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Dear Parents / Guardians
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Catholic Schools Week 2021

Catholic Schools Week 2021 will be celebrated from Sunday 24th January to Sunday 31st January 2021. This year the theme is ‘Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith and Resilience’, which is particularly appropriate given the current situation we all find ourselves in.
As we reflect on how Catholic Schools can be communities of faith and resilience we find comfort and strength in our support for each other and in knowing ‘that God has created each one of us with a capacity to give love and receive love. This love is bound in faith and is more resilient than any virus.’
This year, through our thoughts, words and actions, we celebrate how we are called to be communities of faith and resilience and in so doing, we give meaning to the beautiful hymn ‘Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est’ – ‘Where charity and love are, God is there.’
We also keep everyone in our school and the wider community close in thought and prayer in these difficult times.
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Primary/Rang 1 Admissions
For your child to receive a Primary/Rang 1 place in St John the Baptist Primary School parents/guardians need to apply online via the Education Authority website.
https://www.eani.org.uk/parents/admissions/applying-for-a-school-place
The Citizen Portal for online applications opened at 12.00 noon on 7 January 2021 and closes at 12.00 noon on 29 January 2021 for September 2021 admissions.
Use the following link to read the current 'Parent Guide for Primary Admissions 2021/2022'
https://www.eani.org.uk/sites/default/files/2020-12/FINAL%20Primary%20Admissions%20Guide%202021.pdf
Online Learning
Below are online learning links which we intend using throughout the course of this school year. Our pupils will be issued with digital passports detailing their usernames and passwords which are required for the various sites.
Our online learning journey is going to be like any journey, very exciting but sometimes stressful! We all having varying degrees of Wifi coverage, device usage and technological skills but we will work together to ensure that our pupils reach their online learning destination.
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St John The Baptist Primary School, 250 Garvaghy Rd, Portadown, Craigavon, Co Armagh BT62 1EB Phone: 028 3833 6211