It’s our last week of the school term at The Children’s House – hard to believe we’re here already!! We had such a great week last week doing sports activities, having some grandparents visits, the Gardaí in their squad car visit, & having Angela do all her amazing balloon creations – it was a great way to celebrate our last full week with the children, along with sending home their All About Me books on Friday, always an emotional time for the staff….

So we’re looking forward to a lovely few days with the children before the 4 classes of 2022/23 finish up, whether they’re coming back to us in September or moving on elsewhere. We just want to thank you all as their families for being such a big part of their early education journey with us – your involvement & support has made the year all the more special for us, the staff, as well as your children. We will miss you all, & want to thank you for giving us the privelege of having the care of your most precious little people for the past year ❤️❤️❤️

5 Little Butterflies

5 little butterflies by the door,
1 flew away, then there were 4.

4 little butterflies by the tree,
1 flew away, then there were 3.

3 little butterflies up in the blue,
1 flew away, then there were 2.

2 little butterflies out in the sun,
1 flew away, then there was 1.

1 little butterfly now all alone,
She was so lonely, she flew home.

It’s Sports Week this week at The Children’s House!! We are spreading out the sports activites over the whole week instead of just the one day, as the children love doing all the different activities so much! Therefore, on different days, the children will be taking part in egg & spoon races, trying to hit hoops & balls on targets, jumping hurdles, doing penguin races with ball between their legs, bean bag balancing races, cone zig zag races, obstacle courses, & of course warming up & cooling down stretches & activities among others!!

Also, on Thursday, we will be having the amazingly talented Angela from Super Smiley Parties coming to do balloon twisting & make wonderful creations for all of the children – another fun week ahead!!

Sports Week Time

Fasten your laces, toes behind the line,
The sun is shining, it’s sports week time!
It’s time to have races, it’s time to have fun,
On your marks, get set, jump! hop! run!

This week we will be covering a couple of different topics – water safety & ‘The Man in my Life’ being the main ones!! It will be a really fun week as we start off with Pyjama Day, where all the children – AND staff! – come to school in their pyjamas & just relax & nap for the day…only joking, it’s too much fun to be dozing off during! Then we will be doing yoga on Tuesday, & sponge painting, as well as making handprint pictures for the Man in my Life – this is so children can choose a man in their lives to give a picture to at the weekend when Father’s Day falls; not everyone might be lucky enough to have their dad around, but maybe an uncle or grandad or even a neighbour might be a positive person in their lives! We will also be learning about water safety this week, so it promises to be busy as well as fun!!

Row Your Boat

Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the stream,
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream!

Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the stream,
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
If you see a crocodile don’t forget to scream!

We will be talking all about transitions this week at The Children’s House – whether it is a transition next year to a new class, a new preschool or a new primary school! Discussing upcoming change with children in an appropriate way is so important, to help them prepare themselves for it  – some children don’t like the idea of any change, so normalising it can help them feel prepared & positive about it. To this end, we will be talking about changing classes or schools, & asking past students/siblings to come in to talk to the children about going to primary school, show them schoolbags, uniforms etc & talk about the important things like what to bring for their lunch!! We will also be bringing the children who will be starting in Sallins primary school next September for a visit on Friday, to see the classrooms & the layout of the school.

Also, on Thursday we will be doing the Big Toddle to raise money for Barnardos Children’s Charity to support vulnerable children in Ireland, so if your child wants to dress up as a Superhero please let them feel free!!

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Mary had a little lamb,
Whose fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went,
The lamb was sure to go.

It followed her to school one day,
Which was against the rules,
It made the children laugh & play,
To see a lamb at school!