Scoil Phádraig Naofa - Fourth Class Easter Activities

Hi everyone,

Hope you are keeping well since we sent our last weekly plan. It was lovely to stay in touch with some of you during the week through Class Dojo. While we won’t be assigning any bookwork or responding to Class Dojo during the Easter Holidays (6th – 17th Apr.) your child might like to try out some fun activities from the websites/ideas listed below, to keep them occupied and active. However, these are totally optional and if you wish to completely switch off during the Easter holidays, that is fine too. The most important thing is that everyone stays safe and well. Wishing you all a very happy Easter and we will be in contact with you again on Monday, April 20 th.

Some Activity Ideas for over the Easter Holidays

Create your own egg hunt

You can use different sized eggs for your egg hunt – large chocolate eggs, decorated eggs, chocolate mini eggs. You can organise your own egg hunt also: You could draw a map for members of your household to follow. You could give rhyming clues for them to figure out like: “You’ll find an egg near two hands and a face; you’ll find another egg near a cool place.” The first clue could mean near a picture, a statue or a clock. The second clue could mean near a cold tap, a fridge or a freezer. Use your imagination to come up with clues and take turns to hide the eggs. You could have an Easter egg obstacle course-sack race, egg and soon, tennis racket and dribble ball etc.

More Easter egg hunt ideas on this website:

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/easter-ideas/g31346137/indoor-easter-egg-hunt-ideas/

Baking:

Make chocolate nests (Make sure you have an adult helping you)

Of course, you must ask a responsible adult’s permission to do this activity and you will need some ingredients. You will need:

225g of chocolate 50g of butter Golden Syrup Rice Krispies Mini eggs

1. Melt 225g chocolate and 50g butter in a pan2. Then add 2 tbsp of golden syrup and 75g rice Krispies and stir. 3. Pop in to cake cases and press a spoon in the middle to create a nest shape. 4. Allow to cool and the chocolate to set. 5. Add in mini eggs6. Enjoy!

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Other Easter treats you could try out (Make sure to have an adult helping you)

Recipe Instructions

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Devilled Chick Eggs are a super simple savoury treat. Ask an adult tohelp you make a batch of devilled eggs but instead of cutting them vertically, just chop the top off and you can help to dress them up.

1 Ask an adult to help you boil some eggs for 8 minutes. Place the boiled eggs in iced water to cool them down quickly.

2 Ask an adult to help you slice the egg in two places, as shown in the picture.

3 Remove all the yolk of the egg and crumble in a bowl using a fork.

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Pancake Bunnies: The only ingredients you’ll need are everyday breakfast items. You can whatever fruit you like such as blueberries, strawberries, banana slices, melon or cantaloupe as well a little honey, maple syrup or even a couple of small marshmallows for teeth!

4Add some mayonnaise and mustard (as shown in the picture) and mix in the bowl until you make a yellow paste.

5Spoon the paste into a piping bag and use this to fill up the base of the hollowed out eggs.

6 Ask an adult to help you cut up some carrot triangles and some olive slices to make a nose and eyes for your chicks.

7Put the top section of the egg back in its place. Decorate the chicks with their eyes and nose.

8 Share with your family and enjoy. Happy Easter!

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Easter Brownie Bites

PREP: 15 MINS COOK: 15 MINS MAKES 24 MINI BROWNIES

Ingredients175g butter chopped 150g dark chocolate250g light brown soft sugar85g self-raising flour50g cocoa powder3 large eggs beaten 100g milk chocolate chips24 mini chocolate eggs, plus extra to decorate

Method

1. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line 24 holes of a mini muffin tray with paper cases. Put the butter, dark chocolate and sugar in a pan and heat it very gently, stirring all the time until the butter and chocolate have melted. Remove from the heat and leave to cool for a few mins.

2. Meanwhile, sift the flour, cocoa and a good pinch of salt into a large bowl. Stir in the warm, melted chocolate mixture and the beaten eggs, then add half the chocolate chips and mix until just combined.

