Welcome to the website of Newtown National School, Ardee. We are a rural co-educational school situated about 6 km from Ardee in the beautiful country landscape of County Meath. We have 5 full time teachers and one part time teacher. We have a full time SNA. We use a simple track-suit style uniform. All items are generic. Our school caters for pupils from Junior Infants to Sixth Class and we currently have one full time and a part time teacher working with pupils with special education needs. Our small school lends itself to a great community and caring spirit among our pupils. Here, in Newtown, our school community promotes and fosters the holistic development of each child -intellectual, moral, physical, spiritual and cultural. We work closely with our very supportive parent body and we are fortunate to have a very active Parent Association.
6th class Graduation
clASS OF 2020
Thank you to the pupils from Junior Infants to 5th Class who sent us in these beautiful messages (below) to our 6th Class pupils. We displayed them in the church for our end of year mass and also at the school when we welcomed back our 6th Class pupils for their graduation on June 30th. It was so lovely to see all our 6th Class pupils back at the school and catch up with everyone one last time before you begin your new journey in secondary school. We will miss you all, know that there will always be a big welcome here in Newtown for you. Go n-éirí an bóthar libh!
Our annual school end of year thanksgiving mass was slightly different this year! Special thanks to Fr. Gerry and Fr. Timothy for such a lovely mass, and to Darren and James for videoing it for us. We thank Ms. Malone, Ms. Corr and Mrs. McComish for their lovely readings, gifts and organising displays. Click below to view it!
active home week
monday 8th - Friday 12th June
Our SNA gERALDINE AT WORK IN MOOREHALL lodge nursing home WITH SOME OF OUR LOVELY PUPILS' ARTWORK!
BOOK FOR CHILDREN ON CORONAVIRUS
The link below was sent to the school from Gill publishers. It is a child's book free of charge on explaining the Coronavirus. I'd advise parents to have a read of it first and decide if you would like to read and discuss it with your children.
https://www.gillbooks.ie/AcuCustom/Sitename/DAM/156/Coronavirus_-_A_Book_For_Children.pdf?utm_source=Master+list&utm_campaign=4d231a38d7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_22_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_239ea55615-4d231a38d7-122320825
The link below was sent to the school from Gill publishers. It is a child's book free of charge on explaining the Coronavirus. I'd advise parents to have a read of it first and decide if you would like to read and discuss it with your children.
https://www.gillbooks.ie/AcuCustom/Sitename/DAM/156/Coronavirus_-_A_Book_For_Children.pdf?utm_source=Master+list&utm_campaign=4d231a38d7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_22_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_239ea55615-4d231a38d7-122320825
online safety for children
Check out the ZEEKO website for lovely weekly colouring competitions and bery useful resources on the Parent Advice Hub
https://zeeko.ie/
or check out webwise
www.webwise.ie/parents/covid19-online-safety-advice-for-parents/
https://zeeko.ie/
or check out webwise
www.webwise.ie/parents/covid19-online-safety-advice-for-parents/
children and test centres
Here is a very simple explanation of what happens if a child has to go to a test centre. It is written like a story with simple pictures.It's aim is to help children understand what to expect and can help you talk about the visit.
| getting-ready-to-go-to-the-test-centre.pdf |
flags for our heroes
During this Global Pandemic of Covid 19, we as schools across the country wish to acknowledge all our local heroes at this time - these heroes are our parents, cousins, neighbours and friends who are spending long hours, day and night, fighting to ensure that this virus is controlled and lives are protected.. To show our support for them we are asked to hang out our national, county or local flag at our gates or windows as a sign of support our tireless workers. Soon every street and road will show their support. So come on, hang out your flags for our local heroes.
