We have worked with Virginia College, Cavan for nearly 5 years. At the end of last year we embarked on a discovery phase which would see a new design realised for the college. The new school website went live yesterday and we couldn’t be prouder of our team. This post Read more…
The school uniform debate has long been the staple of many adolescent students in debating societies and on-line forums across the world. For and against, the pros and cons, discussed ad nauseum often to an uncomfortable hard stop when teachers intervene with a ‘now get back to class’.
It has never been more important to have parents and carers involved in the education of young people. The invisible social contract between home and school always seemed to have a line between ‘home’ and ‘school’: current circumstances have blurred that line.
Through ongoing assessment, teachers build a comprehensive picture of the progress and learning needs of each child in order to plan future work and ultimately improve learning.
Things have changed but we still need to pursue the same teaching and learning attainment outcomes as before. With an estimated 1.6 billion learners out of school, creative strategies and tools are required, and new ‘hybrid’ remote learning methodologies adopted
The disruption caused by Covid-19 was and is undoubtedly the biggest upheaval in our education system since the second world war.
The impact of Covid-19 on learning institutions around the world has been profound, to say the least. In a new paradigm, where schools are operating reduced hours, split timetabling, blended learning and remote first learning it has never been more important to monitor Pupil Progress in the fundamental areas of Read more…
Never has it been more crucial to monitor pupil progress, than now, in the midst of all the uncertainty that the global pandemic has caused. Trying to assess where your pupil’s are in relation to benchmark after 6 months without on-premise schooling is a daunting task for many educators. Our Read more…
This week is Anti-Bullying week. An important one in the Wholeschool calendar. Every year we help schools across Northern Ireland and beyond to keep their finger on the pulse. By issuing relevant surveys and asking the right questions, Principals and School Leaders are finding it easier to understand what goes Read more…
Since the rise of the smartphone, we have been living in an era of Image sharing. Instagram, Facebook and Twitter have all been dominated by story telling through photographs. It is this rise in social image sharing which has changed the way we use images on our websites. The “moment Read more…