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Welcome Back to Our Lady's GNS!

August 31st 2020

Message for All Pupils from Mrs. Lane

​Starter Pack Video

How to enter and exit the school building:

Pupils on the Top Corridor (3rd/4th, 4th, 5th, 5th/6th, 6th)

Route In
Route Out

Pupils on the Bottom Corridor (1st/2nd, 2nd, 3rd)
Route In for Ms. Milmoe's 1st/2nd 
Route In for Ms. Dooley's 2nd & Ms. H. McCarthy's 3rd
Route Out for all of Bottom Corridor

Junior Block (Junior Infants, Senior Infants, Ms. Mullane's 1st)
Pupils in the Junior Block 

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The teachers and staff of Our Lady's GNS Ballinteer are delighted to welcome all our girls back to school on Tuesday 1st September 2020. Please see below for important information regarding re-opening: 

1. Our Lady's GNS Plan for the Reopening of School

2. Return to School Declaration Form

3. Our Lady's GNS COVID-19 Policy Statement
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4. Department of Education COVID-19 Response Plan for Primary Schools

If you have any queries on the above documents please email info@ourladysgns.ie. 


Availability of Devices for Home Learning
In the event of a school closure, would your daughter have access to an internet-enabled device, which would allow her to continue her learning at home?

If the answer to the above question is NO, please email deviceinfo@ourladysgns.ie with your daughter's (i) full name; (ii) class; (iii) class teacher's name before Friday 4th September. Many thanks for your cooperation. 


Teachers' New Email Addresses
We upgraded our email system over the summer and the new contact details for all of our teachers are listed here. The email addresses that we used during the last academic year will no longer be monitored, so please take note of the updated contact details. For general school queries please continue to use info@ourladysgns.ie. Once again, many thanks for your cooperation. 


Seesaw
This year our school is going to begin using Seesaw (http://seesaw.me), a secure online journal where students can document and reflect on what they are learning in class. Your child will be able to add the things we work on (including photos, videos, worksheets, drawings and voice recordings) to their Seesaw journal and we can share them privately with you and other family members to view and comment on throughout the school year. Your class teacher will email you a Seesaw Consent Letter this week - please read this carefully, complete the section at the bottom of the letter and return by email to your class teacher. We will be in touch soon with further information about how we are going to use Seesaw to support your child's learning this academic year. 

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Useful Online Resources for Parents & Families

Back to school advice for Junior Infants to Second Class

Back to school advice for Third to Sixth Class

"How to help your kids settle back in to life at school" by David Coleman

HSE Guidance - If your child has symptoms of Coronavirus

Reopening our schools

Information for students and their families about returning to school

Wellbeing resources

HSE Coronavirus Public Health Advice
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