Emer Nowlan
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CEO @educatetogether . Passionate about equality in education and children’s rights. PhD Education. Tweets personal.
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What a huge honour it was for
@EducateTogether
to be invited to be the new patron of this vibrant, inclusive, child-centred school. And what an amazing event they organised to mark the transfer today! Thanks to
@NormaFoleyTD1
for your kind words.
@ppetns
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1. Some of you may have seen some hurtful and misguided posts about a member of staff in a school in our network this weekend. I don’t intend to engage with the content of those comments, as they don’t merit a response. …
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4. While a very small number of misguided people outside our network seem determined to cause division, I’m happy to report that the parents, staff and students in our network will always stand together against hate, and for compassion and inclusion.
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2. I do, however, want to reiterate how proud I am that our school communities continue to provide safe, welcoming and inclusive spaces for children, parents and staff of all backgrounds and identities - as they have for the past 45 years.
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Seeing so many principals as swans this week. Burying the weeks of stress and intensive hard work underwater to appear calm and welcoming, settling their school communities. Thank you and please take care of yourselves. 👏👏👏
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3. Schools where no child, parent or staff member is an outsider, and everyone is supported to reach their full potential. …
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As students go back to schools today, we need to acknowledge the huge efforts schools are making to engage with their students and adapt their teaching to this new environment. And parents too. Let's all be kind to ourselves and to each other this term.
#Wellbeing
#BeKind
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The burden on school principals this week is enormous: managing unprecedented staff shortages, supporting anxious communities, deciphering isolation guides, identifying and informing close contacts ... please DO NOT send your child to school with symptoms.
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Such a huge volume and diversity of people out protesting the bombardment of Gaza today. Positive, determined atmosphere. Great solidarity. Our post-riots Love banner. A glimmer of hope in a dark time.
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Northside For All! Delighted to be part of such a positive welcoming community!
#NorthsideForAll
#DBN
#Equality
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I'm hearing lots of concern about exam students, but let's also remember the vulnerable children who will suffer with schools closed. Plenty for whom school provides stability, routine, care and even food.
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It's understandable that some people are anxious about the new government policy on masks for children from third class while in school, especially given the lack of time for guidance and support. But it is not OK for a small minority to attack principals and other school staff.
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This would be a great time for the CMO to make a specific statement about infection prevention measures in schools. Difficult to match today’s advice with the reality of high case numbers, especially in younger primary classes.
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As I top and tail my sprouts and listen to the carols from St Patrick’s Cathedral, I’m thinking of all those who are working this evening: testers, jabbers, nurses, doctors, retail workers … and school principals still busy contact tracing.
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I am in awe of the massive dedication and commitment being demonstrated by school principals and boards of management in preparing to reopen their school buildings in the coming weeks. They deserve all our thanks and support.
Principal Kathy Jones on
@NewstalkFM
@TheHardShoulder
right now talking about the huge job of work being done to get schools like
@BremoreEducate
open - "we are concerned about the wellbeing of everyone in our school community - not just the students, but their families too."
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11 years is my son's whole life. All the things he would have missed - not only playdates, outdoor space, holidays, after-school activities, but basic privacy, dignity and family meals. We can't tolerate the injustice any longer.
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Lots of schools have been thinking recently about how they can support minority students better, and teach about racism. Here are some resources that
@LaurajaneDoo
and I put together to help schools on their anti-racist journey
#edchatie
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Children with additional needs need more support, not less next year. Additional resources are needed for developing schools.
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First 90 days in the job. Not the 90 days I would have expected!
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Well done
@IrishTimes
for making this your weekend front page picture. Lest we forget the horror that Iranian people continue to face every day.
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Any chance of just one mention of education, in just one debate? Huge problems with school accommodation, with provision for children with additional needs, growing inequalities and still no choice for many families.
#rtept
#GE2020
Equality in education must be a key issue this election. Remember to ask candidates about:
➡️ school choice
➡️ economic inequality
➡️ additional needs provision
➡️ school accommodation
#GE2020
#AllChildren
#EducateTogether
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Thanks to all for feedback on my piece in yesterday's
@IrishTimesOpEd
on reopening schools.
(Sharing now that
@irishtimes
have corrected their typos. Glad my father wasn't around to see the early online version!)
Emer Nowlan: Schools need to know what is expected of them before they can reopen (via
@IrishTimesOpEd
)
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Attention anyone with an interest in education for people with additional needs (which should be everyone!). The consultation on the review of the EPSEN Act is now open. Please spread the word to make sure everyone's voice is heard.
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Ballinteer
@EducateTogether
NS all set to welcome 400 pupils tomorrow. Thanks to
@Education_Ire
@KSN_Ireland
@BAMIrl_
for this impressive building and well done to staff and volunteers who have worked intensively to prepare for tomorrow. Pupils are in for a treat!
