The Primary Planet
Teachers’ Resource Pack
November Issue 56, 2016
Subject: English
Strand: Writing
Strand Units:
Creating and fostering the impulse to write
Developing competence, Confidence and the ability to write independently
Developing Emotional and Imaginative Life through Writing
The Primary Planet November Quiz
40 Questions based on the 40 pages in this month’s paper - 1 Question per page
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What do the letters HSA stand for?
On what date is World Peace Day?
Whose phone number is 0404-40563?
How many cattle were in Ireland in 2015?
Who comes from Cloughaneely in the Donegal Gaeltacht?
In which country is Lower Saxony?
What is the name of the Minister who has responsibility for the environment?
In what year did Glasnevin Cemetery open?
Ní raibh siad in ann déileáil leis an luas!
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
What did Daniel Idzkowski invent?
What does the name Moana mean?
Who named Lady Gaga their 2015 Woman of the Year?
Name Angelina Jolie’s father.
Which Mercedes-Benz model was the first ever diesel powered car?
This radio presenter secured “no homework” for the Moneystown pupils.
What kind of buns did Abbie make in Home Economics?
How many milking cows on Adam’s farm?
Who invented the induction coil in 1836?
The University of Glasgow is built beside which river?
Jocelyn Bell Burnell is from which county?
There will be no commercial fishing in the Ross Sea for how many years to come?
How much food is dumped in Ireland each year?
Which Compass Club course begins on the week commencing 9th January?
The green pigment in leaves is called what?
In Science Delivery what was the courier’s average speed?
Who was mixing concrete?
The lion on the Leitrim crest comes from which family shield?
Cliques will come and go, true friends are for _______?
What great prize does the published author win each month?
How many cousins did Patricia Murphy have?
Stella Saxby is the main character in which book?
How many age-group categories are there in the Credit Union Schools Quiz 2017?
Which building is shown in the picture clues?
How many All-Star awards were won by Tipperary players?
What sport do the Cleveland Indians play?
Which brand of running shoes did Zola Budd use?
In which capital city is the Ernst-Happel-Stadion?
Ireland’s opponents at the Aviva Stadium on November 12th.
How many tries did Ireland score against New Zealand on November 5th?
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Subject: Gaeilge
Strand: Leitheoireacht
FICHE CEIST
Tá siad simplí agus tá fiche freagra le fáil. Féach tríd an nuachtán!
Mí na Samhna 2016
1. (Lch. 2) Cé atá ina eagarthóir ar an Primary Planet?
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2. (Lch. 4) Rugadh an méid seo leanaí in Éirinn i 2015.
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3. (Lch. 5) Cén t-ainm a bhí ar doppelganger Caitlín Nic Aoidh?
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4. (Lch. 6) Cé mhéad bealaí isteach a bhí sa Colosseum?
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5. (Lch. 8) Cheannaigh Sir John Grey an nuachtán seo i 1850.
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6. (Lch. 9) Cén dath a bhí ar an glóthach?
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7. (Lch. 11) Chum sé
ceól do
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5: Rugadh Brian Friel sa bhliain seo. 1929
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8. (Lch. 13) Rugadh Lady Gaga sa chathair seo.
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9. (Lch. 17) Fuair an cailín seo bearradh gruaige le déanaí.
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10. (Lch. 19) Cé a cheap an chéad snáthaid hipideirmeach?
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11. (Lch. 20) Tá cráitéar gealaí ainmnithe i gcuimhne an fear seo.
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12. (Lch. 21) Bhuaigh sé Duais Nobel na Fisice i 1951.
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13. (Lch. 28) Tá an eas seo cóngarach le Manorhamilton.
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14. (Lch. 31) Scríobh sí an leabhar Dan’s Diary.
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15. (Lch. 32) Tá an leabhar seo suite sa Bhoirinn i gContae an Chláir.
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16. (Lch. 34) Cé mhéad a chosnaíonn 20 Beanos?
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17. (Lch. 35) Imríonn Peter Harte leis an gContae seo.
