Winter Show

If your child is a narrator in our show they will need to wear all black clothing. If you are having any difficulty finding black clothing please let me know. 

We will need lots of tinsel for our show so if you have any at home, it would be great if you could send it into school. 

Thanks, 

Becky 

Head Lice

Parents/Guardian(s)

There  have been cases of head lice in the class recently. Please check and if necessary treat your child's hair.

Thanks, 

Becky 

Obair Bhaile 5/12/16

Spellings - revise every night (lend, spend, make, play, rainstorm, main, mistake, paint, May, June) extra spellings - ate, wait, train, waist

Read, discuss, understand and use words - blizzard, solstice, thaw, icicle, hailstones

Sentences - put 10 spellings into 'super' sentences in the homework copy for Friday

Reading - please read the piece of reading every night with your child and ask them the questions to ensure the understand what they have read. If children have a book they should do 5 - 10 minutes of reading every night. 

Tables Champion p 24

Tables -5 and -6 

Gaeilge spellings - úll (apple) púca (ghost) gúna (dress)

Have a nice day, 

Becky 

Obair Bhaile 28/11/2016

Spellings - revise every night (grip, chip, anchor, chemist, Christmas, stomach, character, echo, March, April) 
Extra spellings - monarch, chorus, ache, choir

Read, discuss, understand and use words - passengers, iceberg, lifeboat, starboard, crew

Sentences - put 10 spellings into "super" sentences in the homework copy for Friday 

Green Genie p. 32 The Brothers answer (A) questions in the homework copy and the rest of the page can be completed in the book 

Reading - please read the piece of reading with your child every night and ask them the questions to ensure they understand what they have read. Some children have books, they should do 5 - 10 minutes of reading every night 

Tables champion p. 23 please complete every night 

Tables -3 and -4

Maths sheets - time (finish for Friday)

Gaeilge spellings - muc(pig) ubh (egg) dubh (black)

Have a nice day, 

Becky 

When Sam came to visit.....

Recipe for Gingerbread Houses

Hi all, 

Some people have asked me for the recipe I used for the gingerbread houses last week. 

Here is it:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/gingerbread_men_99096

Happy Baking :-)

Obair Bhaile 21/11/16

Spellings - revise every night (brand, grand, fair, dairy, airport, hairbrush, staircase, repair, January, February) extra spellings - fairground, chair, stair, pair 

Read, discuss, understand and use words - ferry, submarine, canoe, barge, helicopter

Sentences - put 10 spellings into super sentences in homework copy for Friday 

Green Genie p. 28 Dolphins answer (A) questions in homework copy and complete the rest of p. 29 in the book 

Reading - please read the piece of reading with your child every night and ask them the questions to ensure they understand what they have read. Some children have books, they should do 5-10 minutes of reading every night 

Tables Champion **NB** p.22 please complete every night 

Tables - 1 and -2 

Maths sheets - addition (regrouping) finish for Friday 

Gaeilge spellings - léine (shirt) béal (mouth) éan (bird)

Have a nice day, 

Becky 

Obair Bhaile 14/11/2016

Spellings - revise every night (open, plan, county, country, cousin, trouble, young, double, weight, volume) extra spellings (flourish, touch, couple, group)

Read, discuss, understand and use words - caravan, igloo, cottage, teepee, yurt

Sentences - put 10 spellings into 'super' sentences by Friday 

Green Genie p. 24 Adam's Accident p. 25 answer (A) questions in homework copy and complete the rest of the activities in the book

Reading - reading comprehensions will be changed every day. Please read the piece with your child and ask them the questions. Some children have books please read for 5 - 10 minutes every night 

Tables Champion - please complete every night 

Maths sheets - 3D shapes (finish for Friday)

Tables +10 

Gaeilge spellings - ré (moon) gé (goose) mé (me) 

Thanks, 

Becky 

Obair Bhaile 7/11/16

Spellings - revise every night (drag, trip, wand, swamp, watch, wallet, swallow, wasp, minute, second) extra spellings - wash, swan, was, wallow 

Read, discuss, understand and use words - detached, semi-detached, terraced, apartment, bungalow

Sentences - put 10 spellings into 'super sentences' in the homework copy for Friday 

Green Genie - p. 20/21 Unit 5 The Grey Wolf - answer questions in copy and the rest can be done in the book

Reading - please read the reading comprehension every night with your child and ask them the questions to ensure they have understood what they have read. I have given some children books, please do 5 - 10 minutes reading every night and I will change the book when they are finished. 

Tables Champion - please complete every night 

Maths worksheets - finish for Friday

Tables - +9

Gaeilge spellings - duine (person) páiste (child) oráiste (orange)

I hope everyone had a lovely break. Have a nice day.

Becky 

Computer time in 2nd Class

Reminder - Our Class Assembly

Our class assembly will take place this Friday 28th October in our classroom after the whole school assembly outside. All parents are welcome. 

