- Happy Easter from St. Augustine’s National School Clontuskert
Happy Easter from St. Augustine’s National Sc…
School closes today for the Easter holidays. Thank you to our wonderful school team, who have cared for, nurtured and kept our students safe since the beginning of the school…
- Workshop with Emer O Neill on UN Sustainable Development Goal 10- Reducing Inequalities
Workshop with Emer O Neill on UN Sustainable …
Today the wonderful Emer O' Neill from RTÉ School Hub visited us in our virtual Microsoft Teams Class in Clontuskert.
We spoke to Emer about her activism against racism in…
- Clontuskert features in Powerful Primary Geography- A Toolkit for 21st Century Learning by Anne M. Dolan
Clontuskert features in Powerful Primary Geog…
The staff and students of Clontuskert National School were delighted to feature in Powerful Primary Geography- A Toolkit for 21st Century Learning by Anne M. Dolan and to participate in…
- Microsoft Global Connection 2020 in Clontuskert Ireland
Microsoft Global Connection 2020 in Clontuske…
That's a wrap for #MSFTGlobalConnect for 2020.
Clontuskert travelled 40,487.51km or 25157.77 miles across the globe in the past two days!
Ms. Scott's Class:
We listened to the traditional Russian tale of The…
- Summer is here with St. Augustine’s National School Clontuskert
Summer is here with St. Augustine’s National …
Greetings to all of our families and friends of St. Augustine's National School Clontuskert,
As we near the end of our Summer Term for 2020, I wanted to thank you…
- Microsoft Showcase School Celebration
Microsoft Showcase School Celebration
Today we celebrated Microsoft Showcase School status in Clontuskert. We originally achieved this status in 2015. To date, we are the only primary school in the Republic of Ireland to…
- Skyping Clíodhna Kirk of Greenpeace
Skyping Clíodhna Kirk of Greenpeace
Today we Skyped Clíodhna Kirk of Greenpeace. Clíodhna is orginally from Galway and now works in Greenpeace HQ in Amsterdam. We were especially interested in connecting with Clíodhna to learn…
- Skype in the Classroom- #NoMorePlastic
Skype in the Classroom- #NoMorePlastic
Today we connected with teacher Lynn Thomas in Ontario, Canada for a Skype in the Classroom Global Collaboration as part of the #NoMorePlastic project.
Dr. Anne Dolan, past pupil of…
Skype in the Classroom is used in a cross curricular manner in Clontuskert classrooms. This has afforded us the opportunity to connect with classrooms, teachers and thought leaders across the globe. We have not only learnt from some of the most inspiring teachers in the world, like Global Teacher shortlisted Koen Timmers, but have had the opportunity to connect with experts and classrooms across the world.
Having a global perspective has informed and enhanced the learning experiences of our students.