Useful Reading Resource
www.vooks.com has free story books to read with your child. It has a resource page that parents can use to ask children about the story.
Second Class
Scavenger Hunts
Some lovely scavenger hunts for both indoors and outdoors to keep smallies busy.
Happy Talk Monster Pack
Here is an enjoyable Monster Themed pack from Happy Talk to support your child’s language, literacy and learning skill development. It is aimed at children aged between 4 and 8 years old.
Useful resources for explaining Covid 19 Lock down
Podcast on supporting children with ASD during Covid 19 response
This is a podcast on helping children with autism during the Covid 19 crisis. Podcast
Useful Resource for Worried Children
This is a beautiful story that can help young people with their worries and concerns.
Book Oyster & Butterfly
Social Story about the Lockdown
Here is a social story which might help explain the Covid 19 Lockdown to worried children. Social Story for Staying at Home due to Covid 19
Home Resources for OT and Speech and Language
The NCSE have put together some very useful parent packs to support OT and Speech and Language at home. Available at: NCSE Supports
Competition time!!!
Dear students,
We would like to invite you to enter a story/poetry or song writing competition!! The theme is on the topic of time and what we are doing now that we are all at home with our families. This competition is open to all children from first to sixth classes and there will be three categories as follows: 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th and 5th/6th.
So get creative and email us in your story, song or poem to oifig@greenmount.ie. Please include your class level in the subject of your email.
We will announce the winners from each category on the website with prizes to follow!
Please check out the advertisement above and examples below which were designed by Fazla in 6th class. Many thanks Fazla.
Looking forward to reading all your entries. Stay safe and mind yourselves.
Mr. Hurley and Greenmount teachers
