Dr Catherine Merrigan

Honoured to represent the voice of special schools and children with special educational needs in shaping the Primary Curriculum Framework @NormaFoleyTD1 @NCCAie @Education_Ire A landmark day in primary and special education in Ireland @NABMSE @INTOnews @IPPN_Education @ncseirl

📢 Upcoming NCSE Seminars for Special Schools 🔹 Primary Curriculum Framework The Primary Curriculum Framework (PCF) refers to the overarching framework of the redeveloped curriculum. This comprehensive framework underpins the Redeveloped Primary Curriculum specifications…

Honoured to be invited by @NCCAie to discuss the theme of inclusive education and the redeveloped Primary Curriculum with @BarMorr. Inclusion becomes a reality when every child feels that they belong and when their unique learning journeys are valued and celebrated ✨

I was honoured to be invited by @NCCAie to discuss the theme of inclusive education and the redeveloped Primary Curriculum with @BarMorr. Inclusion becomes a reality when every child feels that they belong and when their unique learning journeys are valued and celebrated ✨

📢Episode 17: 'What makes learning inclusive?' Exploring the redeveloped curriculum with Dr Catherine Merrigan and Dr Barry Morrissey. 🗣️Our guests, Dr Catherine Merrigan and Dr Barry Morrissey discuss inclusive relationships and collaborative learning, the Additional Support…

📢Éist leis an eipeasóid is déanaí de phodchraoladh CNCM ina bhfuil foghlaim teanga páistí faoi chaibidil. 🎧Tá an eipeasóid seo ar fáil anois ar shuíomh Gréasáin CNCM, Spotify, Apple Podcasts agus ardáin óstála podchraoltaí eile. 🗣️💬Is iad ár n-aíonna don eipeasóid seo ná…

Episode 15: An nasc idir an scoil agus an baile. 👨‍👩‍👧Parents play a vital role in their child’s learning. In this episode, Éilis Mhic Caisín (Parent) and Antóin Ó Cléirigh (Principal) discuss how the curriculum encourages partnership between parents and schools to support the…

📢 Are you working in a primary, post-primary or special school? As part of our NCSE commissioned research project on the growth in demand for special school and special class places we are looking for participants for online focus groups. Please complete the form to join one of…

🎙️📚Special episode: Reflections from the International Advisory Panel on the redeveloped Primary Curriculum 💬A special message from our international Advisory Panel regarding the launch of the Redeveloped Primary Curriculum. 🎧This episode is now available on the NCCA…

📢Episode 13: The Redeveloped Primary Curriculum - A message from NCCA CEO, Arlene Forster 🎙️Listen to this special episode of the NCCA Primary Podcast with Arlene Forster, CEO of NCCA. 📚In this special episode, Arlene sets the scene for understanding the redeveloped primary…

✨Today marks an important milestone for primary education in Ireland. 🚸Earlier today the Minister for Education and Youth officially launched the redeveloped Primary School Curriculum which will be introduced to all primary and special schools in the coming years. 📘 The…

🏫The move from primary to post-primary is one of the biggest milestones in a child’s life. 📔This week, Children’s School Lives Report 9 was published, which shares children’s, parents’ & teachers’ perspectives on this transition - from excitement and belonging, to worries…

Find out more about play and playful approaches to learning and teaching in the redeveloped Primary School Curriculum in our recently commissioned research paper ‘Play, Learning and Teaching in a Redeveloped Primary Curriculum’. Written by Prof Emer Ring and Dr Lisha O’Sullivan…

Ministers McEntee and Moynihan announce the publication of the Report on the Review of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 👉 gov.ie/en/department-…

📢Éist le Eipeasóid 11 dár bpodchraoladh nua ‘Curaclam Matamaitice na Bunscoile: Ár gCéad Chéimeanna’. 🔊Tá an eipeasóid seo ar fáil anois ar shuíomh gréasáin CNCM, Spotify, Apple Podcasts agus ardáin óstála podchraoltaí eile. 🧮Ar an gclár seo, pléann Gráinne Ní…

🎧Listen in to Episode 11 of our new podcast ‘Curaclam Matamaitice na Bunscoile: Ár gCéad Chéimeanna’. 🔊This episode is now available on the NCCA Website, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other podcast hosting platforms. 🧮Ar an gclár seo, pléann Gráinne Ní Ghriallais (Múinteoir…

📢Listen in to a snippet from our latest podcast release, Episode 10 ‘Unlocking the language learning potential of all children’. 🎧This episode is now available on the on the NCCA Website, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other podcast hosting platforms. open.spotify.com/episode/09p7n7……

If you’re considering covering public speaking skills with your students, the ‘LET’s Stand’ programme can support you. 4schools.examcraftgroup.ie/display-produc… Let's Stand Primary | 4schools.ie

Make sure to book your place on our EPV approved summer course 'Bringing the Primary Language Curriculum to Life in My Classroom'. Bookings can be made through Education Centres nationwide.

Minister @HMcEntee announces publication of updated Child Protection Procedures for Schools 2025. 📰Press release ➡️ gov.ie/en/department-…

🚨 We recently launched Report 8c from #CSLstudy – the third in our series on equalities in children’s school lives. 🔗 Download the report at: cslstudy.ie/downloads/CSL_… 🧵 The report includes a spotlight on Irish Traveller children. ⬇️ 1/19