Sonairte Earth Education

“Sonairte is a place that inspires a caring relationship with nature”.

Sonairte is an old Irish word for ‘positive strength’. This isIreland’s first eco-centre. Before that it was part of a self-sufficient farm. The townland of the … Read on…

In secondary schools, they’re trying to make Maths more meaningful to real life situations. I thought this cartoon from The Oatmeal summed things up quite nicely! (As a maths-geek, I’m slightly uncomfortable with this cartoon because there are real life … Read on…

Today’s Sunday Fun isn’t really fun at all. In fact, this great cartoon from The Notebook magazine displays everything that is wrong with our education system. Although it is an American context, it easily maps to the Irish education system. … Read on…

Here are five national schools that you can add to your follow list. All five schools are primary schools in Ireland who tweet.

• Craggagh NS
• Gaelscoil Eoghain Uí Thuairisc
• Clontuskert NS
• Scoil Mhuire, Lucan
• St. Ibar’s N.S.

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Congratulations to the primary schools that won the Eircom Junior Spiders Awards this week. There were three categories open to primary schools: Best Project, Best School Blog and Best School Web Site. The judges’ decisions were made and the following … Read on…

Conflict Resolution is a set of 3 teacher resource books from Prim-Ed. As teachers, we know that the children in our care need to improve our conflict resolution skills. Some children can lack any form of ability to deal with … Read on…

Love is in the air this week with Valentine’s Day coming up but most schools will be off on their mid-term breaks so we might as well celebrate some famous people’s birthdays. With the Abraham Lincoln film out, his birthday … Read on…

The annual Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN) conference came to an end this weekend with the theme, “The Future is Now.” As always, there was an excellent mix of speakers including Michael D Higgins, the president of Ireland, and James … Read on…

It is no secret that Irish education, for all its merits, has been lacking in one very important area. Critical thinking and reasoning skills are quite simply essential in today’s society which places more value than ever in the ability … Read on…