Wellbeing Week at Hansfield Educate Together Secondary School

By the Transition Year Wellbeing Team at Hansfield ETSS  With mock examinations and in-class assessments approaching, as well as the dreary January weather impacting our good moods, a group of …

Update from the Educate Together National Debating Competition headquarters

Colm Kehoe, Wicklow Educate Together Secondary School  The Educate Together National Debating Competition for first and second year second-level students is up and running again following its trial run last …

2022 – European Year of Youth

In the Educate Together Ethical Education family we love a date for our Ethical Education calendar, but when this celebration has young people at the core, it makes it even …

Importance of Nurture in a pandemic and beyond

Gemma Maher, Rathcoole ETNS Some said I was mad while others said brave. I became a Principal of a brand-new school during a pandemic, Rathcoole ETNS. I felt I was …

CPD and networking opportunities

CPD and networking with other Educate Together schools Here is a list of upcoming training and events organised with or in conjunction with the national office – why not print …

Introducing our new primary Education Officer, Vera Shanahan

[caption id="attachment_7887" align="alignright" width="274"] Vera Shanahan[/caption] Hello everyone! My name is Vera Shanahan and I have taken over from Fionnuala Ward as the Primary Education Officer. A little bit about …

Upcoming webinars

Teacher & student well-being A free webinar will take place on 30 September, involving Bremore ETSS principal Kathy Jones with an international panel sharing strategies on student and teacher well-being. …

Information on the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan

Sustainability, responsibility towards our planet and biodiversity all feature strongly in Educate Together’s Ethical Education curricula – whether at primary or second-level. Now this is more important than ever and thankfully more and …

The Learn Together review – pilot stage

The Learn Together Review - Pilot Stage In March 2018 an advisory group was established to review the Learn Together Curriculum. Members of the group include Fionnuala Ward (former Primary …