Johnny, from Sustrans has shared his latest home learning activity, ‘Who Wants to be a (Road Safety) Millionaire’ . It is a quick & fun activity that pupils and parents can play at home together to discuss road safety. Please find attached a PowerPoint with the 10 quiz questions & answers which even has sound effects for good measure! Ideal for a little ‘brain break’ activity in between other tasks. (Use ‘Slide Show’ and turn sound on)
To celebrate Safer Internet Day take advantage of FREE Short Webinars for parents (see attached). Click on each topic to register your place.
Please use the link below to access the January issue of the EA’s, LTSS newsletter.
This issue focuses on reading and contains lots of useful, practical ideas and resources for children and young people to use at home. It also contains details as to how the newsletter can be read to the parent and/or child using assistive technology (Texthelp Read & Write and Immersive Reader). It is available for all your pupils and parents to access from home.
Please click here to explore the second edition of this interactive resource for Northern Ireland pupils, parents and schools.
Please see attached “Top Tips for Talking,” from Parenting NI. Aine who is a Speech and Language therapist will be running sessions throughout Feb/March around this topic.
Due to recent demand they are offering a day time slot and an evening slot to accommodate ALL parents/carers/professionals.
Click here for the latest edition of HIGH FIVE! The newsletter is produced by Primary Behaviour Support and Provisions team, EA, and packed full of good ideas to inspire, support and challenge all our young people to be the best they can be.
Let your creative streak run wild and come up with a bright and colourful design that will stand out from the crowd for a new shopping bag.
ParentNI are running our very popular Back To Basics Anxiety with Julie who is an expert in the field of children. Julie will focus on Parents/Carers anxiety and how this is projected onto their children along with their children’s anxiety and the best to communicate. For more information click here.
Dear Parent,
If you have any younger children who will be requiring a pre school or primary school place in September 2021, the deadline for making an application via the Education Authority is this Friday, January 29 at noon. If you know of any other families with children who will be starting school this September, particularly those who may not have access to social media, could we ask that you let them know of the importance of making an application. The Education Authority has help desk emails and phone numbers should there be any queries. These are listed below along with the link for making an online application. Online Application: https://pupilservices.eani.org.uk/CitizenPortal_LIVE/en
Admissions Helpdesk: 028 9598 5595
Email: preschooladmissions@eani.org.uk or primaryadmissions@eani.org.uk
Kilrea Library is open for a Book and Collect Service.
The website is kept up-to-date with dates and times. https://www.librariesni.org.uk/
The Book and Collect Service enables you to phone your local library to request a selection of books and arrange a contactless collection.
Johnny from Sustrans has shared his latest home learning activity, the ‘Wellbeing Wander’. It is is designed to help children and families to make time for their mental and physical health, which will take them outside for some exercise and to complete three short sensory tasks.
We are aware that remote learning places additional burdens on the use of IT equipment for all families. We are delighted to let you know that following a successful application, Rasharkin Primary School has been given thirty free data SIMs to help with this. The SIM cards have 30GB of data, which is valid for 90 days from activation. These can be used on some ‘smart’ laptops’ or can be inserted into a mobile phone to then ‘tether’ laptop off. If you feel this is something your family could use please contact Mrs R. Howe to arrange for collection. SIMS will be allocated on a first come basis.
The EA scheme which offers Chromebook on loan to children in P4 & P7 is still open for applications (contact Mrs R. Howe for more information). An application has also been made to the Causeway Coast and Glens COVID-19 Support fund to purchase devices that could be offered on loan to children in other year groups. More information will follow if it is successful.
RISENI helpsheet for parents is available here.
With children and young people relying on their tech at home for learning and entertainment during lockdown, it remains vital to keep conversations about online safety going and raise awareness of reporting routes if something goes wrong.
Thinkuknow have provided these resources to help parents and carers to support their child at home.
Simple 15 minute activities families can do to support their child's online safety at home. Packs are available for ages 4 to 14+. Parents can also watch our video guides on different online safety topics.
Pat from Sentinus came to school this morning to share a robotics session with children in P6 and P7. The children had to programme robotic cars to travel up a race track to the finish line, making sure the distances and turns were correct. They all had a lot of fun programming and testing their robots and making adjustments to keep the robots on the track.
RACE WINNERS
James, Thomas and Archie
2ND PLACE
Annie and Molly
Have a look at some of the lovely Christmas pictures taken at our Virtual concert. You can view the video on VIRTUAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT BLOG and also here.
Congratulations to Mason, Robin and Harry who received Reading Eggs Certificates (Missing from picture Sophia P4)
Katie and Hollie received certificates for Reading Eggspress.
As you all know 2020 has been a very different year for all of us. This has been especially noticeable in school, in the run up to Christmas. However we have tried to make our children’s Christmas experience as normal as possible with parties, films treats etc.
We are delighted that we were able to have a VIRTUAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT in our class bubbles. Thank you to all the teachers for making this possible. A special thanks to Mrs Calderwood for her work in music lessons over the past month preparing the music for the concert.
Also a big thank you to Mrs Henry for filming the class performances and then putting it all together in this video. We hope you enjoy it.
Congratulations to Izabelle who received her Accelerated Reading Certificate today
The Headteacher Awards for November and December were awarded in Assembly today.
P1 and P Winners
Archie P1 - Being Kind and Caring
Harvey P2 - Being Creative
Toby P2 - Super Maths Facts (Tables)
P3 Winners
Harry - Being Kind and Caring
Evie - Being Motivated and Enthusiastic
Charlie - Super Maths Facts (Tables)
Kevin - Being Creative (Missing from picture)
