Category: – 5th & 6th Class
Work Plan for 5th & 6th Classes Mon June 22nd
Weekly Homework for 5th and 6th Class Monday June 22nd – Wed June 24th
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Choose one or two activities to do today e.g.
Go for a walk
Cycle for at least 2km
Practise a sport (e.g. football/hurling etc)
Paint a self portrait
Draw your pet
Take some photos in your garden
Play a tune on the tin whistle
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Choose one or two activities e.g.
Can you do 50 star jumps in a row? If you can, can you beat your record?
Make a delicious healthy smoothie
Get outside and go for a walk with your family
What insects can you catch in your garden?
Pick some wildflowers and make a bouquet
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Choose an activity
Have an outdoor picnic and play some games. (weather permitting)
Get creative and make a brand new dance routine to your favourite song
Make a home video to celebrate the end of the School Year
Give yourself a pat on the back for all your hard work this year!
Celebrate!
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Work Plan for 5th/6th Classes Mon June 15th
Weekly Homework for 5th and 6th Class Monday June 15th – Friday June 19th
| Mon | Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri |
| English
Spellbound Unit 33 p.68 Exercise A,B |
English
Spellbound Unit 33 p.68 Exercise C,D
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English
Spellbound Unit 33 p.69 Exercise E,F |
English
Spellbound Unit 33. p69 G,H
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English
Keep reading!
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| Maths
Busy at Maths Topic: Chance (5th Class) Complete page 182
Topic: Chance (6th Class) Complete page 182
Tables: divide by 7 |
Maths
Busy at maths Topic: Revision(5th C) Complete page 183
Topic: Revision (6th C) p.183
Tables; divide by 8 |
Maths
Busy at Maths Topic: Animalmathics – (Revision) (5thC) p. 184
Topic: Maths trail (6th C) p.184
Tables; divide by 9 |
Maths
Busy at maths Topic: Revision (5th C) p.185
Topic: Maths trail (6th) p.185
Tables; divide by 10 |
Maths
Busy at Maths Topic: Revision(5th C) p.186 & Corrections
Topic: Revision (6th) p.186 & Corrections
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Note for parents: Since this is the last full week of term we are limiting written work.
Children are encouraged to keep reading at home. Try to get plenty of exercise too.
See Google Classroom for “Summer Fun Activities”.
Please email me with any questions. M. Towell
Virtual Nature Walks
Some of the student have created amazing videos of their Nature Walks. I'm sure you will really enjoy these.
Weekly Homework 5th & 6th Classes June 8th-12th
Weekly Homework for 5th and 6th Class Monday June 8th – Friday June 12th
| Mon | Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri |
| English
Spellbound Unit 32 p.66 Exercise A,B |
English
Spellbound Unit 32 p.66 Exercise C,D
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English
Spellbound Unit 32 p.67 Exercise E,F |
English
Spellbound Unit 32. p67 G,H
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English
Reading: Your choice
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| Maths
Busy at Maths Topic: Chance (5th C) Complete page 177
Topic: Capacity – Volume Complete page 176
Tables: divide by 2 |
Maths
Busy at maths Topic: Chance (5th C) Complete page 178
Topic: Capacity (6th C) p.177
Tables; divide by 3 |
Maths
Busy at Maths Topic: Chance (5thC) p. 179
Topic: Chance (6th C) p.178
Tables; divide by 4 |
Maths
Busy at maths Topic: Chance (5th C) p.180
Topic: Chance(6th) p.179
Tables; divide by 5 |
Maths
Busy at Maths Topic: Chance (5th C) p.181 & Corrections
Topic: Chance (6th) p.180 & Corrections
Tables; divide by 6 |
Note for parents: This is Active Week 2 so once more we are limiting written work to Maths and English. Children are encouraged to get one hour of exercise each day if possible and to keep a journal and take photos.
Activities will be listed on Google Classroom. See also Activeschoolflag.ie (Active Home week).
N.B. Please have a look at the water safety lessons on this website: www.teachpaws.ie.
Many thanks to all the 6th Class children who have already sent in their school memories (and photos) and to those who have sent Active Week photos too.
Please email me with any questions. M. Towell
Science Week via Google Classroom
Over the last 2 weeks the pupils from 3rd to 6th enjoyed Science Week. They tested out exciting experiments, went on restful nature walks and sought out the bugs in the gardens and lanes of Cross and surrounding town lands.
Here are a few picture pictures of what they found.





5th and 6th Class weekly Plan Mon June 2nd-Fri June 5th
Weekly Homework for 5th and 6th Class Tuesday June 2nd – Friday June 5th
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English
Spellbound Unit 31 p.64 Exercise A,B
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English
Spellbound Unit 31 p.64 Exercise C,D |
English
Spellbound Unit 31. p65 E, F
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6th Class
Spellbound Unit 31 p.65 Exercise G,H
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Maths
Busy at maths Topic: Capacity (5th C) Complete page 170
Topic: Capacity (6th C) p.172
Tables; x6 |
Maths
Busy at Maths Topic: Capacity (5thC) p. 171
Topic:Capacity (6th C) p.173
Tables; x7 |
Maths
Busy at maths Topic: Capacity (5th C) p.173
Topic: Capacity(6th) p.174
Tables; x8 |
Maths
Busy at Maths Topic: Capacity (5th C) p.174 & Corrections
Topic: Capacity p.175 & Corrections
Tables; x9/10 |
Note for parents: As this is Active Week we are limiting written work to some Maths and English. Children are encouraged to get one hour of exercise each day if possible and to keep a journal and take photos. Activities will be listed on Google Classroom.
