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Take a COVID-19 Family Selfie

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A variety of colouring and activities about COVID-19 to keep you busy

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A variety of stories about Coronavirus to read and watch with your child/children

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Choose one or more of the templates below and create your own 'favourite' memories/activities for 2019 - 2020

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Welcome to 'My COVID-19 Memories Week' in Scoil Naomh Fiachra.

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Welcome to 'My COVID-19 Memories Week' in Scoil Naomh Fiachra.

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Congratulations to one and all for arriving at the final week of school for this academic year. 👏🏻
We would like to sincerely thank you for your engagement over the last few months.
This week we would like all children, in all classes, to focus on their memories and favourite activities during these strange times. My COVID-19 Memories is a fitting end to a strange last term and it will allow you to reflect on all the great memories you have made at home that you will cherish forever.
Memories are such an important part of our lives and you have certainly created some of the most memorable ones in history this year!
We have gathered a selection of activities related to these wonderful memories and have included them on this Padlet.
You can choose as many as you like to complete.
Most importantly, keep a record of them to look back on in years to come. You can also share them with your relatives when you see them.
We hope you enjoy them.
Stay safe and well over the summer months and we are all looking forward to greeting each and everyone of you at the gates of Scoil Naomh Fiachra in September.

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My Hero is You- How Kids Can Fight COVID-19

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Gratitude Journal

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How to make a Nature Journal

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If you keep up the habit, you will quickly build up a record of your local wildlife and surroundings.

Your findings could even help scientists monitor wildlife changes.

Crafting your own nature journal

You will need:

Assembling your journal:

1. Fold the card in half and cut it to the same size as your paper.

2. Place a stack of paper inside the card.

3. Punch two holes through the card and paper.

4. Cut or break your stick so that it is longer than the distance between the two holes.

5. Thread one end of the rubber band through a hole and loop it over the stick.

6. Repeat with the other end of the stick.

7. Decorate your journal and write your name on it.

Now you are ready to record your plant, animal and other nature observations.

Observing nature

Record what interests you, in your own style. If you would like to contribute your findings to biological record databases to help scientists monitor wildlife changes, include:

These are what will turn your observations into a useful scientific record.

Ways to use your nature journal

There are many ways to record your nature observations. Your journal will be unique to you, reflecting your personal style and interests.

Perhaps you like to include images - whether simple sketches, more detailed colourful drawings or photos that you've taken and printed out. You might prefer to write long, detailed descriptions or include a more diary-like account with records of feelings and emotions.

You can even stick in small collected items that you find or add pressed flowers. Use whatever tools work best for you.

Wildlife observation ideas

What kinds of observations should you make? Again, this depends on your interests, where you are and the time you have available.

You could note down:

The birds you see and hear in your garden

Wildlife you spot from a window in your home

A list of species you find on a favourite walk

Animal behaviour, such as insects mating, fighting and pollinating plants

Changes in trees or plants - when they bud, flower and fruit

You could actively search for and examine animals in your garden by making a pitfall trap to catch insects and other minibeasts or making a light trap to spot night-flying insects.

The importance of amateur biological recording

Even as an amateur, your observations can be valuable to science, says Steph West from the Museum's Angela Marmont Centre for UK Nature .

'The UK's National Biodiversity Network Atlas holds nearly 226 million records, covering over 45.5 thousand species, with most of those records coming from amateur natural historians.

'That wealth of data, supplied primarily by people volunteering their time and effort through watching wildlife, means that we understand our biodiversity far better than we ever could through the efforts of researchers and scientists alone.

'It is vitally important, particularly at a point where we know that our environment is changing rapidly that we continue to collate these records.'

Steph emphasises, 'Any record that includes who [made the record], what [was recorded], when and where is of value, no matter how common the species is. In fact, our common species are very often some of our most under-recorded species, simply because people don't bother to record them.'

Sharing your observations of nature

If you'd like to share your biological records, there are many databases and schemes that you can contribute to. Find out more by reading our Introduction to biological recording.

Recording databases and apps

iRecord is a tool for managing and sharing your UK wildlife records. It is the most regularly used biological recording tool in the UK. Observations are verified then fed to the appropriate National Biodiversity Network. Data can be uploaded via the website or a mobile app.

iNaturalist can be used around the world. Your uploaded images are checked by an AI photo recognition tool to assist with identification, then verification is crowd-sourced from other users. Scientists use the database for their research. Data can be uploaded via the website or a mobile app.

UK Recording Schemes

The Biological Records Centre hosts a number of UK biological recording projects, from amphibians and reptiles to fungi. Find a scheme that appeals to you and start collating your records.

You can also contribute data to numerous citizen science projects, from garden birds to slugs. See the box at the bottom of this article for UK projects, or check out our Nature Recording Hub.

Getting identification help

If you are struggling to identify things that you've seen, there are various ways to get help:

The Museum's Identification and Advisory Service can give advice about wildlife, fossils and other natural history specimens.

