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TY Ethical Education - Defining Intercultural Competence

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TY Ethical Education - Defining Intercultural Competence

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Intercultural Competence - An Essay by a TY Student

Intercultural Competence definition:

The range of Behavioral skills that lead to effective and appropriate communication with people of other cultures.

I thought that the survey was interesting and useful because it could help people who are not open to other cultures to sympathize with and understand people of other cultures and ethnic backgrounds etc.

It is also useful for people who are open-minded and accept everyone because they still might not know any information about migrants etc.

What I learnt from the survey was that people will genuinely not accept someone based on the language they speak, sexuality and religion. Some of those things are personal to those people, so, I do not understand how that is anyone else’s business even if that person is open about it.

I know everyone is entitled to their own opinions but there are so many people who are open about those things now in 2022 and people need to put aside their immaturity or just mind their own business.

I know that discrimination and racism still exist, but it is ridiculous that someone will decide to dislike someone for speaking a different language in the country they are currently in.

In Ireland, there is a lot of culture that came from other countries, such as foreign foods. Even then, there will still be people who will discriminate against certain communities when they eat their food, use their products (the products that were made in those communities' countries), and even listen to their music.

It is time for those types of people to open their eyes and stop following the crowd and it is time to actively stand up for those who are vulnerable because of who they are and where they are from.

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On Friday 11th March 2022 Students were encouraged to attend the Focus Ireland Big Busk event in the Music room in order to raise much needed funds and awareness of the homeless crisis.

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1st, 2nd Year and TY student participated in an African drumming session in March 2022

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In technology, our students made wooden boats representing the aid ships going into Gaza.

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Trinity Access School of Distinction - Whole School Guidance Plan

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Trinity Access School of Distinction - Whole School Guidance Plan

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Our Whole School Guidance Plan is informed by the TA School of Distinction programme through the following key aspects: Implementation of the 3 core practices; TA SoD whole school research; Teacher CPD on PG Cert 21st century T&L; Trinity College Campus Tour; CAW annually; Staffroom chats and website.
We look forward to more collaboration between TA and the NCGE, IGC and all relevant pathway partners, as the structure of SoD aligns so closely with the many aspects of the Whole School Guidance model.

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Trinity Access School of Distinction 2022

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Trinity Access School of Distinction 2022

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Our position as a TA School of Distinction means we are committed to provide a learning and teaching environment that meets the needs of all students, no matter what their background and particularly asks us to ensure we take account of students who may end up at risk of not going on to further education or training. It provides us with a framework under the pillars of leadership in learning, mentoring and pathways to college, as well as building strong community links that helps support all students to achieve their potential at school and create a transition plan for life beyond secondary school, particularly those students who are underrepresented in HEIs and other third level pathways. Students seeking refuge are often such students.

The schools of distinction team and the schools of sanctuary team work closely together to ensure we support all students in this regard.
Events throughout the year such as College Awareness Week, Community Mentoring, college campus visits, guest speakers, CAO application clinics, careers fairs, work experience and more give students opportunities to explore their interests and gather ideas for planning for the future.

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TY Event - Our Journey Towards Racial Justice

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TY Event - Our Journey Towards Racial Justice

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Sharing with the Educate Together Network

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Sharing with the Educate Together Network

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Honouring and learning from our Polish Students

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Honouring and learning from our Polish Students

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Will Irish schools cope with an influx of Ukraine’s refugee children?

