25th January 2013 - IPPN convenes industry group to link primary education and enterprise
On the second day of its annual conference, ‘The Future is Now’, the Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN) is convening a group of top industry and academic leaders to bring forward recommendations for improving the primary school curriculum to meet future skills needs.
25th January 2013 - Reduce red tape burden and back school leadership, IPPN tells Government
In the keynote speech of its annual conference, ‘The Future is Now’, the Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN) has challenged the Government to reduce the red tape burden on principals and support school leadership in delivering strong education outcomes.
24th January 2013 - Rising food poverty hinders primary school pupils’ ability to learn - IPPN
As IPPN’s annual conference opens, surveys show as many as one in five principals report children arriving to school hungry
22nd January 2013 - Use technology to improve primary school teaching, IPPN tells ITLG summit
Technology should be used to improve teaching methods in primary school classrooms, according to the Director of the Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN), Seán Cottrell, who will speak at the annual summit of the Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG) in Cork later today.
