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Stars line up for marathon youth-led chat show
Show date: Thursday 18 March
Show time: 4- 7 pm
British teens are gearing up for a world first: an epic live and interactive chat show featuring leaders from the worlds of music, movies, sport, business and the community in general. |
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Deadline approaches for establishing out of school provision
The Government’s deadline for all primary schools being able to offer some form of out of school provision is September 2010, which is just six months away. With Ofsted registration taking up to 25 weeks to complete, this means that any schools that don’t already have out of school care in place must take action without delay. |
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Are you on the sea's side?
Children across the UK can help the setting up of safe places for sea creatures with the RSPB youth fundraising campaign – I’m on the sea’s side. |
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Strip for Shelter
Shelter and Nationwide encourage schools across the UK to get involved and 'Strip4Shelter' by replacing their school uniform with their football teams strip or colours during the World Cup 2010. |
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Stage on Screen
Plays are written to be seen and heard, but for many schools and individuals, theatre trips can be difficult to organise and are expensive. And that’s assuming the play you want to see is being performed within travelling distance |
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22 Children Give Ed Miliband A Green Lesson
A group of bright young children from across the UK will set out their plan at meetings with Ed Miliband, Secretary Of State For Energy and Climate Change and Greg Barker, Shadow Minister for Climate Change
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WIN £6000 TOWARDS AN ETHICAL KIDS PROJECT
We are on the look out for kids who have been sitting up and taking action against climate change, who are learning to respect their environment and see the importance its plays in their future. |
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UK Schoolchildren collect 90,000 pairs of shoes for Africa
Over 500 schools across the UK donated their unwanted shoes in October in a bid to change a child’s life in Africa. The Shoe Aid for Africa campaign was launched for the first time last year by shoe care experts Kiwi, to give UK families a chance to change lives in Africa. |
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National Lottery Awards 2010
We are calling on the readers of Primary Times to nominate their favourite Lottery-funded projects for The National Lottery Awards 2010. |
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TENS OF THOUSANDS PLAN MEGA SLEEPOVER
The date has been announced and 10,000 participants are already registered to take part in the Giant Sleepover, the world’s largest sleepover over 24 hours on the 19th June 2010. |
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The optimum age to start formal education
In the UK children are required to be in fulltime education in the academic year of their fifth birthday. For summer-born children, this means they are just four years old for most of their first year at school. |
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Cake a Difference
Cake A Difference is a brand new fundraising initiative for Bliss. From 8-14 February 2010, we are asking primary schools to support Bliss by organising cake sales during the week leading up to Valentine’s day. |
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FILMCLUB REVEALS ITS MEMBERS’ FAVOURITE CLASSIC FILMS
FILMCLUB - the nation’s experts in great films for children and young people – is revealing its members’ Most Popular Classic Films ahead of its attendance at BETT 2010, with the celebrated Marx Brothers comedy Duck Soup coming out on top |
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Shelter’s classroom kit
Housing and homelessness charity Shelter has produced an online classroom kit that offers an interactive programme of themed work exploring the complex issues they deal with every day. |
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British Wildlife -Young Photography Awards
Established to celebrate British wildlife and highlight the great diversity and wealth of British Natural history, these awards also aim toraise awareness, encourage discovery, exploration and conservation. There are two special awards for young people. |
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What is the Big Schools’ Birdwatch?
