Blog Archives - Presentation National School, Millstreet, Co. Cork.

Presentation National School, Millstreet, Co. Cork.

Is Mise an Traein

9/30/2019

Rólaí Pólaí

9/30/2019

Lámh, Lámh Eile

9/30/2019

Mindfulness Monday

9/30/2019

Every Monday morning, we engage in a mindfulness session.

So far, we have focused on concentration and super hearing powers.

The children are really enjoying the mindfulness sessions.

Parent/ Teacher Meeting

9/30/2019

I look forward to meeting with you all for Parent/ Teacher Meetings. These will take place November 18th - November 21st.

An online sign up system to allocate times will be available in the coming weeks.

September Rhymes

9/27/2019

We have learnt the following rhymes and songs:

Gaeilge Rhymes/ Songs:
Rolaí Polaí
Is Mise an Traein
Lámh, Lámh Eile
Tá Teidí ag Siúl

English Rhymes
A Sailor Went To Sea
Dr. Foster
An Ant and An Apple
Ten Tiny Turtles
Imagine If...
The Grand Old Duke of York
Twinkle Twinkl
Humpty Dumpty

The Little Princess

9/27/2019

M&M Theatrical Productions are the UK’s largest and most respected provider of theatre-in-education, specialising in Classic Literature Adaptations and Pantomime Productions for Primary School audiences.

They will perform 'The Litttle Princess' for us on October 3rd in the GAA Hall.

We ask that each child brings in €5/ €10 per family to contribute towards the overall cost.

Memory Lane Photography

9/27/2019

The photographer will take individual photos of each Junior Infant child.

If you have older children in the school and would like for a family photo to be taken, please inform us in advance and this can be arranged.

October Homework (30/09- 24/10): Review

9/26/2019

Phonics: Our focus is on the sound the letter makes, not the letter name. There is a jolly phonic song and hand action accompanying each sound and these can be found on YouTube. Just type in the letter plus jolly phonics into the YouTube search bar e.g. s jolly phonics. It is important that your child listens to the jolly phonics songs regularly. Please ensure the phonics cards are stored safely in the phonics wallet. Please write your child’s name on the back of every phonics card. Please only focus on sounds covered- do not go ahead with future homework at home. p: as in pirate/ parrot /party/ Paw Patrol/ princess etc.

n: as in nose/ neighbour/ net/ neck/ night etc. c: as in car/ cup/ cake/ cat/ etc. Please be careful that your child pronounces it as ‘c’ and not ‘cu’. k: as in kitten/ kite/ kitchen/ kettle etc. Please note the different mouth movement between ‘c’ and ‘k’. ck: ‘c’ sound at the end of words such as sock/ duck/ quack etc. e: as in egg/ elephant/ elf/ empty etc. N.B. eat/ evening/ easy etc. is a different sound so your child should not draw pictures of these as examples of the ‘e’ sound. We will learn the long ‘e’ sound at a later date. h: as in horse/ hat/ happy/ hand etc.

On Mondays and Wednesdays, your child will draw and colour 4 pictures of words that begin with the particular sound we are learning. It is very important that the adult completing this homework with your child, clearly labels each picture your child draws.

Blending: Your child will learn to read many words by blending the sounds together. By the end of this month, your child should be able to blend and read the following words
it sit sat pit tip pip sip an ant in nip pan pin tin tan nap tap sap

Use the phonics cards to make these words. Don’t worry if your child is finding this difficult at present! Plenty of practice will help build his / her confidence.

Sight/ Tricky / High Frequency Words: These words cannot be blended so your child will learn to recognise and read these words by sight only. Please ensure the sight word cards are stored safely in the words wallet. Please write your child’s name on the back of every word card. Please only focus on words covered- do not go ahead with future homework at home. By the end of this month, your child should be able to instantly recognise the following words. Plenty of practice will help build his / her confidence.

A a The the I l have Here here my My is be

Reading: Our main focus is that the child uses his/ her index finger to point to each word/ picture. The purpose of this reading is to ensure your child instantly recognises the sight word we are focusing on and is making the link between words and text.

Jolly Phonics: Set 1: Blending to Read

9/26/2019