Artist workshop 3: Painting
This Wednesday 18th November, Deirdre was back in with us for another art workshop. We mixed lots of colours using different shades of the primary colours: red, yellow and blue. We then used these new colours we had created to paint our clay figures that we made 2 weeks ago! The finished result is lovely and we will be bringing our clay home soon.
Science Week 2020
This week (9th-13th November) is Science week! As a class we completed an investigation into what would happen if we shook a jar of cream, and we ended up with butter and buttermilk! We added some salt to our butter and ate it with cream crackers. It was lovely!
We have been studying Native Americans during the month of November so we used some of the materials we had collected for art to build some wigwams as a STEM activity. We created some fantastic structures!
We have been studying Native Americans during the month of November so we used some of the materials we had collected for art to build some wigwams as a STEM activity. We created some fantastic structures!
Artist Workshop 11th November 2020
Deirdre came to our classroom again this week for another workshop. This week we headed outside to collect some fallen leaves to use in our art. We used these leaves and contact paper to create some autumnal designs. When we stuck our designs on the window they looked like stained glass. We have gotten lots of compliments on our work.
Artist Workshop 4th November 2020
We are so lucky to have artist Deirdre O’Reilly visiting us for the next 6 weeks for art workshops. For week 1 we worked on making 3D figures out of clay.
Homework 21st September
Homework 14th September
Briathar na seachtaine: Bí (see attachment)
Country of the month: Ireland - I have given each of you a county to research during the week (see attachment). You will share what you learned about this county with the rest of the class on Friday!
Spellings: Spellings for me tests - keep going until you are locked out (minimum 20 minutes per day). If you are locked out, start your blue dictation tests.
Reading: Read 10 pages of your school library book per night.
Maths: Practice counting 1-100 as Gaeilge. Mangahigh activities.
0 = náid, 10 = deich, 20 = fiche, 30 = triocha, 40 = daichead, 50 = caoga, 60 = seasca, 70 = seachtó, 80 = ochtó, 90 = nócha, 100 = céad
Country of the month: Ireland - I have given each of you a county to research during the week (see attachment). You will share what you learned about this county with the rest of the class on Friday!
Spellings: Spellings for me tests - keep going until you are locked out (minimum 20 minutes per day). If you are locked out, start your blue dictation tests.
Reading: Read 10 pages of your school library book per night.
Maths: Practice counting 1-100 as Gaeilge. Mangahigh activities.
0 = náid, 10 = deich, 20 = fiche, 30 = triocha, 40 = daichead, 50 = caoga, 60 = seasca, 70 = seachtó, 80 = ochtó, 90 = nócha, 100 = céad
Spellings for Me
https://stjog.spellingsforme.ie/
Zoom Call - Friday 26th June
Hi girls!
Just a reminder to email me if you are interested in being involved in the zoom call on Friday so I can send you the details!
I’m really looking forward to seeing you all :)
My e-mail is smcmenaminsjg@gmail.com
Just a reminder to email me if you are interested in being involved in the zoom call on Friday so I can send you the details!
I’m really looking forward to seeing you all :)
My e-mail is smcmenaminsjg@gmail.com
Monday 22nd June
Hi girls!
Can you believe it’s your last week of school?! I’m so proud of you all for all your hard work this year :) I hope you all had a fun Sports Week! I’d love to hear from you all about your favourite activities last week!
Junior Masterchef
This week is Junior Masterchef! Head over to the Cookery Club page for more information and have a look at the teachers recipes for inspiration!
Well-being Journal
I have attached a well-being journal for you below! There are some lovely activities in this for your last week of school!
Zoom Call
This Friday at 12 I will be organising a class zoom call, if you would like to be involved make sure to email me! I will then email you with all of the details that you will need to join! I’m really looking forward to seeing you all again :)
Virtual School Tour
We weren’t able to go on our school tour this year, but to try to make up for it I’ve attached virtual school tours below! I hope you enjoy them and if you do you can let me know your favourite parts of the virtual school tours on our zoom call!
