Dear parents/guardians, 

Reminder - tomorrow, on Tuesday 10/10, lessons finish at 12.39pm for all students. There will be no extra-curricular activities after school.

This is to facilitate NCSE workshop for all staff.

Kind regards, School Office

Dear parents and guardians,

The term of the current Board of Management of our school ends in October 2023.

Notice is hereby given that an election for the selection of two parent nominees will take place at the PSA AGM which takes place at 7.30pm on Monday 9th October 2023 in St. Mary’s Rugby Club, Templeville Road.

 Parents/Guardians/Carers who are interested in the role should:

1. Email office@hcetss.ie in complete confidence by 5.00pm on Monday 2nd October September 2023 to put their name forward.
2.  Forward a short outline of why they feel they are suitable for the role. This information will made available to all parents in advance of the PSA AGM.
3.  Be prepared to speak briefly at the PSA AGM about their suitability for the role. Nominees will be required to put their names forward and to have another parent second their nomination at the PSA AGM.

 Parents should understand that the operation of a school Board of Management is a function of the 1998 Education Act which can be found here.

 As such, parent nominees are not there to ‘represent parents’ but to act in the best interests of the school as a whole.

 We are extremely grateful to Helen Blake and Patrick Brennan for their exemplary work as parent nominees on the Board of Management since October 2020.

Kind regards,

Padraig Conaty

Principal/Secretary to the Board of Management

Dear parents/guardians,

Just to let you know that after school yoga will not be starting for another two weeks as we have a staff meeting this and next Thursday. The yoga club will start on 12th October.

Kind regards, 

Aideen

Dear parents/guardians, 

Food Village will not operate at school tomorrow, Thursday 5th October, so please make sure your child has packed lunch.

Also, all after school clubs are cancelled due to staff meeting. All classes finish at 2.12 pm as per the school calendar.

Kind regards, 

School Office

Dear parents/guardians,

The school will be closed on Monday 25th September and on Wednesday 27th September due to Oide whole school training day.

Kind regards, School Office

Dear parent/guardian,

 We are delighted to update you around set-up process and procedure for Food Village, our new school meal service.

 Action Required:

To ensure a smooth transition for all students and parents please see link for our New Menu which contains specific information for our school, including our unique registration code.

https://foodvillage.ie/hrdcs/ 

Please ensure that your child has the app downloaded and their account registered prior to their onboarding day this Wednesday 20th September.

For our onboarding day, Wednesday 20th September please ensure that if your child has a mobile phone that they have it with them that day in school. 

Tutors will speak to your child regarding when they can access their phone from their locker during this school day.

Phones should be locked away in your child's locker between 8.05am and 8.20am as per our usual school rules.

This is important so that your child can set up their key tag correctly.

If you child does not have a mobile phone but wishes to avail of this service, parents need to download the app and place orders via the parent app. 

Our first day of full service will commence on: Tuesday 26th September.

We expect that there may be some small teething problems in our initial few weeks but we are confident that we can iron these out as they arise.

Please contact your child's tutor if you have any questions/queries post set-up.

 Thank you for your continued support.

Kind regards,

School Office

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Please find attached public indemnity insurance letter for the work experience. The insurance expires on 20/10/2023. We will send you updated letter in early October.

Kind regards,

School Office 

Dear Parent/Guardian,

We are contacting you today as your child will soon be finishing third year and entering Senior Cycle with us in August2023. We have chosen to include Wriggle’s managed service and support as part of your technology bundle.

Management of Devices in Senior Cycle

There are 3 core pillars of the Senior Cycle Reform:

•  empower students to meet the challenges of the 21st century (new focus on technology and digital skills and preparing them for the working world and the skills they’ll need in the workplace)
• enrich the student experience and build on what’s strong in our current system
•  embed wellbeing and reduce student stress levels

What is Wriggle's Service, Support and Training? Why do I need it?

To avoid the risks associated with unmanaged devices and to ensure you are fully supported to get the full benefits from your school device, we have chosen to include Wriggle's Managed Service and Support as part of your technology bundle.

What is included?

Secure Device Management

- School Specific device restrictions are applied to the device

- Your device is fully secured for educational use only

- Your device is safely managed by our team

- All school apps are preloaded to your device

- New school apps and updates are pushed to your device as required

- Provisioning of all eBook accounts

.. and lots more

Support

- Full phone and email support

- Technical support and advice from our team

- School and 3rd party app support to ensure optimal performance

- Device reconfiguration to school specifications

- Device management and app support

- Device repairs and support

- Device unlocking should it become disabled

- Device Management licence and platform maintenance

3 Year Support & Management (for students entering 4th Year)

• Jamf Mobile Device Management Licence - € 21.00
•  Senior Cycle - Digital Technology Training Support - € 78.00
• Total Cost - €99.00

To purchase your childs Senior Cycle bundle, please follow the below steps:

• Visit store.wriggle.ie/onlinestorelogin
• Store code: 54926027
• Select the relevant bundle (4th year)

Please ensure that you have placed your order by July 28th, 2023. If you have any questions regarding this, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

 Kind Regards,

School Office

Dear Third Year Parents/Guardians,

Thank you to all of you who attended our TY Information Talk last week.

As promised, please find attached presentation slides and a soft copy of our TY Handbook.

We have sent a survey to all our parents for possible TY Work Experience placements, it is available under this link if you wish to contribute:

https://forms.office.com/e/0yPEFj8cTL  

We will revert back to you all next week with the collated suggestions. We will shortly send you our student insurance details as well.

Regarding Garda Vetting:

The following are workplaces where you will most likely need to be Garda Vetted to work there:

• Primary Schools
• Pre-schools (Creche)
• Elderly’s Home
• Paediatric Wards in Hospitals
• Any club where your child is supervising/training children
• Certain Volunteer Work

Your child can be Garda Vetted through an online process or paper application. Being Garda Vetted just means that your child is eligible and responsible enough to take full responsibility of children and vulnerable people.

When your child is arranging work experience with an employer, the employer should indicate what is required but it’s good to know beforehand as being Garda Vetted can take several weeks.

 Here is the official website for The National Vetting Bureau: https://vetting.garda.ie/  

In terms of the €450 TY fee, this fee is now payable either in one payment or in instalments via our school app. The deadline for payments is 27th October 2023.​

Thank you for your continued support.

Kind Regards,

TY Team (Claudia, Deirdre, Ger, Grainne)

Hi everyone, 

Microsoft has added an Authenticator App to improve the security of Office 365 accounts. It is adding a 2-step verification through this app for when you want to sign into the account on a new device. 

This app (Microsoft Authenticator) has been pushed out to all the iPads on our system, and if your child's iPad is up to date, this app should be on the device. We are encouraging to complete this task on the iPad, but if there are any issues, you can download this app yourself on a mobile device on IOS or Android. 

Can you all please check in with your child to see if they have completed this in school this week. Our class tutors will be completing it with their groups throughout the week.

Thank you.