Hello everyone,

I hope you are all doing well, and I am sure you are all excited about beginning the summer holidays! Here are some suggestions of work for Senior Infants and First Class for the next few days. It is just a guide, so please don’t feel that everything must be completed. If any of the pages mentioned in the timetable have already been completed, please take a look in any other workbooks that may need to be finished. 

You will find a daily timetable of work for both classes uploaded with this post, as well as the pages from the workbooks and books mentioned in the timetable. This timetable suggests school work for Monday to Wednesday, with just a few points for Thursday, as this would have been a half-day in school. There is also a file with some possible summer activities and colouring sheets, just in case anyone is missing school or needs something to do on a rainy day!

To all the boys and girls in Senior Infants and 1st Class, I have loved being your teacher this year. You are a wonderful group of children. You always work hard and look out for each other. I am really looking forward to teaching the girls and boys in Senior Infants again in September, as you begin 1st Class. As for the children in 1st Class, I wish you all the best in 2nd Class and I look forward to meeting you again in September. I hope that you will have a fantastic summer and take a well-deserved rest after all your hard work this year. Remember that Mammy and Daddy have been working very hard to help you with your school work at home too, so they have earned a nice break during the holidays as well.

Thank you, enjoy the summer holidays, and I will see you all in September! 

Hello everyone,

I hope you are all well. Here are some suggestions of work for Senior Infants and First Class for the first week in June. As always, it is just a guide, so please don’t feel that everything must be completed.

This week's work is in the format of a daily timetable with pages from workbooks assigned. These are pages that we have not completed school, but I understand that working from home is different, and if you find it easier for your child to complete half a page at a time or to do the work orally, that is fine too. If there are pages that your child may have been absent for, these could be completed over the next few weeks as well. Some days will be better than others for getting work completed, and I don’t wish for these books to cause stress or anxiety for anyone. We can only try our best! I have uploaded photos of these pages with this post, as well as including links below the timetables, where you can access the relevant e-books. If it is a case that you child has already finished some of these workbooks, that is wonderful, and in that case pages from other books may be completed instead of the ones assigned. Resources like Epic! and Splash Learn, as well as online games suggested in the timetable are optional, and you may prefer to use different sites, books or games at home.

Seesaw has been going very well as a resource, and thank you for engaging with this so far. This week's seesaw activities are a little different as they are based on a Virtual Sports Day for Bekan NS on Friday, 5th June. There are lots of enjoyable activities suggested, as well as ways to do these at home. Please do as many of these as you think best. Uploading work for every activity may not always be feasible, so please only post if and when it suits you. 

If you have any queries or concerns about this week's work, please do not hesitate to email me at ubyrne.bekanns@gmail.com. I hope that you will have a brilliant Bank Holiday weekend and get some well earned rest!

Hello everyone,

I hope you are all well. Here are some suggestions of work for Senior Infants and First Class. As always, it is just a guide, so please don’t feel that everything must be completed.

This week's work is in the format of a daily timetable. In the timetable, you will see that pages in workbooks have been assigned. These are pages that we have not had a chance to complete in school, but I understand that working from home is different, and if you find it easier for your child to complete half a page at a time or to do the work orally, that is fine too. If there are pages that your child may have been absent for, these could be completed over the next few weeks as well. Some days will be better than others for getting work completed, and I don’t wish for these books to cause stress or anxiety for anyone. We can only try our best! I have uploaded photos of these pages with this post, as well as including links below the timetables, where you can access the relevant e-books. Resources like Epic! and Splash Learn, as well as online games suggested in the timetable are optional, and you may prefer to use different sites, books or games at home.

Seesaw has been going really well as a resource, and thank you for engaging with this so far. This week's seesaw activities will be posted on Monday morning and can be completed by Friday. Work that is uploaded to seesaw can only be viewed by the class teacher. Uploading work for every activity may not always be feasible, so please only post if and when it suits you. I understand that uploading completed work takes time and effort, as children in Senior Infants and 1st Class need support when using seesaw. 

If you have any queries or concerns about this week's work, please do not hesitate to email me at ubyrne.bekanns@gmail.com.