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18. (Lch. 36) Bhuail siad na Cleveland Indians.
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19. (Lch. 37) Bhí na Cluichí Oilimpeacha sa Chathair seo i 1984.
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20. (Lch. 40) An scór deireanach idir Éire agus an Nua-Shéalainn?
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Subject: English
Strand: Strand: Competence and confidence in using language
Strand Units: Reading: developing interests, attitudes, information retrieval skills
and the ability to think
Vocabulary Constabulary
November 2016
Are you a good detective? The Vocabulary Constabulary needs your help. This is all you have to do.
You can often detect the meaning of a word by reading it in context, that is, by reading the other words around it
in a piece of text. Find the page and the article in TPP and then detect the word that solves the clue to its
meaning. The number of letters and the starting letter of the solution are in brackets after each clue.
LOCATION, Article Title
CLUE (number of letters, first letter)
SOLUTION
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P1, Irish…Hall of Fame
new ideas, methods or products (11,i)
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P4, Dart Underground Review
reduced in size or extent (6&4, s&d)
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P6, Earthquakes…Colosseum
open-air venue for entertainment, sports etc. (12,a) __________________
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P7, Senators on the Move
repairs, reconstruction, improvements (11,r)
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P10, Dolls of Malice
statuettes, especially of human form (9,f)
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P11, SkunkLock
harmful, poisonous, very unpleasant (7,n)
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P13, The Fame Monster-2016
out-of-the-ordinary behaviour or dress (12,e)
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P18, Manure Spreading
having or showing care in one’s work (8,d)
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P19, Robert Boyle
never-ending or changing, continuous, (9,p)
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10. P28, Leitrim
visually attractive place (11,p)
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11. P29, Tidy Your Room…
health-giving, beneficial, healing (11,t)
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12. P31, …About the Author
a group of three related novels, plays, etc. (7,t)
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13. P35, Clerkin Calls Time…
relating to a period of 1,000 years (10,m)
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14. P.37, Making Up for a Fall
set apart from each other, divided (10,s)
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15. P39, Good Start for Provinces
put off, deferred, rescheduled (9,p)
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Subject: English
Strand: Writing
Strand Units:
Creating and fostering the impulse to write
Developing competence, Confidence and the ability to write independently
Developing Emotional and Imaginative Life through Writing
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Alexander Graham Bell
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(This article first appeared in the March 2014 edition of The Primary Planet)
Alexander Graham Bell, a scientist most __________ (1) for his invention of the telephone, was
born on the 3 of March, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was named Alexander Bell and was
only given the middle name Graham on his 11th birthday, when he __________ (2) that he be
given a middle name like his two brothers Melville James and Edward Charles. Bell was initially
home-schooled by his father who __________ (3) as a professor. While he was not the most
studious of boys, he was certainly one of the most curious and __________ (4).
At the age of 12, he created his first __________ (5) when he noticed the slow process of
husking the wheat grain. He went home and built a __________ (6) with rotating paddles and
nail brushes that could easily remove the husks from the __________ (7).
His mother and later his __________ (8) were both deaf, and these two important people in his
life were one of the main reasons he became interested in the __________ (9) of sound. His
experiments with sound eventually led him to sending voice signals down a telegraph
__________ (10). He was able to get some funding and hire his famous __________ (11),
Thomas Watson. Together, they were able to come up with the telephone.
The Invention of the telephone progressed out of improvements __________ (12) made to
the telegraph. He had developed the "harmonic telegraph," which could send more than one
message at a time over a single telegraph wire. Bell reasoned that it would be possible to pick
up all the sounds of the __________ (13) voice using an adaptation of the harmonic
telegraph. The first words __________ (14) over the telephone were by Bell to Watson on the
10th of March, 1876, stating, ‘Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.’
The great scientist died in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada, on August 2, 1922. The entire
telephone system on the __________ (15) of North America was silenced for one minute as a
mark of respect.