The Big Schools’ Birdwatch 2010 will take place in the two weeks 18 January – 1 February. During this time, the RSPB will be asking children and their teachers to look out for and count the birds that share their school environment. |
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The Princes' Rainforest Project
Attracting thousands of frog designs, The Prince’s Rainforests Project’s “Win a Tree-mendous Rainforest Frog” competition has created a visual petition of staggering proportions in support of the rainforests from engaged school-aged children across the UK. |
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Young Critic Awards 2010
A spectacular 312,000 primary aged children went to the movies for free during this October’s National Schools Film Week (NSFW) 2009. And now the NSFW’s charity organisers Film Education are encouraging teachers to get their pupils to enter a nationwide film-reviewing competition and so make the most of their cinema experience. |
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Thames Watch 2010
Rivers and water are two of the hottest world topics as climate change starts to impact. Spurred by this, and the enthusiasm of last year’s participants, the third annual ThamesWatch event will be held in 2010. |
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Why we all need to learn to learn
No two children learn in the same way which is why a one-size fits all approach to teaching will never successfully reach all pupils. Sitting up straight and listening while teacher uses the whiteboard is a perfectly valid method of teaching for all those who absorb information through their eyes and ears – visual and aural learners - and who concentrate best when sitting up straight. |
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Classic plays to be recorded on DVD
Teachers and students will be able to watch and study plays on the syllabus easily, conveniently and cost-effectively, and, thanks to the wealth of extras and study aids included in our teaching packs, get a real feel for the production. |
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The Potato Story
Having discovered the shocking truth about how little the nation’s children know when it comes to food provenance, McCain has decided to extend its educational, unbranded national roadshow – ‘The Potato Story’ |
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Bringing a global perspective to the primary classroom
The International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme. A small number of schools in England however, including several state primary schools, have chosen to explore an alternative route and are following the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IB PYP). |
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Night At The Museum 2 - Education Packs For Schools
Innovative educational materials using characters and themes from the smash-hit family film Night at the Museum 2 have been requested by over 1000 schools in September 2009 in a drive to bring excitement and entertainment back into the classroom. |
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Shoe Aid 2009
The Shoe Aid for Africa campaign was launched for the first time last year by shoe care experts Kiwi, to give UK families a chance to change lives in Africa. A selection of schools, Sure Start centres and Scout groups kindly donated over 20,000 pairs of shoes last year. |
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THE FORMULA FOR HAPPY AND HEALTHY SCHOOL PETS
PDSA, the UK’s leading veterinary charity, is carrying out research into school pets as part of its Long Live Pets campaign, to ensure the health and happiness of all companion animals. |
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World Book Day 2010
World Book Day, the biggest annual celebration of books and reading in the UK and Ireland, takes place next year on Thursday 4 March 2010. Pre-schools in the UK who wish to take part in the day can register for free, between 1 October and 30 November 2009, to receive tailored support materials including the World Book Day £1 Book Tokens. |
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British expedition spreads word of climate change
In the next 100 years the Atlantic sea level is set to rise by up to 1m, affecting thousands of coastal inhabitants in the UK alone. In response to this, a group of British explorers are set to visit 31 countries to raise awareness of the dangers of climate change, having just completed a tour of UK schools. |
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Deaf Children & Research
Schools for deaf children are being faced with an increasing demand for research, which whilst highly valuable, needs to be balanced against the impact of the interruptions to pupils’ education. |
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Used to teaching Chembakolli? Now, teach in Chembakolli.
For the first time the international development charity ActionAid, together with Indian NGO ACCORD, is offering the opportunity for two UK teachers to volunteer for six months teaching in the southern Indian village of Chembakolli. |
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Jools Holland helps launch multi-sensory software
One of this year’s six commissions developed by HMC Interactive, Drake Music and bibic is an environment that will benefit children with learning and physical disabilities. Visual Voice Pro is an immersive sound to light environment for Special Educational Needs. |
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Teach Climate Action
A unique and radical event for UK teachers, exploring the issues around climate change and the active roles and responsibilities of teachers, ahead of the United Nations Climate Conference (COP 15) in Copenhagen in December.
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Dynamic And Innovative Youngsters Are Given Early Opportunity To Build A Business
New research has revealed that although the current business world is reeling from the recession, this hasn’t stopped the future money-making generation from aiming high. In fact, 81% of British children want to run their own business, and furthermore original wheeler-dealer Sir Alan Sugar was voted the ‘most admired’ business person by Under 18’s across the country. |
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ST JOHN AMBULANCE LAUNCHES NEW STRATEGY TO IMPROVE FIRST AID TRAINING IN SCHOOLS
The nation’s leading first aid charity, St John Ambulance, has announced plans for ensuring access to all pupils to first aid training over the next five years. A survey by the charity revealed that almost 7 out of 10 young people wouldn’t know how to help someone who needed them, including young people who have witnessed violent crime. |
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Bring learning to life with ‘Facteria’
The subject of bacteria is a fascinating and important one for children - but it can be challenging to teach pupils about something too tiny to be seen with the naked eye. |
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New Resource for Primary: From Book to Screen THE SECRET OF MOONACRE
Film Education, in association with Warner Bros. Studios, has produced a free online resource for primary teachers based on the new film The Secret Of Moonacre. From the director of The Bridge To Terabithia, the film is based on the classic children’s book, The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge. |
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SUPPORTER TO REPORTER (S2R)
SUPPORTER TO REPORTER (S2R) is a national online sports channel where young people can share their passion for sport whilst developing their media skills. Working alongside professional journalists from BBC, Sky and ITV, the young S2R team report from local and national sports events to give a unique youth perspective to sports reporting. |
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The Growing Schools Year Planner
Growing Schools is a campaign which aims to give all children the opportunity to connect with the living environment, whether it is an inner city window box or a vast country estate, a school veg plot or a natural woodland. |
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Think Food and Farming
The successful Year of Food and Farming drew to a close in September, but lives on as Think Food and Farming. This legacy project shares the same aim of encouraging schools to take part in growing and cooking activities and visits to farms to find out how food is grown and produced. |
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The Prince of wales' Rainforest schools Website
The Prince of Wales' rainforest schools website has been launched this week with some fantastic quests for children of nursery and primary school age that meet the national curriculum requirements and also help children find out why rainforests are so important. |
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Bees Prove a Hit in the Classroom
You may have seen reports that reports of a dramatic decline in the population of honeybees, due to disease and poor weather conditions, and that English honey is set to run dry by Christmas. As well as denying us a favourite spread, this is a serious problem for agriculture where bees are relied upon to pollinate many of the UK’s food crops.
