Yoga on MONDAY!

Little Reminder about the new day for parent yoga

Monday @ 8,45am in the Afterschool Room

Hope to see you there

Games for Fun in Becky’s Room

Do you have 30 minutes to spare to help your child’s class play some numeracy games? We would love for you to come in and join the fun!

Time:8.45am , for 30 minutes

Where: In Becky’s classroom

Dates:

·        October 17^th

·        October 24^th

·        November 7^th

·        November 14^th 

If you’re interested, contact Johanne

0852842401                                                      

 belmayneetjohanne@gmail.com

Games for Fun in Shane’s Room

Do you have 30 minutes to spare to help your child’s class play some numeracy games? We would love for you to come in and join the fun!

Time:8.45am , for 30 minutes

Where: In Shanes’s classroom

Dates:

·         October 18^th

·         October 25^th

·         November 8^th

·         November 15^th  

If you’re interested, contact Johanne

0852842401                                                      
belmayneetjohanne@gmail.com

Ronan's Games for fun

We had great fun in Ronan's class this morning doing 'Games for Fun'. Thanks to all the moms and dads who were able to help out. We will be doing it for three more weeks on Thursday morning @ 8.45am , so if you would like to join in, just contact Johanne
085 2842401
belmayneetjohanne@gmail.com 

Storytime Project

I’m very excited to announce the return of the Storytime Project for Junior Infant Parents.

Story Time supports parents to read to, and with their children at home. Taking part in Story Time is easy and fun. We run Story Time over a six week period. The Story Time programme aims to:

·         Encourage you to read on a regular basis with your child

·         Improve your child’s social and communication skills

·         Increase your child’s language, conversation and thinking skills

We will invite you to an information meeting in Marino Institute of Education on Wednesday October 5^th @ 11am. At this meeting we will give you tips and suggest ways to read to, and with your children. At the end of the five weeks we will invite you and the HSCL teacher who are working with your child to a meeting in Marino Institute to give us feedback on your experience. We will also present you with a Certificate acknowledging your participation in Story Time.

Parents who have taken part in Story Time tell us that: 

·         Their children’s language, vocabulary and confidence has improved

·         Their children enjoy reading more and have a greater interest in books 

·         Their relationship with their children has grown stronger

·         The amount of time watching TV and DVDs before bedtime has reduced.

All of the reading takes place at home and can be done at any time. Last year a number of working parents and parents who had English as second language found the programme really enjoyable and very beneficial.

If you would like to take part or more information, please contact me as soon as possible, as the numbers of spaces are limited.

Johanne                                                                                                                                                                       Home School Community Liaison Co-ordinator  0852842401                                                                                                                            Belmayneetjohanne@gmail.com

Don't forget Tamangos!!!

Parent Council Fundraiser in aid of Buddy Benches for the school yard

Don't forget to get your tickets from any member of the PC, who are around the school every day

tickets €10 or pay at the door

Great Buzz with the Reading Buddies

Thanks to all the parents who came to help with reading buddies this morning. More than 25 children got to read independently with an adult today.

This is really important to help the children's confidence and fluency. Anyone who is available to help on Wednesday  mornings in more than welcome to come along.

Contact me if you would like to take part belmayneetjohanne@gmail.com

Sarah's Class

Big thanks to all the volunteers who came for 'games for fun' in Sarah's class yesterday. The children really enjoyed seeing all the  parents able to helping. Hope to see you all next week.

if you would like to take part, please contact me on belmayneetjohanne@gmail.com

YOGA- NOW TAKES PLACE ON MONDAY MORNINGS

Change to schedule- yoga will now take place on Monday mornings, instead of Tuesday.

Hope to see you all there!

Interested in Craft classes??

I am very excited to announce that we have received funding for a 5 week craft course, starting Tuesday morning November 8th. These classes will include jewellery making, bead work, crochet, knitting and much more. Very limited places so let me know if you are interested asap!  

Class meetings NEXT Tuesday

Reminder to all parents that Class Meetings will take place next Tuesday 27th @ 6.30pm

Ballymun 5kn Fun Run with 6th Class

Well done to all of Karl's class who took part in the Ballymun 5km Fun Run this morning. Every child completed the course and in some pretty impressive times!! Six children won trophies! Thanks to John, Jacinta, Tara and Kelley who helped out with event.

Buddy Reading Success!

Thanks so much to all of the fantastic parents who were available and helped out with the Buddy reading in Julie and Aiveens' classes. They kids really enjoyed it and lots of children got a chance to read independently for an adult, which is very important at this stage. Hopefully see you all, plus a few new faces, next Wednesday!

don't forget!!

