Resources and websites for parents to access during school closure - Updates 06.04.2020
Dear Parents,
Further to our last update, please see below some more resources and online websites that can be accessed during school closure
Schooldays.ie - Online Initiatives and Family Friendly Fun/ Online computing and coding classes
CJ Fallon - Busy at Maths Online Tutorials
Maths Week Ireland - The all-island annual festival for the promotion of maths. Running 10th-18th October 2020. #Iusemaths
Prim Ed Ireland - Editable PDFs
Agri Aware - Family Challenge
Green Schools - Green-Schools is Ireland͛'s leading environmental management and award programme, working with primary and secondary schools across the country
David Walliams website: Daily audio story time with David Walliams at 11am each day
Maths Factor : The maths factor.com has free access
Scoilsnet: Decade of centenaries Irish history competition for senior classes
storytimefromspace.com - Reading resources
www.childhood101.com - Learing ideas for parents
crayola.com - Art resources
www.anpost.ie have a journey of post for any children planning on sending the free postcards
Super Troopers: Easter Egg Challenge
Social Media accounts to follow for ideas:
Instagram:
Teacher_mammy2020
Youtube:
Science with Maddie Moate
Easter themed cosmic yoga on YouTube
Music with Myleene Klass
Apps:
Duolingo app for Gaeilge vocab
Please also see our previous posts with other resources and websites.
Stay Safe & Happy Easter!
Further resources and websites to access during school closure - Updated 23rd March
Dear Parents,
We have added the following websites for parents to gain access to and use during the school closure to help during this period. It is very important to stress that these are simply ideas and resources for parents IF they choose to. It is completely up to parents which of these sites (if any) they use, and when.
Home Learning Ideas: Please click on the attached /document for 20 ideas for home learning during COVID 19
Folens: Folens have provided access to all digital resources on their website for the next few weeks. For parents to gain access follow the below steps
Go to Folensonline.ie and click register
Select Teacher
Fill in a username, user and password
For Role Number use the code: Prim20
PebbleGo: PebbleGo is an online resource for 5-8 year olds. Please click on the following link to gain access www.PebbleGo.ie Follow the steps for registration.
Seomra Ranga: Seomra ranga have been running Free online quiz’s of 20 questions each day for pupils to find the answers to. A daily prize of a €20 Book Vouchers can be won. Please log onto www.seomraranga.com for further information.
Phonics Play: PhonicsPlay comics are decodable comics. They are short, simple, silly comics that can be viewed on screen or printed out. They aim to provide children the opportunity to rehearse knowledge that they have learned in school. For the period of COVID19 they have made access to the website free. Please click on the following www.phonicsplay.co.uk Username is: march20 and password is: home
#PE with Joe: The body coach is running live PE lessons on youtube daily commencing at 9am on 23rd March and running Mon- Friday for children of all ages. Sessions will be 30 mins long. Please log onto youtube and search The Bodycoach TV and subscribe to gain access to these.
Art: Cork artist Will Sliney started #wewilldraw challenge to provide a daily drawing challenge for children across Ireland and the world. Due to the high levels of interest he has now vowed to hold a free live youtube channel. Please click on the following link for further info.
For all aspiring writers, John Boyne is running a short story comp with prizes and an opportunity to have your story shared on RTE’s Liveline. 300 words to be submitted by next Weds 25th March. Please click on the following link for further information.
Gooseberry internet safety suggestions: Please see attached a link for parents with internet safety suggestions during COVID 19
RTE 10@10: Pupils will be aware of this and know hoe to do it. Please see attached a link to all 10@10 excersises.
RTE: The one-hour lessons will be broadcast from 11am to 12pm Monday to Friday on RTÉ 2. They will be filmed inside a real-life primary school classroom and will be led by teachers with previous television experience. All information is listed on RTE.ie
www.worldbookonline.com is free at the moment to access
www.vooks.com have a free month of online stories with activities to match
An Post are sending each house two free postcards for children to write and post
Starfall is a free public service that teachs children to read. Please log onto www.starfall.com for further information
As we receive any further resources/ideas we will publish them on the website to try to help parents during this difficult time.
