News Category: Principal’s News

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Back to School Return Dates

It is now the final week before our school community comes together again. Below is the list of return dates for Early Intervention, Primary and Post Primary. We look forward to welcoming you all back to Holy Family School.

PLEASE NOTE: Parents/Guardians should contact their bus driver with these dates.

Attached is a letter from E.O’Rourke to parents/guardians of all the changes implemented in Holy Family School, to make it a safer environment for all students and staff and also to help combat the coronavirus. Also attached is and our school’s COVID-19 Response Plan.

If you have any further queries, please send an email to info@holyfamilydeafschool.ie or ring (01) 8380058 or text 087 9444266

Return Dates for EI, Primary and Post Primary


Please click on link below to download letter from Principal E.O’Rourke

Letter in ISL below


Please click on link below to download our school’s COVID-19 Response Plan Policy.

As we face this task of re-opening our school in a safe and sustainable way, I thank you all for your co-operation with these measures.  
Our main priority is the health and safety of everybody in our school community and we believe that these measures will work towards ensuring that. 
 If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact the school at the above numbers or by email: primary@holyfamilydeafschool.ie or info@holyfamilydeafschool.ie



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Department of Education Guidelines for Safe and Sustainable Re-Opening or Primary & Special Schools.

The Department have published Guidelines for the Safe and Sustainable Re opening of Primary and Special Schools. Holy Family School will implement fully these guidelines adapting where necessary for the needs of our school community. Please click on link below to read the guidelines.

Please click on link below to read the guidelines…

https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/a0bff-reopening-our-primary-and-special-schools/#covid-19-response-plan-for-safe-reopening-of-primary-and-special-schools

Dowload file to read Department COVID-19 Response Plan for the safe and sustainable reopening of Primary and Special Schools .

Please click on link below to read about how we can support the wellbeing of school community.

https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/52642-supporting-the-wellbeing-of-school-communities-as-schools-reopen-guidance-for-schools/


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Letter to Parents & Guardians

Dear Parents & Guardians, 

I hope you and your family are safe and well. We are looking forward to welcoming our pupils back on the first week of September and helping them to re-engage with learning in Holy Family. Indeed, we cannot wait to see our school alive again with joyful and energetic pupils who long to be re-united with their friends and our staff.

We are currently working very hard to make sure that the school buildings and playground will be safe for all pupils, staff and essential visitors.  

We want to have school seem as “normal” as possible for our pupils when they return.  In line with Department of Education & Skills guidelines, we will take a balanced and common-sense approach to create awareness about COVID-19 and to do everything practical to avoid the introduction of COVID-19 into our school. Returning to school will mean some new routines and rules to keep everyone safe.  I will be communicating with all parents by  letter, email and via the school website with details of these new arrangements in the next two weeks.  
I hope you all enjoy the rest of the summer break and please find attached a letter from Norma Foley, Minister for Education for all parents. 
Yours sincerely, 
Eimear 

Please click on link below to download Minister Foley’s letter to parents.


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Past Pupil Leah Ennis McLoughlin received 1st class honours in UCD.

Leah Ennis McLoughlin

We are absolutely delighted to hear our past pupil Leah Ennis McLoughlin has received a first class honours degree in Microbiology from UCD. She got accepted to do a Masters in Immunology in Trinity. Leah was always a diligent and hard working student. All her hard work has paid off. Well Done Leah, we are proud of you! 


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Summer Provision 2020

Category : Principal's News

Summer Provision 2020 Click on the link  for details of the Home based programme:

https://www.education.ie/en/Parents/Services/summerprovision/summer-education-programme-2020.html
This option is dependent on teacher & SNA availability. Please contact Principal Eimear O’Rourke if you are interested in applying for this provision. Holy Family does not have the capacity to provide the school based Summer Education Programme 2020.


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Thank you ASTICU for €1,000 donation.

Mary Ohle presented with cheque from ASTI credit union.

Congratulations to Mary Ohle whose submission to the Education Credit Union (ASTICU) has secured €1000 for Holy Family School! The board was very humbled with Mary’s application. She highlighted the challenges facing our students and the huge effort being made by staff to help them. We are delighted to receive this donation. This funding is given to support the current challenges of distant learning. We will use this money to further our plan to become a digital school. Thank you Mary and ASTICU very much.


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LC/LCA Calculated Grades – online student portal

Dear LC/LCA students & parents,

To support the system of Calculated Grades an online student portal has been developed for Leaving Certificate and Leaving Certificate Applied students. The portal will open at 10 am on Tuesday 26 May for registration.

Please study these documents before accessing the online portal.


Regards,Eimear

Click below to download ‘Letter to students re calculated grades’

Click below to download ‘Calculated Grades Guide’