Dates for Return to School as follows Thursday 27th August – Staff only Friday 28th – 1st years only (10 am – 12 ) Monday 31st – 3rd and 6 th year only Tuesday 1st – 1st 2nd 5th and 6th only Wednesday 2nd – 1st 3rd and 6th only Thursday 3rd – All year groups including TY Read More >
Dear Parents and Guardians,
We hope you and your child/ren are safe and well and that you are all looking forward to the start of the new school year. We have been working very closely with our patron, Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board with regular meetings online throughout the summer to prepare for this coming academic year. Our school Covid-19 Response Plan is near completion and will be available on our school website shortly.
In the meantime, please note the following key points for your information:
Return dates have been sent by vsware text. Please contact the school office if you …
Read More >Statement from Chief Executive George O’Callaghan
Dia dhíobh. Is tréimhse deacair an t-am atá ann anois.
In line with Government and HSE advice regarding COVID-19, our Head Office, Schools, Further Education and Training Centres and Colleges are closed. However, our business continuity planning ensures that we are providing services to our communities in Limerick and Clare, as our staff remotely work to provide this service during the current public health emergency. The ICT systems and processes we have in place to ensure business and learning continuity are facilitating in the adjustment to this new working environment.
During this time of uncertainty, we will …
Norma Foley Sráid Maoilbhríde, Baile Átha Cliath 1, D01 RC96
An tAire Oideachas Marlborough St, Dublin 1, D01 RC96
Minister for Education T +353 1 889 2335 | Minister@Education.gov.ie
www.department.gov.ie
27th July 2020
Dear Parents/ Guardians
Since I was appointed Minister for Education on 27 June, my first priority has been the full re-opening of schools. Today the Government approved a Roadmap for Reopening of Schools, and a funding package of €376 million to support this. I am confident that the supports and additional resources we have provided will enable our schools to open safely.
An enormous amount of work has been done to prepare detailed guidance …
Dear Parent/Guardian,
Please know that you and every student in the LC class of 2020 are very much in our thoughts.
We really appreciate your ongoing support and your patience in allowing us time to familiarise ourselves with the new arrangements.
All information that we have received to date, with regard to the new arrangements for Leaving Cert announced yesterday, has been communicated to you via vsware and to students via our online 6th year Team.
In order to protect the integrity of the new arrangements and in the best interests of all concerned, we have developed a communications protocol as follows:
‘All official updates …
All students to be offered the option of accepting Calculated Grades or sitting Leaving Certificate written examinations at a later date
The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D. has today (Friday 8 May 2020) announced the postponement of the 2020 Leaving Certificate.
Following a decision at Cabinet, all students are to be offered the option of receiving Calculated Grades for the subjects they are studying and the alternative of sitting the 2020 Leaving Certificate examinations at a date in the future when it is considered safe to hold the examinations.
The decision has been taken following an assessment of public health …
These past three weeks, we have worked hard to support the learning and wellbeing of students while out of the school environment and moved all teaching and learning to our approved platform MS Office 365 & Teams.
We acknowledge the great work of our teachers who are also working from home during this difficult period and thank them for all they do for our students.
We express our sincere thanks to parents and guardians for your on-going support. It is not easy to put structures in place to support your child’s learning and we really appreciate all your efforts.
As a staff, we …