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Re Information Evening for Incoming First Year Students and Parents

pdf Presentation Information Incoming Parents and Students May 2021 (2.47 MB)

Dear Student and Parents

An information evening for our incoming First Year students and parents will take place on Thursday 13^th May at 7:30pm on Microsoft Teams Live. This is like a webinar over the Teams platform.

The link for the event is:

https://bit.ly/3o2uPVk

You will need the Teams App to view this event. The Teams app can be downloaded to any device for free. Once you click on the link you will be brought to the broadcast page.

We look forward to your attendance.

Dear Parents and Students,

All students return to school form next Monday 12 April. Please click on the links below and view the infomation proviced in advance of the school reopening.

Letter to Parents and Students:   pdf Return to school April 2021 (259 KB) pdf
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Return to School Declaration Form - Please download and print this document and return to school. This can be handed up by students during Pastoral Care Tutorial on the first day back.

Please click this link:  pdf Return to Educational Facility Parental Declaration Form (223 KB)

  image Back to School Advice for Students 1 (100 KB)

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Student Council 2021

Please click on the above link to access the article

25 March 2021

Re: Bus Transport

Dear Parents,

For those of you who wish to avail of bus transport to the school please note the following:

• Students who are 4.8km from the school are entitled to bus transport to the school provided that Coláiste Dún an Rí is your nearest school
• In the case where students are more than 4.8km from the school but Coláiste Dún an Rí is not the nearest secondary school then students may be given a concessionary ticket by Bus Eireann provided there are seats available on the bus.
• Parents must register for tickets on buseireann.ie before 30 April 2021.
• Payments must be made as required as Bus Eireann will only determine routes and buses once timely payment is made. They will then allocate tickets.

The local Bus Inspector has told me that he will push for additional routes and buses for the catchment area, but he can only do this once ticket payments are made. Extra tickets or seats will not be provided in August or September. Once payments have been made then the inspector will cross reference addresses with existing and/or new routes.

Unfortunately, the school has no say in the provision of bus routes or tickets. As principal I can only continue to speak with Bus Éireann and ask them to consider extra routes. I also encourage parents to make contact to both Bus Éireann and local public representatives to highlight the need to provide extra routes and buses for the children of the area.

To assist parents with this process I have organised a Zoom meeting for Monday March 29 at 6pm. Please click on this link: https://zoom.us/j/98055155665

The aim of this meeting is to determine the need for bus transport in the catchment area and how we can try to secure extra placements. During this meeting I will try to answer any questions you may have and we can explore future options.

If you have any queries or concerns in relation to bus transport, please don’t hesitate to contact me here in school.

Yours sincerely,

Fergal Boyle

pdf Letter to Parents Re Bus Transport (188 KB)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=vDkB7GAbZjE&feature=youtu.be

Please find attached lesson for this weeks wellbeing classes below

Wellbeing Mindsets

Provisional Calendar 2021 - 2022

Term 1             27 August 2021 (Friday) to 22 December 2021 (Wednesday)

                        (27 August – First Year Trip to Tanagh OEC)

                        Midterm Break: 25 October to 29 October 2021

                        Closed: 10 December 2021 (Friday)

Term 2             6 January 2022 (Thursday) to 8 April 2022 (Friday)

                        Midterm Break: 21 February to 25 February 2022

                        Closed: 17 March 2022 (Bank Holiday) & 18 March 2022 (Staff Day)

Term 3             25 April 2022 (Monday) to 3 June 2022 (Friday)

                        Closed: 2 May 2022 (Bank Holiday Monday)

Please note that this calendar is provisional and subject to change. The school may be required to close for additional days to accommodate staff training

A more detailed calendar will be posted on the school website and the Student Journal in due course.

This weeks wellbeing class can be accessed below through the link. It is focused on Resilience Teaching.

Resilience Teaching