Dear parents,
We look forward to welcoming you and your children back to Scoil Chaitríona on Thursday 27th of August.
Our staff are currently working hard in following the guidelines from the Department of Education to put a plan in place for the safe return of your children to our school.
Over the next number of weeks we will be in touch regularly by text and email to keep you informed on the procedures we are putting in place. For now you can read our Policy Statement and Response Plan below. You will also find a letter which we have issued to all parents via email. We are currently working on a detailed logistics plan which will give specific information on the protocols being put in place in our school. This should be available by next week.
Please check back to our website for regular updates.
Take care and stay safe,
All the Staff
Scoil Chaitríona
12th August 2020
Dear Parent / Guardian,
RE: Re-opening of Scoil Naomh Chaitríona
I hope you and your families are keeping well.
As you are aware, our school has now been closed since 12th March due to the COVID-19 situation.
We are now hoping to re-open our school safely, in line with current guidance and recommendations.
Re-opening the school safely will require the co-operation of all members of our School Community –
BoM, School Leadership, Staff, Parents and Pupils. We will all be called on to play our part in ensuring
that re-opening of the school is done in a safe manner which prevents the spread of the virus and
allows the vital work of Teaching and Learning to proceed with as little disruption as possible.
We have been working on our plan for the safe reopening of the school for some weeks now and have
published the DES COVID-19 Response Plan for the safe and sustainable reopening of Primary and
Special Schools on our school website at www.scoilchaitriona.wixsite.com/scoilchaitriona
The Response Plan gives details of
• Physical preparation, signage, hand sanitiser stations,
• Advice, procedures and training for the safe return to working in the school for all school staff and pupils
• General and specific advice on how all pupils, staff, parents and visitors will prevent the spread of the virus
We have also published our COVID-19 Policy Statement on the school website. Our BoM will keep you
informed as to the progress of our re-opening plans and provide you with the information required by
you to play your part in safely re-opening the school.
We are really looking forward to welcoming our children back to school and will be doing all that we
can to ensure that the return to school is a safe and enjoyable experience for the children.
We will be in touch with you again before school re-opens.
Le meas
Fr Cathal Ó Fearraí John Carr
Cathaoirleach, An Bhóird Bainistíochta Príomhoide (Acting)
The following websites provide further information on COVID-19 and on government advice and recommendations regarding the re-opening of schools: -
• https://www.education.ie/en/covid-19/
• https://www2.hse.ie/coronavirus/
• https://www.gov.ie/en/campaigns/a128d-back-to-school/?referrer=http://www.gov.ie/backtoschool/