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School Reopening Updates

School management and staff are working hard to get our school ready to reopen safely at the end of the month and welcome back our pupils.

We've missed you!

The Board of Management have been meeting weekly and staff organising and preparing to ensure that we are ready for the long-awaited return to school. The school needs to implement some new procedures to keep us all safe in line with the Department of Education and Skills (DES) guidelines. You will find the latest information on these procedures below. This will be updated regularly so please keep checking back for the latest updates and information.

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation with implementing these procedures.

Updates on some new procedures (8th August 2020):

To help keep us all safe there will be some changes to the way we operate day to day life in the school.

Drop-off and pick-up times:

In order to avoid crowds at the start and end of the school day all students, other than those using school transport, will have staggered drop-off and pick up times.
The school gates will remain locked before the allocated start times.
Children cannot be dropped off early or remain in the school late.
Details to follow shortly.

Access for Parents and Guardians to the School Grounds or Building

Access to the school building and grounds will be by appointment only.
Junior infants will have separate arrangements for the first few weeks, details to follow.
Seomra Shona will also have separate arrangements, details to follow.

School Gates

There will be a system in place where children will enter using an allocated pedestrian gate. The gates will be colour coded.
Detailed information will be posted shortly.

Children's Clothing

Children will need to come to school dressed for all types of weather as we will be encouraging as much outside learning and play as possible.
Teachers will be encouraged to keep windows open in classrooms to ensure good ventilation. Children might need an extra layer of clothing.

Children's Belongings

All belongings will need to be clearly labelled. This includes pens, pencils, colouring pencils, sharpeners, erasers etc. There will be no sharing of these items.
Lunch boxes, water bottles, cutlery, etc must be labelled. The school will not be able to provide cups, cutlery etc.
Hats, scarves, coats, hats etc. must also be clearly labelled.

Together, we will make this work as safely and smoothly as possible for our children. We are still working through the logistics and practicalities.

Additional support materials to help prepare children for their return to school will be shared over the next few weeks.

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