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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 of evangelical fans. |
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We Are What We Do
We Are What We Do is a new movement inspiring people to use their everyday actions to change the world. As part of our latest initiative, Young Speakers, we have trained local 6th form students to come into primary schools and give presentations around the power of small, simple actions to bring about massive social and environmental change |
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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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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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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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The Coca-Cola Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival for Young People in association with AIB Group is back in Dublin from 5th – 12th May! |
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This section will be updated regularly with information and news we believe is useful to parents and teachers - so check it out often! |
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On Tuesday 2 March, 29 secondary schools from across Ireland met in Dublin Castle to debate a mock EU Directive on the use of electric cars in Europe. Teams of senior cycle students will represent the Minister for Transport from each of the 27 EU Member States in the annual Model Council of the European Union debate. |
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In 2009 teenagers in Cork City Library produced their first graphic novel, called RedShift. Due to the overwhelming success of these workshops, led by John Sexton who facilitated the creative writing aspect, and Alan Barrett, graphic artist, Cork City Library service is pleased to announce its second graphic novel project for secondary school students in 2010 |
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Launched at Baboró International Arts Festival for Children in Galway in 2009, this remarkably simple, yet powerful set of short stories with a difference are proving to be captivating material within the world of children and the teaching profession globally. |
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The number of rental contracts agreed for school prefabs was slashed last year to just 20 compared to 266 the year before, according to the Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe TD. |
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The winners of the European Commission's third annual ‘Juvenes Translatores’ (Latin for ‘young translators’) contest for schools are announced today. The Irish winner is Rachel McNamara of Laurel Hill Secondary School, Limerick who translated from Irish into English. |
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CALL FOR ARTISTS: Per Cent for Art/Public Art Commission, Carlow Gaelscoil |
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The Children, Principal, Staff and Board of Management of Gaelscoil Eoghain Uí Thuairisc, Carlow wish to engage an artist(s) to make a permanent artwork that make a strong visual statement about their school and that resonates and engages with the people and place. The budget for the commission is €26,000 to include all artist(s) fee, design, material, fabrication costs, delivery, installation and all other associated costs including insurance and VAT. This is a two-stage commission with the closing date for stage one being 25th February. For full brief and application details please send an email to: gaelscoilpublicart@gmail.com |
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This World Book Day on 4th March, bestselling authors will be leaving signed copies of their work in public places for lucky readers to find. They are asking people all over Ireland to join them in doing the same by sending their books on the bookcrossing adventure of a lifetime. |
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Child Protection The Absolute First Priority |
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The President of the Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN), Mr. Pat Goff, Thursday, Jan 28th called for an immediate census of the 400 or so Newly Appointed Principals in our nation’s schools to ascertain whether all have had training as Designated Liaison Persons (DLPs). |
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CONGRATULATIONS TO BT Young Scientist & Technology Winner 2010 FROM PRIMARY TIMES! |
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The overall winner of the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2010 is Richard O’Shea, an 18 year old sixth year student from Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal, Blarney, Co Cork. His project, which was entered in the Technology category, Senior section, is entitled, “A biomass fired cooking stove for developing countries”. |
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The National Conference of the Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN), which is being held in the Citywest Convention Centre this week, will feature Ireland’s largest showcase of educational products and services to Primary and Post Primary Schools. |
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The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe TD, is to dissolve the National University of Ireland (NUI). |
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This week over 3,000 primary school students representing 100 schools from all over the island of Ireland will display their projects at the RDS Primary Science Fair at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. |
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Creative Facilitation
Location: DanceHouse, Foley Street, Dublin 1 |
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Challenging activities that include extension ideas for the more able. Activities develop spatial visualisation, logical reasoning, establishing criteria, interpreting, analysing, organising and using information, strategic thinking and using patterns |
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An excellent seven-book photocopiable series for the entire primary age range with high-interest, creative, fun yet challenging activities to satisfy the demands of the early finisher |
