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“ We need more multilingual books of poetry, tanka and haiku. We need to free ourselves from the dying clutches of the Anglosphere and listen to real poetry in languages which still cherish the divine music of the spheres. ”

— From The Wombwell Rainbow Blog interview, Gabriel Rosenstock

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STEM Smaointe

We are delighted to share the first edition of STEM Smaointe, the PDST Primary STEM Team’s fortnightly e-bulletin.

STEM Smaointe is designed to support teachers in planning distance learning in Mathematics, Science and STEM. As our PDST colleagues, you are getting a preview so you will find it here:

STEM Smaointe #1

We would encourage you to please share this with the schools you support and any other relevant parties.

We are inviting teachers to register to receive the e-bulletin so please feel free to share the registration link with teachers.

https://tinyurl.com/STEMSmaointe

Mindfulness for Kids in Challenging Times

Each short video ranging from 5-7 min focuses on a  challenging scenario/emotion (worry, disappointment, anger etc) that children are likely to experience in a more heightened way at this time. In each video we share one Mindfulness technique that children can use to respond to these emotions and support greater emotional equilibrium.  These videos are directly related to the SPHE curriculum, specifically the  stand units Taking Care of my body and Growing and Changing  in the strand Myself and the strand unit of Myself and my  Family in the strand Myself and others.

Our intention is to support teachers, parents and guardians in helping pupils to resource themselves to meet the challenges of this time with strength and kindness. 

Here are the links to our Introductory video for teachers, parents and guardians and the first two  in our series The Mindfulness Worry  & Mindfulness Anger  Videos  for Kids.  

We will release two new videos every Monday until May 25th.  If you feel they would be of benefit to your educational community, we would encourage you to share them. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zNGnaPd7WY

Our second video (9 mins.) focuses on the effect that online peer communication can have on pupils' self-esteem.  In each video we share one Mindfulness technique that children can use to respond to the feelings of sadness, disappointment and dejection that these scenarios can trigger with strength and kindness.

These videos are directly related to the SPHE curriculum, specifically the strand units Taking Care of my Body and Growing and Changing  in the strand Myself and the strand unit of Myself and my  Family in the strand Myself and Others.

Our intention here is to support teachers, parents and guardians in helping the children to resource themselves to meet the challenges of this time.

Below you will find the links to our Introductory Videofor Teachers, Parents and Guardians again along with the previous videos. In addition  the links for the new videos: The Mindfulness for Kids Sad Video and The Mindfulness for Kids Kindness Video  are also now available. We will release two more videos next Monday.  If you feel these videos would be of benefit to your ed​ucational community or your child, we would encourage you to share them. Feel free to leave a comment after you have watched a video.

Previously Released:

Mindfulness for Kids in Challenging Times -Introduction

This week our first new The Mindfulness for Kids Feeling Frustrated Video ( 9 mins.), focuses on some of the challenges that children may experience with doing school work from home.  Our second video The Mindfulness for Kids Gratitude Video ( 8 mins.) revisits the experience of loss that so many children are experiencing now and will continue to experience into the Summer.  In each video, we share a mindfulness technique that children can use to respond with strength and kindness, to the feelings of frustration and disappointment that these scenarios can trigger. The videos are directly related to the Irish Primary School SPHE curriculum, specifically the strand units Taking Care of my Body and Growing and Changing, in the strand Myself, as well as the strand unit of Myself and my Family in the strand, Myself and Others.

In making these videos our intention has been is to support teachers, parents and guardians in helping the children to resource themselves to meet the extraordinary challenges of this time.

Below once again, you will find the links to our Introductory Video for Teachers, Parents and Guardians  along with the previously released videos. In addition, the links for the new videos: The Mindfulness for Kids Feeling Frustrated Video  and The Mindfulness for Kids Gratitude Video  are now also available. If you feel these videos would be of benefit to your ed​ucational community or your child, we would encourage you to share them. Feel free to leave a comment after you have watched a video.

Newly Released

The Mindfulness for Kids Feeling Frustrated Video

The Mindfulness for Kids Gratitude Video

 You can also access all the videos by clicking HERE

  Promoting Learning and Positive Behaviour at Home - (Resource 7). Discusses the difficulties children and young people with additional needs often experience when transitioning from place to place or activity to activity. https://ncse.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/05212-NCSE-Resource-7-Transitioning-03.pdf