I am delighted to let you know that the school has purchased 8 new Interactive Smart whiteboards for your children’s classrooms. 4th class and 5th/6th classes had already access to whiteboards in their classrooms but there were 8 classes who did not. All Esker classes now have this most up to date, state of the art technology at their fingertips. With one push of a button the teacher is control of a multi-media environment and has the facility to open up the world and bring it into the classroom. The class teachers and pupils are very excited about this new purchase. The cost of these 8 whiteboards was €20,000.
There are very few primary schools in Ireland that have access to Smart interactive whiteboards in every classroom. In fact, most schools would have a token one or two for the whole school. As a staff we would like to thank our Board for their work in accessing the funding and researching the project to make us one of the “Smartest” schools in the country. The teaching and learning in the classroom will be greatly enhanced by these purchases and your children will as a result have greater familiarity and confidence using Information Technology. These whiteboards will of course come with us when we move to our new school.
