Sessions 9.30am to 3pm/10am – 2pm daily
All classes are divided into Junior and Senior Age Groups
Daily Booking Available / Sibling Rates
Children to wear comfortable clothing and to pack a healthy lunch
Treats and refreshments will be provided
(All weeks are themed to include Singing, Dance, Aerobics, Outdoor Play and Games)
At M&A’s we like to run various educational and creative classes as detailed below also are details of our Play Therapy and Speech and Language Services that we run as part of our extended service.
So far all the children have had a busy term celebrating lots of special occasions such as Valentines, St. Patrick’s, their friend’s birthdays and Easter Celebrations.!
M&A’s are fully participating in our healthy eating and emotional well-being programme which we have linked into our Montessori Curriculum. M&A’s are working hard to aim for the BCCN blue flag this May, this will be a great achievement for the school. Samples of the programmes activities will be left in the reception area for parents to read over in the coming weeks.
Yes we are very delighted to announce after a long year of planning and organising that M&A’s has reached the point where we can announce our move to our permanent home to Unit 28 Axis Business park Tullamore!
We are not moving very far but we are very delighted with the recent news that our plans to move to Unit 28 have finally finalised and after a few more weeks we will be all settled in our new home!
Our facility will still remain bright and spacious but we are thrilled to announce even further room for our Montessori which will be a full downstairs facility!
Our new Music and Art rooms promise to be very exciting and the children will be thrilled with their new rooms!
We are delighted to announce our open evening on Saturday the 14th of June from 2pm-4pm which parents can come and check out the new facility and meet the team at M&A’s. We will have details on hand about the Montessori and Summer School and various other activities we cater for at the facility!
We are also show casing our new modern toilet facilities and out door play area and Montessori garden and we also have lots more parking for our parents!
If you can make our open day we would be delighted, we will have light refreshments and treats on hand, we would be trilled if you could join us on our open day and celebrate us moving into our new home!
M&A’s was delighted to have an exciting camp full of lots of eager and busy children , excited to make new friends, meet old friends and partake in lots of sing songs, dance and activities….
It was great to have the sun shining so brightly at our Easter Camp this year, this was an added bonus to our fun packed and happy days at camp!
Children of all ages partook in Lego, Art Work, Pot Painting, Puzzles and Design and lots of singing and dancing to name but a few activities!!!!
The younger and older children enjoyed play dough, Junior Lego, painting, colouring ,sticking and gluing along with lots of fun games and activities and the older children enjoyed Lego, learning songs such as “Let it be” from Frozen , “Happy”- by Farrell Williams , “This is Awesome” from the Lego Movie and of course “Mid Night Memories” from One Direction!
All the children enjoyed playing dress up, bistro and boutique shopping games, this proved to be a great success in which children designed their own menus, and shop layout and price list as well as role play of Shop Manager, assistants, customers, waitress/waiter and chef!
This is a great exercise and learning game to help children use their imaginations to explore in make belief, this helps the children with their social skills, language development and problem solving skills!
Children enjoy social interaction with each other and basically it is so much fun pretending to be adults by playing occupations games but little do the children know how much they are learning from the practicality of every day skills of the grown up!!
As the weather was quite sunny, we got to have a nice picnic outside and of course do lots of exercises and games outside too!
The older children painted and designed their own plant pot and then potted their pots and sowed some lovely seeds, they were taught how to look after their seeds and by ensuring water , heat and sunshine they will have lovely pots of flowers this Summer!
We took some pictures of the children during camp, click on the images to enlarge, hope you enjoy…..
10am to 2pm €15;00 per child €10 per second and third sibling
or
9:30am – 3pm – €20 per child or €12:50 per second sibling!
Art and Crafts, Music, Singing, French Workshop, Drama, Dress Up, Lego Work Shop, Games and Fun Activities!
Pack a healthy lunch as in School, children are required to wear comfortable cloths and footwear such as shoes or runners no crocs or flipflops allowed in the school! Treats and light refreshments will be provided through the sessions!
Contact us on 057 9361623 / 086-3478141 to arrange a booking for your child/children. Please note places are limited and filling up fast so make sure your child does not miss out and call / email M&A Montessori today!
