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Generation Apprentice Competition Success

Earlier this year a group of TY students entered a competition called Generation Apprentice. The aim of the competition was to help promote apprentices in Ireland. The team of 9 TY's Ella, Shauna, Bethany, Rachael, Ericka, Anna, David, Marcus and Padraig, were asked to make a 3D Letter "A" out of recycled material, they submitted their finished project along with a PowerPoint and St. Nathy’s College entry is now amongst the finalists. All finalists were then asked to nominate a business/person who they think deserve an "A" Grade. The St Nathy’s Team nominated the staff at Duffy's Supervalu Ballaghaderreen for all their hard work and efforts in keeping us stocked up during Covid-19. Congratulations and well done to all involved. [video width="1920" height="1080" mp4="https://www.stnathys.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VID-20200514-WA0004.mp4"][/video]  

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Motivation and Teenagers Webinar

Gina Dowd, Adolescent Psychotherapist, will be delivering a Facebook webinar examining the area of motivation and teenagers. Hosted by Liam Horan. Topics covered will include: Communicating with your teenager Understanding adolescent anxiety and development The mystery of motivation Parental Support You can attend this free event at 8pm on Tuesday, May 12, through the  Planet Youth Facebook Page (the post will go live shortly before 8pm.) A recording of the Webinar will also be archived on this page immediately afterwards. If you would like to submit any questions in advance then simply email communications@planetyouth.ie with your question and put ‘Motivation’ in the subject line. They will address the question in the Webinar.

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LC 2020 Postponed & Calculated Grades

The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D. has today (Friday 8 May 2020) announced the postponement of the 2020 Leaving Certificate. Following a decision at Cabinet, all students are to be offered the option of receiving Calculated Grades for the subjects they are studying and the alternative of sitting the 2020 Leaving Certificate examinations at a date in the future when it is considered safe to hold the examinations. The decision has been taken following an assessment of public health advice and other information and the implications for holding the exams from the previously rescheduled date of Wednesday 29 July 2020. https://www.education.ie/en/Press-Events/Press-Releases/2020-press-releases/PR20-05-08.html https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/2f07eb-leaving-cert-2020-information/#information-for-leaving-cert-students    

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GAA Solo Challenge

Well done to all who took part in the #GAASolo Challenge last week, we are delighted that the school came 2nd overall and won prizes of sports equipment for the school. Congratulations to Dylan Walsh who won an individual prize as well. Many thanks to Ms Dugdale for organising and promoting this initiative and to all the staff and students who have taken the time to record their activities so far. It would be great to see more getting involved in the #GAASolo Challenge this week. The Week 3 Challenges are listed here. Have a look at our Instagram page to see some of the challenges that have already been attempted (@sncfutureleaders). This week’s challenges are a great opportunity for you all to show off the excellent GAA skills that you have. This week also focuses on home workouts and dances you may be using to stay active so get thinking!! *Note* The video will be shared on the Instagram page and by submitting a video you are consenting to this. Please only send a video if you are happy for it to be shared. The school that won last week had a lot more videos than us so we really need to see a big effort from each year group to get involved in this. You can win some great individual prizes (O'neills halfzips, O'Neills footballs for example.) The school with the most videos will win the overall prize of GAA equipment for the school so we need as many videos as we can get. We are doing really well so far this week but with three days left we need everyone to get involved. Closing date for entries is 5pm on Saturday. You can work individually, with a family member or get creative and combine videos with friends. Weekly Challenges: You can do any or all of these as many times as you want! We will have different challenges each week; Week 3: a) Freestyle Hurling & Gaelic Football Challenge - We want to see all your skills, flicks and trick shots. Be as creative as possible! b) Coaching Challenge - Pick a hurling, camogie, Gaelic football or LGFA skill. Make an instructional coaching video, breaking down the skill and showing the key teaching points. Use text on your video to help. You can also coach the key points of that skill to your family members to aid your demonstration if you wish. Check out the GAA Planner on learning.gaa.ie/futureleaders for ideas. A good activity for any aspiring Cúl Camps coaches out there! c) Wellbeing Challenge – It's very imortant to keep active while at home, so we are challenging you to send us videos of the home workouts or dance routines you are using to keep fit. d) Operation Transformation Challenge – To find out what our final challenge is this week, tune into RTE's Operation Transformation on Wednesday night to find out what we have in store for the contestants and everyone at home. Thanking you all in advance and we are looking forward to seeing what some of you come up with. You can enter by sending a DM to the @sncfutureleaders Instagram page or by emailing Ms Dugdale directly. [foogallery id="10824"]