The Museum has a range of ID guides and keys that you can use.

The iNaturalist app (Google Play or App Store) or AI photo recognition tool can be very helpful to get an idea of what you are looking at. Just take a photo, make sure your location is correct and tick whether the specimen is wild or cultivated. Accuracy can vary, so use with some caution.

Organisations such as the RSPB and Woodland Trust have guides for their species of interest.

Keep being curious

How can you maintain your nature journal habit? 'First and foremost, be curious,' says Steph.

'All of the most notable natural historians, including Pliny the Elder, Gilbert White, Charles Darwin, Dorothea Bate and David Attenborough have one key thing in common - they were and are endlessly curious about the world around them.

'As you can so often see from David Attenborough's films, that curiosity doesn't have to be about the new, rare or exotic, but can come from the most mundane, common species, if you only take the time to watch, listen and observe.'

If you'd like to grow your interest, there are many groups and societies around the UK, such as the Wildlife Trusts, which run walks, talks and courses where you can meet other people who share your interest and learn from them.

There's plenty you can do online too. Facebook has many pages run by species-interest groups where you can get advice and help with identification, or follow interesting hashtags like #wildflowerhour on Twitter.

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How to make and use a nature journal to record your wildlife observations

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How to make and use a nature journal to record your wildlife observations, with ideas on what you could fill your journal with.

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All ages, although younger children will need help from siblings or an adult to complete. Choose one of the options below you create your own special time capsule. A shorter time capsule template is also included for our younger pupils.

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All ages, although younger children will need help from siblings or an adult to complete. Choose one of the options below you create your own special time capsule. A shorter time capsule template is also included for our younger pupils.

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Memories will last a lifetime, make as many as you can!

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Memories will last a lifetime, make as many as you can!

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Colouring Activity.
Thank you to all the essential workers. A colouring activity with a key message to send to someone you know.

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A lovely keep safe for all the family

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Zine Making. Template included for COVID-19. You can make a zine on another topic if you wish.

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How to make a zine from one piece of printer paper

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A Lockdown Diary Template to help you record all the memories you made during COVID-19

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COVID-19 Colouring Fun

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My Superhero Comic Strip

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COVID-19 Colouring Booklet

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You can complete all of the pages of this document or just choose a few of them to complete.

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Learn about hand hygiene and preventing the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19)

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COVID-19 Isolation Booklet

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Template to record your favourite recipe during COVID-19

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Use the template to create a storyboard of your COVID-19 time at home. Younger children can simply draw pictures of events or an adult/older sibling can add writing if desired.

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Class of 2020 Graduation Book

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End of Year Scrapbook

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A shorter version of the time capsule for our younger pupils

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Alternative COVID-19 Time Capsule template

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A one page document of COVID-19 Memories

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Alternative Storyboard Template

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Print the hands of all the people living in your house in different colours using paint, draw around each hand in pencil and colour each one a different colour or draw around each handprint on coloured card, paper or felt!

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Family Jar Time Capsule

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A variety of different types of time capsules for various occasions

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Home > Arts and Crafts Projects for Kids > Make Time Capsule Keepsakes Ideas & Crafts for Kids

Below you will find many time capsule making crafts ideas and projects for kids. Find out how to make time capsules with the following arts and crafts decorations, instructions, patterns, and activities for children

How to Make Time Capsules

Take a large jar such as an apple sauce jar. Then put it under warm water and remove the lable with a little bit of dish soap. Let the label dry. Write a letter all aout yourself...say things such as your age, name, what your likes and dislikes are, who your best friends are, about school, activities, what your aspirations and hopes are, etc. The second letter should be about current events....write about some of the things that are going on right now, such as who the president is, recent tragedies, etc. Then roll each up into a cylinder shape and tie with a ribbon. Put both of these in the jar. Then put some of the items that represent who you are and the times that you live in such as some pictures, a news clipping, some items that are popular these days, and whatever else you want to put in there. Cover with saran wrap and then close tightly. Bury this time capsule in the back yard and dig it up in a few years to see how much you have changed.

Even More Time Capsule Craft Ideas Below

Memory Time Capsule - As the new year approaches, the opportunity to reflect and preserve our family's memories and traditions, and what best represents our world today, can be recorded in a time capsule.

Time Capsule : Making Time Capsules for Children - Fun to make while you are waiting for the countdown to begin.

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Time Capsule Crafts for Kids : Ideas for Arts & Crafts Activities to Make Time Capsules for Children, Teens, and Preschoolers

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Home > Arts and Crafts Projects for Kids > Make Time Capsule Keepsakes Ideas & Crafts for Kids Below you will find many time capsule making crafts ideas and projects for kids. Find out how to make time capsules with the following arts and crafts decorations, instructions, patterns, and activities for children Take a large jar such as an apple sauce jar.