Three Tipperary schools involved in school curriculum change

Three Tipperary schools are involved in the process of updating the primary school curriculum.

St. Mary’s Central National School Killenaule, St. Mary’s National School Templemore and St. Joseph’s National School Tipperary Town are among the 60 schools nationwide helping to improve the current curriculum.

Teachers, school leaders, parents, children and other interested stakeholders have been asked to share their views on five draft curriculum specifications, including arts education, modern foreign languages as part of the primary language curriculum, science, technology and engineering education, social, and environmental education, and wellbeing.

Speaking about the significance of the consultation, Minister for Education, Norma Foley TD, said "I encourage all educators, parents, and stakeholders to contribute to this consultation on the latest stage of primary curriculum change. Together, we can create a curriculum that empowers our children to thrive and succeed in our modern and changing world.”

The outcomes from this consultation will ultimately contribute to the finalisation the redeveloped Primary School Curriculum for all primary and special schools.

Since March 6, NCCA has gathered feedback in a number of ways, including through in-person and online focus groups, online questionnaires, written submissions, work with Schools Networks, consultation with children and a large consultative conference. Before the consultation closes, NCCA wants to hear from as many people as possible. There are still opportunities to get involved through the online questionnaires or by using the online written submission form. These, along with further information on the consultation can be found on the NCCA website, www.ncca.ie.

Public consultation on the new proposals will close on June 7 at 5pm.