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Subject: SPHE
Strand: Strand: Myself and Others
Strand Units: My Friends and Other People
Editing- a vital skil!
Can you find the errors in the story below? There are ten spelling mistakes, five capital
letters have been omitted and five full stops have also been left out.
(This is an extract from an article first published in the December 2014 edition of TPP.)
Gobble Gobble – A Fowl Feast for Some
You may be forgiven for tinking of ‘The Gobblers’ from The Golden Compass by philip Pullman
after reading the title, but this month's article is focusing on the festive bird of choice – the
humble turkey As children and adults alike are getting excited thinking about presents and
large dinners next month, the poor turkey is wondering if it is the one going to end up as
dinner. That would put any breed of turkey in fowl humour!
Turkeys everywhere must be frantically exercising and dieting, trying to loose weight, so they
are too tin to be chosen for the dinner table on Christmas day! Maybe they will set up their
own “Weightwatchers Group.”
Thanksgiving is a holiday celabrated in the United States on the fourth thursday in November
It is the anual tradition since 1863. Thanksgiving is one of their major holidays of the year.
The turkey is generally the centrepiece of the celebration.
But it is not all bad news for the beloved turkey – they are quiet important and famous. Did
you know that the turkey was Benjamin Franklin's (a founding father of the United States of
America) choise for the United States' national bird? This is because the noble fowl was a
favoured food of Native americans
In Ireland, Dustin the Turkey has been presenting TV programmes on RTE since 1989 His
achivements include a musical career with chart-topping singles and he even represented
ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008 with the song “Irlande Douze Pointe” He has
also appered on the Xtra Factor and The Late Late Show a number of times!
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Subject: English
Strand: Writing
Strand Units:
Creating and fostering the impulse to write
Developing competence, Confidence and the ability to write independently
Developing Emotional and Imaginative Life through Writing
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History Comprehension: Sir John Grey
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Write full sentences for your answers. Read the key words in the
questions so that you can give key words in your answers.
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Where and when was John Grey born?
In which colleges did John study medicine?
Which political leader did John befriend?
What was the aim of the Repeal Movement?
What did John Grey do that earned him a knighthood?
After his election as an MP what two things did Sir John try to achieve?
Name three things he did to make the Freeman’s Journal more popular?
How would Sir John feel about the number of people who are homeless in
Ireland today?
9. Write three headlines for the Freeman’s Journal in Sir John’s time.
10. Make a list of ten things that would not have been advertised in the Freeman’s
Journal in Sir John’s day.
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WORDSEARCH- Science Week Special
See if you can find all 38 words. Two of them are not listed below! Sneaky, eh?  We will
give you a clue- one begins with E, the other with R
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Subject: English
Strand: Strand: Competence and confidence in using language
Strand Units: Reading: developing interests, attitudes,
information retrieval skills and the ability to think
Fun Puzzles
1. Doublets
Doublets are word puzzles invented by Lewis Carroll. Transform one word into another by changing a single letter in each step,
so that each link in the chain is a valid word.
For example, to change MORE into LESS with 3 links: MORE, lore, lose, loss, LESS (There will often be several ways to solve the
doublet but remember, each link must be a valid word!)
Now try these
Change WING into DARE with 3 links
Change CARP into HIND with 3 links
Change FANS into CUTE with 3 links
2. General Knowledge Quiz
Solve the general knowledge quiz and the first letters of the answers will reveal a famous Irish scientist.
Use your research skills to help you find the answers.
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Inventor of a system of raised dots, which allows blind people to read.
Addis Ababa is the capital of this country.
A person who fishes with a rod and line.
Irish province with nine counties.
How many sides has a pentagon?
Which bird in the world today lays the largest eggs?
Italian artist who painted the Sistine Madonna.
Race consisting of swimming, cycling and long distance running events.
3. Timothy Tourist
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Timothy Tourist intends to see ten places or things associated with Leitrim. Unscramble the letters so Timothy can begin his
travels. Use your research skills to help you find the answers.
