November 26, 2015
When a child is struggling at school, it eventually becomes apparent and supports are available to help them. There are individual resource hours, group resource hours, […]
November 9, 2015
In an ideal world, school would be an amazing, productive, happy place where enthusiastic educators nurtured young minds & taught them to love learning. Most of […]
October 13, 2015
Whenever someone tells me that they are dyslexic, I always say ‘Hi Dyslexic, I’m Elaine’. Usually they’ll look at me quizzically and say ‘no – I […]
September 29, 2015
“Homework is one of the thorniest issues at primary level”. Not my words but those of Peter Mullen of the Irish National Teachers Organisation, in an […]
September 24, 2015
My husband is terrible at remembering dates. He just doesn’t know birthdays or anniversaries. He has a constant fear of forgetting his god-son’s birthday & every […]
September 11, 2015
When you are dressing a child, you don’t put on their coat first, then their jumper and finally their vest, not unless it’s ‘Crazy Clothes Day’ […]