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Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? (opens the original)
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Hear, hear, hear ye. Arise from thy summer slumber. Take thy teacher mug and slump back through thy doors. Immediately regret not doing more as a June version of yourself. Then remember who you actually were in June, and just how depleted you were. Immediately grant yourself grace. Prepare for the first CPD day back, where we all vow that this year will be different. New systems! New routines! New boundaries! New curriculum! Goodbye, 1999 and hello 2026. We start new diaries. We buy pens. Honest
A summer morning (opens the original)
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A summer morning.It starts with a cry of immediacy and urgency. A yell that proclaims: I am alert to this world that is so hard for me to just exist in.There is absolutely no obvious reason for the upset this morning. There does not need to be. She has slept softly enough the previous night and stayed asleep. A gift.Yet the morning is broken with a period of five to ten minutes where simply being in her body anew seems distressing for her. Sustained anger. There is absolutely nothing we can do t
The Summer I Turned Horizontal (opens the original)
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This summer marks my first full school year back in a primary classroom since 2017. What I can say with absolute and satisfying certainty is that going back was exactly the right professional decision for me. It was a really personal one too. If the professional place isn’t striking the right chord with me, I have to move. That’s just who I am.Walking away from a permanent post, particularly in this economy, wasn’t the obvious decision. Taking a pay cut certainly wasn’t either. But I trusted my
If You’re Taking Responsibility, Then Take It (opens the original)
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Today, the Sunday Independent published a profile interview with the Minister for Education, Hildegarde Naughton. It’s the classic Sindo political profile: the dramatic cover photograph, the carefully curated personal story, the invitation to see the person behind the office. These interviews are always the Oprah couch of Irish politics, happening when someone needs to present a softer side. This one touches on everything from the personal abuse she has received as a public representative (disgr
A circular that changes more than a date (opens the original)
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The Department of Education has published a new circular outlining the new Parents Notify process for children who may require a special class or special school place for the 2027/28 school year. Parents are being asked to notify the NCSE much earlier so that demand can be identified in advance and more appropriate places can be planned across the country. Nobody could honestly argue with that objective. Every year we watch families desperately searching for places that simply don’
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