Week 6 Active Home Week

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This challenge is for all our pupils.  Take a photo of a healthy meal this week. Remember to take a photo before you eat it  and ask a parent or guardian to send the photo to this email address:   challenge@stpatricksgirls.net

Just put your first name on your work. We can’t wait to see it. We wish we could taste it.  We will display this work on the website next week

Here’s one from Ms Conran to whet your appetites

 

 

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We may not be able to do assembly in the Halla but we can still wish our girls a Happy Birthday.

Gabriela 27/04/2020,

Megan 01/05/2020,

Laila 07/05/20

Kaci Mai 12/05/2020,

Ava 16/05/2020,

Zara 16/05/2020

Katie 17/05/2020,

Katie 19/05/2020,

Sally 20/05/2020

Julia 21/05/2020,

Hannah 24/05/2020,

Mai 28/05/2020

Shauna 29/05/2020,

Kim 30/05/2020,

Cathy 30/05/2020

      Molly 31/05/2020

 

 

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This will be updated shortly

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Click here to download Week 6 – 1st Class – Ms Gleeson

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Dear parents/guardians of 1^st class students,

It was lovely to speak to you and the girls this week. I am blown away by the effort everyone is making to keep up with some school work at home. This week I am giving a menu of activities to choose from for active home week. I know you are all already doing lots of physical activities with your daughter so keep these up and add in others that suit your circumstances. Choose activities that are practical for your family to engage in and feel free to select your own activities instead of those presented below.

Best wishes,

Sharon Gleeson.

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Dear 1^st class girls,

It was lovely to speak to you this week! I hope you’re rested and ready for a very active week at home! You all seem to be having fun keeping very active already so this week should be a bit of fun. With your parents choose the activities that you want to do this week. Track your activity with a physical activity journal. Fill it in after you do each activity during the day. Make sure you get outside for a walk every day this week.

Keep moving,

Ms. Gleeson.

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Use the sample below to help design your own activity journal. All you need is a sheet of paper and a pencil to make your own. I recommend you make your journal on Tuesday morning so you can record your activities for the rest of the week! The dates on this sheet are for last week so remember to do your own.

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Wake up Shake up!

Stretch it out and salute the sun every morning this week!

https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/how-to-salute-the-sun

 

 Dare to Believe Circuit Challenge

 

Cosmic Yoga – Pokemon!

 

Mindfulness – Celebrate the little things! Create a poster to celebrate the little things you’re thankful for this week.

 https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/celebrate-the-little-things

 

 Joe Wicks – PE with Joe

 9am Monday – Friday

Click here for Joe Wicks

 

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Daily Dance

Just Dance

https://www.youtube.com/user/justdancegame?app=desktop

 

Dance Moves Lesson

https://youtu.be/z7tbdF6lSK0?list=PLC2C841486EB885F1

 

Fun2BFit

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-NSIvwOMzpjjSVitPGjyvA?app=desktop

 

Newspaper Dance

Kidz Bop

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKE0Xnj818IDaHvIcRiq0Bg?app=desktop

 

Rince Réabhlóideach

 

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Long Jump Challenge

https://www.athleticsireland.ie/news/social-distancing-long-jump-challenge

 

Skipping Challenge

 

 

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Healthy Eating

Design your own healthy lunch poster. Draw and label what you would put in your healthy lunch.

 

Healthier Treat Baking

Try one of the recipes below/use your own healthier treat recipe or make a smoothie this week!

 

Banana Bread

https://www.odlums.ie/recipes/banana-and-walnut-bread/

 

Granola Bars

https://www.odlums.ie/recipes/chewy-granola-bars/

 

Banana Oat Pancakes

https://www.flahavans.ie/recipe/banana-oat-pancakes/

Procedure Writing

Choose any sport you like and design your own PE class for our class to do when we get back to school.

 

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Click to download 1st class Ms Hogan Reading Group 1 Week 6

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Click here to download Week 6 Mrs. Quill 2nd Class Letters and Homework

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Dear girls,

Lovely to hear your beautiful voices last week! This week’s work is a little bit different. You will be exercising your mind and body and giving the books and pencils a rest! You can still tune in to the Home-school Hub at 11am on RTE2 every day. Below is a menu with PE lessons, art ideas, yoga, dance videos and outdoor fun. I’m sure you can think of other activities yourself. If the weather is nice, spend time exploring outside and if it’s cold or raining, play board games or cards. Keep busy and happy, ladies!

Lots of love,

Mrs. Quill.

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Dear Parents,

It was lovely to speak to many of you last week and to hear that you are doing ok in this different normality. This is Week 6 of our closure according to the school calendar, and for a change we’ll focus on mind and body. These days we need to take care of ourselves and it’s good to let the girls see that exercise and outdoor activities play an important part in our general wellbeing. Hope you enjoy doing these activities too!

Thank you for your continued support and interest.

Mrs. Quill.

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try to fit this in at some stage in the week

Go to the website  https://www.growinlove.ie/en/

Login in with the email trial@growinlove.ie  and the password growinlove.

When in the website click on the image of the textbook – Second Class /P4.

Keep practising the Communion prayers p. 64 and 65.

