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Hazelwood College, Dromcollogher, Co Limerick  are delighted to announce that Middletown Centre have committed to host their Autism and the Post Primary School Programme parent training on our school campus, commencing in January 2023. Autism training sessions are open to all parents/guardians, family members and friends. All sessions are free of charge to attend.  This is a valuable opportunity for parents/guardians to engage in Autism training.

Middletown Centre for Autism is jointly funded by the Department of Education and Skills, Ireland and the Department of Education, Northern Ireland with a remit to providing comprehensive training and support to parents/guardians living with children and young people with Autism. 

The Middletown Autism parent training programme will commence on Tuesday, 10^th January 2023. The training sessions will be held over a 4 week period in Hazelwood College. Please see below for information regarding dates and details of each training session being held.  

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Date	Start Time	Title	Description
Tuesday, January 10th	11.00am -1.00pm	Autism and Social  Communication	Best practices in supporting the young person in the, family home and wider community. Visual tools provide a non-transient foundation for more effective communication.  How to use the strengths of the autistic young person to help him or her communicate effectively.
Tuesday, January 17th	11.00am -1.00pm	Autism and Anxiety	This session is an introduction to strategies that can be used to alleviate the experience of anxiety in autistic students.
Tuesday,  January 24th	11.00am -1.00pm	Autism and Sensory Processing	Sensory processing differences are prevalent in autistic children and can affect every aspect of life and development. This session examines the sensory processing differences experienced by many autistic children and will demonstrate how such differences impact on learning, play, social interactions, and behaviour.
Tuesday, January 31st	11.00am -1.00pm	Autism and Life Skills, including Relationships and Sexuality Education	This session will explore practical strategies to support the development of daily living skills including understanding of the changes that occur to the body during the teenage years.

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Wishing all of our school community a happy and a peaceful message. We would love to share this lovely Christmas message penned by our talented Ms Davis ! Artwork by Ella Dowling, 1st year

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse

Yet all through the house the WiFi did reach

And lit up their faces on one gadget each!

The teenagers faces aglow from their screens

Were scrolling their iphones’ nativity scenes

Only fingers were moving second by second

As online treats flashed up and many more beckoned.

And others watched films whilst their tablets they gripped,

While from a can red bull was silently sipped.

Others gripped handsets, pressed buttons with speed

Fighting a battle in Assassin’s Creed.

The young ones played Fifa and dreamed up a team

Whilst baubles and trinkets around them did gleam

Yet the tree stood alone, decorations ignored

While the fairy atop looked lonely and bored.

The presents lay silently wrapped up in bows

But still they held miniature screens to their nose!

The Christmas crib figures, in festive tableau

Outdone by the devices ‘ flickering glow.

The wise Kings said sadly “But we’ve come from afar,

All because angels said follow a star!”

The Sugar Plum Fairy said “Why do I bother,

If people can’t even look up at each other”

And Santa says, nodding, “I know what you’re saying,

I’ve spent the last 24 hours sleighing!”

But Santa as always had just the answer

And whispered his thoughts to Rudolph and Prancer..

That night when they landed on every roof

The WiFi connection was stamped with a hoof!

And inside those faces all looked up in fear

And slowly remembered the day of the year.

Looking around them, and blaming the weather,

Ditching their gadgets, spent Christmas together!

1st Years busy using Oreo cookies to explain Plate Tectonics in Geography. Great work guys.

Acknowledgement – As Published Limerick Leader

Five more Limerick schools get green light for improved pedestrian and cycling facilities

THERE’s good news for five Limerick schools which are to receive improved pedestrian and cycling facilities as part of a government-backed initiative.

The Safe Routes to School Programme creates safer walking and cycling routes within communities, to alleviate congestion at the school gates and increase the number of students who walk or cycle to school by improving these facilities.

After the success of Round One, which saw several schools across Limerick including An Mhodhscoil (The Model School) in Limerick city recently receive funding for improvement works, another five schools across the Treaty County have now received the go ahead for improvements of their own.

Principal Brendan Burke of Hazelwood College in Dromcollogher which has been included, agrees the scheme is a positive for each chosen Limerick school: “Any school will be delighted”, he began, “it caters for everybody”.

Speaking on behalf of his own school, he added: “There have been traffic problems here for a large number of years, and we’re delighted to make it safer for those who do walk, cycle and exit from cars.”

As well as Hazelwood College, four other schools across Limerick City and County have been earmarked to receive improvements.

These include Caherconlish National School, Crescent College Comprehensive SJ (Dooradoyle), Lisnagry National School and St. Patrick’s GNS at Dublin Road in the city.

In addition to Limerick, 103 other schools across the country have been chosen for this scheme with a total of 37,000 students to benefit from safer infrastructure, which in turn will encourage students to walk, cycle and wheel to school.

Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Hildegarde Naughton TD, alongside the National Transport Authority, commented: “I am delighted to be able to bring some festive cheer to schools nationwide by confirming that thousands of more children nationwide will soon benefit from safer infrastructure.”

The Safer Routes to School programme is funded by the Department of Transport through the National Transport Authority (NTA) and is supported by the Department of Education.

A total of €20m has been allocated for projects included in Round 2 with the funds coming from each local authority’s annual allocation for Active Travel works.

5th Year Geography students created impressive Volcanoes from Plaster-Paris, painted and displayed them on a Jigsaw representing the Pacific Ring of Fire. Well done

Well done to all of the students today who took part in the Rainbow Jumper Day to raise awareness of the LGBTIQ+ community