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Very welcome confirmation this afternoon that schools will be able to bank SET hours if these are required for emergency substitution. Let's hope we can get to a level of supply whereby they can be used before term end!
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SNA allocations circular has issued. Once again children and school leaders in developing schools left high and dry. Exceptional review no use in schools expecting 60/100 additional students in Sept. We are seeking an urgent meeting with DE and NCSE.
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Glad to see increased interest in acknowledging the contribution of my great grandfather, Arthur Griffith, to Irish independence and the foundation of the state ahead of the centenary of his death this Friday.
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A big welcome to anyone starting in an
@EducateTogether
school for the first time this term - delighted to have so many new pupils, teachers, SNAs joining our growing network!
#NoChildAnOutsider
#StrongerTogether
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So well deserved! Not only an outstanding academic, also so generous with time and solid advice, expert at communicating research in plain English (and Irish!). And that’s without even mentioning her ground-breaking contribution to multi-denominational education. 👏👏👏
We are delighted to honour Prof Áine Hyland’s outstanding contribution to Irish education with the ESAI Lifetime Achievement Award.
#esai24
@ainehyland
is Emeritus Prof of Education & former vice-president
@UCC
, and was the first female President of
@esai_irl
from 1990-1992.
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Very excited to get this in the post today! Looking forward to reading it. Thank you 🙏🏿
@ainehyland
for documenting the origins of the Dalkey School Project and the
@EducateTogether
movement. 👏
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Our article on Barriers to Recognition for Migrant Teachers is published! The research we did showed a range of barriers. This article focusses on issues related to the registration process. Thanks
@RoryMcDaid
for making this happen!
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We are updating terminology and would like advice. We want to stop using the terms 'special class' and 'students with ASD'. Having read around a bit, we are looking at 'class for children with additional needs (until named) and 'autistic students.' Are there better options? Tnx
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Fantastic day in Santry for the first ever
@EducateTogether
athletics event. 18 schools from all over the country. Sunshine, excitement, friendships, highs, lows and some amazing athletes!
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ESRI: “As the sector continues to grow, it is well-positioned to serve as an example of how schools can increase their democratic practices and better support the increasingly diverse population of Ireland”
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Read this letter by Kathleen Lynch in today's Irish Times - nobody says it better: 'Egalitarian policies within schools are undermined by fiscal and social policies that promote economic and related inequalities without.'
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While some people might be hoping for a tax cut in tomorrow's budget, primary school principals are hoping there will enough basic school funding for them to put the heating on when it gets cold.
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This photo from yesterday's
@IrishTimes
says it all. With so many schools waiting for buildings, why is this not an election issue?
#GE2020
#AllChildren
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Requirement for all close contacts to restrict movement for 5 days will further impact on staffing shortage in schools. This was already at crisis point and schools need support and additional resources to manage this.
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Clarification from Department:
Admin principal takes effect as soon as a second sanctioned autism class opens - whether that is at the start of the year or mid-year. Great to finally see some recognition of the management time required for this important work.
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Delighted to have been successful in our two applications for patronage of secondary schools. Fantastic news for families in Gorey and South Dublin!
We are delighted to announce that new Educate Together secondary schools will open in Gorey and Blackrock in 2021. Congratulations to parents in these areas who campaigned for these schools!
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All schools are facing huge challenges this week. Spare a thought today for those who don't yet have access to their buildings, or have to move. And then remember that principals in developing schools are also teaching principals.
Today we said goodbye to our first home in Grange Community College. Looking forward to our next step on Belmayne Avenue 😃
Thank you to Seán and all his staff for hosting us this year!
@BelmayneEtss
@EducateTogether
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Huge thanks to students in one of our schools who wrote to thank us for supporting their school through a recent crisis. Sometimes we feel like we fight so hard for so little. Letters like this make all the difference. Happy weekend everyone!
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We did it! Hopefully the first of many sea swims this year. (Might even lose the wetsuits - eventually!)
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Teachers, principals and boards of management have been busy getting ready to welcome junior classes back Monday. Parents must prepare too:
- hand washing reminders
- no congregating
- STAY HOME with symptoms or contacts.
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Dr Sharon Lambert: There are children in every single school that come in every day scared, stressed, unable to engage in learning. Helping them become calm and feel safe is vital if we want to level the playing field.
#NotJustToast
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Our thoughts will be with the family and school community in the difficult days and weeks ahead. Much love and support from the whole
@EducateTogether
network.
It is with great shock and sadness that Educate Together marks the awful tragedy that took place this week in Ballinteer. Our hearts are with the Ballinteer ETNS classmates, family & friends of the bereaved. Statement from Ballinteer ETNS principal here
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It seems beautifully appropriate that I received this 1976
@IrishTimes
piece written by my mother from
@ainehyland
today - the day 7 new
@EducateTogether
primary schools are announced.
