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Reminder - Prayer Service for Leaving Cert students
Created : 06 May 2020, 10:01 PM
Archived : 18 Jul 2020, 12:00 AM
Bishop Denis will lead a live-streamed Prayer Service, for Leaving Cert students, at 7 pm on Thursday May 21st. This will be streamed from Holy Family Church, Askea, Carlow, through a variety of platforms including Facebook and webcam. Please click on the link to connect via facebook www.facebook.com/92917293690/posts/10157390855138691/?vh=e&d=n Students of all faith traditions (and none) are very welcome to join this time of prayer and support for all Leaving Certs in this strange year of 2020. Students from across the diocese will be able to virtually join together to be supported and uplifted through music, prayer and reflections. A special blessing for students will be given by Bishop Denis during the liturgy. For further details, a Prayer for Leaving Cert Students and resources for the month of May please see the attached PDF.

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Naas CBS Sports Challenge - Extended Deadline - Sunday 9.00 p.m.
Created : 16 May 2020, 9:58 AM
Archived : 16 Jul 2020, 12:00 AM
Good morning again! We know some people missed out on getting to partake in the Naas CBS Sport Challenge yesterday so we have decided to extend the deadline to Sunday evening at 9.00 pm! The challenge is to choose one of the following actions and to do as many of them as you can in 30 seconds. Your choice of challenges are: 1. Push ups 2. Burpees 3. Jumping Jacks 4. Squats 5. Solos/ keepy uppys 6. Headers 7. 123 Heismans There will be a prize for the best score for each challenge in each year group. You can try as many of the challenges as you like but you will only be able to submit a video for one of these challenges. Once you’ve reached your best score, submit a video of it, in which you can clearly be heard counting your repetitions, using the relevant Google Form link below. 1st Year Sports Challenge Video Upload forms.gle/c8vguC8WZUoBPbg29 2nd Year Sports Challenge Video Upload forms.gle/Y5PGHM3A2WM3YjqE7 3rd Year Sports Challenge Video Upload forms.gle/Db7apaqgKL1Wpg1A6 4th Year Sports Challenge Video Upload forms.gle/XUs2KdiDPtqvsUo86 5th Year Sports Challenge Video Upload forms.gle/1VYBRaLGzmes9Dhq9 6th Year Sports Challenge Video Upload forms.gle/5Hq4ivcabWTLgGBj6 Your video must be submitted by 9 pm on Sunday 17th. Once the winners are decided on, you will be able to view the challenge videos of the rest of the students in your year group. By submitting your video you are agreeing to allow others to view your video. Best of luck!
Naas CBS Sports Challenge - Now Live!
Created : 15 May 2020, 9:12 AM
Archived : 15 Jul 2020, 12:00 AM
Good morning everyone, as we said on Monday, today is the Naas CBS Sports Challenge! The challenge is to choose one of the following actions and to do as many of them as you can in 30 seconds. Your choice of challenges are: 1. Push ups 2. Burpees 3. Jumping Jacks 4. Squats 5. Solos/ keepy uppys 6. Headers 7. 123 Heismans There will be a prize for the best score for each challenge in each year group. You can try as many of the challenges as you like but you will only be able to submit a video for one of these challenges. Once you’ve reached your best score, submit a video of it, in which you can clearly be heard counting your repetitions, using the relevant Google Form link below. 1st Year Sports Challenge Video Upload forms.gle/c8vguC8WZUoBPbg29 2nd Year Sports Challenge Video Upload forms.gle/Y5PGHM3A2WM3YjqE7 3rd Year Sports Challenge Video Upload forms.gle/Db7apaqgKL1Wpg1A6 4th Year Sports Challenge Video Upload forms.gle/XUs2KdiDPtqvsUo86 5th Year Sports Challenge Video Upload forms.gle/1VYBRaLGzmes9Dhq9 6th Year Sports Challenge Video Upload forms.gle/5Hq4ivcabWTLgGBj6 Your video must be submitted by 9 pm today. Once the winners are decided on, you will be able to view the challenge videos of the rest of the students in your year group. By submitting your video you are agreeing to allow others to view your video. Best of luck
UCD's Virtual Summer School 2020
Created : 13 May 2020, 3:04 PM
Archived : 13 Jul 2020, 12:00 AM
UCD’s Virtual Summer School takes place from 2nd - 5th June inclusive. Registration and details of the participating courses are available at www.ucdsummerschool.ie Kind Regards, Guidance Team
Information for 6th Year students
Created : 12 May 2020, 2:00 PM
Archived : 12 Jul 2020, 12:00 AM
The Department of Education and Skills has been responding to queries about Leaving Certificate 2020 in the form of an FAQ page hosted on the Government’s website. Please click the link below to view these questions and responses. www.gov.ie/en/publication/2f07eb-leaving-cert-2020-information/

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Summer Online Camps for Students - Guidance Department
Created : 11 May 2020, 3:20 PM
Archived : 11 Jul 2020, 12:00 AM
Please see attached PDF details re Student Online Computer Camps hosted by TUD. Please note, these events are open to Secondary School students, they are free and can be booked using the Links in the Document. This is a good opportunity for students to engage with something new, or simply avail of the chance to develop their IT Skills during these unusual times. Kind Regards, The Guidance Department.

