First5 Preschool at Home ideas for Exploring & Thinking

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Exploring & Thinking is about children making sense of the things, places and people in their world. They do this by interacting with others, playing, investigating, questioning and forming, testing and refining ideas.

Resources

A series of tipsheets under the banner Playing at Home have been designed to engage, inspire and support children and their families play and learn together.

Try some of these recipes with the children doing as much as possible. You will be working on a range of skills in these sensory activities. Some of these skills are concentration, sequencing, memory building, turn taking and fine motor development. Lots of pre-maths and science learning is happening with these activities including; pouring, measuring, mixing, heating etc.

See this Link for more information First5 Preschool at Home – Exploring & Thinking

Barnardos – Supporting Young Children Experiencing Adversity During Covid 19 Free Webinar

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See this Link Barnardos Webinar

Supporting Young Children Experiencing Adversity During Covid 19 is a recorded webinar that gives early years educators an understanding of the kinds of stresses and challenges children and their families may be experiencing in their everyday lives and the impacts these have on children’s wellbeing, learning and development. It also outlines ways you can fully support the child while they are in the setting.

Please note that this webinar is for information only and there is no certificate awarded.

Find more information on Supporting Young Children Experiencing Adversity During Covid 19 CLICK HERE

 

To access Supporting Young Children Experiencing Adversity During Covid 19, Please click the button below using the Passcode: g4LsY9X% 

WEBINAR ACCESS

*Please note that this webinar is for information only and there is no certificate awarded.

Tusla – Today is Safer Internet Day.

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Today is Safer Internet Day. With more activities happening online during Covid-19, it’s important to talk with children and young people about the safe and responsible use of technology, and creating a better internet for the future.
For more information: www.webwise.ie/saferinternetday/
For tips and advice: www.tusla.ie/parenting-24-seven

NPC Internet Safety Information sessions for Parents – Virtual 2021

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NPC Internet Safety Information sessions for Parents – Virtual 2021

Please note these sessions will be interactive allowing parents to participate and hence places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Tuesday the 9th of February is Safer Internet Day and the National Parents Council Primary would like to offer parents of Primary School Children an opportunity to take part in one of our virtual training programmes on Internet Safety for Parents.

The session aims to give you information and skills to be able to engage in your children’s online lives. It covers the benefits and risks of the internet and provides hints and tips for parents; helping children be effective, responsible and safer Internet users. These include open communication and setting rules and boundaries with children, which are important aspects of keeping them safe online, as well as in every other aspect of their lives. The session also explores cyber-bullying and how we can help our children learn how to deal with cyber-bullying situations.

Information provided at each session will be the same.

Sessions are on:

10am Tuesday 9th February
8pm Tuesday 9th February
10am Wednesday 10th February
8pm Wednesday 10th February
10am Thursday 11th February
8pm Thursday 11th February
10am Friday 12th February

For more information and to book one of the above sessions, see  NPC Internet Safety Information Virtual sessions

Tusla Safer Internet Day Tuesday 9th February

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Keep an open dialogue – talk to your children about the benefits and dangers of the internet. Don’t be afraid to ask who they are talking to online and what they are talking about.

For more info see:

Tusla Tips for your child on the internet

 

Covid-19 Standard Operating Payment (COSP) Review Process

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Review requests are currently being accepted in relation to the COVID-19 Standard Operating Payment (COSP).  Further details on the review process, including review eligibility criteria, can be found here.

All requests must be submitted via HIVE and details of how to do this can be found here.  All review requests must be submitted by 5pm on Tuesday 9th February. 

Barnardos Publication – Supporting children facing adversity during Covid 19

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Barnardos Publication – Supporting children facing adversity during Covid 19.

Click on the below Link for the Publication

Barnardos Publication

First5 Website for Preschool at Home ideas

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Click on the below link for more information:

First5 Preschool at Home ideas

This Pre-school at Home Hub provides a range of activities to support and encourage children’s interests and aims to keep them playing and learning at home.

Included here are a range of typical activities that happen at pre-school which have been adapted for children to do at home, at a time that suits them and their family.

