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Rising costs that have been 'turbo-charged' by post-pandemic inflation, has left many primary schools struggling ...
French, German, Irish and Spanish are the four languages taught most in schools in Northern Ireland. Some schools also offer languages like Arabic, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese and sign language.
Currently, pupils in England sit national curriculum tests (known as Sats) in maths and English in Year 6. These results are published and often used in holding primary schools to account.
The new primary school curriculum will focus more on foreign languages, science, and technology, while reducing time spent on religion.
For the first time in 25 years, Ireland is introducing a new sex education programme to be taught as part of the Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) curriculum in primary schools. The draft ...
An overhaul of the primary school curriculum will see an emphasis on new learning areas including foreign languages, engineering, dance, and media arts. Five draft curriculum documents are to be ...
Crafting a new primary school curriculum begs lots of questions about our vision for children and teachers in the next decades. Unfortunately, answering most of them is unlikely to be ...
It has conducted research with over 4,000 children, parents and teachers across 189 Irish primary schools. The theme of the latest report is curriculum and assessment.
The first changes to the primary school maths curriculum in almost 25 years will see a new focus placed on how children learn the subject’s concepts through playing and problem-solving. While ...