Information on the launch of our Summer School 2014 Schedule will be announced on Monday the 28th of April, it promises to be very exciting with lots of fun activities planned!
For further information please contact Sharon at 086-3478141.
M&A’s had a very busy Spring Term where the Pre School Children in our Montessori enjoyed lots of lovely celebrations to include the change in seasons from Winter to Spring and special days such as Valentines day, Mother’s Day, World Book Week, St. Patricks Day and Easter Time!
For St. Patricks Day all the children were encouraged to dress in green and encouraged to partake in St. Patricks Day fun games and Irish Music and Dance. I played Jigs and Reels for the children and we all partook in a Polka dance which was fun!
We all enjoyed this special green party and it was important to include the Aistear theme of Identity and Belonging and for children to understand as much about their Irish heritage as possible and they are hugely part of this!
We not only celebrated the birth of Spring but some lovely birthdays to include that of Jack, Millie, Rimgo , Sophie and Callum, we had lovely little treats and a small cake in school to celebrate their special day and of course sings songs and games!
For Easter Week, the Montessori children learnt about the beauty of Spring and new growth, they were also looking forward to the visit of Mr Easter Bunny who left lots of lovely treats for the Montessori Children! We finished our term with a little Easter Party, with a lovely story, dance and music movement and Easter Games!
The Art Class children completed their Easter Bunny Silhouette and Easter Egg Craft which involved painting, drawing and some chocolates!!!
We wish everybody a Happy Easter and if you would like some information on our Easter Camps please check the home page!
Our Summer School Schedule will be featuring on April the 28th!
Following from our very busy, fun and successful Halloween Camp, M&A’s has had a very busy few weeks leading up to Christmas,
Montessori
The Smaller Children in our Pre-2014; School , enjoyed the themes of At the Supermarket, at the Zoo and All about Christmas time, all the children are very happy and excited about Christmas time and they are learning about the importance of this special holiday!
Children in the Montessori enjoyed putting up the Christmas decorations with teachers and getting the Nature and Interest table ready for our Christmas themed week, we are also enjoying out Christmas Countdown and each day we count down the days and sleeps till Santa comes, all the children are also enjoying the Christmas Advent Calendar and Christmas Carols, Crafts, Stories and Christmas themed number games.
Christmas Craft Class
This ran for a few weeks it was very festive, children created their own special Christmas craft, this involved a lovely picture of a beautiful Christmas Fire Place scene followed by a wreath with a Cardboard front door. The children also created a lovely Christmas Table Centre this included dried pine cones, Christmas Ribbon, a chocolate treat and homemade Christmas decorations. The children were all very excited to bring home their lovely decorations!
Christmas Carol workshop-2014
This was held on the 7th of December ,children from 4 years of age to 12 years of age participated in the Christmas Carol Workshop! This was a lovely evening of singing, percussion, instrumental exercises and we finished it all off with a a small Christmas Party . Children were each given a Christmas Carol Lyric pack with all their favourite Christmas Carols to enjoy. Lots of children wore Santa, Rudolph and Snowmen hats and we all had the pleasure of listening to M&A’s guitar students Emily Flynn, Aaran Moran and Katyln Flannery all playing the guitar and performing a Christmas piece for all in the workshop.
Music Classes
All our Instrumental Classes are finishing up this week for our Christmas Break, Children in the various instrumental classes learned how to play lots of lovely Christmas Songs and Melodies for the Christmas season so it was a very enjoyable term for all our Music Students.
We at M&A’s would like to wish all our students and parents a very happy and healthy Christmas and a happy New Year, we look forward to seeing everybody in 2014 for lots of more fun Activities in our new term.
M&A’s are very busy for our Autumn Semester all the children are now very settled into the Montessori routine, the children are learning about the importance and beauty of Autumn time and this is achieved through Art, Music and Poetry along with our lovely Autumn Nature and Interest table. The Montessori children are also making lots of new friends and have started their lessons in Language, Maths Sensorial, Practical Life and Circle Time. We have also covered the themes of Manners and Hygiene, Our Families, Our Communities, Autumn Leaves and Shrubs throughout the first semester. All themes are fun and educational and are based around the Montessori Curriculum, Siolta and Aistear.