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Subject: English
Strand: Writing
Strand Units:
Creating and fostering the impulse to write
Developing competence, Confidence and the ability to write independently
Developing Emotional and Imaginative Life through Writing
Name:____________________
Find and record interesting facts that you read in this month’s paper, in your own words.
Illustrate each fact or import a suitable image. The first one is done for you!
Did you know about Ernest Walton?
Ernest Walton was born in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford in 1903. When he was just three
years old his mother died. He studied mathematics and science at Trinity College Dublin
and at Cambridge University in England. In 1932 with another scientist, John Cockcroft,
Walton built a machine that succeeded in splitting atoms. An atom is the smallest piece of any
substance that can exist. He was the first, and so far the only, Irish scientist to have been awarded the
Nobel Prize for Physics.
Did you know…?
Did you know…?
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Subject: English
Strand: Writing
Strand Units:
Creating and fostering the impulse to write
Developing competence, Confidence and the ability to write independently
Developing Emotional and Imaginative Life through Writing
Did you know…
Did you know…
Did you know…
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November #56
Answers
IT’S MENTAL!
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How many angles in 10 rectangles? 40
What 3D shape has no edges and only one face? sphere
Multiply 15 by 6. 90
Half 32 and add 4. 20
Write 18 minutes to one in digital. 12:42
What is 12 times 12? 144
Which is heavier- a tonne of metal or a tonne of lead? Both weigh a tonne, so
both are the same!
What is the second prime number after 5? 11
What type of triangle begins with the letter S? Scalene
If I made 25% profit on my €200 investment, how much profit did I make? €50
Puzzle Time:
Vol of 1= 36
Vol of 2= 27
Vol of 3= 18 (smallest)
Vol of 4= 30
Vol of 5= 24
Vol of 6= 36
Vol of 7= 40 (largest)
Vol of 8= 36
Vol of 9= 36
Crack the Code:
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Countdown
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50 x (10 + 8) = 900
900 – (4x6) – 3 = 873
Planet Sudoku:
Planet Politics (correction)
Q. 5: Who is the leader of the Labour Party. Correct Answer: Brendan Howlin. In the
magazine, it states Joan Burton (previous leader). Apologies.
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Maths Story Page 26 TPP
1. 6.44 a.m.
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5. €24.78
6. €104.40
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November 40 Quiz
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12. Ocean
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Fiche Ceist
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2. 65,909
3. Caitlín Eile
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5. The Freeman’s Journal
6. Glas
7. David Teie
8. New York
9. Kayla O’Connor
10. Francis Rynd
11. George Johnstone Stoney
12. Ernest T Walton
13. Glencar
14. Patricia Murphy
15. Nature’s Hidden Adventures
16. €25
17. Tyrone
18. Chicago Cubs
19. Los Angeles
20. Éire 40 – Nua Shéalainn 29
Vocabulary Constabulary
1. innovations
2. scaled-down
3. amphitheatre
4. renovations
5. figurines
6. noxious
7. eccentricity
8. diligent
9. perpetual
10. picturesque
11. therapeutic
12. trilogy
13. millennium
14. segregated
15. postponed
Fun Puzzles Page
Doublets
Wing, wine, wire, dire, Dare
Carp, harp, hard, hand, Hind
Fans, fats, cats, cuts, Cute
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General Knowledge Quiz
Braille
Ethiopia
Angler
Ulster
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Triathlon
Hidden famous Irish scientist=Beaufort
Timothy Tourist
1. Battlebridge
2. Glencar
3. Dromahair
4. Lough Allen
5. Arigna
6. Truskmore
7. Tullaghan
8. Drumshanbo
9. Creevelea
10. Shannon
Cloze Exercise
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Editing-A vital skil
Gobble Gobble – A Fowl Feast for Some
You may be forgiven for tinking (thinking) of ‘The Gobblers’ from The Golden Compass by philip
Pullman after reading the title, but this month's article is focusing on the festive bird of choice – the
humble turkey. As children and adults alike are getting excited thinking about presents and large
dinners next month, the poor turkey is wondering if it is the one going to end up as dinner. That
would put any breed of turkey in fowl (foul) humour!
