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Why not support SPHE learning at home with the help of MediaWise?
SPHE stands for Social, Personal and Health Education and has been a compulsory subject in Irish primary school since 1999. One aspect of SPHE is media education.
With children spending more time online as part of distance learning, they are increasingly being exposed to different forms of media, i.e. advertising and their influences.
MediaWise is a free Irish educational programme that provides lessons for pupils from Junior Infants to 6th class. It aims to enable children to understand what media is, how advertising works and how media and advertising can influence how we feel; how we think and eventually what we buy.
To access the programme click HERE.
During the school closure period, why not take some time for SPHE and raise your own and your child’s awareness and understanding of media and its impact on our daily lives, our thoughts and our personal behaviour.
May The Fourth Be With You!
Tomorrow, Monday May 4th, is ‘Star Wars Day’ and the internet is teeming with fun activities and offers to keep fans, young and old, fully entertained.
Lego.com are gearing up for the big day with Star Wars games and fun through their kidzone, same available HERE.
Lego.com is also launching new Lego Star Wars products and offering great deals on their existing Lego Star Wars toys and collectibles. Indeed, Lego.com is now offering a free mystery gift for purchases made over €15, if you pay with PayPal and use the promo code IEPP.
The official online home of Star Wars is unmistakeably www.starwars.com and it has lots of fun family activities for May 4th, click HERE.
Why not explore some Star Wars themed cooking and make some banana and pineapple Fruit TIE fighters?
Take a behind the scenes look at the links between science and Star Wars by watching episodes of the series Science and Star Wars.
Why not ponder some probing Star Wars questions with the aid of the StarWars.com discussion cards? For example, If Darth Vader scares everyone, what scares Darth Vader?
Even the youngest Star Wars fans can enjoy some colouring fun with the help of a free Star Wars Activity pack available HERE.
Whatever way you choose to celebrate Star Wars day, do stay safe and remember, ‘May the fourth be with you!’
Following a call from Tipperary Independent TD Michael Lowry to bring forward direct payments to beef farmers in light of the current crisis; An Taoiseach Mr Leo Varadkar says that the Deputy’s request ‘makes sense’.
Deputy Lowry informed the weekly Dail sitting that concerns about the beef sector are mounting and cash flow remains a serious concern for farmers during the Covid-19 crisis.
Deputy Lowry suggested to An Taoiseach that EU direct payments, which are due to be made in October, should be brought forward to July to help alleviate at least some of that financial pressure.
“Prices have slumped. Cash-flow is now a major issue for beef farmers both in Tipperary and around the country. Could your Government commit to bringing forward direct payments to beef farmers from October to July this year?” asked Deputy Lowry.
In response, An Taoiseach stated, “They are EU funds. The farmers would be getting them anyway so it might make sense to bring it forward. It’s not money they wouldn’t be getting anyway, but it might at least help with cash-flow.”
If during the current period of Covid-19 pandemic restrictions, you’ve ever thought to yourself “I’d love to do a course on…”, then www.futurelearn.com maybe the website for you.
FutureLearn offer free access to courses from leading universities from around the world including our own Trinity College, Dublin.
It costs nothing to sign up. After you join, you can complete hundreds of free short courses and even explore courses with academic accreditation and to degree level. Courses cover everything from fashion to healthcare, history to flight mechanics, law to social media marketing campaigns.
Future Learn for Schools
A new dimension to Future Learn has been the development of Future Learn Schools. Visit HERE.
Future Learn Schools offers pupils, aged 13 years plus, free access to hundreds of online educational courses to expand their learning.
These include courses on writing fiction; ecology; wildlife conservation; everyday chemistry and computer programming.
Future learn is accessible on desktop, tablet and mobile.
A new series ‘Coronavirus, Explained’ has just begun, today Sunday April 26th, 2020; featured on Netflix, and must now be made essential viewing for everyone on our planet.
The first short episode in the series, explains how the coronavirus become a global pandemic in the first place, changing life as we know it today; and pointing out the necessity and importance for social distancing.
Interviewed medical experts and data made available in this first episode in the series provides a clear, informative overview of COVID-19 and what we know and continue to learn about this virus to-date.
When messed with ‘Mother Nature’ becomes the ultimate bioterrorist
The series narrated by J. K. Simmons, also explores various topics around the subject, while discussing the efforts to halt it.
This excellent American made, limited series, documentary is produced by Vox, which brought us ‘The Mind, Explained’ and ‘Sex, Explained’, is a spin-off of the television series ‘Explained’.
To locate on Netflix; type Coronavirus, Explained into the provided Search Panel, and dare we state, where possible, get your teenage family members to watch.
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