All schools ordered to close [Independent.ie]
- Published: 09 January 2010
Schools will close on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday -- the first time a closure of this sort was ordered since the snow of 1982.
Full Story: www.independent.ie
Benefit of one-to-one tuition for struggling pupils lasts years [timesonline.co.uk]
- Published: 08 January 2010
Six-year-olds struggling at school who are given 40 hours of personal tuition in reading and writing outstrip their classmates years later, a university study shows.
The first long-term research into the Every Child a Reader project found lasting benefits from one-to-one tuition for children at the bottom of their class.
Full Story: www.timesonline.co.uk
Temperatures may fall to -12C tonight [rte.ie]
- Published: 08 January 2010
Met Éireann says temperatures may fall as low as -12C tonight and is warning that the severe weather could last for another ten days.
Full Story: www.rte.ie
'Urgent action’ needed to open schools next week [IrishExaminer]
- Published: 08 January 2010
PARENTS will still be unsure on Sunday if schools can open next week unless the Government takes urgent action to make roads safe, a teachers’ leader has warned.
About half the country’s 4,000 schools did not reopen after Christmas holidays yesterday morning because of the cold weather and dangerous road conditions. Most schools in Donegal and Kerry stayed shut and hundreds more in various parts of the country also kept their doors closed, either because of problems with heating systems, burst pipes or unsafe roads in rural areas.
Full Story: www.irishexaminer.com
Teacher union criticises response to weather [IrishTimes]
- Published: 08 January 2010
WITH THE vast majority of schools closed yesterday, the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation has strongly criticised the Government’s “inept response to the problems caused by severe weather conditions”. Yesterday was due to be the first day back for schools since the Christmas break but more than 80 per cent of primary schools were closed. At second level, more than 70 per cent of schools closed.
Most schools have decided to close until Monday, although a sizeable minority are shut until further notice – as the forecast indicates no thaw for at least a week.
Full Story: www.irishtimes.com
