Senior Infants enjoyed two sessions of fun, games and movement skills with students in the ATU, which were enjoyed with great excitement and joy. Have a look at some activities the children enjoyed below in action shots:
Aishling Kilkenny (SCP) Evert & Elsa (Roots of Empathy Teacher)
The Roots of Empathy Programme is currently running in 2nd class , with our wonderful Mom Evert & of course our Roots of Empathy Teacher, Baby Elsa.
Aishling from School Completion Programme, is delivering the Programme and works with 2nd Class & Ms Middleton each week. The Programme is a 27 week programme and aims to reduce levels of aggression among school children by raising social-emotional competence and increasing empathy.
At the heart of the programme is a baby (Elsa) and parent (Evert) who visit the classroom every three weeks during the school year. A trained Roots of Empathy instructor (Aishling) coaches the children to observe the baby’s development and to label the baby’s feelings. The baby is the ‘teacher’ in this experiential learning, while the instructor helps the children identify and reflect on their own feelings.
Well done to everyone involved and especially to Baby Elsa who is just a ‘superstar’!!
We have had a very busy few weeks in the Parents Room with 2 two very successful workshops.
Make Up Session:
Early in December, the wonderful Caroline Wimsey ran a Make Up Workshop for Parents. It was a lovely morning with Caroline sharing her make up skills and talents with us.
Doesn’t Emma look fabulous !!
Flower Arranging:
On Friday 16th, Martina Kilian joined us to help us to create floral center pieces for Christmas. We used materials that can be easily found in our homes- ribbons, old decorations and recyclable containers. The 6th Class pupils helped Ms Browne to gather greenery from around the school grounds.
It was a great morning and these Parents are so creative yet didn’t think so at the start of the workshop. Their pieces are beautiful!
Lots of creativity, chocolate, coffee and Christmas music- a morning to remember!
Plenty more activities for Parents to get involved in 2023. Keep in touch with HSCL and remember that it is so important to take time out for yourself !
Such a lovely relaxing walk this morning with this group of Parents /Guardians. It is so lovely to just take time for ourselves and enjoy a walk while chatting to others.
All are welcome- looking forward to seeing more of you next week!!!Depending on the weather, we might go on Thursday morning. I will send a message.
Aisling, HSCL
Hearing the sound of children’s voices throughout the school this week really gave us a lift. We welcomed back a group of 36 children to our summer camp on Monday morning. They have been amazing us every day with their hand washing and sanitising skills. The children have been demonstrating their knowledge of how to keep themselves and others safe while working separately in their small groups.It is obvious Parents & Families have been working hard at home for the past few months to ensure the children are familiar with the ways we can try our best to keep each other safe. Summer Camp looked a different to camps from other years but the levels of fun and happiness were just as high!
In the Junior Group we had such a brilliant week led by Ms.Marren. We were super at looking out for one another and washing our hands!Teacher wore her face mask whenever she could not social distance and we got very used to this after the first morning! We all did our very best to keep everybody safe.
Some of our favourite activities included;
Making our own lunches in the kitchen: This was such a great learning experience. Making choices about what we would like to eat, choosing our food, buttering our chosen bread and putting on our fillings. We even made our own rice krispie treats! We felt very independent .
Art and Crafts: This was another of our favourite activities. We did lots of different types of art, as you will see in our video. Painting, colour mixing, drawing, decorating, colouring and working with fabric and fibre. We were all so creative in our own ways.
Outdoor activities: We also loved getting outside and being active. We loved the running and throwing games. We worked on skills like balance, speed and coordination.
What a brilliant week – well done to the boys and girls.
Have a look at our video to see more examples of our wonderful fun!
Middle Group + Ms. Browne: Our week in Summer Camp was all about FUN,FUN & FUN! It was so lovely to be back in school and to see our friends and some of our Teachers too.
We had a busy week with plenty of Arts & Crafts activities, stories, outdoor games as well as Music, Dancing and even decorating our own cupcakes! We went on a Nature Walk and found some conkers by the pitch as well as listening outdoors for the many sounds around us.
Wayne O’Connor, the Storyteller came to visit on our last day of Camp and he was fantastic. He told us the story of mythical people a long time ago and he was really funny. We were so excited listening to him and watching him.
On Friday we had an ice-cream party and we really loved it. We even had yummy toppings to create our own ice creams- yummy, yummy in my tummy!
