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National Heritage Keepers Programme Opens For New Round of Applications: Discover the treasure on your doorstep!

 

Burrenbeo Trust is thrilled to announce that the latest round of the National Heritage Keepers Programme opens for applications on the 3rd of September. Over 150 groups and schools have completed the free programme to date. Heritage Keepers are now looking for community groups and senior classes of primary schools to take part in its highly anticipated fourth round.

 

Through a series of online workshops Heritage Keepers empowers groups and schools to delve into their local heritage and provides funding to allow them to take positive action. Rather than seeking to separate built, cultural and natural heritage the programme works on the principle that all aspects of heritage are very closely inter-linked and that these aspects work together to create our distinctive Places.

 

In the previous year, 70 schools and communities participated in the programme, with the majority successfully completing local funded projects and actions. These actions included exhibitions, heritage trails, tree planting, podcast creation, booklets, wildlife ponds, oral history projects and ‘Place Celebration’ days. Funding for fieldtrips is also provided meaning participants get to visit local heritage sites in person rather than just learning about them online. Previous participants have highly praised the programme with one primary school teacher commenting “Its more than just talking about helping, its actually doing something”, and another participant saying “It definitely brought us together as a group and we are delighted with what we achieved”.

 

The programme consists of five engaging two-hour workshops, followed by dedicated support while completing the funded action. It opens for expressions of interest on the 3rdth of September, with options to begin this autumn or in the New Year.

 

For those eager to learn more about this wonderful opportunity, an online information session is scheduled for Thursday, September 12th, at 7.30pm. Visit www.heritagekeepers.ie for additional details and to complete a brief application form (submission deadline: October 4th).

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Leading English Language Support in Post-Primary Schools National Seminars Autumn

EAL Repeat Seminars Autumn 2024 MMG

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Primary Curriculum Redevelopment - Consultation 2024

NCCA

Consultation on the Primary School Curriculum – final chance to have your say!  NCCA’s Consultation on the redeveloped Primary School Curriculum closes this Friday, June 7 th . This consultation relates to the most significant curriculum redevelopment at primary level in 25 years. Teachers, school leaders, parents, children and other stakeholders have been asked to share their views on five draft curriculum specifications: 


 Arts Education 
 Modern Foreign Languages 
 Science, Technology and Engineering Education  
 Social and Environmental Education  
 Wellbeing 


The outcomes from this consultation will ultimately contribute to the finalisation of the five curriculum specifications that will make up the redeveloped Primary School Curriculum for all primary and special schools.  

With only a number of days to go before the consultation closes, there are still opportunities to get involved through the online questionnaires or by using the online written submission form. To find out further information on the consultation, please visit NCCA’s website: Click here

Here you can find the five draft curriculum specifications,along with the online questionnaires and written submission form. There are also resources including Frequently Asked Questions on the consultation, as well as short introductory videos that
provide an overview of each draft specification.