Wednesday March 25th

Morning Everyone,

Hope you are all keeping safe and well. 

With the beautiful weather and spring in the air it’s a great opportunity to get outdoors for some learning in the garden. 

In your Small World Geography and Science read Unit 4 on Plants and try to complete some of the following activities as well as the written activities on the unit.  For anyone that was absent on the last day you can access the Small World books through the CJ fallon website
To access CJFallon's books online: 
1. Go to my.cjfallon.ie
2. Click on 'Student Resources' 
3. Select class level, subject and book 
4. View online book by clicking on the eye icon

Read Pg.21 – Find 6 plants-anything that grows not necessarily a flower- in your garden/ around your house (they don’t have to be mentioned on Pg.21)

• Can you name them?  If not try researching to find out their names and some facts about them.

Read Pg. 22 – Watch some videos about plant and animal life in the rainforest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9MV5CgPgIQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEsV5rqbVNQ

Read Pg. 23- Pull up some weeds in your garden.  Can you identify the parts of the plant mentioned on Pg. 23- look out for the roots especially! 

Read Pgs. 24 and 25- perhaps you might like to try some planting of your own.  It’s a great time of year to plant potatoes – follow the experiment on Pg. 24 to help you out. 

Here are some related websites if you’d like to do some research of your own:
www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm#.UcdSnhROPPQ –Secrets of the tropical rainforest
www.irishwildflowers.ie Wildflowers of Ireland
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze8NV7cvW8k Video showing phototropism in action
www.botanicgardens.ie/ Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin.
 
 
After completing the unit, choose one or more of the following pieces of writing:

1. Write an explanation about ‘How plants grow’
2. Write a recount about ‘A Day in the Garden’
3. Write a narrative that begins with ‘I spotted something moving in the gap between the hedge and the old cherry blossom tree……’
4. Today scientists can genetically modify crops to make them disease resistant and climate tolerant, and to enhance the flavour and increase the yield.  Many environmentalists worry that there might be long-term effects of genetically modifying crops.  They say we should not interfere with nature.  Write a persuasive piece outlining you thoughts.
5. Grandparents are often a great source of information when it comes to gardening.  You could use this as an opportunity to give them a call to discuss what you have learned, ask their advice and create a list of top gardening tips. 

 
Listen to some the following track (or all of it if you like!).  You might like to use it as an opportunity to take some time out to relax or use it as inspiration to create a piece of artwork or even to create a piece of Stop Motion on the topic. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb8CW3axqRE
 

• Be sure to continue on with the next week in Master Your Maths- if anyone would like to correct the answers from the previous week email me and I can send them on to you. 
• You can finish reading Reaching The Heights. I hope you’re enjoying it; it’s always one of my favourites in sixth class.  Once complete do a book review on the novel- there are lots of templates on Twinkl if you’d like to download one or you can simply use them as a guide. https://www.twinkl.ie/search
• Finally in Gaeilge you can access Abair Liom through the Folens website.  The steps are laid out on the school blog page.  Our next unit was ‘An Teilifís’ if you want to continue work on that.  You could also host your own ‘Cupán agus Comhrá’ at home for your family.  Or you could also create your own song using Coláiste Lurgan as inspiration

https://lurgan.biz/tg-lurgan/
 
 
As I’ve said before if you have any questions you can email me on the sixth class email address.  Try your best with any of the work given and make sure to get plenty of physical activity in during the day too- even if that means the odd Tik Tok dance move thrown in here and there! 
 
Missing you all,
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Ms Condron