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 …
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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 …
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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.
Please note this is PT …
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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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