Hello Everyone!

WE HAVE MADE IT! Today is your last day of home learning in third class. It has been a long road to get there but after today you can take a well earned break from school work. I have one last task for you today before we officially finish and it comes in 3 parts. First, write down what you enjoyed about home learning. Second, write down what you did not like about home learning. And lastly, write down things that you are excited about or looking forward to (can be over the summer or when lockdown comes to an end). Try to write 3-5 for each.

As we finish up for the summer I just want to say a massive well done and thank you to all of you for the work you have done this year. It has been a very strange year and I am very proud of how you have adapted to our new way of learning over the past few months. The quality of work being sent in daily was terrific. It certainly wasn't easy but we will be all the better for it and it will be a year we will never forget. So take a well earned rest for yourselves (I know I will!), enjoy the holidays and please God we will back in school and ready to go again in September.

Stay safe everyone and have a great summer!
Mr McGrath
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Hi everyone!

I hope you all had a fantastic weekend and that you enjoyed the virtual tour around Dublin Zoo on Friday. Tomorrow we will finish up for the summer holidays so I'm going to keep things rather easy today. What i'm asking you to do is to look back over you time in third class and answer the question cards as honestly as you can. They are attached below and on Seesaw and I'm looking forward to seeing your responses. You don't have to answers each one and send them in separately, just put to number of the question you are answering beside it and send them all in together.

The other thing I want you to do is to read through the powerpoint attached below about safety over the summer. A lot of this you will know already but there is no harm in revising it.

Thanks for all the hard work you have put in. Have a great day!
Mr McGrath
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Hi everyone!

I hope you have really enjoyed this week. Today we have a special surprise, it's Virtual School Tour Day! I'm sending you somewhere that I love to visit, Dublin Zoo. Click on the link to begin. https://www.dublinzoo.ie/news/dublinzoofun/ There is so much for you to learn and discover. Click on the button that says Virtual Tours and watch the videos to check out the wonderful animals. After that go and have a look at the Eco Explorers Club section to find educational videos, Draw with Don Art Class with Don Conroy, Imagination Children’s Yoga, and an amazing Virtual Eco Explorers Tour at Dublin Zoo. There are plenty of activities to check out as well in the Activity Workbook Library and Nature Activity Videos sections. Pick and choose for yourself the ones that look of interest to you. If you are having any problem finding something send me an email and I'll try and help you out.

When you finish your tour I want you to be creative. Design your own layout for a zoo. You can draw it on paper or make it with Lego/blocks, whatever you like. Make sure to include everything you see on your tour. Hope you have a great time exploring and learning! 

Have a great weekend too!
Mr McGrath
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Hi guys!

I hope you had a great time being creative yesterday with Creative day. Today will be sort of similar and you will need your thinking caps. Today is STEM / Lego day. For today  I've attached plenty of challenges for you to try out. Make sure to look through them all, see which ones you will try and send in your pictures when you are done. Maybe you can challenge someone at home and see who can do it better. There are a few fun experiments thrown in too.

Best of luck with the challenges!
Mr McGrath
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Hello everyone

I hope you all had a great day yesterday with Sports Day. Today’s theme is Creative Day. There are lots of different ways to so your creativity. You could build something, do arts and crafts, paint or even do some baking. I’m sure you can come up with plenty more but here are some you can try out:

Pebble painting: Find some large smooth pebbles in your garden and paint them to look like garden animals or insects or even your favourite superheroes! Check out Pinterest for inspiration.

Face Masks – make a protective face mask for a relative to use while going shopping or to work Materials needed: • Cotton fabric (use old clothes/sheets) • Elastic cord • Fabric scissors • Ruler,pins • Sewing machine or needle and thread VideoTutorial: https://www.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/coronavirusireland-how-to-make-a-face-mask-with-our-step-by-step-tutorial-39209252.html

Nature Leaf Mobile - This is a very simple but effective idea using materials you would have in the garden https://www.hellowonderful.co/post/DIY-PAINTEDNATURE-LEAF-MOBILE/

Art Hub is a brilliant website which gives drawing tutorials. The children love it. There are some summer drawing ideas on the link below https://www.artforkidshub.com/seasons/summer/

Sunglasses Art Project – The perfect art activity to celebrate Summer’s arrival! http://www.thatartistwoman.org/2010/05/sunglasses-art-project.html

Toilet Roll Crafts – there are so many lovely things you can make using old toilet rolls–Get recycling fast as lightning! Have a look at pinterest and youtube for some examples

Lockdown 2020 Keepsake: Make something together as a family that will remind you of this time in your lives

Chalk Art – you will need a pack of extra large chalks for this. This is your chance to get really creative. Come up with some ideas of your own or if you need some inspiration check out these brilliant ideas using the link below https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/craft-ideas/g32266524/chalk-artideas/?slide=6

Easy Pasta Picture – this will appeal to the younger children in particular. All you need is some paper,bow tie pasta,paints,markers or colouring pencils and glue. https://www.craftymorning.com/bow-tie-noodle-butterfly-craft-for-kids

Check out the recipes that are attached below too!
​Get creative and have fun.
Mr McGrath
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Hi everybody!
 
