Signs of Spring 2012 Twitter Project Review

Signs of Spring 2012 Twitter Project Review

With the approach of the beginning of February and the beginning of Spring with the celebration of Lá Fhéile Bríde, I decided to organise a Twitter Project to gather information, observations and photographs on the signs of Spring 2012. Given that this was the first...
Blue Star Programme

Blue Star Programme

Last Tuesday, the Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD and Minister of State for European Affairs, Lucinda Creighton TD launched a new pilot programme for primary schools which focuses on the EU, called the Blue Star Programme. The idea of the Programme is to foster better...
Snuggle Mountain

Snuggle Mountain

Snuggle Mountain is a beautiful story app in HD for iPad or iPhone/iPod  for younger pupils. The story, written by Lindsey Lane, is centred around Emma, a little girl who must climb to the top of Snuggle Mountain to wake the two-headed Giant who is caught in a...
Draft School Self-Evaluation Guidelines

Draft School Self-Evaluation Guidelines

The Inspectorate recently published “School Self-Evaluation: Draft Guidelines for Primary Schools”. The Guidelines are intended to support schools to engage in robust self-evaluation of teaching and learning. Its purpose is to allow schools to take the...
Facebook Milestone

Facebook Milestone

WOW! Today marks the milestone of 2,000 “Likes” on the Seomra Ranga Facebook Page. I have to admit that I was initially reluctant to get involved with Facebook, but I was persuaded by Debbie in Logis Media to go with it. So, the Facebook page was set up in...