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Children will spend one hour a week learning a modern European language under a new primary school curriculum that will be phased in in the coming years.

The framework also reduces the obligatory time spent on religious instruction in primary schools from 2.5 hours per week to two hours. Work on subject areas has begun but its introduction is still a number of years away. A framework to give overall shape to the new curriculum was announced today.

The Minister for Education Norma Foley TD today (Thursday 9 March) launched the new Primary Curriculum Framework for all primary and special schools.

The NCCA published the Draft Primary Curriculum Framework for consultation in February 2020. Additionally, there are demands to include new aspects of learning in the curriculum such STEM, Modern Foreign Languages, and to place a greater general emphasis on Wellbeing. Discrete professional development will also be provided for each of the forthcoming curriculum area specifications in the coming years. The Primary Curriculum Framework emphasises the importance of curriculum integration, inclusive practice, inquiry-based learning and playful pedagogy. It is recognised that the introduction of the Primary Curriculum Framework will require time and support for teachers and school leaders to become familiar with the contents of the framework. This is the first curriculum framework for primary education in Ireland.

The changes to the curriculum are set to be introduced in 2026, with the focus on students education set to be made more flexible.

"There is a reduction for the hours in religion, but there is also more autonomy and more agency given to the schools around flexi-time." The new primary school curriculum is set to put a greater emphasis on STEM subjects, with foreign languages set to be taught in Primary schools for the first time. There is also set to be a greater emphasis on wellbeing among students, with less emphasis on the teaching of religion. With a greater emphasis on additional subjects, and a move away from religion in the classroom, this is what can be expected in the new primary school curriculum. Minister for Education Norma Foley is set to announce on Thursday the new primary school curriculum, the biggest change to primary school education in Ireland in 25 years. The changes to the curriculum are set to be introduced in 2026, with the focus on students education set to be made more flexible for teachers and students.

More of the 58 school building projects facing delay because of funding pressures have been identified.

Gaelscoil an Inbhir Mhóir has been in temporary buildings for 25 years. This is a school that has been neglected. “That was 27 years ago.

For about a month, Tuluksak has been without running water after a line leading from the community water plant broke, leaving the school and all the teacher ...

“Hopefully the truck that’s coming won’t have a problem going up and down the ramp and we’ll be able to haul water all day.” But we’re going to work with the school here,” Zidek said. 8 and have a fairly normal day with the kids at school. “We have to go up a ramp to get to the tanks. One of the big challenges is the transfer of water between the water plant and the school. “Our public assistance section has reached out to the school district and folks at the school, and we’ve completed our public assistance section application briefing with the community.

The cost of providing temporary accommodation for Drogheda Educate Together Secondary School has risen to over €11m while the school continues its long wait ...

“The Drogheda Educate Together Secondary School badly needs this new accommodation to meet the demand for places at what is a fantastic school. Regardless of the good quality of the modular units, Deputy Nash says the school community should be entitled to their permanent school buildings, playing pitches and other facilities. Louth Labour TD, Ged Nash pushed the Minister for Education to set out a timeline for the delivery of a permanent home for the school but was disappointed with the response.

The Primary Curriculum Framework was launched by Education Minister Norma Foley this morning.

In terms of curriculum detail, the leadership there comes from the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment. “I think that would be a positive thing. Obviously not all of them, but there’s a learning for us there as well, so there will perhaps be skill sets within the staff room,” she said. “Schools will know best what areas need to be more augmented. From third class, pupils will be taught a language that is not English or Irish for an hour a week. “I think we all recognise that we need our students of the 21st century to have a curriculum framework that is of the 21st century and there has been no issue with that and I don’t foresee an issue,” she said. She said the process of putting a new curriculum in place will involve “very broad consultation, engagement, discussion” and that all views will be welcome across the partners in education and wider society. Foley said there has been “a very positive reception” to the framework from all of the partners in education. “There’s a body of work that needs to be done there and that work will now begin and we will see that in our schools in 2025, but there will be staged introduction of various elements of the programme,” she said. Foley said the first element to be introduced will be the mathematical curriculum, adding that the work on it “is nearing completion and will be published very imminently”. The framework states that arts education is “integral throughout a child’s experience in primary school” and that experiencing art and creativity has the capacity “to engage, inspire and enrich all children, exciting the imagination and encouraging them to reach their creative and expressive potential”. The framework states that it supports the introduction of modern foreign languages and aims to “build on children’s existing knowledge of language” and progress “from a language awareness model to a competency model” in the senior years of primary school.

