Active Week 2020
This years ‘Active School Week’ has gone virtual! Remember, it’s recommended that we do 60 mins of physical activity each day. The suggested timetable is below and class teachers will upload each of the activities to Seesaw. You might decide to create your own activities – try to get your whole family involved. We hope you have lots of active fun!
It is with much sadness that we let you know that Mrs Maireád McCorry, a teacher in our school died on Saturday 14th March, when she did not wake up from her sleep.
We have no words to make sense of this news and we are aware that this news is not easy understanding for either children or parents at any time, let alone in the current situation we are experiencing in our country. A lot of children and parents will know Mairéad from ‘Tir na nÓg’ Summer camp. We are sure we are united together in our prayers for Mairéad’s family.
You may find the following website helpful in explaining this sad news to your child
www.childhoodbereavement.ie
A memorial mass will be held at a later date to celebrate Mairéad’s life and there is a book of condolances set up in Church of the Nativity of our Lord, Beaumont for anyone who wishes to sign it.
Please click here to see further details of her funeral arrangements.
Rest in peace Mairéad.
Staff of St. Fiachra’s Junior National School.
Covid-19 Coronavirus Advice
An announcement was made on Thursday 12th March by the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD of the closure of schools, pre-schools and further and higher education settings, for a period until 29 March 2020, to support efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19. This will take effect from 6pm this evening, Thursday 12 March.
Department of Education Covid-19 Statement 12th March 2020
Here are some resources that you may find useful for talking to your children about the Coronavirus.
There are also many activities and downloadable resources available on our school website under ‘Links for Learning’ which you can use to continue your child’s learning at home during this time.
This is a child friendly e-book to help explain the Corona virus to your child
This is a child-friendly interview that may also be a useful resource when talking about Covid-19 with children.
This is an easy science experiment you could do at home to explain how important it is to use soap when washing our hands
This is a short video about hand hygiene and preventing the spread of the virus
Free Twinkl Resources Subscription
In light of recent developments in relation to Covid-19, the educational resources website ‘ Twinkl’ want to support all pupils, parents and teachers after the decision be made to close primary schools in Ireland. They are offering all parents and teachers a One Month FREE Ultimate Membership to Twinkl.ie. This will allow parents unlimited access to every single resource for every single curriculum subject from junior infants to sixth class
Setting this up is really easy to do – go to www.twinkl.ie/offer and enter the code IRLTWINKLHELPS
Click here to learn how to set up a free Twinkl account!
Corona Virus Advice and Resources
Advice for talking to children about Covid-19 Coronavirus
You can read the February 2020 issue of the newsletter by clicking below
Newsletter- th February 2020
Keep up to date with all of St. Fiachra’s Junior School’s latest news and events by clicking on any of the posts below
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