E-scéal 222 - TextaParent.ie – IPPN Support Office open at weekend for new accounts
- Published: 14 January 2010
The IPPN Support Office will be open tomorrow Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th January to facilitate Principals who wish to activate a TextaParent account or need credits allocated to their existing account. During the weekend many Principals will be consulting with their Chairpersons in deciding on whether their school will be open or closed on Monday 11th January.
E-scéal 221 - To open or not to open?
- Published: 06 January 2010
To open or not to open? That is the question facing many Principals today, in order that parents will know whether to prepare children for school or arrange child care for tomorrow and Friday. Based on the calls received by the IPPN Support Office, a significant number of schools, it seems that a majority will not re-open tomorrow, Thursday 7th January due to severe weather conditions.
E-scéal 219 - ICT Funding Grant
- Published: 10 December 2009
So what is this funding for?
This funding is being provided to schools on the basis, that as a priority:
1. Each classroom must be equipped with a teaching computer (PC or laptop) with a wireless mouse and keyboard, and a fixed digital projector and that
2. Only when this baseline is in place should the funding be used to purchase equipment from the following list:
E-scéal 218 - National Alliance for Primary Education
- Published: 04 December 2009
Unpaid leave, pay cuts and pension contributions are all headline news and very important to all of us. But what about those with most to lose – the children in our schools who don’t have a collective voice of their own. IPPN and the National Parents Council – Primary (NPC-P) decided to convene a meeting of all the education partners at Primary level. The purpose of bringing together the National Alliance for primary Education was to make a single, coherent case for the protection of primary education from further cuts and to prioritise investment in first level as part of a strategy for national recovery.
E-scéal 217 - Has Your School Been Affected By Flooding?
- Published: 25 November 2009
Since last Thursday, thousands of families have seen their homes and possessions damaged and, in some cases destroyed by flood water. Several schools had to close due to having no water for sanitation or a lack of safe drinking water. However at this point, it is unclear how many schools were directly affected by flooding.
