15th May 2020
Dear Parent(s)/ Guardian(s)
I hope you and your families are keeping well.
I am writing this letter to let you know the arrangements for the last two weeks of term.
By now, you have received your child’s most up to date remote teaching timetable.
Teachers are following this timetable and are either emailing a work package during their scheduled time slot, or hosting a zoom lesson and in some cases both. This will continue until Friday 22nd May.
We understand that access to devices and stable internet connection is causing challenges for some.
If for any reason a student does not have access to e-mail or is having trouble with their device, please contact nessadoyle@kwetb.ie or  saragorman@kwetb.ie as soon as possible, to enable us to make alternative arrangements prior to the assessments.
 
Summer Assessment 2020 – 1st, 2nd and 5th year

• Summer assessments for 1st, 2nd and 5th year students will take place from Monday 25th May to Wednesday 27th May inclusive.
• The students final grade will be broken up as follows:

Continuous assessment (up to the 12th of March) –80% of the grade
Summer assessment- 20% of the grade

• Assessments will be approximately 1 hour in length. To allow time for students to access their assessment and email the completed assessment back to their teachers, a time slot of 1 hour 45 minutes has been allocated to each subject.

 
Timetable:
1st Year
Day
9.00-10.45
11.15 – 1.00
2.00 – 3.45

Monday 25th
Maths
Wood Tech/ Music
Art/Science

Tuesday 26th
Irish
English
Business/French/Home Ec.

Wednesday 27th
History
Geography
 

 
2nd Year
Day
9.00-10.45
11.15 – 1.00
2.00 – 3.45

Monday 25th
English
 
Music/Science
History

Tuesday 26th
Maths
 
Business/Art
Geography

Wednesday 27th
French /MTW
 
Home Ec.
Irish

 
5th Year
Day
9.00-10.45
11.15 – 1.00
2.00 – 3.45

Monday 25th
Irish
Biology/Business/Music
History

Tuesday 26th
LCVP
English
Home Ec/French
 
Wednesday 27th
Maths
Art/Construction
 
The school year will finish for 1st, 2nd and 5th year students on completion of their last exam on Wednesday 27th May. 
Summer reports will be posted out in June. Please ensure that your child keeps their locker key somewhere safe over the Summer to enable them to access their locker next term.
 
If you would like any further information please contact me at my email address above.
Kind Regards,
Sara Gorman
Deputy Principal.
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The purpose of the campaign is to support the Irish people during this difficult phase. It provides tips on:

• minding your mental health
• ideas for play activities for children
• tips for coping at home and adjusting to new routines
• healthy eating advice
• tips for keeping active
• resources and help within the community
• advice for those cocooning

The link to the website is https://www.gov.ie/en/campaigns/together/
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May 1st 2020
         
Dear Parent(s)/Guardian(s) and Students,
 
Before Easter the Department of Education and Skills announced that the Junior Certificate Exams due to take place in June were cancelled and students would complete school based assessments in September 2020.  However, on April 29th the Department announced that 3rd yr students would receive a Certificate of Completion of the Junior Cycle by the Department of Education and a school Junior Cycle Achievement Report.

The Curragh Post Primary School will carry out assessment tasks in each subject worth a max of 20%.  These assessments will take place form May 18th -22nd. We will issue you with a detailed timetable and instructions of how these assessments will take place next week.  The remaining 80% of the grade will be results earned by your child over the duration of their Junior Cycle studies in Christmas, summer and mock exams. 
The teachers will continue to support your child’s learning in the month of May with online learning classes, support materials and assignments.  It is extremely important that your child continues to engage in this learning.

We hope this certainty of the completion of Junior Cycle studies and assessment by the end of May 2020 gives certainty and relief to you all.  If you seek any further clarification please do not hesitate to email nessadoyle@kwetb.ie and I will phone you at the earliest possible opportunity.  Remember your child’s teachers are here to help and are continuing to work hard to support your child at this very challenging time.
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Wishing you a safe May Bank Holiday Weekend.
 
Your Sincerely,
Nessa Doyle
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