A message to parents from the Irish Primary Principals Network (IPPN):

A message to parents from the Irish Primary Principals Network (IPPN):

Click on the link below:

https://youtu.be/ZgIAKPko1yw

Going Forward in the New Normal.

Friday 27th March

Dear Parents and Guardians,

I have been reading many articles during this week searching for answers as to how to navigate on this journey.
The following is the best advice I feel I can offer at this time ;

This is a really strange time but the following tips and ideas might make the next few weeks at home a little bit more manageable. Maybe some of them will be useful for you, maybe some will not, so pick and choose to best suit your children.

While I think it is fantastic that so many companies, teachers and other educators sharing ideas and activities to do at home, I do also think it can be utterly overwhelming and can make us as parents wonder if we are doing enough and we can be tempted to compare ourselves to other parents. I cannot stress this enough :
You know your children best, you know what they need and what works best for them so do it your own way. Be confident in your ability to do this! Do not be under pressure to complete every single fantastic activity.  Keep it real. Pick and choose what you feel will work best for your family.

I think you will all agree that this is a scary time for everyone. It is both strange and difficult to be working from home especially since we do not know when this will be over.  Our 'normal' daily routines have completely changed. The same goes for the children.  This is a tricky time for them ; the initial excitement of having two weeks free of school has worn off as they are not able to carry on as normal, meeting and playing with friends, going to GAA, rugby or gymnastics.  We need to let them have time to be children as they try to make sense of what is happening and come to terms with all the changes to their lives.

Activities and School Work: 
Your child's teacher will post to their classroom blog each week, with work for your child to complete.   You will need to check the Blogspot for each teacher - you can access this from the main Blog/website page if you scroll down, each teacher has her own page on the right hand side.

We will communicate via the Blog/website on any new information or updates in relation to Distance learning.

Padlets:  Each teacher has made a Padlet for her class. The Padlet is filled with resources and links to relevant websites.  These will be updated with new activities regularly.

Please use this time to REVISE  what your child already knows and perhaps give them some challenges based on what they have learned.

Teach your child real 'life skills' - baking and cooking, sewing on a button, putting on a wash, folding their clothes, ironing, budgeting, money, telling the time and playing cards!

Above all else I hope we as a community are all doing okay.

On behalf of the staff of Scoil Bhride I wish each and every family a safe journey at this time.

Take Care of yourselves and each other.

God Bless,

Everyone at Scoil Bhride.

An article for parents from today's Irish Independent:

6th Class School Transport

Bus Eireann update
26th March 2020

Applications for school transport for the new school year are currently open and can be accessed online at
www.buseireann.ie/schooltransport 

Details of the scheme are also available on Bus Eireann Facebook page
http://www.education.ie/en/Parents/Services/School-Transport/ 

The closing date is the 24th April and anyone interested in their children taking the bus to school should register their interest  - even if  families live within the 2km radius they may live on the bus route and can therefore buy a concessionary ticket if there is space on the bus.

TUESDAY 24th MARCH 2020

Hello everyone,

As you will have heard from An Taoiseach this afternoon, schools will not be reopening this side of Easter and the situation will be reviewed then. 

This worldwide situation is unprecedented and we are all adjusting to the "new normal".  

In terms of homeschooling at the moment, we would suggest to carry on with the work we gave the children on Thursday 12th March.  The school book companies, Folens and Fallons have given free access to all primary school book titles many of which we use in our classes. These are fabulous tools to browse around and to use for revision in all subjects.  If you have access to a printer there are very useful printable worksheets also. See below for links to enter these sites:

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FOLENS:

To lend a helping hand to schools and parents over the coming weeks FOLENS are giving access to all their digital resources on FolensOnline.ie.  

Parents and teachers can follow the steps below to get access:

1. Go to FolensOnline.ie and click register
2. Select Teacher
3. Fill in a username, email and password
4. For Roll Number use the code:  Prim20
   

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FALLONS:

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, teachers, parents and pupils can access the online versions of all CJ Fallon books for free. Simply click here and filter to your required title.

If you would prefer to access these directly, visit http://my.cjfallon.ie, click 'Student Resources', then filter to the title you require, making sure 'Online Book' is selected under 'Resources'.

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The most important message we can give you at the moment is to do whatever is POSSIBLE in your own homes. We are aware of the limitations in a lot of homes when it comes to homeschooling. 

We are offering SUGGESTED activities for you to try. Older children will be well able to browse the online content themselves if possible.

PLAY, READING and CONVERSATION are so important for your child/ren at this time.

Keep checking our blog for updates.

We commend the work being done by all essential service workers and health care staff in our school community and all around the country at this time.

Keep safe everyone and stay at home.

From all the staff at Scoil Bhríde. 

WE MISS YOU!!

