by admin | Jul 27, 2015 | Guest Post, Teaching News
Many thanks to Ciara Brennan (@PrimEdTeacher on Twitter) for compiling this great 3rd annual list of dates to keep in mind when doing lesson planning for the forthcoming school year. All of these dates give teachers great opportunities to celebrate special occasions...
by admin | May 19, 2015 | Teaching News
The Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan TD, and the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD, today launched the Arts in Education Portal in Dublin Castle. Developed by both Departments, the Arts in Education Charter was...
by admin | May 9, 2015 | Teaching News, Technology
The forthcoming Tech Me Up workshops is the brainchild of Maggie Green (A Geek and a Teacher) from Donegal. Earlier in the year, she had a vision of hosting a day long set of workshops to showcase technology. Since then Letterkenny Institute of Technology has come on...
by admin | Apr 15, 2015 | Teaching News, Technology
Tech Week is back! The 2nd national festival of technology aimed at students, parents, and the public, takes place this year from 26th April – 2nd May 2015 and again coincides with Digital Art Week this year. Tech Week is supported by the Science Foundation Ireland...
by admin | Apr 14, 2015 | Teaching News, Technology
April 26th to May 2nd sees the arrival of our 5th annual Digital Art Week. This gives primary school children around Ireland the opportunity to share their digital art with other children around the country and complete some fun visual arts activities. As it’s...
by admin | Mar 10, 2015 | Teaching News
An inaugural Science Day for Primary Teachers will be run in parallel with the Irish Science Teachers’ Association (ISTA) Annual Conference for Second Level Science Teachers on Saturday 28th March 2015. The ISTA is a voluntary organisation run for teachers by...
by admin | Feb 2, 2015 | Teaching News, Technology
Safer Internet Day is an EU wide initiative to promote a safer internet for all users, especially young people. It is promoted in Ireland by the PDST Technology in Education and Webwise, and will be celebrated in Ireland on Tuesday 10th February 2015. 2015 will be the...
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by admin | Jan 3, 2015 | Teaching News
2015 marks the 150th anniversary since the birth of the poet W.B. Yeats. A year-long series of celebrations are planned to mark the event with exhibitions, poetry readings, performances and recordings. More information on the events to mark the year can be found on...
by admin | Jan 3, 2015 | Teaching News
The Mathletes Challenge 2015 launches on Monday January 5th. After the success of the inaugural event last year, Mathletes is hoping to get more schools involved in the challenge this year. The four-month challenge aims to develop pupils’ confidence and...
by admin | Dec 11, 2014 | Teaching News, Website
Table Quizzes are a great way for pupils to learn so many different skills. They help with listening skills, team work, and the reinforcement of the learning content of that particular table quiz. They are also great at particular times of the year and allow the...
by admin | Dec 11, 2014 | Teaching News
This January over 2,700 4th, 5th and 6th class students from across the country will be at the RDS Primary Science Fair (PSF) with their class projects that answer questions such as ‘Do cows have blue eyes?’ ‘Why don’t aeroplanes fall from the sky?’ and ‘What...
by admin | Dec 4, 2014 | Teaching News
It’s that time of year again when the educational blogosphere turns its attention to the international Edublog Awards which is now in its eleventh year. Apart from Seomra Ranga (which has been nominated in three different categories), Irish blogs feature in the...
by admin | Dec 3, 2014 | Teaching News, Website
Seomra Ranga has again this year been selected as a finalist in the international Edublog Awards in three different categories: Best Individual Blog, Best Teacher Blog and Best Ed Tech/Resource Sharing Blog. The Edublog Awards were set up to promote and celebrate the...
by admin | Nov 19, 2014 | Teaching News
This is the eleventh year of the international Edublog Awards whose aim is to “promote and demonstrate the educational values” of learner and teacher blog sites for educational purposes. Nominations are now being sought for this year’s awards. Having won the...
by admin | Nov 12, 2014 | Teaching News
Primary schools throughout Ireland are being encouraged to take part in Rapid Online’s Young Inventors 2014 Competition in a bid to find the country’s next big inventor. Any pupil who is bursting with ideas and enthusiasm is encouraged to enter the competition by...
