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ELAINE DUGGAN asked educators, parents and coaches what advice they had for parents as children, primary and secondary, return to school this week

Just because Barbadians have been given the green light by government to be “outside” for the Crop Over Festival and other social and cultural gatherings, does not mean that all the dangers brought on by the pandemic have disappeared.The unintended or consequential effects of the pandemic are playing out in ways that too many of our citizens have not been paying attention.One of those coming to light this week emanated from the heartbreaking call of a father to one of the popular radio call-...

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Laois school getting higher attendance online during Covid-19 pandemic Reporter: );  ); A Laois school has discovered that they are getting more students in classes for online Covid-19 lessons, than they had in actual classes before the pandemic hit. Mountmellick Community School has had higher attendance in online video classes during the past two weeks than they had in regular classes a year ago in January 2020. The principal is Larry Curtin. "The phrase every cloud has a silver lining spri...

Ulster Herald Advertisement Posted: 5:07 pm January 18, 2021 SHARE AN Omagh school that has a forward thinking, innovative and creative learning community is launching its first-ever virtual open day later this month. Acting principal of Sacred Heart College, Celia McGinn, and her staff are looking forward to showing prospective students what life is like at the school from Friday, January 22. Mrs McGinn said, “As a non-selective, co-educational college, we treat all our students as ...