Congratulations to our winner of our latest competition, Suzanne Murphy from Scoil Iosaf, Drinagh, Co. Cork, who has won the Prim-Ed Science Series of 6 books. You can read our review of the books here. In order to enter any of our upcoming competition, all you have to do is subscribe to our newsletter by filling … Read more
Review: 101 activities to help children get on with each together by Jenny Mosley and Helen Sonnet Again, as seems to be the case with my recent reviews of the Jenny Mosley’s books, the title gives away the contents! We are coming into a busy and challenging time for teachers and students. Children are full … Read more
Saturday was a very busy day for Anseo.net and a very tiring one for Rozz, me and our new baby. Anseo.net was featuring in two events: Féilte, the festival for teachers organised by the Teaching Council and the Blog Awards Ireland, where Anseo.net was a finalist. With the car packed with computer equipment, freshly ironed suits and half … Read more
We are delighted to reach the finals of the Blog Awards this year. Anseo.net has only got as far as the shortlist in previous years so it’s a huge honour to have made it this far. We are in excellent company this year with some familiar faces in the running. Here is the full list of … Read more
We were delighted to be featured in the Irish Times’ preview of the Féilte event tomorrow in the RDS. We’ll be showcasing 10 simple ways to use technology in the primary classroom. Here is the text from the article. Thanks to Peter McGuire for choosing to feature our work. The life of a teacher: short … Read more
FÉILTE is Ireland’s way to celebrate World Teacher’s Day every year. Run by the Teaching Council, Féilte, which stands for the Festival of Education in Learning and Teaching Excellence, is a celebration of innovation in teaching. It is in its second year and its theme is “Talking about teaching: Tearing down the walls,” which if you’re … Read more
Just a quick post to announce that Anseo.net has made it to the shortlist of the Blog Awards this year. This year, education has its own category. We’re very proud of the progress we’ve made in the last year adding a number of features to the blog to make it even better for all our … Read more
Just a quick update from my maths ice bucket challenge… Jan O’Sullivan accepted my challenge and her video can be seen on her Facebook page. Click here to have a look.
Self-actualisation and flow In my first post on performance-related pay, I spoke about the process of performance related pay and how motivation is connected strongly with a high performance for teachers. This is the last post on the topic and will concern the whole area of motivation and achieving goals through pure enjoyment. Flow You … Read more
Féilte is a festival organised by the Teaching Council for World Teachers’ Day on 5th October. Here is everything I know about it today, 6 days before the event. FÉILTE is an acronym standing for the Festival of Education in Learning and Teaching Excellence. It’s being held in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin. Fintan … Read more