Teacher’s union ‘concerned’ over move of Leaving Cert English paper one to fifth year
Change announced last month as part of a reform of the Leaving Cert from 2024
Parents frequently read to children despite work pressures, study finds
Vast majority of junior infant children happy or excited to be at school
1, 2, 3 – counting on fingers is out of the educational doghouse
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Seán Moncrieff: Planetary destruction is just too much to take in
If aliens arrived it’s likely they would analyse our world and call it Planet Styrofoam
Pupil power: how students are helping to turn their schools green
Irish schoolkids are working on eliminating plastic and nurturing biodiversity
Better-off parents slower to vaccinate children
Uptake of MMR vaccine in several wealthy areas slides, according to official figures
My daughter is stealing, hoarding food and secret eating
The first thing you can do is to try and break the shame and secrecy your daughter feels about the problem
Three’s a crowd as west Cork school celebrates biggest pupil intake in five years
All provisions including lunches have to be ferried to Scoil Mhicil Naofa on Bere Island
Sex education – too much information or or not enough?
‘Some children are still sniggering about real words like vagina and breast’
‘Flags for Schools’ launched as part of 1916 commemorations
All 3,300 national schools will receive copy of flag and the Proclamation by March 2016
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