Summer Stars is the public library National summer programme for children running from the 15th June 2020 to the end of August. All children are invited to take part!

• Here are some activities that are available for 2020:
  Summer Stars Borrow Box; https://www.librariesireland.ie/join-your-library
• Online Storytime; https://www.librariesireland.ie/services/right-to-read/summer-stars
• Story Competition
• Books
• Online Quizzes

Click on the link below for full details of the programme! 😊 📖 📚https://www.librariesireland.ie/services/right-to-read/summer-stars

• Healthy Kidz Website: https://healthy-kidz.com/
• Healthy Kidz Virtual Sports Day Pack 2020: https://healthy-kidz.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Healthy-Kidz-Sports-Day-2020.pdf
• Healthy Kidz Sprint and Long Jump: https://healthy-kidz.com/week-one/
• Healthy Kidz High Jump and Egg and Spoon: https://healthy-kidz.com/week-two-high-jump-egg-spoon/
• Healthy Kidz Wellyboot Toss and Superstrong Challenge: https://healthy-kidz.com/week-3-wellyboot-toss-strongman/
• Healthy kidz Marathon Challenge and Obstacle Course: https://healthy-kidz.com/week-4-marathon-challenge-create-your-own-obstacle-course/
• Events / Game Cards: https://openphysed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/NFD2020-ALL-EventCardsV2.pdf

Here is a list of suggested activities that you could do at home as part of Kilbride’s National School’s Sports Day at Home 2020 on Friday, 12^th June 2020:

1. Design your own obstacle course.
2. Garden Sprint.
3. Shuttle Run (Set up two markers (2 – 3 meters apart). The child runs between the two markers. How many times can they run between the two markers in one minute bending down each time to touch the marker).
4. Long Jump.
5. Welly Throw.
6. Egg / Spud and Spoon Race.
7. Sack Race.
8. Crab Race.
9. Crawling Race.
10. Overhead Football Throw (Have four different markers – one set at 1m, 2m , 5m and 10m. Throw the football over head twice and add the distance.)
11. Tennis / Hurley Challenge (How many times can you hope a tennis ball / sliotar on your tennis racket / hurley in 30 seconds.)
12. Five Bounding Strides (Take five strides and place a marker where your heel lands on the last stride. Measure the distance.)
13. Target Throw: Place the bucket one metre away and see how many clothes pegs you can toss into the bucket in one minute.
14. Target Kick: Place the bucket one metre away and see how many times you can kick the ball into the bucket in one minute.
15. Scavenger Hunt (Make up your own Scavenger Hunt or use either “Five Senses Scavenger Hunt” or “Scavenger Hunts around the House and Garden”. )
16. Bottle Flip Challenge (Set timer to one minute and see how many times you can flip the bottle into standing position! Easy – Flip onto the ground / Hard – Flip onto a table.) https://youtu.be/JzW2SmOKT8I
17. Paper Airplane Cornhole Challenge (Make three paper airplanes. Set timer to one minute and see how many times you can throw your airplanes into the bucket. 1 point if you hit the bucket, 2 points if you get the airplane into the bucket.) https://youtu.be/blQoR7hB9vo
18. Bowl Ball (Follow this link to see how to set up this game: https://youtu.be/YNJI_W-2INg)
19. Paper Ball Trick Shot Challenge (Be as fun and creative with your trick shots! Follow this link for some ideas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo6c2se6y6A#action=share)
20. Penalty Shoot Out.
21. Long Puck (Use a hurley and sliotar and see who can hit the sliotar the furthest.)
22. Long Kick (See who can kick the ball the furthest off the ground.)
23. Skipping (How many skips can you complete in one minute).
24. Following this website (https://openphysed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/NFD2020-ALL-EventCardsV2.pdf) you will get lots of different ideas for some fun games to play as part of your sports day.
25. Design Your Own Jersey.
26. Design a Kilbride National School’s Sports Day Mascot.
27. Yoga
28. Go Noodle (gonoodle.com)
29. PE with Joe Wicks on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=PE+with+Joe+Wixks)

Most importantly don’t forget to have fun!

As you all know we will be having a Sport's Day with a twist this year! We will be having a Sport's Day at Home this year on Friday, 12th June 2020! We have put together a list of suggested activities that you could do as part of your sports day at home. Teacher's will send emails this week with this list, a certificate for taking part in our Sport's Day at Home and other fun activities you might like to do! We hope you have a great day with lots of fun and laughter! Don't forget to send your teacher's pictures of you doing your Sport's Day at Home and we can put all these photos together and post them on the school website and facebook!

Why not go over and take a look at our school Facebook Page!! This page is updated regularly with messages from school and some fun activities that you might like to do at home during the school closures. So why not go over and have a look by following the link below:

https://www.facebook.com/kilbridens/

If you are finding you have all your work done or would like something fun to do this booklet is full of some fun and creative ideas. Just click on the link, flick through it and see will it give you any ideas!

https://kilbridenstrim.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/The-Great-Isolation-Activity-Book.pdf

https://indd.adobe.com/view/5237deef-2311-469f-9e2d-b5ee89c2000f

A popular question from parents... “How can we improve our children’s handwriting?” This article gives some helpful hints in how we can help the children with their handwriting 🖊 ✏️

https://bit.ly/3bHxxrE

Click on the link below to listen to some lovely messages for 6th Class children from some famous Irish faces!! 😊

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=BaO7mwdL0Ow

With all this lovely weather at the minute, we probably all have our paddling pools out. This is a very good website to learn all about water safety at home!!

https://www.teachpaws.ie

PAWS are also running a colouring competition to promote water safety at home. Just follow the link below for further information on the competition!!

https://www.rte.ie/learn/2020/0513/1138157-learn-skills-that-save-lives-by-becoming-a-paws-hero/?fbclid=IwAR3AiUvuy7p6ah5MRngY8_Sx2VSyJ3xMGR1qfeGtR1oQpitrhFzCuK1tOd4