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26/08/2026

🏫Back to School: How to support learning at home🏠

NCCA were delighted to contribute an article to RTE LifeStyle last week.

Aimed at parents and families, the piece contains a range of suggestions for how to bring mathematics meaningfully into everyday life - just in time for the new school year!

"Mathematics is everywhere and for everyone!"

To read the article, please visit:
https://rte.pulse.ly/ybb9bro7gh

🏫Ar ais ar scoil: Conas tacú leis an bhfoghlaim sa bhaile 🏠

Bhí ríméad ar CNCM alt a sholáthar do RTÉ Lifestyle an tseachtain seo caite.

Tá an píosa dírithe ar thuismitheoirí agus ar theaghlaigh agus tá réimse moltaí ann maidir leis an matamaitic a fhí go fiúntach leis an ngnáthshaol – díreach in am don scoilbhliain nua!

"Tá an Mhatamaitic i ngach áit agus tá sí ann
do gach duine!"

Chun an t-alt a léamh, gabh chuig: https://rte.pulse.ly/ybb9bro7gh



LifeStyle on RTÉ National Parents Council

25/06/2026

Éist le gearrthóg ón eipeasóid is déanaí dár bpodchraoladh, Eipeasóid 24: ‘Aistrithe ón réamhscoil go dtí an bhunscoil.

Tá an eipeasóid seo ar fáil anois ar shuíomh gréasáin an NCCA, ar Spotify, ar Apple Podcasts agus ar ardáin óstála eile.

https://ncca.pulse.ly/cgttp2jhy5

25/06/2026

Listen in to a snippet from our latest podcast episode, Episode 24 ‘Transitions from preschool to primary school’.

This episode is now available on the on the NCCA Website, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other podcast hosting platforms.

https://ncca.pulse.ly/8tspr7nit1

17/06/2026

🏫Supporting children’s learning, today and into the future: Ireland’s new Primary School Curriculum.📚

NCCA are delighted to feature in the Future of Education Report, launched today in collaboration with Mediaplanet.

🔗Read the article by NCCA’s Deputy-CEO Dr Patrick Sullivan, available online here: https://businessnews.pulse.ly/zknl5cw1yh

📰Or pick up a copy of today’s Irish Independent.

🏫Ag tacú le foghlaim na bpáistí, inniu agus amach anseo: Curaclam Bunscoile nua na hÉireann.📚

Tá áthas ar an CNCM a bheith san áireamh i dTuarascáil Thodhchaí an Oideachais, a seoladh inniu i gcomhar le Mediaplanet.

🔗Léigh an t-alt leis an Leas-POF An Dr Patrick Sullivan, atá ar fáil ar líne anseo: https://businessnews.pulse.ly/zknl5cw1yh

📰Nó faigh cóip den Irish Independent inniu.

Children starting school today will grow up in a world very different from the one we knew. The new Primary School Curriculum has been developed to enable every child to thrive now and into the future.

16/06/2026

A productive and engaging day exploring the Social and Environmental Education (SEE) specification in the context of initial and in-career teacher education including:

- Key insights from the opening chapters, focusing on aims, rationale, and elements
- Collaborative discussions on teacher professional learning, with shared feedback
- Deep dive into learning outcomes, concepts, skills, and learning experiences
- Exploration of inquiry-based learning and global learning themes
- Understanding Religions, Beliefs & Worldviews through historical and geographical lenses
- Focus on context, content balance and practical classroom application
- Updates on ongoing teacher professional learning supports
- Panel discussion on working with the curriculum specification within Teacher Education

Great engagement, collaboration and rich professional dialogue throughout!

