Dear Parents/Guardians,

I hope you are keeping well and safe. Our news this week is as follows

• As you are aware the level 5 lockdown will continue until 5^th March. Schools will continue to operate remotely. We do not know yet when schools will reopen but will let you know as soon as we are informed.
• Our parent/teacher meetings will take place over the next few weeks via phone. Your child’s teacher will contact you with a mutually convenient date and time. As always if you have any concern, query or worry please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher via email and they will reply as soon as possible to you.
• As a staff we would like to thank all parents/guardians for their help and support throughout this lockdown. We all know how difficult it is to support your child/children in the current circumstances but the level of engagement on seesaw across all class levels has been fantastic. Thank you to everyone for all their efforts.
• It was noted at our staff meeting this week that some pupils are not really engaging with their schoolwork on Fridays. This is more notable at the senior end. It is good to keep a routine going across the five days of the week including Friday. For pupils at the senior end it is important that good habits are established in order to prepare for secondary school.
• We still have some school laptops available if any family require them. Please email the office at office@tolasns.com and we are happy to lend them out to anyone who needs them.
• The link for tomorrow’s Cruinniu has gone out with this newsletter. It was lovely to see so many of our pupils every week. Last week we had 128 devices logged on. Tomorrow is our last school day in January 2021 so we hope to see as many of you as possible.

Kind regards,

Mary Dunlea Fitzgerald. Principal