Much like mainstream schools, there are a few different types of special schools that have different methodologies. Taking religion out of the argument (for once) I don’t understand why there…
Schools get a number of grants for the running of various things. The capitation grant is the largest of these and is supposed to cover all utility bills and all…
Every two months, we draw a name out of our virtual hat from all our subscribers in our mailing list. This month’s winner gets Prim-Ed’s “The Literacy Box” worth €250…
…of Education and Science for making our lives unduly difficult. Every year, I say, “Why can’t they computerise the roll book?” Why can’t they create a system where the teacher…
Mick Foley was kind enough to post us a photograph of himself with his prize from Anseo.net, a HD Flip Cam. We wish Mick the very best of luck in…
For all you ClassDojo users out there, the people behind ClassDojo are coming to Dublin on the 16th January. They’ll be taking over the Long Hall bar in Dublin from…
…PRM-20. They range in price for a fully installed sytem from €1,100 to €1,580, which I guess isn’t a complete rip-off. However, it does worry me again that the companies…
[media url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-HxQD-cFbI” width=”100%”] I never realised the amount of work that goes into organising Parent Teacher Meetings until I became a principal. I thought it was a ten minute job…
…it. Image from http://www.t4sj.org/ I was reminded of the expression: “If you can read this, thank a teacher”, recently and it made me think about the wonderful feeling I get…
…their conference. This year is no different and I’ll be looking forward to seeing Tim Rylands (http://www.timrylands.com/tims-biog/) who I’ve been following on Twitter for a long time. I’m also looking…