3. Divide the mixture between the cases and place a mini egg into the middle of each muffin, pushing down gently. Bake for 12-15 mins until cooked but still gooey in the centre – they will continue cooking a little as they cool down. Leave to cool for 10 mins in the tin before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

4. Melt the rest of the chocolate chips in short bursts in the microwave, or in a bowl set over a pan of simmering water, stirring frequently. Leave to cool until it is quite thick, then dot a small amount on each cake and stick on some more mini eggs.

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Easter egg fairy cakes

 Makes: 4 Portions

Not Suitable for freezing

 Preparation: 10 minutes 10 minutes cooking time

180 C°, 350 F°, Gas Mark 4

Ingredients 150g softened butter 150g caster sugar 3 eggs  125g self raising flour 25g cocoa powder

Method1. Beat together the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl until the mixture is pale and creamy.2. Add the eggs to the mixture, one at a time and stir until smooth.3. Mix in the flour and cocoa powder.4. Spoon into cake cases in a bun tin and cook for 15 minutes. 5. The cakes are done when they are well-risen and golden brown and feel springy in the

middle. Leave to cool on a wire rack.6. To decorate, make butter icing by mixing 100g butter, softened with 215g icing sugar and 1-

4 tsp milk (if needed) and spread it over the top of the cakes, then add mini Easter eggs or mini chocolate buttons.

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Outdoor / physical activity:

Help Mum/Dad with jobs in the garden. Plant some spring/summer bedding plants & herbs in pots. Plant some vegetables

that are easy to grow, e.g. lettuces, radishes, beetroots-https://www.schooldays.ie/articles/Top-Tips-for-Getting-Kids-into-Gardening

Design our school garden plot for School Garden Competition. Construct a bird feeder and feed the birds-https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=_AtclnI5ABg Identify the birds that visit the garden and do a project on ‘Ireland’s Garden Birds’-

https://birdwatchireland.ie/irelands-birds-birdwatch-ireland/garden-birds/ Be creative and invent a new game that you can play outdoors with your family. Easter egg treasure hunt Obstacle courses Games such as Hopscotch, Skipping, Hula-hoops etc. https://youtu.be/G_0EkDioGNs Off The Couch | Ball skill challenge to try at home |

Mickey Quinn Go on a spring nature walk:

Take a walk with your family around the neighbourhood. (2km, accompanied by adult); observe and note signs of spring. Bring a phone and take pictures of different flowers you see on your way. See if you can find: daffodils, tulips and crocuses etc.

Indoor exercise

10 @ 10 - https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/ Guided dance from GoNoodle - https://www.gonoodle.com/ Cosmic Kids Yoga - https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga/videos https://childhood101.com/yoga-for-kids-brain-breaks/

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Daffodils Tulips Crocuses

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Art: Easter Craft Ideas:

Decorate egg shells

There are so many ways to do this. You can make marble eggs, glitter eggs and painted eggs. Firstly

you need to blow out your egg. You can follow one of the methods shown on this website:

https://www.wikihow.com/Blow-Out-Eggs

Then, decide how to decorate. Check out ‘Red Ted Art’ website for some fantastic ideas. See:

https://www.redtedart.com/10-egg-decorating-ideas/

Tie Dyeing hard boiled egg ideas:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XHXCNoEWXw How to dye Easter eggs with nail polish tie dye - AThriftyMom.com

https://www.marthastewart.com/275626/egg-dyeing-101 Tie dyeing eggs using food colouring and vinegar

Make a Paper Easter Basket

Paper Easter Basket Instructions

All you need is a square sheet of paper or card, some scissors and glue. Make a few snips and folds, and in five minutes you’ll have a lovely homemade Easter basket that you can fill with chocolates or other Easter gifts!

See the following pages for instructions

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Materials

You will need

Sheet of paper or card. A 15 cm square makes a nice mini-basket. You’ll also want a thin strip to make a handle.

Pencil Ruler Adhesive tape or glue Two paper fasteners to secure the handle instead of tape if you wish

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Paper Easter Basket Instructions

Step 1:

Place your paper nice-side-down.

