Archive for April 2006

Grammar can be fun!

Divide your pupils into groups of four, give each group a blank page and give each student in each group a number

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Basic Intensive Course in Reality Therapy, Choice Theory and Lead Management

Courses are limited to twelve participants and will run in Education Centres

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Opportunities for schools and teachers

Contact Seminars, Language Ambassador of the Year 2006, eTwinning - ICT Partnerships between schools

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Spring Fair at Raheen Wood Steiner School

Raheen Wood Steiner School, Raheen Road, Tuamgraney, East Clare will hold its annual Spring Fair on Saturday 29 April

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Bank of Ireland Arts Centre to close

Business at the centre will continue as usual until the closure, which is likely to be sometime in the summer

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New measures to improve fluency in Irish

Education Minister Mary Hanafin has announced plans to improve the teaching of Irish in schools around the country

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Health screening for children cut by 50%

The number of health screenings for primary school children has been halved in the last year

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Economist shocked at shoddy under-funding of primary education

A leading economist has warned that unless the Government puts more money into primary education, Ireland will lose its top global economic ranking

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British school offers lessons in happiness

An English boarding school is teaming up with Cambridge to offer lessons in happiness

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Minister remains firm in face of INTO vote

Delegates at the INTO annual conference last week voted to ban co-operation with school inspections

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Opinion split about controversial website

School authorities are concerned about the controversial international website www.bebo.com

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Schools will be forced to teach Stay Safe

Up to 200 primary schools have not yet implemented the Stay Safe programme, designed to give children the skills to help them deal with threatening situations

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Deceased teacher has his conviction quashed

A British teacher, who died in prison after being unjustly jailed in 2001 for alleged rape, has been posthumously cleared of his alleged crime

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Why men say No to teaching

A teachers' union in Northern Ireland has claimed that men are steering clear of teaching because they are worried they will be labelled as paedophiles

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This year's teachers' conferences

The one theme that was common to all three of the annual teacher conferences this year was that we are not cherishing all the children of the nation equally

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Graduate Diploma / Masters in Dance

This part-time programme of study at University of Limerick runs on Saturdays throughout the academic year and full-time for three weeks during July …

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