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Covid-19 Distance Learning

New short online course from PDST TiE to help teachers in their home teaching. No enrolment required.
Scoilnet - Home Access

Scoilnet is committed to providing FREE home usage supports for both teachers and students.
Support Services

COGG, JCT, NCSE, NCGE, NEPS, PDST supporting students and teachers during the school closures.
About Scoilnet

The official portal for Irish schools, providing curriculum-tagged teaching and learning resources for Primary and Post-Primary.
History Competition

The deadline for entries for the Decade of Centenaries Irish History Competition for Primary and Post-Primary Schools 2020 has now been extended.
Coronavirus

Resources to help you and your class understand the coronavirus (COVID-19) and to protect yourself from the coronavirus.

Popular Home Activities

Beyond the Classroom

The PDST Primary PE team will release new videos and activities each week for pupils to practice their fundamental movement skills at home.

Daily Maths

The PDST Maths team is uploading daily resource banks for Post-Primary students. A different maths topic is covered each day during the school closure period.

Britannica LaunchPacks

Britannica has kindly offered FREE access to their Science and Humanities LaunchPacks. Access is available to all Scoilnet users during the school closure period.

All students in the Republic of Ireland have open and free home access to World Book Online. World Book is a trusted encyclopedia containing thousands of informational articles with stunning illustrations, videos, interactive maps, research help, and activities. During the duration of school closures, World Book Online has kindly made available a collection of all their eBooks. There are about 700 proprietary World Book titles for ages 4-18 and over 2,500 Project Gutenberg titles.
* A guide to using World Book Online as a distance learning resource is available here.

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Dates and Festivals

Find out what's coming up in the school calendar

Tools for Teachers

Create more stimulating lessons with interactive and engaging tools.

EdTV

25 - 31 May: TV programmes with a learning focus

Learning Paths - Create, Share and Engage!

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eTwinning Quality Label Winners

eTwinning Quality Labels are granted to teachers whose projects demonstrate strong evidence of integration into the curriculum, excellent...

16 April 2020

Irish Newspaper Archive - Home Access Announced

Teachers can now get access to the Irish Newspaper Archive from home through their Scoilnet Account. Up to now access has been confined to the Schools...

23 March 2020

History Competition Extended

In light of the current school closures, the deadline for entries for the Decade of Centenaries Irish History Competition for Primary and Post-Primary...

20 March 2020

DES Announcement

Minister McHugh Announces Cancellation of Leaving Certificate and Junior Cycle Oral and Practical Performance Tests.

13 March 2020

Organisations offering Support

Scoilnet has reached out online to teachers and organisations to share their support and resources with one another. Scoilnet would like to highlight...

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May 28, 2020