Ø  Yoga starts tomorrow morning, Tuesday 20^th September at 8.45am in the Afterschool room with Magda. €3 per class. Everyone welcome, bring along a friend if you like.

Ø  Support Group Meeting- our first support meeting takes place this Wednesday 21^st September at 7pm. All parents welcome to attend for coffee and a chat.

Ø  All NEW Craft Classes- 5 week craft course- including jewellery making, beadwork, sewing, crochet, doll making etc. Starting November 8th. Limited number of places so contact Johanne as soon as possible if you are interested.

Doras BuÍ Autumn Courses

Doras Buí (based in Coolock) have announced some great free Autumn Courses for any single parents who may wish to get involved. Courses include Triple P Parenting Course, Oil Painting and some self-belief/coping workshops,
 Check out their website for more info www.dorasbui.ie .
 Limited Free Childcare places available

Attention all 5th/6th class parents!

Many of the Open Nights in the Local Secondary schools are happening over this week and next. If you are interested in any for your child, it would be worth going along to see what the school is all about.

DNET 2nd Level Campaign

Would you like you child to have the opportunity to attend a local Second level Educate Together school? Currently we do not have a local filter Educate Together Secondary school for our pupils to attend.

We need your help to make this happen!

The Dublin North 2nd Level Campaign are working tirelessly to make this happen and are still looking for parents to fill out an expression of interest forms on their website. (This is not an enrolment form - it is simply a means of demonstrating the level of demand for a school )This is a very important stage of the process and takes only a few minutes.

www.dnet2ndlevel.com

You can also follow the campaign on Facebook
www.facebook.com/dnet2ndlevel

if you would like to get involved in the campaign contact the team at dnet2ndlevel@gmail.com

Help us spread the word and make this a reality for our children!
 

Senior Infant Reading Buddy Initiative

 

When: Wednesday mornings starting September 21^st

What? Volunteers need to listen to the children reading in our Buddy Reading Initiative

Time: 8.40am for 30 mins

Interested?? Contact Johanne

0852842401                                                                                                               

belmayneetjohanne@gmail.com

                                                                                       

 

Meet and Greet Success!

Thanks to all of the new Junior Infant parents who attendee the meet and greet this morning. It was great to meet you all!  Don't forget we will be hosting the same meeting tomorrow, Thursday 8th @ 7pm for anyone who was unable to attend this morning.
 

UPdate re local scouting group

Over the summer Scouting Ireland were due to make a decision about how to finalise the training for Scout leaders.  Without this training we are not able to proceed with setting up an official Scouts group due to regulation as you may all appreciate. The summer has come to an end and I am very saddened to say that still no decision has been finalised. As a decision has not been made we are not able to proceed with setting up the Scouts group in October as was originally intended. This does not mean that the group will not be set up at all it just wont happen this year.

Myself and the other parents who are working on this are still keen to get things going so we will keep you informed of our progress.

Email: parentsconnectgroup@gmail.com

Looking for suggestions!!

If you have any ideas or suggestions about courses/classes that you would like to see available for parents in the school please drop me an email/text as I am getting things up and running over the next few weeks!

Also, if you would like to get involved in school and are able to volunteer/help out in anyway, let me know! We are always on the look out for new helpers!!

 

Attention all new Infant Parents!

Over the next few weeks all parents will be invited in to meet their class teacher for a whole class meeting, where Jessica and Mel will explain class routines, the structure of the day etc.

However, as many of you are new to the school you may have more general questions relating to the day-to-day activities such as yard time, helping your child settle, what to expect over the next few months etc, that I may be able to help with. With that in mind, I will be holding two ‘meet&greet’ sessions where I will try my best to answer any questions. This will also provide you with an opportunity to get to know some of the new parents in your class.

The same content will be covered in both meetings, so chose the most convenient for you.

Wednesday 7^th September @ 8.40am in the Afterschool room

Thursday 8^th September @ 7pm in the Afterschool Room (downstairs)

It would be great to see you all there.

Welcome Back everyone!

Welcome back to all  our old and new Belmayners!

I hope you all had  a wonderful Summer and are settling back into school life. The new Junior Infants all seem to be settling in very well and working hard already! We also have some new children in the older classes and you are all very welcome too!


If you are a new parent to our school, check out my earlier posts about what exactly my role is. I look forward to getting to know you all and working with you over the next year.

Over the next few weeks I will be posting about upcoming events and ways that you, the parents, can get involved in school life.

Here are a few dates for you diary already:

• Yoga for Parents restarts on Tuesday 20th September @ 8.45am  with Magda in the Afterschool Room, €3 per class

• Parent Support Group will have its first meeting on September 21st @ 7pm in the downstairs afterschool room.

(This is a space where parents support each other and share their experiences and advice about parenting. Everyone is welcome)