Hi 4th Classes! We hope you and your families are all very well and that you are keeping busy and helping out around the house as much as possible. 

Here are some more ideas to stay busy and to work your brain out each day!

• Make yourself a daily timetable and try to take an activity break every 30 minutes or so.
• We DO NOT want you to do ALL the work below. 
• We are giving you lots of ideas to keep you busy but you and your parents/guardians can pick and choose based on the day ahead. 
• Just try to keep up with Mental Maths, Read at Home, spellings, tables and reading and then choose other activities that suit your household.
• This work should keep you going until the Easter break. Feel free to continue it over the break if you are bored! Take a break from Mental Maths and Read at Home, as well as spellings and tables over Easter.
• ALWAYS have an adult present when clicking on link to an internet website. Be safe online.

English Reading

Keep up your reading as much as possible. If you enjoyed Winn Dixie, there is a section of Kate DiCamillo books on Tumble Books:  https://www.sdcc.ie/en/services/sport-and-recreation/libraries/explore-collections/

Your parent/guardian can register for free access or you can use the school log in: D4000000561881

Epic Books log ins: 

Ms O’Flaherty’s class: ize9690

Ms Collins’ class: biv4757

The author Oliver Jeffers will read a book a day aloud on his website: https://www.oliverjeffers.com/abookaday

English Writing

• Work on your spellings for the day each day.
• Put each spelling word into an interesting sentence.
• Complete a Read at Home and answer the questions in your copy each day
• Keep up with your handwriting book.
• Do Free Writing for 10-15 minutes daily on your chosen topic.

Maths

• Continue to complete a Mental Maths each day. Don’t forget problem solving and the Friday review.

Extra Practice Ideas:

• Print off or write out the following long multiplication sums and correct them using a calculator. If you get one wrong, try to figure out where you went wrong. The answers are provided to correct but don’t look at them until the end!: https://www.math-drills.com/multiplication2/multiplication_long_no_tseparator_0202_001.php
• Do the following division sums (Answers on the same page so don’t look until the end!) https://www.math-drills.com/division/division_long_1dd2dq_nr_001.php
• Practice Fractions and Decimals: https://www.abcya.com/games/fractions_to_decimals
• Play a game of countdown with numbers with your siblings: https://nrich.maths.org/6499
• Continue to use Topmarks https://www.topmarks.co.uk IXL, https://ie.ixl.com/ and Abcya https://www.abcya.com/  to revise topics you find tricky.
• Play Stop the clock https://teachingtime.co.uk/draggames/sthec4.html

Irish

Watch your favourite cartoon in Irish: https://www.cula4.com/en/

Sign up for Duolingo and do a placement test to find your level of Irish. You can then do online lessons based on your level:  https://www.duolingo.com/

Play some games on https://seideansi.ie 

History

Read about life in the 1950s in Ireland: https://www.museum.ie/Country-Life/Folklife-Collections/Featured-Topics/Rural-Childhood-in-the-1950s

Watch this video about toys in the 1950s: https://www.rte.ie/archives/2016/0802/806411-1950s-childhood-memories/

Watch these children playing games from the past  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DrGijdmBqU 

Compare toys and games in the past to toys and games now.

In your copy:

Toys and Games from the Past

Similarities	Differences
Eg. We still play with dolls	Dolls are more realistic now

With an adult, use Facetime/ Videocall/ Skype to contact a grandparent or older relative. Ask them questions like:

What games did you play when you were young?

What was your favourite toy when you were young?

What was school like?

What did you want to be when you grew up?

What is your favourite invention in your lifetime? TV? Internet? A gadget?

What TV/radio shows did you watch/listen to, if any? What do you like to watch/listen to now?

What is your favourite memory from your childhood?

Have you any advice you’d like to share with me?

Generate other questions you’d like to ask them!

You can use the information you gather to write a newspaper article in a copy about them.

Geography

Continue to work on your China project.

Your project should include:

• A Cover page with title of project and name
• A list of contents with page numbers
• A well presented and clearly labelled map of China
• A variety of printed and drawn images and written explanations
• China Factfile
• Geography of China
• Chinese History
• Extra topics such as Chinese music, art, culture, myths and legends, traditions

Music

Dabbledoomusic are offering a month free to all parents who would like to use their resources: https://dabbledoomusic.com/p/parents

Suggested learning: Learn the songs in the Pop Songs for Kids section (You Got a Friend in Me by Randy Newman, Adams Family Theme Song, Don’t Worry Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin). All songs also available on Spotify.

Science

Research the human body and record your top 10 facts you have learned in your copy.  http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/humanbody.html

Physical Education

Try a new gymnastics roll each day: https://www.scoilnet.ie/pdst/primarygymrolling/

Activity Breaks

Jo Wicks 5 min movement breaks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3LPrhI0v-w 

Make your own Gonoodle free account: https://www.gonoodle.com

Jo Wicks will also be running a live P.E. class every weekday morning at 9:00am on his Youtube channel.

Drama and Art

Some games to play as a family: http://www.bbbpress.com/dramagames/

Draw, paint or get creative!

Religion

Do a GLAD activity in your copy and decorate it

G- One thing you’re grateful for

L- One thing you learned today

A- One thing you achieved today

D- One moment that brought you delight today

We can’t wait to see you all soon and hear about all the wonderful things you have learned.

Kind regards,

Ms O’Flaherty and Ms Collins