Lá tairbheach agus spreagúil ag fiosrú na sonraíochta don Oideachas Sóisialta agus Imshaoil (OSI) in oiliúint tosaigh múinteoirí agus oiliúint do mhúinteoirí in-seirbhíse, lena n-áirítear:

- Príomh-léargais ó na caibidlí tosaigh, le béim ar na haidhmeanna, ar an réasúnaíocht agus ar na gnéithe
- Plé comhoibríoch ar fhoghlaim ghairmiúil múinteoirí, mar aon le haiseolas comhroinnte
- Mionscrúdú ar thorthaí foghlama, ar choincheapa, ar scileanna agus ar eispéiris foghlama
- Fiosrú ar fhoghlaim bunaithe ar fhiosrúchán agus ar théamaí foghlama domhanda
- Tuiscint ar Reiligiúin, Creidimh agus Cruinneshamhlacha trí lionsaí stairiúla agus tíreolaíocha
- Béim ar chomhthéacs, ar chothromaíocht an ábhair agus ar chur i bhfeidhm praiticiúil sa seomra ranga
- Uasdátú ar na tacaíochtaí leanúnacha d’fhoghlaim ghairmiúil múinteoirí
- Plé painéil ar úsáid na sonraíochta d’oiliúint múinteoirí

Rannpháirtíocht den scoth, comhoibriú éifeachtach agus idirphlé gairmiúil saibhir i gcaitheamh an lae!



Marino Institute of Education DCU Mary Immaculate College, Ireland Hibernia College Maynooth University National Council for Special Education - NCSE

16/06/2026

NCCA’s Primary Social and Environmental Education (SEE) team is delighted to host colleagues working in initial and in-career teacher education today in Marino Institute of Education.

We are looking forward to engaging in rich discussions about how best to support pre-service and in-career teachers with SEE curriculum enactment. Also a word of thanks to our Oide and NCSE colleagues who are presenting on their roles in curriculum enactment in the months and years ahead.

Tá áthas ar an bhfhoireann don Oideachas Sóisialta agus Imshaoil (OSI) ag leibhéal na bunscoile, de chuid an CNCM, fáilte a chur inniu roimh chomhghleacaithe atá ag obair san oiliúint tosaigh múinteoirí agus san oiliúint do mhuinteoirí in-seirbhíse go hInstitiúid Oideachais Marino.

Táimid ag súil go mór le páirt a ghlacadh i bplé saibhir faoi na bealaí is fearr chun tacú le múinteoirí réamhsheirbhíse, agus le muinteoirí in-seirbhíse, an curaclam OSI a chur i bhfeidhm. Gabhaimid buíochas freisin lenár gcomhghleacaithe in Oide agus sa CNOS atá ag déanamh cur i láthair ar a róil i gcur i bhfeidhm an churaclaim sna míonna agus sna blianta atá romhainn.



DCU Mary Immaculate College, Ireland Hibernia College Maynooth University National Council for Special Education - NCSE

11/06/2026

📢Inniu seoladh Tuarascáil 10 sa staidéar Saol Scoile Páistí (CSL):

🏫Saincheisteanna Bunscoile: Maireachtáil agus Foghlaim Laethúil i Saol Scoile Páistí.

🔢Tugann an staidéar CSL, a raibh beagnach 4,000 páiste ar fud 184 bunscoil páirteach ann, léargas ar leith ar eispéiris laethúla na bpáistí ar an scolaíocht.

📊Le Tuarascáil 10 CSL tugtar le chéile torthaí Thuarascáil 1-9 chun na tosca is mó a bhfuil tionchar acu ar fhoghlaim páistí ar scoil a shainaithint. Baintear leas inti as torthaí ó na cúig bliana den staidéar, ag déanamh iniúchadh ar thorthaí foghlama páistí agus ar a múnlaíonn iad.

👧👦Leis an tuarascáil, féachtar ar conas mar atá cúrsaí i scoileanna agus i seomraí ranga, agus ar na bealaí a dtarlaíonn foghlaim agus teagasc iontu gach lá.

Léirítear an méid seo a leanas le torthaí Thuarascáil 10 CSL:
🟣Go dtuairiscíonn páistí ó theaghlaigh shaibhre go bhfuil siad níos folláine ná páistí atá thíos le bochtaineacht.
🟣Go múnlaíonn struchtúir shochaíocha níos leithne, comhdhéanamh na scoile agus an comhthéacs áitiúil cultúir foghlama sa seomra ranga ar bhonn gníomhach.
🟣Go bhfuil nasc láidir idir saibhreas/bochtaineacht agus cé chomh maith agus a éiríonn le páistí i réimsí na léitheoireachta agus na matamaitice. Mar shampla, baineann páistí i scoileanna DEIS agus iad siúd atá thíos le bochtaineacht torthaí níos ísle amach i dTrialacha Caighdeánaithe (an Mhatamaitic agus an Léitheoireacht).

