advice-to-young-people-while-schools-are-closed guide-for-parents-supporting-children Dear Parents / Guardians, As you are now aware, the Minister for Education has closed schools across the country until 19th April, 2020. This closure may be extended by the Minister in the weeks ahead. The Department of Education and Skills (DES) and the various stakeholders such as the National Parents Council, the Teaching Council and management bodies of schools will be
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As expected, it is now confirmed that we will not return to school this week. The earliest we will be back to school is after Easter break, 19h April. We hope you and your family are doing well during this time of change. Please find below a variety of different resources that may come in handy over the coming weeks. Child Friendly Coronavirus Info For a printable
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Dear parents / guardians, One or two parents were asking today about the photos that were taken in school before the break. If any parents / guardians still have the form for County Photos and wish to order some, you can do so online using the code and instructions on the form. The orders that were returned to school have been sent on to
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Dear parents / guardians, I hope this email finds you well given the circumstances and coping with the current level of restrictions. I am aware, though, that many people are going through very complicated and stressful situations to do with work and trying to look after family members. The teachers of St. Mary’s NS will continue to keep in touch with their classes and
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Dear parents / guardians, Teachers will be sending home some work with children today and the teachers of senior classes that use Google Classroom will be sharing work that way too. Most of the work is routine and will help keep the children busy and their minds’ active over the period the school is closed. If you read below you will see that Twinkl have
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Dear parents / guardians, An announcement was made this morning by the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD of the closure from Friday 13 March, of schools, pre-schools and further and higher education settings, for a period until 29 March 2020, to support efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19. This is in line with the advice of the National Public Health Emergency Team. All pupils
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(Written by Anna Morrissey and Saoirse Tallis) Tomorrow we, 5th class, will take part in the Peace Proms 2020. Schools from all over the South East will sing together with the Cross Border Orchestra with over 100 members. We’ve been learning all of the songs since September and have worked really hard! It has been so much fun and we feel that this is
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