Go to page 25 of your book and keep singing the psalm with your family. (On the website, click on Theme 4 and then scroll down and click on the icon with the musical note called ‘The Lord, He is my Shepherd’ – see image below to help).

(We will lift the roof off the church on your Communion day!)

 

 

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Try drawing this into your copy and fill in every day. Then, each day, write in the different activities that you do and record how long you spent at them. Add all the times up and put your total answer in the total time column – we’re aiming for 60 minutes each day!

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• Yoga – try these 12 poses. Try to hold each pose for 1 minute! Maybe you can make up your own one.

 

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• Listen to Ms. Coughlan’s lovely calm voice as she shows you how to draw your own unique design.

 

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Can you find any of these minibeasts outside?

Did you know woodlice love damp, dark places? That’s why you’ll always find them under something. What about making a minibeast hotel? Place a cardboard box with toilet roll tubes under a bush and check after a few days to see have any “guests” booked in. Maybe put some leaves in too to make it more interesting for them! This is a picture of my minibeast hotel that I made using an old Easter egg box.

 

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This video shows you how to make the paper fortune teller and also how to play the game. Some ideas for the messages inside are:

– I love your smile.

– Your hugs are great.

– You are a funny bunny.

You can think of your own to fill the rest of the spaces!

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Play a game of ‘Snap!’ with cards with someone at home.

Be gentle!

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Ask an adult to blow up a balloon.

On your own or with a partner, see can you keep tapping it upwards with your hand and try not to let it touch the ground for 5 minutes. You could even make this into a competition.

Try it another time using your foot.

Place the balloon between your knees and try jumping up and down the hall or outside 20 times without letting it fall.

With a partner place the balloon between your tummies and walk sideways along the hall or in the garden 20 times.

Take the balloon outside and play volleyball over the clothes line!

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• Art Activity

On the same balloon, use a marker to carefully draw two big eyes, a nose and a mouth. Cut strips of paper from a magazine or newspaper and stick it on as hair. Think of a nice name for your balloon! Mine is called Belinda!

 

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Can you find three small stones of similar size that would fit on the back of your hand. Start with one stone, flick up your hand so that the stone goes up in the air and catch it with the same hand as it falls. When you’re good at this, try two stones and then three. Here’s a video of me giving it a go! If you can do four or five stones – you’re a champion!

See “Mrs Quill showing you how to play Pitch and Toss”

 

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Look at this video and try some of the moves. Balancing is a skill which improves with practise.

https://vimeo.com/409588960

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• Make a Heart Mobile

 

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• Beanbag Games

If you haven’t got a beanbag use a balled-up pair of old socks or an old sock filled with dried rice, then knotted.

1) Balance the beanbag on different parts of your body.

2) Throw and catch the beanbag in different ways, either solo or with a partner (e.g. clap once before catching, clap twice before catching, clap once and spin around before catching, throw under one leg, throw backwards etc.)

3) See how far you can throw the beanbag. Mark your distance and see if you can throw it further each time.

4) Make an obstacle course and try to complete it while balancing the beanbag on your head, or while throwing and catching the beanbag.

5) Throw the beanbag in the air and try to catch it using different parts of your body.

6) Make different targets for throwing the beanbag into (e.g. buckets, plastic bowls, clothes basket, paper plates). Assign a different number of points to each target. Write down how many points you score for each throw and calculate your total score. See if you can beat this score next time.

7) Make a line on the floor with masking tape (inside) or chalk (outside). Walk along the line like a tightrope walker, keeping the beanbag balanced on your head.

8) Place the beanbag between your knees and see how many jumps you can do without dropping it. Or have a ‘beanbag between the knees’ race.

9) Arrange empty plastic bottles or toilet/kitchen roll tubes in lines like bowling pins and throw beanbag from a distance to try to knock them over.

10) Place the beanbag on your foot without bending your upper body. See how high you can lift your leg in front and to the side while keeping the beanbag on your foot. See how far you can walk while keeping the beanbag on your foot. Then try with the other foot.

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Watch this video.

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On Friday’s Joe Wicks usually dresses up. You can dress up too if you like (as anything you want) and try this workout.

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Watch this video to show you how to draw and play hopscotch with a stone. You can draw the hopscotch with chalk or else use a stone to draw it.

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Watch this video for some help.

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Decide on a base e.g your kitchen table.

Each person must find objects which start with each of the letters in their own first name. The first person to make it back to the base with their objects to match all the letters in their name wins!

E.g if my name is Mary, I would bring back to the base:

– M – Money

– A – Apple

– R – Rug

– Y – Yoyo.

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Listen to a story on https://www.storylineonline.net/

And relax after a busy and active week

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Click for 2nd class maths Ms Hogan week 6

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Click here for 2nd Class Maths group Ms Crosse week 6

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Click here for 2nd Book club Ms Crosse week 6

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Click here to download Ms Coughlan Week 6

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A Chailíní

Welcome to Active School’s week. We are taking a break from heavy work this week to give you a chance to exercise your minds and bodies in different ways. You will still be learning but in a different way. Do try to look at Home School Hub at 11 am on RTE 2 daily.  Each day I have a menu. Choose what suits you.Try your best. Do what you can. Be active above all. Together with P.E lessons, dance videos and yoga, aim for 60 minutes of activity a day. Dance to the radio. Skip. Ye are all experts. 1,609 skips = 1 mile. Do laps of your garden. Do jumping jacks in your bedroom. Get outside and explore the nature in your garden. Celebrate the great person that you are. Practise mindfulness and be calm. Play simple board games with those you love.

