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World Food Day

A key international day of awareness and action dedicated to tackling food hunger.
Irish Newspaper Archive

Schools now have access to the Irish Newspaper Archive through the Schools Broadband Network. Over 60 newspapers are included.
INFOMAR

Captivate your post-primary geography students with these INFOMAR resources and supporting teacher created activities.
RTÉ Archives

Scoilnet has collaborated with the RTÉ Archives to bring together a collection of resources that relate directly to the Irish Primary School History Curriculum.
Art & The Great Hunger exhibition

Scoilnet's collection of resources to support schools visiting the Coming Home: Art & The Great Hunger exhibition.
The Hunger Times

Watch the short film "The Hunger Times" on our dedicated theme page.
House of Oireachtas

Learning or teaching about Ireland's Parliament? You'll find educational resources here.
Lumper Famine School Project

Remembering the victims of the Great Famine through planting potatoes.
Data Handling Questionnaire

2018 online questionnaire for data handling is available now.

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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

12 - 17 September : TV programmes with a learning focus

Access Physical Literacy Resources Here

Access Education for Sustainable Development Resources Here

Learning Paths - Create, Share and Engage!

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education.ie

21 September, 2018 - Minister Bruton announces launch of School Excellence Fund – Step Up Project

September 20, 2018

21 September, 2018 - Minister of State for Higher Education announces further €6.8m funding allocation to support Technological University development and other higher education landscape restructuring

September 20, 2018

20 September, 2018 - Ministers invite expressions of interest to fill vacancies on the Senate of the National University of Ireland (NUI)

September 19, 2018

20 September, 2018 - Minister Bruton announces schools to participate in network of Creative Clusters

February 28, 2018

Severe Weather Events

28 March 2018

Good Friday Agreement

Competition open to primary and post-primary schools to mark the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.

18 April 2018

National Active School Week

The Department of Education and Skills and Healthy Ireland encourage ALL schools to organise an Active School Week (ASW) as part of their annual...

16 April 2018

Portal National Day

The third Arts in Education Portal National Day will take place on 21st April 2018 in Maynooth University and aims to bring together members of the...

05 April 2018

Name Ireland's Newest Supercomputer

Help ICHEC (Irish Centre for High-End Computing) name Ireland's newest supercomputer and be in with the chance to win Raspberry-Pi computers and...

05 March 2018

The Lumper Schools Project

Schools throughout Ireland will have an opportunity to sow Lumper potatoes this spring as a way of remembering the victims of the famine of the 1840s.

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Good practice

Short videos illustrating ways in which digital technologies can be integrated in teaching and learning

Digital Learning Planning

PDST Technology in Education's e-Learning Handbook outlines a step-by-step guide for e-Learning planning in your school

TeacherCPD.ie

Free online courses for teachers with a focus on integrating digital technology in teaching and learning

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