A year in the life of Knock National School
Help My Kid Learn
The Department of Education and Skills has launched a new website full of ideas to help your child learn every day. It can be accessed on www.helpmykidlearn.ie
Commonsense Parenting
The Parents’ Association hope to run the Commonsense Parenting Course in Knock National School. If you are interested in attending download the application form, by clicking on the link below, and return to the School Office or Michael Joyce on, or before Friday March 1st.
Doodle for Google
Congratulations to Caoimhe Culkeen, 1st Class and Austeja Skersyte, 2nd Class. The girls are finalists in the Doodle for Google competition. Their drawings are on the Google website and have been put forward to a public vote. You can vote by clicking on the link below. Well done girls.
Doodle for Google
Caoimhe Culkeen http://www.google.com/intl/ALL_ie/doodle4google/vote.html#g=g1
Doodle for Google
Austeja Skersyte
http://www.google.com/intl/ALL_ie/doodle4google/vote.html#g=g2
Spring
Spring has arrived in Knock National School. Take a look at some of our beautiful displays.
Land Yachts
Fifth and Sixth Class designed and made Land Yachts. They tested them in the hall to measure the distance they traveled.
Pancake Tuesday
We really enjoyed making and eating pancakes on Pancake Tuesday
Scor
Children from Knock NS will perform next Tuesday in Scor na bpaisti. We enjoyed a preview of their performance this afternoon. Best of luck to everyone involved.
Safer Internet Day
Dear Principal
Safer Internet Day Tuesday 5 February 2013 – CYBERBULLYING
I am writing to you from the Office for Internet Safety (OIS) in the Department of Justice and Equality to let you know about international Safer Internet Day (SID) 2013.
We are focusing on the topic of cyberbullying for SID 2013. A poster, a leaflet and a bookmark containing key advice on how to deal with cyberbullying are available on www.internetsafety.ie and a limited number of hard copies are available from OIS – details on the website. Copies are also being made available through public libraries.
The OIS website also gives details about the origins and scope of Safer Internet Day as well as the work of the OIS. There are links to useful sites such as those of our four partners in the EU Safer Internet Programme in Ireland namely:
- PDST Technology in Education (formerly NCTE, www.ncte.ie) – is organising the launch event in Ireland for SID 2013. It also hosts www.webwise.ie for parents and teachers and www.watchyourspace.ie for young persons
- ISPCC – hosts www.childline.ie and operates a helpline for children
- National Parents Council (Primary) – runs a helpline for parents and
- Hotline.ie where suspected illegal online content can be reported on www.hotline.ie with a view to its removal.
The OIS believes that the internet is a rich resource particularly for educational purposes. However, as with any public space, there are dangers for the unwary. We hope that the SID materials will be a useful resource for your school and help your students to use the web safely.
Yours sincerely,
HUGH BOYLE
Office for Internet Safety
Safer Internet Day
Tuesday is Safer Internet Day. Visit www.safterinternetday.ie to access additional information. Click on the link below to download information for parents.