Lots of love

Ms Coughlan

P.S Corrections for last week’s work are at the end of the lists.

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Dear Parents

Hope you are all well. This is week 6 of our closure according to the school calendar, and for a change it’s got a different focus – healthy mind and body. Why?

I suppose difficult times call for self- care. There still will be plenty of learning but with a different approach. Keep up the good work.

Regards

Margaret Coughlan

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Keep practising the Communion prayers and mass responses  (back of the book p.64 and 65). Our Communion will happen down the road Please God).

https://www.growinlove.ie/en/    Login in with an email of trial@growinlove.ie  and a password of growinlove. When in the website click on the image of the text book – Second Class /P4.  Go to page 25 to revise the psalm for your family ( website- Theme 4 , Lesson 1 – psalm – The Lord is My Shepherd).

P.45. After Easter. Again look at the website. Theme 8. Lesson 2

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Checklist

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^{Find your favourite pose. You can only imagine me trying to balance myself!!}

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Mother / Father May I?

No. of Players: 2 or more

Indoor or Outdoor.

Equipment: None

How to play: One player is chosen to be the “Mother” or “Father” and they stand at the front. The other players line up about 10 meters away. The “Mother” or “Father” calls each players name and asks them to take a number of special steps forward. The player must say “Mother may I” or “Father may I” before they move. The answer is always yes. If the player forgets to ask “Mother/Father may I” they cannot move. The first one to reach “Mother/Father” becomes the new “Mother/Father”.

Types of steps: * Giant step – one long step             * Baby step – one foot in front of the other *                     Scissors step – jump once crossing your feet and jump again uncrossing your feet.                  * Banana step – lie down with your feet in the same spot as the top of your head – body bent like a banana.              * Bunny step – one hop Umbrella step – twirl around Choo-choo step – like a train.   Create your own steps!

 

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^{Try some mindful drawing – see my video.}

 

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^{Dance with the Kids Bop Gang}

 

  ^and 

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^{Time to explore your garden.  Can you spot any of these. Make some sketches.}

 

 

^{Window boxes make good habitats for insects.}

 

 

 

 

 

 

^{The Ladybird   My favourite.  Some facts –}

• ^{They have 7 spots.}
• ^{They eat tiny insects called aphids.}
• ^{They are very good at playing dead.}
• ^{They live for about 2 years.}
• ^{They live on grasses, trees and bushes.}
• ^{They hibernate in winter.}
• ^{They flash their wings 85 times per second.}

 

 

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^{P.E. Class – Coach Clare}

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 ^{Celebrate you! draw yourself and draw a rainbow coloured frame around you or copy this:}

 

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^{Dice connect 4. Draw the grid below.}

^{You can advance the game by using a grid with higher number and more dice. Board games are a great way to spend time with family.}

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^{Cosmic kids yoga –} https://www.cosmickids.com/

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^{Skills work – A great one – Running https://vimeo.com/404404521}

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Tip the can      

No. of Players: 4 or more     Indoor or Outdoor

Equipment: An item to tip such as a can, wall, schoolbag etc

How to play: One player is chosen to be on. They count to thirty while the other players run to hide. When they reach thirty they go to find the others. 18 When they find a player hiding they have to run back to tip the can/wall/etc and say “tip the can I see (name)..” If the player who is on catches everyone the first person caught is on next. A player who is hiding can win the game by touching the can and shouting “tip the can I free all”.

Or

^{Play volley ball with a balloon or beachball over the clothes line. Score if your opponent fails to return the ball over the line or misses the ball.  With the same ball, have a giggle. Balance the ball/balloon between your tummy and your sister’s or brother’s or parent’s tummy. Then try to balance between feet, noses, ears etc.}

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^{or design an emoji puppy} 

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^{Wear yellow if you like!}

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^{Time to explore the outdoors again.}

^{Trees. What can you see?}

^{The oak – the king of the forest?}     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

^{or the horsechestnut?    or maybe a beech?} 

^{Trees have the following structure;}

   ^{Time to forage for leaves, petals and twigs in your garden and create a tree picture or any picture you please.}

 

^{Kate made this one –}

 

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^{Copy the gameboard. Roll the dice to move. When you land on a feeling, mime it and tell about a time you experienced that feeling.}

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^{In My Heart – A book about feelings.}

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 ^{Balancing https://vimeo.com/409588960}

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 ^{Beanbags. If you haven’t got a beanbag use a balled-up pair of old socks or an old sock filled with dried rice, then knotted.}

1) Balance the beanbag on different parts of your body.

2) Throw and catch the beanbag in different ways, either solo or with a partner (e.g. clap

once before catching, clap twice before catching, clap once and spin around before catching,

throw under one leg, throw backwards etc.)

