St. Kevin's National School

Greetings Lovely Fifth Class,
I hope you are all keeping well and not missing your cranky teacher too much. I can’t wait for us to be back in the classroom to continue the great things we’ve been doing this year and for me to escape from Charlie and Seán for a bit of peace and quiet.

The last few weeks have been very strange and at times stressful for families so I hope you are playing your part to help your parents and family when needed.

You may have completed the work we planned in school before we finished and if you have, well done and if you haven’t got around to it, don’t worry. I will send on all the answers to the maths and Wordwise over the days so you will be able to correct your work and see your progress.

The following are a few subjects and activities that you could try and complete as you pass the time at home. All that is expected of you is to try your best. Don’t worry if you do not get everything finished this week, you can continue it next week.

Keep safe, keep busy and I’ll see you very soon
Ms. Monaghan

Note to Parents:
Greetings Parents,
I hope you are all keeping well and managing to get through the madness that is facing us these last few weeks. The following timetable is just a suggestion of work that your child could complete as they spend time at home. Some of the reading in English may be difficult for some pupils but they will be able to succeed in all other tasks. I realise houses are very busy places at the moment and not all the tasks will be completed so whatever is achieved will be a bonus and benefit to your child.
Keep safe and hopefully we will all be back to normality in the near future.
Kind regards
Ms. Monaghan

P.E
P.E. with Joe
Joe Wicks www.youtube.com Daily activity!

English
Sp. Unit 25 A&B
Sp. Unit 25 C&D
Sp. Unit 25 E&F
Sp. Unit 25 G&H
Sp. Unit 25 Any 6 words into Golden Sentences
Reading
The Jazzman Re-read pg. 5-11
The First Wish Read pg. 15-17
Read anything of your choice or listen to David Walliams audio story https://worldofdavidwalliams.com

Maths
Tables X6 learn or revise https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Tables X6 learn https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Mental Maths
Monday Week 25
Tuesday Week 25
Wednesday Week 25
Thursday Week 25

Gaeilge
Bun go Barr Le – l.58
Le foghlaim Críochnaigh na habairtí Do – l.64
Le foghlaim Críochnaigh na habairtí

Other Homes
Have a look at these homes

Write a description of your ideal home and draw a sketch or plan of the house

Check out some cool animals

Webcams

Feeding is 2/2.30pm

Essay
You are on your School Tour, imagine you get locked in Dublin Zoo.
Write about your adventures.
Continue with the zoo adventure and draw pictures to go with the story.

Greetings Fifth Class,
Another week is over, but the good news is, it’s almost Easter, which means lots of CHOCOLATE! We’ve kept busy this week cutting egg shapes out of cereal boxes and making our own Easter egg designs to stick up on the window. It takes ages but it is lots of fun. I’ve also been practicing my sketching and hope to be a better artist when we go back to school. I hope you’re managing to get as much of this lovely sunshine as possible. The following is some more work to keep you busy. As before, just try your best. I wish you and all your family a very happy, safe Easter, filled with many blessings.
Take care,
Miss Monaghan

Monday
Spellbound: Unit 26 – A & B
Reading: The Jazzman or Edge of the Wild
Mental Maths: Week 26 – Monday
Tables: X7 Multiply these numbers by 7(35, 76, 162, 374, 5319)
Wordwise: Report writing p. 27 Write a report on a topic in question B or C.

Tuesday
Spellbound: Unit 26 – C & D
Reading: The Jazzman or Edge of the Wild
Mental Maths: Week 26 – Tuesday
Tables: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games
Multiply these numbers by 7 (61, 456, 903, 2531, 6491)
Wordwise: Report writing p. 27. Write another report on a topic in question B or C. Draw a picture to go with the report. Who? What? When? Where? Why?

Wednesday
Spellbound Unit 26 – E & F
Reading: The Jazzman or Edge of the Wild
Mental Maths: Week 26 – Wednesday
Tables: X7 Divide these numbers by 7 (28, 49, 105, 315, 1813)
Wordwise: Index of Encyclopedia Unit 6 p. 28. Look at information and answer p. 29 A, B, C.

