Role of Home School Community Liaison Co-ordinator
Hello! I’m Eoghan Beardmore and I am the Home School Community Liaison Co-Ordinator for Belmayne Educate Together and Thornleigh Educate Together National Schools. Although I am new to this role, I can tell that I am working with a fantastically enthusiastic and committed group of parents, community members, staff and children here in Belmayne. I am available in the school Wednesdays and Thursdays each week and I am really looking forward to working with you over the course of the school year!
Please feel free to contact me by e-mail: eoghanthornleigh@gmail.com
or by phone: 086 – 2282914
My role as H.S.C.L.C. involves:
• Visiting parents/guardians in their homes;
• Organising courses, talks or meetings for parents/guardians in the school;
• Involving parents/guardians in their children’s education;
• Encouraging closer ties between teachers, schools and the parents/guardians;
• Encouraging parents/guardians to participate in classroom projects with teachers, such as Shared Reading/Literacy Programmes, Maths for Fun and Science for Fun.
Going forward any H.S.C.L. announcements or information will also be posted on the notice board for H.S.C.L.
HSCL News
Classes for Parents/Guardians
All parents’ classes take place in the Parents’ Room on the first floor.
Classes are FREE!
ALL parents and guardians are welcome to participate in classes provided and newcomers are always welcome. You can also bring a friend along even if they are not a parent. Classes funded by CDVEC.
This term we are offering the following classes to parents free of charge:
Irish Classes
Every Monday in the Parent’s Room 9.30am – 11.30am
English Classes
Every Thursday in the Parent’s Room 9.30am – 11.30am
Other events for parents/guardians:
24th Nov – Wellbeing night
21st Dec – Children’s Christmas Plays
Date TBC – Family Food Festival
Wellbeing Night
A huge thanks to all those who volunteered their services for the Wellbeing night! We hope that the parents, grandparents and friends who attended the night enjoyed it and picked up some useful information. Thanks also to Celine for providing Chinese food on the night from the Pagoda Garden restaurant in Clare Hall. We hope to host a similar night before the summer and to organise some fitness and wellbeing activities, such as yoga classes, for the children too.
Our Wellbeing night consisted of:
Homeopathy
Hairdressing
Dru Yoga
Make-up, hair and skin care advice
Christmas flower arranging discussion
Massage demonstration and information from the Zeenith Holistic Beauty Therapy Centre
Parent/Child Projects:
In term 2 and 3 we will be inviting parents/guardians to help in the school with the following parent/child projects:
• Literacy Programme/Shared Reading
• Maths for Fun
• Science for Fun
Details of what these involve and full training will be given prior to starting in class.
Clubs for Parents/Guardians:
Parents/Community Toddler Group – 11.30-1.20 every Tuesday in the Parents’ Room.
Bring your Skills to School!
We would love to get to know more about the skills or interests that are in our community! The more we know about what people can do or like doing, the easier it is for us to plan enjoyable events for parents and children in Belmayne. If you have an area of interest or expertise that you feel you could offer to our school community: parents, teachers or especially children; please let us know! You can do this by taking a slip from the red poster on the HSCL noticeboard inside the school doors and returning it to the red box or your child’s teacher. ALL areas are welcome.
