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This training will focus on the wellbeing needs of children/young peoplefrom Ukraine by providing practical strategies to welcome them to school, to support them to develop friendships, to assist with addressing their language related needs and to promote their resilience and recovery. Suitable for all Primary School Staff.

Support your child's transition into Primary School with this practical webinar. 

Learn about some tips and ideas to get your child off to the best start in Junior Infants.

Emotional Intelligence and Wellbeing in the Classroom

Tutor-Olive Robinson

This course will enhance the use of a wide range of techniques to help teach emotional intelligence in the classroom. Teachers will learn the basic science behind how the brain works in terms of anxiety and trauma and how to use effective methods to support children. Through movement, sensory breaks, mindfulness and a range of therapeutic interventions, teachers are provided with a tool-box they can use in the classroom daily. This course reiterates the promotion of self-care for teachers and pupils.

A practical approach to teaching music in Primary School

Would you like to learn to play ukulele to enhance your teaching of music?

Would you like to learn how to lead a samba drumming performance in your class or school?

Would you like to experiment with and experience practical lesson ideas across all classes and all three strands of the music curriculum?

Would you like to be confident teaching music literacy?

Would you like to do a practical enjoyable face to face course with an experienced passionate music educator?

If so, consider signing up for this course designed and delivered by Redmond Connolly.

Visual Arts – Strand by Strand

Tutor: Gemma Meehan

This course will provide purposeful art experience using a variety of media and explore their possibilities for the creation of art. It will enable the development of skill facilitate art making and enhance the enjoyment and appreciation of visual arts within the curriculum. It will explore the potential for art making on a strand by strand basis, engage in an analysis of the work of artists and review how this can be related to classroom activities. Throughout the course, we will examine the potential for the integration of visual arts in the literacy and numeracy curriculum and investigate the use of IT for Visual Arts. It will also examine the SSE process and how to evaluate Visual Arts in this context.

Visual Arts Junior Primary

Tutor: Eithne Gallagher

This face to face course is designed to develop a practical but creative approach to delivering the visual arts curriculum. Teachers will participate in workshops and will have the opportunity to work in groups to develop skills in drawing, fabric and fibre, clay, painting, and construction. There will be an emphasis on planning and designing craft based projects that allow pupils to explore their individual response to art.