Let’s reconnect with nature by learning more about the wildlife around us and then bring it back to our classrooms. Many students and adults find it difficult to identify common wildflowers, trees, birds and mammals. We want to address this. At the end of the year we want you and your students to be able to identify at least 30 living things and know a little more about them. When you learn a new word, you start to see it everywhere. We're hoping that by learning the names of these living things the students will see them and have a little more appreciation for them.

We're meeting on Mondays every week at 4pm for 15mins. We'll provide you with a set of resources on one living thing. Perhaps a plant, a mammal, an insect, or a bird.

You'll be invited to teach your class (es) about that living thing once a week. At the end of each term we will hold a fun quiz.

Book directly through PDST www.pdst.ie

A series of 3 workshops to support cultures of collaborative reflection in schools and enhance the impact of teachers’ professional learning.

October 10th, 24th and November 14th 5p.m.-7p.m. 

The ESCI (Education Support Centres Ireland) and the Teaching Council are co-hosting a series of three workshops for teachers interested in harnessing the power of professional learning to support their needs.  The workshops are facilitated by practising teachers and will provide opportunities for schools to learn from each other through reflective conversations that are underpinned by Cosán, the National Framework for Teachers’ Learning. Facilitators will provide helpful tools and strategies to support teachers and school leaders in the development of flexible, autonomous, and context-relevant professional learning experiences for all.

Schools are invited to nominate three staff members (including one middle or senior leader) to engage in the workshops.  In the case of small primary schools, there will be flexibility in terms of the minimum number of attendees per school. 

To ensure maximum flexibility for participants, some Education Centres will collaborate to co-host workshops, with one Education Centre offering in-person workshops while partnered Education Centres will offer online workshops only.  Teachers attending from the same school are strongly encouraged to attend workshops in the same Education Centre and delivery mode. 

Workshops will be hosted by 18 Education Centres across the country and bookings can be made directly through the participating Education Centres. For full workshop schedule, visit www.esci.ie or click here for more information.

A live webinar that gives an overview of the development of the Holocaust before, during and after the Second World War and how to teach it in the classroom. Teachers receive a certificate of participation and complimentary resources. 

In this webinar participants will be introduced to a variety of strategies to teach comprehension using visual imagery and comprehension skills. 

BOOK DIRECTLY THROUGH PDST www.pdst.ie 

Session 2: Tuesday October 11th 

• Collating and analysing data, summarising concerns, prioritising areas for focus and development
• Setting targets, strategies and actions to be undertaken within a given timeframe
• Roles of various stakeholders, school teams and personnel in the implementation of the revised SSEN policy
• Mechanisms to monitor the implementation process and to evaluate the impact of the revised practice and procedures going forward
• Identification of specific beneficial documents, templates and forms to be appended to the SEN policy for easy access by school staff. 

This session will explore a variety of approaches to climate change education as well as a range of resources that are already available. Using some of the approaches explored in her book 'Teaching Climate Change Education in Primary Schools', participants will leave with a wealth of practical approaches that they can use in their classrooms. 

Béim:

·      ar shimplíocht

·      ar éisteacht

·      ar fhoighnne

·      ar fhorbairt fhéin mhuiníne

·      ar chumarsáid

·      ar idirghníomhaíocht

·      ar fhorbairt foclóra

·      ar struchtúr na habairte.

·      ar easpa brú

·      ar thaitneamh a bhaint as an eispéireas.

Torthaí:

·      Féin mhuinín i labhairt na Gaeilge

·      Tuiscint ar ghramadach bhunúsach

·      Tuiscint ar struchtúr na habairte

·      Struchtúr ceisteanna

·      Struchtúr freagraí.