Folens School At Home: Infants Weekly Plan: 4th - 8th May 2020
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Folens School At Home: Infants
Weekly Plan: 4th - 8th May 2020
Introduction
The purpose of Folens School at Home is to help parents support their child’s learning at home. Shortly
after schools closed, we at Folens made all of our resources available for parents to use on FolensOnline.
However, we understand that parents may not feel they have the time or expertise to pick and choose
the most suitable activities for their child across multiple subjects. So, we turned to some experienced
primary school teachers and asked them to put together a weekly plan for parents to use at home with
their child. The purpose of the plan is to identify age-appropriate resources that can be used to help
children learn and to provide some guidance to parents when using them. Each week, we will publish a
new plan and accompanying digital resources for each of the three core subjects, English, Irish and
Maths, as well SESE (History, Geography and Science).
*We at Folens appreciate that these are challenging times for everyone and that many parents will have
a limited amount of time to support their child’s learning. There is no pressure to complete every activity
in the weekly plan – it can simply be used as a menu from which parents can pick and choose.
Accessing the digital resources
The digital resources can all be accessed from FolensOnline. For ease of use, we have included a link to
each resource in the plan just below the thumbnail image of the resource. NB: In order to launch each
resource, you will need to a) be logged into FolensOnline and b) copy and paste the link from the plan
into your browser.
Thumbnail of image as it
appears on FolensOnline
Link to Resource on
FolensOnline. NB: You need to
login to FolensOnline and then
copy and paste the link into your
browser
Registering with FolensOnline
In order to login to FolensOnline you need to register. To do this:
1. Go to www.folensonline.ie and click ‘Register’
2. Select ‘Teacher’
3. Fill in a username, email address and password
4. For ‘Roll Number’, use the code Prim20
5. Click ‘Register’. You will then be sent an email (check your 'Promotions' folder if using Gmail) to
activate your account.
English
Activity 1: Oral language
Launch the Oral Language Poster The Duck Pond. Play either the
Starters or Fliers story, depending on your child’s ability (the Fliers
story uses more complex vocabulary than the Starters story).
Discuss the poster with your child. Ask the following questions:
How many creatures can you name on the water/under the
water/over the pond/on the bank of the pond/around the
pond?
Can you describe how the animals are moving? (e.g.
swimming, leaping, gliding)
• What words would you use to describe the creatures?
What sounds do they make? (e.g. croak, chirp, quack, squeak)
Can you name an interesting feature about each animal? (e.g.
https://content.folensonline.ie ladybird – spots; frog – bulging eyes; hedgehog – prickly
/programmes/Starlight/JI/reso spines; swan – long neck; duck – yellow beak; mouse –
urces/posters/SL_JI_ACT_C whiskers)
H12_005/index.html What baby animals can you see? What are their names? (e.g.
ducklings, hoglets, tadpoles, cygnets, chicks)
Play the labelling activity with your child. Encourage your child to drag
the labels to the correct objects in the poster.
Go to question mode and play the questions. Encourage your child to
give complete answers to the questions.
Listen to the poem ‘Ten Little Tadpoles’.
Play the activity to guess which animal is being described.
Activity 2: Phonics
Launch the Senior Infants ‘ch’ phonics activity. Play the sound
introduction. Ask your child if they can think of any words that have
the ‘ch’ sound.
Next, play the word practice activity. Help your child to sound out the
words.
Finally play the rhyme. See if your child can identify the words in the
rhyme that have the ‘ch’ sound.
Print out the worksheet (Activity 2 - Phonics ch) at the end of this
document. Have your child complete the sheet.
https://content.folensonline.ie
/programmes/SoundsMakeW
ords/SI/resources/demonstrati ons/SMW_SI_DEMO_%20c h_001/index.html
Gaeilge
Activity 1: Comhrá
Launch the conversation (Comhrá) An Lá Spóirt. Play the Comhrá. The
audio and translation are given below.
Múinteoir: Cén rás is fearr leat? (Which race do you prefer?)
Seán: Is fearr liom an rás trí chos. (I prefer the three legged race.)
Múinteoir: Cén rás is fearr leat? (Which race do you prefer?)
Síofra: Is fearr liom an rás ubh agus spúnóg. (I prefer the egg and
spoon race).
Roleplay the conversation with your child. Take turns being Seán,
Síofra and Múinteoir. Play the conversation a few times so your child
becomes familiar with the language.