Remember, when children are playing they are learning. When children are included in everyday household activities they are learning.

Early Learning and Care settings have been asked to connect with families to support the children in their setting during current restrictions.  They may expand on the activities linked here based on the interests of their child, if families wish to engage.

Well-being

Well-being

Communicating

Communicating

Exploring & Thinking

Exploring & Thinking

Identity & Belonging

Identity & Belonging

Children needing additional support

Children needing additional support

Press release Minister O’Gorman launches second Supporting Children campaign

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From Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

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  • Campaign encourages everyone to be mindful of vulnerable children and young people in these challenging times
  • Supporting Children is a portal on Gov.ie, providing access to the many supports and services for children, young people and their families

The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman T.D., has today launched the second Supporting Children campaign aimed at encouraging everyone to be mindful of vulnerable children and young people in these challenging times.

The campaign provides easy-to-access information on services available to children and families throughout the period of Covid-19 restrictions. Advertisements will be rolled out across radio and social media, with the Supporting Children website providing an information hub and practical supports to anyone who may need them.

The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and Tusla have a robust infrastructure of services providing assistance to children, young people and families throughout Ireland, involving over six thousand funded organisations and services, including child protection, youth work, and youth, community, and family services. This existing system of structures and supports was mobilised during the COVID-19 crisis to ensure that vulnerable children and their families could still access the services they needed.

Following the move to Level 5 restrictions in December, Tusla has put in place supports for victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence, including additional funding for 24-hour helplines.

Tusla continue with their essential work in child protection. Anyone with a concern about a child’s safety or welfare should contact their local duty social work office using details on the Tusla website.

Launching the campaign, Minister O’Gorman said:

“This has been a difficult time for so many people around Ireland, and we need to make every effort to make supports are easily accessible to anyone who might need them. The ‘Supporting Children’ website provides practical supports, as well as targeted information for vulnerable children and young people.

“It shows the breadth of services and supports for children provided by the State and Community and Voluntary sectors and outlines the actions and innovations taken by services in responding to the challenges of COVID-19. The website also includes links and contact details to organisations such as Parentline, Childline, and Barnardos as well as how to find local Family Resource Centres and Children and Young People’s Services Committees .

“As we know, we are all in this together, therefore, it is crucial at this time that as a society we reinforce the message and mandate to support children. The Supporting Children campaign shows what and who is in place to support the welfare and wellbeing of our children.”

Kate Duggan, National Director of Services and Integration, Tusla, the Child and Family Agency added:

“Now, more than ever, it is vitally important that we all work together to keep children and young people safe from harm. If anyone is concerned about a child, we would urge them to make contact with Tusla as soon as possible by contacting the local duty social work office, or where urgent, call An Garda Síochána.

“There are also many other services available to support those who need it, from Tusla’s family support services and education support services, to the many community and voluntary organisations all over Ireland. These services continue, and it is important that people know that support is available and where to find it.”

Tanya Ward, Chair of the Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures, National Advisory Council welcomed the campaign, saying:

“Covid-19 restrictions have put enormous pressure on families across the country. The most recent lockdown measures are extremely challenging for children and young people with the closure of their schools, a pause on their community activities and more time away from their peers. Sadly, for some children, home is not a safe space and these children are at risk of being further isolated.

“Now, it is time for us all to keep our eyes and ears open to keep children safe. It is great to see the Department, with the support of youth and community services, redouble efforts to reach out to vulnerable families. This new portal brings together all the services available to children, young people and their families in one place. It is also a great resource for those of us working with children or anyone worried about a family they care about. Hopefully it will bring support that bit closer to families who really need it during these times.

Press Release Minister O`Gorman

 

Jobs Board service for all early years and school age childcare services in our county.

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Carlow CCC would like to advise you that we provide a Jobs Board service for all early years and school age childcare services in our county.

If you are recruiting, we can share your advertisement on our Facebook page and our Website News section.

Please contact the office on 059 9140244 or send your recruitment advertisement to nicola@carlowccc.ie