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This four-week parent course (eight hours) begins with the addressing the needs of the parent in terms of their own well-being through offering practices and life skills including mindfulness practices. If used regularly, these practices can aid in significantly reducing stress and improving quality of life.
The practices include:
These practices will be repeated in each session in order to allow them to become woven into your daily life. We will also look at the science of stress, identify specific stressors and look at the importance of responses to stress. Once we have addressed the needs of the parent, we will move naturally into bringing these well-being, self-care and mindfulness practices into family life in a simple and practical manner. This will be offered through suggested practices for the home, along with suggesting many well-being resources (mostly home-made), which can enhance and facilitate these practices. We will look at the value of gratitude, compassion and kindness within family life and how to bring these practices into the home, again in a practical and valuable way. There will be opportunities for discussion and feedback each week to help you in identifying what may or may not be working for you individually and as a family. This course offers an ideal opening to bringing mindfulness and well-being practices to you and to your family. Venue: Central Hotel Tullamore Dates: Monday 2nd, 9th, 16th & 23rd October 2017 Time: 10.00am – 12.00pm each week Facilitator: Ann Marie Ireland, Primary Teacher and ChillOut Ireland Facilitator To book a place on the above course please contact Yvonne, Laois Education Centre at (057) 8672402
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St. Philomena's G.N.S.Welcome to our website. Message from the Principal
I feel humbled and honoured to write this message as the newly appointed principal of St. Philomena’s N.S. I have been a member of the St. Phil’s staff for the past 14 years and I can honestly say that I have loved every day working in the school. As a Clara woman starting out in a Tullamore school in September 2008, I didn’t quite know how I would be received but I knew instantly that I had landed somewhere very special. The ethos of St. Philomena’s is grounded in respect, tolerance, openness and honesty and as a staff, we work hard at building relationships with each other, with the pupils and their families. My aim as principal is to ensure that every child feels valued coming in the school gates in the morning and that more than anything else, every child wants to come to school with us. In our school, Every Child Counts or No Child Counts and I will make it my main aim to foster a commitment to equality of opportunity for every pupil, every day. I will strive for a healthy, positive learning and working environment for the staff and our pupils and to provide a space where well-being will blossom naturally. As parent(s)/ guardian(s), you are the primary educators of your child/ren, so please don’t be afraid to come in and talk to us if you have any questions or concerns regarding your child/ren. Together, we can do so much more! With Love, Geraldine Gaffey Archives
January 2024
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