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Skerries Educate Together NS, Skerries, Co. Dublin
School Closure Day Thursday the 30th of January 2025 The school will be closed to children on Thursday the 30th of January 2025 for a Maths Training Day for Teachers. We will reopen on Friday the 31st as normal. 
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History of Skerries Educate Together National School

2008 – our school opened with 2 classes and 36 children and 4 teachers (Tomás Hickey - Principal, Jean Timmins – Deputy Principal, Sheila Ormiston - teacher).  Sharon Coady, our school secretary, started work in September 2008 also.

September 2010 – introduction of Aladdin schools for the administration of school records

2012 - Our school’s first participation in Peace Proms

September 2013 – opening of phase 2 of our building including the following new facilities:

  • Sports hall
  • Staff room with greater capacity
  • 6 new mainstream classrooms
  • 4 new learning support rooms (SET rooms)
  • School library

June 2013 – first graduation class in the history of Skerries Educate Together NS

January 2014 – opening of Seolta, our 2-classroom early intervention autism unit comprising:

  • Purpose-built 2-classroom early intervention autism unit complete with general purpose indoor area and outdoor soft play area
  • 6 children were initially enrolled, with a further 6 starting with us in September 2014

2014 - First GAA team representing the school

2015 - Opening of our outdoor classroom and amphitheatre

September 2015 – David O’Neill appointed as our first HSCL teacher on a 5-year term in September 2015

2018 – Board of Management makes an application for school-age autism class extension to the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) and the Department of Education (DE)

2019 – DE approve application and work starts on delivering a 4-classroom extension

August 2019 – Jean Timmins’ retirement and appointment of Brian O’Luasa as Deputy Principal

March 2020 – arrival of Covid-19 in Ireland and first school closure.  The following nearly 2-year period was characterised by rolling school closures (March-Sept 2020; January-Feb/March 2021) and other measures at different times including the operation of a pod system for children, social distancing for staff, parents/guardians not permitted in the school building and mask-wearing for all to name but a few.

February 2022 - lifting of the majority of Covid-19 restrictions and a return to relative ‘normailty’

2020 -  Louth Meath Education and Training Board (LMETB) take over management of autism class project from Dublin Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board (DDLETB).

September 2020 - Ellie Barwise takes on the role of HSCL teacher

August 2020 – Tomas Hickey’s retirement and appointment of Conor D’Arcy as Principal

October 2023 - Introduction of Hot School Meals Programme on a trial basis

Chairpersons of Boards of Management of Skerries Educate Together National School:

  • David Wright (2008-2011)
  • Aisling O’Connell (2011-2015)
  • Richard Young (2015-2023)
  • David Carroll (2023-2027)