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Schools have been quick to open their doors, but there is an urgent need for English language supports

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💫20+ languages and the message is the same in every one. #Kindness and #Respect is at the heart of everything we do here in @StepasideETSS 💫This #StandUpWeek and for every week thereafter, we pledge to choose words that heal, not hurt @BeLonG_To #pride 🌈(credit @ongbakurhead)

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Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School

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💫20+ languages and the message is the same in every one. #Kindness and #Respect is at the heart of everything we do here in @StepasideETSS 💫This #StandUpWeek and for every week thereafter, we pledge to choose words that heal, not hurt @BeLonG_To #pride 🌈(credit @ongbakurhead) https://t.co/yMn3Aqh7TP

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Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School

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Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School

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💫20+ languages and the message is the same in every one. #Kindness and #Respect is at the heart of everything we do here in @StepasideETSS 💫This #StandUpWeek and for every week thereafter, we pledge to choose words that heal, not hurt @BeLonG_To #pride 🌈(credit @ongbakurhead) https://t.co/yMn3Aqh7TP

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Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School

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💫20+ languages and the message is the same in every one. #Kindness and #Respect is at the heart of everything we do here in @StepasideETSS 💫This #StandUpWeek and for every week thereafter, we pledge to choose words that heal, not hurt @BeLonG_To #pride 🌈(credit @ongbakurhead) https://t.co/yMn3Aqh7TP

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💫20+ languages and the message is the same in every one. #Kindness and #Respect is at the heart of everything we do here in @StepasideETSS 💫This #StandUpWeek and for every week thereafter, we pledge to choose words that heal, not hurt @BeLonG_To #pride 🌈(credit @ongbakurhead)

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Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School

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We have an very active Pride Club who regularly share their experiences and teach their peers

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We have an very active Pride Club who regularly share their experiences and teach their peers

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We also use social media to celebrate the religious festivals of our whole school community

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We also use social media to celebrate the religious festivals of our whole school community

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We use our school social media to raise awareness 

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We use our school social media to raise awareness 

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Recongising and celebrating all Religious Events

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Recongising and celebrating all Religious Events

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In ethical education we teach about different religious practices and festivals and mark the important events as a whole school.

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More language club activities like these....

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More language club activities like these....

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Now that the Covid Restrictions have been removed we are really hoping we will be able to welcome family members and community members into the school more regularly. Our fantastic 1st Year Year Head Catherine McAuliffe has been leading the way with her excellent induction event for the incoming 1st Years in September 2022

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Fund Raising & Donations for the Ukraine 

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Fund Raising & Donations for the Ukraine 

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As a school community we encouraged families to donate key resources to be taken to Ukrainian Refugees in Poland. One class also ran a bake sale will all donations going to GOALs work in the Ukraine.

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Cross Border Project with Malone Integrated College Belfast

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Cross Border Project with Malone Integrated College Belfast

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Our 2nd Year CSPE class have been working on an information sharing project with 2nd Years in Belfast all year. They have shared their personal stories and also created an English- Ukrainian Dictionary for the new students

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We will compile the list of student languages ambassadors and share them with the Year Heads so that newcomer children have a student language buddy when they arrive in the school

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We use the website as a means to share information about our planned activities and celebrate the wonderful diversity that exists in our school

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WELCOMING REFUGEES FROM UKRAINE AND ELSEWHERE IN OUR SCHOOLS

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WELCOMING REFUGEES FROM UKRAINE AND ELSEWHERE IN OUR SCHOOLS

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Sallie participated in the webinar and our teachers were encouraged to log on with their classes on Wednesday 23rd March 2022

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Lesson 1 - Wednesday 16th March 2022

Dear all,

In addition to the webinar next week, I have created a resource for form tutors/CSPE/Ethical Ed to use tomorrow if they would like to.

There's a powerpoint and a lesson plan in the staff notebook here:

Being a School of Sanctuary   (Web view)

In kindness and respect,

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Two more whole school lessons & resources were prepared and shared and delivered during form period too all the student in the school.

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Two more whole school lessons & resources were prepared and shared and delivered during form period too all the student in the school.

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Wednesday 6th April Lesson:

Dear all,

I would be extremely grateful if form tutors could go through the following lesson plan/resources with their classes during form period tomorrow please. I think almost each form class also has a School of Sanctuary student committee member or ambassador there to help the teachers too. They have been encouraged to take the lead on this but some may be a bit shy! It shouldn't take the whole lesson, so there will be plenty of time for @Karen Sadleir's fantastic resource too!

