SCHOOL NEWS
May
We celebrated Active Week in style this year. A special thank you to Mrs Long and the 6th class who organised a fantastic active day where each class enjoyed exciting exercises, races, games and obstacle courses. In addition some groups walked a kilometre a day, took part in brain breaks and yoga.
4th- 6th Class did some amazing project work on The Beetle’s - Amazing work everyone!
The Junior and Senior Infants made stain glass windows and also walked up to the Church to examine the real things.
St. Oliver Plunketts GAA Club training commences for under 7s this Friday May 14th, see poster below for details.
We started Dance lessons today with Cathy and these will take place every Monday for the month of May. The children may wear their PE gear on Mondays.
Busy bee's being back
In the Middle room we learned all about Mexico! Look at our holidays brochures- would you like a holiday?
We are learning lots of poems in school. One of our favourites is “I’m a big fat budgie”. We made beautiful budgies from different materials.
We also made some funky Mexican hats- take a look!
Thank you to Ahiohill Tidy Towns for planting beautiful yellow and red tulips outside the school.
The infant room have been busy with nature hunts, making snails and the Vets in Aistear.
Easter Holidays
Tomorrow, March 26th marks the Easter holidays. We will stagger home times as follows:
Infant room & bus 11:45
1st-3rd Class 11:55
Senior room 12 noon
The school will reopen on Monday April 12th. Please note that the Return to Education Form must be completed before your child returns after the Easter break and emailed to the class teacher. Some parents have had difficulty editing this form, so it is fine to copy and paste the form and fill in your child details on a word document and email it in that way.
The children are to wear something colourful tomorrow for Daffodil Day and to mark the Easter holidays.
Finally, tomorrow is the last morning for the clothes collection fundraiser organised by the Parents Association. The company accepts: clean dry clothing, paired shoes, handbags and belts, bed sheets in good condition and soft toys, they do not take stained, wet clothes, underwear, duvets, pillows, hard toys or books. If you have clothes ready to donate, members from the Parents Association will be at school at morning drop off time for you to give your clothes donation.
Wishing you all a safe and enjoyable Easter break.
St Patrick's Day
We had a St. Patrick’s Day parade on Tuesday and all the children and staff dressed up in green- Here is a slideshow:
Full return to school
Next Monday, 15th of March, marks the return to school of 4th, 5th & 6th class. We are really looking forward to having all the boys and girls back in school. Please note the following:
Book Drop:
We have allocated 10 a.m. -11 a.m. for returning children’s books to school on Friday 12th of March. If you are dropping a sibling to school in the morning, Mrs Coomey will be in the yard so you may bring back the books then to avoid a second journey. We would ask that you would wear a mask when dropping off the books.
Return to Education Form:
All parents are required to fill out the Return to Education Form for each pupil returning. Please fill it out and email it to my email address ahiohill@gmail.com. This form must be completed before your child returns to school. Some parents have had difficulty editing this form, so it is fine to copy and paste the form and fill in your child details on a word document and email it to me that way.
You will also have to complete this Declaration after all absences from school, regardless of the reason for the absence and it must be sent to the class teacher.
Drop off/collection:
We will continue to operate the one-way system that has been in place this school year.
School gates will open at 9 a.m. Children/parents are not to congregate at the school gates prior to 9am. School begins at 9.15 a.m.
The children will enter the school as they have been all year-Junior/Senior Infants through the main front door; 1st-3rd class will come in through the main gate and go around to the Middle room side door, 4th to 6th through the main gates and enter on the side of their classroom.
At home time the Infant room will be collected at 1.55 p.m. from the ‘Montessori’ gate.
Caren/Mary will collect the children at the end of the day and escort them to the bus maintaining social distancing as they do so. School transport will run as normal.
1st-3rd will be collected through the big gate by the Middle room at 2.50. pm.
4th -6th will be collected through the Montessori gate at 2.55 pm.
As per DES guidelines we would ask that there is no congregation at any stage during drop off/collection and to adhere to Public health guidelines at all times.
