Sixth Year Parents Information Evening Meeting - Thursday, 17th September 2020 7: 15 p.m - 8: 15 p.m Mary O' Doherty - Principal Simon Carey ...

Sixth Year Parents Information
       Evening Meeting
         Thursday, 17th September 2020
               7: 15 p.m - 8: 15 p.m
            Mary O’ Doherty - Principal
          Simon Carey - Deputy Principal
      Patrick Maguire - Sixth Year, Year Head

School Principal
•   Homework and study

•   Study (School study in place as of Monday, 14th September 2020)

•   Resources available for study (past exam papers, chief inspector
    reports, Maths Tutor)

•   Website: www.examinations.ie

•   Positive mindset

•   Students should pace themselves

A healthy Sixth Year is:
•   A student who gets quality sleep

•   Eating well and healthy

•   Physical activity

•   Importance of good friends

•   Study and revision all year round

Guidance in St. David’s Holy Faith
       Secondary School, Greystones
•   Guidance classes within R.E. block

•   One-on-one meetings between Guidance Counsellor and student

•   C.A.O. information meeting with parents via zoom (mid-October
    2020)

•   Assistance with SUSI grant applications, DARE, HEAR & C.A.O.
    options

Supplementary Access Routes
•   DARE

•   This is the disability access route to education

•   If awarded, DARE offers support in colleges and reduced points on
    C.A.O.offers

•   Apply by the 1st February 2020

•   Documentation required and info available on
    www.accesscollege.ie

Supplementary Access Routes
•   HEAR

•   Access route for students who qualify based on social, financial and/
    or cultural reasons due to under representation in education

•   Students who qualify can gain reduced points for C.A.O. offers by
    participating colleges

•   Applications are through the C.A.O. by February 1st, 2021

•   Documentation required and info available on www.accesscollege.ie

Websites to consult with
•   www.cao.ie

•   www.qualifax.ie

•   www.careersportal.ie

•   www.susi.ie (grants)

•   www.accesscollege.ie (HEAR & DARE applications)

•   Ms. Brady’s email address is guidance@stdavids.ie

Deputy Principal
•   Covid-19

•   School assessments & reporting

•   Leaving Certificate 2021

•   School calendar 2020 - 2021

•   School building

Covid-19
•   Sixth Years have their tutorial classes, R.E. and most non-creative block
    classrooms (rooms 9, 19, 11 with excess rooms 26, 27, 28, 29)

•   Tutor classrooms are 9, 10, 11

•   All student follow one-way system through the school

•   Sixth Years have lockers (80) spread over 7 separate zones within the
    school with 1.5 m or more distancing between each locker

•   Sixth Year toilets are in a separate block of the school - Engineering
    Block

•   All students must wear face masks (black or navy) in school. Visors
    are permitted for some students

•   Sixth Year students are permitted to leave school during their lunch-
    time. They may remain in school during lunch but must stay in their
    base classroom

•   Sixth Year students may go to their locker and toilet during little break
    and return to their base classroom (this is to reduce mixing of
    different groupings

•   Assigned seating applies to all classes (facilitating traceability in the
    event of a confirmed covid-19 case)

School policies (covid-19)
•   School policies are all available on the school website in the parents
    section. These policies are:

•   Covid - 19 school policy

•   Covid-19 Response

•   Plan

•   Covid - 19 Risk Assessment Plan

School assessments & reporting
•   There will be no parent-teacher meetings during this academic year,
    2020 - 2021

•   You will be issued with three school reports on vsware (Friday, 23rd
    October 2020; Monday, 15th December 2020; after Mock
    assessments - approx. 26th March 2021)

•   Sixth Year assessments will take place: Friday, 20th - Friday, 27th
    2020 (six days); Tuesday, 2nd February - Friday, 12th February
    2021 and Leaving Certificate exams commence from Wednesday,
    9th June 2021)

Leaving Certificate 2021
•   Date for commencement is Wednesday, 9th June 2021

•   Dates not issued yet for project, oral and practical work

•   L.C. orals (Gaeilge, Francais, Espanol) = April 2021 (provisional)

•   Write-ups (History, Geography, Politics & Society) = early April 2021
    (provisional)

•   Project work: DCG (Now - January 2021), Construction (October 2020 -
    March 2021), Visual Art (January - March 2021) with stand alone projects
    in May 2021 (one day assessments) in Construction & Engineering

Key events 2020 - 2021
•   Friday, 25th September 2020: Sixth Year Geography Field - Trip

•   Tuesday, 13th October 2020: Sixth Year Study Skill

•   Month of October 2020: Sixth Year Biology Field - Trips (take place during double class)

•   Mid-October 2020: C.A.O information meeting with Guidance Counsellor and school
    Principal

•   Friday, 30th April 2021: Sports Day

•   Friday, 21st May 2021: Sixth Year Graduation

•   Monday, 24th May - Friday, 4th June 2021: Sixth Year Block Study in school

Sixth Year, Year Head

•   Mr. Patrick Maguire is Year Head for your son/daughter this year

•   Pastoral Duties

•   Behavioural Management

•   Head Boy/Head Girl/Deputy Head Boy/Girl interviews

Pastoral Care

•   Overall responsibility for Sixth Year students

•   Regular assemblies with students (however, delivered to each base
    class rather than as a group together)

•   Liaising with you and senior school management

•   Mentoring programme

Behavioural Management
•   Ensures Sixth Year students comply with school policies on
    attendance, uniform, hair, jewellery and accessories

•   Lates (in conjunction with the Deputy Principal)

•   Academic tracking

•   ‘Student voice’ advocate

•   Regular contact and communication with you (parents & guardians)

Student Liaison Team

•   Applications completed for appointment of Head Girl, Head Boy,
    Deputy Head Girl and Deputy Head Boy

•   Interviews to take place on Thursday, 24th September 2020

•   Announcement on Friday, 25th September 2020

Thank you
Questions & Answers?
We finish at 8: 15 p.m.