Are we a School of Sanctuary?   (Web view)

Step 1 - Ask the students to complete the survey  - it's to update the language survey we completed last year so all students need to complete it please-  https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=UBvP13FglkiqyQMXawot0A-4uajFQ8lCtMAtl0aswmFUNVBVQUw2MU9BTjFBMTlPUDZUN0cxTDM2RC4u

Step 2 - Ask the students/class to read through the Schools of Sanctuary charter - this outlines what it means to be a school of sanctuary and the minimum requirements expected.

Step 3 - Make sure each class has signed the pledge and has it displayed in the room. 2nd year- 6th year classes should have done this last year in Ethical Ed but there's no harm in doing it again! 1st Year classes will need to do this - it can be digitally signed by them individually or as one big group and then printed and laminated and displayed in the base classrooms. I can help with this!

Step 4 - As a group, share ideas of other things we could be doing to make sure we are as welcoming as possible. Encourage people to join the team and share their ideas there! We have the monitoring group for Schools of Sanctuary coming in on Friday 29th April so is there anything we could do on this day to make them feel welcome? A mini Unity in Diversity day? Any and all ideas will be gratefully received!

In kindness and respect,

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March 2022 - We revisited our pledge and invited all students new to the school to add their signatures to the pledge

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March 2022 - We revisited our pledge and invited all students new to the school to add their signatures to the pledge

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These pledges are to be displayed in every form classroom.

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We asked all students and staff to complete the languages survey again in 2022 to see how the school population had changed. Of those survey over half spoke a different language at home and there were 36 different languages identified:
| Afrikaans
| Albanian
| Arabic
| Armenian
| Bulgarian
| Cantonese
| Croatian
| Czech
| French
| Gaeilge
| German
| Gujarati
| Hebrew
| Hindi
| Malayalam
| Telugu
| Hungarian
| Polish
| Lithuanian
| Italian
| Japanese
| Latvian
| Odia
| Polish
| Portuguese
| Romanian
| Russian
| Sindhi
| Spanish
| Tamil
| Telegu
| Turkish
| Ukrainian
| Urdu
| Zulu
| Xhosa

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The new languages survey (March 2022) asked students to volunteer as language ambassadors for newcomer children and an overwhelming 71 students volunteered covering 31 different languages.

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We hope to relaunch the group and are looking to the students for inspiration as to what to call it!

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SETSS Languages Survey - 252 responses

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September 2020

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Invite to school stakeholders to join the SoS Committee

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Invite to school stakeholders to join the SoS Committee

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Dear all,

As you may be aware the school is one of two Dublin Pilot Schools of Sanctuary.  By becoming a School of Sanctuary, the school is committing to fostering a culture of welcome and inclusion in the school and local community. All students in the school have followed a course of lessons exploring the issues of sanctuary, safety, migration, and asylum, including a virtual conversation with a person living in Direct Provision.  More information about the programme can be found here: https://ireland.cityofsanctuary.org/2020/03/21/schools-of-sanctuary

We would like to move from the learning stage of the process towards putting that learning into action. To this end, we would like to create a committee of interested students, staff, parents and community representatives to work on concrete plans to ensure we are as welcoming and inclusive as possible.

We propose that the committee will meet virtually once a month to share expertise and to help facilitate and support the students project plans.  The provisional times and dates of the meetings are as follows:

Thursday 7th January - 12.40.1.15Thursday 11th February - 12.40-1.15Thursday 11th March - 12.40-1.15Thursday 21st April - 12.40-1.15Thursday 20th May - 12.40-1.15

We hope to have equal representation from all stakeholders, with no more than four representatives from each group. If you would be interested in joining the group, please reply to this email.

