-t-20162117-the-supermarket-aistear-spot-the-difference-activity-sheet.pdf%2A~hmac=745f4629831fea3e2ff7e2df0cde53240a14a333f0a976b5b01b22cecc2a1b41 

Maths: Make your own number line up to five or ten using the ideas on Maths Ideas document. 

Irish: Bí ag damhsa (pronounced be egg dawsa) means dancing. Add this phrase to Simon Says game.  

P.E: Stretching exercises  - stretch out long like a snake, curl tight like a cat, uncurl like a hedgehog, stretch your legs as long as a giraffe. 

SPHE: RSE Programme (See lessons below)	

Friday

	English:  Phonics - Word Families – Try to sound out the following words. Clue: They all rhyme with with dog. Log, fog, frog, cog, smog.  Call the words out to your child and ask them to have a go at writing 3 of the words. 

Maths: Planet Maths pg 104 

Irish: Bí ag siúl (prounced be egg shool) means walking. Continue Simon Says game.

P.E: Throwing and catching practice with a big ball and small ball. Which is easier to catch? Can you throw high and low?

SPHE: RSE Programme (See lessons below)
*** Have a look at the school website today from 9am to see a special message. There will be another couple available on Sunday night ( 7th June) for you to enjoy! ***	
Optional extra websites for this week: 
https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/ 

RSE Programme
Topic	Language/ Questions	Activities/ links	
New Life

Aim: To help children to become aware of new life in the world.	Baby, growing, waiting, careful, delicate. 
•	Ask the children what various baby farm animals are called. For example: cat, dog, sheep, horse, cow, goat, pig. 
•	Do you like baby animals? Which is your favourite? Why? 
•	Have you got a pet at home? Did your pet ever have babies? 
•	Do you have a baby in your house? Tell us about your baby. 
•	Do you know anyone who is having a new baby? Tell us about it. Where is the baby now, before it’s born? 
•	Do you remember when your Mammy was expecting your little baby brother/sister? Tell us all about it. 
•	Did Mammy let you feel the baby moving inside her? What was that like? Do you think the baby likes being with its Mammy all the time before it is born? Why?
•	What do people say when they see a new baby? What do you think people said about you when you were a baby? Why not ask at home what people used say? 
•	Do you have a photograph of yourself when you were a new baby? Do you like to look at that picture? Tell us about it. 
•	When you were a new baby, someone had to look after you. Let’s talk about all the things we can do for the new baby ... 
•	We need to be very careful of new babies. Why do you think that is?
	Read and discuss the poem Baby by Paul Rogers.

Baby by Paul Rogers
Somebody’s coming - but we don’t know who 
We know it’s someone special. We know it’s someone new. 
We have to wait, although it’s here already in a way 
Like something wrapped up underneath the tree on Christmas Day. 

We’ve touched it, felt it move, been close as anybody’s been. 
We’ve even heard its heartbeat on a hospital machine 
And we don’t know anything except it’s very, very small 
That’s why we call it ‘It’ although it’s not an ‘It’ at all! 

Granny’s hoping for a girl, but we don’t really mind. 
As long as it behaves itself, we’ll play with every kind. 
We’ll teach it how to clap its hands, and help it hold its cup 
We’ll show it where tadpoles live. We’ll watch it growing up ... 

Somebody’s coming - but we don’t know when. 
Mummy has a feeling in her tummy now and then. 
Everything is ready; its room, its clothes, its bed,
The pretty mobile that we made to hang above its head. 

Mummy’s tired of waiting now. She rests each afternoon. 
We know it hasn’t far to come; it’s bound to be here soon. 
One day when we’re out to play, we’ll sense that something new. 
And we’ll be so excited that we won’t know what to do! 
Then Dad will call and say, ‘Come and meet'...Who?
	
