by admin | Mar 8, 2011 | Teaching News
The Patents Office have recently launched the Junior Inventor Awards 2011. The Awards, which is now in its 4th year, seeks to encourage primary school children to demonstrate their creativity and inventiveness, and hopefully sow the seeds of interest in the sciences...
by admin | Mar 8, 2011 | Guest Post
My name is Gillian Bird and I have been with the Dublin SPCA since 1998. I set up and have been running the Society’s Education Department since 2000 and during that time I have give thousands of talks to people of all ages throughout Dublin and the Republic of...
by admin | Mar 6, 2011 | Resources Websites
The Irish charity, Trócaire, is the official overseas development agency of the Irish Catholic church. It was set up by the Irish Catholic Bishops in 1973 to express the concern of the Irish Church for the suffering of the world’s poorest and most oppressed...
by admin | Mar 3, 2011 | Resources Websites, Teaching News
The religious season of Lent is about to begin next week, beginning with Ash Wednesday on March 9th. The Irish website Kandle has put together some resources to help the primary school teacher prepare the pupils during the season of Lent. For anyone not familiar with...
by admin | Mar 3, 2011 | Interviews, Teaching News
A new addition to the new website commenced in January when a series of monthly interviews kicked off with an interview with Áine Lawlor, Director of the Teaching Council. This was followed up with interviews with Education Spokespersons from some of the main...
by admin | Feb 28, 2011 | Resources Websites, Teaching News
Census Background The 2011 Census will take place on Sunday April 10th next, when every household in the country will complete their Census form. The census is a count of the population of the country. It also asks questions relating to every person in the country on...
