Letter for Primary 4O

Hi Primary 4O

We are now in the second week of June and our school is not open as normal again. We only have a couple of more weeks to go before the summer holidays, so our online learning will soon be coming to an end. I would like to thank you for all the hard work you have done and your families for all the help they have given you in these difficult times. Hopefully by September we will be getting back to some sort of normality and I am looking forward to seeing you all again in our new school.  I hope you are all still looking after yourselves and keeping safe. The weather is still okay, so, go outside and enjoy yourself in the fresh air. Don’t forget to take care in the sun. Remember to use sunblock, wear a hat and light clothing, sunglasses and not to spend too long exposed to the hot sun. Also keep hydrated and find a shady spot. Read the leaflet I posted last week to help you. Remember to carry on being helpful for your family and looking after yourselves. Keep following all the rules regarding hand washing, social distancing, exercise and shopping routines. It is still important that we keep doing them every day until it is safe.

I am still okay and keeping well. I am still busy in my ever- changing garden and exercising at home every day.

It was lovely to see the pictures of how some of you are getting on and the work you have been doing.

Congratulations to Logan for being one of the winners of the Avatar quiz, there were a few of them I couldn’t work out, so well done!

As always, if you need any help with anything, please send me an email and I will try to help as best I can. Keep posting all the great work you are doing or what you have been up to. Send me any photographs and videos of you to share on our class page and school website.  My school email address is tosullivan900@c2kni.net.

I've uploaded some notes and worksheets for literacy, numeracy and The World Around Us to help you this week.  I hope you find them useful and not too difficult.  Remember, only do what you can and try your best! 

Keep on working and set aside some time each day, as if you were in school. A little every day goes a long way!

The World Around Us

• Our topic for this term on Plants, Flowers and Trees is at an end. Hopefully your plants are growing well and have flowered and blossomed. Some my plants are now flowering, and the bees are getting very busy. Even though the topic is ended keep recording what you have been doing in your planting/ growing diary, as gardening is an all year job. Don’t forget to add illustrations to show what you did or has happened or take some photographs. Keep helping your family with the gardening tasks. You can still post me any pictures which I will post on our class section on the school’s website.
• Don’t forget there are loads of Internet sites which can help you with your gardening tasks, such as http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/gardening_with_children/ which has plenty of information and some home projects you might like to try. Don’t forget the many gardening programmes on the TV, giving tips and ideas.  
• This week we are going to start our new topic on Sound. Sounds are made when objects vibrate, that is when they move. When they vibrate objects make a sound and when they are not vibrating they make no sound at all! I have attached an information sheet and power point to explain and introduce the topic, along with a couple of tasks for you to have go at.

Don’t forget to have a look at any relevant sites put onto our school’s website or the Internet for this topic.

Literacy

• This week as part of our sound topic I would like you to look at words associated with sound. These words have a very unusual name. They are called onomatopoeias. I have attached some tasks for you to try.
• Continue practicing your spellings. Keep testing yourself and see how you get on.
• Keep on with your reading. See if you can find any onomatopoeias in your stories and write them down. Try doing a weekly book review on the book you are reading. I have attached the book review template for you to use.
• How is your diary or scrapbook getting along? Remember to date each entry. Remember to record things like the weather, what you did (exercise) and even what you ate! Don’t forget the things that have been happening in the world or locally or to you, such as birthdays. Also record your feelings at this very, unusual time. The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) has launched the Stay Home Memories project to gather information on the lives of the people of Northern Ireland and how the pandemic has affected everything from work and education to shopping and family and social life. They are using diaries, letters, scrapbooks and photographs to tell us about an individual’s experience of this historical time period of the COVID-19 pandemic. Your diaries/ scrapbooks could be a source of such information. Details of the project can be found on PRONI’s website at https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/stay-home-memories.
• Remember to use interactive websites as fun learning resources such as, wwwprimaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk. Don’t forget the online books which can be downloaded or listened to and numerous word games available. Also, keep an eye on our school website for different sites and activities. Keep practicing your handwriting.

Numeracy

• Continue practicing your counting and revising your multiplication tables. Get an adult to test you. Play number or counting games such as Snakes & Ladders or have a try at some of the online number games you can play.
• This week we are going to revise some of our multiplication tables. I have given you some speed tests, word problems and colouring pages to have a go at. Good luck with the tasks. Get an adult to check over your answers.
• Don’t forget there are interactive websites which are a good fun learning resource for this (e.g. wwwprimaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk, BBC Bitesize).

So, until next week, boys and girls remember to take care of yourselves and your families, follow all the rules, be good and stay safe.

Have a look at our school website. The Mid and East Antrim Borough Council are running a competition Called Activate Your Curiosity.  This is open to all Primary school children. You might like to take part in it.

          Miss you all and hoping to see you all very soon. Don’t Worry Be Happy!!

     Primary 4O remember ‘We always try our best’ Best wishes from Mr O’Sullivan.