Rochestown Educate Together National School

Our Board of Management met on Wednesday, 19th August and ratified our school’s Covid-19 Response Plan. This takes the DES’ Covid-19 Response Plan for the Safe and Sustainable Reopening of Primary Schools and applies it to our school context. We would like to thank our school’s Board of Management, Leadership and Management Team and School Reopening Committee for all of their hard work over the past few weeks in preparing …Continue reading →

RE: Re-opening of Rochestown Educate Together National School I hope you and your families are keeping well. As you are aware, our school has now been closed since 12th March due to the COVID-19 situation.  We are now hoping to re-open our school safely, in line with current guidance and recommendations. Re-opening the school safely will require the co-operation of …Continue reading →

The Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar TD, announced on Friday, 1st May that schools will remain closed for the rest of this school year. We will continue with our Distance Learning platforms for the remaining 8 weeks until the end of term on 26th June. I would ask that everyone continues to follow the guidelines on social distancing, coughing/sneezing etiquette and hand …Continue reading →

Google Classroom I cannot access the Google Account Did you complete the consent form and return it to the school? Did the school email you the access username and password and class code for your child? Did you go to classroom.google.com and attempt to login? (please ensure that the username and password are case sensitive) I have completed those 3 …Continue reading →

Studyladder I cannot access Did you complete the consent form and return it to the school? Did the school email you the access username and password for your child? Did you go to studyladder.co.uk and attempt to login? (please ensure that the username and password are case sensitive)   If you have completed these steps and cannot access Studyladder, please …Continue reading →

The Department of Education and Skills has extended the school closures until 5th May. I will let you know when I hear any more information. Le dea-ghuí, Alan.

I hope that everyone is keeping safe in these difficult times. The following is a statement from the Department of Education and Skills regarding the extended school closures: All schools, pre-schools and further and higher education settings will remain closed to students until 19 April 2020. The decision has been taken following advice from the NPHET (National Public Health Emergency …Continue reading →

Our school will remain closed from Friday, 13th March to Sunday, 29th March. Below please find a statement from the Department of Education and Skills: An announcement was made this morning by the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD of the closure of schools, pre-schools and further and higher education settings, for a period until 29 March 2020, to support efforts to contain …Continue reading →

Please find the latest update from the Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Tony Holohan, regarding Covid-19 (Coronavirus), which outlines how a decision to close a school is made. All schools will remain open unless directed otherwise by the Department of Health or Education. cmo-letter-to-schools-10-march-2020

Below please find the latest letter from the Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Tony Holohan, regarding the Coronavirus. It contains some useful factual information, again stressing the importance of hand hygiene and covering your mouth/nose when coughing/sneezing. cmo-letter-to-parents