Turkeys everywhere must be frantically exercising and dieting, trying to loose (lose) weight, so they
are too tin (thin)to be chosen for the dinner table on Christmas day! Maybe they will set up their
own “Weightwatchers Group.”
Thanksgiving is a holiday celabrated (celebrated) in the United States on the fourth thursday in
November. It is the anual 9annual) tradition since 1863. Thanksgiving is one of their major holidays
of the year. The turkey is generally the centrepiece of the celebration.
But it is not all bad news for the beloved turkey – they are quiet (quite) important and famous. Did
you know that the turkey was Benjamin Franklin's (a founding father of the United States of
America) choise (choice) for the United States' national bird? This is because the noble fowl was a
favoured food of Native americans.
In Ireland, Dustin the Turkey has been presenting TV programmes on RTE since 1989. His
achivements (achievements) include a musical career with chart-topping singles and he even
represented ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008 with the song “Irlande Douze Pointe.” He
has also appered (appeared) on the Xtra Factor and The Late Late Show a number of times!
Key:
The ten misspellings are highlighted in yellow.
Philip, Day, Thursday, Americans and Ireland should have capital letters.
The full stops omitted are highlighted in red.
Teacher’s Handout – November Issue #56- Monthly Planner
Page
4,
5, 6,
7,
10,
11
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Content:
National and
International
News
Politics
Sport
Crossword
Subject:
• English
• SPHE
• History
Planet Politics WWW News
40 Question Quiz
(resource pack)
Strand:
• Developing cognitive
abilities
through language
• Emotional and
imaginative
development
through language
• Competence and
Confidence in using
Language
• Myself and the wider
World
• Story
• Politics, conflict & society
Strand Unit:
• Reading: developing
interests,
attitudes, information
retrieval skills and the
ability to think
• Reading: responding to
text
• Developing Citizenship
• Stories from the lives
of people in the past
Planet History – Dead
Famous Series #2- Anne
Devlin, Ghosts of
Glasnevin
• History
• English
•
•
Pláinéad na Gaeilge –
Billy Whizz (An
Buachaill is Tapúla sa
Domhan)
• Gaeilge
• Léitheoireacht
• Labhairt
•
• English
• Developing cognitive
abilities
•
16
Planet Schools - School
17
News
16 Question of the Month
• SPHE
Story
•
Eras of Change & Conflict
• Myself and the Wider
World
Stories from the lives
of people in the past
Objective/s: The child should be enabled to • Read and interpret different types of functional text
• Distinguish between fact and opinion, bias and objectivity in text
• Read about National Issues that dominated news headlines: Dart
Underground Review, Statistical Yearbook of Ireland, Megalithic Art Find,
TG4’s Brilliant Halloween Prank, No Lá na Poblachta
• Read about international Issues that have dominated news headlines this
month: Earthquakes Threaten Colosseum, Hydrogen-Powered Train
Launched
• Read specific articles that encourage conversing freely and confidently
on current affairs topics- Senators on the Move (politics)
• Politics- Politically Correct Quiz
• Complete a crossword based on information text in the paper
• Complete a series of puzzles, word searches, riddles, puzzles
Read a selection of strange stories from around the world (WWW News):
Dolls of Malice? Hans the Boy Wolf (Intruder), Right To Smile, Ruck In A
Lift, Music For Cats, Skunk Lock
•
•
•
Read about Glasnevin Cemetery and the infamous ressurectionists (Grave
robbers) and how the towers were built to protect the graves from such
like.
