More than one in four parents in debt to cover back-to-school costs
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Primary Level
News and advice covering the primary level education system.
‘Clear reticence’ among some students to report bullying in secondary schools - report
One-third of post-primary students feel it is not safe to express themselves fully in school
Pupils’ seaweed soap business cleans up at entrepreneur awards
More than 100,000 students have participated in the Junior Entrepreneur Programme since 2010
‘This is horrendous - it’s no way to treat a child’: Parents’ anger over lack of school places in Taoiseach’s home town
All three secondary schools in Greystones, Co Wicklow are heavily oversubscribed
Parents to be polled on school preferences in bid to accelerate school choice
Almost 90 per cent of the 3,600 primary schools in the State remain Catholic in ethos
Hundreds of schools appeal ‘cuts’ to learning support hours
About 120 schools to get 1,000 additional hours after flagging inadequate support for vulnerable pupils
Primary schools cutting learning resources to cover rising costs
Schools cutting back on learning resources and increasing requests for parent contributions to bridge gaps
‘The bill landed like a hand grenade’: Principals face tough choices to avoid schools going into deficits
Many primary schools say they are relying on cash reserves to cover basic running costs
The Leaving Certificate isn’t about rote learning and regurgitation - that would be purposeless
The English exam can only be successfully approached with critical thinking. Learning off an essay is a waste of time
Almost 50% of pupils in 17 Deis schools experienced major personal trauma
The survey of principals was carried out at 17 primary schools in west Tallaght, Ballymun and Darndale
Children’s happiness drops as they approach secondary school, study finds
Landmark study finds primary pupils most often feel happy, good about themselves, cared for and safe
Why does Estonia have Europe’s best school system?
The Eastern European country has become an educational powerhouse but also faces challenges
Parents’ anxiety about maths may affect children’s performance, study finds
Pupils who played maths computer game developed by researchers showed significant improvement in their skills
‘Some children are anxious or angry. Sometimes they’re blank. And then they’re expected to go straight into class’
Teachers in the Malvern and St Joseph’s primary schools strive to overcome hunger, poverty and low-expectations of their environments to encourage children on to better things
‘Keep childhood smartphone free’: Minister says mobile operators back voluntary ban at primary level
Norma Foley says Government will consider legislation if required to help protect children at primary school
‘When my son was learning to speak, something strange and adorable started to happen’
I’ve been thinking about the secret language we shared – what a shame it would be to lose it, or let it be forgotten
Cross Border Story Seeds Project: Teleportation
An extract from stories by three primary schools in Ulster
How the new hot school lunches are going down: ‘It has been a game changer in our house’
A teacher, a food writer and a parent give their first impressions of the scheme
‘A primary school teacher shook a child in class, according to my granddaughter. What should I do?’
Tell Me About It: The school your granddaughter attends should have a complaints procedure
Has single-sex education had its day? Jen Hogan and Finn McRedmond debate
More schools are moving towards co-education, and research suggests teenagers are in favour of it. But do they really know what’s best for them?
‘It’s revolutionising the classroom’: Meet the teachers embracing AI
There are risk with the use of AI in education, but it also has huge potential to improve teaching and learning
Parents in Ireland waiting longer than ever to send children to school, data shows
Almost 85% of junior infants are now aged five years or more when
Hot school meals: A close look at the ingredients list is not pretty. This is industrial food
While aimed at child health and rolled out impressively fast, school food merits better use of public money by the Government
Twelve points to consider if your child seems to be academically or socially out of step
Move away from the stereotypes of learning difficulties, says author who has both personal and professional experience of them
Age checks for social media aimed at protecting primary schoolchildren are ‘broken’, says Norma Foley
Up to half of sixth class pupils included in Snapchat groups in some schools
‘I’m overwhelmed by the number of students with anxiety issues. I worry we’re letting them down’
Norma Foley is planning new supports to help schools. Whether it will be enough is another matter
Younger teachers in Catholic schools less likely to believe in God or attend religious services
Study finds capacity to foster Catholic ethos of schools ‘shrinking’ with decline in those able to deliver faith-based education
‘Too many of us are stressed and losing sleep’: Students explain why school needs to change
Pupils on our panel say we need more creativity, less emphasis on homework and greater recognition of learning outside school
Sharp drop in numbers of primary school children may mean smaller class sizes
Pupil numbers projected to drop by 100,000, or almost one fifth, within a decade
What do falling pupil numbers mean for schools, teachers and parents?
An oversupply of teachers may become an issue by the end of the decade
‘The yard is too small; we’ve to tell pupils not to run too fast’: The school working out of prefabs for 30 years
Pupils at Clondalkin primary school to protest outside Leinster House this week over delays to new school building
Hot school meals programme expanded with 900 more locations joining scheme
More than 2,000 schools now part of the initiative, says Heather Humphreys
‘We can’t afford to live in the capital’: Could a Dublin allowance improve teacher supply?
We asked delegates at teaching union conferences if they support calls for teachers in urban areas to be paid more to reflect higher living costs
Primary teachers urge removal of Catholic religious certificate needed to teach in most schools
INTO hears State has ‘abdicated responsibility to religious organisations for too long’
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