World Nutella day is every year on 5th Feb. Check out the website www.nutelladay.com I’ve made some resources, activities and pictures for your staff or students! Here we go, enjoy the choc fest!nutella day
Email I got an email today from the Teaching Council and I almost deleted it straightaway! I was glad I didn’t. Last year at the Irish Primary Principals Conference, Harold Hislop played panto bad guy with the principals. He told us that we would probate newly qualified teachers. We told him we wouldn’t. He told … Read more
Apple has unleashed iBooks Textbooks today, where they claim that they have “reinvented the school textbook.” Apparently, these books will be “an entirely new kind of textbook that’s dynamic, engaging and truly interactive.” I am somewhat sceptical. Don’t get me wrong – I love Apple products as much as the next fanboy. While I ditched … Read more
Before the Irish Primary Principal’s Conference, I like to browse through the exhibition list and see what catches my eye. Every year there’s a few exhibits that warrant a visit or look interesting. This year, it looks like it’s the year of the MIS, the Management Information System. Thanks to the success of companies such … Read more
The ESRI have just released a study about 9 year olds in Irish primary schools. I thought it might be interesting to see how the main media publications covered the story. RTE – A new study has found significant variations in how children spend their school day, according to the kind of school they attend. The … Read more
I am back from London after spending two amazing days at the BETT conference. BETT is the biggest educational technology show in the world and is held every January. Educators from all over the world, 30,000 of them, come together to spend time learning all about the latest ways to help children learn. Apart from … Read more
Whatever some people say, I still believe children have great imaginations. When I was in school, certainly once infants was out of the way, there were few ways for me to express my imagination – the weekly essay chosen by my teacher was possibly my only avenue in a classroom of fact-learning. The yard was, … Read more
Every year in London, the Kensington Olympia Exhibition Hall hosts the BETT conference. For those of you who haven’t heard of it, it is an educational technology conference and exhibition. However, why would an Irish teacher be bothered going to an event like this? Here’s a few reasons why I’m going for the third year … Read more
I think that 2012 will see a continuation in the rise of Irish primary teachers blogging. There are a growing number of schools who are ditching their old web sites and taking up blogs and teachers are beginning to start up their own class blogs. The Junior Spider Awards in December saw some excellent class … Read more
As is traditional at the end of the year, Anseo.net looks back at the stories that occurred in 2011. January This time last year, we were in the depths of temperatures never seen in Ireland before as the icy grip of winter closed down schools for almost two weeks. Roads were impassable and temperatures dipped … Read more