3) See how far you can throw the beanbag. Mark your distance and see if you can throw it

further each time.

4) Make an obstacle course and try to complete it while balancing the beanbag on your head,

or while throwing and catching the beanbag.

5) Throw the beanbag in the air and try to catch it using different parts of your body.

6) Make different targets for throwing the beanbag into (e.g. buckets, plastic bowls, clothes

basket, paper plates). Assign a different number of points to each target. Write down how

many points you score for each throw and calculate your total score. See if you can beat this

score next time.

7) Make a line on the floor with masking tape (inside) or chalk (outside).

Walk along the line like a tightrope walker, keeping the beanbag balanced on your head.

8) Place the beanbag between your knees and see how many jumps you can do without

dropping it. Or have a ‘beanbag between the knees’ race.

9) Arrange empty plastic bottles or toilet/kitchen roll tubes in lines like bowling pins and

throw beanbag from a distance to try to knock them over.

10) Place the beanbag on your foot without bending your upper body. See how high you can

lift your leg in front and to the side while keeping the beanbag on your foot. See how far you

can walk while keeping the beanbag on your foot. Then try with the other foot.

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^{Dance –Hip hop}  

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^{Make a bird feeder for birds to enjoy.}

^{Decorate. You can then enjoy the colours of your visitors. Make some sketches.}

Food for Birds: Some do’s and don’ts

• Peanuts, sunflowers and mixed seed in mesh and plastic feeders are ideal for many small

birds.

• Over-ripe or slightly spoilt fruit is ideal for Blackcaps and thrushes, either left on the ground or

speared onto a branch.

• Some crumbs and stale cake will be mopped up by sparrows and larger birds

^{Remember the swallow? They are back! See page 11 of “What a Wonderful World to remind you”.}

 

 How do we know where they go?

People used to think that swallows hibernated during winter at the bottom of ponds.

Years ago, one man wanted to tell his garden birds apart from each other so

he caught them and put unique rings on their legs. Then in 1912 an amazing discovery

was made… he got a letter to say a swallow that he’d put a ring on was found all the way

down in South Africa!

This is how we found out that swallows migrate to Africa. Ringing is now commonly

used by scientists to track where birds and other animals go.

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^{And this is how we do it!}

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^{Storytime – a story about being kind. Do something kind today.}

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^{Play hopscotch.}

^{Get everyone involved.} Use chalk for outdoors, or get creative indoors with paper and cardboard pieces and masking tape on tiled floors. (warning -wear  sensible grip footwear).

 

 

 

 

 

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^{Skill work-Throwing https://vimeo.com/402212771   What a great skill for games}

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^{Make a bug hotel. Collect toilet roll tubes. Paint or decorate with crayoned designs.  Pack in an open box tightly. Place under a bush. Check to see if any bugs have checked in after a few days.}

^{Or another idea. Make a fortune teller with creative kindness. Here are can some creative notes you can add in:}    

        ^{I love your smile,}

         ^{Your hugs are great}

         ^{You are a funny bunny}

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^{Dancing – have fun with gonoodle.com}

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^{Test how healthy your environment is.}

         Lichens

Have you ever heard of Lichens? They are living things that you will have seen but probably not noticed. They are mostly seen growing on rocks and tree trunks. Most lichens cannot survive in places with polluted air so if you see an area with lots of lichens the air is probably nice and clean there. Here are some of the lichens we find in Ireland. Take a look outside at the tree trunks, rocks and walls around to see if you can spot lichens.

Draw the patterns you see.

 

 

 

 

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^{Another Joe Wicks – a fun one- . You can dress up too?}

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^{Here are 3 games – a language game, a skills game and a physical game.}

1. ^{Language scavenger hunt. Take your name eg Mary. Find something in your house or garden that begins with each letter of your name. M – Mop, A – apple, R- rake,  Y – yogurt.}
2. ^{Pitch and toss. Watch Mrs Quill’s video on how to play this cool game. Very skilful! I’m impressed!}

^{Start with one stone (not too big). Keep adding more. You will be ace if you can do 5!}

^{3.Physical activity game:}

 

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^{S.P.H.E  Healthy Eating. Remember our food pyramid.}

^{It doesn’t have to be today, but try to design a smoothie.  Here is one I like.}

^{https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1508656122478911    Test it out.}

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 https://www.storylineonline.net/    You choose today!

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^{Corrections from Last Week}

^{Subtraction challenges}

^{Monday    44-17=27}

^{Tuesday    47-28=19}

^{Wednesday     52-37=15}

^{Thursday      71-44=27}

^{Friday          62-35=27}

Work It Out. I’m attaching week 26.

 

Pelé – filling in the blanks; The words that were missing last week are underlined.

Pelé was born in Brazil in 1940.  His real name was Edison. His father taught him how to play soccer. He was so poor he had to make his own ball.  He played in four World Cups.