Thursday
Spellbound: Unit 26 – G & H
Reading: Choose your own reading text.
Mental Maths: Week 26 – Thursday
Tables: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Divide these numbers by 7 (35, 56, 182, 252, 3164)
Wordwise: Verbs p.30 ‘A verb is a doing or an action word.’ Complete the page.
History: 1916 Easter Rising – Research the topic.

Friday
Spellbound: Unit 26 – Any 6 words into Golden Sentences
Reading: Choose your own reading text.
Mental Maths: Week 26 – Friday Review
History: 1916 Easter Rising. Research the topic and write down 10 interesting facts.

Just a very short but special message to wish you a Happy Easter from everyone at St. Kevin’s. We miss you all but hope you are staying safe and keeping healthy. We hope we will see you again very, very soon!

Greetings Fifth Class,

Hope you had a lovely Easter and are set to do another little bit of work. I was so thrilled to hear all the great things going on in your home from gardening, cooking, baking, ‘COUNTDOWN’, projects, inventions, lots of reading and an amazing letters to the Health Minister. You’re doing a super job to keep yourself busy. I kept myself busy making cards for birthdays coming up. I had a few glue disasters but they turned out well. As for my sketching I still need lots of practice. The RTE Home School Hub from 11am until 12 and Countdown Numbers Game www.happysoft.org.uk are things you could check out this week.  As before, just try your best with the work and I’ll be in touch next week.

Take Care

Miss Monaghan

Monday

Spellbound: Unit 27 – A & B

Reading: The Jazzman    or    Edge of the Wild

Mental Maths: Week 27 – Monday

Tables: X8      Multiply these numbers by 8   (26, 54, 132, 451, 2381)

Wordwise:  London Underground p. 42-43 Answer A, B, C.

Tuesday

Spellbound: Unit 27 – C & D

Reading: The Jazzman      or      Edge of the Wild

Mental Maths: Week 27 – Tuesday

Tables:  https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Multiply these numbers by 8   (41, 235, 832, 2531, 4912)

History:  Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon

Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=flPFlY8hECk

https://www.natgeokids.com/ie/discover/science/space/neil-armstrong-facts/

Imagine Neil Armstrong is visiting our school. Write a list of questions you would ask him.

Wednesday

Spellbound Unit 27 – E & F

Reading: The Jazzman      or      Edge of the Wild

Mental Maths: Week 27 – Wednesday

Tables: X8       Divide these numbers by 8   (24, 56, 120, 288, 2008)

History: Imagine you are going into Space. Write about what you would bring with you and what life would be like on the spaceship.

Design or make your ideal Spaceship. (You could use Lego or recyclable material)

Thursday

Spellbound:  Unit 27 – G & H

Reading: Choose your own reading text.

Mental Maths: Week 27 – Thursday

Tables:  https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Divide these numbers by 8   (32, 72, 336, 496, 4896)

Geography: Choose your favourite country to visit – Research the country and write down some interesting information.

Friday

Spellbound: Unit 27 – Any 6 words into Golden Sentences

Mental Maths: Week 27 – Friday Review

Tables:  X8 Divide  numbers by 8 (304, 648, 736) Multiply these numbers by 8   (618, 3224, 4532)

Geography: ‘My Favourite Country’ Finish facts and write why you would like to visit the country.

We are very proud of our Fifth Class scholar Mia, who recently wrote to the Minister for Health, Simon Harris TD., outlining her proposal for a treatment for the Covid-19 virus. The Minister was so impressed by Mia’s letter, he kindly responded, thanking her. We are very prod of Mia! Check out her letter below!

Greetings Fifth Class,

Another week over, I hope you managed to get some of the work done. Here is the activities for this week. I copied The RTE Home School Hub’s (11am until 12) English lesson on Biographies and Autobiographies for you to try. Dean Russo is a pop artist that I came across this week. He paints animals but you can also do portraits of people using his technique with markers, pencils, paints or crayons. See how creative you great artists can be. As before, just try your best with the work. Have a great week.

