Upcoming Events on the Calendar 2020
Covid-19 - School Closure
30th March 2020
Dear Parents/Guardians,
I hope you and your children are all keeping safe and in good health. As we begin another week of school closure and distant learning, I want to let you know that our Teachers are continuing to add school work to our website up to Friday 3rd of April-start of Easter Holidays, in order to continue the delivery of education to our students in these extraordinary times. All of this is contained in 'in the classroom' box on home page. Please contact me if you are having difficulty accessing this.
Today I have sent you all a text message regarding the revised Scheme for school lunches. Teachers will also text you with their email addresses in relation to any queries you may have regarding school work. I would encourage you to use this facility because communication is very important now more than ever.
Let no parent or pupil feel under pressure to complete all the work. The most important thing is that everybody stays safe in these very difficult times.
We have been asked by the Government to emphasise the need to maintain social distancing and follow all the advice that officials are giving. It is incumbent upon us, adults and children alike to lead the fight against the spread of Covid-19.
RTE have made this helpful video for children to view:
www.rte.ie/news/2020/0325/1126413-time-off-school-coronavirus
Stay safe and stay well and keep in touch with me or the class teacher.
Le dea-mhéin,
Caroline Kennedy
Principal.
Dear Parents/Guardians,
I hope you and your children are all keeping safe and in good health. As we begin another week of school closure and distant learning, I want to let you know that our Teachers are continuing to add school work to our website up to Friday 3rd of April-start of Easter Holidays, in order to continue the delivery of education to our students in these extraordinary times. All of this is contained in 'in the classroom' box on home page. Please contact me if you are having difficulty accessing this.
Today I have sent you all a text message regarding the revised Scheme for school lunches. Teachers will also text you with their email addresses in relation to any queries you may have regarding school work. I would encourage you to use this facility because communication is very important now more than ever.
Let no parent or pupil feel under pressure to complete all the work. The most important thing is that everybody stays safe in these very difficult times.
We have been asked by the Government to emphasise the need to maintain social distancing and follow all the advice that officials are giving. It is incumbent upon us, adults and children alike to lead the fight against the spread of Covid-19.
RTE have made this helpful video for children to view:
www.rte.ie/news/2020/0325/1126413-time-off-school-coronavirus
Stay safe and stay well and keep in touch with me or the class teacher.
Le dea-mhéin,
Caroline Kennedy
Principal.
Links for parents
See below some pictures of the links on instagram that you can follow for the William Sliney Challenge and also how to access Folens online, Edco online, Fallons, Prim-Ed and Grow in love.
Scoilnet, Folensonline, Edcolearning, CJ Fallon and Grown in Love have all opened their online resources to parents and students for now. Prim-ed has a parents pack that can be downloaded for free and a parents hub.
The Rteplayer has fantastic educational programmes under the kids section.
Some more for you:
www.learninggamesforkids.com
www.helpmykidlearn.ie
www.primarygames.co.uk
www.cjfallon.ie
www.growinlove.ie
www.prim-ed.ie
The Rteplayer has fantastic educational programmes under the kids section.
Some more for you:
www.learninggamesforkids.com
www.helpmykidlearn.ie
www.primarygames.co.uk
www.cjfallon.ie
www.growinlove.ie
www.prim-ed.ie
Literacy resources
Starfall and literactive are the two that are most suitable for Junior Class pupils. KS1 is Infants to 2nd and KS2 is 3rd to 6th approx.
www.pobble365.com for more Senior Classes offers story starters and picture inspiration to get children writing.
www.johnboyne.com Irish author has set up a short-story competition for children to enter from age 6 right up to 18. With a prize of 3,600Euro in National Book Tokens it would be a nice one to win! Closing date is soon...March 25th. For full details of entry see the his website which is linked above.
www.johnboyne.com Irish author has set up a short-story competition for children to enter from age 6 right up to 18. With a prize of 3,600Euro in National Book Tokens it would be a nice one to win! Closing date is soon...March 25th. For full details of entry see the his website which is linked above.
Online book libraries
Amazon have also temporarily lifted their subscription on audio books. www.audible.com
Award winning author David Walliams is releasing an audio book free each day. Tune in to this address at 11.00am each day and be captivated by the fantastic stories of Walliams. They really are brilliant. www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses
Award winning author David Walliams is releasing an audio book free each day. Tune in to this address at 11.00am each day and be captivated by the fantastic stories of Walliams. They really are brilliant. www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses
Maths
Gaeilge
Please note that www.irishhomework.ie has waived it's subscription fee for now.
SESE
Kahoot allows you to create your own quizzes online.
PE and Wellbeing
The 'Learning Station' channel on Youtube offers fun movement breaks and songs and dances for younger classes.
Also if you are looking for mindful moments - you can search for 3 minute body scan for children and also 5 minute meditation for kids on Youtube.
Also on Youtube through The Body Coach has lots of kids workouts to do at home and also if you tune in @9am Monday-Friday he does a live session for kids!
www.learning.gaa.ie offer lots of games and tutorials for all gaa sports. Scroll to the teacher section>>>primary school>>>> this will bring you to the Learning and Development Portal with lots of ideas to explore.
Northwest Fitness Academy
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Arts Education
Dabbledoo music is a really fantastic resource for online music lessons and it is now free at the moment!
Redtedart has created the 'stuck at home' resources list which is also available on her youtube channel in videos.
William Sliney is the Irish artist who is inspiring young people to draw a picture a day challenge. He is on instagram if you want to follow him and I think he is on twitter also with the #wewilldraw
www.pinterest.com is always a good reliable for inspiration for ART!
