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Calming Corner

Hi everyone, Welcome to the calm corner. My name is Sinéad. I am one of the teachers in Outreach and I am studying play therapy part-time. Over the next few weeks I will share some information I have picked up along the way. Each week I will share a new sensory activity and a quick tip. Sensory input is hugely powerful in regulating (calming)
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Learn Together Curriculum


Fun Challenges

Check out our fun challenges for you to try at home. If you would like to feature on this page send in photos of your challenges to website.nketns@gmail.com Here are some ideas for things to do during the Summer Holidays. Hope you all have a great summer. See you all in September!   Summer Stars Story T&C Summer Stars 2020 Information for Schools and
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Websites for Projects

Kids’ search engines: www.kiddle.co (visual search engine) www.dibdabdoo.com www.kidrex.org www.youtubekids.com (will need parent to agree to search filters when you first start browsing) Irish websites: www.askaboutireland.ie www.historyforkids.net www.scoilnet.ie www.met.ie/education/school-resources www.rte.ie/learn/home-school-hub British websites:www.ducksters.com www.historyforkids.net https://kids.britannica.com https://easyscienceforkids.com/ American websites www.funbrain.com www.wonderopolis.org www.kids.nationalgeographic.com www.pbslearningmedia.org www.timeforkids.com www.highlightskids.com/explore https://spaceplace.nasa.gov https://climatekids.nasa.gov


Website of the Day

Check back here in September for more recommendations for Website of the Day


Useful Websites for Parents

Please find a list of websites below for parents This website has resources developed by Occupational Therapists and Speech and Language Therapists. https://ncse.ie/online-resources-for-parents Downloadable booklets for each class level which include ideas for all areas of the curriculum https://ncca.ie/media/4084/helping_your_child_in_junior_and_senior_infants.pdf https://ncca.ie/media/4083/helping_your_child_in_first_and_second_classes.pdf https://ncca.ie/media/4085/helping_your_child_in_third_and_fourth_classes.pdf https://ncca.ie/media/4082/helping_your_child_in_fifth_and_sixth_classes.pdf An explanation of how the children are taught subtraction in 2nd class https://ncca.ie/media/1439/tipsheet_helping_you_child_with_subtraction_tens_units.pdf