All of the staff at Scoil Bhríde wanted to send you a little message to say we really miss each and everyone of you. We are all fine and healthy and we hope you are too. It is hard to believe this school picture was taken just a few short months ago!

Life has changed alot for all of us for the time being and it will take us a while to re-adjust.

You may have watched An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's speech to the nation last night. In it he asked all of the children in the country to be strong during this time which is new to us all.  You have a big role to play which you will be amazing at.

-Do your schoolwork. **

-Be good for your parents and help them out.

-Contact your grandparents in other ways such as by phone or write to them the good old fashioned way or send them pictures and videos! They miss you as much as you miss them so think of inventive ways to keep them entertained.

-Write to each other. 

-Limit your screen time and read, play with your toys, get creative.

-GET FRESH AIR. You can still get fresh air and exercise while social distancing.

-Go to bed early and get lots of rest and EAT HEALTHILY.

**For the days ahead carry on with the work set by your teachers and check out the fab websites we already posted here on the blog. We are working on a plan to keep communicating with you and we will be setting you more work to do in the coming weeks.

So from Mrs Ginty, Mrs Fay, Mrs Coyne, Mrs O Neill, Mrs O Dowd, Mrs Rowen and Mrs Finlay and the visiting teachers this year, we wish you all the best. Stay safe and do your best every day. We will be in touch again very soon.

Home Activities

Good afternoon everyone. I hope everyone is doing well. 
I have compiled a list of useful educational websites and activities for pupils to continue their studies at home.

The first one is Scholastic and it includes 
Day-by-day projects to keep kids reading and thinking.

https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html?caching

The second one is Seomra Rang and it is also  posting  a Free online quiz of 20 questions each day for pupils to find the answers to. They will all be general knowledge and pupils should be capable of finding the answers online. 

https://www.seomraranga.com/

Here are some art and craft websites. If you create any of these crafts, please email your pictures and we will upload them on our blogs.

https://www.redtedart.com/

https://artfulparent.com/top-10-art-activities-for-kids/


Online resources:
- BrainPop
- Curiosity Stream
- Tynker
- Outschool
- Udemy
- iReady
- Beast Academy (Math)
- Khan Academy
- Creative Bug
- Discovery Education

YouTube Channels:
- Crash Course Kids
- Science Channel
- SciShow Kids
- National  Geographic Kids
- Free School
- Geography Focus
- TheBrainScoop
- SciShow
- Kids Learning Tube
- Geeek Gurl Diaries
- Mike Likes Science
- Science Max
- SoulPancake

Lots of board games, library books (and Kindle), tinkering/upcycling with household junk, etc.

*Pretend to travel the world..Go on a virtual tour of these 12 famous museums.



https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours


https://allinonehomeschool.com/

*List of thinking games by grade: https://allinonehomeschool.com/thinking/

**More awesome free learning websites that we like to use**

https://www.starfall.com/h/

https://www.abcya.com/

https://www.funbrain.com/

https://www.splashlearn.com/

https://www.storylineonline.net/

https://pbskids.org/

https://www.highlightskids.com/

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

https://www.coolmath4kids.com/

http://www.mathgametime.com/

https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/

http://www.literactive.com/Home/index.asp

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/

https://www.switchzoo.com/

https://www.seussville.com/

https://www.turtlediary.com/

https://www.e-learningforkids.org/

World Book Day Best Dressed Winners

All Pupils were invited to dress up as their favourite character from a book in conjunction with World Book Day.

Congratulations to our winners of the 'Best Dressed'.
They each received a book voucher for Easons.
Happy Reading Girls and Well done!

Our classroom doors got a make over too.

3rd & 4th class 

 1st & 2nd class

Junior & Senior infants

5th & 6th class

The winning class got to bake with Siobhan.

School Parking

Dropping off and collecting children: 

Please park your car in the parking area provided to drop off and collect your child/children and walk them to and from the school gate.

Various safety concerns have been raised recently.

School Closure

Reminder: School closure as per School Calendar - Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th March.

P.E

P.E will be on Wednesdays until further notice. Children must wear navy tracksuit bottoms and runners on this day.

Thank you

Engineers Week

Engineers week takes place from 2nd - 8th March in Ireland.

We invite all children to work on a project at home during this week. Materials such as cardboard, fabric, plastic or wood can be used (no Lego or Knex please)

We are currently working on the theme of 'Travel' for our 5th Green Flag and  we encourage the children to incorporate this into their project idea.

Prizes will be give for the best projects.

(Refer to:  www.engineersweek.ie  for further information on Engineers Week)

World Book Day

World Book Day is Thursday 5th March. 

To celebrate this day we are encouraging all children to dress up as their favourite character from a book. We kindly request a donation of €2 per child/€5 per family of three or more. Proceeds will go towards children's books/library for the school.