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HELP YOUR CHILD TO STAR
Recent research has shown what parents already know, that sharing educational activities themselves with their child at home can improve academic performance (up to 25% in one school year). |
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Assessment Gap for Deaf Children
Deaf children who use British Sign Language (BSL) are slipping through the net when it comes to assessing their language development. |
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UKCES Demands Food Labelling For University Courses
UK Commission For Employment and Skills releases report urging government to be less bureaucratic and more transparent by giving students more information on course drop-out rates, graduate earnings and course relevance to chosen career path.
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L'Oréal Young Scientist Centre at the Royal Institution
After years of being seen as one of the less popular subjects, science is enjoying a revival in schools. In a new poll of children’s favourite subjects released today by L’Oréal and the Royal Institution of Great Britain, science took the number one spot ahead of Physical Education/Games, English and Art. Far from being considered geeky, two thirds (60%) of children say they actively like science. |
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HASBRO BRINGS FAMILIES TOGETHER TO PLAY ACROSS THE UK
WEDNESDAY 23 September, saw Schoolfriend.etc host an after-school club at Tidemill Primary School, London with a difference. Not only did children attend but their families did too, as the club held its very own Hasbro Family Game Night! |
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New Service Makes Setting up Out of School Clubs Simple
With the start of the new school year, many parents are looking for after school care for their children. Despite the Government’s target that all primary schools should offer some form of care for children from 8.00am to 6.00pm by 2010, a large number of schools have yet to do so. |
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Homework - IT = Panic
The majority of British parents believe that technology such as home computers and printers are so ingrained in the everyday task of homework that their kids would fail without it. |
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Do your bit for your school
At some point or other most people feel a need to make a difference in their community and want to support a good cause. And the charity work that often tightly tugs at the heartstrings of many people is connected to their child’s school. |
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Peer Mentors adopt a creative approach to tackling bullying!
Hundreds of young people (aged from 5-19) from schools across England are taking part in this unique national community art project where they will convey some hard-hitting anti-bullying messages through stunning, colourful images, words and patterns designed onto giant elephant sculptures (that stand as tall as some of the children!). |
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Bank of Mum and Dad Open For Business
One in five university students will be living with their parents in the coming academic year, showing while some banks may have suffered during the recession, the ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ is alive and kicking. |
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Keeping children on track at homework time
Do you struggle to keep your 5-12 year olds on task at homework time? Help is now at hand with the launch of The Learning Bubble, a powerful piece of software featuring a special learning desktop that creates an interruption-free environment in which children can learn - similar to a quiet study at home. |
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The European Day of Languages
Introducing languages to primary schools isn’t just about learning words - although children will certainly pick up a lot of them! It’s about developing an interest in the culture of other nations, understanding how our values and identities differ from those of people in different countries, and recognising the rich diversity of our world. |
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Discover Engineering
Discover Engineering, a new website for young people aged 10 - 19, has been launched
today. The site is a not-for-profit venture which has been developed and funded by
Gradcracker - the careers website for engineering graduates - and its purpose is to showcase
the best online resources for young engineers. |
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Compulsory Learning Age Raised
Teenagers will continue in education or training until the age of 18 as part of a new law passed this week. The new Education and Skills Act will raise the education leaving age to 17 in 2013 and to 18 from 2015. |
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Whizz.Com
Whizz.com research shows children make their own minds up about their maths ability before they reach the age of nine. This is why placing the blame on weak assessment of pupils by their teachers fails to get to the crux of the problem of why our children are failing at maths early in their academic careers, says Richard Marett, CEO of Whizz.com. |
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What's Cooking Kids?