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The Awards encourage primary pupils across Ireland to think about the lives of children in developing countries and create projects in a variety of media which explore the challenges faced by young people in developing countries. |
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Fresh from their recent victory at the F1 in Schools World Championship the Koni Kats were given a hero’s welcome at the Irish Computer Society (ICS) Winter Members Evening, held at the Science Gallery on 9th December. |
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More than 3,200 primary schools are to get grant payments amounting to €28 million over the coming days to carry out small-scale structural and mechanical works, according to the Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe TD. |
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Threshold is calling on primary schools around the country to Hush for Homelessness on Friday 27th of November. By taking part in a 30 minute sponsored silence, children will help to raise vital funds and awareness for Thresholds free housing advice services this Christmas. |
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This course will provide teachers with the skills to set up a school’s website or blog, using NCTE’s new blogging service for schools, Scoilnet Blogs. This course has been designed for teachers who will be administering their school’s website/blog. |
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In an economic climate, where families are under extra pressure financially, as are schools- This is a wonderful idea-Free Whiteboards for schools. This scheme is free to partake in, requires no money in terms of fundraising, but it insures that our sick babies (The Forgotten Children of Ireland) have appropriate care. |
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EAGER teachers across the nation are signing up for a new ICT programme which makes them even more ‘computer-savvy’ and thus, helps pupils glean core skills and competence needed in our digital age |
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The announcement today by The Minister of State at the Department of Education and Science, Seán Haughey, TD, to create a new, single coordinated School Support Programme from next September was welcomed by the Irish Primary Principals’ Network. |
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‘The Year Round Organic School Garden’ is a practical guide for teachers and other education practitioners. It aims to help with the planning, design, creation and use of an organic school garden with children and teenagers. |
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safefood and West Cork LEADER Co-operative launched Taste Buds, a new interactive education resource for eight to ten year olds. This teacher-led CD resource, launched by Minister Batt
O’Keeffe, T.D. Minister of Education & Science, will teach children about
the origins of their food and the importance of healthy eating and physical
activity using five, fun animated characters. |
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Senator Marc MacSharry has called for a new Entrepreneurship Education
policy to be introduced into Ireland's 3,292 Primary Schools. The Sligo
based Senator stressed that Ireland needs a strong spirit of
Entrepreneurship among the next generation for the country to prosper
and reach its true potential. |
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Fancy your chances in the high-pressure world of international interpreting? Since Irish became an official EU language, there are more chances than ever for Irish people to pick up highly paid work as interpreters. But first, you have to get the right qualifications. |
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The toolkit can be downloaded from www.unhcr.ie after the launch event. Students in Irish classrooms are more international than ever. How do young people feel about their new classmates? Do they understand the reasons why they have left their home countries and come to Ireland? |
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VSO, the charity that recruits volunteers to work in developing countries, has announced that it sees the job losses in the education sector in Ireland as a positive for the developing world. |
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The “Miracle Tree” campaign, run by Vita, an Irish not-for-profit company is designed to emphasise the vital importance of trees, in particular the Moringa tree, to the development of sustainable livelihoods for the people of the Horn of Africa. |
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900 Primary school Principals at the Irish Primary Principals’ Network’s (IPPN) annual Conference in Killarney are today asking the Minister for Education and Science to deliver key reforms to the way in which funding and staffing is allocated to primary schools. Responding to the economic reality, Principals have identified that the current crisis which has led to major cutbacks in education also presents a golden opportunity for reform. |
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Principals clearly identify the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) as the agency that has the most positive effect on children in schools. They are also one of the agencies that impact least on the administrative work of the school. |
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A survey of primary principals taken in the week prior to the revelations from the Roscommon trial shows that 85% of primary school principals want mandatory reporting legislation to be brought in to protect children at risk. At their annual conference in Killarney, over 900 Primary Principals, members of the Irish Primary Principals’ Network will hear a strong call for more effective child protection measures. |
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‘Hands on Science’ features fun activities to encourage ‘learning by doing’ amid Science buffs.Primary pupils nation-wide are being encouraged to discover just how relevant and exciting Science is by conducting their very own experiments with everyday bits and bobs found in their classroom and in their homes. |
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The National Dairy Council has just completed the roll-out of a pilot programme to test a new approach to promoting the School Milk Scheme. The pilot programmes have now been launched in Counties Dublin, Monaghan, Donegal, Sligo and last night in County Limerick, where Giovanni Trapattoni, lent his support to the concept |