Have a lovely week,
Ms. McMenamin :)
Can you believe it’s your last week of school?! I’m so proud of you all for all your hard work this year :) I hope you all had a fun Sports Week! I’d love to hear from you all about your favourite activities last week!
Junior Masterchef
This week is Junior Masterchef! Head over to the Cookery Club page for more information and have a look at the teachers recipes for inspiration!
Well-being Journal
I have attached a well-being journal for you below! There are some lovely activities in this for your last week of school!
Zoom Call
This Friday at 12 I will be organising a class zoom call, if you would like to be involved make sure to email me! I will then email you with all of the details that you will need to join! I’m really looking forward to seeing you all again :)
Virtual School Tour
We weren’t able to go on our school tour this year, but to try to make up for it I’ve attached virtual school tours below! I hope you enjoy them and if you do you can let me know your favourite parts of the virtual school tours on our zoom call!
Have a lovely week,
Ms. McMenamin :)
Monday 15th June
Hi girls,
This week instead of your usual written work, you will be completing Sports Day activities everyday. You can try out the activities daily that are posted on the Active School page. On Friday, you will chose your 5 favourite activities from the week to complete your Virtual Sports Day! I look forward to getting pictures of you all having fun trying out the activities!
I hope you all have a great week!
Ms. McMenamin
This week instead of your usual written work, you will be completing Sports Day activities everyday. You can try out the activities daily that are posted on the Active School page. On Friday, you will chose your 5 favourite activities from the week to complete your Virtual Sports Day! I look forward to getting pictures of you all having fun trying out the activities!
I hope you all have a great week!
Ms. McMenamin
Work for Home- 8th - 12th June
Hi girls!
The work for the week is posted below! If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask, I love hearing from you all!
Daily Mile - The Active Schools Committee have started a Daily Mile Competition. When you run / walk your daily mile (or more) keep track of your distance over the week and send me your total every Friday. The winning class with the most distance covered will get a prize at the end of every week. I hope that more of you get involved this week!
The work for the week is posted below! If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask, I love hearing from you all!
Daily Mile - The Active Schools Committee have started a Daily Mile Competition. When you run / walk your daily mile (or more) keep track of your distance over the week and send me your total every Friday. The winning class with the most distance covered will get a prize at the end of every week. I hope that more of you get involved this week!
Work for Home - 3rd - 5th June
Hi girls,
I hope you all had a lovely bank holiday weekend!
Daily Mile - The Active Schools Committee have started a Daily Mile Competition. When you run / walk your daily mile (or more) keep track of your distance over the week and send me your total every Friday. The winning class with the most distance covered will get a prize at the end of every week. I hope that more of you get involved this week!
Master Chef - Ms. Quigg has started a really exciting competition for cooking and baking at home, have a look at the Cooking Club page for information on what you have to do and what prizes are up for grabs :) Well done to Amelia who has won the Masterchef competition two weeks in a row! I'd love if more of you could get involved with Masterchef as most of you have done Cookery Club this year!
Keep up the good work :)
Ms McMenamin
I hope you all had a lovely bank holiday weekend!
Daily Mile - The Active Schools Committee have started a Daily Mile Competition. When you run / walk your daily mile (or more) keep track of your distance over the week and send me your total every Friday. The winning class with the most distance covered will get a prize at the end of every week. I hope that more of you get involved this week!
Master Chef - Ms. Quigg has started a really exciting competition for cooking and baking at home, have a look at the Cooking Club page for information on what you have to do and what prizes are up for grabs :) Well done to Amelia who has won the Masterchef competition two weeks in a row! I'd love if more of you could get involved with Masterchef as most of you have done Cookery Club this year!
Keep up the good work :)
Ms McMenamin
Mindful May- 22nd May
Write down three positives thoughts you have today :)
Work for Home - 25th - 29th May
Hi girls!