What’s Cooking, Kids? develops the learning of children aged 8 to 11 around healthy food, diet and nutrition and is creating the first-ever network of Community and Young Food Leaders across the North East of England, this scheme offers endless possibilities to engage the local community and to learn skills that will be practical throughout the daily lives of children, while having fun! |
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UK students Overcharged By Tuition Agencies
Students in the UK are being overcharged for private tuition, according to research carried out by thetutorpages.com, a tutor comparison website based in London. ‘Although the private tuition industry is in fact unregulated by government, tuition agencies act as quasi-regulators, and convince parents and students to pay over the odds for their lessons,’ the website states. |
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10 Tips for a Successful School Year
Yes, with the start of another school year your child will be exposed to a new teacher, a new classroom and a whole load of new topics and subjects. After this fresh start, wouldn’t it be nice if there were no hiccups through the autumn and beyond. And as parents, we can reduce the number of stumbling blocks in a number of ways – so we’ve taken a look at a few of them here. |
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PARENTS WANT SCHOOLS TO TEXT ABOUT CHILD'S PROGRESS
Parents would like more feedback from schools about how their children are performing in the classroom. According to a survey by Becta, the Government's education technology agency, over two-thirds of parents would like schools to use technologies such as text messaging and the internet to communicate with them more frequently. Currently, only eight per cent of parents surveyed are kept informed using these methods. |
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Rockford’s Rock Opera
Rockford’s Rock Opera is a unique free audio book – an ecological musical story with songs, clear narration, animated videos and FREE teaching resources. What’s more, it’s now being used by over 4,000 primary schools around the world and is gathering thousands evangelical fans. |
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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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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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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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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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What children are taught should be relevant to their lives and their futures, but does the Revised Curriculum in its present format meet the actual needs of children in 2010?’. |
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A total of 57 school inspection-reports were published 28 January, 2010 on the Department of Education and Science website. |
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The Department and Education and Science provides funding for thirty eight projects in Local Drugs Task Force areas. These projects, through a variety of programmes and activities, seek, in the main, to encourage young people not to engage in drug-taking.
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Speech by Seán Haughey TD, Minister for Lifelong Learning at the launch of DOLCETA in European Union House, Molesworth St., Dublin
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I am very pleased to be in European Union House this evening to officially launch, for the Irish education sector, the DOLCETA Consumer Education online website and resources www.dolceta.eu. |
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Congratulations are due to sixth year student, Emily Rutherford, from St Mary’s Secondary School in Mallow, who has just been named winner of the TalktoEU essay competition "What's this European Union thingy has done for me?". |
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At some point or other most people feel a need to make a difference in their community and want to support a good cause. And the charity work that often tightly tugs at the heartstrings of many people is connected to their child’s school. |
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Imagine that there was a quick and easy way to improve children’s capacity for learning and reduce their stress levels at the same time. Well, numerous studies on the importance of touch have concluded that giving and receiving massage can do just this
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A major report launched on 11th November by the National Economic and Social Forum (NESF) shows that there has been little change in levels of child literacy problems among pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds over the last 25 years. |
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Ensuring that children in hospital had an opportunity to take part in the Science Week celebrations the RDS Science Live series ran an interactive ‘Bright Sparks’ workshop in Our Lady’s Hospital School located in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin. |
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Minister O’Keeffe acknowledged that some students are experiencing delays in the processing of their grant applications. But he said every effort is being made by local authorities and VECs to ensure that students get decisions on their grant applications and are paid as soon as possible. |
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Lifetime Lab at the Old Cork Waterworks has become the first tourist attraction in Ireland to receive the globally recognised ISO 14001 accreditation. The visitor centre located on Lee Road was presented with the award by Minister for Trade and Commerce Mr. Billy Kelleher TD at a recent ceremony. |
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The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’ Keeffe TD, today [Sunday] announced the membership of the committee that will oversee the erection of a memorial for victims of institutional abuse. |
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The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe TD, today (30 Sept)opened the new €14.5 million Rathoath College, Co Meath. The college opened in 2005 with 66 students and six teachers. |
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The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O'Keeffe TD, today [Monday] met John D. O’Callaghan and Liam McCarthy who won the EU Young Scientist Contest in Paris last week. |
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Ireland is the first EU Member State to link its national qualifications to the European Qualifications Framework for lifelong learning (EQF). This new system will make it easier for people to study or work in another EU country and have their qualifications recognised. |
