22nd February 2021
Dear Parents and Guardians,
We hope that you and your families are well after the week’s break and managed to enjoy some fresh air in place of some lessons at home. It’s safe to say our eyes are glad of the break from screens. We are recharged and ready for what we hope will be just a short time of online activities with news of a possible return to school soon.
We can certainly feel Spring in the air these days with longer days and some lovely sunshine. We look forward to observing signs of Spring with the children over the next few weeks.
We hope that the girls will continue to engage with their lessons with the same enthusiasm as before the break. The most important thing for us all however, is that the girls stay happy and healthy in mind and body during this time. We look forward to returning to class soon to our smiling, content little ladies and everything else will follow on from there.
Thank you for all your support and please let us know if we can be of any help to you.
Take care,
The First Class Team,
Ms Catterson, Mrs Cunnane, Ms Doran, Mrs McCormack and Ms Travers
https://padlet.com/1stclassatravers/6x2keqrgm6y8pmba
Some online resources to keep you busy!
1st Class Suggested Websites
English
Variety of Spelling, Reading and Grammar Activities
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html#word%20link
IXL Learning: Wide variety of 1st Class English Topics & Activities
https://ie.ixl.com/ela/class-1
Grammar Games
https://www.arcademics.com/games/elephant-feed
Online Readers: Oxford Reading Tree
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/reading-owl/find-a-book/library-page
Starfall Interactive Readers
https://www.starfall.com/h/ltr-classic/?mg=m
Reading Comprehensions Tasks
https://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/330/reading/index.htm
Spelling Bee
https://www.arcademics.com/games/spelling-bees
Turtle Dash Spelling Game
https://www.arcademics.com/games/turtle-dash
Jolly Grammar: Story Writing Sheets
https://www.jollylearning.co.uk/resource-bank/story-writing-sheets/
Jolly Grammar: Reading Comprehension
https://www.jollylearning.co.uk/resource-bank/reading-comprehension-sheet/
Gaeilge
Cula 4: Educational section of TG4 with cartoons, games and animations.
https://www.tg4.ie/ga/player/catagoir/gasuir/https://www.tg4.ie/ga/player/catagoir/gasuir/
Maths
Maths: Numbertime
BBC Episodes with titles: Money, Shape, Addition and Subtraction, Time, Up to 100
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSq3AbMqEjVeJxR8dnfQ9f-R4fD_YLDeC
Maths: Wide variety of 1st Class Maths Topics & Activities
https://ie.ixl.com/math/class-1
Number: Place Value Basketball
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/place-value-basketball
Number: Ordering Number Coconuts
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/coconut-ordering
Counting: 10 Frame
https://www.nctm.org/Classroom-Resources/Illuminations/Interactives/Ten-Frame/
Shapes
https://www.kidsolr.com/earlychildhood/basicskillsa.html
Counting Games
http://members.learningplanet.com/act/count/free.asp
Symmetry Sorting Shapes
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/symmetry/symmetry-sorting
General
Wide variety of weblinks, games, videos for the Irish Curriculum (search 1st & 2nd Class Resources)
https://www.scoilnet.ie/
Wide variety of topics on all subjects for 1st Class (Key Stage 1)
www.topmarks.co.uk
Very good resources for Geography/ Science as well as English and Maths.
Lego Activity Ideas: 30 Day Lego Challenge