#history
#progress
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Additional supports for schools to address Covid impacts for students are welcome. But if the supports are for the 2021/22 school year, they should be based on 2021/22 enrolments. Developing schools can't afford to lose out again, after SET re-profiling delayed.
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So delighted that Susana will be joining our team at the end of the month! She brings a wealth of experience to our school network and to our Worldwise and Nurture Schools projects.
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We all need to call this out. Noone likes the idea that children have to wear masks. This must be temporary, and other measures are also necessary. But if you disagree with government policy, please raise your concerns with the government, not your school principal.
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Wonderful to be at the
@MTPteacher
graduation this evening. Tonight’s graduates will take to 120 the number of teachers who have overcome huge barriers to complete the programme and continue their careers.
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"The Holocaust was enabled by a regime of systematic murder that began by the manipulation of language and the spreading of fear. We, in our times, must be alert to the identification and confrontation of hate speech in any of its many guises"
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The Irish Refugee Council has set up a helpline staffed by Ukrainian and Russian speakers - may be useful if you know people who have recently arrived and are in need of advice and support
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Uplifting morning at the joint official openings of
@CitywestETNS
and
@CitywestS
. Wonderful to see the parents who first campaigned for an
@EducateTogether
14 years ago honoured. And to see how both schools have worked together in partnership over 10 years. Well done to all!
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Sad to say goodbye to our colleague
@WardFionnuala
at our staff coffee morning this week - returning to school after 13 years in the
@educatetogether
national office as Education Officer. We will miss you Fionnuala, and are glad you aren't going far!
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Thinking today about all the staff and volunteers in developing schools (whatever patronage) waiting for keys, scrambling to arrange furniture, painting, blinds, internet set-up or whatever else needs doing in new spaces. Oh, and making them safe and attractive for students.
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I spoke to the
@irishexaminer
about the need for a well-funded plan to survey all parents, and support school communities seeking to change patronage. Also about how inclusive schools of all types are saying no to hate and fear.
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‘The current arguments [for a] …return to the traditional examination-based Leaving Cert .. rest on two false assumptions – that this was a normal school year and that … only the traditional Leaving Cert is fair and equitable. Neither of these is true.’
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Thank you
@CoachFoley14
for speaking so honestly and articulately about racism, bias and privilege. And just the right amount of hope too. We are so lucky to have you in the
@EducateTogether
network!
#latelate
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Additional funding being provided to schools to meet their costs, as advised in Department communication today, is sorely needed. However:
1. Payments should not be based on last year's enrolments.
2. This funding is needed every year, not on a once-off basis.
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Strong call from
@INTOnews
President for all teachers, school patrons and management bodies to ensure that LGBT teachers, pupils and families feel safe and welcome in school. Also calls for continued investment in
@MTPteacher
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Professor Kathleen Lynch telling it like it is: "Those who call discussions on social class ‘ideological’ don’t acknowledge the fact that all political perspectives are ideological. There is no view from nowhere."
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Well done on fixing this headline. So important to highlight the implicit victim blaming and sexism in the language we use.
We fixed this headline from
@irishexaminer
this morning.
‘After they had been drinking together’ reads like victim blaming to us.
Calling rape ‘sexual intercourse’ when the perpetrators were found guilty of rape is wrong.
We think this is poor reporting - what do you think?
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Re-profiling is now beyond urgent. Average pupil:SET ratio in primary schools last year was 58:1. For schools opened 2012-2019 it was 110:1. Pupils in developing schools had HALF the support of those in other schools and this gets worse each year. This injustice can't continue.
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Looking forward to my first
@INTOnews
congress since rejoining
@EducateTogether
in 2020. Killarney looking good in the sunshine!
#INTOCongress2022
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Delighted to have the opportunity to meet Minister
@NormaFoleyTD1
this morning to share some of our members’ concerns ahead of the
@EducateTogether
AGM this Saturday.
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Government may cut primary school funding despite:
- schools struggling to pay rising utility, materials costs
- current spending 10% below OECD average
- €65 billion surplus projected in next 4 years
We can't tolerate this.
#fundprimaryeducation
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Lovely to meet
@LordMayorDublin
at the launch of ‘The Men and Women of the Anglo-Irish Treaty Delegations 1921’ this evening.
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'Today is a significant day for
@EducateTogether
for
@EQI_DCU
and for the Irish education system'
@annelooney
speaking about our Ethos Quality Framework.
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Thank you
@josephamadigan
for listening today to the issues
@EducateTogether
school communities face in striving to ensure every child reaches their full potential. Looking forward to working together with you and
@Education_Ire
to improve the system.