Kindest regards

Sallie Ennis

Teacher of French, Spanish & SPHE

TY Co-ordinator & Climate Ambassador

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Australian Ambassador Gary Gray

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A huge thank you to Ambassador Gary Gray @AusEmbIre for his message to @StepasideETSS as we celebrate #UnityinDiversity & #europeday 

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@EPIreland_Edu @cmcauliffe2 @MulhallBarbara @languages_ie
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@EPIreland_Edu @cmcauliffe2 @MulhallBarbara @languages_ie
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@EPIreland_Edu @cmcauliffe2 @MulhallBarbara @languages_ie
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@EPIreland_Edu @cmcauliffe2 @MulhallBarbara @languages_ie
#EducateTogether #Diversity 
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@EPIreland_Edu @cmcauliffe2 @MulhallBarbara @languages_ie
#EducateTogether #Diversity 
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Ambassador H.E. Gergana Karadjova of Bulgaria

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Thank you to Ambassador H.E. Gergana Karadjova @GuerKaradjova for her message to @StepasideETSS as we celebrate #UnityinDiversity & #europeday 

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@EPIreland_Edu @cmcauliffe2 @MulhallBarbara @languages_ie
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@EPIreland_Edu @cmcauliffe2 @MulhallBarbara @languages_ie
#Diversity @WorldWise_Irl
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The French Ambassador Vincent Guerend

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A huge thanks to @vincentguerend for his message to @StepasideETSS as we celebrate #UnityinDiversity & #europeday @FranceinIreland

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@EPIreland_Edu @cmcauliffe2 @MulhallBarbara @languages_ie
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@EPIreland_Edu @cmcauliffe2 @MulhallBarbara @languages_ie
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A huge thanks to @vincentguerend for his message to @StepasideETSS as we celebrate #UnityinDiversity & #europeday @FranceinIreland

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@EPIreland_Edu @cmcauliffe2 @MulhallBarbara @languages_ie
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A huge thanks to @vincentguerend for his message to @StepasideETSS as we celebrate #UnityinDiversity & #europeday @FranceinIreland

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@EPIreland_Edu @cmcauliffe2 @MulhallBarbara @languages_ie
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@EPIreland_Edu @cmcauliffe2 @MulhallBarbara @languages_ie
#EducateTogether #Diversity 
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Ambassador Deike Potzel #Germany

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A huge thank you to Ambassador Deike Potzel #Germany for her message to @StepasideETSS as we celebrate #UnityinDiversity & #europeday https://t.co/Oy3AzAzB5P

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@EPIreland_Edu @cmcauliffe2 @MulhallBarbara
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@EPIreland_Edu @cmcauliffe2 @MulhallBarbara
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@EPIreland_Edu @cmcauliffe2 @MulhallBarbara
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@EPIreland_Edu @cmcauliffe2 @MulhallBarbara
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@EPIreland_Edu @cmcauliffe2 @MulhallBarbara
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H.E Mr. Janis Silis, Latvia's Ambassador in Ireland

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A huge thank you to H.E Mr. Janis Silis, Latvia's Ambassador in Ireland, for his message to @StepasideETSS as we celebrate #UnityinDiversity & #europeday #Latvia 

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@EPIreland_Edu @MulhallBarbara @languages_ie
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@EPIreland_Edu @MulhallBarbara @languages_ie
#Diversity 
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@EPIreland_Edu @MulhallBarbara @languages_ie
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@EPIreland_Edu @MulhallBarbara @languages_ie
#Diversity 
@WorldWise_Irl
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@EducateTogether https://t.co/c0Oh1h6E5O

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@EPIreland_Edu @MulhallBarbara @languages_ie
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Mr. Marijus Gudynas - Lithuanian Ambassador (1)

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🇪🇺👏🏻 Congratulations to all students and staff @StepasideETSS on #EuropeDay: this is YOUR day, you are actors in shaping the #FutureofEurope!

#TheFutureIsYours https://t.co/H6hkAzVF6y

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🇪🇺👏🏻 Congratulations to all students and staff @StepasideETSS on #EuropeDay: this is YOUR day, you are actors in shaping the #FutureofEurope!