I'm so impressed with how hard you are all working, well done! If you have completed your active charts send them to me through email -smcmenaminsjg@gmail.com and Ms. Sherwin and Ms. Shaughnessy will send you out a certificate!
Daily Mile - The Active Schools Committee have started a Daily Mile Competition. When you run / walk your daily mile (or more) keep track of your distance over the week and send me your total every Friday. The winning class with the most distance covered will get a prize at the end of every week.
Master Chef - Ms. Quigg has started a really exciting competition for cooking and baking at home, have a look at the Cooking Club page for information on what you have to do and what prizes are up for grabs :)
The work for the week is below, if you have any questions don't hesitate to email me! I really love seeing the work you complete every week so I'd love if you could email me pictures of the work you do this week - the maps / maths work / daily mile / cooking / art :)
Keep up the good work :)
Ms McMenamin
I'm so impressed with how hard you are all working, well done! If you have completed your active charts send them to me through email -smcmenaminsjg@gmail.com and Ms. Sherwin and Ms. Shaughnessy will send you out a certificate!
Daily Mile - The Active Schools Committee have started a Daily Mile Competition. When you run / walk your daily mile (or more) keep track of your distance over the week and send me your total every Friday. The winning class with the most distance covered will get a prize at the end of every week.
Master Chef - Ms. Quigg has started a really exciting competition for cooking and baking at home, have a look at the Cooking Club page for information on what you have to do and what prizes are up for grabs :)
The work for the week is below, if you have any questions don't hesitate to email me! I really love seeing the work you complete every week so I'd love if you could email me pictures of the work you do this week - the maps / maths work / daily mile / cooking / art :)
Keep up the good work :)
Ms McMenamin
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Work for Home - 18th - 22nd May
Hi girls!
I hope you're all enjoying your time at home and looking after yourselves! I'm so impressed with how hard you are all working, well done! If you have completed your active charts send them to me through email -smcmenaminsjg@gmail.com and Ms. Sherwin and Ms. Shaughnessy will send you out a certificate! We are starting a daily mile, have a look at the poster above for info!
Well done to the girls who sent me in entries for the art competition! They were excellent as always :) The winners of the art competition in 5th Class were Olivia and Amelia, well done girls!
Master Chef - Ms. Quigg has started a really exciting competition for cooking and baking at home, have a look at the Cooking Club page for information on what you have to do and what prizes are up for grabs :)
The work for the week is below, if you have any questions don't hesitate to email me! This week instead of Brain Teasers we will do Mindful May challenges everyday! These easy tasks will help you take time to yourselves and practice mindfulness in a really simple way!
Keep up the good work :)
Ms McMenamin
I hope you're all enjoying your time at home and looking after yourselves! I'm so impressed with how hard you are all working, well done! If you have completed your active charts send them to me through email -smcmenaminsjg@gmail.com and Ms. Sherwin and Ms. Shaughnessy will send you out a certificate! We are starting a daily mile, have a look at the poster above for info!
Well done to the girls who sent me in entries for the art competition! They were excellent as always :) The winners of the art competition in 5th Class were Olivia and Amelia, well done girls!
Master Chef - Ms. Quigg has started a really exciting competition for cooking and baking at home, have a look at the Cooking Club page for information on what you have to do and what prizes are up for grabs :)
The work for the week is below, if you have any questions don't hesitate to email me! This week instead of Brain Teasers we will do Mindful May challenges everyday! These easy tasks will help you take time to yourselves and practice mindfulness in a really simple way!
Keep up the good work :)
Ms McMenamin
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Work for Home- 11th - 15th May
Hi Girls!
I hope you're all enjoying your time at home and looking after yourselves! I'm so impressed with how hard you are all working, well done! Special well done to the girls who kept active for Active Schools Week! If you have completed your active charts send them to me through email -smcmenaminsjg@gmail.com and Ms. Sherwin and Ms. Shaughnessy will send you out a certificate!
