Belgrove Senior Girls' School

This blog will introduce you to lots of resources to help you to learn all about The Vikings. Details of what to include in your project can be found in the following document:

Because our book “Unlocking SESE” is in school, I have copied the pages for you. Also when you are walking on the Seafront take a look at the Information Boards which tell us all about the Vikings in Clontarf!

Here are some useful websites which will explain all about Viking life.

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/learning-zone/primary-students/3rd-+-4th-class/history/history-the-full-story/the-vikings-in-ireland/viking-traders-and-crafts/

https://www.dkfindout.com/us/history/vikings/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/ztyr9j6/articles/ztqbr82#z8rtpv4

https://dublinia.ie/online-learning/primary/

Checkout the Viking History trail on the Clontarf Promenade!

Hi girls,

We hope you had a lovely weekend and enjoyed the beautiful sunshine yesterday. Imagine this is the first week in March! Next week we will be celebrating Seachtain na Gaeilge in the lead up to St. Patrick’s day on 17th March.

Here is the grid for this week and the worksheets for Spellings, English choice board and the DEAR worksheet.

Make an effort to do as much as you can from the list each day. If you can’t do something, that’s ok not everything has to be completed. If you have any questions or there is something you are not sure of please ask on Seesaw or ask Mum or Dad to email me.

Have a fantastic week, stay safe

Mrs Brodie, Mrs Stokes & Ms Mohan 🙂

Gráinne Mhaol was also known as Grace O’Malley The Pirate Queen. Click on the links below to learn more about this famous lady in Irish History.

Oró sé do bheatha Bhaile is a famous Irish Song about Gráinne Mhaol. The first link below will bring you to a TG4 Video of this song and the second link it to the Abair Liom version. Listen to both and think about which you you like best. What is similar and what is different between the two versions.

https://youtube.com/embed/RR-iI0ioKyI

https://content-sandbox.folensonline.ie/programmes/AbairLiom/3rd_class/resources/Song/AL_3C_ACT_SON_CH13_007/index.html

Listen to this RTE Podcast about the Adventures of the young Gráinne.

https://www.rte.ie/radio/radioplayer/html5/#/podcasts/21909308

Once you have learned about Gráinne Mhaol have a go at some of these activity sheets and create your own Story Board using the template below.

Hi Girls

We hope you had a lovely weekend.

Here is the grid for this week and the worksheets for Spellings, Foclóir and the DEAR worksheet.

Make an effort to do as much as you can from the list each day. If you can’t do something, that’s ok not everything has to be completed. If you have any questions or there is something you are not sure of please ask on Seesaw or ask Mum or Dad to email me.

Have a fantastic week, stay safe 🙂

Mrs Stokes, Mrs Brodie and Ms Mohan 😃

Check out your amazing and creative Art Work all made at home using different pieces of laundry.

They are absolutely fantastic. I hope you had lots of fun in creating these masterpieces.

Well done.

Hi Girls

Here is the grid for this week and the worksheets for Maths Problems, Spellings, Foclóir and DEAR time.

Make an effort to do as much as you can from the list each day. If you can’t do something, that’s ok. If you have any questions or there is something you are not sure of please get Mum or Dad to email me.

Have a fantastic week and stay safe!

Mrs Stokes, Mrs Brodie and Ms Mohan 🙂

Let’s make learning multiplication and division facts fun! Here are some computer games, apps and songs that the girls can use to help them enjoy learning their tables at home.

You can use match sticks (3 to make triangles), lego, pasta anything you can find at home to help you make sets of 3, 6 & 9.

Have fun 😊

Mental Maths Train

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train

Hit the Button

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Coconut Multiples

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples

Here are some songs that can help the girls have some fun at home while learning their 3, 6, and 9 times tables!

There was great excitement in Room 5 last Friday, 27th November, as the girls waited in anticipation for the Late Late Toy Show. Friday was also a non-uniform day to raise funds for the St. Vincent de Paul charity.

To get into the Christmas spirit the girls made festive hats. Check out these pictures of the girls modelling their hats and also the Advent Wreaths which the girls made to kick off the Advent Season.

A good project is easy to read and the information is presented neatly.  Here are some guidelines to help you.

• The title of your project is Great Britain and it is due on Friday 18th December (before Christmas Holidays).
• Projects are to be 2 of an A3 scrapbook- ( no longer than 3).
• Project must be handwritten in your own words.
• Project must include a Map of Britain (which I will give the girls)
• Project must include at least 3 pictures or diagrams. They can be hand drawn or printed.

Here are some ideas of paragraphs to include, remember you don’t have to include all of them!

1. Where is Great Britain? How can you get there?
2. What countries make up Great Britain? What are the capital cities?
3. Draw the Flag of Great Britain and Flags of England, Scotland, Wales
4. Physical Geography- lakes, rivers, mountains, sea
5. Famous Landmarks- natural or manmade
6. What money is used in Great Britain? What jobs are there?
7. What sports are popular in Great Britain? What are the most famous? Where are they played?
8. Any event in history that involves England, Scotland or Wales
9. The Monarchy ( Kings and Queens)
10. Famous people from Great Britain? ( pop stars, artists, politicians, sports stars, authors)
11. Animals and Wildlife: What animals would you find there? Can you draw them and write about them? Are there any Zoos or parks?
12. Brexit – what is Brexit and how might it effect Ireland.

Useful Resources & Websites:

• Handouts from school
• SESE copybook
• Books from school or local library
• http://projectbritain.com/
• https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/united-kingdom/
• https://kids.kiddle.co/Great_Britain

Remember, please monitor your daughter carefully when using the Internet as although these websites have been checked for suitability, navigation away from these sites may not be safe for her

Best of luck & enjoy!

Mrs Brodie 😊 .

We had great fun in Room 5 this week; listening to spooky songs, learning foclóir and a dán about Óiche Shamhna, reading about how Halloween is celebrated in other parts of the world, engaging in different art activities and learning about the human skeleton.

Did you know that a human has 206 bones, that the largest bone in the body is in our leg, the femur, and that the smallest is our ear, the stirrup? Also calcium is really good for our bones and we should drink plenty of milk and eat foods such as cheese to make our bones heathy and strong.

Today there was great excitement. We all got dressed up and went on our annual Halloween Sponsored walk. What a great way to finish up our first term back in school!

Happy Halloween everyone. Bain taitneamh as!

Mrs Brodie 😊