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Belvedere College SJ Belvedere College SJ Headmaster’s Parent & Student Update Friday, 11th September 2020 1 Message From The Headmaster 2 Pastoral Dept. Opening Reflection 3 Important Notices 4 Guidance & Chaplaincy 5 Co-Curricular 6 College Community 7 Useful Resources 8 Poem For The Week The New Normal! All Smiles Under The Masks, Promise! Message From The Headmaster Leaving Cert Results 2020 Dear Parents, Guardians and Students, Welcome back. We would like to congratulate our class of 2020 on the Leaving Cert results, which were issued on Monday. There is significant public commentary on the change to the % marks submitted by teachers, but I cannot comment on this as there is a process in place and that information will be published on Monday. I can say, however, that our students have achieved calculated grades that reflect very high academic standards. There was an increase of 50% in the number of students achieving over 600pts and a 10% increase in students achieving over 500pts, with a 13% increase in the number achieving over 450pts, 10% increase in those achieving over 400pts, and 16% increase in the number achieving over 300pts. A more detailed summary will be provided at the upcoming Parents’ Association AGM on September 28th. Statistics do not always tell the full story but the students in Rhetoric 2020 deserve great credit for how they engaged in the very difficult end of year. Some students will be very disappointed, and the College has continued to provide support for those students contacting us. I am never convinced an average points score is very meaningful, given the different context of every school, but the average points score is up 29 points from 2019 and is our highest average points score over the past five years. It is not just points - every student who achieved his personal best is to be congratulated. Myself and other Principals of similar schools are sharing information regarding the data on how teacher estimated % marks were downgraded by the DES in determining the final Calculated Grades. If there is a pattern of significantly lowering teacher estimated grades by 5 marks in schools where past evidence shows high achievement and that is at odds with the national % increase in grades, then the DES will have to answer that in a way that is satisfactory to all. In the context of the DES refusing to fund fee paying schools fairly regarding COVID-19 opening, it is understandable that many parents have concluded that the means by which Calculated Grades have been awarded may not be unbiased. As a parent of a Leaving Cert student, it is beyond my comprehension why students have to wait so long after receiving their results to know if they have secured sufficient CAO points for the course of their choice. As you will appreciate, the return to school is a process and not an event. We are coming to the end of the first full week and already we have faced several significant challenges and the level of staff, parental and student support has helped us address these. Rest assured that our COVID-19 Response Team will continue to evaluate how we are ensuring the safety of all at the College. Bear in mind that when a staff member has a sick child, or is waiting for a COVID-19 test, it impacts significantly on their availability as well. Message From The Headmaster Please take the time to talk to your son about the health precautions necessary to prevent the spread of this deadly virus. I have visited every class to compliment them on their behaviour in the College and remind them of the need to wear masks on public transport and maintain social distance when socialising. I also explained that we fully appreciate that prolonged wearing of masks is challenging and that teaching with a mask is also challenging. Students and teachers both thrive on positive feedback. Your support in this matter would be greatly appreciated. Ensuring we continue to learn and teach during the year, when both staff and students may have to stay home for 14 days isolation, is challenging. It requires absolute cooperation between parents, students, teachers and all College staff. In the case of a student having to stay at home because he has been identified as a close contact of someone who has contracted the virus, the teachers will do everything to support the students. In some instances, the staff member may not be well enough to teach and in respecting their confidentiality, we will not communicate this but will make alternative arrangements. As you will appreciate it is very challenging if some students are in school and others are at home. The College cannot direct teachers to “live stream” classes. However, there is no prohibition on teachers working online and they are doing so. To date there has not been agreement between the representative bodies at national level. That said, teachers will ensure that students will have every opportunity to continue with the class work. Learning is an interaction between students and teachers and teachers are committed to ensuring their students achieve their potential academically. There are clear means of communication and students work with teachers on Microsoft Teams and Edmodo. These are secure platforms and staff are working with students who have been identified as close contacts and are obliged to stay at home. If, after the student has contacted the teacher for the work being set and material being provided there is a difficulty, then please email the teacher and cc the Link Deputy for that Year group. In the first instance a student who has any concerns should talk to their teacher if it’s about a subject or their Form Tutor if they have any general questions, concerns or anxiety. If this does not resolve the problem and you have a continued concern regarding a subject, the procedure is to email that teacher and discuss the matter. Almost all concerns can be satisfactorily addressed by a conversation. Often a lack of information or understanding can lead to incorrect conclusions, so best establish the facts. If that fails, contact the link Deputy for the year group. Paul Bryce [email protected](1st & 2nd Year); Clodagh Culligan [email protected] (3rd & 4th Year) Tom Doyle [email protected] (5th & 6th Year). Message From The Headmaster In the year group assemblies and in the Parent Information videos I highlighted that we teach the students to be responsible in their use of technology and social media. The use of phones in the college is strictly prohibited and to record or video others in the college without their permission is a serious breach of trust and discipline. To post such material will result in serious consequences. I am asking for parental support in reminding their son of this. That said, parental use of social media, in discussing school matters or posting school material has also led to inaccurate information and unnecessary and unhelpful heightened anxiety. Dealing with such matters is distracting and time consuming. There are well established means of communication and we work closely with the Parents Association. I hope you enjoy the Newsletter. We are returning to a new normal and working hard to make sure our students are fully supported as the come to terms with a very different reality. We are also working on the co-curricular programme to see how we can safely develop it in new circumstances. Thank you for your continued positive feedback to staff, it helps encourage and motivate all of us in our endeavour to provide an engaging and nurturing education for all of our students. Sincerely, Gerry Foley Headmaster A Message From The Belvedere Archives Our new archivist, Alicia Conley, is delighted to share with you this video introduction to the Belvedere Archives. Alicia is currently working on an archives inventory project, and will be opening the archive to the school community when it is complete. In the meantime, if you have any queries about the archive, you can contact Alicia at [email protected] Guidance & Chaplaincy Pastoral Department - Opening Reflection We are called to trust…. Welcome back to parents, staff and students. As we commence the new school year, we may experience mixed emotions. A sense of relief that finally the schools are re-open, or some anxiety about this strange environment of masks and social distance, and hope that we can stay protected from the ever-present virus that hasn’t gone away. It calls us to a place of trust – trust in society that we can all be responsible and vigilant, trust in our school and the amazing work carried out to protect each person, and above all, trust in our own ability not to become complacent and forget to wash our hands, wear a mask, keep social distance and pay attention to our symptoms – after all, it’s the behaviour of each individual that most affects the collective. As we start a fresh, we can never forget or ignore what we have been through these last few months. So many in our country have been hit with this virus; so many have made huge personal and professional sacrifices on the front line to protect us; sadly so many have died – maybe even one of our close family members or friends and we have been unable to say goodbye in the way that we would normally; all of us have had our lives held ransom by a force outside our control. That takes humility, courage, and resilience to accept. We are surrendering our lives to another. We are learning from the past.
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