Covid-19: Everyone at the Club spends our best wishes to those Club Members, in some cases entire families who are suffering for Covid-19 especially those of our younger members who have been hospitalised as a result. Our thoughts and prayers go out to you all.

Hurling and Football Archive: If like the rest of us you are suffering withdrawal symptoms due to the absence of hurling and football, the good news is that the GAA in conjunction with the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland are providing free access to past GAA matches to internet users worldwide through the GAA Digital Archive.

One hundred and thirteen All-Ireland Finals (across both codes) since 1961 are included in the Archive and Provincial Finals from 1961 also feature as do All-Ireland Club Finals since 1989.

In all, over 500 hurling and football matches are available with additional information such as results, dates, venues, referees, scorers and teams plus subs included. A must watch at https://www.gaa-now/archive/

DubsTV: DubsTV is showing the best of recent Club activity in the Dublin Club Championships online including Highlights of the Classic Extra-Time Castleknock vs Plunketts SFC Round 2 match in Parnell Park in 2017. You can see the game on facebook.com/DubGAAOfficial/

Croke Park Art Competition: Huge Congratulations to Lauren (aged 5), one of our Nursery stars who recently won a Croke Park GAA Museum Kids Art Competition. Children were asked to draw their favourite GAA object and she drew a sliotar and Castleknock flags.

Home-schooling Aids: Trying to come up with new material to keep our younger players engaged in the home-schooling process can be difficult to say the least. Well help is at hand. One of our Senior Footballers and proud Roscommon man (aren’t they all) Ger McDermottroe who is a Primary School teacher has provided these helpful links for our future stars (well more for their parents really).

Online Resources for Primary School Children:
English/Literacy:
Online Books: https://www.scoilnet.ie/scoilnet-services/world-book/
Online Books and Challenges https://clubs-kids.setantabookclubs.ie/clubs_assets…
Children’s Podcast https://www.brainson.org/
Letters and Sounds https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-gam…/…/letters-and-sounds
Interactive Games and Activities http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/literacy/
Literacy Games https://www.education.com/games/early-literacy-concepts/
Oral Language/Current Affairs for Children https://trte.rte.ie/news2day/
Story Books https://www.vooks.com/
Gaeilge:
TG4 Children’s TV https://www.cula4.com/en/
Irish Resources and Games https://www.scoilnet.ie/primary/theme-pages/irish/
Resources and Ideas https://www.seomraranga.com/tag/gaeilge/
Maths:
Maths games https://www.mathplayground.com/
Maths Resources/Ideas https://nzmaths.co.nz/resource
Activities and Resources https://www.youcubed.org/
Activities https://nrich.maths.org/14536
PE:
Mindfulness/Yoga/Warm Ups https://app.gonoodle.com/
Short Fitness Videos https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1
Daily Exercises https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/
Yoga/Mindfulness https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
SESE:
Interesting Videos and Facts https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
Interactive Resources https://www.scoilnet.ie/primary/theme-pages/geography/
Science Experiment Ideas https://www.sfi.ie/…/discover-…/activities-search/index.xml…
More Experiment Ideas https://www.kidsacademy.mobi/
Geology Resources http://www.geoschol.com/
Irish Wildlife and Heritage http://www.heritageinschools.ie/teachers-resources
History Activities https://www.scoilnet.ie/…/them…/history/work-as-a-historian/
Learning about Vikings and Medieval Ireland https://www.dublinia.ie/online-learning/primary/
Lessons/Ideas https://www.nationalgeographic.org/education/
Music:
Music Lessons and Videos https://dabbledoomusic.com/
Making Music https://www.scoilnet.ie/…/the…/music/music-in-the-classroom/
Art:
Art Ideas https://www.scoilnet.ie/primary/theme-pages/art-craft/
Colouring Pages/ideas https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/
Art Lessons http://mrsbrownart.com/
Other:
Teaching Resources e.g. PowerPoints/Explanations/Print Outs https://www.twinkl.ie/ (use IRLTWINKLHELPS as a voucher code)
Classroom Daily Quizzes https://www.seomraranga.com/
Extra Fun Resources/Games https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary
Online Quizzes https://kahoot.it/
Fun ways to learn with the help of Dogs https://www.learnwithdogstrust.ie/resources/
For FREE Access to several primary school resources/eBooks https://www.edco.ie/
Educational Apps available for download:
Learning new words in Irish https://apps.apple.com/us/app/duolingo/id570060128
Puzzles https://apps.apple.com/us/app/flow-free/id526641427
Spellings https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spelling-stage/id1277968058
Fun Maths Game https://apps.apple.com/au/app/quick-maths/id1105735200

*Please make sure that all websites and apps are ALWAYS used with a parent present.
*These are ALL only recommendations and screen time for children should ALWAYS be limited.

 

Skills Videos: All club activity remains suspended until May 5 at least but don’t forget if you have any note-worthy skills video material you can send it to our twitter guru Ger Doyle - @CastleknockGAA or to our Games Promotion Officer Maria Bergin for facebook - @knockhfc or Instagram - castleknockgaa.

And Remember. Keep washing your hands. Maintain social distance (especially from me). And most of all - Stay Well.

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