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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 Suzanne Collins, Rick Riordan and Philip Pulman. Renaissance director John Moore said reading had he...
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, Heritage and Culture through the medium of Irish. Students are working with Aine Ni Ghlinn Laureate na...
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, schools in each cluster will enjoy access to a specialist facilitator, artist or creative expertise i...