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I would love to see some of your wonderful work that you’ve been very busy doing. Feel free to email me some of your written work or if there are any questions that mum or dad might have don’t be afraid to get in touch. My email is stcolumJI@gmail.com Continue with...

Don’t forget to collect your food box from the school this morning. The allocated collection time for Junior Infants is 10am-11am. Please continue with your word list from yesterday. You should aim to learn approx. 3 new words a day. Make sure that you check back and...

I hope you all had a lovely weekend! Today for your writing could you write your news for me please. What did you do at the weekend? About 3-4 sentences. E.g. Today is Monday. It is nice and sunny. Yesterday I baked a cake with mum. It was delicious. Ask somebody to...

Please revise the sight word list again from yesterday. I will be adding four new sight words to this list on Monday so please ensure you are confident reading the ones so far. Today I’d like you to do an oral language lesson. Log into folensonline using the log in...

I have previously mentioned how important it is that we practice our reading and writing every day. We have made such great progress in our writing because we have been working hard on our fine motor skills. There are lots of activities which you can do at home to...

Make sure you revise your 'y' sound that we learnt yesterday. Watch the YouTube video again and practice the four different categories (sound introduction, letter formation, word practice, rhyme) in the ‘y portfolio’ on sounds make words. I’ve attached a 'y' worksheet...

This week we will be learning the ‘y’ sound. Look at the Jolly Phonics YouTube video below and practice singing along while doing the actions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2HYM9VXz9k&t=523s (go to 8mins 40sec). Brainstorm with an adult all the ‘y’ words you...

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend and tuned into the live kids workout at 9am this morning! We have made brilliant progress in our writing since September. I hope that you are all continuing to practice your writing everyday. This can be writing with chalk on the...

With schools closed and us all spending more time at home, it's more important than ever that we keep moving and stay healthy and positive. Starting on Monday 23rd March, The Body Coach (Joe Wicks) is doing free home workouts for children live on his YouTube channel...