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Naas CBS Sports Challenge
Created : 08 May 2020, 1:42 PM
Archived : 11 Jul 2020, 12:00 AM
Good morning gentlemen, We hope you and your families are keeping well and staying safe. This school year certainly hasn’t gone as we had planned. We have all had to learn how to do things differently over the last two months especially when it comes to learning and keeping in touch with each other. This Friday 15th May we’re going to try to do one more thing differently. Instead of a traditional sports day, we are going to have a Sports Challenge. The challenge is to choose one of the following actions and to do as many of them as you can in 30 seconds. Your choice of challenges are: 1. Push ups 2. Burpees 3. Jumping Jacks 4. Squats 5. Solos/ keepy uppys 6. Headers 7. 123 Heismans There will be a prize for the best score for each challenge in each year group. You can try as many of the challenges as you like but you will only be able to submit a video for one of these challenges. We will send the link that your video needs to be posted to at 9 a.m. on Friday morning. You must post your video by 9 pm on Friday night. Best of luck
A message for 6th Year students
Created : 08 May 2020, 6:55 PM
Archived : 08 Jul 2020, 12:00 AM
Dear Sixth Year students, I'm sure by now that you have learned of the government decision to postpone the Leaving Certificate 2020 Examinations and to introduce a system of Calculated Grades. While it does give clarity there is also a sense of emptiness and loss for both teachers and students who have put in huge effort to date. Well done on your excellent work and engagement over the last two years but especially since March. Online teaching concludes today for Sixth Year students. Once further detail and guidance are issued to schools in relation to the Calculated Grades process, I will be in contact with you again. Have a lovely weekend and take care, Ben Travers
Minister announces postponement of 2020 Leaving Certificate examinations
Created : 08 May 2020, 2:23 PM
Archived : 08 Jul 2020, 12:00 AM
Please see below a press release from the Department of Education regarding the postponement of the 2020 Leaving Certificate examinations: All students to be offered the option of accepting Calculated Grades or sitting Leaving Certificate written examinations at a later date The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D. has today (Friday 8 May 2020) announced the postponement of the 2020 Leaving Certificate. Following a decision at Cabinet, all students are to be offered the option of receiving Calculated Grades for the subjects they are studying and the alternative of sitting the 2020 Leaving Certificate examinations at a date in the future when it is considered safe to hold the examinations. The decision has been taken following an assessment of public health advice and other information and the implications for holding the exams from the previously rescheduled date of Wednesday 29 July 2020. Minister McHugh said: “I have made every effort to run the 2020 Leaving Certificate as close as possible to the way the examinations were originally intended to be held. “My desire had been to allow students to undertake the written and practical examinations in July and August but I have compelling evidence, based on medical advice and other assessments, that the Leaving Certificate examinations cannot be held in a reliable and valid manner, nor in a way that would be equitable for students.” Minister McHugh said: “The reality of the impact of Covid-19 has led to a decision that has never happened in our country before. I fully appreciate the magnitude of this issue, for the students and their families, for the teachers and for school principals. “This decision is taken with the best interests of students at heart. I have a responsibility to find a fair way to address the disadvantage that some students are facing and the impact a lack of time in school has had in recent weeks. “The system being put in place will allow a young person to progress to the next stage of their life in a timely fashion. “The fairest and most equitable way to do that in the current circumstances is to offer students the option of Calculated Grades for the 2020 Leaving Certificate but also to guarantee them the right to sit the examinations at a later stage when it is safe to hold them in the normal way. “The decision has to be taken now to remove the anxiety that many students have been experiencing over how the exams would look later in the summer.” Minister McHugh thanked the advisory group of stakeholders for their input in recent weeks in relation to the holding of the examinations. The following is a breakdown of the process to be applied for students to be given the option of Calculated Grades or to sit the examinations. The 2020 Leaving Certificate examinations, previously scheduled to take place in late July and August, have been postponed. There will be no Leaving Certificate fee this year. All exam fees which have been paid will be refunded. Teachers will be asked to provide a professional judgment of each student’s attainment which will be subjected to a rigorous in-school alignment process to ensure fairness. The school principal will approve the estimated scores being provided and the rankings of each student in each subject in the school. A special unit is being established within the Department of Education and Skills to process the data provided by each school and operate national standardisation, again to ensure fairness amongst all students. The Department will finalise the grades for each student which will be issued to each student as close as possible to the traditional date. Formal State certification will also be provided. Students will retain the right to appeal. This will involve checks on school-entered data; correct transfer of that data to the Department; a review that it was correctly received and processed by the Department; and a verification of the Department’s processes by independent appeal scrutineers. Students will also retain the right to the sit the 2020 Leaving Certificate examinations at a date in the future when it is deemed safe for state examinations to be held
Important 6th Year Notes from Guidance Department
Created : 07 May 2020, 2:52 PM
Archived : 07 Jul 2020, 12:00 AM
Important 6th Year Notes from Guidance Department Defence Forces Cadetships 2020 Now Open. The Defence Forces are now accepting applications for Officer Cadetships. www.military.ie/en/careers/current-competitions/ (See attached Pdf links) The Accounting Technician Apprenticeship online application for September 2020 is now available ( See attached Pdf & Links) Hpat Results 2020: HPAT Results To Be Delayed in Line With Leaving Cert Dates: ‘Aptitude Test Results Originally Due For Release in June HPAT-Ireland results will not be released until the Leaving Certificate examinations are complete. We anticipate that results will be released around August, and will notify all affected candidates of the exact date once this is confirmed’. (latest 24/4/20, further updates as situation evolves )

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