Easter Week 2

We hope everyone enjoyed their Easter weekend! The following are some new activity suggestions:

• Here is a useful article from independent.ie with tips for parents on home schooling. https://bit.ly/2Xvr6o9

• Free graded readers and worksheets from Big Cat Collins.  https://bit.ly/2ReMH08 Click into teacher portal and here are the login details:

  Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk

  Password: Parents20!

• Coronavirus a book for children: https://bit.ly/2xvhSxo

• Twinkl have extended access for another month. This website has an abundance of resources for each of the class levels with all the subjects so make sure to have a look. https://www.twinkl.ie/

• The great isolation activity book: https://bit.ly/3a6MHpt

• Quiz time!

  5-6 years old: https://bit.ly/2Vtke82
  6-7 years old: https://bit.ly/2yYTOUc
  7-8 years old: https://bit.ly/2RzgFMD
  Science Quiz: https://bit.ly/2K2AbwD
  All ages: https://bit.ly/3ekmxTD

• 5th and 6th maths challenges: https://bit.ly/2V46di6

• Gaa challenges:

  1. Kicking into large bin/bucket: You will need a large bin or a bucket and a football. Mark out how far you are going to kick it from(10m, 20m etc). Challenge yourself, make the angle more difficult, try kicking from further away, try your left and right leg.

  2. Strike into large bin/bucket: You will need a large bin or a bucket, a hurley and a sliotar. Mark out how far you are going to hit it from(10m, 20m etc). Challenge yourself, make the angle more difficult, try striking from further away, try using your left and right side.

  3. Solo and pass around back: You will need a football. Practice the solo using your right leg, pass the ball around your back and practice the solo using the left leg and continue pattern. See how many you can do without dropping.

  4. High knee ball touches: You will need a football. Hold the ball out straight in front of your chest, practice high knees and try to touch your knees off the ball without moving your hands, only moving the knees. See how many you can do in 30 seconds.

• Chalk activities outside: If you have chalk at home, there a loads of games you can play outside:

Obstacle course

Snakes and ladders

Hopping challenge

Twister

Line out different shapes using masking tape

Using chalk colour inbetween

Ta-da!!

Rubik’s cube and colour matching

Floating balloons

Parachute

Feeding the unicorn

X’s and o’s (love heart version)

Maths matching activities

Hopscotch for the senior room

Times tables