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Click here for 2nd Class Maths group Ms Crosse week 6

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Click here for 2nd class maths Ms Hogan week 6

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Click here for 2nd Book club Ms Crosse week 6

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[toggle_content title=”3rd Class Ms Finn and Ms Linehan”]

Click here to download Week 6

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Dear Parents and Girls,
It was lovely to speak with you during the week. It was great to hear the amazing reports of work
you are all doing. I was delighted to hear you are all trying your best to do some school work every
day. It was also brilliant to hear of all the lovely arts and crafts, baking, cooking, gardening, projectwork, reading and cycling. Well done to everyone for embracing this essential new normality.
This week, as a reward for all your hard work, we have decided to invite you to join us in our Active
School’s Week. As the proverb says “A healthy mind lives in a healthy body”. With this proverb in
mind we have designed a fun-filled, food for the mind and body, week of activities. What follows are
just suggestions and every family must choose what is right for them. Girls challenge yourselves to
get fresh air daily and continue to be kind and helpful at home. Be grateful for all your parents are
doing for you. Stay safe and wash your hands!
Hope you enjoy the week we have planned for you.
Best wishes,
Ms Linehan

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Dear Parents and Girls,
It really was delightful to talk to you during the week. I was pleased to hear that you were all trying
your best doing your schoolwork and exercise. It is great that you are getting outside and playing in
your gardens and in the “Tank Field”. It would be lovely to be back in our classroom hearing all your
stories
I know you are keeping your social distance and washing your hands so thank you for keeping us all
safe.
This week’s work is different, and we really hope that you enjoy it. As always, we are giving you
suggestions to use and you must choose what is right for your family and your circumstances. I really
miss being in school and I know you do too .
Keep up all the good work you really are Superheroes!
Regards,
Ms. Finn

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Click here to download Week 6 FUN ACTIVITY TIMETABLE

Clcik here to download the Week 6 activity record 4th JMH

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Dear girls, parents and guardians,

I hope this note find you all keeping well. It was great to get to chat with so many of you again this week. It was lovely to hear of all the activities you’re doing; lots of reading, tonnes of art and crafts, “sweet” kind posters, projects on France, Italy, Sioux People, Elvis Presley, lots of great biographies about famous women including Mary Robinson, James Barry, Derval O’Rourke, baking queen cakes, chocolate orange cakes, cookies, making fresh pasta, spring rolls, eating periwinkles, loads of exercise on the trampolines, zoom classes, walking, running, dancing to Just Dance.

It was so nice to hear how kind you’re all being, helping to feed the baby, taking younger brothers and sisters for a walk,  cleaning and tidying bedrooms, preparing meals, tidying up afterwards and most importantly, appreciating things around you.

I was delighted to learn of how many of you are keeping in contact, facetime, whatsapp, snapchat, zoom etc. It is super that you can connect with each other – please remember to be safe when online and remember good online behaviour always. For parents, another great tool to connect with is the parent facebook group or the school twitter;

Join our Parents’ Group on Facebook. Put ‘st patrick’s gns parents group’ and ask to join the group.

Follow our school in twitter @stpatricksgns for up to date information on the school, competitions and activities to keep us all going during Covid-19

 

This coming week is ACTIVE SCHOOLS HOMES WEEK, with a focus on being active, eating healthily and being mindful, promoting positive mental attitude. I have included lots of activities and feel free to pick and choose what activities you want to do. You might have some of your own activities too or you might see an activity on another class page. Try out whatever you’d like. We are including a record sheet for you to record your time spent on activities every day. Keep a daily diary of what you do too.  Many parents commented that the specific timetable worked better, so I’ve included this again this week. This is obviously just a guide! Activities are listed for Tuesday to Friday but do whatever activities you’d like on the other days. More than anything, we want you to enjoy the week, while being active and healthy, trying out as many activities as possible.

You have a challenge this week to design your dream PE lesson! Lessons can be uploaded to the school twitter account @stpatricksgns.  I’m really looking forward to seeing what you create.

Keep active, keep safe and take care,

Joan-Marie Healy

P.S. Remember to watch the RTÉ Home School Hub Monday to Friday @ 11am on RTÉ2!

 

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You can print this out or write it out to record the amount of time you spend every day on physical activity.

 

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Click here to download your fantastic list of activities

 

9am-9.30am Joe Wicks

9.30am – 10am Positive affirmation and yoga

10am-10.45am PE Skills

10.45am-11am Break

11am-12noon RTE Home School Hub

12pm-1pm Mission

Is aoibhinn linn damhsa!!!

Dance every day!

 

 

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9am-9.30am Joe Wicks  Click here for Joe Wicks 

An ideal way to start the day

9.30am – 10am Positive affirmation and yoga

Look in the mirror and say:

I am smart.

I am kind.

I am brave.

I am beautiful.

Today is a good day

Join  Jamie on an  Yoga adventure

Squish the Fish

10am-10.45am

PE Skills 1) You and your whole family can have a fun PE class with Clare.  Do you recognise the Sport’s Star?Fun PE class

2)Try the fun scooter pillow race

10.45am-11am

Break    During your break, make sure that you drink plenty of water and have a healthy snack, some fresh fruit, snack on vegetables, wholemeal bread, cheese etc

11am-12noon RTE Home School Hub

Everyone should continue to watch the RTÉ Home School Hub every day from 11am to 12noon on RTÉ 2. If you miss it, you can catch up on RTÉ player or all episodes are on Youtube.