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The NCTE has provided recommendations to Primary schools to assist schools in the purchase of ICT equipment. The NCTE believes that the technology configuration it is recommending will provide schools with greater possibilities for ICT integration in learning and teaching. The installation of a teaching computer/laptop digital projector and visualiser in the classroom will enable the teacher to present rich and stimulating learning materials to the whole class while also facilitating group work and collaborative learning. |
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The Primary School Curriculum is ten years old today. To mark the occasion, the NCCA has collected photographs and stories from schools across the country that show and tell how teachers and children are bringing the curriculum to life, even in challenging times! |
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It’s a long way from Brussels to Wexford, Sligo, Donegal and West Cork, but that’s exactly where some senior Irish officials in the EU headed this week to visit their old schools. For instance, Richard Bates, who works as a policy officer for the fisheries department of the European Commission, went to the Model County to talk to students about his job. |
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Dublin, 27th August 2009 Promethean, a global leader in interactive learning technology, today announced a further distribution partnership with Clarity, a leading IT distributor in the Republic of Ireland. Clarity, part of the Westcoast group, will invest 1m in new employees, additional facilities, Irish marketing campaigns and the implementation of a nationwide channel partner programme on behalf of Promethean. |
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Being able to send an instant message to parents on their mobile phones in the event of a school closure will prove critical in the fight to prevent the spread of Swine Flu in schools. Informing parents, children and staff as early as possible will reduce the risk of further infection. |
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The Lámha Suas Education Resource Packs provide a primary school curriculum support framework in the subject areas of History, Geography, SPHE (Social, Personal & Health Education) and Irish through illustrated worksheets and teacher friendly notes. |
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Lismore Heritage Centre’s Science Workshop is an intensive two hour session designed to give students a hands-on experience that brings science to life before their eyes. Each autumn elements of the science curriculum are specially selected for study. |
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Closing speech by the Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe TD, at the FAI conference, ‘Developing Football, Developing Communities’, Kilmurray Lodge Hotel, Limerick |
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The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O'Keeffe TD, congratulated students, parents and teachers following the release of the Leaving Certificate examination results for 2009. |
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Major building work in four higher education institutions moved a step further today after the Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe TD, announced that the first bundle of public-private partnership (PPP) projects in the third-level are going to the market. |
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The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe TD, today announced details of 1,000 part-time postgraduate third-level places for unemployed workers in September. |
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Now celebrating 51 years, this exciting annual event brings together some 300 young science students from almost 60 countries across the five continents. Ireland will once again be well represented at this international event by the 13 third-level students that the RDS has helped to send. |
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The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe TD, Sunday published a report from the State Examinations Commission (SEC) on the re-scheduling of Leaving Certificate English Paper 2 to Saturday, June 6, 2009. |
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The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O'Keeffe TD, Sunday announced details of 1,500 free part-time undergraduate college places for unemployed workers in September. |
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The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe TD, published details of the Government’s €614 million school building plan on the Department’s website in a move that will allow the progress of projects to be tracked through all stages in the programme. |
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Work is expected to start next year on a major new centre for research and innovation in University College Dublin (UCD) following approval for the project by the Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe TD |
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The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe TD, and comedian Des Bishop today discussed a number of steps aimed at promoting Irish as a vibrant language in the community. |
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Four schools in Cork are to get high-speed wireless broadband connectivity as part of the Government's pilot plan to give students instant internet access anywhere in the school, according to the Minister for Education and Science, Batt O'Keeffe TD. |
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Rochestown's new eight-classroom €4.5 million primary school will open in September after the Minister for Education and Science, Batt O'Keeffe TD, today officially handed it over to the board of management.
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The Jack & Jill Foundation, through its partner Promethean, a global leader in interactive technology for education, is giving all schools in Ireland the opportunity to swap old mobile phones for new Promethean interactive whiteboards. |
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Award of Science Excellence |
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Discover Science & Engineering (DSE), the national body to promote science education and awareness in Irish schools, has presented 511 primary schools with the Award of Science Excellence to recognise the effort of both teachers and children alike in discovering and learning through science in the classroom. To read the article click here. |
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Block IT - Mobile Bullying Solution |
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O2 announced details of a new service to combat bullying on mobile phones. The service, which is free of charge, allows you to block unwanted messages from other mobile phone numbers.
