Happy New Year! 💫
We've an exciting line up of screenings ahead for 2026, including school screenings of Chloe Zhao's Hamnet. 🎭
You can check all our upcoming screenings, dates and book your school group online here: ifi.ie/learn/booking
I'm sure Minister Naughton will make an excellent Minister for Education and Youth, but is anyone else fed up with Education being seen as the lowest rung on the ladder? Zero media coverage of what this means for education - lots to do on inclusion, patronage reconfiguration, national convention..
Time to spread some teacher love! Know a teacher who’s a total rockstar? ⭐️ Give them a virtual high-five by tagging them! Let them know about the #EducateTogether Teacher Conference. It’s the perfect CPD for inspiring educators. #EthicalFutures
🔗 Register & share: bit.ly/teacherconf2...
The historic national #PrimarySchoolSurvey is LIVE. For the first time ever, parents of children aged 0-12 are being asked their views.
✅ Your answers are 100% anonymous
✅ It only takes 5 minutes
✅ It will determine what happens next in your local school
👉 Complete the survey NOW: buff.ly/jZjF5Km
Growing numbers of families have been contacting us seeking the choice of an Educate Together school in recent years. This is a fabulous opportunity for those families to have their voices heard.
Parents asked to take part in primary school ethos survey www.rte.ie/news/educati...
Dunno if sharing photos of the violent threats and hatred on spoiled votes and thereby giving those gowls the audience and coverage they want their otherwise mainly unseen messages to get is great tbh
Blown away by the response to our annual fundraising day! These funds are essential to our work to support our schools and grow our network so that more families can access equality-based schools.
#equality #ethicaleducation@educatetogether.bsky.social
www.gofundme.com/f/one-day-to...
Some interesting data from the OECD TALIS international study of teaching and learning 2024. Such a pity Ireland is not included. Does anyone know why we aren't? #edchatie www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
(Most of whom can spell!)
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☘️ Teachers! Free Irish language courses this July – boost your Gaeilge skills with classroom-ready resources & a supportive environment
📅 1–5 July | ⌚ 9:30–14:00
🔗 Register locally via Education Support Centres Ireland
#caint_comhra_craic #Gaeilge #IrishEducation #CPD
If you are working class and in the lower sets for English you have no access to books, novels, poetry, or plays but rather a daily grind of basic literacy worksheets”, as one teacher reports in our latest blog post Diane Reay #LSEInequalitiesBlog
blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...
Aine Hyland speaking about senior cycle reform - makes a compelling argument at #asti2025 for students to authenticate their own work at second-level, as they do at third level.
Good piece in today’s @irishtimes.com on primary school funding. Serious trouble brewing if govt don’t address this urgently.
“Imagine if nurses and social workers had to fundraise to keep wards open and provide basic services”
Delighted to visit Castlebar Educate Together NS today. Such a warm and welcoming atmosphere. And a disco for well-being week! #educatetogether #wellbeing
At #EducateTogether schools we "facilitate conversations in the spirit of openness, respect & curiosity." Listen back to our School Dev Officer, Ed Platt discussing a debate on religious ed in schools on The Hard Shoulder w Kieran Cuddihy @newstalkfm.bsky.social link.goloudplayer.com/s/pG2f6hIbKUpT
Great presentation about creating relational school cultures by Michelle from @connectrp.bsky.social ⭐ #EducateTogether #ETPrincipalsConference2025
Some shots of our principals taking part in the theatre exercise by Role Players for Training
🌟 Francis Duggan, Galway ETNS
🌟 Emer Hoy, Malahide Portmarnock ETNS
🌟 Billy Redmond, North Wicklow ETSS
🌟 Jenny McCarthy, North Kildare ETNS
#EducateTogether #ETPrincipalsConference2025
A great 1st day for our 2025 Principals' Conference! The day was packed with rich learning and connection 🌟 special shout outs to Role Players for Training for some great activities and @connectrp.bsky.social for an informative talk on creating relational school cultures. See you tmrw for Day 2!
A great talk by Prof Patricia Mannix McNamara with though-provoking questions about the Interior World of Leadership at our 2025 Principals' Conference #EducateTogether #ETPrincipalsConference2025
Excited to be on the way to Limerick for the 1st of our student events. This year sts have chosen to focus on SDGs 16 and 17. Peace and Partnerships. They’ve prepared workshops for each other and will explore themes of Empathy and Solidarity. #EthicalEducation #StudentLeadership
#EducateTogether
🌟 And the winners of the 2025 Educate Together Debating Competition are... Limerick ETSS! 🏆 Huge congrats to them and to Celbridge CS for an incredible final – both teams were phenomenal! 💬 👏 Thank you to Clogher Road CC for hosting, our judges, and Áine Ní Ruairc for coordinating 👏 #EducateTogether
We’re proud to stand #TogetherAgainstRacism with @inarireland.bsky.social 🌍✊ Racism has no place in Ireland, and our Educate Together staff are joining the movement to celebrate diversity, inclusion, & equality 💛 Let’s make this year’s campaign bigger than ever – share your support! #EducateTogether
🌟 Exciting Opportunity! 🌟 Hansfield Educate Together Secondary School is hiring a Principal! If you’re a visionary leader committed to ethical education, this could be your next role. Apply by 25 March, 2025. More info: buff.ly/CcItT8v #EducationJobs #EducateTogether #EthicalEducation
“Schools across Ireland are under intense pressure to adopt a grind school mentality. For a variety of reasons, that’s not in the best interests of all students.”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to respond @NCCAie survey to date but we want to hear more voices. Have you thoughts on the rationale, the aims or the four strands? What about Assessment for Certification? ncca.ie/en/senior-cy...
Happy #InternationalWomensDay to all #EducateTogether staff, students and parents and guardians! Co-education & gender equality are central to the Educate Together ethos & we would like to thank everybody in our network who works towards achieving gender equality everyday 💪📚 #EthicalEducation
Today marks the anniversary of Ireland officially recognising Irish Travellers as an ethnic group. A pivotal moment for equality and justice! 🌍💚 #IrishTravellerEthnicityDay #EducateTogether
🎉 Today marks a milestone as we hosted Educate Together’s first-ever Deputy Principals’ Forum! A day of collaboration, reflection, and innovation for our school leaders. Here’s to shaping the future of education together! 🌍✨ #BraveSchools2025 #EducateTogether
Delighted to have my previous colleagues from @educatetogether.bsky.social in to discuss the crucial developments needed to ensure parents have the opportunity to educate their children in the way they want
There were zero new Educate Together schools in ‘24 and ‘23 this needs to change 📚✏️
