Magic Muinteoir

Irish in action at the Olympics tomorrow: 09:00 - Ireland vs Australia (Men’s Hockey) 10:00 - Berry/O’Connor (Equestrian) 10:00 - Casey/Cremen (Rowing) 10:06 - Ellen Walshe (400m Individual Medley) 10:19 - Danielle Hill (100m Backstroke) 10:58 - Daniel Wiffen (800m Freestyle) 13:05 - Waddilove/Dickson (Men’s Skiff) 13:30 - Ireland vs Australia (Rugby 7s) 14:30 - Liam Jegou (Canoe Slalom SF) 14:46 - Kellie Harrington (Boxing) 19:00 - Ireland Placing Game (Rugby 7s) 20:10 - Nhat Nguyen vs Dahal (Badminton) 20:25 - Mona McSharry (100m Breaststroke) Can’t stop. Won’t stop. Mona has a serious medal chance ☘️

Yes to ‘gorm’ was to take heed, so technically you could be gormful as well as gormless.

@ffarry1 @EdCentreDonegal @OideTechinEd I did that course in Cork this week. So enjoyable playing with the Lego but it's tricky enough at times!

Fun learning with Lego Education Spike yesterday in @EdCentreDonegal @OideTechinEd

Etymology of the day is ‘tawdry’, meaning cheap, sordid, or in poor taste. It began as ‘St Audrey’s lace’: ribbons worn as necklaces to honour a 7th-century saint of Ely. Thanks to their often shoddy quality, ‘tawdry laces’ became linked to cheap or disreputable behaviour.

A brilliant day of learning 🤩

There are just 5 places left on this in person workshop with Lyn Stone @lifelonglit in Dublin on the 29th May 2024. The workshop is about teaching literacy and covers practical suggestions and techniques to teach reading effectively. tickettailor.com/events/dyslexi…

Ministers @NormaFoleyTD1 and @1Hildegarde announce revised assessment of need process for schools. 📰Press Realease👉gov.ie/en/press-relea…? #Schools #education

Me appointing the newly qualified teacher to head up the Green Schools because I can’t get anybody else to do it.

MORPHOLOGY MONDAY - CENT & AMBUL Two word root resources this week – National Cent Day (CENT) (April 1) and National Walking Week (AMBUL) (April 1-7).

Don't think I have enough followers for this but: If you could recommend one chapter book/series to read aloud to a six year old what would it be?

Ohmigod imagine there was a Luas, a Suas (the L) and an Anuas (underground)!?!?

Excellent illustration of the misconception of sight words and what this means in terms of teacher/system knowledge and skill. Reading Recovery apologists have recently resurrected protests to my RR blog, and I will direct them to this in reply. pamelasnow.blogspot.com/2024/03/help-m…

@Playful_Class @lifelonglit Can't wait ❤️

*Survey for non-Irish-speaking parents of children in Irish-medium schools* 🧵 This research is being undertaken by Gareth Caulfield, a PhD researcher in Bangor University. You can access the questionnaire here: forms.office.com/r/cbbqpMh5vy

An important day for the redevelopment of the Primary School Curriculum in Ireland There's a lot to it, so here's a thread on some of the major proposed changes Please share your views with @NCCAie here ncca.ie/en/primary/pri…

This should be shared widely and understood by all for the systemic failure it is. Schools cannot do more with less. Pupils are entitled to an equitable education.

I reckon @theirishfor would have liked round 5 of our table quiz last Friday night! Translate the band names.

Strong security????