That's the view of Labour Leader Ivana Bacik as a rise in building costs was cited for the stoppage in the Dáil this week. More than a dozen schools in Donegal ...

Deputy Pringle had submitted parliamentary questions to the Minister for Education, asking when the Gaelscoil na gCeithre Máistrí project would be completed ...

Why is there money in a rainy-day fund when these necessary structural developments have been put on hold?” he said. Deputy Pringle said: “These schools have been going through this process for years. The school was established in 1999 in prefabs.

The Madison County School Board had a busy meeting on Thursday night, as they approved a BG-1 to purchase land for a new elementary school, ...

News that the permanent school for Enfield Community College is among 58 projects nationwide that have been stalled by the Department of Education due to ...

This is a very simple maths exercise." "A secondary school in Enfield has been needed for decades at this stage. "This is a disgraceful decision to hold up an already delayed project for the Enfield community and surrounding areas. " Unfortunately, this project will now be held up with no completion date stated. The costs are astronomical for modular temporary accommodation.

The cost of providing temporary accommodation for Drogheda Educate Together Secondary School has risen to over €11m while the school continues its long wait ...

“The Drogheda Educate Together Secondary School badly needs this new accommodation to meet the demand for places at what is a fantastic school. Regardless of the good quality of the modular units, Deputy Nash says the school community should be entitled to their permanent school buildings, playing pitches and other facilities. Louth Labour TD, Ged Nash pushed the Minister for Education to set out a timeline for the delivery of a permanent home for the school but was disappointed with the response.

Approximately 100 students marched to Everett City Hall, chanting in support of Superintendent Priya Tahiliani, to demand the school committee reverse its ...

“I’m hopeful that we can have discussions about how to make the Everett Public School District stronger to benefit all our students and that those conversations include respect for everyone’s opinions,” DeMaria said in a statement to GBH. She was appointed to the position in late 2019 and began in the role the next year. Janene Johnson, a paraprofessional for Everett Public Schools. Tahiliani alleged that after hiring minority candidates, DeMaria accused her of “racism” because he felt that she was excluding white people from open positions. It only makes sense that we have a woman that represents us, that relates to the students and that they can feel connected to.” We live in Massachusetts, a minority majority district.

Three Kilkenny schools have been hit by news that government have placed their plans, due to proceed to tender and construction stage, on hold.

Despite this, the Minister has not yet announced a definitive timeframe for when the issue will be resolved. A rendering of the planned new St Canice's National School building / Picture: National Development Finance Agency In recent days, discussions have been taking place between the Department of Education and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in a bid to secure the additional funding that will allow the projects to proceed.

The decision by the Department of Education to take Kolbe school off the priority Capital Building Programme is disgraceful, according to local Sinn Féin...

Dep Stanley said the new building for Kolbe School has been ready to go since last year with site surveys and preparation work completed. They have the worst building and facilities in the county. “The children, parents and staff in Kolbe have waited years and they are in dire need of a new building.

Completed in 2022 in Nanjing, China. Images by Jian Yao, Bowen Hou. Located in the middle of Yuhuatai District, Nanjing, Yuhua Campus of Zhonghua High ...

The mutual dialogue between STREAM learning Center and the external environment becomes an outdoor place for students to do activities between classes, facilitating the change of places between classes. West: The teaching building is located in the northwest corner of the west campus, which is divided into three parallel buildings arranged on one side according to the grade, and each building holds 20 ordinary classrooms. The east is mainly for living and the other is mainly for learning. The east and west of the campus are separated from each other. The enclosed loop forms the "Central Park": the entrance squares of the east and west campuses are opposite each other, which combines the most core open space of the campus. On August 30th, the launch ceremony of Yuhua Campus of Zhonghua High School was held, marking the official use of "STREAM Learning Center", which is a material platform for the future development of a new teaching model combining theory and practice and interdisciplinary integration.