The new primary curriculum aims to better prepare children for the challenges of the 21st ... are for third to sixth class in an English-medium primary school. ... and Irish-medium schools.

I hear the primary school curriculum is due to go under the biggest changes in 25 years. ... Irish will also reduce from three and a half hours to three in English-medium schools.

Analysis: as the primary curriculum faces major reform, two recent reports can guide our thinking on teaching and learning. By Paula Lehane and Patrick Burke, DCU. What did you do at school today?

A new proposal to the Irish elementary school curriculum could see religious education removed as one of the core school subjects. Irish primary schools, attended by children between the ages of ...

While Irish is a compulsory part of the school curriculum for primary and secondary school students in Ireland, other countries have no options for formal schooling or lessons in the Irish ...

The new primary school curriculum will be taught from 2026, with a greater focus on languages. ... The Irish Times DAC 24-28 Tara Street, Dublin 2, D02 CX89 Company Number: 2514 ...

The new primary school curriculum is set to put a greater emphasis on STEM subjects, ... "If you are doing sums, or learning a foreign language, or you are trying to learn the Irish language, ...

In the early years of primary school, Traveller children generally showed similar, or even higher, levels of positive attitudes towards school, the curriculum, and wellbeing when compared to their ...

Primary school pupils in Ireland will be spending less time learning religion under the biggest change in more than 20 years to the curriculum.

Children of national school age will also be consulted on the proposed changes to the primary school curriculum. Wed, 06 Mar, 2024 - 00:00. ... Irish Examiner’s WhatsApp channel.

Irish primary schools are essentially publicly funded, but privately run. The government pays for school construction, teacher salaries and grants based on school enrollment, but private groups ...

Primary school pupils will be taught foreign languages from third class onwards and schools will be given the freedom to reduce religious learning, under sweeping reforms proposed for the curriculum.