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St Edmund's Canterbury is a Shining Example
The way in which St Edmund’s School Canterbury assesses its youngest pupils has been highlighted as an example to other schools and rated ‘outstanding’. A Local Education Authority assessor visited the Wrens, the school’s Reception class, which takes children aged four and five years old, and said that the teachers’ tracking and knowledge of each child’s abilities was exemplary.
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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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If you have any photos that you would like to present in a different way, then why not think about getting them printed directly onto acrylic freestanding blocks or wall-hanging panels? These could look great for displaying in your schools, either on the wall or for presentations or open days. More>> http://www.fotocube.co.uk/(website presently being updated but you can still email
info@fotocube.co.uk) |
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Grow your own Potatoes Challenge
Months of waiting and watering are now over for thousands of pupils around the country, as they discover today, which schools have grown the heaviest potato crop. Ten thousand primary schools planted potatoes in March, as part of Potato Council’s Grow Your Own Potatoes project; these have been nurtured and cared for by over 300,000 children, who then harvested their precious crop last month. |
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National Schools Film Week 2008
This year, almost 2,000 film screenings are being held FREE of charge to children in over 500 locations across the UK as part of the 13th National Schools Film Week.Up to 320,000 children are expected to take part in what is now the biggest festival of its kind in Europe … and for 60 per cent of children who attend, this will be their first ever cinema experience |
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Marie Curie Mini Pots of Care
Marie Curie Cancer Care run a fun and creative fundraising activity called Mini Pots of Care which involves children learning about nature and the work of Marie Curie Nurses while helping to raise funds for the charity |
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Kick for Children with Cancer
Kick for Children with Cancer’ is a nationwide initiative run by CLIC Sargent which encourages schools and youth football clubs across the country to organise their own fun football fundraising events in support of children with cancer. |
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The KidsOutdoors Campaign
The KidOutdoors campaign, being led by The Scout Association, aims to inspire a million new outdoor adventures. We want more young people to embrace outdoor activities and find that doing things outdoors is a more attractive alternative to TV and computer games |
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What would life be like if you couldn’t watch High School Musical or see where the goal was when playing football? The world would be a very different place if you couldn’t see. There are currently 1.4 million children worldwide who are blind, a large number of whom live in developing countries. However lots of the children who are blind could be treated and have their sight restored.
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TV’s Zoe Ball has been filling her suitcase to help raise funds for Paddington Bear’s favourite charity, Action Medical Research. As the world-famous bear celebrates the 50th anniversary of the publication of the very first Paddington book this year, Zoe went back to her children’s TV roots to make a miniature version of his iconic suitcase ahead of the charity’s Bring Your Bear fundraising event this June. |
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Victoria Centre and Heart 106 helped Make Chatter Matter last week during the BIG Nursery Rhyme Off in support of children’s communication charity I CAN. Blue Bell Hill Primary and Nursery School performed in style, winning the live singing competition with their unique and exciting version of Robin Hood. |
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'ICE' (In Case of Emergency) Campaign
We all carry our mobile phones with names & numbers stored in its memory. If we were to be involved in an accident or were taken ill, the people attending us would have our mobile phone but wouldn't know who to call. Yes, there are hundreds of numbers stored but which one is the contact person in case of an emergency? |
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Denise Lewis, who won the gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, has taken up a position as Early Years Ambassador for the Youth Sports Trust and is also helping to raise awareness of Zoneparc, a primary school playground development programme that is proven to increase children's activity levels and their enjoyment of the playground, as well as improving playground behaviour. |
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World leaders have promised that all children will have a primary education by 2015, but with only 7 years to go there are still 72 million children who miss out on education completely - send My Friend to School 08 is asking politicians and decision makers to speed up their efforts to ensure that all children get the chance to go to school. |
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The annual school tour in the Summer term normally presents children with an opportunity of doing something different from the usual school routine. It gives them a chance of sharing the day with their friends, learning something new by experiencing it for themselves and of gaining lifelong happy memories. |
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RSPB's Big School Birdwatch 2008 Results
The RSPB’s 2008 Big Schools’ Birdwatch results show an average of 5.05 starlings were seen in school grounds. The black-headed gull and the blackbird, which complete the top three, flew in at an average of 4.65 and 4.29 per school respectively. |
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Speaking Another Language
Well isn’t it great being able to speak another
language! For more years than I care to remember– be it French, Spanish, German or Italian – the look
of the young child who ventures forward and proudly professes,“Guess what? I can speak another language!” has always stopped
me dead in my tracks. |
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Celebrate 50 years of Paddington Bear and help sick babies
National charity Action Medical Research is planning its biggest ever Bring Your Bear fundraising event this June and is inviting primary schools across the UK to join in and celebrate charity mascot Paddington Bear’s 50th anniversary. |
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Making a difference with Food in Schools
Food in Schools is part of the national Food in Schools programme funded by the Department for Children, Schools & Families and supported by the Department of Health. It is managed on their behalf by the Design & Technology Association and British Nutrition Foundation and provides an exciting opportunity for primary teachers to receive free training with a particular emphasis on developing their practical food skills.
