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Education News in Ireland
Prescribed Material for Junior Cycle Irish 2027, 2028, 2029
Posted by SchoolDays NewsHound on 22/11/2024.Tags: Teachers
The Department of Education has issued Circular Letter 0086/2024 setting out the prescribed material for Junior Cycle Irish for students presenting for Final Examination in 2027, 2028 and ... click to read full post & comments
Cost-of-Living measures for increased school running costs
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 22/11/2024.Tags: Education And Politics
The Department of Education has issued Circular Letter 0088/2024 seting out the arrangements in relation to the payment of the cost-of-living measure totalling €45 million to support increased ... click to read full post & comments
McCabes Pharmacy School Flu Vaccinations
Posted by Schooldays NewsHound, on 12/11/2024.Tags: Teachers
McCabes Pharmacy School Flu Vaccination Service are delighted to once again offer their on-site Flu vaccination service to both primary and secondary schools ... click to read full post & comments
30,000 second-level teachers to stage lunchtime protest
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 12/11/2024.Tags: Teachers Parenting
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More than 30,000 members of the Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI) and the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) will hold a nationwide lunchtime protest outside schools next Tuesday, 19th November in which they will seek ... click to read full post & comments
€9M funding to support new primary curriculum
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 12/11/2024.Tags: Education And News Teachers
Minister for Education Norma Foley last week announced a significant investment of €9 million to provide school resources and materials for the new primary curriculum.
This initial funding will ensure that schools have essential resources and materials to deliver a ... click to read full post & comments
School Counselling Pilot Extended
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 25/10/2024.Tags: Teachers Parenting
Minister for Education Norma Foley TD last week announced the extension of Strand 1 of the Counselling in Primary Schools Pilot to 61 urban DEIS primary schools in Tallaght, Clondalkin, Finglas, Ballymun and Darndale.
The schools that will now be included in the pilot have been ... click to read full post & comments
SPHE Information for parents and guardians
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 25/10/2024.Tags: Parenting
A new Social, Personal, and Health Education curriculum (SPHE) was introduced in September 2023 for all first-year students.
Over the three years of Junior Cycle, students will learn a variety of ... click to read full post & comments
Plans to establish 5 New Special Schools
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 21/10/2024.Tags: Teachers Parenting
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Minister for Education Norma Foley TD and Minister of State with responsibility for Special Education and Inclusion Hildegarde Naughton TD have on 18 October, announced plans to establish five new special schools next year to cater for the increasing number of students with Special Educational Needs (SEN).
The schools will cater for children and young people with ... click to read full post & comments
New Wellbeing & Mental Health Supports for Schools
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 02/10/2024.Tags: Teachers
Minister for Education Norma Foley has announced Jigsaw as the successful bidder to provide services to further support wellbeing and mental health in ... click to read full post & comments
Budget 2025 Education & Parenting Update
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 01/10/2024.Tags: Education And Politics Teachers Parenting
A total of €1.3 billion has been allocated to the Department of Education for 2025,
This will include:
New Schools' Folklore Project announced
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 20/09/2024.Tags: Teachers
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Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has announced that her Department is going to establish a new national schools’ folklore project for the 21st century.
The project will follow in the footsteps of the ground-breaking schools’ ... click to read full post & comments
New Regulations for Childminding
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 20/09/2024.Tags: Parenting
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Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman has announced the publication of the new Childminding Regulations, which will come into effect on 30 September. This is the first time that childminders will be able to register with Tusla under new regulations that reflect the home and family setting in which childminders work and that take into account the ... click to read full post & comments
Schools participating in new Leaving Certificate Subjects
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 20/09/2024.Tags: Education And Politics Teachers Parenting
Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has today published the list of 100 selected Phase One Schools that will be the first to offer Leaving Certificate Drama, Film and Theatre Studies and Leaving Certificate Climate Action and Sustainable Development from the start of the 2025/26 school year.
