UPDATE 27/04/2020 School work for 1st/2nd class during closure

20th Mar 2020

Update 27/04/2020:

Don't forget to log into our Google Classroom account. If you still need your log in details please text the school phone or email me at aoife@kilcoskan.com

I put up work usually on a Monday for the week but check in from time to time I could have put extra bits up.

Don't forget to do the work at your own pace whatever suits you and your family. Any questions email me!

Update 30/3/2020:

Hi all,

I have set up a Google Classroom account. The log in for the class is wxjqr6c , you need a google account to log in as far as I know. Kilcoskan NS are taking part in a National Pilot Programme using digital technologies for assessment. As part of this each child will be assigned an individual username and generic password to GSuite for Education. This will give them access to Google Apps such as Docs, Slides and Forms. It WILL NOT give them access to Google Chat or GMail. After the first login with generic password they will be prompted to choose their own private password and will be responsible for remembering this and keeping it safe. They will use GSuite for Education as an online portfolio. The portfolio can be accessed from home allowing parents an insight into their children’s learning.

I had set up an @kilcoskan.com account for each of the pupils in 1st and 2nd for a digital project that the school is taking part in, however with the closure I hadn't gotten to give out the log in details. It would be envisioned at their @kilcoskan.com account would be like a digital portfolio that they will have through the rest of their time in Kilcoskan NS. If you would like to use their @kilcoskan.com account just email me through aoife@kilcoskan.com and I will forward you on the details of your child's account. I have disabled email and other features that we would not want 1st and 2nd class to be able to use.

Let me know how you get on if there are any technical issues. I will be putting up some work for the boys and girls on Google Classroom that needs a bit more information for them to complete than I can here on the blog. It will be a mixture of science challenges, English, spellings etc As usual feel free to do as much or as little as suits your family.

Hope everyone is keeping well,

Aoife

Update 26/3/2020:

Hi all, hope everyone is well! I am going to put up a few websites/links to some interesting sites you might like to check out 1st and 2nd. Don't forget to send me any photos of your work (especially any art you make) to aoife@kilcoskan.com

https://www.storylineonline.net/ we have used this a good bit in class so the boys and girls should be able to tell you all about it. It has lots of different stories read allowed by famous actors. Maybe when you have listened to the story you could write a review of it to share when we get back to school. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fyNXru8_qZ_-eoO3iWiHzL3JHespuEhA/view?usp=sharing is a link to a book review template you can fill in online or print off.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting is a maths website with lots of different games to play. The boys and girls like doing the daily 10 challenge, its lots of fun to test ourselves.
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/ has lots of information on cool animals, maybe you could look one up and do a little project on it for me. A few pictures on a page with a description of what it eats, where it sleeps and where you can find it would be brilliant! Don't forget to take your time with your handwriting :) Dublin Zoo have live webcams of their animals set up too.
http://www.nicurriculum.org.uk/snas_ar_sceal/cluichi-ec1/index.html is a website with games As Gaeilge.
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/acrostic/ is a section of the Read Write Think website where you can write your own Acrostic poem online and then print it off, or take a screen shot and email it to me. Why don't you try and write an Acrostic poem all about Spring or your dog or your favourite food! The options are endless!

Let me know if you have any questions Mams and Dads, feel free to email me: aoife@kilcoskan.com

Hope to see you all soon,

Aoife

Hi all in 1st & 2nd class,

Hope you are all keeping well. With this challenging time for parents and children we thought it might be helpful to share a list of ideas of activities for your child at this unusual time. Feel free to do as many or as little of them with your child as you deem appropriate.

If your child has completed the assigned work in their text books that I sent home on Thursday 12th please feel free to continue on with the next topic in their books. I would encourage each of the pupils to log into the Mathletics website https://login.mathletics.com/ each day. ( You will receive your child’s unique log in details from the school) I will assign different work over the coming days it covers all of the different mathematical topics.

Please feel free to contact me at aoife@kilcoskan.com if you have any questions.

Looking forward to seeing everyone back to school soon,

Teacher Aoife O’ Sullivan

1st/2nd class

Ideas:

Skype with a relative/ write a letter to your relative
Write a letter to a member of your local nursing home
Write/record on your i-pad your daily news to record your activities to share when we get back to school (if you feel up to it)
Read, read, read the more the better. Our national library has digital books available https://www.librariesireland.ie/ (I have been using them myself!)
Project ideas (can be complete on paper or digital); your family tree, who is your favourite musician/sports person and why?, what would you like to be when you grow up- what does that job look like?, what did homes look like long time ago (http://www.askaboutireland.ie/learning-zone/primary-students/1st-+-2nd-class/history/)
Learn a new song and perform for your family
Create a dance/show for your family
Create something out of lego - take a photo of it and send it to my email to show the rest of the class when we get back(no pressure to take photos just if you want to)
Do some exercise - cosmickidsyoga (https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga) has fun yoga exercises, continue on with our January Fitness challenge from Fitness for Kids (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D72axeacAY6QbAVmq9xl1mAo1JJ8_j4t/view?usp=sharing ) , try and get moving as much as possible each day, gonoodle https://www.gonoodle.com/ is free to sign up to, rte junior 10 @10, the body coach on YouTube (bodycoachtv)
Sketch/Draw something new each day, Cassie Stephens is an American art teacher who has some cool art ideas (https://cassiestephens.blogspot.com/)
Dabbbledoo Music has given us a parents access code for their website https://dabbledoomusic.com/p/parents-subscription-full-access/?product_id=1122889&coupon_code=17595F
Lots of the different educational publishers have opened their websites to parents. Cj Fallon is one you just follow the link on their website. Folens is another one and has given the following log in details: Go to FolensOnline.ie and click register, Select Teacher, Fill in a username, email and password. For Roll Number use the code: Prim20