Presentation Convent Junior School is a Junior co-educational Catholic school catering for pupils from Junior Infants to Second class situated right in the centre of Mullingar. We currently have an enrolment of almost three hundred children. We are within walking distance of many facilities in the town such as the tennis courts, swimming pool, library, fire station and the Royal Canal which we use as part of school life.
Here at Presentation Convent Junior our goal is to foster a love of learning in all our children as they are individually supported by an experienced team of educators in Early Years learning. Building on children’s previous experience, learning opportunities and activities are provided for the children in line with curriculum developments with their individual learning needs at the centre of the learning process. At the heart of our Junior School programme is a hands-on active playful approach to learning as children master and develop new skills while developing their self-confidence and learning process.
At Presentation Convent Junior we use a communication platform called Aladdin Connect. This allows the school to send text messages and emails to you. For parents you can send a message to the school if your child is not in school, check you child’s weekly homework and update your contact details. You will need to download the Aladdin App to your phone and we will send you your own unique log in details.
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At Presentation Convent Junior we have one school age class for children with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder, our Sunshine Room, providing individualised ASD specific learning experiences allowing for the development of the child at their own pace.
There is one teacher and two Additional Needs Assistants in the class with a maximum of six children. The class has individual work stations, group work stations and access to our sensory room providing learning experiences and activities to deliver a needs based curriculum with individual targets and goals. Children from our Sunshine Room are afforded many opportunities for inclusion in our school activities and mainstream classroom as appropriate.
To apply for our ASD class your child must have a written report identifying diagnosis of Autism from a psychologist recommending a special class placement in a mainstream class setting dated within the year of application.
Our Speech and Language Class is a special class for children with speech and/or language difficulties. The placement may be for one or two years. In the class, there are a maximum of seven children and one teacher. The children receive speech and language therapy from our Speech and Language therapist at school one day a week. The children in the class follow the mainstream curriculum.
A speech and language therapist will tell you if a language class placement may be recommended for your child. If you consent, the therapist will put your child forward as a candidate for the language class. There are entry criteria for the classes. The school’s board of management grants the places after an Admissions Meeting.