I Grow

Aim: To help children become aware of physical growth.	•	Who is the tallest in your home? 
•	Who is next tallest? 
•	Who is the shortest? 
•	Who is the oldest? 
•	Who is the youngest? 
•	Have you ever seen a picture of yourself when you were a tiny baby? 
•	Show me what size you were then? 
•	Did you sleep in a bed like the one you sleep in now, when you were a baby? Why not? 
•	Did you eat with a knife and fork when you were a baby? Why not? 
•	Did you take a bath or a shower like you do now? Why not? 
•	You are much bigger now than when you were a little baby. You are growing. Your body is growing. 
•	Can you curl yourself up small as a baby? 
•	Can you uncurl and grow and stretch to the big boy or girl you are now?	Make a collection of pictures, photographs and objects that are relevant to physical growth from birth.
Photographs of your child at various stages could be displayed, as might a set of baby clothes, a set of clothes that would fit a toddler and clothes that would fit an average child of this age. 
Comparison of shoes worn by children at different ages could be contrasted with shoes for an adult. The centre of interest would provide a good starting point for discussion.

*Inner Growth meditation activity is nice if you feel it is appropriate for your child. See page 83/181 RSE Handbook. https://www.education.ie/en/Schools-Colleges/Information/Curriculum-and-Syllabus/Primary-/Resource-Material-for-Relationship-and-Sexuality-Education-.pdf	
Making Choices

Aim: To help children become aware that they make choices in their everyday lives.	Let’s Talk: About Choices You Make 
•	Think about the things you have decided to do since you got up this morning. 
•	What was the first decision you made this morning?
•	Did you have to decide what to wear or did Mammy/Daddy do that? 
•	Do you have a school uniform that you have to wear? 
•	What did you decide to eat for breakfast?
•	Could you choose how you travel to school?
•	What did you decide to do when you got up this morning?
•	What did you decide to play with? 
•	Who did you decide to play with? 
•	Think about other choices you may have to make today. 
•	What will you do after lunch today? 
•	What will you choose to watch on T.V.? 
•	If you had some money what would you buy in the shop?	Mime Time: Lots of Choices The children will enjoy this activity on any day but especially when it is raining and they cannot use up energy outdoors. The teacher/parent suggests the mime: 

Today I am going to tell you a story. You are going to do the actions. Usually the words will tell you what to do. Sometimes I will ask you a question and you will have to decide what to do yourself. 

Let’s pretend that your Auntie has just had a baby. How does that make you feel? Show me! 
So, you have a lovely new baby cousin and you want to buy this baby something really nice. 
Soon we will pretend to be going on a walk to the shopping centre.
You’ve asked your Mammy/Daddy and s/he says that you can because you have a grown-up with you. 
I want you to choose in your mind what kind of weather it is going to be. Is it raining or sunny? Maybe it’s snowing! How does the weather make you feel? Show me! 
When you have decided what kind of weather is outside, you will have to decide how you are going to dress. 
If it’s raining outside, decide what you will wear. If it’s snowing you will have to dress up warmly. 
Will you need an umbrella or sunglasses? Get ready now and show me! 
But what about the money you will need? Your money box is high up on top of the kitchen presses. Are you going to climb up and get it or are you going to do something much more sensible? That’s right. Ask a grown-up to help you! Are you ready then? 
Off we go. Are you going to walk quickly or slowly? Are you going to skip along? Show me how you are going to move. 
We have to cross the road. Show me the right way to cross the road. That’s right. Look right and left and right again and make sure nothing is coming. Walk quickly across now looking and listening all the time. We’ve been walking for a long time. 

At last we’ve reached the shopping centre. You must be tired. Find somewhere to sit down and have a rest. Listen, this is just the place to get a very nice present for your new baby cousin. I want each one of you to look for something special for this baby. What did you decide to buy? Tell me. 

This HAS been fun, but it’s getting late so we'd better hurry back. I’m sure your new baby cousin is going to love that present. Talk to the children also about presents that money cannot buy!	

Contact Teacher: msdunne@scoilchoca.ie                 msgrimes@scoilchoca.ie Let us know how your work is going or if you would like to send us a picture of your favourite piece from the week. 
EAL work  Junior Infants 3/06/20
Contact EAL Teacher:   mswilson@scoilchoca.ie     mssheil@scoilchoca.ie
SEN/EAL work – Summer. (Best to viewon laptop or access via link https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-l-54028-at-the-beach-oral-language-activity-sheet) 
Note:  SEN teachers have added work on to the teachers’ plan. Children can decide to do this work instead of something the teacher has assigned. It is not extra work. Also, we would be delighted if you could email on a picture of something that your child has done and is proud of so we can see their lovely work again!