With a pencil and ruler, draw an evenly spaced 3 by 3 grid onto the square, as if you were going to play noughts-and-crosses. I usually use a 15cm square of paper, so my lines are spaced 5cm apart.

Fold and unfold along each of the lines to make a crease.

Step 2:

See how in the photo from Step 1, the lines going in from the top and bottom are drawn a bit darker? Well, you want to cut along those lines, so that your piece of paper looks like the picture on the top of page 7.

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When you cut your paper, it should look like this:

Step 3:

Fold up the left and right sides of the paper to turn it into a basket like this. Ask an adult to help you if you wish. Tape or glue the folds into place. I like to use adhesive tape because it’s quicker. If you put it on the inside of the basket then you can’t see it anyway.

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Here’s a close-up showing how the folds go:

Step 4

Use a thin strip of paper to make a handle, and tape or glue it on. You can also ask an adult to help you make holes in it to push through some paper fasteners.

The strip should be about 15cm in length.

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Step 5

Now you’ve made your paper Easter basket, it’s time to fill it up with goodies!

-Try out another design on Youtube: Type in: ‘How to Make Basket with Colour Paper | DIY Paper Baskets Making’Or use this link: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJwJTyeqEbI)

-Or make and Easter Weaving craft using this link https://www.twinkl.ie/search?term=easter+weaving+craft+instructions

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Other Easter Craft Ideas

Copy thesehyperlinks and paste them into your address bar (or use CTRL and click) to open up videos on how to make all of these items:

Easter Crafts 1:https://www.dropbox.com/s/omlyrci0ob6ywa9/Easter%20Crafts%201.mp4?dl=0

Easter Crafts 2:https://www.dropbox.com/s/37ds52bm19oxcng/Easter%20Crafts%202.mp4?dl=0

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https://thepinterestedparent.com/2018/03/picasso-inspired-easter-bunnies/ Easter bunny pictures

https://www.pinterest.ie/pin/832040099894640087/ Easter window art decorations

https://www.pinterest.ie/pin/488429522067909862/ Easter Bunny crafts with a plastic spoon

https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/design-an-easter-egg-competition-activity-ideas-t-tp-6952 Easter colouring

https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-t-26544-easter-egg-mindfulness-colouring-sheets colouring

Make an Easter card for your grandparents/ neighbour:

https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t-re-299-mindfulness-colouring-easter-cards Easter card

https://www.pinterest.ie/pin/75505731241520113/ Hatching chick card idea

https://www.mykidstime.com/things-to-do/easy-make-easter-card-ideas-cute-as-bunnies/ Easter card

Maths

https://www.twinkl.ie/resource/t2-e-2584-year-4-easter-themed-maths-word-problems-activity-sheets

Continue IXL https://www.ixl.com

Religion: The Easter Story

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/easter/easterstory.aspx

https://www.scoilnet.ie/primary/theme-pages/events/celebrations-seasons/easter/

Other activities:

Board games/Card games/Lego/Jenga/ Jigsaws/ Hide and Seek/ Read a book for pleasure/ Sudoku/Wordsearches/Crosswords (see some examples below)

Memory games (e.g. stop the clock with one letter of the alphabet and come up with words beginning with a specific letter under certain headings such as boy name; girl name; country / city; food; item of clothing; activity; kitchen utensil etc.)

http://movesforlife.ie/ For children interested in chess, here is an Irish chess website

https://covid19.shanehastings.eu/giveback/ Numerous activities from learning a new instrument to mindfulness!

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Letter writing - ‘An Post’ are delivering two postcards to each home, have a go at writing to keep in contact with people.

Watch: RTÉ Home School Hub, which is on RTE 2 each morning Mon.-Fri. from 11:00 and 12:00 or https://www.rte.ie/…/programmes/1127275-rte-home-school-hub/ It’s really good!

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Easter Dot-to-Dot

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Easter Tangram

Print out and colour the picture. Then cut out the shapes along the lines. Mix up the pieces and try to reassemble them.

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From all your teachers in Fourth Class!

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