See poster attached for more information
Creative Earth is an art competition for people aged 16 and under from across the UK, run by the UN COP26 Climate Change Conference in collaboration with WWF.
Whether it’s green forests and garden cities, clear skies and wind turbines or oceans teeming with life – you can paint, draw or design a piece of art that shows how you’d like our planet to look in the future.
Enter the competition to be in with a chance of having your artwork displayed at COP26 and show the rest of the world your vision for the future.
Submit your entry by 5th April to be in with a chance!
Click here for the February edition of the EA’s High Five newsletter. This issue focuses on ‘Take 5’ and has lots of good ideas.
‘Pedal-Powered Poems’ encourages pupils to practice their creative writing by penning their own acrostic poem about their favourite active way to travel! We encourage you to go for a family walk, scoot or cycle first to get a little bit of inspiration for their poem!
Share: We’d love to hear your brilliant poems. Share pupil poems (or even recitals!) with Sustrans as per details on leaflet, or email them to rhowe432@c2kni.net and I will send them on. Some might even be included in the next regional newsletter! The worksheet (attached) contains an example that I wrote myself to help give pupils some ideas to get started.
Please click here to read the latest information from ThinkUKnow.
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
