Please log back into PTMO Parent/Guardian Login (ptmorg.com) to view your schedule for tomorrow's parent teacher meetings. As with the first time, you will need the school roll number (68365A) and your child's Vsware id to log in.
We advise you to arrive to the school a few minutes early so you can locate the rooms which your appointments are in. Teacher names will be dislpayed on the room doors and the student council will be on hand to assist.
We look forward to seeing you.
Dear parents/guardians,
Winter reports have been published and can be vieved on Vsware.
Kind regards, School Office
Dear Parents/Guardians,
the Book Club with Dan will be cancelled this Friday, 09/12.
Kind regards, School Office
Dear parents/guardians,
As you know, we are currently planning for the introduction of the Transition Year programme into our school.
We would really like to hear from you around what your expectations and hopes are for TY and learn whether there are areas where you could support the delivery of our programme.
Please see link to below survey:
This will only take around 5 minutes but your feedback will be crucial in ensuring that we design a programme which meets our students needs, matches with our parental expectations and is in line with our school ethos and values.
Thank you as always. Kind regards,
TY Team.
Dear parents/guardians,
Gaelic Football training will be happening this Friday 18th November for both girls and boys. The training starts at 1pm in Dolphin's Park (Templeogue/Synge Street GAA club) and finishes at 2pm. Please bring football boots & a gum shield if you have them.
Many thanks, Deirdre
Dear Parents/Guardians,
HCETSS is committed to developing and promoting the literacy skills of our students. As part of this work, over the coming weeks, we intend to screen all First Years’ literacy skills by looking at their reading, spelling and writing. We are doing this to help us identify students’ strengths and needs in order to plan our literacy supports.
The screening test we are using is called the Post Primary Assessment & Diagnosis-English (or PPAD-E for short). The National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS), working with the Educational Research Centre (ERC), recently designed this test specifically for students in Irish post primary schools.
The PPAD-E has five parts: reading and understanding passages, spelling, written work, reading speed, and word reading. Four of the five parts of the PPAD-E are completed in class groups. This takes approximately one hour to complete. The final part, a short word reading task, is done individually, with a teacher in the school. The test is suited to all ability levels, including students who struggle with reading.
There is no need for your child to prepare in advance. The purpose of the test is to help us know when someone may need extra help with learning, and what kind of help might be best. As we identify those students who require extra help, we will be able to tailor classroom instruction to meet those needs and give targeted interventions to those who need it.
Following the assessment, the ERC receives an anonymised dataset from the school that contains only school ID and test scores. The ERC uses this information to know how many tests are being taken, to manage printing and supplies, and also to use as a basis for future development of the PPAD-E test. Your child’s information will not be identifiable because the student names, IDs or any other identifying information, will not be shared by the school with the ERC.
Thank you for your continued support.
Kind regards,
Padraig
Dear parents/guardians,
There will be no after school GAA training today, Friday 25/11.
Kind regards, School Office
Dear Parents/Guardians,
Please see attached updated calendar for the remainder of this academic year.
Kind regards, School Office
Dear parents/ guardians,
The football club is cancelled today, 22/11.