Work for Junior Infants Class :Monday 4th May. Theme this week is “Wellness” across the school. 

Monday	Bank Holiday. Enjoy the weekend!	

Tuesday

	Today is a scheduled holiday on our school calendar but if some of you would like to complete these Wellness activities with your son/daughter it might be nice.  
www.newhorizonholisticcentre.co.uk – guided meditation story for children “Little Blue Frog”. 

Talk about a special place you love to relax. Perhaps it’s a cosy chair, tent or somewhere you have visited. Can you draw this place or maybe you have a photograph and you could make a special frame. 

Wednesday
*We understand that many of you don’t speak Irish so the content is optional*
	English: Pre-Reading Activity Book pg 78/79. Read and recite rhyme. Colour the picture in your best colouring.  

Irish: Can an t-amhrán Lámh Lámh Eile (Sing the song Lámh Lámh Eile) Check our Junior Infants on this link and see can you remember the song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhwVt1SU4ts  

Maths: Water play at the sink or in the bath using cups, jugs, beakers and other vessels. Key words “full/ empty/ half”. 

PE: Count how many times you can hop on one foot. Can you do 10 star jumps and clap at the top each time?

Wellness: 3 minute meditation for kids YouTube. Lie down, listen and follow the breathing exercise. 	
Thursday

	English: Revise next group of sounds c, k, e, h, r, m, d from your sounds copy. Blend these words and see if you can write them or draw a picture to match: hat, map, dip, cap, neck. 

Irish: New Words: seormra leapa (bedroom), leaba (bed) www.teanglann.ie/ga is good for pronunciation if you are unsure! Click on “fógraíocht” for the computer to say the word. 

Maths: Planet Maths pg 90 – Teddy Bear’s Picnic. Fill the beakers to the top.

PE: Pick your favourite song and make up a dance routine. Make sure you include a star jump and five hops on one foot in the dance!

Wellness: Perform your dance and Lámh Lámh Eile for your family and see if you can make them smile 😊	
Friday

	English: https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/ 
Click into Minigames section and try matching and blending sounds.

Irish: Tarraing do seomra leapa agus do leaba. (draw your bedroom and bed)

Maths: Planet Maths pg 91. Key word “empty”. 

PE: Ball Skills: Practise some of these skills at home- bounce the ball ten times, throw it againts the wall and catch it ten times, kick it against a wall 10 times.  

Wellness: 3 minute meditation for kids on YouTube. 	
Optional extra websites for this week  https://ie.ixl.com/math/jr-infants/holds-more-or-less  

Contact Teacher: msdunne@scoilchoca.ie                 msgrimes@scoilchoca.ie We wold love if you could tell your teacher which activity was your favourite this week…then we might be able to do more of those!!!
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EAL work    Teachers: Ms Wilson/Ms Sheil
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! 
This week  I would like to revise some of the vocabulary that we have covered  during the year.
Topic: Food.
Instructions:
1.	Play the game  ...I went to the shop and I bought.....Parent says ..I went to the shop and I bought bananas...The child says ..I went to the shop and I bought bananas and apples.....
Continue the game with parent and child repeating the list from memory and adding one more thing each time. Try to get to six fruits.
Try with fruits, vegetables, food for dinner, cereals etc.

Contact EAL Teacher:  mswilson@scoillchoca.ie  mssheil@scoilchoca.ie