Obair Bhaile 24/10/16

Spellings - revise every night (must, stuck, giraffe, stage, giant, magic, bridge, danger, fraction, estimate) extra spellings - vegetable, orange, gem, large 

Read, discuss, understand and use words - pumpkin, costume, spooky, skeleton, cauldron

Sentences- put 10 spellings into 'super sentences' in the homework copy by Friday 

English sheets (adjectives) - finish for Friday

Reading will be given on Wednesday and Thursday 

Tables Champion - please complete every night

Tables - +8

Maths worksheets (fractions) - finish for Friday 

Gaeilge spellings - bainne (milk) tine (fire) te (hot)

Have a nice day, 

Becky 

Collecting Data

Traffic Tally
We were learning to interpret, collect and represent data last week. Here we are collecting data based on the traffic passing our school. We then made excellent pictograms using the data we had collected. 

Obair Bhaile 17/10/16

Spellings - revise every night (fist, best, fancy, prince, ice, dance, city, pencil, child, children) extra spellings - science, lace, cylinder, circle 

(I have given children a sheet to help them revise their spellings by writing out the words. They do not have to use this sheet but it might be useful for some children.)

Read, discuss, understand and use words - prefab, site, construction, building, location

Sentences - put 10 spellings into 'super sentences' in the homework copy by Friday (please make sure page is ruled with red pen and ruler, date and title are written at the top of the page and numbers are written in the margin)

English sheets - capital letters and plurals (finish for Friday)

Reading - read the piece of reading with your child and ask them the questions to ensure they have understood what they read **NB** I have given some children books to read for homework. They should do 5-10 minutes of reading each night and I will change the book when they've finished. 

Tables Champion - please complete every night

Maths worksheets - data (finish for Friday)

Tables - +7 tables 

Gaeilge spellings - cóta (coat) lón (lunch) bróg (shoe)

Children might have some extra reading from literacy 'power hour' 

Have a nice day, 

Becky 

Obair Bhaile 10/10/16

Our class won best listeners at assembly on Friday! Congratulations to everyone in the class. Our prize is a night off written homework so tonight's homework is just learning spellings and tables and doing reading. 

Here's the homework for the rest of the week

Spellings - revise every night (glad, plum, read, head, death, leather, breakfast, heavy, woman, women) extra spellings - deaf treasure, weather, breath

Read, discuss, understand and use words - staff, principal, caretaker, role, responsibility

Sentences - 6 spellings must be put into 'super' sentences in the homework copy for Friday 

English sheet - capital letters and full stops sheet (Finish for Friday)

Green Genie - A House for Shade p. 12 

Answer questions (A) in homework copy using full sentences and (B) and (C) in the book 

Reading - read the piece of reading with your child and ask them the questions to ensure they have understood what they read **NB** I have given some children books to read for homework. They should do 5-10 minutes of reading each night and I will change the book when they are finished. 

Tables Champion - please do this every night 

Maths worksheets- subtraction  (I have given the children a copy of the rhyme we use when doing subtraction with regrouping to help them) I have drawn a line on some sheets to show you where to stop. 

Tables - +6

Gaeilge spellings - doras (door) bosca (box) moncaí (monkey)

Children might have some extra reading from literacy 'power hour' 

Thanks, 

Becky 

Howth Trip

We had a fantastic day in Howth today. The children were all excellent. Thanks to all the parents who came along. 

Have a nice weekend,

Becky :-) 

Trip to Howth

Hi all, 

Just a quick reminder about our trip to Howth tomorrow. Please remember to pack a rain jacket, some extra water and snacks and one treat (optional). Children will get their Glanmore lunches tomorrow before we go. Please wear comfortable shoes and clothing. 

Thanks, 
Becky 

Class Meeting Powerpoint

Obair Bhaile 03/10/16

Spellings - revise every night (ark, clever, phone, sphere, elephant, dolphin, photo, alphabet, mouse, mice) **NB** some children have extra spellings as part of our differentiated spelling programme (paragraph, nephew, phobia, graph) 

Read, discuss, understand and use words (headland, lighthouse, harbour, cliff, Ireland's Eye)

Sentences - each spelling must be put into a 'super' sentence in the homework copy by Friday. You can decide how to divide up the sentences every night. If children have more than 10 spellings they just pick 10 spellings to put into sentences. 

English sheet - speech marks finish for Friday 

Reading - each child will receive a reading comprehension every day in school. Please read this with your child and ask them the questions.It will be changed the next day. 

Tables Champion - there is a section for each night. Please do this each night so we can correct it in school the next morning. 

Maths worksheet (measuring) - finish for Friday 

Tables - learn +5 tables for Friday 

Gaeilge spellings - cos (leg) gorm (blue) ocht (eight) 

Children might have some extra reading from our literacy "power hour". 

Thanks, 

Becky 

Obair Bhaile 26/09/16

Hi Everyone, 

Apologies about the delay in getting the homework on the blog this week. Our internet was down until yesterday. 

