Friends of Lurgan Model - PTA

📢In order to have your Free School Meals and Uniform Allowance support in place for the start of the new term in September 2023, you need to apply before this Friday, 28 July.

👉Our website has all the details about making your application and the necessary info you need to apply.

☑️Start your application now at https://ow.ly/gbZg50PkQe6

📋 Free School Meals checklist

☑️ We have prepared a checklist for parents to ensure they have completed their application correctly and provided the relevant supporting documentation.

☑️Applications for Free School Meals and Uniform Allowance for the upcoming school year are open!

☑️ Apply before 28 July to ensure your application is processed in time for the new school year.

☑️ For more information, including FAQs, see our website www.eani.org.uk/fsm

IMPORTANT - CLOSING TOMORROW! ⌛

Online applications for a Pre-School or Primary 1 place close 𝐓𝐎𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐖 at 12 noon. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐀 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. Please check your email account and spam folder, as we may have tried to contact you to remind you to submit your application.

The deadline to submit supporting documentation is Tuesday 31 January 2023 at 4pm.

To begin or complete your application, please visit 👉 https://connect.eani.org.uk/parent

📢 If you know anyone with pre-school or primary 1 age children, please share this with them to remind them to submit their application before the deadline!

For more information and guidance on completing an application, visit 👉 www.eani.org.uk/admissions

connect.eani.org.uk

LURGAN MODEL COMMUNION CLASS

Many thanks to all the pupils and parents involved in this occasion. This was a special day in your faith journey.

A special thank you to Mr O'Hagan, Miss McVeigh, Mrs King, Mrs Roderick and Miss Donnelly. The service was celebrated with Canon Stevenson.

Not the ending we would have chosen, but a lovely service none the less. A final, socially distanced photograph of our wonderful Year 7 leavers at their Confirmation this evening. Big thanks to Mr O’Hagan, Mrs Roderick & Father Brian.

Congratulations Class of 2020!

Have courage, go let your light shine. 💖 🌈

A great source of advice and support for parents from NSPCC. Click the link below.

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/coronavirus-advice-suppport-children-families-parents/

Coronavirus (COVID-19) advice and support for parents and carers Whether you're working from home with your kids for the first time or supporting children with anxiety due to coronavirus, we've got tips and advice for you.

Information for parents of Year 7 pupils

Coronavirus: Delay to pupils finding out their new schools https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-52619923

Delay to P7 pupils finding out their new schools The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in the Saturday post being temporarily scrapped, causing delays.

More info regarding Healthy Kidz Virtual Sports Day. Let’s all take part and don’t forget to share your achievements through Class Dojo.

Sign up for the Healthy Kidz Virtual Sports Day

Big thank you to our Healthy Kidz coaches for providing this to schools.

https://indd.adobe.com/view/386cf9a8-f43a-4376-a0f2-40e08cd8f2b5?red=a

HK Sports Day 2020

Information for September’s Nursery & Year 1 applicants.

https://www.eani.org.uk/parents/admissions

Today, The Department of Education has issued a list of resources for parents and pupils. Click the link for more information.

https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/articles/support-parents-and-pupils

Support for parents and pupils | Department of Education This page provides a list of resources that you may find useful as you assist your child with learning during the period of school closures due to

A small number of parents indicated in our most recent Remote Learning survey that they had not yet received Free School Meals payments. If this is affecting you or anyone you know in the community please see the Education Authority link below.

Service Update: We are experiencing a high volume of enquiries in relation to Free School Meals and we are working hard to respond as quickly as possible.

We appreciate your patience and understanding during this time. If you require assistance, please email [email protected] and we will aim to respond promptly.

We have also compiled some Questions and Answers on our website to assist with any queries. For further information click here https://eani.org.uk/covid-19-questions-and-answers

Just in time for the weekend, it’s our children’s Book Bingo Challenge! Download from our website now https://bit.ly/2xYsJ3l Happy Reading 📖

We posted about this a few weeks ago, but here’s a reminder if you missed it. Lots of e-books available and simple to sign up.

Good Morning all – keep reading during ! Download/checkout eBooks, audiobooks, eMagazines and eNewspapers from Libraries NI. Join now as a virtual member and get access within minutes bit.ly/2KppCUv

Some activities from Libraries NI.

This week’s activities for children are themed around ‘Pets’ and are available to download from our website now https://bit.ly/3cX7oWZ 🐱🐶

https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ehfz3d

The Afternoon Club The home of The Afternoon Club, lively lessons you can learn from home.

Some information for parents.

Whilst we can’t be at school at the moment the learning hasn’t stopped. Thought I would share some of the pupils work over the last few weeks. This is an opportunity to see what your friends & classmates have been up to. You are not alone.

We normally award Pupil of the Week for each class in assembly. Boys & girls, you are all Pupils of the Week until we are back to school. So are your teachers & parents. Well done everyone. ⭐️

Hi Everyone. I hope you all are well and staying safe. Please read through this useful information sent to me from Paula, our Barnardos counsellor. I hope to see you all soon, Mrs Brown 😊

Correspondence from The Education Minister that schools have been asked to share.

The app can be found by searching ‘Safer Schools’ in your App Store. The QR code is included in the attached photos.

Stay safe ❤️🌈

Books from our Oxford Owl school reading scheme are available to download free. You can search by book band, character or title.

Happy reading 🤗

Helplines NI is a membership–led organisation consisting of over 30 different helplines operating across Northern Ireland. The helplines provide
a variety of vital support services including, information, advice, counselling, a listening ear and be-friending, and offer immediate support to those with a wide-range of health and wellbeing needs, often for those who are the most vulnerable in our
community. Many of the services take place over the phone, but some can help via email,
text and in some cases with live web-chat.

https://helplinesni.com

Helplines Helplines NI is a membership–led organisation consisting of over 30 different helplines operating across Northern Ireland. The helplines provide a variety of vital support services including, information, advice, counselling, a listening ear and be-friending, and offer immediate support to those w...

Autism NI have produced an Anxiety Resource Pack. Follow the link.

http://www.autismni.org/anxiety-resource-pack.html

Anxiety Resource Pack Autism NI have created an 'Anxiety Resource Pack' which includes the Body Outline chart, the 5 Point Scale, the Sticky Slimy Thoughts chart and a list of coping tools that individuals can choose from. This pack can be downloaded at the bottom of t...

Another great reading resource. Please check it out. Some super comics and audible reader available.

Pupils can access Renaissance's MYON service to read Ebooks readon.myon.co.uk. Many of these books are assessed through Accelerated Reader.

https://readon.myon.co.uk/

myON® by Renaissance | Life is Better When We Read Together myON reader personalizes reading for students by recommending books based on their interests, reading level, and ratings of books they've read . myON reader tracks book usage and reading growth over time and can project a student’s future reading score based on their current reading activities wit...

https://healthy-kidz.com/healthy-kidz-global-challenge/

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Information for parents

https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/news/ministers-take-action-relation-free-school-meals-payment-0

Ministers take action in relation to Free School Meals payment Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey and Education Minister Peter Weir have announced plans to make sure families do not experience hardship as a