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Extended Schools & Extended Services
A free online guide for parents/carers, plus guidance for schools on producing information leaflets for parents/carers. Did you know that all schools will be extended schools by 2010? |
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Gredi Box
The Ingredients Box for Schools, affectionately nicknamed the ‘Gredi Box’, has been designed to help school children safely take the correct amounts of ingredients they need into cookery lessons, including eggs and fluids such as milk. |
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Dogs Trust
Meet the gang - Rex, Rosie, Zippy, Flick, Muffin and Digger - they all live in Dogs Trust Rehoming Centre, which takes care of them until they find a new home. There you can play ‘Pup Idol’ or create your own unique dog in ‘Muffin’s mix-up.’ And the fun doesn’t stop there! |
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Helping your child through exam time
Children aren’t known for coming forward about their problems. Sometimes it can feel as though they don’t want to talk to you about anything. There are lot of reasons why your child might be bottling things up but a new poll shows that the main reason young people don’t share their worries is embarrassment.
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Children missing out on Practical Skills at School
British children could be missing out on practical skills they need to make it in the real world. 85% of Brits think kids should be taught more about cooking and baking at school rather than purely focusing on intellectual study |
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Letter Roads TM
5 years ago, Michele Carter-Buxton was fighting an uphill struggle trying to teach the alphabet to her 3 year
old son. One day, whilst he was playing with his cars at her feet, Michele drew him a large ‘S’ shaped “road”,
complete with dotted white lines on a big sheet of paper. Michele watched in amazement as he immediately
began to drive his toy car around the letter. |
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Making science fun
For centuries, Britain has dominated the world of science – particularly medical science. Some of the world’s greatest scientists have been British – think Issac Newton, Alexander Fleming, Joseph Lister, or James Watt. |
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KIDS WITH COLDS BEING SENT TO SCHOOL
Research commissioned by KLEENEX® reveals today that two thirds (66.9%) of mothers in Britain are not worried about sending their children to school with a cold. Worryingly, 35% also believe that it’s a good idea to be exposed to colds as it builds immunity, despite this being a fallacy. |
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THE CHILDREN OF THE PLAYGROUND REVOLUTION
Award winning artists Snug & Outdoor and Sutcliffe Play, one of the leading designers and manufacturers of children’s play equipment, have announced the arrival of ‘Snug’, a revolutionary new concept for school playgrounds. |
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White Ladder Press Book Offer
What every parent should know about Secondary Schools is a new book written by Jane Bidder, due out 27th August, Primary Times are able to offer readers a chance to purchase this book at a reduce cost. Click on the link above to find out all the details.
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Kumon is a supplementary education programme, suitable for children of all ages and abilities. Many children start Kumon because they find their school work hard and Kumon provides them with the opportunity to practise and master the aspects they have found difficult at school and hence gain a new confidence in their ability in English and Maths |
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The humble British blackcurrant has been announced this summer as the number one Superfruit which can help fight cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer’s, new findings show. Recent research by Dr Derek Stewart, of the Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI) has found the blackcurrant contains greater levels of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants than 20 other fruits tested |
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What has made these poems especially useful to children and also to ESL students, is the fact that Josie has added her own clear English voice recording to each of the poems, as children pointed out how useful this was as a tool to help them with reading. |
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Some parent’s wonder why schools set homework – after all, the reason children go to school is to learn isn’t it? Yet, out-of-school-hours learning is considered to be an essential part of a good education. In fact, it’s now regarded as a vital ingredient for academic success |
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People are peering round the smart, ash-veneered door, wide-eyed and curious. In ones and twos they warily sidle into the large room to be greeted by the smartly dressed Caroline and Jane - the two bubbly representatives from the National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations |
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Helping your child succeed at school
For some children the start of a new school year gives a sense of familiarity and stability, however for others it can be a daunting time, which can bring anxiety. This is particularly true if it is the start of a year that culminates in important exams. Many pupils will feel nervous and pressurised as demands on them increase. |
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Out of School Clubs
With limited options, many parents opt to work part time or take shifts to accommodate the school calendar, but invariably this still means working some of the long school holidays or on the occasional teacher-training day that can throw the family's schedule off balance. Even with this finely tuned juggling act, many parents find that at some stage or other, childcare will need to be sought. |
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Tuition Tips
First, you need to look realistically at your child's potential. There may be a discrepancy between the effort that they put into their work and what they achieve. This may prove frustrating and at this point, they need your support and reassurance. Your efforts will not be in vain though, as with this sympathetic input your child will gain a set of skills and qualifications that they will take with them into adulthood. There are many ways to help your son or daughter focus more on that schoolwork. |
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Back to School
It may seem a little odd to discuss getting the children prepared
for school as soon as summer term comes to a close. After all
there’s six weeks to get everything sorted. But we all know what
it’s like. The summer holidays drift idly by, and suddenly it’s the
last few days of August and we’re battling with a hundred other
Mums and Dads, desperate to get our hands on fresh school uniform
and sourcing all important stationary items and lunch boxes for the
new school year.
