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• Teaching and Learning at a Distance - Primary School
  

  Teaching and Learning at a Distance - Primary School

  
  

  • Hoping that you're keeping safe and healthy.

    Educate Together has created this space for teaching personnel in primary schools to share resources for distance teaching and learning. The space is open for all primary teaching staff in the education sector to share resources and ideas. 

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    DES and PDST guidance on Distance Learning

  • DES: Continuity of Schooling Guidance URL
  • PDST Distance Learning Resources URL
  • PDST / Teaching Council Distance "Learning For All" Webinar Series URL

    Webinar series from the PDST and the Teaching Council to help support learning from home. The Webinars in the series were as follows:

    • Learning at Home: From online to offline
    • Unifying the community: Creative ways to stay connected
    • Vital for some, good for all - Supporting students with Special Educational Needs (SEN) remotely
    • Teaching and Learning at Primary Level, Offline and Online
    • Leading for All, Learning for All - Supporting School Leaders
    • Teagasc agus Foghlaim Ar-líne agus As-líne–Oideachas Trí Mheán na Gaeilge
    • Supporting Online Assessment and Feedback
    • An International Perspective - What's Happening in Other Countries
    • Súil Siar, Súil Aniar - Looking Back and Thinking Ahead

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    Resources and ideas

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    Simon Lewis, principal of Carlow ETNS, is encouraging teachers to share thematic approaches for non-core subjects. See below. 

  • The Project Project from Anseo.net URL
  • Anseo.net: Resources, ideas etc. on distance learning URL
  • Remote Learning - what, so what, now what? Created by Ciara Reilly, Assistant Lecturer in Digital Education, Marino Institute of Education URL
  • Padlet with loads of distance learning resources created by Ciara Reilly, Assistant Lecturer in Digital Education, Marino Institute of Education URL
  • Distance Learning Approach by Rochestown ETNS File
  • Teaching Council and PDST webinar on distance learning - approximately one hour study time URL
  • Scoilnet Resources URL
  • Google for Education- access, information and resources File
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    Other information 

  • Irish Copyright Licensing Agency School User Guidelines File
  • RTE's school on TV - aimed particularly at classes 1st - 6th URL
  • Irish Times Guide to Best Teaching and Learning Resources URL
• Resources and Ideas for Distance Learning around the Learn Together
  

  Resources and Ideas for Distance Learning around the Learn Together

  • General resources below:

  • Learn Together Resource Bank: Searchable by class and topic URL
  • The Budgie Diaries: This is a children's novel about living through the pandemic and explores issues around Covid-19 in a child-friendly way. Teaching ideas and resources are also included. URL
  • 'I will be a humming bird' - Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize winner, argues that we can all make a difference URL
  • 'I will be a drum' read by James Earl Jones from Storyline Online - other stories also available URL
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    Irish Aid Our World Award Lessons - adapted to remote teaching and learning

  • 3rd and 4th Class URL
  • 5th and 6th Class URL
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    Three Irish NGOs have recently produced really useful resources on the Sustainable / Global Development Goals - all adaptable to distance leaning.

  • Resources from Goal URL
  • Resources from Plan Ireland URL
  • Resources from Concern URL
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    Educate Together was involved in the project below which was initiated by the National Museum of Ireland and the Royal Academy. The stories of these historical objects are wonderful, told in child-friendly language and engender a sense of awe and wonder. 
    

    
    
    

         
    

    
    

    A History of Ireland in 100 Objects - Education

  • Flint Macehead URL
  • Tara Torcs URL
  • Tara Brooch URL
  • Salamander Pendant URL
  • Reclining Buddha URL
  • Eileen Gray Chair URL
  • Full range of objects and related resources URL
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    Virtual Museum Tours 

  • 10 Irish Museums to Visit Virtually URL
  • 12 Virtual Tours of Famous International Museums URL
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    SEAI - Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland - have some great online resources
    

  • SEAI Resources URL
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    A range of resources below

  • If 100 people lived on earth - how resources are distributed worldwide URL
  • Short child-friendly animated video on Universal Declaration of Human Rights URL
  • The Literacy Shed - short, animated videos with ethical themes and comprehension questions URL
  • Did you know that trees talk to each other? URL
  • The National Geographic takes a hard, unambiguous look at its past racist coverage  URL
  • Obituaries in The New York Times were dominated by white men. Now the paper is trying to make amends. Read some of the updated obituaries of amazing people. URL
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    A wonderful, 15 minute, animated film on identity and belonging. Winner of Oscar for Animated Short Film 2011

  • The Lost Thing - By Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann URL
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