http://www.webwise.ie/article.aspx?id=10819 |
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Educate Together is the representative organisation of the Educate Together schools and associations throughout the Republic of Ireland. It owes its origins to the movement to establish new multi-denominational primary schools, which emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s |
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September 9th, 2009 marks the 10th anniversary of the launch of the Primary School Curriculum. Over the last ten years, the curriculum has come to life in the hands of teachers and children. Parents too have played a key role in making this happen. |
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Ryan Tubridy launched Think a new book by Fr. Cathal O’ Brolcháin, published by Original Writing, yesterday evening at Willow Park School. Published by Original Writing, Think is a short book which considers the effect of school days in relation to our children
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Second year students at the Presentation Secondary School, Waterford got to grips with ‘The Outdoor Classroom’ at the Marine Educational Facility at Oceanics Surf School in Tramore for their curriculum based Ecology and Biology programmes |
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The Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN) today highlighted the frustration experienced by many Principals at the lack of adequate response from the HSE locally when they report their concerns about children at risk. |
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The Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN), welcomes today’s Supreme Court decision to refuse an application from the State for costs in relation to the failed child abuse action taken by Louise O’Keeffe in 2008. |
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A humorous analogy of drunken flies trying to avoid a collection of dangerous obstacles formed the basis of the prize-winning presentation from University College Cork’s Julie O’Donovan at the ‘SCIENCE SPEAK’ competition which took place in the RDS Concert Hall on April 27, 2009. |
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Teachers understand how educational visits and out-of-school teaching helps to bring learning to life for their classes. Children and young people often benefit from a deeper understanding of history, culture and the environment, and enjoy having a fun day out with their friends and teachers. |
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Since 1987, EdAlive has been helping teachers and parents instill the love of learning in children through computer-based numeracy and literacy interactive software. |
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The NCCA has put together a set of fact sheets which give information about the different subjects available in junior cycle. They could be useful for school information evenings and open days. Visit their website>> http://www.ncca.ie/eng/index.asp?docID=370 |
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Log onto www.primaryscience.ie before 31st March 2009 to submit your application for the Awards of Science Excellence – and get your Discovery Logs in by May 1st for your school’s chance to win an Award. Get your school to visit one of the 28 Discover Centres, take part in the Greenwave project, get involved with Science Week or log on to www.steps.ie and try out some of their fun science and engineering activities! Visit www.primaryscience.ie for details. |
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Sport Against Racism Ireland |
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Can you spare one day from time to time to take part in a variety of fund raising campaigns to support SARI's valuable work in the community this year? If you think you fit the profile and want to give it a go, call Fanel on 086 373 5818, email info@sari.ie with your details or visit www.sari.ie |
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The EU Commission is looking for translators with English as their mother tongue as it faces a potential shortage of linguists. This is especially important as many translators who started working for the Commission in the 1970's, when Ireland and the UK joined the EEC are approaching retirement age. |
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Most family homes in Ireland now have access to an internet connection. The internet is a great resource for many fun and interesting things, from instant messaging to researching a history project for school. However, with so many people having access to the internet is it important that you use it wisely in order to avoid putting yourself in dangerous situations |
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Make a difference and contribute to a sustainable future!
'Energy is our Future' is a school programme that is jointly managed by European Schoolnet and PlasticsEurope, the association of plastics manufacturers. The programme is intended to help students learn to make a difference in using energy and find out more about the role of advanced materials, such as plastics, in saving energy and therefore contributing to a sustainable future. The website has many resources, much news and a competitions and debates section, and there is an area where you can join an online chat with an expert in energy at : http://www.futurenergia.org |
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A progressive primary school which teaches all of its 600 pupils sign language as part of the daily curriculum says new technology it initially began using with its 20 deaf pupils two years ago has totally revolutionised the way the entire school learns. |
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Check out the latest science news, videos, quizzes, friends, polls, skins, calendar and other recent additions on our "I Love Science". Bebo page link. |
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The Irish National Teachers’ Organisation has said official figures released on 8th September, show government failure to reduce class sizes in primary schools. John Carr, General Secretary of the primary teachers' union, said, “Almost one hundred thousand children remain in classes of thirty pupils or more despite year on year promises to tackle the issue.” Irish primary school classes are the second most over-crowded in the EU.
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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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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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