Maths Challenge The classic puzzle of getting the farmer across the river with the animals and grain without the animals eating the grain or each other! There is a further extension for older kids involving the members from U2 crossing a bridge to get to their concert on time. Definitely worth a look. https://www.mathsweek.ie/2019/maths-at-home-activities/#activity17river
Shadow Drawing Try drawing your favourite toys by placing them on a sheet of paper and casting a shadow on them with either the sun (fingers crossed!) or a torch. All you have to do is draw around them and then colour in. Can you make your picture bigger or smaller by changing the angle … Read more
Maths Challenge Today’s challenge is for older kids. It’s called A Triangle with a Difference. Its available here https://www.mathsweek.ie/2019/maths-at-home-activities/#activity15triangle. Can you arrange the numbers 1-15 on cards so that each card is the difference between the two cards immediately below it? Have fun!!
Rainy Day Fun On a wet day why not take a virtual tour of Dublin Zoo. Find it here https://www.dublinzoo.ie/animals/animal-webcams/. Alternatively National Geographic have lots of safari videos on You Tube and they have a great website, https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/, with animals, science, history, crafts and much more.
Maths Challenge Can you work out how many days we have been off school? How many hours did you spend on devices yesterday? How many hours outside? How many minutes did you spend doing homework yesterday? How many seconds since you had a fight with someone in your house?
Cosmic Kids More than a million kids do yoga, mindfulness and relaxation with Jaime on the Cosmic Kids YouTube Channel. There are lots of ideas on her website https://www.cosmickids.com/. Its great for kids of all ages and very engaging.
Maths Challenge Practice addition and subtraction of 10 for younger kids. Increase the target number for older kids and use multiplication and subtraction. Find the instruction here. https://www.mathsweek.ie/2019/maths-at-home-activities/#activitymaketenagain
GAA Challenge The GAA are running a competition this week. You are asked to design and build your own stadium from materials of your choice or on the computer. The closing date is Friday, May 1st. Find all the details here. https://learning.gaa.ie/sites/default/files/Issue%202%20Primary%20edit.pdf
Maths Challenge Dastardly Diagrams. This is a great challenge for older primary kids. Follow the link below.
Letter Writing Have you written a letter to your friends or family yet? If not then this is the time to do it. You will really brighten up their day and you will love getting a reply.