We had great fun exploring our Aistear theme of the Garden Centre this week. We played in the garden centre buying plants and flowers, we enjoyed planting with our soil and tools, we built garden centres with blocks and polydrons and we painted lovely flower gardens!
We had so much fun exploring in Maeve’s class last week.
Here’s a video of one of our creations:
This week has been so lovely! Everyone is really happy to be back and there is definitely a nice buzz around the place 🙂
Here’s a picture of our Gaeilgóirí an Lae who are teaching Junior and Senior Infants our Seanfhocal of the week and another of us reading an Irish book for Seachtain na Gaeilge!
We’ll have more pictures soon of World Book Day as well as some 3D work and engineering challenges we’re tackling so stay tuned for more news from First Class!
We have been preparing for the return to on-site classes and we are delighted to be welcoming the children back from 8.30 0n Monday 1 March. Here are the important pieces of information for you.
Parental Declaration
Parents are required to confirm that children are well and that there is no public health reason for them not to return to school. We have set a message to arrive in the Aladdin Connect App on Sunday Feb 28th at 3pm. You simply confirm the declaration and return. Niamh will send a text message to remind you of this on Sunday. Parents must complete this declaration before the child comes back to school on Monday morning and after any absence from school after 1 March 2021.
Assembly and Dismissal
Parents are reminded that they should take extreme caution at assembly and dismissal times not to congregate and to remain at least 2 metres apart at all times. We know this is really hard and we are sure the children will be so excited to see their friends and their teachers, so let’s all work together to make the reunion happy and fun, being safe at the same time. Lots of smiling eyes and elbow bumps!
Ventilation
The Department of Education have instructed all schools to open doors and windows before and after school and during breaks to assist with ventilation.
Masks and PPE
All staff have been provided with medical/surgical grade masks. All Staff will wear masks, all of the time. Some staff may choose to wear visors as well as masks, but never instead of masks.
Focus for Learning
The main focus for the teaching and learning in the school between now and June will be on Literacy, Numeracy and Wellbeing, in line with the DES guidelines. We will also endeavour to take the children outdoors as much as possible, as before. Of course, we hope the weather will cooperate!
Covid-19 Response Plan
We are updating our policy documents to reflect the changes in the advice from government and they will be available to view on the Covid-19 section of the website over the weekend.
Support Videos and Books
The Department of Education has prepared some information notes and videos for parents and children and you can find them here. The Kissing Hand, by Audrey Penn and The Invisible String, by Patrice Karst are two lovely books that might be helpful if your child is a little nervous about leaving you and coming back to school.
We are really looking forward to welcoming you all back and hopefully this will be the last time that we have to have an extended closure.
See you all on Monday!
Educate Together publishes the ‘Ethical Education Matters’ Newsletter each term.
View the newsletter for Spring 2021 here.
After the uncertainty of the past number of months, we welcome the recent guidelines issued by the Department of Education setting out the roadmap for the reopening of primary schools. The prospect of welcoming our pupils back to Harcourt Terrace ETNS is one which we now look forward to immensely.
As per the guidelines Harcourt Terrace ETNS can re-open as planned for ALL PUPILS on Wednesday 26th of August 2020. In preparation for this date, over the next few weeks we will work tirelessly to ensure all necessary precautions are in place, to ensure your child’s safe return to school. We are determined, that despite these strange and unprecedented times, Harcourt Terrace ETNS will continue to be a warm, welcoming, friendly and supportive learning environment for our pupils.
Stay safe and enjoy the summer break
Full details of the Department of Education guidelines are available here
