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January 8, 2021
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Resort to Online Learning

Category : Boarding , Early Intervention , Post Primary , Primary , Principal's News

Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has confirmed that all schools including schools with children with special needs will regrettably remain closed to students from Monday the 11^th of January.

The Government decision, taken on the 6th of January, on foot of public health advice to reduce mobility in the community, was to close schools for the vast majority of students for a period of three weeks. While not ideal, this decision was absolutely the correct one and very necessary to ensure the health and safety of our school community.

Holy Family School will commence Online Learning on Monday the 11^th of January 2021. Our Principal Eimear O’ Rourke will email parents full details of our online learning plan. This will also be posted in the News section of our Website.

If students need to collect books or chrome books for online learning please contact dp@holyfamilydeafschool.ie

In the meantime, please Stay at Home and Stay Safe.

January 6, 2021
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Back to School Update

Category : Boarding , Early Intervention , Post Primary , Primary , Principal's News

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Best wishes for the New Year. I hope this message finds you and your families safe and well.
As most of you know, the government has taken the decision to re-open special schools, including Holy Family School for the Deaf, from next Monday 11^th January.

CIDP have confirmed that the boarding residences will also re-open inline with this decision.

As soon as we hear more information, it will be passed on to you. As of now, we have had no direct contact from the Department of Education.

I will be in further contact with you all during this week. Please continue to check your emails, our website and our twitter feed for updates.

Stay safe and well.

Kind Regards,
Ms. O’Rourke

December 21, 2020
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The Legend of the Christmas Tree

Category : Post Primary

Well Done to all transition year students for creating this signed story of ‘The Legend of the Christmas Tree’. What a beautiful mystical story. Transition Years created this signed story for the primary students in the Holy Family School for the Deaf. The confidence of our students signing, presentation and special efforts make the story more exciting and engaging. Well done to your teacher Ms.Lorraine Creed and Ms Sarah Jane O Regan.

December 21, 2020
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Christmas Message from Principal Eimear O Rourke

Category : Post Primary

Please click on the link below to download Christmas Letter from Principal Eimear O Rourke

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December 21, 2020
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Highly Commended in JCSP Design a Stamp Competition.

Category : Post Primary

Congratulations to our 2nd-year student Max Smyth who won €15 in JCSP ‘Staying Well in 2020’ competition. JCSP organised a Design a Stamp Competition with the theme ‘Staying Well in 2020’. We are delighted Max got highly commended. Well done to Max and to his teacher Sean Herlihy

December 18, 2020
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Letter to Parents from Chief Medical Officer Dr.Tony Holohan

Category : Boarding , Early Intervention , Further Education , Post Primary , Primary , Principal's News , School Events

As we approach the Christmas holidays, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to everyone in our school community for the tremendous work that has been done since September to keep those in our school safe.

Please find attached an open letter from Dr Tony Holohan to parents/guardians of school children which encourages everyone to continue working together, limit social contacts and maintain the social distancing practices over the Christmas period.

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I wish you all a happy, healthy, and relaxing Christmas break with your families,

Kind Regards,

Eimear O Rourke

December 15, 2020
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HIGHLY COMMENDED

Category : Post Primary

Congratulations to Max Smyth who won €15 in JCSP ‘Staying Well in 2020’ competition. JCSP organised a Design a Stamp Competition with the theme ‘Staying Well in 2020’. We are delighted this student got highly commended. Well done to Max and to his teacher Sean Herlihy.

Congratulations to our 2nd-year student who won €15 in @jcspie 'Staying Well in 2020' competition.
JCSP organised a Design a Stamp Competition with the theme 'Staying Well in 2020'. We are delighted this student got highly commended. Well done and to his teacher Sean Herlihy. pic.twitter.com/7J4P3ApNUn
— Holy Family School for the Deaf (@HFSchoolDeaf1) December 15, 2020

December 1, 2020
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Peer Tutoring with TY and the First Years

Category : Post Primary

Well done to Transition Years Students who taught the first years fraction, decimals, and percentages as part of JCSP Paired Maths Initiative. They learned how to set up a zoom meeting, they prepared some resources to help to teach the first years of mathematical concepts. Everybody really enjoyed this peer tutoring. It has benefitted all students. Well Done to teacher Mr Sean Herlihy for implementing this initiative.

November 27, 2020
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Late Late Toy Show

Category : Post Primary

We are very much looking forward to our primary pupils’ appearance on the Late Late Toy Show this eve!

RTE were full of praise for our school, for their warm welcome, the preparedness of the children and supports onsite.

Please see details from RTE below:

RTÉ will air the ISL Toy Show live on RTÉ News Channel and also on RTÉ PLayer.

The 3 promos (videos of our pupils!)will feature during the ad breaks on these channels across the night

Also the promos will go out on the RTÉ social accounts: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.

RTE will release Youtube videos of the promos to us next week.

The set looks amazing @RTELateLateShow ? We are looking forward to a magical and enchanting evening <3
We are also very excited about this years theme 'Roadl Dahl' https://t.co/lqH3Kj5OKb
— Holy Family School for the Deaf (@HFSchoolDeaf1) November 27, 2020

We are soooooooooooooooooo excited about the Late Late Toy Show this evening. Thank you @RTEplayer for providing live ISL ? https://t.co/J9Wr8HK0fX
— Holy Family School for the Deaf (@HFSchoolDeaf1) November 27, 2020

Ryan gives us a sneak peak at the set for tonight's #LateLateToyShow

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— The Late Late Show (@RTELateLateShow) November 27, 2020

The Wonderful World of Roald Dahl is the theme for this year's #LateLateToyShow ???

With Ryan opening the show in a spectacular number as Fantastic Mr Fox ? pic.twitter.com/6BSWDRwGbF
— The Late Late Show (@RTELateLateShow) November 26, 2020

November 26, 2020
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Toastmaster of the Week Award

Category : Post Primary

Congratulations to TY student Noel Geralty who has won the ‘Toastmaster of the Week’ award. Noel has shown great confidence in delivering a speech to his classmates. He was highly commended for the way he structured his speech – Clear Introduction, main body, and conclusion. Noel delivered a speech on ‘The person who Inspired me’. He spoke about the famous footballer Salah and of his Philanthropy skills. He is inspired to be like him one day in the future.
Noel is also the ‘Grammarian’ in YLP class and the word he has introduced today is ‘Ecstatic’ – How very app! I am sure he was ecstatic to win this award. Well Done Noel.

Congratulations to TY student who has won the 'Toastmaster of the Week' award. This student has shown great confidence in delivering a speech to his classmates. He was highly commended for the way he structured his speech – Clear Introduction, main body, and conclusion. pic.twitter.com/ncnHTcjXoL
— Holy Family School for the Deaf (@HFSchoolDeaf1) November 26, 2020

Holy Family School for the Deaf Cabra

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Please click on the link below to download Christmas Letter from Principal Eimear O Rourke

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