Spellings - revise every night (shook, often, whiskers, whip, whatever, wheat, whale, what, library, computer) *NB* some children have extra spellings as part of our differentiated spelling programme. 

Read, discuss, understand and use words (flora, fauna, heather, gorse, ferns)

Sentences - each spelling must be put into a 'super' sentence in the homework copy by Friday. You can decide how to divide up the sentences every night. If children have more than 10 spellings they just pick 10 spellings to put into sentences. 

Green Genie - Fairy Ring story p. 8 
p. 9 Answer questions in part A into homework copy. Parts B and C can be written into the book. Children do not need to complete part D. 

Questions worksheet - finish for Friday 

Reading - each child will receive a reading comprehension every day in school. Please read this with your child and ask them the questions. It will be changed the next day. 

Tables Champion - there is a section for each night. Please do this each night so we can correct it in school the next morning. 

Maths worksheet - addition some with renaming. Please remind children to 'carry' the 1. 

Tables - learn +4 tables for Friday 

Gaeilge spellings - mála (bag) arán (bread) cupán (cup)

We are still doing the literacy "power hour" so your child might get some extra reading from these groups. 

Thanks, 

Becky 

Obair Bhaile 19/09/16

Spellings - revise every night (quit, sweet, knob, kneel, knead, knot, knew, knuckle, English, language)

Read, discuss, understand and use words (strike, decision, reasons, exercise, growth, development) 

Sentences - each spelling must be put into a 'super' sentence in the homework copy by Friday (you can decide how to divide up the sentences every night)

English Worksheets 
- verbs worksheets must be finished for Friday 
- capital letters worksheet must be finished for Friday (**NB**please rewrite sentences in the homework copy)

Reading - each child will receive a reading comprehension every day in school. Please read this with your child and ask them the questions. It will be changed the next day.

Tables Champion - there is a section for each night. Please do the Tables Champion each night so we can correct it in school the next morning. 

Maths worksheets (3) - must be finished for Friday (leave out part D on the 1st page)

Tables - learn +3 tables for test on Friday 

Gaeilge spellings - bád (boat), bán (white), cáca (cake)


**We are doing a literacy 'power hour' every day for the next few weeks. Your child might get some extra reading from these groups for homework.**

Please double check your child's homework to ensure they have completed everything. 
Thanks 
Becky :-)

Obair Bhaile 12/09/16

Spellings - revise every night (swung, spring, wrap, wrinkle, wrote, whole, wreck, answer, world, continent)

Read, discuss, understand and use words (relatives, community, democracy, argument, for, against, statement) 

Sentences - each spelling must be put into a 'super' sentence in the homework copy by Friday (you can decide how to divide up the sentences every night)

English Worksheets 
- verbs worksheet must be finished for Friday 
- capital letters and full stops worksheet must be finished for Friday (I have circled the number of sentences I want your child to complete, if you feel like they can do more than I have circled that's no problem - please rewrite sentences in the homework copy)

Reading - each child will receive a reading comprehension every day in school. Please read this with your child and ask them the questions. It will be changed the next day.

Tables Champion - there is a section for each night. Please do the Tables Champion each night so we can correct it in school the next morning. 

Maths worksheets (3) - must be finished for Friday (leave out part F on the 2nd page)

Tables - learn +2 tables for test on Friday 

Gaeilge spellings - lampa(lamp), madra(dog), capall(horse). Revise for test on Friday. 

Family tree - please finish for Friday  

**We are doing a literacy 'power hour' every day for the next few weeks. Your child might get some extra reading from these groups for homework.**

Any problems please get in touch. 
Thanks 
Becky :-)

6th September

Hi all, 

I hope the new homework system is working well. 

Tomorrow line up and collection will be at the side of the school. 

Girls GAA training tomorrow after school @ 2:30 - 3:30 for any girls in our class who are interested. We will be training in the park beside the school. Please bring boots, shorts, gumshield etc. if you have them.

Have a nice day, 

Becky 

Homework

Hi Everyone, 

Welcome back to 2nd class. The homework will be posted on the blog this year. 

Everything your child needs for homework will be in their homework folder. 

Here is the homework for this week. 


Spellings - revise every night  (damp, stand, lamb, comb, limb, bomb, numb, climbing, together, laugh)

Sentences - each spelling must be put into a 'super' sentence in the homework copy by Friday (you can decide how to divide up the sentences every night)

Worksheet - nouns worksheet must be finished for Friday 

Reading - each child will receive a reading comprehension every day in school. Please read this with your child and ask them the questions. It will be changed the next day.

Tables Champion - there is a section for each night. Please do the Tables Champion each night so we can correct it in school the next morning. 

Maths worksheet - must be finished for Friday 

Tables - learn +1 tables for test on Friday 

Gaeilge spellings - cat, hata, glas. Revise for test on Friday. 

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me belmayneetbecky@gmail.com 

Becky :-)