5 Day Lunch Planner

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Always packing the same old lunch? Here’s a 5-day planner

We often end up putting the same things in the lunchbox everyday. Keeping lunchbox contents varied makes lunch more enjoyable. The following planner shows you some examples of snacks and lunch items.

5-day lunchbox planner

Monday

  • 1 medium wholemeal bread roll with tomato and cheese
  • Banana
  • Handful of carrot sticks
  • Pot of low-fat yoghurt
  • Bottle of water

Tuesday

  • Small wholemeal pitta bread with tuna and sweetcorn
  • Orange
  • ½ wholemeal scone
  • Three strawberries
  • Milk

Wednesday

  • 2 tablespoons of wholemeal pasta with 1 tablespoon of tomatoes and vegetables
  • Handful of grapes
  • 2 wholemeal crackers with low-fat cheddar cheese
  • Pot of low-fat yoghurt
  • Bottle of water

Thursday

  • 2 slices of wholemeal bread with cooked ham and lettuce
  • Slices of pepper
  • Apple
  • Pot of low-fat yoghurt
  • bottle of water

Friday

  • Wholemeal tortilla wrap with chicken, sliced peppers and lettuce
  • Kiwi
  • Small tub of stewed fruit
  • 6 cherry tomatoes
  • Milk

Remember

  • Use low-fat spread, low-fat mayonnaise or relish instead of full-fat options
  • Smaller portions for smaller children

Making Happy Feet

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Why not have a go at making some happy feet.

Making Feet

  1. Stones and pebbles
  2. Double sided tape
  3. Strong Card Board
  4. Paint if desired

 

Beep Beep Day 2021

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Beep Beep Day takes place in crèches and Montessori schools around the country every year. It usually takes place on the Friday during Irish Road Safety Week (08 October) but it can take place at any other time during the year too.

On Beep Beep Day, children aged 5 and under will practise basic road safety skills with the Simon and Friends road safety storybooks, songs, games and activities.

We will distribute Beep Beep Day Packs to participating pre-schools free of charge but act fast because we only have a limited amount of stock available.

You can customise the number of items in your packs and can choose from posters and booklets for parents. Packs are available in both English and Irish too.

Order your Beep Beep Day pack now while stocks last.

Thank you for your interest in Beep Beep Day 2021.

All orders placed successfully will be delivered in time for Beep Beep Day on the 08 October.

Soap Foam Bubble ~~~ some outdoor messy fun

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SOAP FOAM PRINTING

In this wet and wonderful outdoor art activity, kids use retro-style egg beaters, whisks, and straws to create mountains of colourful bubbles to make one-of-a-kind soap foam prints

SOAP FOAM PRINTING

Materials:

Directions:

1. Squirt a few tablespoons of dish soap into a bowl and fill it with water.

2. Mix the water using a whisk or rotary beater, or blow bubbles into the bowl with a straw.

 

3. After plenty of bubbles have been created, squirt liquid watercolours over them. Continue blowing into the bowl and/or mixing the water and adding color. Soap foam will spill out of the bowl and settle on top of the water when the bubbles begin to pop. I let my son go nuts with this part!

Covid 19 Support Helpline

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Parent and Toddler Group Closing Tomorrow

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Are you currently operating a Parent and Toddler Group in the Carlow area or are you interested in setting one up?
Parent and Toddler grants are now open for applications.
Contact Carlow CCC for an application form.

The Access and Inclusion Model

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The goal of AIM is to create a more inclusive environment in pre-schools, so all children, regardless of ability, can benefit from quality early learning and care. The model achieves this by providing universal supports to pre-school settings, and targeted supports, which focus on the needs of the individual child, without requiring a diagnosis of disability.

AIM commenced in 2016, since then, it has helped tens of thousands of children with a disability to access and meaningfully participate in the ECCE programme in pre-school settings nationwide. The model has been recognised internationally and has won awards for both excellence in practice, and inclusive policy.

Universal Supports

AIM universal supports benefit the whole pre-school environment through empowering pre-school providers to create a more inclusive culture in their settings.

 

Making a wind chime out of recycled materials

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Recycled Plastic Lid Windchime!

CRAFT HERE –> https://buff.ly/3jI5ePK

Making a wind chime out of recycled materials is a fun project for kids and adults. Using colourful plastic lids that can’t go in the recycle bin is a great way to keep them out of the landfill.

If your child is a close contact of COVID-19 in school

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If your child is a close contact of COVID-19 in school, what you need to do depends on:

  • if they are fully vaccinated or not
  • if they have symptoms or not

If your child is fully vaccinated

If your child becomes a close contact of COVID-19 but is fully vaccinated, they do not need to restrict their movements. They do not need to get a COVID-19 test either unless a public health doctor recommends it.

They are fully vaccinated:

They will still be identified as a close contact as normal and get text messages with public health advice. If they develop symptoms, they need to isolate from other people and get a COVID-19 test.

If your child has symptoms

If your child has symptoms of COVID-19, they will need to isolate from others immediately and you should phone your GP. Do this even if they are fully vaccinated.

Common symptoms of COVID-19 include:

  • a fever (high temperature – 38 degrees Celsius or above)
  • a cough – this can be any kind of cough, not just dry
  • shortness of breath or breathing difficulties
  • loss or change to your sense of smell or taste – cannot smell or taste anything, or things smell or taste different to normal

Isolating from others means they should stay in a room, on their own, with a window open for ventilation. They should avoid contact with other people. Depending on the age of your child, a parent may need to isolate with them.

Read more about what to do if your child is told to isolate from other people

If your child does not have symptoms and is not fully vaccinated

Your child needs to stay at home (restricted movements)

Your child should restrict their movements for 14 days, from when they were last in close contact with the person who has tested positive for COVID-19. This is sometimes called quarantine.

They can stop restricting their movements when both apply:

  • They have a negative test (COVID-19 not detected) 10 days after they were last in contact with the person who tested positive.
  • They do not have any symptoms of COVID-19.

Restricted movements means they need to stay at home, avoiding contact with other people and social situations as much as possible. This is to help stop the spread of the virus if they do have COVID-19 too.

During the 14 days of restricted movements your child cannot:

  • attend school, childcare or any group activities
  • use public transport
  • visit other people’s homes or have visitors to your home

Your child can go outside to attend a medical appointment or to exercise as

https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/covid19/contact-tracing/child-is-a-close-contact-school/