As part of our campaign to raise money for our planned Astro Development at the school our Astro Committee has contacted many local clubs and organisations in the area seeking financial support for our project. This weekend Whitegate GAA Hurling and Camogie Club very generously presented a cheque for One Thousand Euro towards our development. Pictured at the presentation are Aideen Burke, Siobhan Considine Officers Whitegate Camogie Club and Hurling Club Officers John O’Brien, Niall Heffernan and Kieran Gibbons with Darina Sheridan Astro Committee SCC
Go raibh míle maith agat .
If any club or organisation would like to donate please contact …
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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Dr. Maureen Griffin, forensic psychologist and Director MGMS Training Limited will deliver a presentation “Social Media: Challenges for Parents” at 7.30pm Tuesday Dec 6th 2022 (via zoom).
The presentation will cover what is currently popular; what the potential dangers are and offer practical advice on how to protect ourselves and our children online.
Issues such as social networking sites & chatting apps; Live streaming; gaming; grooming; sexting; screen-time & sleep; and cyberbullying will be addressed.
We strongly recommend attendance at this presentation. A link to register for this presentation will be sent via vsware text to all parents/guardians. This is for parents/guardians of …
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Parents/Guardians – Hard copies of your appointment schedules for the 1st year parent-teacher meeting have been 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 …
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Huge congratulations to sixth year student, Emily Chen, who yesterday, was presented with the very first Edna O’Brien Award for Writing in Scariff Community College. The gathered audience of students and writers listened in awe as Emily read her palindrome poem, “They Say”, one way and fellow student Femke Nijs read it in the opposite direction.
The school are very grateful to bestselling novelist Roisin Meaney who spoke beautifully on the craft of writing and the power of poetry, before she presented the award to Emily.
The award, a magnificient bog oak sculpture, was funded by Creative Ireland and by local artist …
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A group of First Year students pictured who are taking part this week in Gaeilge 24. The students are taking on the challenge of ‘Labhairt as Gaeilge’ for 24 hours. Well done to Sophie Sheedy, Ciara Nugent, MJ Buckley, Cian Howard and Darragh O’ Donnell. This event is being organised by Ms Claire Burke
The aim of this challenge is to encourage young people to try speak Irish non-stop for one whole day, 24 hours: at home, at school, in shops and businesses, around the town, in sports clubs and with friends. This challenge helps to open the mind of young …
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Our First Year Parent-Teacher meeting is scheduled for Thursday 24th November 2022. 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 First year students must register in advance by logging on to the PTMO system (Parent Teacher Meeting Organiser) at the link below. This will generate a schedule of appointments between 4.15pm – 6.45pm. Each appointment with teachers is a slot of 5 mins. A schedule of appointments (and a list of meeting links if applicable) will be available to parents/guardians in …
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