Internet, Skype and email on the curriculum at forward-looking Tipp school [nationalist.ie]
- Published: 26 January 2011
The 87 pupil school boasts a state-of-the art computer education room that many schools would envy and recently received nearly E6000 funding from the Department of Education to purchase more computers as teaching aids in the general classrooms. It's one example of how the six teacher rural primary school is punching above its size in education and extra-curricular activities with students achieving awards in handwriting and cross country and aiming to achieve the School's third Green Flag for environmental awareness this year.
Principal Alice Flynn said people are surprised when they visit because of the amount of facillities this small rural school has for students.
She says education in the use of Information Technology is an important part of the curriculum from Junior Infants to 6th class.
"The computer room, which has 12 computers, hosts daily computer classes. Each classroom has an inter-active white board and pupils readily use the Internet for research and study purposes.
"Pupils' work is also actively promoted on the school's website, www.cappwhitens.ie, and we also recently registered to receive Digital School status," Ms Flynn outlined.
Alongside this, she says first and second class pupils have established e-learning links with a primary school in St. Louis, Missouri. They e-mail students at the US school and are planning to use Skype and a webcam to talk to them directly.
Ms Flynn stressed that Cappawhite NS is equally proud of the academic achievement of its students with high results scored in all areas of the curriculum.
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