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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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