Next play the questions (Ceisteanna). Help your child to understand
https://content.folensonline.i and answer the questions if necessary. The answers are below.
e/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/
resources/Dialogue/AL_SI_AC Q1 – leg
T_Comhra_L26_002/index.ht Q2 – egg
ml Q3 – spoon
Activity 2: Game
Launch the Matching Game – Sports Day. (Cluiche Meaitseála - An Lá
Spóirt)
Playing this game will help your child to revise all the vocabulary
covered in this unit. The vocabulary used is given below.
Fóclóir 1
rás trí chos (three-legged race)
rás ubh agus spúnóg (egg and spoon race)
liathróid peile (football)
liathróid cispheile (basketball)
ag rith (running)
ag siúl (walking)
ag léim (jumping)
https://content.folensonline.ie
/programmes/AbairLiom/SI/r Fóclóir 2
esources/Vocabulary_games/ húlahúp (hula hoop)
AL_SI_GAME_Matching_L go mall (slowly)
26_003/index.html go tapa (quickly)
uachtar reoite (ice-cream)
ag scipeáil (skipping)
ag imirt cispheile (playing basketball)
Maths
Activity 1: Number
Look at the number target board below. Ask your child the following
questions while pointing to different numbers on the target board.
• What is the number before?
• What is the number after?
• What is 2 more/2 less?
• How many more do I need to get to 5/10?
• Count backwards from this number to zero.
For Senior Infants or more able children, you could also ask the following
questions.
• What is the total of Column 1/2/3/4/5?
Can you add three to each number?
Activity 2: Length
Have a discussion with your child about the length of various household
items. Ask your child to measure these items using non-standard units
(lollipop sticks, paper clips, hand-spans). Encourage your child to
estimate first. Record your child’s estimate and compare it to the result.
For example…
How many lollipop sticks long is the kitchen table?
Estimate first. Record the estimate.
Measure the table using lollipop sticks.
Record the result.
https://content.folensonline Here is a helpful video:
.ie/programmes/PlanetMath https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fag0bfQVaQ&t=94s
s/PMSI/resources/activities
/pm_si_105/index.html Try the following:
How many _____ long is the TV?
How many _____ tall is the kitchen chair?
How many _____ wide is the lampshade?
How many _____ long is your bike?
Compare the heights of your family members.
Ask, who is taller ____ or _____?
Who is the tallest person in the family?
Launch the Planet Maths Measures games. There are two – one for height and length, and one for height, length and size. Then complete the worksheet (Maths Activity 2: Length).
SESE (Social, Economic, Scientific Education)
Activity 1: Old and Modern Clothes
History: Old and Modern
Clothes Launch lesson 09: Materials: History.
Explain to your child that you are going to be looking at old and modern
clothes. Show your child some pictures of old clothes – you could search
for images on Google, or show them some old photographs of yourself
or older family members. Ensure your child understands the meaning of
the word ‘modern’ (contemporary, new, recent, from today/nowadays)
Launch the Clothes: Old and Modern questions. Discuss the image with
your child – what does it show? Is it an old image or a recent image?
How do they know? Play each question and discuss the answers with
your child.
https://content.folensonline
.ie/programmes/Explorers/
Now launch the Clothes: Old and Modern activity. Ask your child to
ExplorersSI/resources/dem
onstrations/EX_SI_DEMO identify which of the clothes shown are old, and which are modern. How
_CH01_015/index.html do they know which is which?
Activity 2: Clothes around the World
Geography: Clothes
around the World Launch the lesson 09: Materials: Geography.
Launch the story ‘Clothes around the World’. Discuss the images with
your child. What do they know about the countries named? What do
they notice about the different images? Now listen to the story. Discuss
the story with your child. Ask, what would you say about clothes from
Ireland? What are your favourite clothes from around the world? Why?
If you wish, you can use the Explore mode of the poster to zoom in on,
or highlight, specific images, for further discussion.
https://content.folensonline Next, launch the labelling activity. Encourage your child to drag the
.ie/programmes/Explorers/ words onto the correct images.
ExplorersSI/resources/dem
onstrations/EX_SI_DEMO Now launch the question mode. Play the questions and discuss the
_CH02_002/index.html answers with your child.
Finally, print and complete the worksheet included below (SESE Activity
2: Clothes around the World).
Worksheets English: Activity 2 (Phonics – ch)
Maths Activity 2: Length
SESE: Activity 2: Clothes around the World
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