 The Department of Education has indicated to CBC that public health doctors are available to liaise with schools and advise on precautions if staff or students have any concerns relating to the COVID-19 virus.
Our advice follows the HSE Guidelines that anyone who travelled to the affected regions in the last 14 days and is feeling unwell, the advice is to remain at home and to contact their GP. People are only advised by the HSE to self-quarantine if they are feeling unwell after returning from the affected areas. Anyone who has travelled from the affected regions and has no symptoms should visit www.HSE.ie for advice, Schools and third level institutions are being reminded that students can best protect themselves from COVID-19 by regular hand-washing and good respiratory hygiene. Our premise here in CBC is as follows: We contacted the HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre on Monday February 24th and again on Tuesday February 25th. We also contacted the Department of Foreign Affairs. The HSE said on both occasions that if a staff member or student who was in the affected area begins to feel unwell, then they should remain at home and contact their GP. If they display flu-like symptoms, then we will ask them to stay at home for 14 days. I think that this is one of those things where we do have to put it into perspective, but really not lose focus in that this is a very serious situation and it could get a lot worse as it is evolving. There have been no quarantine restrictions at our entry points (ports/airports) to date so we are not at the mitigation phase. Mitigation refers to actions to reduce the seriousness and impact of the outbreak. We have met all the TY students this morning and have gone through the issue in detail regarding possible symptoms and possible actions to take as well. We have also outlined procedures for respiratory etiquette among all students and staff. Mr. Duffy Principal CBC Monkstown Park  Table Quiz This Thursday 27/02/2020
The Club, Dalkey Zambia Immersion Project  Many of you will be aware of the tragic case of Sean Drummond, a past pupil of CBC Monkstown, who suffered a traumatic brain injury resulting from an accident in London in March last year. Sean is now slowly recovering in a London hospital but will require long term rehabilitation support.
Further details can be seen at the Support4Drummo website To support the tremendous ongoing initiatives to fund Sean’s long term care the CBC Monkstown PPU has decided to hold a table quiz with details as follows: Date: Friday, March 6th Time: 8:00PM Venue: CBC Monkstown Park Teams: Maximum of 5 per team/table Fee: €100 per table Everybody is welcome. Prizes for the winning team and (hopefully) some spot prizes. There will be a raffle with lots of prizes on the night. Please spread the word, tell everyone, bring your friends, family, fellow past pupils, whoever you can reach. You can register and enter a team on the PPU Website here  John Lonergan, former governor of Mountjoy Prison and author of “The Governor” and “Parenting-Raising Your Child in Ireland Today”, will be hosting a talk in CBC on April 30th from 7:30-9:00.
He’s giving a talk on “Parenting-The Challenges and Rewards”. There will be a raffle during the intermission as well. Tickets are €5, for further information e-mail: cbctalk@gmail.com .It will be held in the CBC School Hall. All proceeds to the Zambian Immersion Project  ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE Leaving Cert. MOCK EXAMS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
1. WE WISH YOU WELL IN THE EXAMS. PHONES & ALL OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES ARE NOT PERMITTED AT ALL. You will not be allowed to bring such devices into the exam centre and we advise against leaving them in your bag outside the room so don’t bring them in at all or leave them in the school office for safe-keeping. ---------------------------------------------------------- 2. In addition to the normal school rules, DURING THE EXAMS, THE CO-OPERATIVE BEHAVIOUR OF PUPILS IS EXPECTED IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE MOCK EXAMS ARE CONDUCTED UNDER STRICT CONDITIONS SO THAT DISRUPTION IS KEPT TO A MINIMUM. THEREFORE, ANY PUPIL CAUSING DISRUPTION IN THE EXAM CENTRE MAY BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE EXAM CENTRE/SCHOOL FOR THE DURATION OF THE ENTIRE MOCK EXAMS. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 3. FULL UNIFORMS ARE TO BE WORN DURING THE MOCK EXAMS. ---------------------------------------------------------- 4. EAT & DRINK WELL BEFORE THE EXAMS & DURING THE BREAKS. ---------------------------------------------------------- 5. HAVE YOU GOT ALL YOUR MATERIALS READY? PENS, PENCILS CALCULATORS, RULERS ETC? ----------------------------------------------------------- 6. CHECK THE TIMETABLE IN ADVANCE & MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE PRESENT AT THE RIGHT TIME ON THE RIGHT DAY. ---------------------------------------------------------- 7. GET TO THE EXAM CENTRE ON TIME, BE PUNCTUAL! ---------------------------------------------------------- 8. NO FOOD CAN BE CONSUMED DURING THE EXAM TIMES. ---------------------------------------------------------- 9. VISIT THE BATHROOM BEFORE YOU ENTER THE EXAM CENTRE. ---------------------------------------------------------- 10. EXAM SUPERVISORS ARE IN CHARGE AND ARE PERMITTED TO ALLOCATE SEATING ARRANGEMENTS AS THEY DECIDE. PUT YOUR HAND UP IF YOU NEED ANYTHING AND BE MANNERLY AND RESPECTFUL AT ALL TIMES. THE EXAM SUPERVISOR WILL EXPLAIN ALL THE ARRANGEMENTS TO YOU ON THE FIRST DAY. ------------------------------------------------------------- 11. Unfortunately there is no facility for students to remain in the school during exam break times but you can remain in the canteen area but the food service may not be available at your irregular break times.  The Lunch Box are delighted to offer parents the opportunity to avail of our student meal scheme for the mid-term period in the new year.
Please log on to VSWare to sign up.  Come and join our Zambia Immersion Project team as they take a Polar plunge in the 40 foot on New Year’s Day at 1pm. If you can't be there or aren't brave enough, please sponsor some of the brave ones!  |
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