Latest News
Keep up to date with all the news happening in school at the moment!
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Rise NI Support
Thu 21 May 2020Sometimes our younger pupils require additional support in school from outside services such as: occupational therapy, speech therapy and physiotherapy etc.
RISE NI has produced this presentation to direct parents to extra resources to help during lockdown.
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imoves Dice challenge
Thu 21 May 2020This is a great little game for your kids - not only does it help children practice their subitising, adding up and multiplication skills but it also gets them exercising too🏃♂️.
Share with anyone else you think might find it useful 👇
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Education Committee today at Stormont
Wed 20 May 2020The Education Committee met today via Zoom and its deliberations made for interesting viewing.
It is reassuring to know that matters of real concern to parents, pupils, governors, and staff are all under consideration. it is however important that we correspond with our elected representatives to influence policy going forward.
During today's 2.5 hour committee the following matters were discussed:
AQE/GL tests; impact of Covid-19; testing and contact tracing; managing a case of Covid in school; a phased return of pupils; PPE; achieving social distancing in schools; unique issues facing nursery, Yr1 and special schools; cleaning issues; staffing the phased return; procedures and protocols; risk assessments; health and safety; mental health and wellbeing of pupils and staff; need for counselling in primary schools; a social and emotional curriculum; remote learning; 'blended' learning approach - in school and remotely; IT hardware considerations and equality of opportunity; free School Meals; school budgetary pressures; role of Education and Training Inspectorate; support services; Danish model for phased return; school reports; teacher salaries; furlough option for sub teachers.
And more besides.
In addition the Castlereagh Primary Principals' Group has submitted a 30 page document to the Minister for consideration in respect of much of the above.
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Thank You Ladies
Tue 19 May 2020Thank you to Anne Graham, Avril Kirkpatrick, Mary Shields and Etta Kelly for all their hard work in tidying up the raised planters around the school and Eco Garden.
There is still work to be done and any help is welcome.
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Covid-19 Time Capsule
Mon 18 May 2020Our After School Club leader and Classroom Asst., Mrs Shaw, ‘Julie’, takes us through this little activity to help the children to keep a record of their experiences and feelings in this historic time we are all living through.
You can download the booklet at:
https://drive.google.com/…/1NHBNbtWnkbnRIhuY6G9hqKn01B…/view
Or one for younger children at:
https://drive.google.com/…/1PZMM6NRw-3X0YiiV7IyJNLtzZa…/view
Click here to watch Mrs Shaw's Video
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Try a Little Kindness
Mon 18 May 2020This coming week is Mental Health Awareness Week.
Our school counsellor, Katie has shared a link to a great wee book that will help us think about being kind to ourselves and others.
Click here to see Katie's short video
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They're Back
Fri 15 May 2020Moneyrea’s very own Ant and Dec are back.
Friday assembly has always been a special time at Moneyrea PS so I thought it would be good to share this short video with our boys and girls. Click here to watch the video
Enjoy!
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Rainbow Banner
Tue 12 May 2020All entries in our rainbow competition have been designated as winners and made into an amazing banner of rainbows.
The banner is made up of some sixty entries and they all look fantastic.
A big thank you to Andy and Kate McAlpin of Alpine Signs for making this possible and to Mrs Goudy for putting all of the entries together.
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Breaking News
Mon 11 May 2020AQE and GL test dates are moved back two weeks.
AQE Registration opens on the 14th May and closes on the 25th September.
GL Registration opens on the 1st May and closes on the 9th October.
Results issued on the 30th January
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New Mindfulness App from BBC
Sun 10 May 2020Developed with a mindfulness consultant, and available now for free in the CBeebies Go Explore app, it lets little ones discover three fun activities each day that introduce focus, creativity and calm. Your Mindful Garden teaches valuable techniques to help children de-stress and unwind - useful skills both in these tough times and for later in life.
Your Mindful Garden gives children three daily activities to complete, each one addressing a different aspect of mindfulness: focus, creative and calm. Whether it’s playing hide and seek with the CBeebies bugs or helping some friendly fish to pick up colourful scales, the focus activities aid concentration, and in turn help to clear and relax the mind. The creative activities include recalling happy memories to grow a feelings flower, or calming the mind by raking patterns in a zen garden.
The final activity of each day is always something calming. From learning to stretch with a new monkey friend to breathing along with a frog, it’s all about learning valuable techniques that can help improve children’s wellbeing. When starting Your Mindful Garden for the first time, little ones are asked to dig a hole to plant their own mindfulness tree. Completing the three daily activities gets them a surprise for their tree, with a new reward available to make their tree look more exciting every day.
CBeebie go explore app
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/apps/cbeebies-go-explore-app
All CBeebie apps
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebi…/grownups/article-cbeebies-apps
NB We recommend that our parents view this app and it’s content themselves and only IF YOU are happy with content, to then use it with your children..