N.B. Please have a look at the water safety lessons on this website: www.teachpaws.ie.
Many thanks to all the 6th Class children who have already sent in their school memories.
Please email me with any questions. M. Towell
5th & 6th Class Work Mon May 25th
Weekly Homework for 5th and 6th Class Monday May 25th –Thurs May 28th
| Mon | Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri |
| English
Spellbound Unit 30 p.62 Exercise A,B,C,D Read;Starlight 5th p.98-100 (Typical day in Space) Starlight 6th p.90 (Prince Kano) |
English
Comprehension Unit
Starlight 5th A, B p.101
Starlight 6th A, B p.91 Read: personal choice |
English
Vocabulary/Grammar
Starlight 5th D,E.p.102
Starlight 6th D,E.p92 Read: Personal choice |
English
S’bound Unit 30. p63 E-H
N.B. School Memories 6th Class |
6th Class
Please send in your School Memories this week if possible
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| Maths
Busy at Maths Topic: Rules & Properties (5th C) Complete page 166
Topic: Data (6th C) p.158
Mental Maths p.86 (Mon) Tables; x2 |
Maths
Busy at maths Topic: Problem-Solving (5th C) p.167
Topic: Pie-Charts (6th C) p.159
Mental Maths p.86 (Tues) Tables; x3 |
Maths
Busy at Maths Topic: Pattern (5thC) p.168
Topic: Revision (6th C) p.160 Bar charts
Mental maths p.87(Wed) Tables; x4 |
Maths
Busy at maths Topic: More Patterns (5th C) p.169 + corrections
Topic: (6th) 3-D Shapes p.161 Trend graphs + corrections Mental maths p.87 (Thurs) Tables; x5 |
Have a lovely weekend!
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| Gaeilge
Abair Liom G (5th & 6th ) Read p.111 (An Sneachta) Learn ’bí’ & ‘clois’ p118 (Aimsir Fháistineach) Foclóir:Bealtaine Seachtain 4 |
Gaeilge
Abair Liom G Do H. Q.1-8 p.118 Learn ‘bí’&’clois’p180 (na briathra neamhrialta) Foclóir:Bealtaine seachtain 4 |
P.E.
Virtual Explore Cavan Challenge
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Religion
Revise ‘Come Holy Spirit’ 6th Class : Confirmation workbook: Do a page of your choice
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Note for parents: 6th Class children may focus on the School Memories exercise this week for written English (i.e. instead of Starlight).
See my.cjfallon.ie and folens.ie for free online resources for Irish (Abair Liom), Maths (Busy at maths) and English .
Answer sheets later in the week. Please email me with any questions. No school work on Friday M. Towell
Weekly Plan 5th/6th Class
Weekly Homework for 5th and 6th Class Monday May 18th –Friday May 22nd
| Mon | Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri |
| English
Spellbound Unit 29 p.60 Exercise A,B,C,D Read; Starlight 5th p.94 (Dragon’s Lament) Starlight 6th p.84-86 (The Teleficator) |
English
Comprehension Unit
Starlight 5th A, B p.95
Starlight 6th A, B p.87 Read: personal choice |
English
Vocabulary/Grammar
Starlight 5th D,E.p.96
Starlight 6th D,E.p88 Read: Personal choice |
English
Write down your best 5th class memories of school. (Poem or paragraph) N.B. School Memories 6th Class will receive email on Mon. with more details |
English
S’bound Unit 29 .p.61 E-H
Oral Language; Talk to your parents/siblings about your school memories |
| Maths
Busy at Maths Topic: 3D shapes (5th C) Complete page 161
Topic: 3-D Shapes (6th C) p.168 revision of shapes
Mental Maths p.83 (Mon) Tables; divide by 7 |
Maths
Busy at maths Topic: 3-D shapes; Faces, Edges & Vertices 5th p.162
Topic: 3-D Shapes (6th C) p.169 Polyhedra
Mental Maths p.83 (Tues) Tables; divide by 8 |
Maths
Busy at Maths Topic: 3-D Shapes (5thC) Pyramids & Prisms p.163
Topic: 3-D Shapes (6th C) p.170 Regular Polyhedra
Mental maths p.84 (Wed) Tables; divide by 9 |
Maths
Busy at maths Topic: 3-D Shapes Polyhedra (5th C) p.164
Topic:(6th) 3-D Shapes p.171 Perspective
Mental maths p.84 (Thurs) Tables; divide by 10 |
Maths
Busy at maths Topic: 3-D shapes in the Environment (5th C) p165 + Corrections Topic(6th)Problem Solving p.156 + Corrections
Mntl maths p.85 problems Tables; Revision |
| Gaeilge
Abair Liom G (5th & 6th ) Read p.111 (An Sneachta) Learn ’abair’ & ‘beir’ p112 (Aimsir Fháistineach) Foclóir:Bealtaine Seachtain 3 |
Gaeilge
Abair Liom G Do G. Q.1-8 p.112 Learn ‘abair’&’beir’p180 (na briathra neamhrialta) Foclóir:Bealtaine seachtain 3 |
P.E.
Virtual Explore Cavan Challenge (More info. On Monday) |
Religion
6th Class : Confirmation workbook: Do a page of your choice
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Art
Art Competition:
“Draw Our Heroes” (More info. On Monday) |