Also, if any of you have artwork that you would like to enter into the school art competition, email me the entry before Wednesday! I know that you are very artistic and creative girls so I'm expecting lots of entries from 5th class!
The work for the week is below, if you have any questions don't hesitate to email me, if you have trouble accessing the four Math pages and the 3 Irish pages they are in a document below as well as with the Work for Home document :) This week instead of Brain Teasers we will do Mindful May challenges everyday! These easy tasks will help you take time to yourselves and practice mindfulness in a really simple way!
Keep up the good work :)
Ms McMenamin
I hope you're all enjoying your time at home and looking after yourselves! I'm so impressed with how hard you are all working, well done! Special well done to the girls who kept active for Active Schools Week! If you have completed your active charts send them to me through email -smcmenaminsjg@gmail.com and Ms. Sherwin and Ms. Shaughnessy will send you out a certificate!
Also, if any of you have artwork that you would like to enter into the school art competition, email me the entry before Wednesday! I know that you are very artistic and creative girls so I'm expecting lots of entries from 5th class!
The work for the week is below, if you have any questions don't hesitate to email me, if you have trouble accessing the four Math pages and the 3 Irish pages they are in a document below as well as with the Work for Home document :) This week instead of Brain Teasers we will do Mindful May challenges everyday! These easy tasks will help you take time to yourselves and practice mindfulness in a really simple way!
Keep up the good work :)
Ms McMenamin
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Brain Teaser of the Day - Friday 8th May
If a red house is made of red bricks, and a yellow house is made of yellow bricks, what is a greenhouse made of?
Email your answers to smcmenaminsjg@gmail.com
The winner will receive a homework pass when we get back to school :)
Yesterday’s answer:
Find rhyming pairs. Unscramble the words below so that each pair of words rhymes.
1.bear share
2.wonder thunder
3.taught bought
4.could good
Well done Olivia for getting the closest correct answer yesterday :)
Email your answers to smcmenaminsjg@gmail.com
The winner will receive a homework pass when we get back to school :)
Yesterday’s answer:
Find rhyming pairs. Unscramble the words below so that each pair of words rhymes.
1.bear share
2.wonder thunder
3.taught bought
4.could good
Well done Olivia for getting the closest correct answer yesterday :)
Work for Home - Wednesday 6th May
Hi girls,
I hope you all had a nice long weekend! I've attached this weeks work below. By now you should have all received your new books 'The Borrowers' and 'Danny the Champion of the World'. I'm really enjoying reading the Borrowers at the minute and I hope you all are too! Every week I will assign work based on your reading of 'The Borrowers', this week will be based on Chapter Two :)
Keep up the good work!
Ms. McMenamin
I hope you all had a nice long weekend! I've attached this weeks work below. By now you should have all received your new books 'The Borrowers' and 'Danny the Champion of the World'. I'm really enjoying reading the Borrowers at the minute and I hope you all are too! Every week I will assign work based on your reading of 'The Borrowers', this week will be based on Chapter Two :)
Keep up the good work!
Ms. McMenamin
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Work for Home - Monday 27th April
Hi girls,
I've attached the work for this week below! The Math and Gaeilge is a little bit different this week, instead of doing the books you will be doing activities from the pictures in the word document below :) I'm enjoying getting emails from you all so keep it up! Also, well done to the girls who are emailing me answers for the riddle of the day! We've got brain teasers everyday this week for a change!
Keep up the good work girls :)
Ms. McMenamin
I've attached the work for this week below! The Math and Gaeilge is a little bit different this week, instead of doing the books you will be doing activities from the pictures in the word document below :) I'm enjoying getting emails from you all so keep it up! Also, well done to the girls who are emailing me answers for the riddle of the day! We've got brain teasers everyday this week for a change!
Keep up the good work girls :)
Ms. McMenamin
Work for Home- Monday 20th April
Hi girls!
