Hi girls, I can't believe that it is the summer holidays, can you! Well done to you all! I know online learning was very different to what you are used to. You have so many things to look forward to, and I am very proud of you all girls! I have attached a short video for you, please have a look at it. Remember to enjoy your summer! I will miss you all very much!! Myself and Emma made you a picture, I hope you all like it. I will see you all when we return to school. See you soon, Ms. McDonnell
Hi girls, I hope you are all well. This is our last week! I hope you have enjoyed all the online activities that I have posted for you, and well done! It is nearly the summer holidays! This week's theme is Travel and Holidays. I have attached activities below for you to do. I have also attached a link to one of my favourite songs!! Enjoy! Frozen- In Summer Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFatVn1hP3o I want you to pick a country that you would like to travel to on holidays. You will have to do some research on your country of choice. I have attached a Country Fact File for you to use.
So now that you have chosen your country, you will need to get organised, and pack your suitcase. I want you to think about what you will need! Look up what currency you will need to get. Will you need to get vaccinations?? It is all so exciting!! I have attached a Suitcase List for you! Great, we are making progress. Now we need to check, and see if our passports are in date! We will also have to check in online, and print out our boarding passes. I have attached a passport template, and boarding passes for you. You can print them out, and fill them in. Make your passport bright and colourful! Brilliant work girls! Now we need to plan our trip. What do you want to do? Is there anything in particular that you want to see? I have attached a Travel Planner to help you plan your trip. Remember to check the weather forecast in advance, and make sure that you have the correct clothing packed! Travel Planner So once you are in your country of choice, you will write a postcard and send it home. I have attached a sample postcard for you to look at, and I have attached a postcard template as well. You could also keep a diary, and write about what you have done each day. This will involve you using your imagination, and Google so you can look up interesting things to do in your chosen country. You can use your English copy as your diary! If you get time this week, you could also create a brochure about your chosen country. I have attached a sample one for you, and I have also attached a template for you. Please have loads of fun this week girls. You will have to look up facts on your country, online. Have a lovely week, and remember to email me if you have any questions.
I will talk to you soon, Ms. McDonnell This week's theme is Sports and Wellbeing! I hope you all enjoyed last week's theme. Remember to continue to have fun with this week! I have attached various activities and links for you all below, enjoy!! Sports and Wellbeing: How to make a DIY obstacle course outside! Ten things you can use to create a DIY obstacle course: Get outside, and flex your creative muscles, and get an all-over workout, here are some inexpensive everyday items that you can use to get creating an obstacle course of your own:
Try these variations to make your obstacle course more challenging:
I have attached a short story for you to read. It is called Dave the Dog is Worried About Coronavirus.
Jump Rope Songs: Girls I have attached some Jump Rope Songs for you to say whilst skipping. You will need a skipping rope! How Many Positives Can You Think Of? Think about all the positive things in your life. Sometimes it can be very easy to focus on the negative things! Thinking positively can become a habit! I want you to have a look at the activity that I have attached below!
Relaxation Activities: I have attached some relaxation activities for you! Have a look!
Ways to Feel Better: Take a look at the worksheet that I have attached!
Worry Jar: We all worry a little sometimes, and that is ok! Take a look at our Worry Jar!
Remember to email me if you have any questions. I hope you have a lovely week!
I will talk to you all very soon, Mrs. McDonnell Hi girls, The weeks are going by so quickly! I hope you enjoyed last week's theme of Under the Sea. This week we are going to look at a different theme- Art, Music and Drama. I want you to have loads of fun this week! Art: Choose a video to watch, and draw! I have attached links below for other things that you might like to draw. Have a go! How to Draw Buildings! https://www.artforkidshub.com/how-to-draw/buildings/ How to Create a Father's Day Card! https://www.artforkidshub.com/holiday-art-projects/fathers-day/ How to Draw Summer Pictures! https://www.artforkidshub.com/seasons/summer/ Drama: I have included a few fun activities and games below! You can do these with family members at home! Fun Drama Games and Activities! 1. Ribbon of Sound: Sit in a circle. One person starts a sound. The next person picks it up and it travels around the circle so it becomes a ribbon of sound. Each person should pick it up and pass it on as quickly as possible. Transform it into another sound with the person next to the one who started the first sound. 2. Co-operative Stand Up: Choose partners. Sit back to back on the floor, legs straight out in front. Interlock arms. Try to stand up together as a unit by pushing against each others’ backs. 3. Led by the Nose- Drama Game:Children imagine that strings are attached to various parts of their bodies. They move about the room led by that part. Example: right thumb, nose, knees. Eyelashes etc. 4. Strike a Pose: 1. Form a circle. Each person chooses one other person in the circle to secretly watch. 