12pm-1pm Mission

Continue to keep a daily diary

Think of someone you know and find a way to make them smile or laugh

Write down all the activities you did today in your Exercise Diary

 

Is aoibhinn linn damhsa!!!

Dance every day!

(If you don’t want to do the one listed – try one from the list further down)

Click here for Footloose

 

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9am-9.30am Joe Wicks  Click here for Joe Wicks 

9.30am – 10am Positive affirmation and yoga

Look in the mirror and say:

Join  Jamie on an  Yoga adventure  Click here for a fun Yoga session

10am-10.45am

PE Skills 1)Click here for PE class with Múinteoir John – exercise circuit (begins 20mins in)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXgcyK29Hxw&t=15s

2) Do the activities on the poster below that spell your name.

10.45am-11am

Break

11am-12noon RTE Home School Hub

12pm-1pm Mission         •             Continue to keep a daily diary

 

• Research a healthy recipe
• Bake your healthy recipe. Write the procedure for making your healthy recipe
• Send a photo to the School’s Twitter account

Is aoibhinn linn damhsa!!!

Dance every day!

(If you don’t want to do the one listed – try one from the list further down)

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9am-9.30am Joe Wicks Click here for Joe Wicks 

9.30am – 10am Positive affirmation and yoga      Look in the mirror and say:

 

Now let’s have an underwater Yoga party!

 

10am-10.45am

PE Skills 1) Click here for lesson about heart rate and exercise(begins 25 mins in)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D4OL9FUvAw

2) Today’s skill – Bottle flip Challenge. Bottle Flip challenge

3) Try Samba dancing

 

10.45am-11am

Break

11am-12noon RTE Home School Hub

12pm-1pm Mission

•             Continue to keep a daily diary

• Think about your favourite Sport’s Star
• Do a project about them.
• Tell us why you admire them

 

Is aoibhinn linn damhsa!!!

Dance every day!

(If you don’t want to do the one listed – try one from the list further down)

I’m Still Standing

Click Here

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Friday

9am-9.30am Joe Wicks

9.30am – 10am Positive affirmation and yoga      Look in the mirror and say:

I choose to be happy.

I stand for what is right.

I believe in me.

I am loved.

I am thankful.

I do the best I can.

I am becoming better every day.

Click here for Minecraft yoga

10am-10.45am

PE Skills 1)Click here to open class with Clare a fun PE class focusing on jumping.

2) Scavenger Hunt –

10.45am-11am

Break

11am-12noon RTE Home School Hub

12pm-1pm Mission

•             Continue to keep a daily diary

• You have been doing lots of great PE activities this week.
• Now our challenge to you is to design your own DREAM PE lesson

 

Is aoibhinn linn damhsa!!!

Dance every day!

(If you don’t want to do the one listed – try one from the list further down)

I Don’t Care

 

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day by day activities

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Week 6 ACTIVE HOME WEEK

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May 2^nd 2020

Dear parents and girls,

It was lovely to talk to so many of you last week.  It was nice to hear your voices again and to hear about how you are getting on.

I know we’re all a bit fed up of having to stay at home, so we are changing things up for the first week of May.  Normally at this time of year we have Active Schools Week but this year we are having Active Home Week, and everyone in the house can take part.  You can even suggest to other family members, (aunties, uncles, grandparents) that they too can join in.  It will be as much fun as you make it!

You will notice that the timetable below is blank.  I would like you to decide what activities you are going to do each day. If you have a sister in the school maybe you could decide together what you are going to do. You will find suggestions for physical activities, art, music and relaxation.   It would be good for everyone to keep a record of what they manage to achieve.  You can make things as relaxing or as competitive as you wish. Try to be active for at least 60 minutes each day.  Please try suggestions from each section.

Have fun!!!

Margaret Browne

 

 

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Click here to download PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES

SKIPPING CHALLENGE– How many times can you skip in 60 seconds?

If you do not have a skipping rope, you could use the rope/belt from your dressing gown or just use an imaginary skipping rope. This can be a challenge for all the family.                                                          If you find 60 seconds too long or too short, change it around.  Do this every day and see how much you improve.

THROWING AND CATCHING (A) – How many times can you throw and catch the ball without dropping it?  (If you don’t have a ball use rolled up clean socks.)

• Throw and catch with two hands
• Throw and catch with right hand
• Throw and catch with left hand
• Throw, clap and catch with two hands/right hand/left hand
• Throw and catch behind your back

THROWING AND CATCHING (B) How many times can you throw and catch against a wall? (mind the windows) Repeat the steps for Activity A

THROWING AND CATCHING (C) Ask someone to play with you.  How many times can you throw the ball to each other without dropping it for 60 seconds.  If you drop the ball you must start again. You can play with more people and even have teams.  You have played this before at school.

CARD DECK WORKOUT

Use a deck of cards to take you through a 20-30 minute whole body workout.  The number on the card indicates the number of reps. Pick a card to determine your exercise and reps and work your way through the deck.  This can be played with any number of players.  You could even play with family members on skype, facetime etc.  Shuffle the deck before you start.

Hearts= Jumping Jacks.  Diamonds= Push ups.  Spades = Squats.  Clubs= Sit ups.