I hope you all had a lovely Easter relaxing and spending time with your families! I've attached more work for this week below :) I'd love to keep hearing from you through the emails so if you have any pictures of lovely artwork / baking / cooking or any questions feel free to email me! Remember to keep reading, doing Mangahigh and helping your families around the house! I'm going to continue with the Riddle of the Day so keep checking back every morning for the riddle and email me your answers! Also, I've added some more ideas to the 'Free Time Activities' to keep you busy :)
I hope you all have a lovely week!
Ms. McMenamin
I hope you all had a lovely Easter relaxing and spending time with your families! I've attached more work for this week below :) I'd love to keep hearing from you through the emails so if you have any pictures of lovely artwork / baking / cooking or any questions feel free to email me! Remember to keep reading, doing Mangahigh and helping your families around the house! I'm going to continue with the Riddle of the Day so keep checking back every morning for the riddle and email me your answers! Also, I've added some more ideas to the 'Free Time Activities' to keep you busy :)
I hope you all have a lovely week!
Ms. McMenamin
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Easter Holidays
Hi girls!
I hope you're all keeping well! Thank you to the girls who have been emailing me their lovely work and their riddle answers, I loved hearing from you all!
I'll be adding some fun Easter activities, arts ideas, STEM activities and recipes for you to try out so keep checking back on the school website over the next two weeks :)
Also, I have added some more ideas to the 'Free Time Activities' and I've assigned more work on Mangahigh to keep you busy over the Easter Holidays!
I hope that you are all helping your families with chores around the house! Some things you could do to help - set the table, empty the dishwasher, sweep the floor, make a meal and make your bed :) These are small things that you could do that I'm sure would mean a lot to your families!
If you try out any of the art ideas, recipes or Easter activities I'd love if you emailed me to tell me how it went or emailed me pictures! My email is smcmenaminsjg@gmail.com :)
Happy Easter!
Ms. McMenamin
I hope you're all keeping well! Thank you to the girls who have been emailing me their lovely work and their riddle answers, I loved hearing from you all!
I'll be adding some fun Easter activities, arts ideas, STEM activities and recipes for you to try out so keep checking back on the school website over the next two weeks :)
Also, I have added some more ideas to the 'Free Time Activities' and I've assigned more work on Mangahigh to keep you busy over the Easter Holidays!
I hope that you are all helping your families with chores around the house! Some things you could do to help - set the table, empty the dishwasher, sweep the floor, make a meal and make your bed :) These are small things that you could do that I'm sure would mean a lot to your families!
If you try out any of the art ideas, recipes or Easter activities I'd love if you emailed me to tell me how it went or emailed me pictures! My email is smcmenaminsjg@gmail.com :)
Happy Easter!
Ms. McMenamin
Easter Activities
- Hold an Easter Egg Hunt
- Make Happy Easter Cards
- Hold an Egg and Spoon Race
- Write a narrative story inspired by Easter
- Watch some Easter movies (link below)
- Bake some Easter inspired treats
- Make Easter masks
Easter Recipes
Work for Home - Monday 30th March
Hi girls!
I hope you're all enjoying time your time off with your families! I've attached some more work to keep you busy for the next week. Again, if there's anything that is too tricky just skip it and come back to it after you've completed the rest of your work.
Ms. Clarke and Ms. Gerrard have also left loads of fun activities that you can do on the 'Learning From Home' tab!
Well done to the girls who have been logging onto Mangahigh, I've assigned more tasks for this week so keep up the good work!
I understand that this time can be quite boring and stressful, but if we all do our bit (wash our hands, social distancing) it will go back to normal soon! :)
If you do feel a little stressed, I've attached some ideas for relaxing mindfulness activities that you could do. Also, there is an idea of a daily routine that you could follow if you find yourself getting bored! Try to keep up hobbies like art, playing board games / cards, baking, cooking, singing and dancing instead of spending too much time on your phones!
