Category Archives: Fourth Class

Home-based Learning Activities 4th Class

Here are some home based activities and online resources for 4th class pupils recommended by Miss Gately and Mr. Kilbride.

Postcard Writing/ Letter Writing/An Post

https://www.anpost.com/Post-Parcels/Sending/Come-Together-Write-Now

Over the next coming days An Post will be issuing postcards to all homes that you can send anywhere for free. You can let your loved ones know you are thinking of them.

At home you could practise your postcard writing and letter writing.

Free Writing

All pupils will be familiar with the concept of “free writing”. This is a simple idea that can be continued in the home setting. Children have the autonomy to decide what they wish to write about and there are a variety of different styles they can practice:

Diary writing (personal accounts)

Recount Writing (a report of an event)

Fiction (short stories)

Instructional Writing (e.g rules of a game)

Poetry (Write their own poem)

Reading Tips

Read a book to someone else at home
Read outside
Reread your favourite book
Read a book someone else chooses for you
Write a book review and present your book review to someone at home

Maths Trail

Make up your own Math’s trail in your back garden

(Use your mathematical skills: Remember 2D shapes, 3D shapes, area and perimeter, counting the windows at the back of your house etc)

Maths Trail in your Home

(Use your mathematical skills: Remember grams, kilogrammes, millilitres and litres, time, shapes, area and perimeter)

Go on a Nature Walk

Collect some items form your nature walk

Talk about all the wonderful things you learnt at school in science and geography that are relevant to your nature walk

Outdoor activities

Hopscotch

Skipping marathon

Obstacle courses

Treasure hunts

Indoor Activities

Memory games Stop the Clock

Times Tables game

Online Resource Bank for 4^thClass

Gaeilge

Maths

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/maths/

https://www.mathplayground.com/

English

www.mystorybook.com

http://www.academicskillbuilders.com/

http://www.starfall.com/

http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm

Geography

www.nationalgeographickids.com

http://www.kidsites.com/

History

www.askaboutireland.ie

http://www.kidsites.com/

Science

www.nasakidsclub.com

http://www.kidsites.com/

Music

https://www.primarygames.com/arcade/music/musicmemory/

Art

www.iamanartist.com

P.E.

www.gonoddle.com

Climate Action Week 14th – 18th October

Climate Action Week 14^th – 18^th October

We celebrated Climate Action Week and raised awareness in our school about Climate Change. The Green Schools Committee worked very hard in the lead up to Climate Action Week, coming up with ideas and activities for all the classes.

We had a wonderful week. All classes watched a PowerPoint about Climate Change.

Juniors, Seniors and 1^st Classes planted wildflowers with Mr. O Leochain. We had a guest speaker from the AIT. Chris Mc Cormack spoke to all the children in 6^th Class about Climate Change and the effect it is having on our earth.

We had an art competition for 2^nd and 3^rd classes.

Both 4^th classes made their own wonderful projects at home based on Climate Change. They were excellent! 4^th Classes showcased their projects to all the other classes in the school. They explained thoroughly what each project was about and all the others classes learnt a lot from their projects.

Climate Action Week was a great success!

We had great fun learning about Climate Change, raising awareness about Climate Change and taking action to combat Climate Change. A biog thank you to the Greens Schools Committee for all their hard work!

Remember everyone “A Green Space is A Better Place”

Term 1 4th class

National Tree Week

National Tree Week National Tree Week runs from March the 31^st to April the 7^th. To celebrate National tree week, Mr. O Leochain and both 4^th Classes planted three trees on our school grounds on Thursday the 4^th of April. They planted an Alder Tree , A Birch Tree and an Oak Tree. 4^th Class learnt about how important trees are to us and the environment, the different parts of a tree and different types of trees. Please find out more information about National Tree Week by clicking on this link. https://treecouncil.ie/initiatives/tree-week/

4th Class Irish Heritage Project

Celebrating Ireland`s Heritage

The cultural heritage of Ireland includes a wide array of monuments, objects, landscapes and structures that were produced by the inhabitants of Ireland over the last nine to ten

thousand years. 4^th Classes created projects at home during the month of February and March “Celebrating Ireland`s Heritage”. These projects were on display for all classes during Seachtain na Gaeilge . All the childrens’ ideas, imagination and project work were outstanding and they should be highly recommended for a job well done. Thank you to all the parents for their help.There was a focus on using recyclable objects for their projects as part of Green Schools Recycling theme.Well done to both 4^th classes!

Term 1 4th class

Fourth class have worked very hard this term here are some photographs of our Christmas Art! Happy Christmas to all our family and friends.

Summer Term 4th class

Ms. Brennan’s class completed individual projects on Italy, while Mr. Kilbride’s completed individual projects on Mexico. All the children worked very hard in class and at home to create wonderful projects for all to read and learn from.

Both classes created lovely works of art. We created our own Cherry Blossom Trees using sponge, paint, glue and crepe paper. We are all looking forward to the summer holidays and we created self-portraits with glasses that look into the future. The lenses are a window into what the children will be doing over the holidays!

Spring 4^th class.

We were very busy this term. We did a project on Italy in Geography in groups of five. We learned about Italian food, customs and sport. The Green schools project this term was Recyclable Art. The theme of our spring art was animals and plants. We enjoyed writing stories in English. In Irish for Seachtain na Gaeilge we had a class quiz.