December in the Junior Room

The junior room children have been very busy in the month of December and the lead up to Christmas. Our theme for the month was Winter where we talked about Winter weather, Winter clothes and some animals associated with Winter such as the Penguin and the Irish Seal. In Gaeilge we covered An Aimsir learning lots of new vocabulary about Winter weather.

In the run up to another COVID Christmas we unfortunately were unable to have any visitors to the school or any outside trips but we made the best we could of this situation with lots of arts and crafts activities and of course plenty of practise for our classroom concert - we hope you all enjoyed this video posted on seesaw! Take a look at all the lovely work the children have completed and we hope their log decorations will bring joy to all households for many years. Nollaig Shona daoibh go léir!

COVID-19 vaccine information for parents of children aged 5-11 (Issued by the Dept of Education

Dear Parent/Guardian,

The Department of Education has been asked by the HSE to disseminate the information below to schools for onward communication to parents/guardians.

COVID-19 vaccine information for parents of children aged 5-11

The HSE has published detailed information and guidance for parents about COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 5-11. This aims to help parents and guardians of 5-11 year old children make an informed decision when it’s time for their child to be offered a COVID-19 vaccine. 

Registration for the vaccine will open shortly, with priority being placed on children who are more at risk from COVID-19 or children who have a high-risk person in the family. Parents and guardians can read this information on https://www2.hse.ie/screening-and-vaccinations/covid-19-vaccine/get-the-vaccine/covid-19-vaccination-for-children/  or they can download these information booklets from HSE.ie.

Important information for parents and guardians about the COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5-11 (Comirnaty, Pfizer/BioNTech) (PDF, size 1.11 MB, 16 pages)

Important information for parents and guardians about the COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5-11 (Irish) (PDF, 1.7 MB, 16 pages)

Thank You

The Grinch who Stole Christmas - Our Senior Room Christmas 2021 Performance

Covid wasnt going to spoil it for us… Our parents and lovely families could not come to Scoil San Eoin so we are bringing our performance to you!! Grab a cuppa, sit back and enjoy our brilliant Christmas performance from our senior room pupils.

Let all your family know they can watch it on our website.

Well done to each and everyone of you. You all worked so hard and it showed in this brilliant performance. It wasn’t an easy task having to do it in the classroom, with pods in place and limited space and resources, but as usual everyone got into the spirit of Christmas and made the best of the situation. Creative juices flowed to turn a reading piece into a mini play by making props, adding in songs, costumes and props. Special mention to our excellent musicians Brian Jones on keyboard and Ronan Wynne on guitar. What a talented bunch you are!!!

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

Charity Food Drive delivery to Arklow Community Action Resource Centre

We had a huge response for our Food drive charity collection that ran through December to help families in need. Cleo Griffin delivered to Arklow Community Action Resource Centre with our final collection this week. This will be used for Food hampers to be given out to families in Arklow/ Avoca/ Coolgreany and Gorey.

Earlier this month a collection was also delivered to East Coast Roosters with donations.

Thank you to everyone who donated to these worthy causes. We are sure there are lot’s of families who will be very grateful this Christmas.

Thank you to Cleo for organising and delivering the collections.

Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas!

Collection for East Coast Roosters and Arklow Community Action Resource Centre for Christmas still ongoing

Dear Parent/Guardian,

A reminder to everyone we are still collecting for East Coast Roosters and Arklow Community Action Resource Centre for Christmas.

Please spread the word that a box will be left outside the school door on a Monday or Wednesday from 09.30-03.00pm.

Lets try to make the last week a successful one.

Thank You for the support in advance

6th Class Festive Fun Decorating the tree & school - Dec 21

The senior room had lots of fun with Ms Hedderman on Friday being creative and decorating the school for the festive season ahead. After a super tough year for our pupils, it’s lovely to see the festive lights, decorations and cheer in the run up to to Christmas. They done a fantastic job. Have a look at our lovely tree and hallways.

November in the Junior Room

During the month of November we completed lots of activities on the theme of Homes. The children learned all about the different types of homes all over the world, built homes using lego and polydrons and completed art and craft activities on this theme. We learned all about 2D and 3D shapes in Maths and learned lots of new vocabulary of delicious Bia in Gaeilge. The children took part in some Science week activities and also completed their GAA and tennis coaching sessions during November. We are now looking forward to lots of fun activities in the run up to Christmas.

Mental Health Support Leaflet for children and young people

Dear Parent/Guardian,

Please see below a link to an updated mental health support leaflet for children and young people.

This leaflet will raise awareness, signpost and provide details of several HSE funded national organisations that provide various mental health supports and services to children, young people and their families around the country.

Details of these services and more are also available on www.yourmentalhealth.ie or by calling 1800 111 888.

Attached is leaflet link.

Updated COVID19 Info re: Antigen Testing & HSE guidance for age 3-13 years

Dear Parent/Guardian,

Please see below 2 letters issued by the Dept of Education and HSE for parents.

Please read both letters carefully as they contain important information regarding Covid19.

Dept of Education Letter for parent/guardians regarding antigen Testing of asymptomatic children in primary school pods where a confirmed case of COVID-19 is identified.

HSE updated guidelines for children aged 3 to 13 years

Thank You

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Junior Room Tennis with the Jamie Stafford Academy

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The children from the Junior Room class have just finished up a 4 week block of Tennis with Jamie Stafford. They all thoroughly enjoyed it and some were lucky enough to receive prizes each week during games.

Lots of fun & exercise have been achieved for the sessions completed.

Thank you to Jamie from the Academy!!

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