Category : Post Primary
It is Pi Week!
How many digits of Pi can you remember off by heart?
Why not practice this week and on Friday you can show us how many you remember!
Digits: The first 50 decimal digits are 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510
Today’s Maths Challenge! Try this challenge by yourself or with your math teachers or parents.
Send you answers on this google form = https://forms.gle/56YfveuUzjWUjmXa7
Category : Post Primary
Category : Primary
Well done to all the primary students who dressed up for World Book Day 2021. The Mr. Men and Little Miss seem to be a popular choice in Holy Family School this year!
Category : Post Primary
Super fun in Holy Family School today as students and staff dressed up for World Book Day 2021. There was even a surprise Jerusalem Dance by Snowwhite and the 7 Dwarfs! After watching this dance all the students were then inspired to partake in the Jerusalem dance.
This afternoon we had Students read poetry and extracts from their favourite book for Literacy week and then we had an online conversation with bestselling author Sam Blake, who wrote the book ‘The Dark Room’. Sam answered our students and staff questions about her books, her writing, and her characters. It was a really interesting discussion. Overall a productive World Book Day!
Category : Post Primary
Green School Committee would like to share a home challenge for our students to enter a competition @greenschoolsire #LitterLessCampaign.
There are two challenges they can choose from:
The deadline for this competition is next Friday 12th March.
You can share photographs of them counting their bins or interviewing family on @greenschoolsire #LitterLessCampaign. We can also share these on our school website, social media, or newsletter!
Thank you from
Holy Family Green School Committee
Category : Post Primary
Day 3 Day 3. Drop Everything and Read (DEAR) 10.30am to 11am. We noticed that the students and staff are looking forward to this reading time and the positive effects it has on everyone’s well-being. We feel more relaxed & content after DEAR time. It is a proven fact that reading can help reduce stress. Reading can even relax your body by lowering your heart rate. Congratulations to Roisin for winning the best DEAR participant.
In the afternoon we had an online ‘Guess your teacher’s favourite book’ and general knowledge quiz which was great fun and exciting! well done to a sixth-year student who won the overall quiz. One initiative we also have as part of literacy week is a ‘Poem in your Pocket’. A student is to have their favourite poem in their pocket and if a teacher stops and asks them to show them their poem and to read it, they will earn 1 cream pie that they can hit a teacher in the face with! God help our teachers!! Well done to English Teachers on organising a brilliant Literacy week and it is not over yet! Tomorrow is World Book Day and we are looking forward to seeing everyone’s costumes!
Category : Post Primary
Day 2 of Literacy Week we have DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) from 10.30 to 11 am. Students and staff all over the school dropped what they were doing and picked up their favourite book to read.
The Staff new bookclub reading material is the ‘Dark Room’ by Sam Blake. We are looking forward to a zoom conversation with Sam Blake on Thursday for World Book Day. There was great competitive and fun
atmosphere in the afternoon as students participate in the ‘Spelling and Definition’ kahoot challenge on zoom.
Category : Early Intervention , Post Primary , Primary , Principal's News
Dear Parent/Guardian,
A confirmed case of COVID-19 in Holy Family School for the Deaf has been notified to the Department of Public Health HSE.
A public health risk assessment has been undertaken and the staff and parents of any children deemed to be close contacts of the confirmed case have been contacted and advised accordingly. If you/your child is not identified as a close contact , you/ your child does not need a test for Covid-19, they can continue to attend school, and no further actions are required at this time.
If you/your child develops any symptoms suggestive of Covid-19 infection (such as a cough, a fever, loss or change in sense of taste or smell), please do not send your child to school, contact your GP and begin restricting your child’s movements, as per public health advice.
Restricted movement means avoiding contact with other people and social situations as much as possible. It is also sometimes called ‘self-quarantine’.
Further information on COVID-19 is available at: www.hse.ie
Kind regards,
Eimear
Category : Boarding , Early Intervention , Post Primary , Primary , Principal's News
On Thursday 25 February Holy Family School is inviting students, staff, family, friends and the deaf community of all ages to get reading.
Why? Because taking some time for yourself to relax and do the things you enjoy (like reading) is important to help look after your mental wellbeing.
Please pick up your favourite book and
1. READ
2. Time yourself reading
3. Email wellread@holyfamilydeaf.com your time and a selfie of you reading your book (optional)
Happy Reading!!!
Category : Early Intervention , Post Primary , Primary
Dear Parent/Guardian,
I hope this message finds you safe and well.
I am delighted to let you all know that we have been given the go ahead by the Department of Education and Skills to reopen the school to all our pupils in early intervention, primary & post primary from Monday next- 1st March.
This means we no longer have to operate alternative days of attendance for our pupils.
Please contact Ashling Donegan, Boarding Manager if you have any queries about your son or daughter’s return to five day Boarding.
Please inform your bus driver that your child will be attending school every day from next Monday.
Some Important Key dates:
Monday 8th March: Post Primary section closure (JC teacher training) Early Intervention & Primary will open as normal.
Tuesday 9th March to 16th March Mock Examinations for all 6th Year Leaving Certificate & Leaving Certificate Applied pupils.
All pupils are expected to sit the mock examinations regardless of any final decision in relation to sitting the written paper or opting for calculated grades. We are waiting for clarification from the Department on these options.
Wednesday 17th March School holiday. We close for a half day on Tuesday 16th and reopen on Thursday 18th March
As all pupils return, we will need your continued cooperation to keep our school safe and open in three key areas:
• Please do not send your child to school if they are ill, particularly if they are showing any of the signs of Covid-19. Please consult with your doctor immediately and follow their advice. Please know that you will be contacted if your child becomes ill at school and that you must collect your child.
There will be no exceptions to this.
If you haven’t already completed the ‘Return to School Declaration” (See attached) please forward it without delay.
Thank you for your hard work, patience & support on the days your child was learning from home and I look forward to welcoming all our the pupils back to school on Monday.
I hope you and all your family continue to stay safe and well in the meantime.
Kind regards,
Eimear
