Monthly Archives: January 2018

Mindfulness and Meditation As a staff, we see the need for an introduction to meditation and mindfulness for our students. Today’s pace is so fast! To address this, and under the SPHE/Religion umbrella, we invited a facilitator to our school to teach us about teaching meditation. As a result,we will be introducing ‘Stop everything and breathe’ next week. At designated times, everything will stop in school and children will participate in coached mindfulness. We are really looking forward to this! Thanks to Ms Murphy who has offered to coordinate this project going forward.  

In line with the updated Child Protection requirements, I am pleased to report that our school is up to date ahead of the deadline in having ratified our Child Safeguarding Risk Assessment. This process involved examining our practises and improving where appropriate. At Scoil Ghormáin Naofa, we strive to reflect and improve on our practises. I am grateful to our teachers for their input. Emer Russell

We are delighted to tell you that as part of Engineers’ week, we are hosting Engineering workshops through Lego to encourage our young mathematicians/scientists/engineers. All children will participate in a workshop on February 21st. This has been made possible by a donation from our Board of Management and funds raised at our Christmas concert so thanks to all who supported!We are very excited!

As a proud recipient of the Active School Flag, we are committed to ongoing maintenance of the flag through the following measures: Scoil Ghormáin Naofa Physical Education Curriculum ·         All classes receive a minimum of one hour PE a week. Taught as a full hour slot or two half hour intervals. ·         All classes are taught at least five strands of the curriculum each year. ·         All classes are currently being taught the strand: Athletics with a focus on fundamental movement skills. ·         All classes will explore the dance strand later in the term, when they develop their Irish dancing skills during Seachtain na Gaeilge. ·         See our Active School … Continue reading →