Policies
These are printable files that you can also view online. Just click on the underlined policy you wish to view. Please be aware it is important to read our school policies if your child is attending St.Joseph's N.S.
**Schools have a number of mandated policies to operate which include Child Protection, Code of Behaviour and Anti-Bullying policy.
At the Board of Management meeting on 12th October 2023 these policies were ratified as was the Administration of Medicines policy and Anti-Cyber Bullying policy.
The Department of Education has revised and updated the 2017 Child Protection Procedures. The Board of Management of Dromore NS met on Thursday 12th and these revised procedures were adopted.
General School Policies and Forms
Policies relating to Child Safeguarding
Policies relating to Covid-19 and restrictions
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If we have a Confirmed Case
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Our Response Plan- updated Feb'21.
Resources
Resources
General Learning Resources
Literacy & Reading
Math & Science
Word Search Maker - create your own word-search - pick 30 words and the computer will make your own word search
Dublin Zoo - kids can watch live webcams of the animals and look them up in their Animal Encyclopedia
https://www.teachpaws.ie/ Water Safety course to do at home. Children get a certificate at the end as well!
National Spring Clean with An Taisce
Sounds Good Online Music Club. There is also an online Summer camp this year.
http://www.coolappsforschools.com/ this site gived suggestions on educational apps for children of different ages and learning abilities.
www.into.ie - This site has a great list of tips and tricks for parents. Definitely check it out.
https://www.rte.ie/learn/home-school-hub/
A link to all the Rte Home School Hub resources for all the activities from the show. These lessons are fun, engaging and the Hub also provides activity sheets or resources to download and print.
https://education-static.apple.com/creativity-for-kids/activities.pdf An activity pack free to download.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize Similar to RTE Hub, might add a bit of variety.
Jolly Phonics. This may be of interest to some children who would like more reading material. Jolly Phonics have made their decodable readers free until the end of May.
World Book Day website has different resources for reading. Check it out. Some lovely stories read by authors etc.
https://www.tumblebooklibrary.com - to sign in username is sdublin and password is libra. A good collection of books.
Cork Library January bookshelf - click on the book and it takes you to the reading link. Highly recommend.
Literacy in the Kitchen - a useful resource with tips and support for parents to engage with emergent literacy at home. Highly recommend downloading for your own convenience.
https://www.twinkl.ie/resources/parents
Spellzone is a useful website for phonics.
https://www.independent.ie/ link to an article by PDST on Reading at Home. It’s very accessible and full of practical tips.
Collins Big Cat eBooks free for parents to access.
https://www.storyberries.com/ offering free fairy tales and stories with lovely illustrations.
https://www.penguin.com/ some great activity sheets and lesson plans for Penguin books.
https://www.penguin.co.uk/- A great article talking about teaching your child phonics. Worth a quick read.
https://www.bl.uk/news/2020/march/discovering-childrens-books -Some lovely ideas here.
Classroom Secret - Reading and Maths home learning packs - offering free access to child version of site.
Cbeebies - Alphablocks and other tv shows and educational games available
Teach Your Monster To Read - website is free, paid app.
Oxford Owl eBooks and reading.
https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com
https://www.nytimes.com list of apps etc.
Vooks -Storybooks brought to life.
Spelling Shed- (paid app)
https://www.pilcrow.ie/apps - Free counting and alphabet app - made in Ireland
https://www.seussville.com/ - Read, play games, and hang out with Dr. Seuss
https://www.starfall.com. - Practice your phonics skills
https://www.storylineonline.net/ - Picture story books read aloud
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen Free audio books
NASA's Kids Club - lots of science and space resources for kids
STEM at home with Discover Primary Science and Maths- this is great page with ideas for how to incorporate STEM in activities at home. some have been done in school already but it is always interesting to put your own twist on it at home!
https://greenschoolsireland.org/projects/
TheMathsFactor with Carol Voderman
Maths Week are providing online resources for maths at home during Covid-19
The Dad Labs has many videos showing simple science experiments.
Earth Based Fun on Facebook has some good links/thoughts to check out. E.g. David Walliams is releasing an audio story every day for the next 30 days.
https://junioreinsteinsscienceclub.com/
White Rose Maths - maths home learning packages available during school closure.
Master The Curriculum - have made resources free for parents.
https://www.funbrain.com/ -Maths games for all ages
Dragon Box - (paid app)
BeeBot App for Computing - (free app, go to your app store)
Cbeebies - Numberblocks
ICT Games - Maths and literacy
Prodigy Maths - (free app)
iXL- for maths and literacy.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/makecode?rtc=1 -Free tutorials in coding
https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/codeclub - Code club for 9-13 year olds
https://education.minecraft.net/ -Hour of Code: Minecraft lesson on
https://scratch.mit.edu/ -Create stories, games and animations
https://switchzoo.com/ -Learn about animals
https://www.highlightskids.com/ -Science Experiments
https://www.fooddudes.ie/food-dudes-fun-at-home/ Food Dudes are updating weekly activities for children at home.
Maddie Moate channel on youtube for lots of different science and nature educational videos. Live at 11 daily. But can watch back at a time that suits you.