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Overall, more than three-quarters of school leaders who responded reported school engagement worsened during the closures period.
Reduced student engagement across the whole school was reported by 70 per cent of schools.
Further analysis indicates that overall attendance and engagement appears to be influenced by the educational level of parents.
The association between parental education and student engagement was stronger for Junior Cert students but was not statistically evidenced for Leaving Cert students.
Many third-year students who recognised early on that the Junior Cert exams were likely to be cancelled disengaged from learning âin part or in fullâ as a result.
Sociable and sporty, 11-year-old Conor Callaghan was excited about the prospect of starting sixth class at Dromin National School, Co Louth in August, 2017. He had his brand new Lionel Messi schoolbag all packed, with one more week of the summer holidays to go.
His mother, Selina, had made sure the new bits of uniform, runners and anything else needed were bought in good time. âWe wanted the last week of the school holidays to be fun.â
Friday, August 18th, 2017 âwas like every other dayâ, she recalls. That afternoon Con (as she always called him) spent a few hours outside in the back garden of their home in Cappogue, Dunleer, contentedly kicking a ball around.
Hill Street Views: Adventures in garden landscaping - Part 1
Opinion, views and commentary from former Democrat editor David Lynch
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After four long years staring at the back garden, the time has come to finally do something about it.
When we moved into our home back in late 2016, myself and my wife were delighted to be able to kick back and enjoy our new space without having to get stuck into all that dreadful wall painting or kitchen fitting or even picking out carpets or timber flooring; it was all done for us – the beauty of buying a showhouse really.
Lanesboro lady to refocus on her art with PLATFORM 31 Bursary
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Longford artist Emily Brennan has been announced as one of the 31 recipients of the inaugural PLATFORM 31 bursary, the national development scheme for artists to develop their practice and test new ideas of collaboration, research, audience development, place based arts and sharing their work.
Emily grew up on a dairy and beef farm just outside Lanesboro and was a pupil of Fermoyle National School before going to Mean Scoil Mhuire in Longford town.
“I’m not really sure how I got into it (art). I was just always drawing in my free time. I loved doing art as a subject for Junior Cert and then dropped it for the Leaving thinking that I was going into something biology based,” Emily told the Longford Leader.