Oide English Post-primary

📣 We are delighted to open our @Oide_English mailing list. Please follow the link below to sign up. 📩 forms.office.com/pages/response…

Last few days before submissions close this Friday! 📚

📚Join us on May 14th for our upcoming elective webinar which will seek to provide support for all post-primary English teachers in developing students’ analysis and understanding through storytelling. For more information and booking, follow the link: 🔗oide.ie/apply-book-now…

A reminder to all school communities who are registered for the Oide Wellread National Award, this year's submission date of May 8th is closing in! Submissions or queries in relation to the process can be sent to wellread@oide.ie

🎂The fair old Bard of Avon, William Shakespeare, turns the ripe old age of 462 later this week. To celebrate this achievement, the Royal Shakespeare Company are hosting an array of online exhibitions and workshops in his honour. Click the link to access: shakespeare.org.uk/visit/whats-on…

#OideWellreadAwards #OideWriteAPoemAwards

Delighted to welcome students, parents and staff from across the country to the annual Wellread and Write A Poem National Awards Ceremony. As always we’re very grateful to our colleagues in @KidsBooksIrel and this year’s guest speaker @PForde123. Well done to all recipients 👏🏼

Delighted to continue our discussions with teachers and school leaders around the provision of EAL support today in @NavanESC

Looking forwards to meeting all our winning poets as well as our successful Wellread and Readers for Life schools this week 🏆📖

A warm welcome back to all staff and students today. In anticipation of our award ceremony later this week, we've published our booklet of winners from this year's National Write A Poem Competition on the Oide website. Well done to all who submitted. 👏🔗tinyurl.com/NationalWriteA…

The Language and Literacy team were delighted to present at a recent @Napd_ie @NAPD_DL regional meeting on the topic of EAL Support in Post-Primary Classrooms, with important messages for school leaders throughout. For more, click the link 🔗oide.ie/post-primary/h…

The Oide English and @Oide_PPLiteracy teams were delighted to present at a recent @KidsBooksIrel event focused on literacy as a whole school commitment. The international meet-up provided great discussion on opportunities for intervention and growth across post-primary schools.

Final reminder for tonight's Spring Check-in session for the Wellread National Award. We look forward to discussing your school's ongoing reading journeys! 📖

As schools look ahead to next week's bank holiday, this could be a great time to explore the tradition of St. Patrick's day, as celebrated around the world in over 200 countries! Click the link to access the support 🔗: tinyurl.com/StPatricksDay2…

To celebrate International Women's Day on March 8th, we've compiled a selection of texts which focus on women's roles in literature across genres. These texts have been divided into accessibility brackets for varying reading ages and stages. For more see internationalwomensday.com/Resources

📚 Lots of helpful resources available to help you to celebrate World Book Day 2026 here: worldbookday.com/resources/

🔔Due to high demand, please see details of two additional Professional Learning Experience for all post-primary teachers supporting EAL learners. Booking links and further details can be found below and at oide.ie/teachers/

The Draft Specification for Leaving Certificate History has been approved for public consultation. The consultation period runs from the 2nd of March to the 1st of May. Click the link below to access the draft specification and the survey. 🔗 ncca.ie/en/senior-cycl…

Upcoming events for Thurs 5th March . Full details & booking through westcorkeducationcentre.ie/cpd-courses.ht… @LindaDennehy

Registration for the first of two Spring Drop-in evenings for schools engaged in, or interested in starting, their Wellread journey, closes this evening. For more information click the link below. 📖

Circular 0024/2026 containing information based on the Prescribed Material for the Leaving Certificate English Examination in 2028 has been published and can be found at this link: 🔗 gov.ie/en/department-…