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Junior infants class sizes re COVID

hometruths · 2021-05-08 11:43:49

My eldest started JI in Sept 2020, and apparently the JI intake then was slightly smaller than normal due to COVID - i.e younger kids who might otherwise have started aged 4 were held back for 2021. Is our school an outlier or has this been noticeably widespread re JI intake in Sept 2020?

08-05-2021 11:43AM

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hometruths

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My eldest started JI in Sept 2020, and apparently the JI intake then was slightly smaller than normal due to COVID - i.e younger kids who might otherwise have started aged 4 were held back for 2021.

Is our school an outlier or has this been noticeably widespread re JI intake in Sept 2020?

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#2 08-05-2021 12:54PM

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Interesting. Made no difference to our intake of Junior Infants this year.

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#3 09-05-2021 04:04PM

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We are always oversubscribed, so take in the same amount each year , but there weren’t any children meant to start who didn’t ,

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