Face Cards.  Jack=11.  Queen=12.  King=13.  Ace=14.  Joker= 1 minute plank.

Have fun!

CAMOGIE- If you have a hurley and sliotar/small ball practice your skills.

• How often can you rise the ball in 60 seconds- remember to keep your hurley flat and you need to lunge forward and bring yourself close to the ground
• Can you hit the ball against a wall? (only if its ok to do so)
• Can you solo the ball?
• Can you hand pass?

DANCE

Put on your favourite song and dance around the house.

There are plenty of dance classes available on youtube- Oti Mabuse from Strictly, Fun2Bfit-Maeve Mullins etc.   Don’t forget www.gonoodle.com. You probably know which ones are the best.

Make up your own dance routine to River Dance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0v_pu6miJ8

WORKOUTS –  Ray and ‘O Sé  fitness 15 on RTE1 @2.20pm Monday -Friday.

• www.thepeshed.com
• www.thebodycoach.com (or google Joe Wicks on youtube)
• www.gonoodle.com
• https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/

OTHER SUGGESTIONS

Cycle your bicycle.  Go for a walk.  Jump on the trampoline.  Make up your own PE lesson.

 https://www.scoilnet.ie/pdst/physlit/beyond/

https://padlet.com/ballygiblinmarieh/dfyblac77krpg99b

 

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EXPAND A PICTURE

Cut out a picture, glue it to a blank page and draw around it.

STONE ART

Try and create a lovely design on some stones/rocks that you might find in your garden or out on a walk.  You can draw whatever you like using markers, paint, chalk or whatever you have.

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Plan and prepare a meal for your family.  It can be as easy as making sandwiches and tea or more complicated.  (You may need to ask an adult to supervise you or for some help) These websites may be useful.

https://www.mummycooks.com/blogs/recipes/8-healthy-homemade-snacks

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/kids-cooking

https://www.thekidscookmonday.org/

www.daveynutrition.com

https://supervalu.ie/real-food/recipes/

 

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A scavenger hunt is where you must find a set list of items.  You could ask an adult to make a list of items for you or you can use the scavenger lists provided for you.

Click here to download some SCAVENGER HUNTS

 

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Here are some suggestions of things that might help you relax.

• Listen to music
• Read a favourite book
• Yoga https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
• Mindfulness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk_qU7l-fcU
• Plenty of apps and websites available for Mindfull Meditation for children
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf5K3pP2IUQ
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUUq0HuSLS0
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh58j2Yw6dg
• Cosmic kids zen den mindfulness and meditation might be useful
• NEPS relaxation
  https://soundcloud.com/user-719669409/relaxation-techniques-30-03-2020
• Free online audio books https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
• Walk

Click here to download some relaxation ideas.

 

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Download this weeks work here

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Active Schools Week

Hi girls! Welcome to Active Schools Week!! It was great to talk to you all and your parents last week. I know a lot of you are missing school and miss seeing your friends but I was glad to hear that you’re all doing ok and keeping safe. Also I know it’s getting a little harder to keep up the motivation to do schoolwork so this week we have decided to give you guys a little break from the schoolbooks and try something different – ACTIVE SCHOOLS WEEK!!!

This week we’re going to focus on ourselves and ways to keep our minds and bodies healthy and active. Each day I want you to pick and choose some activities from the different categories. Once you have done them you can fill in the daily timetable attached. Again, don’t worry if you can’t print the timetable or any of the activity sheets, you can copy them down and decorate them on a piece of paper. Some of the booklets attached have lots of fun ideas but you don’t have to do them all and some of them may not interest you so have a look through them and choose the ones you would like. Some of the activities you can do on your own and some of them you can do with your brothers and sisters or with your parents…take a look at the Family Olympics!! Try and include everyone in the fun!

Some girls might like to make up their own games or design their own activities…brilliant! Don’t forget to write them down, draw them or take a picture so that we can try the games or activities together as a class when we get back to school.

Remember this week is all about keeping active, staying healthy, looking after ourselves and our minds so if there is any other sport, game, dance, activity that interests you give that a go at home too!

Also don’t forget to check out Ms. Kelly’s weekly ‘WHOLE SCHOOL CHALLENGE’ on the website.

Enjoy the week girls, have fun, be active and stay safe.

Ms. O’Sullivan

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P.E./Exercise:

1. Try some of our usual websites:

• thepeshed.com
• thebodycoach.com (or google Joe Wicks on youtube)
• gonoodle.com
• https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/

 These booklets have fantastic fun ideas girls, take a look!

Booklet 1

Booklet 2

Booklet 3

Booklet 4

Some great ladder/hopscotch games

Ladder Pe Tasks

Try a few of these cards every day or write down the activities on individual pieces of paper. Shuffle the pieces of paper and do the activity that comes up or play ‘Lucky Dip.’ Put the individual pieces of paper in a bag, choose one and then do that activity. (a good one to play as a family.)

Outdoor Activities

Joe Wicks 5 minute move

Joe Wicks 5 minute move 3

Joe Wicks 5 minute move 2

 

 

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1. https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYI0TPJOuGk
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ffsxj4T8DI
4. There are some lovely yoga and mindfulness ideas in the booklets above also.
5. Try some yoga poses.

