by admin | Apr 6, 2020 | Free
This Free resource consists of a printable newsletter with Reading Tips For Parents – tips on how to encourage their children in both junior and middle/senior classes to read.It contains suggestions on how to help with reading, how to make reading fun and how to...
by admin | Feb 3, 2020 | Teaching News
This is the time of the year when parents and 6th class pupils’ minds start thinking about post-primary and the transition from primary school. There is a decision to be made on the school to attend, subjects to take, transport to and from the post-primary school and...
by admin | Sep 19, 2012 | Resources Websites
I just happened across the Help My Kid Learn website during the week and wondered how it came about. It seems that as part of the national literacy and numeracy strategy, the Department of Education and Skills (DES) asked the National Adult Literacy Agency to...
by admin | Sep 1, 2012 | Guest Post
I came across this blog post last week and was touched by it. I tweeted the link to it and lots of teachers seemed to share it. I think the reason that it touched a chord with teachers was that we get so caught up in making preparations for the return to school, that...
by admin | Feb 5, 2012 | Teaching News
The issue of new school report cards seems to have slipped under the radar, however it is an issue that schools and teachers will have to address sooner rather than later. The Department of Education and Skills (DES) recently issued a circular entitled “Initial Steps...
