Infants Rap CD New posters!

March-April
2014
Issue
Out soon!
ap CD
New posters!
St John the Apostle BNS
St John the Apostle BNS
Scoil Mhuire Banrion
Scoil Mhuire Banrion
Scoil Mhuire Banrion
St Brendan’s GNS
St Brendan’s GNS
St Mark’s BNS
St Mark’s BNS
e
‘We shin
their rap
g
in
m
r
o
erf
Banrion p
We Shine
Like Jewe
ls
Our schoo
l is so fun
In the yar
d we play
and run
All our te
achers are
so cool
We shine
like jewels
Who are w
e?
Who are w
e?
Scoil Mhu
ire Banrio
n
Where ca
n you find
our schoo
l?
Up in May
field it’s s
o cool
We’ll tell
you what w
e do
We play u
ntil 20 to
2.
Have you seen Happy Talk’s new posters? They ar
on display in your child’s crèche, pre-school or prim
ry school. Children and early years staff from The
Glen and Mayfield are in the posters. Each poster
gives a strategy to help develop children’s language
The posters are to remind staff and parents to use
three strategies: Modelling, Expanding and Balancin
Questions and Comments.
Put your h
ands up fr
om side to
Shake the
side
m, Shake
t
hem, shak
them,
e
Fom the le
ft to the
right
Senior Infants, St Jo
hn the Apostle BNS
learning the
moves with Garry Mc
Carthy, GMC.
pported by:
Tom Cavanagh
TomarTrust
Happy Talk
Strategies
onference
World Book Day 2014
the Happy Talk Conference held in the Metropole Gresham Hotel. WorkSLTs and early years staff got a very positive response. Anne Walsh &
rèche and Pre-school, ran a workshop on Play and Language Development
ola Wallace and Martha Kavanagh, Our House Pre-school ran a workshop
evelopment with Siobhan Dowling SLT and Tina McCarthy & Elga Holbrook
n a workshop on Happy Talk Strategies with Kate Hogan, SLT.
To mark World Book Day March 6th, a display
was launched in Mayfield library. The display
includes reviews of the Happy Talk storybook
Nibbles and Twitch visit Mayfield by the
girls from 3rd and 4th class in St Brendan’s
GNS, The Glen. It also includes photos showing improvements of Book Areas in
 Early Start, Scoil Mhuire Banrion, Mayfield.
 Naoinra Naomh Sheosamh
The results achieved by
Happy Talk are impressive
and are a credit to all involved, not just the service
providers but the parents,
teachers, early years staff
and, of course, the children
themselves.
Sheila Dillon, Happy Talk Coordinat
Brendan’s GNS and Naoinra Naomh
 Glenfields Preschool
 Our House Preschool
-Kathleen Lynch TD
e Happy
h opens th
Aoife Doy
le, Happy
Talk SLT,
Nibbles an
introduce
d Twitch
s
to keynot
Dr. John
e speaker,
Sharry.
Starting preschool is a crucial period for young
children, and so much can be achieved in this brief
window in terms of improved social skills, increased emotional regulation and better school
readiness.
- Dr. John Sharry, social worker & psychotherapist
organ, HSE SLT Manager Cork North,
r, Kathleen Lynch, TD and Dr Joan Power,
n Cork City Childcare’s storybook tent at
k’s BNS, The Glen performing their rap ‘Nibbles
rence.
Tina McCar
thy, Elga H
olbrook an
Baile Beag,
d Elaine S
Mayfield at
tuart,
the Confe
rence.
Margaret McC
arthy and Bern
ard
O’Mahony, St
Patrick’s Infa
nts
School at the
Conference.
Kathy Egan, illustrator,
speaking at the launch.
Helena McCarthy and Jade
Gildea, St Brendan’s GNS, reading their book reviews.
Children from Naoinra
Happy Talk Storypoint
Children, parents and early years staff
are visiting the storypoint at the Glen
Resource Centre. The children can
move a train carrying the Happy Talk
rabbits, Nibbles and Twitch along a
track. The rabbits visit local landmarks
on their way: the boys’ and girls’
schools, playground, church, duck pond,
shop and even the tunnel which runs
under The Glen.
Sandra Dowdall and children from T
Staff (left), parents (abo
Magnet crèche at the sto