Draw and design this worksheet – You are Amazing!

I am an amazing person worksheet

Try 2 or 3 of these cards each day.

Mindfulness Challenge Cards

 

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Keep a food diary of what you eat this week

Design a food Diary

How much do you know about your teeth??

Teeth and Eating Challenge

Design a menu for a restaurant. Maybe host a ‘Come Dine With Me’ night and cook dinner for your family. (ASK FOR PARENTS HELP IF COOKING OR BAKING.)

Check out these websites for nice ideas…

https://www.mummycooks.com/blogs/recipes/8-healthy-homemade-snacks

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/kids-cooking

https://www.thekidscookmonday.org/

www.daveynutrition.com

https://supervalu.ie/real-food/recipes/

 

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Home

Bounce a SOFT ball, down the stairs into a bucket

Toilet roll – make a tower that will reach the ceiling

Design your own obstacle course using places and objects around the home.

Other good websites to check out:

https://www.scoilnet.ie/pdst/physlit/beyond/

https://padlet.com/ballygiblinmarieh/dfyblac77krpg99b

 

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Hi girls,

It was lovely to talk to you last week and see how you are all doing.

This week we are going to put the books aside and focus on our physical and mental wellbeing.

The idea is to motivate us to keep physically and mentally active at home by trying some new (and old) activities, taking on challenges and hopefully having some fun.

Below is a menu of activities which you can do. Some of the activities can be done on your own while others involve you asking some family members to join in.  You can do other  appropriate activities that are not suggested below.

Aim to do 3 – 4 activities a day. Please keep a record of what you do every day. Fill out the timetable that I have included (or make your own one) or keep a diary of the week recording events completed.

Go n-éirí leat,

Ms. Landers

P.S. Work it Out answers for Week 23 are included

 

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• Play some games that you might have played with your friends at school or on the green at home e.g.

1. Running Races
2. Potato Sack Race
3. Hopscotch
4. Tag Games
5. Ball Games e.g. soccer, basketball
6. Jump Competitions e.g. long jump, high jump
7. Red Light, Green Light
8. Simon Says
9. Ship, Sea, Shore

• Practise throwing and catching a ball, either against a wall or with a partner. Throw a ball in the air. Can you clap before catching it? Can you turn around before catching it?
• Shoot at a target: with a hurley and sliotar, basketball, football etc.
• Practise your balance: Can you walk on a straight line with your eyes closed? On your tippy toes? On your heels? Can you walk and carry a book on your head?
• If you have a skipping rope: skip forwards/ skip backwards/ two feet together

Scissors Jump: land with one foot forward, then the next jump switch feet

Cross Jump: land with feet crossed like an X, then apart, then crossed again

Duckie: Land with heels apart, toes and knees pointed in, then next jump put heels together and toes and knees pointed out

• Design an Obstacle Course at home. Do different activities at each station e.g. squats, high knees, lunges, push ups, march on the spot, jumping jacks, arm circles
• Create your own dance to your favourite song. Check out Justdance.com
• Practise some Yoga poses e.g. tree pose, cobra pose, camel pose, lion pose, flamingo pose, butterfly pose. Deep breaths : in through your nose, out through your mouth
• Cosmic Yoga on YouTube is very good
• Play rounders with your family, have a game of soccer, camogie, basketball etc.
• Check out this padlet for lots of ideas
• Also the GoNoodle app is very useful
• The Camogie Association host camogie webinars to develop camogie skills. Check out Camogie.ie
• Don’t forget about Joe Wicks on YouTube
• Make a healthy breakfast/snack/lunch/evening meal e.g. poached egg with hollandaise sauce, banana bread, flapjacks, a smoothie, a healthy sandwich, a stir-fry. Follow the school’s weekly challenge: Take a photo of one of your finished products and email it into school
• Design a healthy menu for the day
• Do some sketching e.g. flowers in bloom , a bowl of fruit
• Help out with the gardening at home
• Make something in Art from whatever materials you have at home e.g. a 3-D football pitch / swimming pool. Make a papier macheé sports star
• Continue to read. Go to your favourite spot at home, try to forget everything and enjoy your book
• Sewing activities e.g. make finger puppets, design a headband, make a friendship bracelet
• Do some colouring activities. There are free printable mindfulness colouring sheets on twinkl.ie or teachingideas.co.uk
• Take out some board games that you mightn’t have played in a while e.g. Snakes and Ladders, Draughts, Monopoly
• Play Charades
• Play card games. Learn a new card game e.g. Go Fish, Clocks< Old Maid, Rummy
• There are some lovely mindfulness/ breath meditation for children on YouTube
• Research a sports player that you admire e.g. Katie Taylor, Briege Corkery, Mona Mc Sharry, Messi . Write an article about them e.g. their background, what training they did, what makes them so successful
• Design a wordsearch or crossword with the theme “Health in mind and body”
• On Friday complete a reflection. In it answer the following questions:

What was your favourite activity of the week and why? Why is it important to stay active? If there is anything bothering me what should I do? In future is there anything that I am going to do to make me a better person?

 

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