“We’re all finding our way today,” principal Pádraig Kenny assured four-year-old Emily Feeney as she hesitantly made her way towards one of the two entrances to St Hugh’s primary school in Dowra on Wednesday morning. Signs on one door warned: “No Parents/Guardians beyond this point.” But there was a relaxed atmosphere as the two-roomed school reopened after more than five months. “I am from Rathfarnham and to be honest I wouldn’t like to be sending Keva to a school in Dublin. At St Hugh’s were teacher Jacinta Green with new pupils Keva (left) and Emily. Photograph: Brian Farrell/The Irish TimesRyan Gilrane sanitises his hands before entering school on his first day under the watchful eye of his mother, Christine, and teacher, Jacinta Greene.

Source: The Irish Times August 27, 2020 00:00 UTC