by admin | Mar 9, 2017 | Book Reviews
This fun adventure by Erika McGann was reviewed by our Third Class pupils. The story is about a girl called Cass and her friends, Nick and Lex. To escape her annoying younger twins, Cass sets up a club and they build a fort. The story is told through the eyes of Cass...
by admin | Jan 13, 2017 | Book Reviews
This book was about a girl called Mollie and her friend Nora. Mollie has an ordinary life until she discovers that her sister, Phyllis, is a suffragette. Mollie’s world changes in ways she couldn’t have imagined as she discovers the lengths that women have to go to...
by admin | Jan 12, 2017 | Teaching News
Amnesty International Ireland run an Irish Aid funded CPD programme for primary school teachers called Rights Sparks. The Rights Sparks programme provides free CPD workshops to primary school teachers on human rights and development education methodologies which can...
by admin | Jan 7, 2017 | Technology
I must admit that I wasn’t aware until recently that there existed a notion called the “Digital Age of Consent”. Apparently the European Union will in 2018 enact legislation, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), to determine the age at...
by admin | Jan 6, 2017 | Teaching News
Now in it’s 4th year, the Bord Gáis Energy Student Theatre Awards gives students, teachers and schools a chance to be recognised and rewarded for their participation in the dramatic arts. There are lots of budding actors, singers, dancers, choreographers and writers...
by admin | Jan 3, 2017 | Technology
The Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton, has announced a new grant for the purchase of ICT infrastructure. Today’s announcement of a €30m investment is the first part of the implementation of the government’s €210m Digital Strategy for Schools...
