For information on water safety advice when swimming click on the Meath County Council link below:
Water Safety Ireland have further information on water safety via the following links:
https://watersafety.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Warm-Weather-Warning-12072022-Press-Release.pdf
On the week that the 3rd National Strategy on Domestic and Gender based violence has been adopted, we in Louth and Meath CYPSC’s are looking forward to launching a Resource Pack to affect change and create awareness in our communities.
Trim FRC is linking with local families and Kinship Care Ireland in order to set up a Peer Support Group in the area for those who look after the child(ren) of a relative or a friend on a full time basis. If you want to find out more or join the group, please contact: [email protected] or 046 9438850.
What is a Childminder Development Grant (CMDG)?
The purpose of the CMDG is to offer an incentive, in the form of a small capital grant, to Childminders to enhance and support their awareness of quality early learning and childcare.
The CMDG is designed to assist Childminders, already providing a childminding service in their own homes, to enhance safety/quality in the service through the purchase of small capital items, equipment, toys or minor adaptation costs. It may also give financial assistance to new or prospective Childminders with their initial set up costs.
All applicants must be committed to maintaining/improving the quality of their childminding service.
Phone: 046-9073010 Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.mccc.ie/funding_schemes_childminding_development_grant.asp
As part of our pride celebrations this year, Outcomers are launching their Proud in the North East celebration in June. Please click on the attachment below for recent press release:
In 2017, Navan School Completion Programme (NSCP) staff team with the support of Meath CYPSC, LMETB and Meath Springboard Family Support Services developed a workbook called;
“Mind the Gap” Transition Steps from Primary to Post Primary
The main aim of the workbook and its associated video is to assist young people successfully transfer from primary to secondary school. It encompasses exercises to help pupils negotiate second level time tables, teacher expectations, new environments and the journey from established social groups into new social relations.
In response to the needs of 6th Class pupils during this time, the Mind The Gap Steering Committee have taken the generous decision to continue to make the successful Workbook available online as a pdf. Please click on the link below to access the Mind The Gap Workbook.
Navan School Completion Programme MindtheGap Workbook
Hard copies of the Mind the Gap Workbook are available and can be ordered through [email protected]. The workbooks are very reasonably priced at €2 each to facilitate mass distribution. The Mind the Gap Steering Committee note from their experience that children absorb the learning best when completing hard copy material.
The online video resource that accompanies the workbook can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
Please see link and posters below with information about upcoming Parent and Toddler Group, Pregnancy Yoga and Infant Massage happening in Trim Family Resource Centre.
Meath CYPSC together with Louth CYPSC and Wicklow CYPSC are working with CyberSafeKids (an Irish charity that educates kids on how to stay safe online), to deliver the ‘CyberSafe Tool for Schools’ to Primary Schools in these counties. Online safety has been identified by us as a key issue for young people and 98% of Irish Primary School Principals surveyed by CyberSafeKids* said that they considered online safety to be an issue in their school.
To support schools, CyberSafeKids has launched the ‘CyberSafe Tool for Schools’, designed to help schools to achieve a safer online environment in school communities. Thanks to funding from Rethink Ireland, CyberSafeKids is now offering 100 FREE places on the programme to Primary Schools in ALL COUNTIES, which involves a self-assessment tool, a report, a mark of good practice and bespoke consultation (normal package price €349).
The programme is available for Primary Schools to sign up here: https://www.cybersafekids.ie/our-tool/ or by emailing [email protected]. Although similar tools exist in the UK, this is the first tool of its kind in Ireland.
A short information flyer is available here. If you have any queries on this, please contact [email protected].
As part of the SunSmart campaign the HSE’s National Cancer Control Programme, in collaboration with Healthy Ireland and cross-sectoral partners are working together to support people to protect their skin from the sun. The aim of the campaign is to increase awareness of the steps you and your family can take to protect your skin from the sun and reduce your risk of skin cancer in Ireland. Click on the link below for more information:
https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/5/cancer/prevention/skin-cancer-prevention-sunsmart.html
The National Parents Council have launched a Ukrainian helpline to support children & families in education in Ireland. They have a new helpline officer who speaks English, Ukrainian & Russian. Please click on the flyers attached below, which are in English, Russian, and Ukrainian, for more information.
