The Curragh Montessori School
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The Curragh Montessori School
JANUARY NEWSLETTER 2025
Hello Everyone and welcome back to the new term. We would like to wish you all a very Happy New Year!
January Curriculum
We have been catching up with the children’s new from Christmas and what Santa brought!
This month’s curriculum includes –
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This month we have been talking about the new year - 2025 and the new month January.
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We will be learning all about our very cold winter weather and exploring it in different ways.
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Our theme this month is The Mitten. We are doing lots of fun activities around this theme including stories, song/poem, games and art.
Emergent Curriculum
Even though we plan certain topics for our curriculum each month, weekly and monthly, the curriculum in The Curragh Montessori is also informed by the interests of the children. We constantly ask them for their input on the activities we are doing and what they would like to do next, and we record their answers; if they don’t volunteer information verbally, we can gather the subjects they’re interested in through our observations of their play and activities and little snippets of conversations with their peers.
If you, as parents, have any ideas or suggestions of subjects that you know your child has particular interest in and might like to explore further, please be sure to let us know as we value your input too. We have a table in the classroom called our ‘Table of Interest’ where children can place, for a couple of days, objects, books or other items that are of special interest to them and which they think other children might like to see (NOT TOYS).
Also, if you have any particular hobbies or skills that the children would enjoy hearing about please let us know, or if you know anyone else in the community who could share something interesting with the children e.g., play a musical instrument, knit a scarf?
We have a few VIPs lined up for this term too, but the more the merrier, so if you, or someone that you know, has something to share with our children please come tell us.
Look who’s celebrating their Birthday this month
A big Happy Birthday to Hildy and Byron who celebrate their 5th birthday this month and to Teddy and Teddy who celebrate their 4th birthdays in January.
Change of Details
Please remember to update your child’s details at school if you change e.g. your address, phone number, doctor, child minder etc. so that we have up-to-date information on our records.
Summer camp
Now that Christmas is over people are starting to make plans for the new year, holidays etc. A few parents have been asking about the dates for our summer camps this year. I will therefore put out our provisional dates and if there is enough interest in these weeks we will go with them.
I will send out a separate Whatup message in the coming days regarding the summer camp and I will be asking all parents to come back to me with whichever weeks suit them.
The aim of the camp is to provide the children with fun, friendships, and exciting summer activities which will engage them both physically and mentally in a safe environment with experienced staff. The emphasis for the camp is on fun, learning through play and enjoyment at all times. As much as possible (weather permitting) the activities will be outside. Please see details below…
Summer Camp 2025
Aged 3 - 6 years
The camps will have a different theme each week. they are being run and the daily activities will be geared toward the theme of the week.
Activities to Include:-
Arts and Crafts; Sports day; Treasure Hunt; Teddy Bear’s Picnic; Parachute Play; Games Galore
Ages: 3 – 6 years of age
Time: Monday - Friday 9 a.m. – 12 noon
Price: €75 per child/week
Dates: Week 1 - 23rd – 27th June 2025
Week 2 - 14th – 18th July 2025
Week 3 - 21st – 25th July 2025
Location: The Curragh Montessori School, Athgarvan
Contact: Mary for more details on
PHONE 087 299 5387
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