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Free Revision Course for OL and HL LC Maths

Griffith College would like to invite all Leaving Certificate students nationwide to avail of their FREE ONLINE Maths revision workshop and resources this week. Interested Leaving Cert students studying for their 2020 state exam can sign up on the college's website, by clicking Sign up here

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Update on Junior Cert & LC Exams

10 April, 2020 - Minister McHugh Announces Postponement of State Examinations Changes follow updated health advice regarding school closures until further notice - As part of the wider public health measures, schools are closed until further notice. - Leaving Certificate written examinations postponed until late July/August - Junior Cycle examinations in June replaced with school-based exams and assessments early in the new school year   https://www.education.ie/en/Press-Events/Press-Releases/2020-press-releases/PR20-04-10.html

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Update on School Closure

Please find attached the link to the Dept of Education containing the latest update from the Minister for Education. All schools will remain closed until 19th April 2020. https://www.education.ie/en/Press-Events/Press-Releases/2020-press-releases/PR20-03-24.html  

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Sate Examination Update

This is the latest update from the SEC outlining the cancellation of the

• Oral tests in Leaving Certificate Irish and the Modern Languages of French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian and Japanese.
• Practical performance tests in Leaving Certificate Music.
• Practical performance tests in Junior Certificate Music and Home Economics.

We understand that this is a very upsetting time for exam students, if you would like to talk to someone then please email guidance@stnathys.com and Fr M Henry will get back to you. Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh TD has today (Thursday 19 March 2020) announced the cancellation of oral and practical performance tests of the state examinations which were originally scheduled to take place from Monday 23 March to Friday 3 April 2020. All students who were due to take these tests will be awarded full marks for this portion of the exam. The decision was taken in light of the closure of schools as a result of the Covid-19 virus and it will be implemented by the State Examinations Commission (SEC). Minister McHugh said: “This is a difficult time for all. Students are facing a challenging period out of school and our decision on this element of the exams is being taken with their best interests at heart. “It is the fairest response we could take in the circumstances. It guarantees that no student will score less than they would have if schools had been operating as normal. “We have seen a new emphasis on remote learning amid the uncertainty about the impact of Covid-19 and the closure of all schools. I hope this decision will ease some of the pressure that students are feeling and allow them to focus more clearly on completing project work and preparing for written exams.” The change to the 2020 state examinations means all students who were due to take oral and practical performance tests in the following subjects will be given full marks for this part of the examination: Oral tests in Leaving Certificate Irish and the Modern Languages of French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian and Japanese. Practical performance tests in Leaving Certificate Music. Practical performance tests in Junior Certificate Music and Home Economics. Minister McHugh also confirmed changes to deadlines for students to complete project work and coursework in a number of subjects. Students were originally scheduled to complete these elements of the state examinations on a number of dates from Friday 20 March to Friday 24 April 2020, depending on the subject. Students will now be given until Friday 15 May 2020 to complete this work. Minister McHugh said: “We know we are asking a lot of people in order to stem the spread of Covid-19. In response to that I want students and their parents or guardians and teachers to be given flexibility as they work towards the exams. “All of Government is hugely grateful for the effort, commitment and energy that students and teachers are putting in to continue education in difficult circumstances. I urge you all to keep up the momentum and focus on preparing for the exams.” Minister McHugh also said the Department will continue to work with the State Examinations Commission to monitor the Covid-19 situation in terms of its potential impact on the other later scheduled components of the state examinations. “We will continue to respond at the right time and in the right way, with the impact on our students at the forefront of our minds,” Minister McHugh said. The Minister also advised of steps taken by the Department to minimise the impact on teaching and learning of the current school closures. All schools have been asked to continue to plan lessons and, where possible, provide online resources for students or online lessons where schools are equipped to do so. Schools have also been asked to be conscious of students that may not have access to online facilities and to consider this actively in their responses. School buildings are available to staff if they wish to access the facilities in order to provide online delivery, or essential services once this is in line with Health Service Executive (HSE) advice. The Department of Education and Skills will continue to provide supports to the education sector at this time, particularly schools with students taking State examinations. The Department of Education and Skills has been liaising closely on a continual basis with the Department of Health in relation to Coronavirus/Covid-19 since early January. This will continue.

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