I’ve received a lot of messages from fellow teachers about what I’m doing daily while schools are closed so I’m putting this blogpost together to share what I’m doing to stay busy and calm during this time. I think its worth noting (in case you didn’t know already), that I live in Dublin with my […]

As it’s the Easter holidays, I hope everyone is enjoying some time off but I’m also well aware that many parents are looking for things to do at home with their kids so I’m putting this blogpost together with some nice art and crafts ideas with an Easter theme using items you might have at […]

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I wanted to put a blogpost together on teacher wellbeing during school closures and share some tips that have been working for me. I think this is quite a stressful time for a lot of people as we worry about ourselves and our loved ones as well as the children who we didn’t really have […]

This is an unprecedented time in Ireland and all around the world. While we knew schools were likely to close before the Easter holidays, I think few people expected it to be so sudden with an 11 o’clock press conference last Thursday sharing the announcement that schools would close from 6pm that evening until the […]

This is a really strange time but I wanted to come on here to share some tips and ideas that might make the next few weeks at home a little more manageable. Maybe some of them will be useful for you and maybe some won’t work so pick and choose to best suit your children […]

Teaching placement is just around the corner for lots of teachers (and lots of people are in the middle of it too) so this blogpost is going to share some of my top tips for student teachers. Use the observation week wisely This is so important. During the observation week don’t spend all your time […]

Lots of people asked for a blogpost on how best to support a student teacher in the classroom and how to give effective feedback without overstepping so I’m hoping to share some tips and ideas here. What is your role? Model best practice Offer real life advice (based on your experience) Support the student teacher […]

I’m writing this blogpost as I’ve received countless messages from people on Instagram about how best to support children with additional needs in the mainstream classroom. The questions are usually something like ‘How can I support a child with Autism/ADHD/Dyslexia etc.’ and I think its really important to try to refocus ourselves when we think […]

As a small bit of background I studied early childhood education and then did the PME. I qualified in 2016 and got a job working in a school I loved.I had always wanted to teach in the UAE so in December of 2018 I decided I would take a career break and go to work […]