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Hop, skip or jump to success in the Kick Asthma mini-marathon
Record Breaker and Asthma UK Ambassador Paula Radcliffe is launching a challenge to schools and groups across the country to each collectively cover 26.2 miles by any means – swimming, hopping, skipping – to raise vital funds to improve the health and well-being of more than a million children with asthma in the UK. |
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Educators urged to call Zak the Zebra
Educators who call the hotline, run by road safety charity Brake, will receive a free Zak pack which contains lots of resources and advice to help kick-start a local road safety campaign. Zak the Zebra, mascot of Brake’s national child safety campaign, Watch out there’s a kid about!, may also be able to visit communities to support local campaigns. |
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Is Your School ‘Up For Reading’?
Children with Down syndrome sometimes need additional help to learn. Reading is often something that young people with Down syndrome can be good at. |
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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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Abolishing VAT on School Wear
Following the results of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) report into the cost of school uniforms, Britain’s best known schoolwear brand, Trutex, is launching a petition which challenges The Chancellor, Alistair Darling, to abolish VAT on all items of school uniform that carry a school badge, regardless of size |
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Ireland-specific articles
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The European Commission is to set up a European Digital Library of literature, music, painting, photography and film. The library, which will known as Europeana, will be launched in November and will contain digital versions of the vast amount of material in museums, libraries and archives across Europe.
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The European Day of Languages (EDL) is a Council of Europe initiative. It is held annually on the 26th September and aims to: alert the public to the importance of language learning; increase awareness and appreciation of ALL the languages spoken in Europe; encourage lifelong language learning |
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Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe, T.D., today (10 July, 2008) published two reports on ICT in Schools. Investing Effectively in Information and Communications Technology in Schools 2008-2013 is the Report of the Strategy Group appointed to advise on the priorities for investment in ICT in Schools having regard to the critical success factors for successful integration of ICT into learning and teaching |
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The European Commission wants to set up an EU-wide scheme to provide free fruit and vegetables to school children. The scheme could begin at the start of the 2009/2010 school year if approved by the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament. |
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Minister for the Environment John Gormley TD today launched Ireland’s first national green awards to celebrate the achievements of Irish schools and organisations who are making substantial efforts to tackle the challenge of climate change.
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A leading book publishing company is to provide light relief for primary school pupils who are physically and mentally burdened by the way they currently learn Irish. |
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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 Digital Schools Award initiative recognizes the excellence in a school's approach to the integration of ICT in teaching and learning. The Award scheme is unique in that is has the full support, not only of NCTE, but also CESI, INTO, IPPN and NCCA, all of whose views have been fully represented in its development. |
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Beo.ie - An chibirbhulaíocht |
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Léiríonn staidéar cuimsitheach ar tugadh faoi le gairid gur fadhb choitianta í an chibirbhulaíocht i measc an aosa óig. San alt seo, pléann Caoimhe Ní Laighin an éifeacht is féidir a bheith aici ar shaol an íospartaigh Tá an t- alt seo dírithe ar dhaltaí Ardteiste ó thaobh ábhair de agus ó thaobh leibhéal deacrachta na teanga.An chibirbhulaíocht: tá gá le gníomh |
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If you have any photos that you would like to present in a different way, then why not think about getting them printed directly onto acrylic freestanding blocks or wall-hanging panels? These could look great for displaying in your schools, either on the wall or for presentations or open days. More>> http://www.fotocube.co.uk/(website presently being updated but you can still email
info@fotocube.co.uk) |
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Pre-registration for the Eurocompetition
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the euro, the European Commission will launch a poster competition for 10 to 14 years old pupils from the euro area. Teachers can pre-register for the competition on the Eurocompetition website and find out how to bring the euro to the classroom! |
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AWARDS OF SCIENCE EXCELLENCE 2007-2008 |
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This year's award ceremonies will take place in the first two weeks of June. There'll be a fun interactive science show, as well as demos by local universities and institutes of technology, and Molly Cool will be touring the country to meet young science fans: Click here for more information |