AGRI AWARE:
Agri Aware, Ireland's agri-food educational charity have relaunched their popular primary school programme Incredible Edibles and opened it up to families to participate during this time of isolation and school closures. check out the FAMILY CHALLENGES
www.incredibleedibles.ie/
NEPS Resources
The Department of Education and Skills’ NEPS psychologists have developed advice and some resources for young people to manage and stay well when schools are closed. Some of the advise on the link below could be of great benefit to you and your family at this time NEPS psychologists have developed guidance for parents supporting children to create new routines at home. Having a Plan for the Day is key for children/young people to manage and stay well at this time. NEPS psychologists have developed advice for parents and schools on talking to children and young people about Covid-19 HERE.
ONLINE Mindfulness meditations
www.calm.com
Programmes for children and adults, including breathing, meditations for sleep and mindfulness for stressful situations.
www.gonoodle.com
This free and fun website for children has a number of channels which can help children with exercise and movement as well as meditation and reflection. Check out the channels ‘Flow’ and ‘Empower Tools’ for mindfulness meditations, ‘Maximo’ for yoga practices and ‘Think about It’ encourages reflection.
AnnakaHarris.com/mindfulness-for-children
Annaka Harris (a mindfulness teacher) offers a number of her recordings for children for free on this website.
www.CosmicKids.com
Free yoga and mindfulness videos for young children available on this site and on the YouTube channel of the same name
‘Headspace’ is very goodapp for parent There are also some free meditations for adults on www.calm.com
GAA Activities for Kids
www.gaa.ie/my-gaa/getting-involved/kids-activities
RTE - The Home School Hub & TG4 -Cúla 4
You might like to check this out . From Monday the 30th of March, RTÉ will broadcast an hour of "school on TV" to support primary school children and their parents at home.
GAEILGE
Programmes, activities and fun for all children as Gaeilge with TG4's Cúla 4. Don't be stuck for help with Irish during this difficult time.
TG4 has everything you need to help and entertain your children in Irish while we are homeschooling.
How to Find Cúla 4:
TG4 Weekdays 7-9.30am and 3-6pm
Cúla4.com Catch up with all Cúla programmes on the website as well as play in Irish. Interactive games such as an aimsir. Create your own weather at home as Gaeilge. https://www.cula4.com/games/aimsir/index.html catch up online with all your favourite programmes
Youtube Cúla4 - playlists activities and entertainment for all age groups
Cúla4 App is a free APP from TG4. Let your children, explore, learn and be entertained with. On start-up, the viewer is guided to the relevant viewing zone that is appropriate to their age group. There are 2 age zones in the APP- a pre-school area and an over 6 years zone. The Cúla Caint game is interactive and great for vocabulary as Gaeilge for children of all ages to learn in a fun way. Find on the App Store - https://apple.co/2gGxDZa or the Google Playstore - https://bit.ly/2QeZm44
GAEILGE
Programmes, activities and fun for all children as Gaeilge with TG4's Cúla 4. Don't be stuck for help with Irish during this difficult time.
TG4 has everything you need to help and entertain your children in Irish while we are homeschooling.
How to Find Cúla 4:
TG4 Weekdays 7-9.30am and 3-6pm
Cúla4.com Catch up with all Cúla programmes on the website as well as play in Irish. Interactive games such as an aimsir. Create your own weather at home as Gaeilge. https://www.cula4.com/games/aimsir/index.html catch up online with all your favourite programmes
Youtube Cúla4 - playlists activities and entertainment for all age groups
Cúla4 App is a free APP from TG4. Let your children, explore, learn and be entertained with. On start-up, the viewer is guided to the relevant viewing zone that is appropriate to their age group. There are 2 age zones in the APP- a pre-school area and an over 6 years zone. The Cúla Caint game is interactive and great for vocabulary as Gaeilge for children of all ages to learn in a fun way. Find on the App Store - https://apple.co/2gGxDZa or the Google Playstore - https://bit.ly/2QeZm44
Enrolment
We are now enrolling Junior Infants for September 2020. Application forms are available from the school by contacting 046 9053322 and also on our school website.
We are now enrolling Junior Infants for September 2020. Application forms are available from the school by contacting 046 9053322 and also on our school website.
| Enrolment Form 2019-2020 |