#TheFutureIsYours https://t.co/H6hkAzVF6y

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A huge thank you to Belgian Ambassador De Bauw @BEinIreland for his message to @StepasideETSS as we celebrate #UnityinDiversity & #europeday 

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@EPIreland_Edu @cmcauliffe2 @MulhallBarbara @languages_ie #Diversity 
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@SofSIreland
@EducateTogether https://t.co/K7oz5EUrWz

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🇪🇺👏🏻 Congratulations to all students and staff @StepasideETSS on #EuropeDay: this is YOUR day, you are actors in shaping the #FutureofEurope!

#TheFutureIsYours https://t.co/H6hkAzVF6y

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A huge thank you to Belgian Ambassador De Bauw @BEinIreland for his message to @StepasideETSS as we celebrate #UnityinDiversity & #europeday 

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@EPIreland_Edu @cmcauliffe2 @MulhallBarbara @languages_ie #Diversity 
@WorldWise_Irl
@SofSIreland
@EducateTogether https://t.co/K7oz5EUrWz

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🇪🇺👏🏻 Congratulations to all students and staff @StepasideETSS on #EuropeDay: this is YOUR day, you are actors in shaping the #FutureofEurope!

#TheFutureIsYours https://t.co/H6hkAzVF6y

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🇪🇺👏🏻 Congratulations to all students and staff @StepasideETSS on #EuropeDay: this is YOUR day, you are actors in shaping the #FutureofEurope!

#TheFutureIsYours https://t.co/H6hkAzVF6y

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A huge thank you to Belgian Ambassador De Bauw @BEinIreland for his message to @StepasideETSS as we celebrate #UnityinDiversity & #europeday 

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@EPIreland_Edu @cmcauliffe2 @MulhallBarbara @languages_ie #Diversity 
@WorldWise_Irl
@SofSIreland
@EducateTogether https://t.co/K7oz5EUrWz

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Social Media Coverage of Unity in Diversity Day

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Social Media Coverage of Unity in Diversity Day

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So proud of the whole @StepasideETSS community coming together to celebrate #unityindiversity & #EuropeDay2021 

"In diversity there is beauty and there is strength." #MayaAngelou
Lots more peer teaching from our
#TransitionYear @WorldWise_Irl @PdstTy @SofSIreland @cmcauliffe2 https://t.co/xVlNqWYLzJ

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So proud of the whole @StepasideETSS community coming together to celebrate #unityindiversity & #EuropeDay2021 

"In diversity there is beauty and there is strength." #MayaAngelou
Lots more peer teaching from our
#TransitionYear @WorldWise_Irl @PdstTy @SofSIreland @cmcauliffe2 https://t.co/xVlNqWYLzJ

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Here's a peak at what our #UnityinDiversity Day looked like yesterday at #Stepaside 🌞✨ ❤️

As you can see from this video, our students are so proud of their heritage & we had the best day celebrating over 42 countries 🇧🇷🇮🇳🇨🇳🇦🇺🇪🇺 

Take a look 🎥

@SofSIreland @WorldWise_Irl https://t.co/5o7LRDExJe

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So proud of the whole @StepasideETSS community coming together to celebrate #unityindiversity & #EuropeDay2021 

"In diversity there is beauty and there is strength." #MayaAngelou
Lots more peer teaching from our
#TransitionYear @WorldWise_Irl @PdstTy @SofSIreland @cmcauliffe2 https://t.co/xVlNqWYLzJ

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Here's a peak at what our #UnityinDiversity Day looked like yesterday at #Stepaside 🌞✨ ❤️

As you can see from this video, our students are so proud of their heritage & we had the best day celebrating over 42 countries 🇧🇷🇮🇳🇨🇳🇦🇺🇪🇺 

Take a look 🎥

@SofSIreland @WorldWise_Irl https://t.co/5o7LRDExJe

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So proud of the whole @StepasideETSS community coming together to celebrate #unityindiversity & #EuropeDay2021 

"In diversity there is beauty and there is strength." #MayaAngelou
Lots more peer teaching from our
#TransitionYear @WorldWise_Irl @PdstTy @SofSIreland @cmcauliffe2 https://t.co/xVlNqWYLzJ

