📢 Important News!

To all our followers, this account will be deactivated shortly, but we are delighted to announce the launch of Oide English on X.

Follow Oide English Post-primary for all the latest updates, news & insights.

Thank you for being a part of our journey. #OideIreland

📣 We are delighted to announce our autumn seminar series ‘Leading English Language Support in Post-Primary Schools’.

Suitable for anyone unable to attend this day last year, specifically teachers and coordinators of EAL.

Booking available here - oide.ie/apply-book-now…

A huge thank you to all who engaged with our CPD and resources this academic year. Wishing you all a relaxing break ☀️

🎉 A huge congratulations to author, Patricia Forde Patricia Forde who has been announced as Ireland’s new Laureate na nÓg

🎧 You can listen to our podcast with Patricia here. Perfect for a summer’s evening walk!

on.soundcloud.com/Lx6DM

📣 Arrangements for the implementation of the Framework for Junior Cycle for 2023/2024 have been released.

Students to complete a minimum of 1 CBA. The Assessment Task will not be examined in the 2023/2024 academic year.

💻 Full details - gov.ie/en/circular/cb…

📚The International Literature Festival Dublin is currently taking place. The festival symbol is the hippocampus - a part of the brain that works to shape the way we view the world around us.

🔎 Students might enjoy exploring literary symbols in their own texts with this resource.

drive.google.com/file/d/17mmoSJ…

✨ Applications are now open for book-gifting projects 2023-2024 from Children's Books Ireland

📚 Apply for hundreds of books for your school library, class sets for students to keep, visits from authors, illustrators, and more.

All details at the link ⬇️

childrensbooksireland.ie/news-events/bo…

✨ Some fantastic elective opportunities for teachers in June.

Check out the summer schedule from Arts in Junior Cycle and visit their website at artsinjuniorcycle.ie

Celebrating May Day 🌺🌻☀️

The Department of Education invites applications from suitably qualified teachers who are fully registered with the Teaching Council, for secondment to the following European School posts commencing this September! The closing date is by COB Tuesday 2nd May:

✨ Today is #PoetryDayIrl ! To celebrate, students might enjoy engaging with this poem by Paul Hayward entitled ‘Dance’.

drive.google.com/file/d/1foyXZz…

📣 You can find further resources and events taking place through Poetry Ireland and on poetryday.ie

✍🏻🎭 To celebrate Shakespeare’s life, students might enjoy experimenting with some phrases commonly attributed to the Bard himself!

🎧 You can also listen back to Pauline Kelly discuss Shakespeare’s Italian story on RTÉ Radio 1

rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…

Pauline Kelly recorded a piece for Sunday Miscellany that reflects on the resonance of Shakespeare's 'The Merchant of Venice' after more than 430 years. Of interest to teachers of English looking at the play for Spetember! #EdChatIE #ShakespeareDay

rte.ie/radio/radio1/s…

Today we were delighted to present the National Write a Poem awards to students from across Ireland. In the JC category, Olivia Lambert from Villiers Day and Boarding School was awarded first place for her poem, 'Christmas Wishes'. Congratulations Olivia.

🎉 Delighted to be attending the PDST Wellread Awards today.

👏🏻 Huge congratulations to the students, teachers and wider school communities on their award and for their involvement in this wonderful initiative.

📄 The Dept of Education Inspectorate has published ‘Looking at English - A Draft Guide for Post-Primary Schools’.

💡 It seeks to support SSE and share highly effective practice from subject inspections.

💻 Access the document & provide feedback here - gov.ie/en/publication…

Our Poetry Day Ireland Programme for 2023 is now LIVE! #PoetryDayIrl takes place on Thur 27 April & everyone is invited to take part. Check out our amazing programme feat. everything from hikes to poetry tattoos!

Visit poetryday.ie for full details and listings

Join us in Donegal on 6 May or Cork on 13 May as we explore costume & set design of Abbey Theatre production of Tartuffe. This play is now on nationwide tour, offering teachers the opportunity to enjoy the production and engage in a workshop! Reg here: artsinjuniorcycle.ie

A couple of places remain for a workshop with Dave Rudden on Wed 3 May, 5-6.30pm. If you are engaging with Knights of the Borrowed Dark with your students, or you want to gain insights to structuring a story & creating characters, this is for you! Reg: artsinjuniorcycle.ie