Rathmore
Co. Kerry.
Tel. No: (064) 7758492 / Mobile:
(086) 1806018
e-mail: hfnsrathmorekerry@gmail.com
School
Blog: hfnsrathmorekerry blog
15th
Jan. 2021
Dear
Parents/Guardians,
As we finish our first week of Distance Learning, I would like to
congratulate the children on their excellent contributions on Seesaw. I would
like to thank the parents for their patience and support this week. We really
appreciate it. Thank you to the teachers and staff for their innovation and
diligence in posting and correcting a wide variety of activities and ensuring
continuity of education for our pupils throughout the closure.
Over the next two weeks we intend to try a group meeting for the
children on zoom. Every child will be invited to attend one meeting with a
number of children from their class under the supervision of their teachers.
The invitation will be sent through the Family Link Seesaw app so please accept
the teacher’s invitation which you will have received by text or email. If you
have not received an invitation to add your child on this Seesaw Family Link
App, please contact the school by email or school mobile, with your current
email address.
(This is separate to your child’s current Seesaw app and they will
continue to use this to upload their work. Parents will have a direct private
line of communication with the teacher and also be able to view everything in
their child’s/children’s app also.)
For
everyone's safety we have compiled some rules for these calls
Rules for zoom calls
·
All invites will be sent to
parent/guardian’s email through the Seesaw family link app. You are asked not
to share this email with anyone else.
·
All invites will be password
protected.
·
The ‘Waiting room’ option will be
enabled so that the teachers will control who is admitted to the meeting. This
also ensures they are present from the beginning to the end of the meeting.
Teachers will decide on a cut off time, after which no further attendees will
be admitted.
·
All attendees must be appropriately
dressed for the meeting – no pyjamas etc
·
All attendees will be muted on entry
and the teacher will un-mute them as appropriate.
·
All attendees should be in a public
room (no bedrooms) so that they can remain under the supervision of their parent/guardian.
·
Individual teachers may give further
direction as to the format of their meeting.
·
Parents/Guardians are asked not to
take photos or video footage of the call.
All Parents and Guardians are reminded that they are under no obligation
for their child to attend a zoom call. We ask Parents/ Guardians to
confirm their attendance/absence in advance of the meeting also.
We hope the children will enjoy this opportunity to see one another and
interact in these unusual times.
If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me.
Regards,
Paul Horan