I hope you all enjoyed Music and Dance day yesterday. Today we are having Sports Day! Try to get out early in the day as it is to be wet in the afternoon. Even if it is wet see what activities you can do indoors. There are so many activities you can do. Here are some you can try out:

1. The Lists https://sites.google.com/holyangelsns.ie/virtualsportsday/the-lists?authuser=0
2. The Activities
Running https://sites.google.com/holyangelsns.ie/virtualsportsday/the-activities/running?authuser=0
Kicking https://sites.google.com/holyangelsns.ie/virtualsportsday/the-activities/kicking?authuser=0
Throwing https://sites.google.com/holyangelsns.ie/virtualsportsday/the-activities/throwing?authuser=0
Landing https://sites.google.com/holyangelsns.ie/virtualsportsday/the-activities/throwing?authuser=0
Balancing https://sites.google.com/holyangelsns.ie/virtualsportsday/the-activities/balancing?authuser=0
Traditional Sports Day https://sites.google.com/holyangelsns.ie/virtualsportsday/the-activities/traditional-school-sports?authuser=0
3. Downloads https://sites.google.com/holyangelsns.ie/virtualsportsday/downloads?authuser=0
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I have also attached some other things that you can try out below. Make sure to look back at some of the activities we did for Active Week also.
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Send in your videos and photos on Seesaw. I hope you have lots of fun!
MrMcGrath
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Hi Everyone!

The teachers have decided to change things up a little bit the week. We had Active Home week and Well-Being week, we have decided this week if Fun Week. Each day there will be a different theme and activities for you to do. Today's theme is 'Music and Dance'. Instead of uploading work to Seesaw, we want you to try some of these activities (or some of your own) and you can post pictures or videos to Seesaw. Here are some suggestions for today:

Play your favourite song and create a dance for it.

Write your own song or compose a new tune.

Make your own water xylophone, also includes short music lesson about chords: https://youtu.be/DnDY0jarqOw

Make your own harmonica using ice pop sticks and rubber bands: https://youtu.be/Om8rm810Grs

​Make your own laughing cup using simple items found at home also includes short music lesson on music notation: https://youtu.be/bFfg4ZWINs4

Make own drum using a tin can and balloon, also includes short music lesson about tempo: https://youtu.be/2LeVEIpgavo

Hip Hop tutorial- Can’t stop the feeling: https://youtu.be/9sxifR0Ltqk

Go noodle: Trolls Can’t stop the feeling: https://youtu.be/KhfkYzUwYFk 

Gonoodle: Kidz Bop songs and dances
https://www.youtube.com/user/KidzBopKids

If you have any problems with the links let me know. Have a great day!
Mr McGrath
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Hi everyone!

We've come to the end of another week of home learning. Well done for the great work you have been doing. I know it's not always easy to sit down and do it. Here is the last part for this week:

Reading: Down with Electronic Games
Read twice carefully and answer the questions. Attached below and on Seesaw.

Maths: Weight
Busy at Maths pg. 158 & 159
Addition and subtraction with weight. Remember to start with your units first. Attached below and on Seesaw.

English: Singular and Plural
Continues on from the last time. Different rules apply for words ending in -f or -fe. Look carefully at the rules and make the appropriate changes. 
​Attached below and on Seesaw.

Geography: France
Mapwise pg 20-23 Read through the information on France and complete the activities. Attached below and on Seesaw.

Don't forget to send in your projects. Have a great weekend!
Mr McGrath
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Hi everybody

Here is the work for today, any questions make sure to email me and I'll get back to you as soon as I can:

Reading: Playing Hopscotch
Read twice carefully and answer the questions. Attached below and on Seesaw.

Maths: Weight
Busy at Maths pg 156 & 157
Answer questions based on weight. Guess whether something is greater than (>) 1kg, about 1kg or less than (<) 1kg. Remember 1kg = 1000g. See what things you can find at home to weigh. 
Attached below and on Seesaw.

Irish: Scrúdú Mata
Léigh agus freagair na ceisteanna (Read and answer the questions) If you have difficulty pronouncing the words in irish correctly, you can use the following link and click on the Munster Dialect. Write words individually if there’s more than one word.
https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fuaim
Attached below and on Seesaw.

Science: Heat
Read through and answer the questions based on heat. Only try the experiment if there is an adult present and you have permission to do it.
Attached below and on Seesaw.

You're doing great work, keep it up!
Mr McGrath
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Hi everyone

Well done on the work completed so far this week. You really are doing great. Here is what's on the list for today:

Reading: Sun Bears
Read through twice carefully and answer the questions. Attached below and on Seesaw.

Maths: Time
Busy at Maths pg. 154 & 155
Working with hours and minutes. Questions to answer on a diary. Attached below and on Seesaw.

English: Compound words
Compound words are words made up of two smaller words eg. sand + paper = sandpaper. Complete the activities. Attached below and on Seesaw. 

SPHE: Belonging to a Group
Looking at how things/people can be put into groups. Attached below and on Seesaw. 

Don't forget to keep working on your projects. Have a good day.
Mr McGrath
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