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Best wishes to all those returning to school today! To maintain face-to-face education provision we all need to remain vigilant: distancing, limiting contacts, face coverings, hand-washing, and especially **staying home** if in any doubt at all about symptoms or contacts.
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Delighted to be included in today's '12 big ideas for the future of education.'
It's time to re-balance our education system.
@IrishTimes
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Last meeting of our Board of Directors for 2020. What a year! Massive thanks to these volunteers for your time, expertise and support.
@educatetogether
has a proud history of community and voluntary initiative which is getting stronger as we grow.
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This 👇
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Delighted to see ethnic diversity becoming a feature of our
@EducateTogether
staff rooms, but so much more needs to be done to break down barriers to employment for teachers from immigrant backgrounds.
@MTPteacher
doing great work here.
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Very grateful to
@MattShanahanTD
@lisaoneillmusic
and all who worked to make today’s commemoration ceremony for
#ArthurGriffith
in
@LeinsterHouse
so lovely. Great to catch up with cousins too!
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Always bowled over by our member schools. Who would choose to sit in front of a screen on a Saturday to passionately debate issues of inclusion, equality, ethos, supports for schools at our AGM. We would!
#EducateTogether
#democracy
#participation
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Powerful reports from
@emma_okelly
on children's experiences in Ukraine. We need appropriate language and other supports for schools to respond to these children's - and all refugee children's - needs.
@morningireland
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Massive congrats to Cecilia Gavigan from
@BalbrigganETNS
accepting
@thegalas
Event of the Year award on behalf of the fantastic
@intolgbt
Different Families Same Love. 👏
@EducateTogether
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So fitting that we are announcing a new school for
#sallynoggin
#killiney
on our Founders Day. 46 years ago today a group of pioneering parents got together to seek an equality-based school option. Well done to all - past and present - who worked to make this happen!
@ainehyland
Educate Together is delighted to have been awarded patronage of a new primary school to open in the Sallynoggin / Killiney / Dún Laoghaire area of Dublin this September 2021 🙌🙌🙌
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Grateful for the opportunity to attend
#DublinCastleHandover100
today. Grateful too for all who made this day happen 100 years ago. Our state may not be perfect, but it is ours to improve!
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Wonderful afternoon in
@BlackrockETSS
. Poetry, art, visitors - there was even a ukulele and a cello!Congratulations to all on a fantastic opening ceremony, and best wishes as you build your new school community.
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The legendary Colette Kavanagh retires today as principal of
@Esker_ETNS
. Delighted to have the privilege of wishing this outstanding school leader well on behalf of the
@EducateTogether
network. Don't be a stranger Colette!
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Great to see that 28 teachers from Ukraine have been registered by
@TeachingCouncil
. Wouldn't it be great if all overseas teachers could be registered within three months!
@MTPteacher
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Our new schools opening in September have been busy recruiting school leaders - and what an amazing bunch they have appointed!
@EducateTogether
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Great letter from Ciara in
@KishogeCC
thanking her students for their engagement and support.
@EducateTogether
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@KittyHollandIT
Unfortunately that is probably the most concerning aspect of the school closures - provision will be uneven with the most vulnerable students losing out unless we work hard to support them in innovative ways.
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With school closures extended, it's great to see huge efforts being made by schools to support their students. In case you missed it, here's a fab teaching and learning resource for primary school teachers set up by
@EducateTogether
principal
@simonmlewis
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Thinking of all schools in temporary accommodation this week - waiting for buildings, managing across multiple sites, & still providing safe, welcoming spaces for their new students. Like
@LeixlipETNS
❤️
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Strong evidence of student belonging emerging from ESRI research into
@educatetogether
2L schools. And consistent across students from all backgrounds and abilities. Great to see!
#ESRI_EducateTogether
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‘The findings of the report suggest that the inclusive ethos of Educate Together second-level schools creates a welcoming environment for all students, regardless of background or need.’
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Great excitement ahead of the graduation event for the first ever 6th years to graduate from
@BremoreEducate
this evening. Promises to be an emotional evening!
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1/2 To clarify:
* I attended this event in a personal capacity
* Educate Together has no formal position on any current global conflicts
* My personal position is one of sadness and condemnation of all violence committed against civilians of any religious/national background..
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Delighted that
@GarretCampbell9
is taking over management of the
@MTPteacher
. I will miss the project, but its future is in safe hands!
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Emotional farewell to founding principal Marian at
@brackenetns
today. Standing ovation, children singing their hearts out, past pupils back to say goodbye, parents queuing up to say thank you. Thanks from
@EducateTogether
too!
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What a wonderful first day back in
@EducateTogether
. Great to catch up with the team, and to meet the student council from Dublin 7 ETNS, who came in with the proceeds of their One Day Together fundraiser, despite the weather!
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