This school received a grant in 2021 to implement initiatives aimed at addressing the digital divide and support our learners at risk of educational disadvantage as a consequence, as part of the Irish National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) a project under the Recovery and Resilience Facility funded by the European Union through NextGenerationEU. This funding was used to purchase twelve new laptops and a laptop trolley, which we have found invaluable in terms of supporting learners at risk of educational disadvantage due to a digital divide and who require access to ICT infrastructure to engage with learning both inside and outside the classroom. These laptops are also regularly used to support numeracy, problem solving and computational thinking activities, using technology such as robotics and coding.
