Work for Junior Infants Class :Monday 8th June SPORTS WEEK
STAY ACTIVE CHALLENGE
BUILD YOUR POINTS WITH EXERCISE
What I have to do: Every day you have to accumulate 100 points by completing a variety of different activities. Each activity gives you different points. The Daily Bonus Activity can be any other activity that is not listed. Some suggestions might be a training session from your GAA or Soccer club, a dance class, a gymnastics class or even a family workout!
Outdoor Challenges
Running (10 minutes)	60 points	
Cycle (15 minutes)	60 points	
Walk (15 minutes)	50 points	
Scooting (15 minutes)	50 points	
Trampoline (10 minutes)	50 points	
Ball Play (10 Mins)
	50 points	
Skipping (5 minutes)	40 points	
Obstacle course (10 minutes)	40 points	
Hopscotch (10 minutes)	30 points	
Indoor Challenges
Running up and down stairs x 5 	50 points	
Online yoga class	50 points	
Online dance class	50 points	
Jumping Jacks x20	20 points	
Bunny Hops x 20	20 points	
Hula Hooping x 20	20 points	
Table Tennis	20 points	
Balloon keepie uppie (15 min game)	20 points	
           ***Daily Bonus Activity***      100 points

Monday
	English:  Oral Language quiz: Ask your child to name all the sports that they know. Try to answer these questions orally:
1.	 In what sport would you use a club? 
2.	In what sport(s) would you use a racket? 
3.	In what sport would you use a shuttlecock? (The images in Ms Wilson’s & Ms Sheil’s scheme of work below may be helpful for hints) 

Maths: Outdoor learning- Make a number line 0-10 outside. Start at 0 and jump. What number did you land on? Now run to ten and turn around. Jump again and see what number you land on. Find your age and jump forward. What number do you land on?

Irish: Bí ag léim (bee egg lame) It means jumping. Play Simon Says using the phrase. 

PE: Collect 100 points by completing some of the activities listed above. Weather permitting, choose at least one indoor and one outdoor challenge. Choose activities that you like and try to do a variety of activities during the week. 
 
Sports Video: Here is our dance teacher showing you some dances you can try at home. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB0sg8nQXDc&list=PLt3aHDpWcOx0KJFmNWegn4eTv50f9Qgu_&index=2&t=0s 	

Tuesday

	English:  Oral Language quiz part 2. Try to answer these questions orally: 
1.	In what sport would you use a paddle / oar?
2.	 In what sport(s) would you need to wear a helmet? 
3.	Name one difference in the rules of soccer and Gaelic football. 
(The images in Ms Wilson’s & Ms Sheil’s scheme of work below may be helpful for hints) 

Maths: Play hopscotch outside.   

Irish: Bí ag snámh (bee egg snawvv) It means swimming. Play Simon Says using the phrase. 

PE: Collect 100 points by completing some of the activities listed above. Weather permitting, choose at least one indoor and one outdoor challenge. Choose activities that you like and try to do a variety of activities during the week.  

Sports Video: Here are some ball skills that you can try like we did with our soccer coach in PE. 
 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_4CVGZ-aQH2V6cLGYmKMAg 	

Wednesday

	English: Action Song: Get active while reciting the song If you’re happy and you know it. (If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands / touch your feet / turn around / jump up high) It’s a good warm up to the challenges we have for PE. 

Maths: Maths language. Explore the meaning of words over, under, in front of, behind, on top, underneath. Make your own obstacle course in the garden and use these words to explain how to complete it. Complete it yourself! 

Irish: Bí ag scipeáil (bee egg skipall) It means skipping. Play Simon Says using the phrase. 

PE: Collect 100 points by completing some of the activities listed above. Weather permitting, choose at least one indoor and one outdoor challenge. Choose activities that you like and try to do a variety of activities during the week. 

Sports Video: Here are some Gaelic football skills like you did in PE with our Gaelic football teacher. 
Look at the school website for this link on Wednesday. 

Thursday

	
English: Rhyming words – Think of a word that rhymes with run, walk, jump, ball, race and hockey. Identify the first letter of these words and the first letters of the rhyming words that you picked. 

Maths: 2D shape Revision:  Use items in your garden to make a circle, a square and a triangle.

Irish: New word – Liathróid (leer ode) Means ball. Practise some ball skills with a liathróid. 

PE: Collect 100 points by completing some of the activities listed above. Weather permitting, choose at least one indoor and one outdoor challenge. Choose activities that you like and try to do a variety of activities during the week. 

Sports Video – Ninja Fitness! 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djvxkPwwCeY 

Friday

	English: Syllables – How many syllables are in the following words / phrases. Clap them out to help you. 
1.	Go
2.	Tennis
3.	Basketball
4.	Egg and spoon race. 
Think of some other sports that have 1 syllable, 2 syllables and 3 syllables. 

Maths: Revisit your favourite outdoor maths activity that you did this week.   

Irish: New word – rás (rawce) Means race. Have a rás with someone in your house. 

PE: Collect 100 points by completing some of the activities listed above. Weather permitting, choose one indoor and one outdoor challenge. Choose activities that you like and try to do a variety of activities during the week.

Sports Video: Some mindfulness and yoga activities. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf5K3pP2IUQ

Optional extra websites for this week   https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-28435-sports-mindfulness-colouring-sheets 

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 8/6/2020
Teacher :Ms Wilson/Ms Sheil
Theme – Myself – Sports and Hobbies
This week is Sports Week.  We are going to learn about different sports.  We are learning to name different sports and what we need to play the sport.  You can do this at home as you play sports this week.
•	Encourage your child to talk about the sport he/she is playing and what is being used to play the sport.    Use words like throw, catch, run, jump, skip, hop etc as you play together.  
•	Use the activities below to go over the names of different sports and equipment used.
•	Above all ENJOY sports week!

Contact EAL Teacher:   mswilson@scoilchoca.ie  mssheil@scoilchoca.ie
Go over the names of different sports / activities with your child at home.  
football
	tennis
	athletics
	
swimming
	hockey
	badminton
	
hurling/camogie
	rugby

	gymnastics

dance
	canoeing
	Basketball
	
horse riding
	skateboarding
	bowling

Ask your child to draw a picture of his/her  favourite sport.
Novelty Races for Sports Day
Egg and Spoon Race

	Sack Race
	Three legged race
	
What is your favourite novelty race?

Name the Sport
Talk about the equipment needed different sports.    
Show your child these picture clues.  Ask your child to guess which sport goes with the picture.

racket	

hurley	

basketball hoop	

goggles and togs

shuttlecock	

beam	

saddle	

canoe