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Ms Elwood 11/5/2020
Dear Parents,
Please click here to view this week’s work.
I hope you are all well. I am really missing the children and miss teaching them every day. I will continue to do video chats with the children and will try to include little bits of learning each week too. This week we will have our chat on Thursday at the later time of 2pm, as the morning time does not suit everyone. I look forward to seeing lots of the children then. It’s become the highlight of my week! I’ll send the login details on Wednesday.
I know Saturday should have been Communion day for lots of the children in the class. I’m sure they are disappointed but hope they are looking forward to having their special day when the time is right. In the meantime, the 2nd class team have recorded a short video message for the children just to send our best wishes to them. Click here to view the video message.
Please continue to email me if I can be of any support or to share your child’s work. Lots of the children have now signed up to Seesaw and it’s a great way for them to share their work with me. There is no pressure on anyone to sign up but it is never too late to join! Please send me an email if your child would like to take part.
All the best,
Bairbre Elwood
Wellness Drama with Paula
Paula Conlan, who teaches the children wellness drama in the school, has kindly shared these videos for the children to watch:
Ms Elwood’s class 5/5/20
Dear Parents,
I hope you and your families are all well. Please click on this link to view the work for this week. As always, pick and choose what suits. I will continue to post activities on Seesaw throughout the week. If you have not signed up for Seesaw and would like to do so, you can contact me any time. If not, please feel free to email me with questions or to share your child’s work. We will have another video chat at 10am on Thursday. The login details will be the same as last week but I will send another email with the details. Hope to see lots of the children then!
Bishop Denis has sent this message for the First Holy Communion children. There are activities to do at home included in this week’s work.
I would encourage those making their First Holy Communion to watch the special mass for 1st Holy Communion Children on Sunday 10th May at 11am. There will be a message from Ms O’Connor and the 2nd Class team and special prayers for all of you. You can view it on the Parish webcam. http://www.newbridgeparish.ie/
Best wishes to you all,
Bairbre Elwood
Active Home Week 2020 – Follow up Information
Well done to all who have been participating at home and trying to do some physical activity each day! Click here for activities to try from your child’s teacher.
A few follow up pieces of additional information:
#ActiveHomeWeek CERTIFICATES:
If your child has been taking part and you would like your child’s teacher to send him/her a certificate by email, please email your child’s teacher and we will be happy to do so!
SHOUT OUT for #ActiveHomeWeek Videos (RTE Home School Hub EXTRA):
RTE Home School Hub EXTRA would love to receive videos from children from all parts of the country showing how they got active during #ActiveHomeWeek.
Their aim is to show as wide a variety of activities as possible:
- Taking on TEACHER Challenges – Beans Can Stacking/Toilet Roll Challenges/Bin Challenges
- NEW skills – Juggling/Skipping/Gymnastics etc.
- DANCE- The Foot Shake Challenge, Ballet etc.
- FAMILY Fitness – Activities where other members of the family join in as well
- INDOOR Fitness Activities – Active Board Games, Active Spellings/Maths etc.
How to submit:
- 20-30 seconds video (no longer)
- When videoing it’s really important to hold the camera SIDEWAYS
- Begin with child/children introducing themselves (first name/school/county) before their activity begins
- Go to www.rte.ie/learn
- Click on the RED button called ‘Share Your Content with Home School Muinteoirs’. (just above the 1st/2nd class section).
- Complete the short online form and send your video – it’s a very easy process.
- Submit by Friday 1st May at 12pm.
- The videos will be aired as part of the RTE Home School Hub EXTRA programme on TUESDAY, May 5th
- RTE Home School Hub promise that they will look through every video that they receive but advise, if large numbers of videos are received, they will only be able to play a selection of them.
Fingers crossed we’ll see our school represented on next Tuesday’s show!
WHAT IS ACTIVE HOME WEEK?
Our school has been awarded with an Active Flag by the Department of Education and Skills because of its commitment to promoting and encouraging pupils to be more active and healthier with a wide range of annual activities. Active Week is always a special week in our annual school calendar. This year our Active Schools Committee has replaced Active Schools Week with Active Home Week, as part of the Department of Education and
Skills and Healthy Ireland Initiative. The aim of this initiative is to motivate young people to keep active by trying out NEW activities, taking on CHALLENGES and HAVING FUN with family activities. To complete this year’s challenge, children have to find different ways of being active each day, making sure it adds up to 60 minutes or more of physical activity daily.
Teacher have posted ideas about how to keep active at home by providing opportunities to bring more physical activity into daily routines. We hope that the week will re-inforce the message that physical activity is not only good for you but it is also very enjoyable as a family activity. Check out twitter activities including GAA skills training with coaches from both Sarsfields and Moorefield as well as other keep-fit ideas posted online. We hope you all stay SAFE, have FUN and most importantly keep ACTIVE.
A Great Online Program: ‘Reading Eggs’
We highly recommend the online program READING EGGS. This includes reading activities, spellings, games and online books matched to your child’s reading level. They are offering a free trial at the moment and it is well worth a look. Children can work independently at all tasks.