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Farewell Class of 2020

29/5/2020

 
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The Class of 2020 have had a very strange finish to their time in CBC. Our teachers wanted to wish them well as their time in CBC comes to an end. 

CBC Student & Parent Briefing Document No. 6

25/5/2020

 
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Address by Mr. Duffy

24/5/2020

 
to all students and parents in CBC

May / Summer Exams Timetable

14/5/2020

 
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Minister announces postponement of 2020 Leaving Certificate examinations

10/5/2020

 
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All students to be offered the option of accepting Calculated Grades or sitting Leaving Certificate written examinations at a later date 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. 
Minister McHugh said: “I have made every effort to run the 2020 Leaving Certificate as close as possible to the way the examinations were originally intended to be held. 
“My desire had been to allow students to undertake the written and practical examinations in July and August but I have compelling evidence, based on medical advice and other assessments, that the Leaving Certificate examinations cannot be held in a reliable and valid manner, nor in a way that would be equitable for students.” 
Minister McHugh said: “The reality of the impact of Covid-19 has led to a decision that has never happened in our country before. I fully appreciate the magnitude of this issue, for the students and their families, for the teachers and for school principals. 
“This decision is taken with the best interests of students at heart. I have a responsibility to find a fair way to address the disadvantage that some students are facing and the impact a lack of time in school has had in recent weeks. 
“The system being put in place will allow a young person to progress to the next stage of their life in a timely fashion. 
“The fairest and most equitable way to do that in the current circumstances is to offer students the option of Calculated Grades for the 2020 Leaving Certificate but also to guarantee them the right to sit the examinations at a later stage when it is safe to hold them in the normal way. 
“The decision has to be taken now to remove the anxiety that many students have been experiencing over how the exams would look later in the summer.” 
Minister McHugh thanked the advisory group of stakeholders for their input in recent weeks in relation to the holding of the examinations. 
The following is a breakdown of the process to be applied for students to be given the option of Calculated Grades or to sit the examinations.
  1. The 2020 Leaving Certificate examinations, previously scheduled to take place in late July and August, have been postponed.
  2. There will be no Leaving Certificate fee this year. All exam fees which have been paid will be refunded.
  3. Teachers will be asked to provide a professional judgment of each student’s attainment which will be subjected to a rigorous in-school alignment process to ensure fairness.
  4. The school principal will approve the estimated scores being provided and the rankings of each student in each subject in the school.
  5. A special unit is being established within the Department of Education and Skills to process the data provided by each school and operate national standardisation, again to ensure fairness amongst all students.
  6. The Department will finalise the grades for each student which will be issued to each student as close as possible to the traditional date. Formal State certification will also be provided.
  7. Students will retain the right to appeal. This will involve checks on school-entered data; correct transfer of that data to the Department; a review that it was correctly received and processed by the Department; and a verification of the Department’s processes by independent appeal scrutineers.
  8. Students will also retain the right to the sit the 2020 Leaving Certificate examinations at a date in the future when it is deemed safe for state examinations to be held.

Design the CBC Student Journal Cover Competition 2020-21 - €100- Prize

4/5/2020

 
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The 2020-21 CBC School Journal Cover Design Competition is now up and running. This competition is open to all CBC students who now have the opportunity to design the cover of this year’s School Journal. The pandemic is a challenging time for everyone but every cloud has a silver lining! One of the positives of the lockdown is that it has given us all a time-out, time to look at things differently, to re-evaluate, reflect and reframe our perspectives. Why not express some of what you have been feeling since we've been in lockdown. What have you been missing? Your friends, the outdoors, maybe even your teachers! What have you found difficult to manage? What have you learned about yourself? How has being a CBC student helped you through this? Use these feelings and incorporate them into your design. All entries this year by e-mail. If your entry is a hand-drawn/painted picture, take a photo and e-mail it. We will request the winning entry only by post. All entries by e-mail to: office@cbcmonkstown.ie  Closing date is 5pm on Tuesday May 12th!

Parent/Guardian & Student Briefing Document No. 5

4/5/2020

 
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