Redtedart has created the 'stuck at home' resources list which is also available on her youtube channel in videos.
William Sliney is the Irish artist who is inspiring young people to draw a picture a day challenge. He is on instagram if you want to follow him and I think he is on twitter also with the #wewilldraw
www.pinterest.com is always a good reliable for inspiration for ART!
Coding and STEM
When your children use the Internet to search for images for projects or anything related to school work, please encourage them to use kiddle instead of Google. Kiddle is a child-specific search engine supported by Google, which prevents the appearance of things that are not suitable for them.
Explaining Covid-19 in a calm reassuring manner to children
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Rte Learn hub!!
As of today, March 27th RTE has launch a digital hub to support and link with it's new 'School on TV' broadcast.
It is a really good hub of information and resources for parents. Some we already have up on the website here but some are new and will constantly be changing I imagine and linking in with the channel.
Worth a look.
Here is the link www.rte.ie/learn/
It is a really good hub of information and resources for parents. Some we already have up on the website here but some are new and will constantly be changing I imagine and linking in with the channel.
Worth a look.
Here is the link www.rte.ie/learn/
Literacy Lift Off
Literacy Lift Off continues into it's fifth week in Senior Infants in Mrs. Flanagan's Room. This exciting Early Literacy Programme has already taken place in Term One in the Mr. Walshe's First Class and Senior Infant Room. It is always a fun and exciting initiative and is thoroughly enjoyed by both teachers and children. For photos see our Gallery.
Engineers Week 2nd - 6th March
As part of Engineer's Week there will be an Earth and Science Workshop for each class in our school on the 3rd and 4th of March.
World Book Day - Thursday 5th March
To celebrate World Book Day we are encouraging children to dress up as a character from their favourite book. We will have a surprise guest on the day and don't forget to spend your World Book Day Token which you will have received from your class teacher!
Cash for Clothes - Saturday March 7th
Clean, dry, reusable clothing can be left into the container at the back of the school on this day only. Please support!
Further events...
9th March (Monday) - School Closed to Pupils - Primary Language Curriculum Planning Day for Teachers.
13th March (Friday) - Tráth na gCéist as part of Seachtain na Gaeilge
16th & 17th March - School holiday and St. Patrick's Day
24th March - First Confessions @ 1.30pm St. Tiernan's Church
25th March - Information meeting regarding RSE Programme for parents of children 4th, 5th & 6th classes @ 7pm in the school.
3rd April - School Easter holidays with finish at 12.30pm
13th March (Friday) - Tráth na gCéist as part of Seachtain na Gaeilge
16th & 17th March - School holiday and St. Patrick's Day
24th March - First Confessions @ 1.30pm St. Tiernan's Church
25th March - Information meeting regarding RSE Programme for parents of children 4th, 5th & 6th classes @ 7pm in the school.
3rd April - School Easter holidays with finish at 12.30pm
Grandparents Day -January 29th 2020
Thank you to everyone who was involved in our very successful Grandparents Day. It was a lovely was to appreciate those who are with us and remember our loved ones who have passed on through music, prayer, art, creative writing and a get together. Special thanks to all of you who sent in delicious goodies for the halla afterwards. Many thanks to the parents who helped in the Halla, also the staff the children and of course Fr. Francis. It was lovely to celebrate the occasion in the church particularly during Catholic Schools Week. Wishing all Grandparents, and indeed those people in our lives that may not be a Grandparent but are just as special to us, a very happy Grandparents Day.
A New Decade - and a New Term!
Welcome back after the holidays to everyone at Crossmolina National School and we hope you enjoyed the Christmas break! We are excited about the new term here and are already gearing up for some of the exciting things this will bring such as.. Grandparents on Wednesday 29th January and things like Science and Engineering week, active schools week, world book day and even Valentine's Day!
Happy Christmas Everyone!
Wishing you a very happy and peaceful Christmas and a very healthy New Year from all here at Crossmolina National School.
Fr. Judge and Santa visit the school
We had two special visitors today! What a great way to end the holidays! Thank you to the Parents Association for helping bring Santa to visit us at this very busy time!
Bake Sale
The sixth class students baked and sold all in aid of funding their Science trip later this year and they made over six hundred Euro! Well done on your endeavours!!
School Raffle
Thank you to all who supported the raffle in any way and to the Parents Association for organising prizes. It was a fantastic success. There was over nine hundred Euro raised for the school which is an incredible amount. There were some fantastic prizes for children, Mums, Dads and even Mr. Walsh!
We had two special visitors today! What a great way to end the holidays! Thank you to the Parents Association for helping bring Santa to visit us at this very busy time!
Bake Sale
The sixth class students baked and sold all in aid of funding their Science trip later this year and they made over six hundred Euro! Well done on your endeavours!!
School Raffle
Thank you to all who supported the raffle in any way and to the Parents Association for organising prizes. It was a fantastic success. There was over nine hundred Euro raised for the school which is an incredible amount. There were some fantastic prizes for children, Mums, Dads and even Mr. Walsh!
North West Fitness
Thank you to Ciarán, Brian and Rachel at North West Fitness for their incredible classes with the children over the last six weeks. The children absolutely loved their classes. They were fun, engaging and challenging. The staff picked up so many interesting skills and ideas from the crew at North West Fitness. It was super!
Mrs. Forde Retires
In June 2019 Mrs. Catherine Forde retired from teaching after a long and happy career. She is a talented teacher with a vast knowledge and experience. The children and staff were able to show her some of their appreciation by putting on a concert for her at the end of June. They created their own songs and poems for her, showcasing her love of teaching and children and all her wonderful talents and attributes. We wish Catherine, Brendan and all her family the very best in the future.
