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By Joe Barrett Raheen, Timahoe and Ballyadams National Schools have been selected to take part in the Creative Ireland Programme. The programme is a culture…

A CREATIVE cluster, involving three Ennis primary schools, culminated on Friday with the launch of a biodiversity app, writes Jessica Quinn.

Overall, the number of books read among children dropped compared with previous years, but the young people were reading more challenging books. JK Rowling dominated the leaderboard of most popular books at primary level as pupils continued to pick up the Harry Potter series. Other popular authors at primary included David Walliams, Julia Donaldson and Roald Dahl. At second level the most popular book was One of Us is Lying by Karen M McManus. Other popular authors at secondary school included ...

Cartoon Saloon and local gaelscoileanna promote the use of Irish through a creative medium Stephanie Nic Giolla Phadraig, Siona Nic Eoin, Tomm Moore, Liselott Olofsson and Ryan O Griofa Reporter: );  ); Oscar-nominated Cartoon Saloon are engaging with local gaelscoileanna in a creative initiative aimed at promoting a love of the Irish language. Staff, students and artists working at Cartoon Saloon are involved in the collaborative Creative Clusters project in conjunction with the Arts, Heri...

Minister Foley invites applications from schools for funding to work together on Creative Projects   The Minister for Education Norma Foley TD today invited primary and post-primary schools across Ireland to apply for Creative Clusters, an initiative taking place as part of Creative Ireland and under the Schools Excellence Fund. The Department of Education budget for Creative Clusters in 2021 is €595,000. Under this scheme to support schools to build capacity in creativity, s...

Schools invited to work together on creative cluster projects from coding to cartoons Successful applicants will receive up to €15,000 to bring ideas to fruition about 20 hours ago   Schools are being invited to apply for funding to work together on creative projects ranging from cartoons to coding. Successful applicants will receive up to €15,000 in funding to help bring their ideas to fruition, along with access to a specialist facilitator or artist in their chosen area of interest. The...