SCC Newsletter – March 2023
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SCC Newsletter – March 2023
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The Inspectorate of the Department of Education inspects schools throughout the country in order to assess the quality of education being provided. A subject inspection is one way in which this is done. Your child’s school has been notified that a subject inspection will be taking place in Irish on Thursday 23rd & Friday 24th February 2023 .
About subject inspection
During a subject inspection, the inspector will examine the work happening in the school in regard to the subject with a view to encouraging good practice and, where …
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We, at Scariff Community College, are really grateful for your continued support of our plan for the development of a 3G Astroturf Sports Facility here on our school grounds.
We know that this flood-lit & all-weather facility which will be useable all year round, will prove to be of huge benefit and value, not only to us as a school community, but also, to people of all ages in our local communities across East Clare.
As this project progresses, we will continue to apply for all and any funding/grant monies that we may …
The Candidate Self Service Portal (CSSP) opened at 1pm today (Wednesday 8 February) for candidates to confirm their subject entries and levels. It will remain open for this purpose until 5pm on Tuesday 21 February. During this time Leaving Certificate candidates will be required to complete the following:
Step 1: Register and create their portal account
Step 2: Activate their account by selecting the link sent to the email that they registered on the portal
Step 3: Confirm their subject and level entry details, and add or delete subjects from the records presented to them. If applicable, amend any inaccuracy in name …
Fifth year students have the option of doing an additional online Career Assessment, called RightCareers4Me. It assesses their Values, Interests, Personality, Skills and Aptitudes and connects student’s top 5 career areas to a comprehensive list of suitable 3rd level courses. It enables students to filter their CAO courses for next year. Unfortunately, it doesn’t recommend Apprenticeships or PLC courses. The assessment will take place during the school day and takes approximately 2 hours and usually over 2 sessions, in the computer room. Once completed the comprehensive digital career report will be emailed to Ms. Byrt and a printed copy is …
Read More >Parents/Guardians – Thank you for registering. Your schedule of appointments is now available by logging into Parent/Guardian Login Hard copies of your appointment schedules have also been distributed to students.
In-person attendance:
Teachers will be in various classrooms throughout the school building. Please bring your list of appointments with you and on arrival you will receive a map of the school and a list of what rooms each teacher has been assigned to. You will then make your way to/from various classrooms in line with your schedule/list of appointments.
Teachers have appointments every 5 mins and these may be in-person or online. The …
Parents/Guardians – Hard copies of your appointment schedules for the 2nd year parent-teacher meeting were distributed to students.
All who have registered still have the choice of attending in-person or online or a mix of both – to maximise access to the meeting, you have been set-up for either option and we do not need to know in advance. A teacher will expect to see you at your appointment time either at their room or in the virtual waiting room on their laptop.
In-person attendance:
Teachers will be in various classrooms throughout the school building. Please bring your list of appointments with you …
Our Second Year Parent-Teacher meeting is scheduled for Thursday 19th January 2023. This will be an ‘in-person’ meeting but with the option of online attendance available if preferred and once arranged in advance.
Whether attending in-person or online, Parents/Guardians of Second Year students must register in advance by logging on to the PTMO system (Parent Teacher Meeting Organiser) PTMO. This portal will close at 2pm on Tuesday 17/01
Once the portal closes for registration, the system will generate a schedule of appointments. Appointments will be between 4.15pm – 6.45pm – each appointment is a slot of 5 mins.
Please note this is PT …
Dear Parent/Guardian,
The Guidance Department has organised a Study Skills seminar to help 5th year students re-establish some good study habits. Topics covered include:
Efficient Learning (Core strategies to aid learning and revision; the optimum learning environment, note taking, interleaved practice, the Spacing Effect, Forget to Learn Theory and Retrieval Practice)
Marginal Gains (strategies to improve personal performance; collaboration, problem solving, research skills and time management tools).
Mindset Matters (examining ability beliefs and approaches to challenges)
The Malleable Brain (the basics of brain biology and its link to learning; the differences in storage and retrieval strength in memory and why multisensory learning is important)
Flyer available …
Parents/Guardians can view appointment schedules for the upcoming 3rd year parent-teacher meeting. Log on to PTMO Parent/Guardian Login (ptmorg.com) and enter your child’s vsware ID (sent previously via direct teams chat message).
As per message sent out via vsware, the decision has been made – due to the severe weather forecast and in the interest of safety of parents & staffs – to move this meeting from in-person to ONLINE only.
Meetings will be conducted via your son/daughter’s teams account. To join the PT meeting, log on to his/her teams account. The only teams you need to access are those …