Here are some photos of our Science projects We had to design & make a Christmas themed game with magnets. We did an amazing job!
Mrs. Smyth's Class
Classroom blog
Tuesday, 22 December 2020
Christmas Cheer in Room 21!
Today was PJ Party & hot chocolate to celebrate our great yard behaviour & of course Christmas! Here are some photos!
Wednesday, 16 December 2020
A Welcome Visitor
Well look at who made an appearance in our classroom today & brought us all a lovely gift of a Christmas annual & pencil!
Problem Solving in Maths
We were given a Christmas shopping Task in Maths! Armed with a budget of 200euro & an Argos catalogue we had to make a shopping list for family presents. We had to work out the total cost & what change we would get. Here are some photos of us all working hard picking out some items for our families...
Sunday, 6 September 2020
A warm welcome back to school!
Welcome back to all the boys & girls in our new 4th class for the school year 2020/21! I am looking forward to being your teacher this year & I know you will be all happy to see your friends again after our long break from school! Keep an eye on this page for news & information from 4th class throughout the year! Mrs. Smyth
Sunday, 21 June 2020
Virtual School Tours Week 22nd - 26th June
Hi everyone!! I hope you all enjoyed last week’s Virtual Sports Week. This week we are going to do something a little different – Virtual School Tour week. Every day we will visit a different location. All classes have been assigned the same tour so if you have younger siblings it is a nice opportunity to work together 😊 Have fun!!
If you have any questions just send me an email lsmyth@stgabrielsprimary.ie
Please continue your reading on Epic! this week also www.getepic.com/students. Class code: ppb3798. I have assigned some books there for you to choose from.
Virtual Tours Week: 22nd
-26th June 2020
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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The
Natural History Museum-London
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San
Diego Zoo
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Monterray
Bay Aquarium
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Tate
Modern Art, London
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Longleat
Safari Park - Wiltshire, UK
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Monday: The Natural History
Museum London:
Introduction:
Click
on the link above, you will see a map of the museum. You can move through 3
levels (ground, first and second ‘floors’). These levels can be seen at the
top right hand corner of the screen. By clicking on the dots on the map, you
can start the virtual tour.
Activities:
1: Start
at ‘first’ (floor level) and record the names of some of the rooms/halls that
you choose to enter.
2: Also
write a list of some of the animals that you see along the way.
3.
Next move on to ‘second’ and ‘ground’ (floor levels) and complete the same
process.
4.Complete
a ‘fact file’ on one or two animals (of your choice) that you saw during the
virtual tour. You may undertake on-line research when completing this task
(if possible)
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Tuesday: San Diego Zoo
Link:
Introduction: The first
link has live video cams of various animals -hippos, platypus’, baboons,
penguins, polar bears, penguins, apes, koalas, pandas to name but a few. You
can watch the animals in real time. The second link are short stories about
some of the animals at the zoo which are really nice. (especially about Zuli
the elephant and Omeo the baby koala!) There are also some games for you to
play…have a go!
Activities:
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Watch the live videos of the animals. What animals did you watch?
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Read a story of your choice about the animals at the San Diego Zoo
from the above link. Write 5 sentences in your own words about the animal
that you picked. (2nd-6th)
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You can make a swinging monkey! Click the link to see how to make one:
https://kids.sandiegozoo.org/activities/swinging-monkey
If you make one
upload a photo to padlet!
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Wednesday: Monterray Bay
Aquarium
Introduction:
When you click on the link, the aquarium has live cams of different sea
animals and some land animals such as penguins. There are two cams not
working at the moment(The Monterray Bay cam and Sea Otter cam) but there are
plenty other ones to view. It begins with the Aviary Cam then moves onto the
Coral reef and Jelly fish cam and so on. The penguin cam is very cute!
Activities:
Here are
some links to videos with information on the animals you will see at the aquarium.
Watch some of the videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfstYSUscBc- This video is a BBC Earth clip focusing on the Emperor Penguins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z8ujpPgUjI&t=157s Jellyfish 101 Nat Geo Wild
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2BKd5e15Jc&t=176s Exploring the coral reef: Learn about oceans for kids.
Make a
note of 5 things you learned today & add some illustrations/drawings.
Upload to padlet or e mail to me
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Thursday: Tate Modern Art Gallery, London
Introduction:
Tate Modern is an art gallery in London and this link will take
you there! Well, kind of. It will direct
you to Tate Kids which is the online section, especially for children. There
are lots of great videos, games and activities to do – so take your time and
have a browse!
Below
is a video, quiz and game I recommend trying. Enjoy your trip!
Activities
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Click on the link below to a short video about Pop
Art. You might recognise some of the artists!
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Click on
the link below. See which pop artist best suits your style.
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Try to create a piece of Pop Art of your
own at home and send a picture to your teacher. Or use this Street Art – graffiti app to do
a creation online. It will upload and your art might get displayed on the
Tatekids website!
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Friday: Longleat Safari Park
Introduction:
Longleat
Safari Park is a drive-through Safari Park in the UK and was opened in 1966.
When you click on the link there is a video that takes you through the entire
park and introduces you to all the animals that they have on the park and
gives you fun facts along the way! Make sure you don’t have any snacks hidden
in your pockets, the animals can smell everything!! Enjoy your trip 😊
Activities:
1.
What is your favourite animal
and why?
2.
Can you think of a fact/facts
that you learned about any of the animals along the way?
3.
Draw or create your favourite
animal at the park and send a picture to your teacher on Padlet or email!
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Have fun!!
Sunday, 14 June 2020
Virtual Active Week! 15th - 19th June
- Each day we have a Daily Starter with one of our teachers to get everyone on their feet.
- We also have an activity for you to do each day
- Teacher challenge set by some of our teachers who love to be active!
- We are also asking everyone to run the Daily Mile and add to our Daily Tally and see how far we can run in a week!
- On Wednesday there is a link to PAWS water safety programme. We normally teach this in June so please follow the link and do this very important lesson with your child.
- Each day login to our reading app www.getepic.com/students Class Code: ppb3798. Choose a book from the Sports Collection I have assigned for you & read 1 book daily. Lets us know on the class padlet which book you read each day