Take Care

Miss Monaghan

Monday

Spellbound: Unit 28 – A & B

Reading: The Jazzman    or    Edge of the Wild

Mental Maths: Week 28 – Monday

Tables: X9 Multiply these numbers by 9   (21, 59, 141, 319, 3231)

English: Biographies – Write about yourself and include the following,

Full name – Date and place of birth – Family information – Life events – Achievements – Future career

Tuesday

Spellbound: Unit 28 – C & D

Reading: The Jazzman      or      Edge of the Wild

Mental Maths: Week 28 – Tuesday

Tables:  https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Multiply these numbers by 9   (35, 413, 621, 2982, 5214)

Art: Self Portraits – After writing about yourself try and draw yourself. Try and colour it in like pop artist Dean Russo.

Wednesday

Spellbound Unit 28 – E & F

Reading: The Jazzman or Edge of the Wild

Mental Maths: Week 28 – Wednesday

Tables: X9 Divide these numbers by 9   (27, 72, 126, 324, 585)

History: Choose any famous person or a family member and write their biography using the same headings as the English biographies.

Thursday

Spellbound:  Unit 28 – G & H

Reading: Choose your own reading text.

Mental Maths: Week 28 – Thursday

Tables:  https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Divide these numbers by 9   (36, 81, 135, 486,  882)

Art: Portraits – Try and draw the person you wrote about or print a picture of them and colour like Dean Russo technique.

Friday

Spellbound: Unit 28 – Any 6 words into Golden Sentences

Reading: Choose your own reading text.

Mental Maths: Week 28 – Friday Review

Tables:  X9 Divide numbers by 9 (396, 738, 945) Multiply these numbers by 9   (581, 5164, 4219)

S.P.H.E: Write and draw 10 things you are grateful for in your life.

Greetings Fifth Class,

So this week I decided to look up National Days and see what fun days there were in April. Did you know Picnic Day, Superhero Day, International Poetry Day and Tell a Story Day were all celebrated last week? These National days gave me some ideas for work this week. I’ve also set up an email address so feel free to email any work you would like me to look at. It’s fifthclassteacherstkevins@gmail.com. Have a great week and keep up the super work.

Take Care

Miss Monaghan

Monday

Spellbound: Unit 29 – A & B

Reading: The Jazzman    or    Edge of the Wild

Mental Maths: Week 29 – Monday

Tables: X4

Maths: Revise 2-D shapes – Draw as many 2-D shapes with a ruler and colour. (The back of Mental Maths will help)

English: Write a letter to parents looking for permission to go on a school picnic. Include what you will need? Where you are going? When you will return? And any extra information you wish to include.

Tuesday

Spellbound: Unit 29 – C & D

Reading: The Jazzman      or      Edge of the Wild

Mental Maths: Week 29 – Tuesday

Tables:  https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Maths: Revise 2-D shapes – How many squares, rectangles, circles and triangles can you find in your house or garden?

English: Essay – The Superhero Who Gatecrashed the Picnic

Write a story about your picnic outing and what happens when a superhero joins the group. Be as adventurous and outrages as you like.

Wednesday

Spellbound Unit 29 – E & F

Reading: The Jazzman      or      Edge of the Wild

Mental Maths: Week 29 – Wednesday

Tables: X4

Maths: Revise 3-D shapes – Draw as many 3-D shapes with a ruler and colour. (The back of Mental Maths will help)

S.P.H.E: Make up a list of rules you would need to follow on a picnic in a forest or in the countryside. Write them in your copy.

Art: Draw what your Superhero looks like and write a description to explain the drawing.

Thursday

Spellbound:  Unit 29 – G & H

Reading: Choose your own reading text.

Mental Maths: Week 29 – Thursday

Tables:  https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

English: Write your own poem or find a poem you like.

Art: Draw a picture to accompany your poem.

Friday

Spellbound: Unit 29 – Any 6 words into Golden Sentences

Reading: Choose your own reading text.

Mental Maths: Week 29 – Friday Review

Tables:  X4

Maths: Revise 3-D shapes – How many cubes, cuboids, cylinders, spheres, cones and prisms can you find in your house or garden?

Art: Draw a picture only using 2-D or 3-D shapes

You should now receive suggested work directly from you teacher so be sure to check your email regularly and be sure to show teacher some of your great art, project work and snaps of your different activities!

We look forward to seeing you very soon!