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February 6, 2012
A variety of events and activities are being planned for World Book Day on Thursday, 1st March. There will be the Bring A Book, Buy A Book sale, a display of favourite childhood books in the Library, quizzes at Form Time and a Treasure Hunt in the Library, as well as art activities. Watch for posters around the school!
There is a World Book Day app which you can download from the App Store from 23rd February. This brand new App features exclusive new short stories from Malorie Blackman, Neil Gaiman, Charlie Higson, Anthony Horowitz, Sophie McKenzie and Rachel Vincent!
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Ms. O'Kelly needs your help - bring in your favourite childhood book (with your name on it) so that it can be displayed in the Library. If you have books that you no longer want, then bring them in for the Bring A Book, Buy A Book sale in aid of St. Michael's House. Ms. O'Kelly will collect all the books.
[Images: www.worldbookday.com]
Categories: General School News, Library.
Tags: 201-2012, Bring A Book Buy A Book, World Book Day 2012, World Book Day app.
February 6, 2012
Stratford College and Stratford National School have just published a joint newsletter. It will be published once a term throughout the academic year. It will be posted to parents/guardians. You can also look at it in PDF format.
Categories: General School News.
Tags: January 2012, Newsletter, Number 1, Stratford College, Stratford National School, Vol 1.
February 2, 2012
During the summer of 2011 the basketball courts were resurfaced. Now you can watch the step-by-step process of the courts being transformed by going to the Fitness Functions website. It took six days to resurface the courts. What a difference! (Click on thumbnail to open an enlarged version of image.)
Ms. Finnegan
Categories: General School News, Sports.
Tags: 2011, basketball courts, Fitness Functions, resurface.
January 26, 2012
Safer Internet Day (Tuesday, 7th February) is part of a global drive to promote a safer Internet for all users, especially young people. This year's theme is "Connecting generations and educating each other". The National Parents Council (www.npccc.ie) website has an article about Safer Internet Day events 2012. Also keep an eye on www.webwise.ie for Safer Internet Day events.
There is a Safer Internet Day website, www.saferinternetday.org which has interesting resources including summaries on how understand social network site privacy settings, e.g. Facebook's Timeline app.
[Image: www.saferinternetday.org]
Categories: General School News, Parents Association.
Tags: 2011-2012, privacy, Safer Internet Day, young people.
January 26, 2012
To mark the start of Anti-Bullying Week 2012 next week, the UK anti-bullying charity, Beatbullying, is mobilising hundreds of thousands of young people from around the world, together with celebrities, politicians, charities, businesses and communities to launch The Big March 2012, the world's first global virtual march for children's rights.
Beatbullying is calling for people around the world to support The Big March 2012, which will take place on January 31st 2012: from Manchester to Mumbai, from Naples to New Orleans, from Jerusalem to Johannesburg, and from Budapest to Brasilia.
Predicted to last up to two days, the march will culminate with the delivery of a petition to the United Nations Building in New York; asking the United Nations to explicitly enshrine 'bullying' in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
“The right of every child to be safe from bullying, violence and the fear of violence by their peers as well as from abuse by adults.”
This will help to protect children all over the world from the pain and distress of bullying and harassment. If successful, it will be the first time that the Convention has been updated in over 10 years.
The National Anti-Bullying Coalition and NPCpp has signed up for the march and we would like to see a big Irish presence. Please consider joining us by registering at http://www.beatbullying.org/bigmarch
You will find more information and a toolkit for use on facebook, twitter and websites/blogs if you wish, at http://www.beatbullying.org/index.html
National Anti-Bullying Coalition
[Image: www.nabc.ie]
Categories: General School News, Parents Association.
Tags: 2011-2012, National Anti-Bullying Coalition, The Big March 2012, UN Rights of the Child, virtual march.
