Scoil Réalt Na Mara
Ballycotton, Co Cork
Information for Parents
Road Safety Around the School
We encourage parents to please exercise caution when dropping off or collecting children at the school gateway, which is a high risk area for children.
Remember you should NOT reverse out onto the main road as it is dangerous particularity around the school gate where children cannot be seen.
During drop-off and collection, please keep the area around the entrance to the school clear.
No Parking is allowed:
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In front of the Thatch cottage
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Directly across from the school (Where the yellow marking are)
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The entrance to the field next to the school
In the interest of the safety of all children attending Scoil Réalt na Mara N.S. we are reliant on your continued vigilance when dropping your child to school and also on collection. Your child's safety and a continuous flow of traffic to and from the village will be ensured by adhering to the above guidelines. We greatly appreciate your continued support and cooperation.
Useful Links
Educational Websites
The following are a list of links that may help the pupils of Scoil Réalt na Mara N.S :
This website is for all those children out there who have already started or who want to become interested in astronomy
www.astronomy.ie/junior/Juniorindex.html
Scoilnet is the education portal of the Department of Education and Science (DES) in Ireland.
www.scoilnet.ie
National Parents Council Primary (NPC) is the nation-wide organisation representing parents of children attending early and primary education.
www.npc.ie
www.askaboutireland.ie
Visit us today and learn all about how you and your class mates can help to make a greener and cleaner community and world.
www.enfo.ie
The National Archives holds a wide variety of records, many of which are relevant to Irish genealogy and local history.
www.nationalarchives.ie
Ireland’s national TV & radio broadcaster, RTE.ie contains many fun things for kids of all ages as well as important news on Ireland’s education system.
www.rte.ie
Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI), formerly the Irish Energy Centre was set up by the government in 2002 as Ireland’s national energy agency.
www.sei.ie
Stay safe online and learn how to protect your children on the internet with Webwise’s child friendly internet safety site.
www.webwise.ie
Our focus is on creating learning activities and tools which empower homeschool parents as well as classroom teachers
www.learningplanet.com
Learn what makes everything work! Curious kids of all ages will love this website which answers the questions we’ve all been wondering!
www.howstuffworks.com
From educational publisher Owl & Mouse, YourChildLearns.com is a fantastic resource for educating children in a fun way they will enjoy.
www.yourchildlearns.com
Teaching kids of all ages that science is about fun, discovery and adventure, and is something which is fundamentally relevant to our everyday lives.
www.primaryscience.ie
Search Engines for children
Full of educational links, games & videos, Ask Kids is the perfect resource for inquisitive kids!
www.askkids.com
One of the world’s most famous search engines, Yahoo Kids is designed specifically for kids and teens.
www.kids.yahoo.com
Numeracy Sites
A fun interactive maths learning resource for children where kids can improve their maths skills
www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com
Another fun interactive learning tool for kids, Cool Maths For Kids has hundreds of fun teasers and problems
www.coolmath4kids.com
A fantastic learning resource for teachers, parents and kids, Math is Fun is putting the fun into learning essential math skills.
www.mathisfun.com
One of the world’s largest sites, BBC has a wide range of educational tools and aids all under the one roof!
www.bbc.co.uk
This teacher run educational website teaches young children valuable literacy and numeracy skills in a fun, interactive environment.
www.ictgames.com
Teaching children through interactive games, UpToTen.com teaches millions of children across the world in a fun and colourful environment.
www.uptoten.com
Math Playground was created by teachers who are passionate about math and many of their interactive games are based on hundreds of hours of in class teaching.
www.mathplayground.com