🔗Tá an tuarascáil ar fáil ag https://cslstudy.pulse.ly/xzk8hvcs5v

11/06/2026

📢Today marks the launch of Report 10 in the Children’s School Lives (CSL) study:

🏫Primary School Matters: Everyday Living and Learning in Children’s School Lives.

🔢The CSL study, involving almost 4,000 children across 184 primary schools, provides a unique insight into children’s everyday experiences of schooling.

📊CSL Report 10 brings together findings from across Reports 1-9 to identify the factors that influence children’s learning most in school. It draws on findings from the five years of the study, examining children’s learning outcomes, and what shapes them.

👧👦The report looks at what schools and classrooms are like, and at the everyday ways learning and teaching happen within them.

CSL Report 10 findings show:
🟣Children from more well-off families report higher wellbeing than those who experience poverty.
🟣Wider societal structures, school composition and local context actively shape classroom learning cultures.
🟣A strong link between wealth/poverty and how well children do with reading and mathematics. For example, children in DEIS schools and those experiencing poverty achieve lower results in Standardised Tests (Mathematics and Reading).

🔗The report is available at https://cslstudy.pulse.ly/jpl8y7ez6i

10/06/2026

The Primary Arts Education team were delighted to spend the day in the Institute of Education, DCU, discussing all things related to the redeveloped Arts Education specification.

We were joined by colleagues in Higher Education Institutes and engaged in rich discussions on how best to support pre- and in-service teachers in enacting the curriculum. Thank you to those working in Initial Teacher Education, as well as colleagues from Oide and NCSE, for sharing insights into their role in supporting teachers in the months and years ahead.

Bhí áthas ar fhoireann an Oideachais Ealaíon Bunscoile an lá a chaitheamh in Institiúid an Oideachais, OCBÁC, ag plé le gach rud a bhaineann leis an sonraíocht athfhorbartha don Oideachas Ealaíon.

Bhí comhghleacaithe ó Institiúidí Ardoideachais linn agus ghlacamar páirt i bplé saibhir faoi na bealaí is fearr chun tacú le múinteoirí réamhsheirbhíse agus inseirbhíse agus iad ag cur an churaclaim i bhfeidhm. Gabhaimid buíochas leo siúd atá ag obair san Oideachas Tosaigh Múinteoirí, chomh maith le comhghleacaithe ó Oide agus NCSE, as a gcuid léargais a roinnt maidir lena ról i dtacú le múinteoirí sna míonna agus sna blianta atá romhainn.

DCU Mary Immaculate College, Ireland Marino Institute of Education Hibernia College Maynooth University National Council for Special Education - NCSE

08/06/2026

The Primary Language Team were delighted to spend the day in the Institute of Education, DCU, talking about all things Language.

We were joined by colleagues in Higher Education Institutes and engaged in rich discussions on how best to support pre- and in-service teachers in enacting the curriculum. Thank you to Oide, PPLI and NCSE for sharing insights into their role in supporting teachers in the months and years ahead.

Bhí lúcháir ar Fhoireann Teanga na Bunscoile an lá a chaitheamh in Institiúid Oideachais OCBÁC agus muid ag plé gach a mbaineann le Teanga.

Bhí comhghleacaithe ó Institiúidí Ardoideachais inár dteannta agus bhí plé agus machnamh fiúntach againn ar an mbealach is fearr le tacú le múinteoirí réamhsheirbhíse agus múinteoirí in-seirbhíse an curaclam a chur i bhfeidhm. Míle buíochas le hOide, le TIÉ agus leis an CNOS a roinn léargais faoina ról agus iad ag tacú le múinteoirí sna míonna agus sna blianta amach romhainn.

Mary Immaculate College, Ireland DCU Marino Institute of Education Hibernia College Maynooth University

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