Pupils entering junior infants class start 14-year cycle in Irish education system
‘He didn’t even notice us leaving... once he saw the Lego’: First day of school a mix of emotions“Jesus Christ, the traffic,” muttered a young woman to herself as she raced up to the gates of the Broombridge Educate Together National School in Cabra just in time for her daughter to join her junior infants classmates as they set off on a journey through the education system that will take many of them into the 2040s.
“It is the start of a 14-year cycle and they are just straight into it,” said Sarah Tougher as her daughter Arabella pogoed around at her feet. “It just such a relief to get her into the same school as her big sister and so exciting too. She has been looking forward to all the reading that she will get to do.”
Edel Early and her son Parker were close to the main entrance and she admitted to being both happy and sad that her little man with his Marvel schoolbag was off on his big adventure. “He is looking forward to activities, science and explosions,” she said.Penny Kavanagh was excited to join her sister Poppy in big school and after some urging from her dad Joe and her mam June told The Irish Times that she was most excited about making new friends and showing off her Frozen schoolbag.
Roisin Bohan, Paddy Brophy and Caroline McConnell are teachers in the school and as they waited for the children to come through the doors they admitted to just a touch of the Glenroes after the summer break.“There is always a bit of nerves on the first day,” Bohan added. “It is such a big day in the kids’ lives isn’t it?”For the principal Eibh Ní Mhordha, this year is unusual because among the children starting school is her own son Jack.
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