Among the schools participating in phase one, 57 post-primary schools have been ... click to read full post & comments(1)
CBS Synge Street to transition to Gaelcholaiste
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound on 13/09/2024.Tags: Parenting
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Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has welcomed the announcement from Edmund Rice Schools Trust (ERST) that CBS Synge Street will transition from an English medium, single-sex post-primary school to a co-educational Irish-medium Gaelcholáiste commencing with the first year intake in the school year ... click to read full post & comments
Commission of Investigation to be set up and Scoping Inquiry Report Published
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 04/09/2024.Tags: Education And Politics Parenting
Minister for Education Norma Foley has announced that a Commission of Investigation is to be established, following a recommendation in the Report of the Scoping Inquiry set up to examine historical sexual abuse in day and boarding schools run by ... click to read full post & comments
12 New & Revised Leaving Cert Subjects
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 04/09/2024.Tags: Education And Politics Teachers Parenting
Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has welcomed the publication of 12 new and revised Leaving Certificate subjects and Senior Cycle Programmes. This is part of the Senior Cycle redevelopment which the ... click to read full post & comments
New School Procedures to Prevent Bullying Published
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 29/08/2024.Tags: Teachers
The Minister of Education last June launched the ‘Bí Cineálta procedures to prevent and address bullying behaviour for primary, post-primary and special schools'. These new procedures have now been ... click to read full post & comments
Leaving Certificate Results 2024
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 23/08/2024.Tags: Parents Teachers
60,839 Leaving Certificate students receive their Leaving Certificate Results today after 10am. The figure of 60,839 includes 4,086 students who sat the alternative Leaving Certificate Applied programme - an increase of ... click to read full post & comments
Pilot in-school therapy supports for Special Schools
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound on 22/08/2024.Tags: Education And Politics Teachers Parenting
Following the 9th August announcement of Government approval of the pilot for enhanced in-school therapy supports for 16 special schools, Minister O’Gorman, Minister Foley, Minister Rabbitte, Minister Naughton, senior HSE and NCSE officials have today ... click to read full post & comments
Teacher Recruitment Crisis - ASTI
Posted by on 16/08/2024.Tags: Teachers
Minister at sixes and sevens as teacher recruitment and retention crisis deepens’ – ASTI leader
82% of schools had no applications for vacant post/s in ‘23/24 school year
The teacher recruitment and ... click to read full post & comments
Cyberbullying Training for Teachers
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound on 16/08/2024.Tags: Teachers Parenting
Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has welcomed the news that over 600 teachers have undertaken training to address incidents of cyberbullying. The online training to address cyberbullying is being provided by ... click to read full post & comments
Almost half of children are bullied - survey
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 16/08/2024.Tags: Parenting
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The Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) commissioned Tomorrow Starts with Us, a survey carried out with Amárach Research to mark the OCO’s 20th Anniversary. The cost of living, mental health services and future housing needs are the top three concerns for over 1,000 secondary school students who ... click to read full post & comments
Wellbeing in Education School Videos
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 07/08/2024.Tags: Teachers
The Wellbeing Policy Statement and Framework for Practice published by the Department of Education includes the intention that all schools will use a School Self-Evaluation (SSE) Wellbeing Promotion process to develop, implement and review wellbeing promotion by 2025.
The Department has visited six schools to find out about their experience of this process and the benefit it has had on the whole school community. The Department has now published a selection of videos highlighting the fabulous wellbeing work that our schools are doing and are encouraging any schools that have not done so already to engage in wellbeing and complete the SSE process by the 2025 deadline.
You can view the videos published by the Department of Education HERE
... click to read full post & comments
Home Tuition Grant Scheme 2024/2025
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 19/06/2024.Tags: Parenting
The Department of Education have published details of the Home Tuition Grant Scheme for 2024/2025.
The purpose of the Home Tuition Grant Scheme is to ... click to read full post & comments
Procedures to prevent Bullying Behaviour announced
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 19/06/2024.Tags: Education & Politics Teachers Parenting
Minister for Education Norma Foley TD today launched the ‘Bí Cineálta procedures to prevent and address bullying behaviour for primary, post-primary and special schools'.
These ‘Bí Cineálta’ (‘Be Kind’) procedures were developed in collaboration with the education partners and are heavily informed by ... click to read full post & comments
ASTI dismayed at reduction in Summer Programme Funding
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 12/06/2024.Tags: Teachers Parenting
'Shocking’ reduction in funding for Schools’ Summer Programme will impact most vulnerable children
The ASTI has expressed its dismay at the decision to reduce funding for schools providing Summer Programme education for vulnerable students, including students with ... click to read full post & comments(1)
18,133 Ukrainian students in Irish Schools
Posted by on 11/06/2024.Tags: Teachers Parenting
The Department of Education can confirm that 18,133 Ukrainian pupils had been enrolled in schools across Ireland at the beginning of June. Out of that figure, 11,287 of these pupils had ... click to read full post & comments
136,000 students begin State Examinations
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 05/06/2024.Tags: Parenting
Minister for Education Norma Foley, Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion Hildegarde Naughton and Minister of State for Sport, Physical Education and the Gaeltacht Thomas Byrne have extended good luck and ... click to read full post & comments
Year 2 of Free Schoolbook Scheme for Primary
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 08/05/2024.Tags: Parenting Teachers
Minister for Education Norma Foley TD, Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion Hildegarde Naughton TD and Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform with special responsibility for Public Procurement and eGovernment, Ossian Smyth TD have today (Wednesday 8 May 2024) announced details of year 2 of the Primary Schoolbooks Scheme which provides free schoolbooks to ... click to read full post & comments
School of Excellence in Creativity Award 2025
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 01/05/2024.Tags: Teachers Education And Politics
The Department of Education invites expressions of interest from post-primary schools interested in partaking in a project to review, evaluate and develop creativity in their school.
