FlipaClip

Chloe has been using this app and loves it so much she asked me to let you all know about it too!
It is a drawing tool that layers your pictures so it builds up like a cartoon, i've tried it and it's lots of fun!
You don't need the paid version (which is a little expensive for an app) you can get lots of use out of the free one. Always ask permission before you download anything, have fun!

Ciara's May art

Ciara took the same picture of Our Lady and used 2 different techniques on it, they look very different! The first is in lovely pastel shades of colouring while she used coloured paper to make a stained glass window to put on her window for the second. When the sunlight comes through, it will take on the colour of the paper it's being filtered through. I bet it looks super Ciara! 

Nature watch!

This week I have asked you to extend your butterfly search to find at least 3 species. Look at them closely and then draw what you remember as carefully as you can. I gave a website last week to help you identify them.
Buttercup: 
This is a very common wild flower and used to be used by children to see if you liked butter or not! It was held under a child's chin and if it shone on the skin it meant you liked butter.
Robin run the hedge: you or your family might have a differnet name for this, we used to call it "stickyback" because it stuck to your clothes and the dog always had it caught in his coat!

Great tit and blue tit 

The great tit has a black cap and sings "teacher teacher" while the blue tit has a blue cap and an eye band like Zorro! The high pitched trilling song is often written as "tsee-tsee-tsee-chu-chu-chu".

work outline for this week

10th  15th May

Spellings: revise weeks 1-3 and get tested on week 4 dictation at the end of the week

(count up and down in 12s, time yourself at the end of the week (use the clock, an online timer or phone) Use a pack of cards if you have one to test yourself, or use the virtual link http://random-cards.com/

Reading: 20 mins daily: you can also do non-fiction articles on the Renaissance website  (aim to get 3 done this week)

Busy at Maths: p149, (1 & 2), p.151 all. P.153 (1,2) Mental Maths: 1 test daily

English in Practice: 1 test per day Use your dictionary for any words you do not know Treasury D: p.40 read p.41 A & B, p.43 A & B, p.45 A Handwriting: 1 page; take great care and remember upstrokes at the beginning of a word and kicks at the end.

Irish: Scéal 18: I will upload a video of me reading the story. Read with me daily and practice reading out loud and upload a recording on Seesaw of 1 page of the story by the end of the week. Do not send it to me until you have practiced it for several days. Scríobh: p.114, B & C (in your Irish copy – there will be a help tutorial on these questions on Seesaw) Verb: Críochnaigh (lch 53) A.C and A.L (There will be a clip on Seesaw with me to practice pronunciation) Duolingo: 50 xp target set for Friday

SESE: Look out for the following this week: try to observe as closely as possible and draw a detailed picture or take a photo without disturbing them.       Butterfly: there are 32 different species in Ireland, see can you find more than 3 different species.         Buttercup         Robin-Run-the-Hedge       Great tit and Blue tit

Odhrán's "Darkness into Light"

Every year, Pieta House run the Darkness into Light walk where people walk very early in the morning, just as dawn is breaking.
This year, they were very disappointed to have to cancel the event. 
The scouts have been involved as stewards on the walk in previous years.
This year, Odhrán, a scout, decided that he was going to do the walk, so he got up extremely early and completed the journey...a beautiful idea Odhrán, your family must be so proud of you! I hope you enjoyed it and you will sleep very well tonight I'm sure!
He sent me these pictures,  wearing the t-shirt and his scouts neckerchief.

Enda's May Altar

This is lovely Enda.