2. Everyone closes their eyes and strikes a pose. 3. On “GO” — everyone opens their eyes and begins to copy the person they chose to watch. (In posture, pose, stance, etc.) Watch as the whole team morphs into the same pose! 5. Bean Bag ‘Voice Projection’:This exercise demonstrate to children how important it is to project their voices. Place three bean bags or balls in front of a row of children. One about 5 feet away from them – the second about 10 feet away, the third about 15 feet away (this can obviously be changed to suit how many are playing). 1. Ask each child to look directly at the first bean bag, say their name and the name of their favourite animal. 2. Instruct them to say the exact same things to the second bean bag. 3. Would they speak with the same volume? Of course not – the “person” is further away. 4. When asked to address the third bean bag, they obviously should be projecting their voices as loud as they can. 5. After the entire group has addressed the bean bags, let them know they were really acting in a play just then – reaching the first three rows, the middle rows, and the back rows of the theater. 6. Hold a Fashion Show! Props: a raised platform/ stage and music. #1 IDEA First session: Putting on a fashion show can be fun for all players, especially if everyone gets to choose the role they will play. In the planning stages, have participants decide on a theme for the show (such as holiday outfits); plan music and which roles children will play. Both male and female models would be nice; you’ll also need designers, emcees, a journalist or two, and photographer. Help the players plan the set up; where youth will enter and exit—as well as where the audience will sit. Make a list of special clothing to wear during the show and any other props you may need. If you have the “#3-WACKY” version below—you’ll also have to make the outfits… Second session: Give members time to set up the show and get organized. Get the audience seated a let the show begin! IDEA #2: Rehearse a show in which EVERYTHING GOES WRONG! (On purpose). It’s fun but not easy to do. Example: The emcee trips over the microphone cord, or models wear things that don’t fit—and don’t go together. Think of all the silliness you can! 7. Read an Easy Story That Can Be Dramatized:Choose children or adults to participate and have them recreate the story. They can make up the lines or you can reread or tell it as they act it out. Choose parts and practice acting it out. Perform your story. 8. Changing Body Game: You may not at first see this as a drama game–but it is! (Pretending you are something/someone else using art!)
9. ‘Sensory’ Drama Play Activities: Relaxation Relax and explore your five senses by PRETENDING to: · TOUCH • A hot stove • Icicles • Sharp tacks • Velvet · TASTE • A sour lemon • Your favourite sweets • Spinach · HEAR… • A gentle wind • Underwater sounds · A whistle · SEE • A car coming far away and towards you • A giant • An ant • A big black spider · SMELL… • Freshly baked bread • A skunk • Perfume • Onions 10. Mystery Bag: Blindfold children and have them use their senses to identify objects.
11. Imaging Taste: This activity is about making other people’s mouths water.
12. I Can't Stand_____! Have each player in turn describe a food that they cannot stand to eat. Encourage as much detail as possible so that the other group members are disgusted by the food, too. 13. Bottle of What! Before the meeting, gather several empty plastic bottles with caps. Fill each bottle with a different material-such as dried peas, pebbles, marbles, sand, and birdseed. Put the caps back on and cover the bottles with paper so the materials inside are hidden. Ask group members to listen to the sound each bottle makes and guess what is inside it. Drama Game Activities: • Carry on a “conversation” with another person using only that person’s name. See the range of meaning you can communicate through voice inflection, facial expression and gestures. · Trust Walk/Blindfold Walk. · Mirroring. In a pair or group-shake hands quickly, slowly, gently, angrily, sadly, tenderly.Make your hands take on different characteristics: nervous, greedy, flabby, magic, fierce, gentle, strong, frightened, etc • Puppets/Puppet show: Make or purchase puppets; write, produce, practice, perform.
• Two partners share one pillow. Experiment with different ways of giving and taking the pillow. Make it something very valuable and precious. Make it something vile and distasteful. Make it very heavy. Make it light. Make it prickly. Pretend that it’s a ticking bomb, an injured cat, a hot plate. Music: Have a listen to the songs, and learn the dance moves that go with them. I have attached links below. Remember to smile and have fun! Trolls: Can't Stop The Feeling | GoNoodlehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhfkYzUwYFk Peanut Butter in a Cup:Peanut Butter in a Cup - Moose Tube | GoNoodlehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPCGfa44bF0 Boom Chicka Boom - Moose Tube | GoNoodlehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b6axyuaKcY HAKA! New Zealand perform The Haka after winning the Women's Rugby World Cup.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzg4rJJNX30 Amhrán na gCupán - Cup Song in Irish - When I'm gone as Gaeilge.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz63M3v11nE Mindfulness Meditation for Kids | BREATHING EXERCISE | Guided Meditation for Childrenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk_qU7l-fcU I hope you enjoy all the activities and tasks for this week! Send me an email if you have any questions. My email is on the top of this page.
Stay safe, Ms. McDonnell |