We sanitised our hands everytime we went into school and when we were leaving the school. We washed our hands throughout the day – before we ate and after we ate, whenever we sneezed or coughed and we all coughed into our elbows. Ms Browne could not believe how wonderful we were at following the guidelines about sneezing and coughing and she had her ‘proud Momm’ face’ on every day at Camp because we were so good at looking after one another!
Here are some photos of our fantastic week !
Watching ‘Chicken Licken’
Finding Conkers on our Nature Walk
Dragon Art
Senior Group + Ms.Kivlehan
We had a great time at Camp this week and we spent a lot of time outdoors – playing basketball, running through obstacle courses as well as doing our exercises with music. We really enjoyed making our own lunches with help from Ms. Grimes as well as baking our Fairy Cakes in the kitchen. Decorating them was a messy job but so much fun!!!The fairy cakes were delicious.
We did lovely art and craft activities – making our own window decorations for home as well as doing music and board games in our room.
We followed social distancing guidelines and are really ready for and excited about getting back to school next Thursday – we know when to sanitise our hands and washed our hands regularly throughout the day at summer camp.
Summer Camp 2020 was the best fun!!!!!
Obstacle Course
Basketball Fun
The Board of Management of our school have published the school Covid-19 Response Plan. It can be viewed on the Covid-19 Policy page here on our website. This contains the national strategy for the safe reopening of our school and a statement from the Board outlining its commitment to working continuously on creating and maintaining a safe and healthy workplace and place for learning.
Our first August newsletter published yesterday outlines some important information on what parents need to know in advance of our planned reopening on Thursday 27th. We plan to have a newsletter next week as well, outlining more essential information for parents. With your continued support we know we will get there!
I hope you are all well – it was lovely to see some parents and pupils last week. Now that we are able to get out and about more, it is most important that we remind our ‘little ones’ of the importance of washing hands, coughing/sneezing into our elbows and the need for social distance when we are in the company of those we do not live with. As parents, we must continue to remind our children of the importance of doing all of these things.
As we near the end of this very ‘strange’ school year, all of us Parents are feeling tired and possibly a little worried about what lies ahead for the next few months. Rest assured, that Ms Grimes will be in touch as soon as we know what is happening about returning to school after the summer holidays. Please remember that all children are in the same boat and that all of the teachers will look after your child with much care and attention when schools open again. Everyone in St. Edward’s NS will continue to do their very best for each pupil and family.We are all in this together!
Please ring me on the HSCL phone (086)7769756 if you have any questions at all or would like a chat about anything. I am always here to listen and to support you in any way that I can. I love to hear from you all and to know that you are keeping well.
I hope you all enjoyed Sports Week (I certainly did!!!) – you have until Tuesday 1pm to e mail your pictures/videos to Class Teacher or send them to St Edward’s NS Facebook Page through Messenger.
Remember that all pupils who send in a video/ picture of themselves taking part in some activity will be entered into the draw for some fabulous prizes.
**** I am putting a wonderful Parents/Grandparents prize together so get active, get snapping and sending in those pics/videos!!! Come on Moms and Dads, Granny or Grandad -lets see how much fun you can have with this!!! ****
Talk soon.
Stay Safe. Stay Strong.
xx Aisling xx
St. Edward’s NS, ‘Sports Week’ – such a fun week planned for all the pupils of St.Edward’s. It is not just for the pupils though- its a fun filled week for all of the family. So let us all get ready for some exercise, some excitement and great laughs together!
This week is all about taking time together as a family to do various fun filled activities and to let your hair down! No matter what age we are, we all want to laugh and we all love to get involved in games and some really exciting activities. Our children deserve some real fun this week and the teachers have planned lots of simple games etc for you all to enjoy. Don’t forget to send pictures to your teacher of your family enjoying St. Edward’s NS Sports Week. We love to see you all and your pictures really cheer us up!
Keep an eye on St. Edward’s NS Facebook Page every day this week and you might see some familiar faces demonstrating the various games and activities!!! ( Look out for the Kerry Flag during the week!!!!)
The HSCL Phone (086) 7769756 is always on so please ring or text me if you have any questions, concerns or just for a chat- I am here to listen and to support you, the Parents/Guardians. You are doing a fantastic job and this week you all deserve a break from school work.
Remember – there is so much learning for us all in playing games and sharing fun times together as a family!
“How shall I teach this child,” I cried?
Into my hand he put the key,
“Come” he said , “play with me.”
Looking forward to seeing all the photos and the videos and to hear all about your ‘Sports Week.’ Have Fun, Fun, Fun!!!
Talk soon
Aisling xx
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