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Greater numbers of people are engaging with the sea but this new-found wonder comes at a time of crisis for the world’s oceans and Irish seas, writes ...

Minister Foley invites applications from schools for new arts in education initiative – BLAST 2021   The Minister for Education Norma Foley TD today invited primary and post-primary schools to apply for a new arts in education initiative, BLAST 2021. BLAST – Bringing Live Arts to Students and Teachers – is a new initiative which will enable up to 400 new arts in education residencies in schools each year. The aim of this scheme is to give pupils in schools all ov...

Teaching the Treaty in the Junior Cycle history classroom This critical year in our islands history will spark discussion and debate in the Junior Cycle history classroom about 2 hours ago Angela Hanratty British police attacking a farm occupied by Sinn Féin members in Tipperary, frontpage of French newspaper Le petit journal, December 5th, 1920. Photograph: Leemage/Unive...

Kilkenny Steiner School set to expand to include secondary education Reporter: Kilkenny Steiner School is expanding and from September will provide secondary school education. The primary school has been providing a Steiner Waldorf education to children in the county for over 25 years at Ballytobin in Callan and currently has 47 students on its books. From September children will have the opportunity to continue with this model of education through the establishment of a secondary school. The ...

Change to vaccine rollout schedule not a value judgment on teachers - Foley The INTO, ASTI, and TUI have agreed to put forward a shared emergency motion, however, the exact wording will not be available until tomorrow. The three teaching unions are due to bring a shared, emergency motion to delegates tomorrow, demanding vaccine prioritisation for teachers. Tue, 06 Apr, 2021 - 15:21 Jess Casey, Shauna Bowers and Nicole Glennon Scroll down for: ASTI adopts maximum class size of 24 po...

Heartening to see students signing up to sit exams Updated / Tuesday, 6 Apr 2021 17:50 The President of the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland has said it is heartening to hear that many students have signed up to sit Leaving Certificate exams so far. Speaking at the ASTI Annual Convention Ann Piggott said her union are glad that a Leaving Cert is being held with second components.  She said they had continually asked for adaptations to exam papers to offer choice and reduce strai...

Leaving Cert: Last-minute surge in registrations ahead of deadline Vast majority of students have formally applied for exams, accredited grades or both Tue, Mar 16, 2021, 19:50   The vast majority of Leaving Cert students have registered for written exams or accredited grades ahead of a deadline which expired on Tuesday. There had been concerns that many students risked missing out on sitting exams after one-in-five of the estimated 63,000 Leaving Cert candidates had failed to register by Mon...

Education Correspondent In a lofty Georgian building in the heart of Dublins north inner city Junior Certificate students are learning about the 1798 rebellion and of rebels like Wolfe Tone. Henrietta Street School caters for 20 vulnerable young teens, some of them rebels too, in their own way. Nine students here were expecting to sit their Junior Certificate exams this coming June and news of the cancellation of the exams has come as a heavy blow. Henrietta Street School is a school for childr...

Significant drop in children drinking alcohol and smoking, new study shows The number of children dieting has increased in recent years, report says Mon, Mar 8, 2021, 13:59 Updated: Mon, Mar 8, 2021, 14:12   Rates of smoking, alcohol and cannabis use among school-aged children have significantly decreased since 1998, while the number of children who reported being on a diet has increased in recent years, according to a new report. There has also been a decrease in the number of child...

A year with Covid in Ireland - timeline of incredible lockdowns, cases and deaths, pub closures and disasters The hope of the vaccination campaign is keeping the country going as restrictions remain in place one year on 16:20, 1 MAR 2021 Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Never miss an update on schools, pubs and coronavirus cases with our free newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up! When you subscribe we will use the information you prov...