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Thought for the Day
Created : 22 Feb 2021, 10:04 AM
Archived : 22 Apr 2021, 12:00 AM
Happy New Week from Caroline
Created : 21 Feb 2021, 6:15 PM
Archived : 22 Apr 2021, 12:00 AM
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BCS Virtual 5K
Created : 21 Feb 2021, 9:35 PM
Archived : 21 Apr 2021, 12:00 AM
A huge thank you to all those who completed the first ever BCS Couch to 5K Event. It was great to see so many of you active during the last week, with a big surge in entries today. The goal for you all now should be to maintain the good habits that you have started. Physical activity has huge potential to enhance our wellbeing and every little bit you do throughout the day all adds up. For those who walked their 5K, your next goal should be to try and run one. For those who ran it, can you try and improve on your time or look to do a 10K or even a half marathon? There are many virtual events happening during lockdown, with many charities using these as fundraisers. Signing up to these events can be great motivation to get out and train when you just don’t feel like it. Have a look at some of the following websites for inspiration: www.theconqueror.events/?gclid=Cj0KCQiApsiBBhCKARIsAN8o_4iR1DEKO8XTO1gxHaBdSoHgyM6cTxEzrq80uy9xw2EGdlm2A3JHZlcaAnJ1EALw_wcB www.popupraces.ie/race-status/open/ www.athleticsireland.ie/runzone/raceseries/ www.eventbrite.ie/d/online/virtual-run/ The final leaderboard for the BCS Couch to 5K saw some positional changes from this morning. 1. BCS Staff 2. Parents and Family of students 3. 1st Years 4. 2nd Years (beaten by 1st years by just 2 entries!) 5. TYs 6. 5th Years 7. 6th Years 8. 3rd Years/Members of the Community Everyone who entered will now be in with a chance of winning an Elverys voucher. The draw will take place during the week and results posted on the School App. Well done to everyone again and thank you for your participation.
LAST DAY BCS Virtual 5K Event
Created : 20 Feb 2021, 8:29 PM
Archived : 21 Apr 2021, 12:00 AM
Despite the weather conditions, we have had a huge surge in entries in the last few days. Well done to all of you for braving the elements. Today is the LAST day to get your BCS Virtual 5K done. Make the most of the good weather and get active. Don’t forget to send your 5K Walk/Run to Mr Murphy (seanmurphy@blackwatercs.com). The current entries leaderboard is as follows: 1. Staff 2. Parents and Family of BCS students 3. 1st Years 4. 2nd Years 5. Transition Years 6. 5th Years 7. 3rd Years/Members of the Community 8. 6th Years Our 1st & 2nd Years are not too far off overtaking the staff. A big push from you today could see you top the leaderboard by this evening. Don’t let the staff win! A big call out to all 6th years. Make the most of you last day off before getting back to class tomorrow. Final leaderboard will be revealed tonight. A huge thank you to all the participants. Keep up the walking and running that you have been doing. Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
BCS All Star Award Winners
Created : 20 Feb 2021, 7:50 PM
Archived : 20 Apr 2021, 12:00 AM
Congratulations to Past Pupils Jamie Barron and Stephen Bennett on achieving their All Star Awards .
Lent Calendar of Kindness
Created : 19 Feb 2021, 2:21 PM
Archived : 19 Apr 2021, 12:00 AM
Couch to 5K Update
Created : 18 Feb 2021, 9:13 PM
Archived : 18 Apr 2021, 12:00 AM
A huge thank you to all of you who have completed the BCS Couch to 5K Event. We have had a good number of entries in the last few days which has changed the leaderboard. The current leaderboard sees the BCS staff at the top! Leaderboard as of 18/02/21 1. Staff of BCS 2. 1st Year Students 3. Parents and Family of BCS Students 4. 2nd Years and TYs 5. Members of the Community 6. 3rd Years/5th Years/6th Years We are appealing to everyone connected to BCS to make one last big push from here to Sunday evening. It does not matter how fast or slow you do the event. The aim is to get as many of our students/staff/parents and families of students/past pupils/members of our community etc to complete a 5K Run/Walk in the next 3 days. I would appeal to you all to please send evidence of your 5K to Mr Murphy (seanmurphy@blackwatercs.com) in order for the total entries and categories to be recorded. Anyone who has their 5K sent to Mr Murphy, will be in with a chance to win an Elverys voucher. We have 2x€50 and 2x€25 vouchers to be won. If you’re not in, you can’t win.
