3rd Year

Information for Parents/Guardians of 3rd Year Students 2024/25

Year Head: Niamh Gallagher
Link Deputy Principal: Stephen Brett

3rd Year Parent Teacher Meeting – Tuesday 10th December 16.00 – 18.30

We are delighted to provide you with details of our upcoming 3rd Year Parent Teacher Meeting, scheduled for Tuesday 10th December (16.00 – 18.30). We are looking forward to meeting you to discuss your child’s progress during this important year examination of the Junior Cycle programme.

The 3rd year Parent Teacher Meeting will be held in person in the college.

Using the PTMOrg booking system, you can select which teachers you would like to speak with. The booking system is directly available at the following location: https://ptmorg.com/parentlogin.php?School=70080T

When you visit the Parent Teacher Meeting Scheduler you should:

Enter your unique Student ID (stored on a sticker in your child’s journal)
Select the teachers you wish to speak to in order of preference
Click ‘Save Preferences’ before leaving the page

The closing date for entering your preferences is the end of the day, Thursday 6th December 2024. Please note that appointments cannot be scheduled to see any teachers after this date. We will send home a schedule of your appointments for the parent teacher meeting on Monday 9th December, via your son/daughter. The appointments will also be viewable online from Monday 9th December via the PTM Org website at the following address https://ptmorg.com/parentlogin.php?School=70080T

Please note it is unlikely that you will get to see all teachers due to the set time available for staff meetings and the number of class groups that a teacher may have. Please check the student journal prior to completing the booking form for any recent teacher feedback/comments that may inform your selection. In the case where a teacher has your child for more than one subject, please make 1 appointment only to maximise the number of appointments you will receive.

As appointment slots are limited, we ask that you let the school know as soon as possible if you schedule meetings but are unable to attend. This is very important as it means that the appointment slots can be offered to other parents.

Each meeting will last 5 minutes. This is a short period of time and we ask you to familiarise yourself with our Staff-Parent-Student Communication Guidelines available on our website under the Policies Tab. If you require a discussion about a serious or personal matter, a parent teacher meeting is not a suitable forum for this and we advise you to make a separate appointment for this matter.

Separately, Guidance Counsellor appointments for Ms. McManus and Additional Needs appointments for Mr E. O’Neill can be made by emailing admin@lucancc.ie

Principal’s Letter 2024/25

Principal’s letter to continuing students and parents

School books and resources

Letter available here

Booklist of items covered by JC book grant and items that parents should purchase available here

School Calendar 2024/25

Available here

Financial Information

Details of our online payment system can be found on our website homepage (top right button “Pay Online”) or here. When your details of our new students are uploaded we will text you to remind you to check our online payment system to ensure that all outstanding balances are paid. Please note that we do not use VSware for school payments.
- The €50 admin covers the cost of student 24-hour insurance and operating costs of the school communication system. It contributes to other school costs including locker rental, printing, photocopying, phone calls and access to IT educational software for all students. We ask all parents to pay this cost for each student. Padlocks for lockers will be made available for all students when they start school.
- A voluntary student contribution of €90 helps us to cover the costs of our active extra-curricular programme, end of year awards and other ongoing costs. Sibling discounts can be requested through the front office (2 siblings – pay €90+€45; 3 or more siblings pay €90+€45+€30+€0).
- 3rd students will need to pay €100 during the first term to cover the external cost of correction of the Mock examinations.

School timetable

Your child’s timetable will be available when they arrive for induction and you can also view it on your parent VSware app when term starts.

Uniform

Full uniform policy available on our website here – please read carefully; Students in all years do PE and require a full school PE uniform. Students wear their PE uniform for the day when PE is on the timetable. Our uniform supplier is Schoolwear House and the uniform flyer and pricelist is here. Contact details and sizing advice are available on their website Schoolwearhouse.ie

3rd year Induction Day Wednesday 28th August 9.45 – 11.45am:

Students should arrive in full uniform and require only a copy, a pencil case and a small snack on their induction days. A locker will be allocated to students and books can be brought in gradually over the first week.