Down Syndrome Ireland - Louth / Meath Branch
Down Syndrome Ireland – Louth / Meath Branch
We have organised a colouring competition for all our members. We would love to see as many colourful socks and artistic designs as possible. Every entry will be displayed on the branches Social Media Pages, for the world to see the amazing talent of our members. There will be 5 Categories: 0 – 4 years5 – … Read more Colouring competition in Celebration of World Down Syndrome Day
Fun with Numbers is a fun way of working with numbers through games and creative learning aids. It is a light-hearted way of learning basic number skills like counting, adding, and subtraction, incorporating concepts of division and multiplication. Fun with Numbers presents opportunities for using life skills like following a recipe using measurements and time, … Read more Fun With Numbers
Dear Members As a unique and strange 2020 draws to a close we wish to write to you to let you know what is going on in the Branch and how we have adapted to the COVID-19 Pandemic. It is hard to believe that this time last year we did not know anything about the … Read more DSILMB Christmas Newsletter
We organised 2 Virtual Sibshops which were run by Sibshop Ireland on Saturday 28th November and Sunday 29th November. Feedback has been positive. A big Thank You to Liz & Linda from Sibshop Ireland as well as all our wonderful Siblings who took part. We hope to run them again early in the New Year.
Thank you for expressing interest in taking part in the Fun With Numbers Zoom workshops. We had a lot of interest, especially from our teenage members, so we have set up the following age groupings however if your child’s age falls outside these categories we will still try to accommodate, it’s not too late to … Read more Fun with Numbers
The Branch Early Intervention Home Teacher Programme has restarted after the Pandemic lockdown. The Branch has developed a new Covid-19 Policy, Risk Assessment as well as Protocols for our Tutors and Families so that we could reopen safely.The relevant Protocols have been sent to our relevant families. People with Down syndrome may be particularly vulnerable … Read more Early Intervention Home Teacher Programme
Dear Parents I hope you and your families are keeping well and settling into a ’new’ normal. We know it has been a busy couple of weeks as many family members return to work, school / preschool after a long summer! We want to take this opportunity to update you on the Early Intervention Home … Read more Update; Resumption of Early Intervention Programme
Zoom Session for Parents & Toddlers Olive Buckeridge, DSI Early Years Specialist runs a weekly Louth/Meath Zoom Session for Parents & Toddlers on Tuesday each week on Zoom. The Session will run on Tuesdays at 11.15AM The sessions are informal with lots of Singing, Signing and some Vocabulary and there is no limit on the … Read more Zoom Session for Parents & Toddlers
Preschool Speech Sound Practice Olive Buckeridge is running a Speech Practice Group for Pre School Children on Zoom. These are not intervention groups they are an opportunity to practice speech sounds. They are very general and they do not replace speech therapy sessions. Olive will be running this online speech group on Thursdays at 2pm … Read more Preschool Speech Sound Practice
Notice of Louth/Meath Branch AGM on Monday, August 24th, 2020 at 8.00pM In accordance with Branch Rules, the Annual General Meeting of the Louth Meath Branch of Down Syndrome Ireland will be held on Monday, August 24th, 2020 at 8.00pm by Video Conference on the Zoom Platform. According to our Memorandum and Articles of Association, … Read more Branch AGM Monday, August 24th, 2020 at 8.00pm