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So proud of the whole @StepasideETSS community coming together to celebrate #unityindiversity & #EuropeDay2021 

"In diversity there is beauty and there is strength." #MayaAngelou
Lots more peer teaching from our
#TransitionYear @WorldWise_Irl @PdstTy @SofSIreland @cmcauliffe2 https://t.co/xVlNqWYLzJ

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Here's a peak at what our #UnityinDiversity Day looked like yesterday at #Stepaside 🌞✨ ❤️

As you can see from this video, our students are so proud of their heritage & we had the best day celebrating over 42 countries 🇧🇷🇮🇳🇨🇳🇦🇺🇪🇺 

Take a look 🎥

@SofSIreland @WorldWise_Irl https://t.co/5o7LRDExJe

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Taking Twitter by storm!

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Here's a peak at what our #UnityinDiversity Day looked like yesterday at #Stepaside 🌞✨ ❤️

As you can see from this video, our students are so proud of their heritage & we had the best day celebrating over 42 countries 🇧🇷🇮🇳🇨🇳🇦🇺🇪🇺 

Take a look 🎥

@SofSIreland @WorldWise_Irl

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Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School

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Here's a peak at what our #UnityinDiversity Day looked like yesterday at #Stepaside 🌞✨ ❤️

As you can see from this video, our students are so proud of their heritage & we had the best day celebrating over 42 countries 🇧🇷🇮🇳🇨🇳🇦🇺🇪🇺 

Take a look 🎥

@SofSIreland @WorldWise_Irl https://t.co/5o7LRDExJe

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Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School

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Here's a peak at what our #UnityinDiversity Day looked like yesterday at #Stepaside 🌞✨ ❤️

As you can see from this video, our students are so proud of their heritage & we had the best day celebrating over 42 countries 🇧🇷🇮🇳🇨🇳🇦🇺🇪🇺 

Take a look 🎥

@SofSIreland @WorldWise_Irl https://t.co/5o7LRDExJe

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Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School

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Here's a peak at what our #UnityinDiversity Day looked like yesterday at #Stepaside 🌞✨ ❤️

As you can see from this video, our students are so proud of their heritage & we had the best day celebrating over 42 countries 🇧🇷🇮🇳🇨🇳🇦🇺🇪🇺 

Take a look 🎥

@SofSIreland @WorldWise_Irl https://t.co/5o7LRDExJe

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Here's a peak at what our #UnityinDiversity Day looked like yesterday at #Stepaside 🌞✨ ❤️

As you can see from this video, our students are so proud of their heritage & we had the best day celebrating over 42 countries 🇧🇷🇮🇳🇨🇳🇦🇺🇪🇺 

Take a look 🎥

@SofSIreland @WorldWise_Irl

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Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School

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Messages of support for the celebration event from Ambassadors, MEPs, TDs & Parents

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Messages of support for the celebration event from Ambassadors, MEPs, TDs & Parents

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2nd October 2021

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Community Mentoring - Trinity Access College 

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Community Mentoring - Trinity Access College 

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Community Mentoring increases mentees’ confidence in relation to higher education and aims to improve the levels of diversity in higher education and increase equity of access for all communities in Dublin.

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The application to become a Community Mentor for 2020-2021 has now closed.

What is Community Mentoring?

The Community Mentoring (CM) programme is a unique inter-institutional and community-based mentoring programme that is comprised of Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology (IADT), Marino Institute of Education (MIE), Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and University College Dublin (UCD).

Community Mentors are a valuable community resource, who can help to share information and advice about their college experience, to help prospective students build their awareness of college courses, how to apply, and the benefits of a college education. Community Mentors are drawn from the following under-represented groups at third-level:

Mature students

Further education and training (FET) entrant

Under-represented socio-economic group

Students with a disability

Students from an ethnic minority group

Lone parents

1916 bursary recipients

What is the aim of Community Mentoring?