Hello everyone!

I hope you are all well. Here are some suggestions of work for Senior Infants and First Class. Please don’t feel that everything must be completed, it is just a guide and we can only try our best. 

This week's work is in the format of a daily timetable, however this may not work for everyone and feel free to continue with established routines that work best for you and your family. The worksheets uploaded with this post are optional, and if you do not have access to a printer they could be completed orally or draw/written in a copy or on a page. Resources like Epic! and Splash Learn, as well as online games suggested in the timetable are also optional, and you may prefer to use different sites like https://toytheater.com/, books or even toys at home.

We will continue to use seesaw as a resource, and everyone is doing incredibly well with this so far. The seesaw activities will be posted on Monday morning and can be completed by Friday. Work that is uploaded to seesaw can only be viewed by the class teacher. We understand that uploading work for every activity may not always be feasible and we do not want this to cause stress or anxiety for anyone, so please only post if and when it suits you. I completely understand that uploading completed work takes time and effort, as younger children need support when using this resource. 

If you have any questions or concerns about this week's work, please do not hesitate to email me at ubyrne.bekanns@gmail.com.

Hello everyone,

I hope you are all well. Here are some suggestions of work for Senior Infants and First Class. It is just a guide and we can only try our best, so please don't feel under pressure to complete everything.

First of all, to all the boys and girls in Senior Infants and 1st Class, I want to say a great big thank you for all your work uploaded to seesaw. I have had a wonderful week looking at your written work, watching and listening to your reading, and seeing your amazing artwork and photos. I am sure that working from home must be very different and that you probably miss your friends, but you are doing a great job. You have put a lot of effort into your posts, so well done and keep up the marvellous work!

Secondly, I really appreciate all the time and effort parents have been putting into seesaw. I know it cannot be easy, especially with younger children who need a lot of help with this app, as well as supporting them with the all of the worksheets and activities. Thank you so much for engaging with seesaw. I have been really impressed with how well you have all taken to it and you are using it in really beneficial and innovative ways. The suggested work for this week is in the format of a daily timetable. This may not work for everyone so please feel free to continue with established routines that work best for you and your family. The worksheets uploaded with this post are optional, and if you do not have access to a printer they could be completed orally or draw/written in a copy or on a page. Any suggested activities like Splash Learn or Epic! are also an additional extra, that may or may not suit you and your child this week. I have uploaded a file with sites suitable for Senior Infants and 1st Class with this post and you may even prefer to try some of these ideas.

Similar to last week, the seesaw activities will be posted on Tuesday and can be completed by Friday. Work that is uploaded to seesaw will only be viewed by the class teacher. We understand that uploading work for every activity may not always be feasible and we do not want this to cause stress or anxiety for anyone, so please only post if and when it suits you. 

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to email me on ubyrne.bekanns@gmail.com. I hope you all have a great weekend and get some well deserved rest over the Bank Holiday! 

Here are some links to videos and activities to celebrate Earth Day 2020. In addition, https://www.twinkl.ie/ has lots of resources based on this topic. Happy Earth Day everyone! 
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​https://www.nasa.gov/content/earth-day-2020-50th-anniversary-toolkit
https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/menu/earth/

Hello everyone!

I hope you are all well. Here are some suggestions of work for Senior Infants and First Class. As always, please don’t feel that everything must be completed, it is just a guide and we can only try our best. 

This week, the suggested work is in the format of a daily timetable, however this may not work for everyone and feel free to continue with established routines that work best for you and your family. The worksheets uploaded with this post are optional, and if you do not have access to a printer they could be completed orally or draw/written in a copy or on a page.

We will begin to use seesaw as a resource from Monday, 27th April. You will see activities linked to seesaw in the timetable. The seesaw activities will be posted on Monday and can be completed by Friday. Work that is uploaded to seesaw can only be viewed by the class teacher. We understand that uploading work for every activity may not always be feasible and we do not want this to cause stress or anxiety for anyone, so please only post if and when it suits you. Seesaw is new to most of us, but you will find a step-by-step guide uploaded with this post, as well as many helpful videos on YouTube. 
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