14/3/17
Dear Parents
As you may already be aware, some of the teaching unions will be taking more industrial action on Thursday 23rd March.
This action will take the form of a half day strike by teaching staff from 12.30pm and will result in class or whole school closures across Northern Ireland. It will affect all but three of our classes. Mr McCormick’s P7, Ms Lloyd’s P7, and Mrs Kelly/Mrs Devlin’s P2 can remain in school as normal. All other children will have their lunch at the normal time and then go home at 12.30pm. There will be no after school Film Club, Miniversity or Acti –Sport on Thursday. An additional Acti- Sport session will be added on to the end of the programme.
The decision to close the school is never taken lightly, but in this instance, where staff have elected to take lawful industrial action, I have no choice but to take appropriate steps to ensure the health and safety of all pupils. .
If there are any further developments regarding the strike action or any other further industrial action, I will let you know immediately.
Yours sincerely
P Artherton
