Dear Parents and Guardians I have listened to the media briefing presented by the Deputy Minister of Education and her officials with regard to the re-opening of schools for the new academic year. Unfortunately, the comments dealing with independent schools were somewhat ambiguous and...
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Dear Parents and Guardians May I start by wishing you all a happy and prosperous new year. Although the year has not started as we had hoped, there is light at the end of the tunnel in the form of a vaccine which will...
Dear Parents and Guardians We have come to the end of the most tumultuous year in recent memory and the promise of festive fellowship beckons. As I write, the corridors here at school have grown silent and our pupils have embarked on a well-earned...
Dear Parents and Guardians I trust that you and your children have had a good holiday and that they are refreshed and ready to return to school to tackle the challenges of the upcoming Michaelmas Term. We look forward to welcoming them back for...
Dear Parents and Guardians The past two months that we have been at school engaged in on-site teaching reminds me of the proverbial curate’s egg. At a time of great uncertainty and deep anxiety we have managed to keep our school open and functioning...
Dear Parents and Guardians Last night the State President addressed the nation regarding, inter alia, school closures. This has raised a number of questions and concerns about our particular situation here at St Catherine’s and several parents approached me outside the gate this morning...
Dear Parents and Guardians Once again, the State President has addressed us, and I am writing to confirm and clarify certain matters which impact on us here at St Catherine’s. Schooling will continue as it has over the past month under Level 3 lockdown....
Dear Parents and Guardians Last Saturday morning the Board of Governors met at school for the first on-site meeting since early February. These selfless individuals were prepared to brave the risks presented by the virus to gather so that we could deliberate on the...
Dear Parents and Guardians I hope that you have had a pleasant half-term and that you made the most of the time spent with your children. We have three weeks of school ahead of us before the winter holidays and a respite we are...
Dear Parents and Guardians I write to you on day 98 of the national lockdown and confess that I would not have believed that we would have walked the path that we have since that warm day in March when, by Presidential decree, we...