DES Press Release
Created : 17 Feb 2021, 6:55 PM
Archived : 17 Apr 2021, 12:00 AM
Home > Press & Events > Press Releases > 2021 Press Releases 17 February, 2021 - Minister Foley confirms Leaving Certificate 2021 written, coursework, oral and practical performance examinations will be held and a corresponding process of grades accredited by State Examinations Commission will be available to students Following a Government decision today, Minister for Education Norma Foley TD confirmed that Leaving Certificate 2021 examinations will proceed and students will also have the alternative option of applying for grades accredited by the State Examinations Commission (SEC), to be known as SEC-Accredited Grades. This decision follows intensive engagement with education stakeholders bilaterally and through the Planning for State Examinations 2021 Advisory Group and sub-group. This decision ensures for every student a method to assess their learning and attainment at the end of their post-primary education and to progress to higher and further education, and the world of work. Putting in place both the examination and a corresponding measure of SEC-Accredited Grades is essential to ensuring a fair system, having regard to the extraordinary circumstances of the pandemic and the loss of learning that has occurred for this group of students due to the interruption of in-person teaching and learning during the periods of school closure. The timetable for the written examinations in June will be published tomorrow by the State Examinations Commission. For those choosing to take the Leaving Certificate exams, oral examinations will be held during the Easter vacation or shortly after. Coursework will proceed in subjects where these form a normal part of the examination. Additional time will be provided by the SEC for completion of this work. In some subjects the holding of practical examinations will not be possible given public health considerations and this will be advised as soon as possible. Details of revised schedules will be issued to schools in the coming weeks. The Minister’s strongly held view is that students must be afforded the choice as to whether to sit the examinations, including the oral and coursework components, as it would be entirely unfair to students to require them to participate in these elements, given the disruption in learning which has occurred. The oral and coursework components of the examinations will not form part of the Accredited Grade process. Further details and guidance on both processes will be provided to schools and students and publicised widely over the coming weeks, as these become available. Minister Foley said: “The Government has today approved a plan which was developed during intensive engagement by my Department with education stakeholders, students, parents, teacher unions, school management bodes and the State Examinations Commission, National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, the Higher Education Authority and representatives of higher education, to ensure a fair process so that Leaving Certificate students can progress to the next stage of their lives. “All stakeholders have worked extremely hard to get to this point. I have listened carefully to all, and we have worked together to find solutions. Students and parents have been clear on the need for both clarity and choice which I believe his decision gives them. “As requested by the student representatives we explored thoroughly the option of providing the SEC-Accredited Grades to students in advance of the written examinations, but this option is not possible. “I am conscious that many students are concerned that they have not covered the full curriculum for their subjects in class, due to the interruption of in-person learning caused by the pandemic. “Everyone wants a system that is fair and that provides the opportunity for real progression for students. “I want to thank sincerely all the stakeholders involved in the Advisory Group process, and I look forward to continuing to work together over the coming months in further developing and implementing these plans.” All aspects of staging the examinations will be guided by public health advice and schools will be supported and given clear guidance on the staging of the examinations. The holding of the examinations in November last year, even with a relatively small group of students, has provided valuable experience and insights that will be applied in the coming written examinations. The results of the Leaving Certificate 2021 process will issue to students within the required timeframe for CAO admission to higher and further education. The Department will engage with the Department of Higher and Further Education, Research, Innovation and Science in this regard. The results will also issue within the timeframe currently required by UCAS. Junior Cycle Examinations The Junior Cycle examinations will not be run in 2021. Schools will be provided with guidance on continuing to engage this year group in online learning and assessment during the period of school closure and through in-person learning when schools re-open. ENDS
LC & JC Update
Created : 17 Feb 2021, 6:33 PM
Archived : 17 Apr 2021, 12:00 AM
The Cabinet Education Sub-Committee has signed off on a proposal to give Leaving Cert students the option of a calculated grade or a written exam in each subject. They would receive one set of results at the end of the process. Students will be able to opt to receive calculated grades in all subjects, to be issued to them at the same time as the examination results. Government hopes the proposal will act as an incentive to get students to sit the written exam. An official announcement is expected later. Minister for Education Norma Foley is now understood to be briefing teaching unions. The Junior Cert has been cancelled. Non-exam assessments such as orals and practicals will also go ahead this year, but with certain aspects not running due to public health requirements. The Junior Certificate exams have been cancelled. The Leaving Certificate exams will run in the normal time of June subject to public health advice. They will include adjustments that were introduced last year and early this year. These adjustments offer students more choice in exam questions. The combined approach is being adopted because the department believes it would be unfair to require students to sit exams where a sizeable portion of their senior cycle education has been negatively impacted by the pandemic. The Department of Education has said it is imperative that results be issued in a timely manner to allow students to progress to the next level. The calculated grades to be offered will be similar to last year but it is planned that they will be administered by the State Examinations Commission. It is understood that legislation will be drawn up to, if possible, prohibit the release of the ranking of students carried out by teachers for the purpose of awarding calculated grades. The legislation will also enable the State Examinations Commission to award calculated grades, and also to prohibit the canvassing of teachers by students or any person on their behalf. Legislation is also planned to provide indemnity for teachers, schools and school patrons. The Department says that the drafting of this legisation will be accorded the highest priority. A procurement process will be run for coding and psychometric expertise. Like last year, this year's calculated grades process will entail a national standardisation process. Labour Education Spokesperson Aodhán Ó Ríordáin said the move is welcome, adding that "if legislation is required, we will work with the Government so that the grades have the same status as previous Leaving Certificates. We will work with Government." Reporting: Micheál Lehane and Emma O'Kelly
School Transport for Special Classes
Created : 17 Feb 2021, 6:28 PM
Archived : 17 Apr 2021, 12:00 AM
School Transport arrangements from the 22nd February to support the return to school for children in primary and post primary special classes. 17 February 2021 Dear Principal , School transport services will operate fully from the 22nd February to support the return to school for children in primary and post primary special classes. Where children attending these classes currently avail of mainstream transport on the Department’s School Transport Scheme and for whom transport will be required from the 22nd February, schools are asked to contact their local Bus Éireann office with details of these children. Bus Éireann regional offices are aware that schools may contact them in this regard and are checking their own records in regard to transport arrangement requirements from the 22nd February. For children currently availing of the Special Needs Transport Scheme no further action is required. As outlined in the framework document Parents must notify schools three days in advance where they would prefer not to avail of school transport services during this interim phase. In such circumstances the Department will make temporary grants available for transport. Parents can resume using their tickets when schools reopen in full. Yours sincerely Special Education Section An Roinn Oideachais, Corr na Madadh, Baile Átha Luain, Co na hIarmhí, N37 X659 Department of Education, Cornamaddy, Athlone, Co. Westmeath. N37 X659 Email supplementaryprogramme@education.gov.ie