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15 Feb 2021
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15th – 19th February

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Hi everyone we hope you’re all doing well, & had a great week last week!! The ideas we’re sharing this week are all related to Spring & the life cycle of a plant, so below you’ll see the plan for the week which involves mindfulness & art – as well as lots of pancakes of course
Here also are some Youtube links related to Spring & the lifecycle of a plant – enjoy!!!
08 Feb 2021
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8th – 12th February

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Hi everyone, hope you’re all doing well it’s a busy week ahead with Chinese New Year celebrations starting this Friday – the year of the Ox!! And then on Sunday it’s Valentine’s Day of course, so we’ve got some arts & crafts ideas below for your children to do at home with you ✂️️
If we were in school we would be asking them how they show their love ❤️ e.g. by giving a hug, by making something, or by helping with something around the house – so now might be a good time to get the Valentine’s chores list drawn up As we will be missing our annual Valentine’s ball, we’re encouraging everyone to dress up & have one at home on Sunday – & don’t forget to send us in the photos
01 Feb 2021
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1st – 5th February

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Beannachtaí Lá Fhéile Bríde!! Happy St Brigids Day & a very big welcome to Spring at last!!!
We hope you’re all keeping well – as you know, we’re starting our zoom calls this week to the classes, & we hope your children will be able to join in for even 1 of the 2 weekly check ins, we can’t wait to see them!! As normal we are sending on some weekly activities, this week though is a little bit different as they are based on philosophising with children which is all about using open-ended questions, discussions & using ‘what if…’ & ‘I wonder…’ statements – trying not to ask leading questions but just to encourage critical thinking – young children have that innately if we just encourage & support it, using a conversation starting point like a particular story, video or picture. To this end, you could ask your child a fun question (e.g. ‘what would you rather have – 4 legs, 6 eyes or 2 mouths?!’) & ask them to think about their answer & explain why – obviously there are no right or wrong answers here!!
Attached below is an emotions wheel & relaxation thermometer, if you would like to use them with your children in order to support them in talking about their feelings & using deep breathing or other strategies to help them relax when needed. The song this week is also about emotions ‘If you’re happy & you know it’ – don’t hold back & go all out doing happy, sad, angry & tired faces & actions with your children!!
Take care & keep in touch, from all of us here at The Children’s House xx
29 Jan 2021
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Continued School Closure

Sticky Post By On January 29, 2021

We hope you & your families are all keeping safe & well – as you know, unfortunately we will not be reopening before 5th March as part of the ongoing level 5 restrictions. However, as we would love to have some direct contact with the children in the meantime, we are planning to have short zoom circle times twice a week for each class, just to check in & have a quick chat with the children & let them know that we are still here & missing them!! We will be in contact about the days/times, & hope to see your children there if they can make it – we will still be continuing on with the weekly plans & activitites for you to use as appropriate. Stay safe & talk soon, from all at The Children’s House.

18 Jan 2021
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18th – 22nd January

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Hi everyone we hope you’re all doing well – we’re halfway through January already so that can only be a good thing This week we’re giving some ideas related to healthy habits for children – washing hands, exercising, healthy cooking, meditation….all things your children can practice at home with you ❤️
Here’s a link to a meditation video – the butterfly body scan – enjoy!! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=56_8aK3cLEA

11 Jan 2021
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11th – 15th January 2021

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As we are sadly not going to be in school for the next few weeks, we are giving a few ideas to do with children at home every week 💡 – there’s absolutely no pressure of course to do them!! We know that you have all sorts of responsibilities at the moment, we’re just putting together overviews of the weekly plans like we would as normal involving activities that should be possible to do at home & hopefully they’re of use to you 😊 As always, please feel free to share photos/pictures of activities your child is doing while we’re under lockdown, we love to see them ❤️

08 Jan 2021
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School closure for all of January

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The Children’s House will remain closed until 1st February 2021, as per the government directive this week; we will be in touch with any other information in the meantime – please take care & stay safe until then!

31 Dec 2020
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School Re-Opening Delayed until 11th January

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Unfortunately The Children’s House will not be re-opening next Monday 4th January as we had planned; we have a duty of care to all the children, families & staff & as such feel very strongly that we should take the same preventative measures as primary schools have been directed to, & close for another week to allow close contacts to reduce & help stop the spread of the virus with numbers being so alarmingly high at the moment. We will keep you updated if there are any more developments, but as it stands we will be re-opening on Monday 11th January, & will email Return to School forms to be completed before then – stay safe in the meantime & Happy New Year to you all ❤️💚💜

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16 Dec 2020
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Christmas Holidays!!

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The Children’s House will close for Christmas holidays on Friday 18th December, reopening Monday 4th January

Merry Christmas everyone!!

14 Dec 2020
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14th – 18th December

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Merry Christmas everyone!! This week at The Children’s House we will be celebrating the festive season relentlessly!!!! We will be holding outdoor Christmas songs with the different classes (please don’t forget to wear weather appropriate clothing if attending!!), the children will be doing lots of process art, we will be having A Very Special Visitor joining us on a Zoom call on Thursday, & Christmas party on Friday!!

We have had a fantastic few months at school with your children, & hope you all have a wonderful restful Christmas with your families over the couple of week’s break, & wish you every health & happiness for 2021.

When Santa got Stuck up the Chimney

When santa got stuck up the chimney

He began to shout

“You girls and boys won’t get any toys

If you don’t pull me out!!

My beard is black

There’s soot in my sack

My nose is tickling too!”

When santa got stuck up the chimney

A-choo, a-choo, a-choo!