Come to understand the life of Sir John Grey (A Man of Many Talents)
Appreciate the contributions made by Grey for the cause of an
Independent Ireland and free speech
Ag cothú fonn
• Scéal (cartún) a léigh as Gaeilge le h-ainm Billy Whizz (An Buachaill is
léitheoireachta
Tapúla sa Domhan)
• Ag cothú spéise/ag úsáid • Foclóir nua/deacair- luas lasrach=lightning speed; Is fada liom go dtosóidh
mé iad seo a ithe!=I can't wait to tuck into these; an buille marfach=the last
teanga
straw; Níl na coscáin in ann déileáil leis an luas!=The brakes can't cope with the
speed! Níl ach fadhb bheag amháin ag baint le sin!=There's only one little
problem! Caithfimid=We will have to
Reading: developing
interests, information
• Developing Citizenship
• Relate personal experience to the ideas and emotions
conveyed in the text (November Diary of a First Year by Abbie Cowan)
• Read a selection of pupils’ answers from last month’s question.
Question of the Month: In the US later this month, Thanksgiving Day will be
celebrated by millions of people. What are the three things you would give
thanks for, and why?
20,
21
Irish hall of Fame:
Scientists
2223
Maths - Maths story,
Puzzles, Sudoku
24
Planet Farming
25,
26
STEM
Planet Wildlife
Planet Science
Planet Tech
29
30
Planet Wellbeing- A
Problem Shared
Places – County Focus
#12
Armagh
30,31 The Writing Corner
• Maths
• Science
• History
•
•
Natural Environment
Number
•
•
Planet Earth in Space
Science and the
environment
• Maths
•
•
•
•
Number
Shape and Space
Problem Solving
Measure
•
•
•
•
Operations
Percentages
Time
Money
• Geography
• Science
• SPHE
• Science
• Geography
• SPHE
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•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Human Environments
Natural Environments
Living things
Myself
•
•
Living Things
Natural Environments
Forces
Materials
•
•
•
Myself
Myself and Others
•
•
•
•
People living and
working in the local area
The local, natural
environment
Animal Life
Human Life
The local, natural
environment
Light
My Friends and Others
Making decisions
• Geography
• Natural Environments
• People living in a
contrasting part of Ireland
• English
• Developing Cognitive
abilities through
language
•
•
Reading/Writing
Write for a purpose
• Read about the achievements, discoveries and inventions from 12 of
Ireland’s most famous scientists.
• Look at the changes that were brought about through their discoveries
and work
• Red about their contributions to the world of science and how it has
influenced thinking in today’s world.
• Come to appreciate how science permeates the world around us
•
Solve and complete practical one-step and two-step problems and
tasks involving multiplication, division, addition and subtraction –
countdown, crack the code (multiplication) Sudoku, puzzles
Problem solve using real life situations- Science Delivery
• Read a diary extract from Getting Winter -Ready
• Read a Farmer’s Journal a young farmer in Donegal .
NEW! HSA Farm Safety Quiz- highlighting the importance of Farm Safety
with Children
Planet Wildlife- Learn about Builders in the Compass Club After
Schools Programme
• Planet Science: Read about the Ross Sea Protection Bill and how this
will have a positive effect on the marine eco-system of the world.
• Under the Microscope- Learn about Magnetic Fields
• Planet Experiment- Sound- Create your own magnetic slime!
• The Gadget Guys- Mag-Lev, Ping-Pong FM
• Green Innovation Series: FoodCloud
Game Review- Plants vs Zombies Heroes by Erin Gallagher
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•
•
•
•
•
Look at the Problem of the Month- Being excluded
Discuss how best to overcome this problem- looking at the reasons why
you should concentrate on making ‘real friends’
Go online to share your thoughts on the problem
Look at the word clique and what it means
Look (and appreciate) the therapeutic value of having an ordered work
place, living space… even among children.
• Learn about the county of Leitrim
• Read the history and origins of the county- looking at facts and figures
based on geographical, historical and cultural information, tourist
attractions, sport etc.
• Theme: “Battling for survival against the odds at a time of conflict.
Finding the strength within to overcome difficult times.”
• Read about The War of Independence 1920-22 by Patricia Murphy
Short Story of the Month: A Cry for Help! By Sorcha O’ Donoghue