Stay Safe,
Thank You
Resources/Tips and Websites for parents to use during School Closure March 2020
Dear Parents,
Due to the unplanned closure, we have tried our best to organise as much as possible and sent pupils home on Thursday with work packs for the next 2 weeks. There are also some useful tips and websites below which have great resources that parents can avail of for free to use while pupils are off.
During the closure, teachers may also send some work home through Aladdin email therefore please also check your emails. These will be issued from Aladdin, please remember you cannot reply to these emails.
The best thing you can do is take out their maths book and go over old topics. Especially tables!!! Pick a topic every few days and print out a few worksheets for them to do. Revision is best here.
Join Mathlethics. This is a website packed full of maths games. Children can play against each other and work on all the skills that they will have already covered this year https://login.mathletics.com
Pick out the next 2 reading comprehensions in their English reader. Listen to them read. Get them to do the topics in a new copy for home. Have a read over it yourself when they're done. Spend a week on each story.
Read, Read, Read. This is the best time for kids to read as much as they can. Pick a good book. Download a summary for yourself. Most books have book club type questions for each chapter online. Have a chat with the kids about the books.
If your children are older, there are some excellent websites for coding. I use scratch when coding with the kids. There's loads and loads of tutorials online https://scratch.mit.edu
Twinkl are offering a free month to parents. This website is incredible. It is full of printable for everything from pre schoolers upwards. You will find so much here https://www.twinkl.ie. Use the code IRLTWINKLHELPS
Pick a topic and get the kids to research and put together a project. This could be done the old fashioned way or using powerpoint or Prezi https://prezi.com
Scoilnet Primary is another website with a wealth of worksheets and topics for researching. https://www.scoilnet.ie
www.gonoodle.com - Physical Activity website
http://dabbledoomusic.com//parents-subscription-full-access - Music website
Please click the attached link for a home activities worksheet also that can be used
Thank You.
School Open Day - Sat 28th March (Cancelled until further notice) Please spread the word
Updated Guidance on talking to children and young adults on COVID 19
Dear Parents/Guardian,
We have been asked to bring this to all parent/guardian’s attention.
Thank You
Food Dudes Week (23rd -27th March 2020)
Food Dudes Week is an opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of fruit and vegetables in a healthy lifestyle. The goal of Food Dudes Week is to reinforce the healthy habits that were introduced to the children during Food Dudes intervention stage last year at Scoil San Eoin.
There will be 5 days of fruit and vegetable tasting for all pupils.
Food Dudes Week is an opportunity to celebrate our schools healthy eating culture and to get the wider community involved in the programme.
Parental engagement is an important component of Food Dudes Week and it is an opportunity for parents to get involved in the healthy eating celebrations.
Volunteers needed for upcoming fundraising bagpack - 20/21st March
Our scheduled bagpack fundraiser @ Dunnes Stores, Bridgewater Shopping Centre Arklow is next Friday 20th and Saturday 21st March and we still do not have enough volunteers to fill time slots.
This is a great opportunity for the school to raise some much needed funds and we would really appreciate your help on the day.
Please contact the school office or a Parent Rep, if you or a family member (Over 16 years old) are available for any of the times above (Does not have to the full 2 hours whatever time people can spare would be of great benefit)
See below time slots that need to be filled.
Friday 20th March (12-2pm) (2-4pm) & (4-6pm) - need to be filled
Sat 21st March (10-12) (12-2pm) (4-6pm) - need to be filled
Thank You
New Community Tennis Programme at Wicklow Tennis Club
New Community Tennis Programme at Wicklow Tennis Club
Wicklow Tennis Club is delighted to announce details of its first ever Community Tennis Programme for children who are not current members of the club and aged between 5 and 12.