Successful schools will ... click to read full post & comments(1)
Principals call for re-examination of SET allocation Model
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 29/04/2024.Tags: Teachers
A survey from the National Principals’ Forum has revealed that more than half of primary school principals have reported that they had no faith that their appeal to the Department of Education for extra Special Education Teaching hours would be successful. They cited the administrative burden, the timeframe and the ... click to read full post & comments
Additional Funding for Special Schools
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 23/04/2024.Tags: Teacher
Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion, Hildegarde Naughton T.D., has announced details of the arrangements to apply for the application of the additional targeted supports for special schools announced in Budget 2024.
Special schools provide an education for children and young people with the most significant special educational needs. A key feature of Budget 2024 is the ... click to read full post & comments(1)
Computer Science Week Launched
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 19/04/2024.Tags: Teachers Parenting
Minister for Education, Norma Foley TD, has launched Computer Science Week 2024, which is set to take place from 20 – 27 April.
Events set to take place during Computer Science Week 2024 will focus on the ... click to read full post & comments
Phased return to normal Leaving Certificate
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 17/04/2024.Tags: Parenting Teachers
Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has today confirmed that the gradual return to normal Leaving Certificate outcomes will begin in 2025. For students in 2024, there will be no change from last year with grades to stay at ... click to read full post & comments
New Anti-bullying Initiatives for Schools
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 16/04/2024.Tags: Education And Politics Teachers
Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has announced new initiatives to progress work on addressing bullying in schools from September 2024, as part of the Department of Education’s Cineáltas: Action Plan on Bullying. These will include the roll-out of new ... click to read full post & comments(1)
Revised Assessment of Need Process for schools announced
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 16/04/2024.Tags: Education And Politics Teachers Parenting
Minister for Education Norma Foley, TD, and Minister for Special Education and Inclusion, Hildegarde Naughton, TD, have announced a revised assessment of need process for schools.
This revised process has been developed on foot of a recent High Court judgement which found that ... click to read full post & comments
New Upskilling Programme for post-primary teachers in Irish
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound on 05/04/2024.Tags: Teachers
Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has announced that Trinity College Dublin, alongside Marino Institute of Education, has secured a contract to offer an innovative two-year programme aimed at ... click to read full post & comments(2)
Animal Assisted Education Programme for Neurodivergent students
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 03/04/2024.Tags: Parents Teachers
Autism Assistance Dogs Ireland (AADI) has announced the introduction of its new Animal Assisted Education Programme, which is supported by the Royal Canin Foundation in collaboration with University College Cork. The pioneering initiative aims to ... click to read full post & comments
Dept of Ed statement on Junior Cycle School Book Scheme
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 25/03/2024.Tags: Teachers Parenting
Statement issued by Department of Education on the Delivery of the Junior Cycle Schoolbooks advising that additional user-friendly resources and support will be provided after Easter Break
The new Junior Cycle Schoolbooks Scheme is ... click to read full post & comments
Location of two new special schools confirmed
Posted by Schooldays Newshound, on 25/03/2024.Tags: Parenting Teachers
Minister for Education Norma Foley TD and Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion Josepha Madigan TD have confirmed the location of two new special schools in Limerick and Kildare. This follows their announcement on 6 December 2023 of the establishment of four new special schools for ... click to read full post & comments
Public invited to have say on new Primary Curriculum
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 08/03/2024.Tags: Parenting
As part of the redevelopment of the Primary School Curriculum, NCCA has opened the consultation process inviting the public to have their say on the new primary school curriculum in modern Ireland.
The NCCA is consulting on ... click to read full post & comments(2)
Details of new school book scheme for Junior cycle
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 08/03/2024.Tags: Parentin Education And Politics
Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has announced details of a new groundbreaking scheme which provides free schoolbooks to Junior Cycle students in post-primary schools in the ... click to read full post & comments
Phased changes to School Bus Transport scheme likely
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 27/02/2024.Tags: Parenting
It is expected that the Minister for Education, Normal Foley, will update the Government today on the review of the school transport scheme which is used by 161,000 students.
Under the current scheme, the rules require that students must choose the school nearest ... click to read full post & comments
Secondary School Immunisation Programme has started
Posted by SchoolDays Newshound, on 20/02/2024.Tags: Parenting
Immunisation is one of the most effective ways of protecting your child against harmful diseases. The HSE is advising parents of first year students to make sure their child gets vaccinated through the HSE school ... click to read full post & comments(1)