1 week ago New primary school curriculum: What’s changing for children in the classroom?

Teaching of foreign languages and updates to sexual education confirmed

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1 week ago Education minister says primary sex ed necessary because children are finishing school later

In recent years, there have been false claims made about how sex education is taught in Ireland and the material used to teach it.

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2 w. ago Principal calls for checks on school attendance for children in emergency accommodation

Checks on accommodation centres raised in context of child going missing in Donabate, Co Dublin

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2 w. ago Minister for Education urges families to apply for special school places before new deadline

The closing to contact the National Council for Special Education for a school place is 1 October 2025, four months earlier than last year.

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3 w. ago Na Forbacha safety plan welcome but it doesn’t go far enough

Parents and residents who have campaigned for safety measures for school children in Na Forbacha have welcomed Galway County Council’s provisional proposals – but they say they do not go far enough. The local authority this week released its provisional Safe Routes to School (SRTS) plan for Na Forbacha – but the key omission from […] The post Na Forbacha safety plan welcome but it doesn’t go far enough appeared first on Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune.

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3 w. ago School phone bans ‘not in best interests of children’, says Ombudsman

Policy needs to ‘move beyond an over-simplistic focus on bans’, says report

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last month My Little Library Book Bag available FREE to primary school children in Donegal

To encourage families to make reading a part of their lives, the ‘My Little Library Book Bag’ is available FREE… The post My Little Library Book Bag available FREE to primary school children in Donegal appeared first on Donegal Daily.

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