I'm going to do a Riddle of the Day everyday this week. Keep checking back every morning for the riddle, the girl who emails me first with the correct answer will win a homework pass when we get back to school :)
I'd love to see all the lovely work you're doing while at home so feel free to email me pictures of art work, projects, reports and any cooking or baking you're doing! Also, if you have any questions you can email me on smcmenaminsjg@gmail.com :) I'll be posting a few activities over the Easter break to keep you busy so keep checking back on the school website over the next few weeks!
Take care and I'll see you all soon!
Ms. McMenamin
I hope you're all enjoying time your time off with your families! I've attached some more work to keep you busy for the next week. Again, if there's anything that is too tricky just skip it and come back to it after you've completed the rest of your work.
Ms. Clarke and Ms. Gerrard have also left loads of fun activities that you can do on the 'Learning From Home' tab!
Well done to the girls who have been logging onto Mangahigh, I've assigned more tasks for this week so keep up the good work!
I understand that this time can be quite boring and stressful, but if we all do our bit (wash our hands, social distancing) it will go back to normal soon! :)
If you do feel a little stressed, I've attached some ideas for relaxing mindfulness activities that you could do. Also, there is an idea of a daily routine that you could follow if you find yourself getting bored! Try to keep up hobbies like art, playing board games / cards, baking, cooking, singing and dancing instead of spending too much time on your phones!
I'm going to do a Riddle of the Day everyday this week. Keep checking back every morning for the riddle, the girl who emails me first with the correct answer will win a homework pass when we get back to school :)
I'd love to see all the lovely work you're doing while at home so feel free to email me pictures of art work, projects, reports and any cooking or baking you're doing! Also, if you have any questions you can email me on smcmenaminsjg@gmail.com :) I'll be posting a few activities over the Easter break to keep you busy so keep checking back on the school website over the next few weeks!
Take care and I'll see you all soon!
Ms. McMenamin
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Work for Home - Thursday 12th March
Hi everyone,
I've attached a file with work that can be completed over the next two weeks! If you find anything tricky just skip it and come back to it when you've finished all your work! I've set work on Mangahigh for you to do and I'll be checking who is logging on :)
Remember to keep going with your Paired Reading!
You could also do free writing, create artwork inspired by some of the artists we've looked at so far this year (Picasso, Van Gogh, Keith Haring), write a report on a topic of your choice, cook/ bake something you've done with Ms. Quigg or I've attached some ideas for Active homework! Also, make sure you're helping around the house with chores and looking after younger brothers and sisters!
Take care of yourselves and I'll see you all very soon!
Ms. McMenamin
I've attached a file with work that can be completed over the next two weeks! If you find anything tricky just skip it and come back to it when you've finished all your work! I've set work on Mangahigh for you to do and I'll be checking who is logging on :)
Remember to keep going with your Paired Reading!
You could also do free writing, create artwork inspired by some of the artists we've looked at so far this year (Picasso, Van Gogh, Keith Haring), write a report on a topic of your choice, cook/ bake something you've done with Ms. Quigg or I've attached some ideas for Active homework! Also, make sure you're helping around the house with chores and looking after younger brothers and sisters!
Take care of yourselves and I'll see you all very soon!
Ms. McMenamin
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Science for Fun
A big thank you to the Ms Clarke and the parents who came in today to help us work on some fabulous science stations. I think we can say the parents enjoyed it as much as the girls. We had 4 stations-1. Floating and Sinking, 2. Gravity, 3. Acid and bases, 4. Magnetism. The girls learned lots while having a huge amount of fun.
September in 3rd Class
Welcome back to all the girls. We are now in third class in Room 1. Our teacher this year is Ms. Kelly. We are really excited about becoming part of the senior school. A great year ahead!!
A Look Back on Second Class so Far
As June has arrived let's take some time to look back on some of the learning and fun that has taken place in Room 2 since September.
PAIRED READING WITH SENIOR INFANTS
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
We went into the Senior Infants to help them with their reading. They were so good at helping us to read and loved to talk about the pictures and the stories. Well done girls!
Summer Art
This week we painted summer ice pops. The girls are excellent colour mixers and the finished product was a vibrant sea of colour!
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