8 things to tell your kids about sex (Don’t wait for them to ask)
I am a child of the ‘LIE TO THEM!’ era when it came to teaching kids about sex I had a book flung at me when it came to The Talk About Periods, and I can’t actually repeat what my mother told me about male masturbation, in case someone books her in for a mental […]
4 years ago
More languages could soon be added to the primary school curriculum in Ireland
Children today are growing up in a far more multicultural world than we ever did. And it is about time that education and curriculums caught up with that fact. Speaking on Newstalk’s Reimagining Ireland, a new series examining some of the changes people would like to see across a range of areas in a post-pandemic […]
5 years ago
Head of OECD critical of Ireland’s handling of school closures, especially for vulnerable pupils
The Covid-19 pandemic has, in one way or another, affected every single one of us. However, some have borne the brunt far more than others. According to a new report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), many pupils, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds, will have suffered long-term damage due to the Covid-19 […]
5 years ago
5 Irish children’s books for Christmas reviewed by under-6s
Kids, eh? I have two, Michael who is aged 5, and Juliette, who is 4. When you see them bouncing off walls, shouting to watch Pokémon, or insisting they need your phone for important spy-related work, it always seems incredible to me that old-fashioned words arranged on boring paper can not just hold their attention, […]
6 years ago
Four Christmas gift ideas your child’s teacher would actually really like
With the end of the school term just around the corner, there is the inevitable gift buying for teachers. But what is it that your child’s teacher really wants. Every year, they are presented with an array of handmade cards and ‘Best Teacher’ plaques, along with one (or 20) of those plants sat in a […]
7 years ago
A letter to my children’s teachers – on the last day of school
This week marked the end of yet another school year. At midday this Thursday, the bells rang at my children’s primary school for the last time this academic year, and as I stood in a sea of other mums (and a few dads) and waited to collect my two young children and their armfuls of […]
7 years ago