Rang a Sé - Learning from Home Resources
30th March 2020
Good Morning,
I hope you had a nice weekend. It was a bit of a funny one for me given Friday’s announcement of 2km for exercising but hopefully all of our efforts will be justly rewarded and normality will resume shortly.
There is the plan of work for 6th Class for the week ahead. Go to the 'parents' tab, Home school documents, 6th class - you may need to scroll down once in 6th Class to see the various folders but all are named by subject and dated 30th March to April 3rd. Everyone’s home situation is different, with varying numbers competing for technology and various other demands. Please take a look at what I’ve outlined in each subject. The work for each subject is then contained within its own folder.
Try your best to keep reading at the very least and try your hand at what I have put down here. Nothing I’ve asked you to do is designed to cause you any stress, but merely to give you a few bits to keep you going over the week. Split it into blocks during the day if that works better for you and your family situation. If you are flying through the work I assigned, there are other options in the folders provided.
Thinking of you all throughout this difficult time & looking forward to returning to school soon, seeing each other and catching up!
Mind yourselves & be kind!
All the best,
Miss Ryan
26th March 2020
Hi girls,
I hope you are all doing well & looking after yourselves. Please God, if everyone plays their part in social distancing, this will be over soon.
Keep busy & I don't mean with loads of school work but reading/rereading some books you enjoy; get out for walks or runs when your locality isn't too busy; say a prayer; play board or card games with your family at home; do some homemade circuit training & try your hand at baking/cooking. Some easy recipes about & I'm sure mom/dad have some they wouldn't mind sharing. You could also make some Easter Cards and post them to friends or family you haven't seen in awhile. They would love to receive them. Most importantly, remember - everyone in your family is missing their routine & normality, their friends & other family members too so make sure we are all being kind & understanding in this surreal & difficult time.
I miss school and seeing all the staff and of course, you girls. We'll all be reunited soon & put this behind us. I am out walking the dogs every day, thankfully the countryside is quiet. I'm doing my school work too, plenty of cleaning & cooking/baking also. And enjoying some reading before bed.
Just to let you know, the documents below are moving to a new section of the website: green tab - Home School Documents; we'll have our own 6th class page here where I will post work to next week....more details will follow, but for now, work away with what I gave you as best you can & keep smiling - this too will pass!
Look after yourself & each other,
All the best,
Miss Ryan
18th March 2020
Hi Girls,
I've added some documents below to help you revise some of the things we have covered thus far in Maths & Gaeilge. I've also added some websites that may be of use to you. Please see the PE one on the list & try keep active in some shape or form each day.
I hope you are all keeping well. Looking forward to returning to normality.
All the best,
Miss Ryan
General
- Twinkl are offering one month of free access to their online material due to school closures. Please see this section https://www.preslimerick.ie/news/very-useful-website/?p=2&tags=,1081 on how to sign up to get free access to the school closure packs.
- CJ Fallon are offering free viewing of all their books online. You can filter by selecting Primary & 6th Class https://my.cjfallon.ie/dashboard/student-resources/?levels=0&classes=0&subjects=0&serieses=0&booktitles=0&types%5B0%5D=Book+Sample#
- Folens are offering free viewing of all their books online. Follow these steps to gain access to materials. We use Abair Liom H from this publisher.
- Go to FolensOnline.ie and click register
- Select Teacher
- Fill in a username, email and password
- For Roll Number use the code: Prim20
- Edco are offering free access to their online materials. To gain access log onto www.edcolearning.ie/login Username for Primary access is: primaryedcobooks & the password is:edco2020 We use Operation Maths from this publisher.
PE
- See what exercises go with the letters in your name & friends' and family members' names. Add surnames too if the first name is short. Try new names every day or two if names are short. https://www.leashyourfitness.com/alphabet-workout/
- E.g. KATE
- K = 10 Push Ups
- A = 50 Jumping Jacks
- T = 15 Squats
- E = 1 minute Wall Sit
- You can also make use the list above to make up your own alphabet workout! There are also other versions online.
Maths
- Practice your tables on the following:
https://www.timestables.com/times-table-chart/
https://www.mathsisfun.com/tables.html
- Play some Maths Games on this
https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/index.html
- Practice the Maths topics we have covered & test/time yourself. Free practice of 19 questions daily!
https://ie.ixl.com/math/class-6
English
- Practice the English Grammar topics we have covered & test/time yourself. Free practice of 19 questions daily!
https://ie.ixl.com/ela/class-6
Extra FREE online education resources
- Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org Especially good for maths and computing for all ages but other subjects at Secondary level. Note this uses the U.S. grade system but it's mostly common material.
- BBC Learning http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/coursesearch/ This site is old and no longer updated and yet there's so much still available, from language learning to BBC Bitesize for revision. No TV licence required except for content on BBC iPlayer.
- Futurelearn https://www.futurelearn.com Free to access 100s of courses, only pay to upgrade if you need a certificate in your name (own account from age 14+ but younger learners can use a parent account).
- Blockly https://blockly.games Learn computer programming skills - fun and free.
- Scratch https://scratch.mit.edu/explore/projects/games/ Creative computer programming
- Ted Ed https://ed.ted.com All sorts of engaging educational videos
- National Geographic Kids https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/ Activities and quizzes for younger kids.
- Duolingo https://www.duolingo.com Learn languages for free. Web or app.
- Mystery Science https://mysteryscience.com Free science lessons
- The Kids Should See This https://thekidshouldseethis.com Wide range of cool educational videos
- Crash Course https://thecrashcourse.com You Tube videos on many subjects
- Crash Course Kids https://m.youtube.com/user/crashcoursekids As above for a younger audience
- Crest Awards https://www.crestawards.org Science awards you can complete from home.
- iDEA Awards https://idea.org.uk Digital enterprise award scheme you can complete online.
- Paw Print Badges https://www.pawprintbadges.co.uk Free challenge packs and other downloads. Many activities can be completed indoors. Badges cost but are optional.
- Tinkercad https://www.tinkercad.com All kinds of making.
- Prodigy Maths https://www.prodigygame.com Is in U.S. grades, but good for UK Primary age.
- Nature Detectives https://naturedetectives.woodlandtrust.org.uk/naturedetectives/ A lot of these can be done in a garden, or if you can get to a remote forest location!
- British Council https://www.britishcouncil.org/school-resources/find Resources for English language learning
- Oxford Owl for Home https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/ Lots of free resources for Primary age
- Big History Project https://www.bighistoryproject.com/home Aimed at Secondary age. Multi disciplinary activities.
- Geography Games https://world-geography-games.com/world.html Geography gaming!
- The Artful Parent https://www.facebook.com/artfulparent/ Good, free art activities
- Red Ted Art https://www.redtedart.com Easy arts and crafts for little ones
- The Imagination Tree https://theimaginationtree.com Creative art and craft activities for the very youngest.
- Toy Theater https://toytheater.com/ Educational online games
- DK Find Out https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/?fbclid=IwAR2wJdpSJSeITf4do6aPhff8A3tAktnmpaxqZbkgudD49l71ep8-sjXmrac Activities and quizzes
- But why? (Questions for curious kids) is a Canadian podcast. Experts answering all sorts of kids questions. https://podcasts.vpr.net/but-why
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