We would like to wish you all a happy and safe summer holiday.

  

I was delighted to meet sixth class today as we haven’t met since the 12th of March. A huge thanks to Gavin & Maura for organising this event and providing the venue. Only a small number were in attendance and we had a small celebration while observing social distancing guidelines.

This email was received :

As we work out how best to service schools into the future, we will be encouraging pupils to use our online services for audio & ebooks, to browse the catalogue to make requests, and to generally try to keep them actively engaged in their library.

 

Online services can be viewed by typing corkcoco/library into your search engine (Google, Safari etc), select Library Online, select Join the library/My Account/Browse the Catalogue, scroll down to access your library account here. Enter your Name, 14 digit Library Card Number (membership barcode), and PIN: 0000 

All juvenile PINs have been set as 0000, but can be changed by individuals if they wish once they have logged in.

 

Class visits to the mobile library are not going to be possible for the foreseeable future, as physical distancing would be very difficult to implement. With this in mind, it would great to see pupils, teachers and parents familiarising themselves with the online service.

 

Any queries you may have can be emailed to westcorkmobile@corkcoco.ie or phone 021 4546499

Great to see our school garden looking so well.

Thanks to Cassie, Kimi, Levi and Evan for working in the garden since March. It is much appreciated.

We were due to go on our annual school tour this Wednesday.

However here are a few virtual tours that won’t cost a cent!

Virtual School Tours

Zoos

• Dublin
  • Elephants – bit.ly/DublinZooElephants
  • Penguins – bit.ly/DublinZooPenguins
  • African Savanna – bit.ly/DublinZooAfricanSavanna

• Edinburgh Zoo – bit.ly/EdinburghZooCams
• Marwell Zoo (UK) – bit.ly/MarwellZooCams
• San Diego Zoo – bit.ly/SanDiegoZooCams
• Houston Zoo – bit.ly/HoustonZooCam
• Clear Water Marine Aquarium – bit.ly/ClearWaterMarineCams
• Irish Museums

• Trinity College Dublin
  • The Long Room – bit.ly/TCDTheLongRoom

• National Library of Ireland – bit.ly/NationalLibraryIRL
• National Gallery of Ireland – bit.ly/NationalGalleryIRL
• National Museum of Ireland
  • Natural History – bit.ly/NaturalHistoryIRL
  • Country Life – bit.ly/CountryLifeMuseum
  • Archaeology – bit.ly/ArchaeologyMuseumIRL
  • Decorative Arts and History – bit.ly/DecorativeArtsHistoryIRL

• Medieval Museum Treasures of Medieval Waterford – bit.ly/MedievalWaterford
• Number Twenty Nine ESB’s Georgian House Museum – bit.ly/Number29
• The Pearse Museum – bit.ly/PearseMuseumTour
• Titanic Experience Cobh – bit.ly/TitanicExperienceCobh
• International Museums

• The Louvre, Paris – bit.ly/LouvreOnlineTour
• Anne Frank House, Amsterdam – bit.ly/AFHouseTour
• The Vatican Museums, Vatican City – bit.ly/TheVaticanMuseum
• The Guggenheim, New York – bit.ly/GuggenheimFromHome
• Pompeii, Naples  – bit.ly/VirtualPompeii
• The British Museum, London – bit.ly/BritishMuseumVirtual
• NASA
  • Glen Research Centre – go.nasa.gov/39fbJCk
  • Langley Research Centre – go.nasa.gov/39faljf

 

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Ireland’s national day of free creativity for children & young people takes place this Sat June 13th.

There are over 460 online events for young people of all ages. Check them out and get involved ➡️cruinniu.creativeireland.gov.ie

GMBeats will be doing a free online workshop Sat 13 June 2pm for #cruinniunanog for any young person that wants to start making music at home!

Minibeast Hunt

Delighted to see one of our pupils on TV today.