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/

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A Model for Supporting Access to Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Programme for Children

 

For additional information contact https://aim.gov.ie/aim-supports/targeted-supports/

www.carlowccc.ie or  contact 0599140244

Childcare Providers, Childminders and Parents, Is your First Aid Box up to date???

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Childcare Provider, Childminders and Parent, Is your First Aid Box filled with all the essentials?

Here is the recommended list of essential for your First Aid Box from Tusla

Recommended contents of first aid box and kits:

 

Materials

 First Aid Travel Kit Contents  

First Aid Box Contents
 
  1 -10 People 11 – 25 People 26 -50 People
Adhesive plasters 20 20 20 20
Sterile eye pads

(No. 16 – bandage attached)

 2 2 2 4
Individually wrapped triangular bandages 2 3 6 6
Safety pins 6 6 6 6
Individually wrapped sterile, unmedicated wound dressing Medium (No. 8) 10 x 8 cm) 1 2 2 4
Individually wrapped sterile, unmedicated wound dressing Large (No. 9) 13 x 9cm) 1 2 6 8
Individually wrapped sterile, unmedicated wound dressing Extra Large, (No. 3) 28 x 17.5 cm) 1 2 3 4
Individually wrapped disinfectant wipes 10 10 20 40
Paramedic shears 1 1 1 1
Examination gloves (pairs) 3 5 10 10
Sterile water where there is no clear running water 2 x 20mls 1 x 500mls 2 x 500mls 2 x 500mls
Pocket face mask 1 1 1 1
Water-based burns dressing – small (10 x 10 cm) 1 1 1 1
Water-based burns dressing – large 1 1 1 1
Crepe Bandage (7cm) 1 1 2 3

 

If more than 50 people are involved, supplies should be increased accordingly.

https://www.tusla.ie/uploads/content/4566-TUSLA_QRF_DAY_CARE_LR.pdf

***ATTENTION PARENTS****MyGovID maintenance this week

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MyGovID maintenance this week

Attention parents,

The MyGovID site will be unavailable on Thursday 9 September at 8.00am for a maximum of 2 hours.

Parents will be unable to verify their MyGovID and log into the NCS Parent Portal during this time.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause,

Regards,

The Early Years Team