Updated Covid-19 Response Plan
Please be familiar with the school's updated Covid-19 Response Plan, in particular section 5.
Please do not send your child to school if she/he has any Covid like symptoms. A precautionary approach should be taken.
If you are unsure of what to do, please check the following:
· https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/40e9c-protecting-your-child-from-coronavirus/
Please note that parents of any child who is unwell will be contacted and asked to collect their child. This is in line with the school's Covid-19 Response Plan.
Wellbeing:
The Department of Education has updated wellbeing resources for parents. Wellbeing resources for parents.
Communication
Parent/Teacher communication will continue via email/phone call.
Homework:
We will not be allocating homework for the next 2 weeks. We will review this after the Easter holidays, when the children are settled back in school and into a routine once again.
Happy Mother’s Day this Sunday to all the fantastic Mother’s and Granny’s for all you do.
Seachtaine na Gaeilge took place this week and the children showed off some excellent Irish skills through stories, poems, frasaí and lots more.
St Patrick’s Day is next Wednesday March 17th and the school will be closed for the day. The children can wear green on Tuesday 16th to celebrate.
We will be trialing a new lunch break time from next Monday 15th, am lón will take place at 1pm instead of 12:35. Please encourage your children to eat a good breakfast to have energy for the day and also a gentle reminder of our healthy eating policy.
Below are some photos of Junior and Senior Infants learning about Spring and the farm in Aistear.
We are really looking forward to having everyone back at school again next week, have a lovely weekend everyone and stay safe!
March
Welcome back to Juniors, Seniors, 1st, 2nd and 3rd class and well done on completing their fist week at school since December, we hope everyone had an enjoyable and safe experience.
Best of luck to 4th, 5th and 6th Class on their last week of online learning, Well done boys and girls, you are almost there. We look forward to welcoming you back on March 15th.
This week is Engineers Week and it is also World Book Day today, the children enjoyed a wide variety of activities.
Reminders:
We urge parent’s to keep your child at home if they are showing any of the COVID-19 symptoms until they are 48 hours symptom free. Here is a ‘quick isolation guide’ https://bit.ly/3kIzR7X
If your child is out sick or out of school for any reason, The Return to Education Form must be completed before returning and sent to the class teacher. For anyone having trouble filling this out, copy and paste it into a word document and you can fill in the information accordingly.
We are currently enrolling, forms are available on the green tab at the top of the website. For any additional queries please email ahiohill@gmail.com
Thank you to all the families for your tireless work and we look forward to adapting back into school life once more.
Phased Return to School
We look forward to welcoming Junior Infants- 3rd Class back to school on Monday March 1st. Remote learning will continue for 4th- 6th Class until their return on March 15th.
Book Drop
We have allocated 10 a.m. -12 a.m. for returning Juniors- 3rd Class books to school today Friday 26th of February.
Parental Declaration Form
All parents are required to fill out the Return to Education Form for each pupil returning. Please fill it out and email it to the relevant class teacher. You will also have to complete this declaration after all absences from school, regardless of the reason for the absence.
Updated Covid-19 Response Plan
Please be familiar with the school's updated Covid-19 Response Plan (attached below), in particular section 5. Please do not send your child to school if she/he has any Covid like symptoms. A precautionary approach should be taken. If you are unsure of what to do, please check the following:
· https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/40e9c-protecting-your-child-from-coronavirus/
Please note that parents of any child who is unwell will be contacted and asked to collect their child. This is in line with the school's Covid-19 Response Plan.
Well-being
This is a very stressful and anxious time for many families. The Department of Education have updated their wellness resources for parents. Wellbeing resources for parents.
We are really looking forward to seeing all the boys and girls on Monday morning, stay safe everyone!
Remote Learning Week 6
Well done to all the Boys, Girls, Moms and Dads who have completed 6 weeks of online learning.
Take a well deserved mid-term break, enjoy everybody and stay safe!