This will run for 4 Saturday mornings in March and April:
Dates:
Saturday 28th March
Saturday 4th April
Saturday 11th April
Saturday 18th April
Times:
10.00am to 11.00am ages 5 to 8
11.00am to 12.00pm ages 9 to 12
Cost: €25 for 4 sessions (payment on first day of programme – cash or card) there is also the option of a €7 per session but children must be registered beforehand so numbers can be tracked.
All equipment will be provided but the children must wear runners. Parents will be asked to stay on site during the course of the lesson, you will have access to the clubhouse.
Wicklow Tennis Club is holding its annual Open Day on Saturday 25th April and special membership offers will be available at this event for all categories.
Please click on the link below to register your child.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14Gma2CUaKianvmQZIGmm0VDmK3TvEFQZYm1M2-K0shI/edit
Super Troopers - Lime Green Section Complete!
Well done to the pupils in the senior class who completed their Lime Green activities in the senior class. The pupils are also logging all of the fantastic activities they take part in during the week and at weekends with their families, such as walking, Gaelic, swimming, trampolining, hurling and marshal arts! Well done also to our Pupils of the Month Leah Keogh and Niamh Nolan
Ficheall Tournament in Educate Together Wicklow
The senior pupils had a great day at the Ficheall Tournament in Wicklow. They put all their skills to the test against multiple teams from Gaelscoil an tInbhéar Mhóir, Wicklow Educate Together and Shelleybanks Educate Together. They did very well with the ‘Queen to Win’ team coming 4th in the Budding Masters section and Li’L Rookers coming 3rd in the Masters section. It was a great experience for the pupils and as usual they did Scoil San Eoin proud!! Click on the pictures below to see the pupils in action!
Child Friendly Hygiene images to show children re: Coronavirus
Dear Parents,
Please see below a child friendly poster with advice on the Coronavirus that you can show to your child/ren in relation to hygiene.
Thank You
Aistear Theme - (December 2019) Junior Room
The theme for Aistear for the month of December was Toy Shop. The children really enjoyed learning about the different shops, buying products and playing shop with each other.
Aistear Theme (November 2019) - Junior Room
The theme for Aistear for the month of October for Aistear in the junior room was @ the Doctors. The children really enjoyed learning about the doctor surgery, dressing up and learning about what a visit to the doctor is typically like.
Aistear Theme (October 2019) - Junior Room
The theme for Aistear for the month of October was Autumn. The children really enjoyed learning about the the season and events that take place during this time. They got to do lots of arts & crafts to display in our corridors.
Aistear Theme (September 2019) - Junior Room
The theme for Aistear for the month of Sept was on the farm. The children really enjoyed learning about the different animals and farmlife.
Bagpack Fundraiser (Friday 20th/Sat 21st March 2020) Volunteers Needed
Our scheduled bagpack fundraiser @ Dunnes Stores, Bridgewater Shopping Centre Arklow is nearing & we still have quite a few places to fill with volunteers to ensure a good presence on the day.
See below time slots that need to be filled.
Friday 20th March (12-2pm) (2-4pm) & (4-6pm) - need to be filled
Sat 21st March (10-12) (12-2pm) (4-6pm) - need to be filled
We would really appreciate your help on the day to raise some much needed funds for the school.
Please contact the school office or a Parent Rep, if you or a family member (Over 16 years old) are available for any of the times above (Does not have to the full 2 hours whatever time people can spare would be of great benefit)
Thank You
Advise from the Dept of Education to parents regarding the Coronavirus COVID-19
Parents,
Please see below revised information/advise for schools on the Coronavirus issued by the Dept of Education.
A letter has also been issued (see attached link) for parents of schoolchildren travelling from affected areas. Please read.
Pancake Tuesday - 25th February 2020
The children were very lucky to get to eat pancakes and try some delicious toppings on Pancake Tuesday morning. Thank you to all the parents who came in and catered for the children. It was a great morning and all costs will be covered by our fundraising account.
Have a look at some other great work we have been doing in the Senior room!
Paper folding with Michelle, pirate ships in art, fun outside, really great projects on Australia and we learned all about the Aboriginal People and Dreamtime.