Our Music Classes which are held after school during the academic year are in full swing; all the guitar students are working hard practising Wagon Wheel, Knocking on Heavens Door and Avicii- Wake Me up! The Voice, Violin and Tin- Whistles classes are all go with a mixture of contemporary, traditional and folk pieces being thought to the students .Due to popular demand we are starting a new Guitar Class for beginners after the Mid – Term break along with a new Violin and Tin-Whistle Beginners class. If you are interested in any of the classes do let us know and we will be happy to give you further information, however pre booking is essential as class numbers are limited.
In our Saturday Art Class ( 11am-12:15pm), the children are busy completing their Autumn Art project and moving on to their Halloween Crafts, Children have being encouraged to bring in leaves from home and to discuss which tree they came from and incorporate these into their Art Project. Familiar Trees we discussed where the Oak, Sliver Birch, Beech, Scots Pine, Hawthorn, Maple, Sycamore, Ash, Hazel and the Horse Chestnut.This has proved to be fun and exciting as both children and parents have enjoyed collecting these leaves, many families have spent a family day out collecting leaves and nuts and the children enjoyed telling us about their lovely family days .One boy collected a fantastic leaf from the grounds of Birr Castle, on research I discovered this leaf is believed to be from the Magnolia Delavayi Evergreen tree originally from China, we used his leaf for unique rubbings in his sketch book and his Leaf design project he was thrilled with the creation, it was lovely to see how great Nature and Art complement each other to make children have fun and still learn about the world around them!
All the leaves that the children collected have being used in their Autumn Art Projects such as Relief Rubbings, Leaf Creative Design,Autumn Creative Writing and College work. We are now moving onto our Halloween / Autumn Craft Cat and Scarecrow Project, children are painting, colouring and using fresh straw to create a very festive Halloween project .This week the Art Children have a special job to do with the help of their families, they are to collect a small amount of fresh straw that is if they live near a farm, of course we have to go with our Mum , Dad … and ask the farmers permission first , if any of the children can’t get straw, we won’t panic I’m lucky that my Father in Law is a farmer and has giving me lots of straw to help with our Art Class but it is always nice to go on the nature walk with our families and find out from the local framer why they use straw and a little about Harvest time on their farms but as I have told the children must wait till they are with parents etc and ask the farmer first as farms have lots of machinery and animals and children cannot go unsupervised on to a farmers land, this is so important!
For this week’s Art Homework all children have to do research on all the Autumn Harvest Vegetables and Fruits that we see in our local supermarkets, looking forward to hearing what the children document? I’m thinking Monkey Nuts, Hazel Nuts, Pumpkins, Pomegranates and Grapes…, creative minds at work!!!
We also discussed how we make Barn Brack and the children have to ask their Families what surprises can be found in the festive brack….
It is hard to believe that it is nearly the time when we are running our Halloween Camp this Mid- Term Break, during the camp we will be making Halloween Crafts, playing lots of Autumn games, Nature Walks, Art, Music, a Voice Workshop, Music Instrumental Workshop, Making Some Halloween Treats to take home and of course we will be having our Halloween Fancy Dress Party!!!
The Halloween Camp is held from 10am- 2pm /9:30am – to 3: pm-Tues the 29th October – 1st November 2013. Parents can avail of a daily session or they can avail of the four day camp and they can choose a time that suits them from the above sessions, family rates are also available! If you are working and want your child to be kept busyor if your child just likes to be on the go this Mid-Term then give M&A’s a ring and we will ensure that your child/children are kept busy in a safe, friendly, fun and educational environment. Parents pack a healthy lunch for their child as in school and we will provide treats and refreshments throughout the day! Children also wear comfortable footwear such as runners as we will be busy busy all day!!! Parents must pre book for the Camp as places are limited, this can be done by contacting the school where you will receive a booking Form / Application Form this can also be downloaded from the Home Page.
If your child is interested in starting Music we will also be running a little Music Workshop for the children interested on the wed 30th of October during the Halloween Camp, so buddy enthusiasts are welcome….
Keep checking our blog to see what Classes we will be running for the Winter and of course are Festive Christmas Art Craft Classes these have being a massive success the last few years, I will keep you updated to what will be happening next term very soon………..
