March 13, 2020
Homeschooling is usually associated with the United States or rural Australia, but with the schools closed due to Coronavirus, a version of it is something that […]
March 5, 2020
As schools are closing as a precaution against the spread of the Coronavirus, many children are becoming anxious. My friend Alicia Eaton, a Behavioural & Emotional […]
March 1, 2020
You gotta love Seachtain na Gaeilge – only in Ireland can a week last longer than a fortnight (coicís)! It runs every year from 1-17 of […]
February 17, 2020
CAO applications have closed, the Oral exams are a bit away still & the Mocks are over. But there are some very important college accommodation dates […]
February 4, 2020
Homework is back in the news again. In late 2019, Loreto Primary School in Rathfarnham in Dublin stopped giving written homework to all classes, except for […]
January 21, 2020
Classroom-Based Assessments (CBA) are probably the most misunderstood part of the New Junior Cycle. Despite a call for many years to move away from the pressures […]