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Making Maths Fun in the Home
The interpretation of fun varies enormously depending on age, sex and intelligence but generally speaking the term “Maths” sends many parents fleeing regardless of age, gender, class or race.
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Ireland-specific articles
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In the beginning… there was blackboard and chalk. Then along came whiteboards with marker pens, same idea but neater, and without all that pesky chalk dust. These days, teachers can teach using interactive whiteboards, which as their name suggests, work interactively with a computer and multimedia projector |
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Newly founded Irish publishing house Special Stories Publishing has just released their exciting and unique collection of children’s books, The Special Stories Series. The series, launched in Temple St. Children’s Hospital, comprises 7 full colour picture books for children, parents, teachers and healthcare professionals that address a range of childhood health and social issues; namely Foster Care, Adoption, Limited Mobility/Wheelchair Users, Cleft Palate and Speech Difficulties, Diabetes, Asthma and Childhood Cancer. |
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The Government has admitted it is facing an unprecedented crisis in schools' accommodation as primary pupils numbers are set to top the half-million mark. An internal Department of Education document makes the startling admission that a high proportion of existing school buildings are now in "quite poor condition" after decades of neglect.
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Whether teacher or parent, if you’re looking for some inspiration online for kids this summer and beyond, you can’t do better than logging onto the TOP 10 SCOILNET sites for the first week of June |
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The Back to School Clothing and Footwear allowance is a special support payment to help parents with meeting the cost of uniforms and footwear for children returning to school.
Applications are now being accepted for the 2008 scheme
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A new survey of internet usage in Ireland has given a high rating to the Learning Ireland network – a national courses database featuring evening classes, postgraduate, third-level and corporate training courses available around the country.
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What started fifty years ago with a father’s simple desire to help his son with his maths homework, has today developed into a global network of students. Every hour worldwide, someone somewhere is studying Kumon. |
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Webwise has created practical demonstrations on how to use the web applications that our children our using. Recent additions to www.webwise.ie give demos and step-by-step guide-sheets showing how to configure Bebo and MSN profiles. For more information, visit http://www.webwise.ie/article.aspx?id=7902 |
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This site provides real learning activities for young children. Lessons include letter recognition and letter building, on upper and lower case letters. The number activities include matching both the number and the name of the number with objects. It provides activities not only in English, but also in Spanish, French and German which means it could be used with children beginning to study those languages. For more information, visit http://www.scoilnet.com/article.aspx?id=8385 |
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Through drama, students learn many things- to work in a group, to work alone, to listen, to follow instructions and to use their creativity and imagination, to communicate through thought, action and words. They learn to explore their feelings in a safe and controlled environment. |
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The new publication, Assessment in the Primary School Curriculum: Guidelines for Schools, produced by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA), will be distributed to all teachers in the coming weeks. Minister Hanafin launched the publication at a special event at St Clare’s National School in Harold’s Cross, Dublin. |
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Books and reading is one of life’s greatest pleasures. We in CBI believe that books are central to childhood. With so many high profile books for young readers in recent years, particularly Harry Potter, it is easy to forget that reading does not come easily to everyone |
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Homework is the most regular and the most important link between home and school. It allows a parent/guardian to become involved in children’s school work and see on a daily basis how they are doing in school. |
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Kumon is a supplementary education programme, suitable for children of all ages and abilities. Many children start Kumon because they find their school work hard and Kumon provides them with the opportunity to practise and master the aspects they have found difficult at school and hence gain a new confidence in their ability in English and Maths |
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A report on child road user casualties produced by the Road Safety Authority and co-funded by Elverys Sports shows that a total of 141 children under 14 years of age died and 5,732 suffered serious and minor injuries on our roads between 1998 and 2005
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There are nearly half a million pupils in our primary schools. The INTO is demanding reductions in class size in order to improve the quality of their education, the quality of their future lives and indeed, the quality of this country's social and economic futures. Primary school must give all children a fair start in life
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No doubt one of the most important decisions you will make for your child will be the choice of the right second-level school. Many factors affect that decision and it is crucial that parents find out as much as possible to figure out the best options.
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Support your local school. Every school needs more funds than there is in its budget. With a little help from parents, thousands of extra euros can be gathered by fundraising.
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Carrying a schoolbag is frequently associated with pain or discomfort and can often lead to poor posture. This is a topic of worldwide concern for parents and children.
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Oh why do good things come to an end? Those long weeks off from school add up to pure heaven for youngsters.
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