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This report presents findings on the self-reported health status and health behaviours of specific groups of children living in Ireland. These groups include students from the Travelling community, students from immigrant families, students with a disability and chronic illness and students that are part of the Department of Education and Science¹s School Support Programme, under the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools action plan, referred to as DEIS schools. |
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A total of 117 school inspection reports were published today (30 September, 2008) on the Department of Education and Science website alongside the responses received from the schools inspected. New inspection reports on the web today |
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The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe TD, today announced details of 5 major school building projects in this region which are to proceed to tender and construction. |
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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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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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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
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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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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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The Department of Education and Science plans to use new technologies to map and plan school locations in order to meet the increasing school going population. It is predicted that the school going population will increase by some 100,000 over the coming years, raising the primary school population to well over 500,000. |
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Qualified secondary teachers from Ireland are being invited to consider moving to a major European city to teach in one of the international schools set up to educate children of EU personnel. Ads are appearing in national media this week inviting suitably qualified teachers to apply for a posting abroad which has an attractive package for those seeking a wider European experience. |
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A free website hosting service is planned to be provided to schools as a Schools Broadband service in the next few months, possibly in Feb 2008. NCTE will be writing to all schools shortly to inform them of this new service |
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A photo library website where people can search for and share photos for educational use, was launched recently by NCTE and Scoilnet. ImageBank has been developed in response to teachers' needs and is intended to act as a support to students and teachers in Irish education by providing photos of Irish places and spaces, animals, sport and flowers, amongst other things. For more information, visit their website |
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Chatwise Teaching and Learning Module
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The Webwise interactive lesson 'Chatwise' dealing with emailing and chatting targeting 7 - 11 year olds, can be found in the Learning Resources section. The Chatwise Internet Safety module contains a teachers' guide, interactive digital resources, classroom-activity worksheets and take-home activities. For more information, visit http://www.webwise.ie/article.aspx?id=8180 |
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“Since 2005, most primary school children with special needs do not need assessments in order to access extra teaching supports”, Minister Mary Hanafin told the Dáil during a private members debate this evening. |
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The Minister for Education and Science Mary Hanafin T.D. has outlined the progress that has been made by the National Council for Special Education in working with schools to provide educational services for children with Autism throughout the country, based in their local community |
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The Minister for Education and Science, Mary Hanafin T.D., has laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas a special report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on lapses in internal control at the National Educational Welfare Board |
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Purse Search Ireland want you to help them learn more about Ireland's skates and rays. Join in the hunt for Mermaid's Purses! Get involved in marine Conservation! Mermaid's purses are the eggcases of sharks, skates and rays that are commonly washed up on Irish beaches |
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The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) and the Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) today launched a new resource that will support the teaching and learning of exceptionally able students in both jurisdictions |
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Internet safety: whose responsibility? A teachers' survey. As young people spend more time online and generate and consume a growing amount of content, the importance of internet safety is constantly increasing
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'The Internet: A Teaching & Learning Resource' - NCTE's new interactive
online course demonstrates how to integrate the Internet & Email into your
teaching & learning
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Children really enjoy playing games. Games encourage the taking of turns, confidence, new skills and the opportunities for much needed exercise
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A
study published recently by The Centre for Health
Promotion Studies, NUI Galway has found that
one sixth of Irish children report that they
go to school or to bed hungry, because there
is not enough food at home. |
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Minister for Education and Science Mary Hanafin T.D. says she is very pleased to see that more young men leaving school are considering primary school teaching as their career. |
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