by admin | Sep 12, 2018 | Teaching News
Space Week, running from October 4th – 10th this year, is a week that encourages people to engage with Science, Technology, Education and Maths (STEM) through the inspirational topic of space. Space Week is run by CIT Blackrock Castle Observatory in partnership...
by admin | Sep 12, 2018 | Teaching News
The Tree Council of Ireland, supported by Tetra Pak, is calling on primary school children across the country to get involved in Tetra Pak Tree Day on Thursday 4th October 2018. The theme for this year’s campaign is “Be nature nice!” or “Bí dóighiúil don...
by admin | Sep 7, 2018 | Teaching News
European Movement Ireland has announced that the Blue Star Programme will be running for its eighth year over the 2018-2019 school term and the registration process for interested primary schools across Ireland is now open. The Blue Star Programme aims to foster...
by admin | Feb 21, 2018 | Teaching News
The Water Explorer programme, organised by Global Action Plan Ireland, is an educational online initiative aimed at raising awareness and empowering children to save water and protect our environment. Water Explorer is a fun, inspiring and educational online...
by admin | Feb 21, 2018 | Teaching News
Registration is now open for the Discover Primary Science and Maths Awards. The awards aim to recognise the great STEM work being done in primary schools all over the country. Participation in the awards also give schools the opportunity to engage in science/maths...
by admin | Feb 21, 2018 | Teaching News
Registrations are now open for 4th, 5th and 6th class students and their teachers to enter and participate in the third annual Schools Teaching Awareness of Randomised Trials (START) competition for 2018. The competition is run by the Health Research Board – Trials...
by admin | Oct 12, 2017 | Teaching News
“Drought and Migration in Ethiopia’ is a new drama/development education resource from GOAL Global which uses the methodology of process drama to enable children to learn, through imagined experience, about life in Ethiopia. This resource is aimed at teachers of...
by admin | Oct 8, 2017 | Teaching News
Now in its 30th year, the MS Readathon has been encouraging generations of primary school pupils to get reading for a month to raise vitally needed funds for MS Ireland. This year, the Readathon runs from October 13th to November 13th. The MS Readathon began in 1988...
by admin | Sep 28, 2017 | Teaching News
The Tree Council of Ireland supported by Tetra Pak is calling on primary schools across Ireland to get involved in Tetra Pak Tree Day on Thursday, 5th October. The theme of this year’s campaign is “Our Planet, Our Choice – Ár bPláinéid, Ár Rogha” to convey that...
by admin | Sep 11, 2017 | Teaching News
European Movement Ireland has announced that the Blue Star Programme will be running for its seventh year over the 2017-2018 school term and the registration process for interested primary schools across Ireland is now open! What is it? The Blue Star Programme is a...
by admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Teaching News
President Michael D. Higgins today launched a new website that is being provided for children interested in learning more about their Head of State. The Children’s Section of www.president.ie is a new interactive website providing information about the role and work...
by admin | Sep 7, 2017 | Teaching News
The Call for Entries for the RDS Primary Science Fair 2018 is now open and will close on Wednesday, October 4, 2017. The RDS Primary Science Fair is a non-competitive exhibition which showcases primary school STEM-related (science, technology, engineering and maths)...
by admin | Aug 22, 2017 | Resource Packs, Teaching News
As many of you may know, I started teaching in a newly established Autism Unit attached to a mainstream school in September 2013. It was a massive learning curve for me which took me a while to get my head around as it is a totally different way of teaching compared...
by admin | Aug 18, 2017 | Teaching News
It’s an annual summer ritual for most primary teachers – get the Summer Course done to get your three days leave for the following school year. Course Days, or Extra Personal Vacation (EPV) Days to give them their correct title, have been around for many...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Teaching News
In our SEN setting (an autism unit) we are constantly looking for inventive ways of helping pupils to learn and consolidate a basic sight vocabulary in order to allow them to access reading material. We came across an online idea of using books designed for small...
