Meath Local Sports Partnership

Posted on November 25, 2020 by Claire O'Malley

Here in Ashbourne ETNS we have worked with Meath Local Sports Partnership previously. They aim to help people to increase their activity levels and to ensure that local resources are used to best effect. The following info may be of interest from their monthly newsletter you can subscribe to and there’s lots more info on meathsports.ie

Meath LSP welcomes your feedback! 

Meath LSP is currently developing our new strategy – “Active Meath 2020 – 2025” and have created a short survey to capture your feedback. We would love to hear your opinions and ideas as to what we should include in our next strategy. I’m attaching a link to the survey below and would appreciate if you took 5 mins to complete same. Answers are completely confidential.

Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/K8DCFGM

Thanking you in advance.

Come Fly a Kite with Meath LSP!! 

Experience the great outdoors as a family! Kite flying is a great activity to enjoy together and is suitable for all! Sign up to “Come Fly a Kite with Meath LSP” for just €10!

Included in cost:

  • Online workshop
  • Hints/tips on how to fly a kite
  • Build your own kite pack (includes everything you need to build a kite(s)

You and your family will be guided through a live online workshop on how to build you own kite using your pack provided. You will be encouraged to design your own kite, build the kites and do a test flight as a family outside your family home!

To register your family’s interest please contact Una at upearson@meathcoco.ie Places will be limited and on a first come first served basis.

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October in Katie’s Fifth Class

Posted on November 7, 2020 by Third Class

This month the children completed lessons based on World War I across a range of subjects – History, Visual Arts, Geography and English. They researched areas of interest using iPads based on the topic and created projects in various formats (PowerPoint presentations, posters, books, art work, etc.). They presented their projects to the class at the end of the month. Everybody put a huge amount of effort into their project.

  

   

In Visual Arts lessons the class designed World War I themed silhouettes. They used chalk pastels to create a sunrise background and used black card to make a silhouette depicting an element of life during World War I.

  

   

The children also made autumnal clay bowls in Visual Arts lessons. A range of techniques and skills were used to create their bowls (rolling the clay, using moulds, shaping the clay, etc.).

  

  

Our school participated in Maths Week during the week of the 12th of October. We had lots of fun playing various card games to improve our mental arithmetic. We looked for elements of maths in the world around us and created ‘Maths Eyes’ posters to show how maths is everywhere!

  

In Science lessons we learned about the different parts of plants and their functions. We planted bulbs and are delighted to see plenty of growth already!

  

A huge congratulations to everyone who received their pen licence in October! Maith sibh!

  

  

 

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Stay Safe Month

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Fiona Hayden

November is Stay Safe month is Ashbourne ETNS.

The Stay Safe programme is a personal safety skills programme for primary schools. The aim of the programme is to reduce vulnerability to child abuse and bullying through the provision of personal safety education for children. It is developmentally structured to enable primary school teachers to deliver an abuse prevention education that addresses personal safety issues such as physical, emotional and sexual abuse as well as bullying and stranger danger.

The 5 topics under the Stay Programme are;

  1. Feeling safe and unsafe
  2. Friendship and bullying
  3. Touches
  4. Secrets and Telling
  5. Strangers

 

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Dress Up Day in Louise’s 1st class

Posted on October 23, 2020 by Junior Infants

We had a wonderful day today to mark our 8 weeks back at school.  We began our day with art and learned how to make bat silhouettes using pastels, before taking part in a Dress Up parade around our school.  After small break, we became Scientists and tried to re-create George’s Marvellous Medicine.  It wasn’t long until it was Golden Time and then we were ready for home.

I hope you and your families have a lovely mid-term and I look forward to seeing all of the children on Monday week.  Louise.

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Ashbourne Community School Virtual Open Day Video

Posted on October 15, 2020 by Fiona Hayden

Ashbourne Community School have created a virtual tour to help inform and enlighten prospective students of all the activities that the school has to offer.

Here is the link to view Ashbourne Community School virtual Open Day event:

https://youtu.be/HoBszFhffCo

The video link has also been put up on Facebook and Instagram.

 

Kind Regards,

Kathleen Rahilly

Guidance Counsellor

Ashbourne Community School

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