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Growing bureaucracy, non-educational tasks and ever-increasing legislative demands are preventing principals from addressing their key responsibilites of managing teaching and learning in our primary schools. The serious problem ...

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IPPN statement following the address by Dr Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin to the Irish Primary Principals' Network Conference at CityWest Hotel.

The statement that "The primary ethos of the school should be an ed ...

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IPPN Statement following Minister Hanafin's address to the IPPN Conference at CityWest.

IPPN President Virginia O'Mahony acknowledged the significance of Minister Hanafin's presence at the IPPN conference and her address ...

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IRISH students have far less access to computers and high-speed internet than those in most other developed countries because of poor Government funding, a confidential report has revealed.

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STUDENTS should be taught more languages and from an earlier age, employers organisation IBEC claimed yesterday.


Recent reports to the Government have highlighted the lack of ...

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FOREIGN languages should be made compulsory in primary schools and a wider range of languages should be available at post-primary level, the employers' body IBEC has suggested.

"Currently there are 390 primary schoo ...

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Vacancies at Primary Level

Assistant National Co-ordinators

Part-Time Associate Members

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ESSENTIAL building and repair works will be carried out at a further 151 schools this summer, Education Minister Mary Hanafin announced yesterday.

The additional €8.5 million to the summe ...

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THE Information Commissioner, Emily O'Reilly, has called for inspection reports on all schools and nursing homes to be made routinely available to the public.

Ms O'Reilly, who oversees impl ...

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ANGRY parents of ten pupils attending Wexford primary schools have accused the Education Minister of rowing back on a commitment to allow their children attend a nearby secondary school.

Last February, the Depart ...

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Primary Principals are very concerned at the views expressed today by the President of NAPD, representing Second Level Principals, on standardised testing of children in Primary Schools.

For over two years a joint sub-com ...

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We are planning to introduce, in October 2005, six sets of regulations relating to the provision of nursery education and under 8s day care and childminding.

Two of these sets of regulations deal with Ofsted inspection arrangements, replacing e ...

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If you are an IPPN member, please log into the website using the Members Login area on the right hand side of your screen, which is under the blue Learn tab as follows:

When you try and log into the site, your pass ...

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IPPN CONFERENCE 2005, INSPIRING PROFESSIONALISM
FEBRUARY 3RD - 5TH
CITYWEST HOTEL, SAGGART, CO. DUBLIN

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Netd@ys is taking place this year from the 22-27 November. Perhaps your school would be interested in getting involved.

Netd@ys - a European Commission initiative-is an annual celebration of the use of new media (multimedia, internet, videocon ...

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See attached document for the overview of issues.

Circular SPED09/04 -> click here to open the Circular.

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DIOCESE of WESTMINSTER in PARTNERSHIP with CAMDEN LEA
ST PATRICK'S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL
HOLMES ROAD, KENTISH TOWN, LONDON NW5 3AH


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The Irish Primary Principals' Network (IPPN) is the professional body for the leaders of Irish Primary Schools. Since its establishment in 2000, IPPN's membership has increased to a total of 6,000 Principals and Deputy Principals. To reflect the planne ...

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