by admin | Oct 13, 2011 | Interviews, Teaching News
I recently contacted all seven of the Presidential candidates, explaining a little about Seomra Ranga and the work it does. I informed them that I was planning to do an article which would allow all the presidential candidates a chance to address the teachers of...
by admin | Oct 4, 2011 | Teaching News
Scoilnet and Encyclopaedia Britannica are running a major national competition for teachers during the month of October. Teachers will have the chance to win a range of prizes for themselves and their schools including an iPad2, and other high-tech classroom-based...
by admin | Aug 12, 2011 | Teaching News
Did you know that back to school also means back to developing exciting class science projects for the RDS Primary Science Fair 2012? The call for entries is now open and primary schools across Ireland are invited to visit www.rds.ie/primarysciencefair to submit an...
by admin | Jul 19, 2011 | Teaching News
On July 8th, the Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn TD, launched “Literacy and Numeracy for Learning and Life – The National Strategy to Improve Literacy and Numeracy among Children and Young People 2011-2020”, a wide ranging new...
by admin | Jun 23, 2011 | Teaching News, Technology, Video
I must admit that I’d never heard of a Godwit before, so when I received an email from Willie McSweeney from Scoil Iosaef Naofa, an all boys’ school in Cobh, Co. Cork, my first reaction was that this was yet another spam email amongst the hundreds of other that...
by admin | Jun 15, 2011 | Teaching News
The Teaching Council has been advised by the Department of Education and Skills (DES) that Section 30 of the Teaching Council Act, 2001 will be commenced in the coming school year. Section 30 provides that: A person who is employed as a teacher in a recognised...