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Summer Courses for Teachers |
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The summer course schedule for fully funded ICT courses is now available on the NCTE’s website (www.ncte.ie/courseschedule). This contains details of ICT continuing professional development courses running in Education Centres around the country during July & August. For further information on these courses and booking details please contact your local ICT advisory service www.ncte.ie/advisornetwork. Courses are fully funded by the NCTE and primary school teachers attending these courses may claim EPV days for attending. |
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Safer Children in a Digital World |
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Dr. Tanya Byron, clinical psychologist and TV presenter has published her independent review commissioned by the UK Government. Dr. Byron investigated the potentially harmful effects on children and young people from inappropriate content on the Internet and video games. More www.webwise.ie/article.aspx?id=9024 |
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The Active School Awards scheme was initiated as part of the European year of Education through Sport (EYES) in 2004. Congratulations to Scoil an Spioraid Naoimh, Bettystown, Co Meath who were one of the winners in the primary school category. |
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iBbY was delighted to announce the winners of the biennial 2008 iBbY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award, which is presented to projects run by groups or institutions that are judged to be making a lasting contribution to reading promotion for children and young people. |
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Mitchelstown Literary Society, the organising committee of the above Summer School, is pleased to announce the 2008 event will take place on the weekend of 23/25th May 2008 in Mitchelstown, Co. Cork. |
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At the outset, I want to make it clear that I too believe that all children should spend their days in high quality school accommodation. I appreciate that many schools are still waiting for their building projects to progress and I am conscious of the frustration that this can bring for children, parents, teachers and public representatives. |
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Star Site - Togher NS gets Star Site
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Very simple site for a 59 pupil school. Lovely 'pupils work' section displaying the numerous projects.
Visit http://www.iol.ie/~togher/index.html. More information such as finding a school in Ireland, finding a partner school from around the world, building a website and favourite websites from teachers, is available at: http://www.scoilnet.ie/Schoolsonline/ |
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One of the most searched for terms on the internet is 'games'. Games can be both educational and fun and can have appeal to a wide variety of ages and skills. Scoilnet have a number of links that may be of interest. Visit http://www.scoilnet.ie/article.aspx?id=6013 |
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Webwise in the Primary classroom
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Pupils can follow the adventures of Niamh & Fionn as they chat online for the first time & have fun learning about email, chatting and personal information online. Visit http://www.webwise.ie/article.aspx?id=8180
For more information on these and other Internet Safety information, visit http://www.webwise.ie |
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Jumpcut - edit video online
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Are you looking for an easy way to upload, edit and share your videos and photos? Why not visit Jumpcut! Once you register free, you can start making movies right away by uploading your favourite video clips, photos and audio right from your computer or digital camera. The uploader will automatically create a movie from the files that you upload. Then you can open up the web-based editor to rearrange the clips and photos, add titles, effects and lots more. Visit http://jumpcut.com/ |
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One lucky pupil from St Conleth’s College in Ballsbridge, Dublin, will witness climate change firsthand by participating in an expedition to the Arctic in September 2008. The school has just won an all-Ireland Cape Farewell Local to Global Video competition. |
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Details of the FÁS Jobs Ireland Munster 2008 careers and skills exhibition have been announced. The event will take place on Friday, 18th and Saturday, 19th April in Nemo Rangers Complex, Douglas, Cork and admission is free. |
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Following on from the enormous contribution from schools in the previous SHADES campaigns, Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind is pleased to introduce a new aspect to Shades 2008 – The SHADES School Initiative.
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Pupils from St. John’s Senior Primary School, Ballybough Street, Kilkenny, Shane O’Brien, Megan Conway, Tervine Wallace and Claire Manning place their inclusions in the MacDonagh Junction Kilkenny Time Capsule, to be opened in 2108
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A new GAA Theme page, aimed at Primary Level, went live recently! Visit: www.scoilnet.com |
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