While Community Mentoring will increase mentees' confidence in relation to higher education, Community Mentoring ultimately, at the highest-level, aims to improve the levels of diversity in higher education and increase equity of access for all communities in Dublin.

Is being a Community Mentor paid work?

Although we'd like to, we aren't in a position to pay our Community Mentors.

If I don't get paid, what's in it for me?

The feel-good factor, of course! Community Mentors often speak about the feel-good factor of 'giving back' to their community or supporting an organisation that mission they are passionate about. As well as the feel-good factor, Community Mentors can be provided with glowing references, the opportunity to meet like-minded people, develop their employability skills and most importantly, be a part of a team actively tackling educational inequality in a hands-on way.

How much time is required?

It shouldn't take too much of your time! We know how hard you've worked to get to university, and we don't want to negatively impact that. We're looking at a commitment of around 8 hours across the academic year. Many Community Mentors feel a sense of accomplishment and rejuvenation after each session that drives their studies further. The breakdown of the time commitment is as follows:

Attend an online Leadership and Training Day in November during the week of the 2 November (2.5 hours)

Attend an online Meet you Community Mentoring Organisation during the week of the 9 November (1 hour)

Online Mentoring Session 1 will occur the week of the 23 November (1 hour)

Online Mentoring Session 2 will occur the week of the 18 January (1 hour)

I'm concerned I won't be a good Community Mentor-should I still apply?

You absolutely should still apply. It's a learning experience for all involved including the organisations and students! We'll provide you with a Community Mentor handbook. Click here to see a sample Community Mentoring Handbook. The handbook will provide a step-by-step guide on how to deliver each mentoring session. Community Mentors will be required to attend a compulsory online Leadership and Training Day that will provide you with the tools, techniques and skills to begin your Community Mentor journey confidently.

What organisations can I be a Community Mentor for?

There are different types of educational institutions involved in Community Mentoring.

Secondary Schools: Be a Mentor to 2nd Year or Transition Year pupils;

Further Education and Training Institutions: Be a Mentor to mature students who plan to progress to third-level;

Community Groups: Be a Mentor to young adults aged 15 to 17 or adult learners who plan to progress to third-level.

If you have a preference for the organisation you would like to mentor, please ensure you read the options listed in the application form carefully.

Why isn't my preferred organisation not on the list?

We simply can't work with every organisation but once you are trained, there's no reason why you couldn't return to your preferred organisation as a Community Mentor and use our resources. Please reach out to Emilie: Project Coordinator if you are interested in doing this.

Where will the mentoring sessions take place?

Mentoring sessions will take place online using your chosen organisation's preferred online platform. For example, Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams or Zoom. Community Mentors will be trained on using their organisation's preferred platform. The organisation you are a Community Mentor for will ensure you can access the platform. In most cases, you will be presented on a screen with the staff member acting as a facilitator between you and the group. At each session, there will be 2 Community Mentors, 30 students, a staff member from the organisation and Emilie: Project Coordinator will check-in from time to time.

To sign up to be a Community Mentor, click here. In the Form, you will be asked to select an organisation that you would like to be a Community Mentor for. Please only select an organisation that you are available for the first mentoring session during the week of the 23 November. The second mentoring session will occur the week of the 18 January with the third and final mentoring session taking place the Don't worry if you are unsure if you will be available for the sessions in January and March. To note, the session in March is during UCD and TCD reading week.

I've signed up, what should I do now?

Emilie: Project Coordinator will contact you by email to outline the following:

The organisation you will be a Community Mentor for;

The Community Mentor you will be delivering the mentoring sessions with;

Tusla's Children's First E-Learning Programme. You will be required to complete this 1.5 hour programme and send your certificate of completion to Emilie;

The Garda Vetting Process.

I would like further information, who should I contact?

Please don't hesitate in contacting Emilie: Project Coordinator by email (keegane2@tcd.ie) with any questions and/or queries you may have.

Community Mentoring resources are free to any educational organisation to download:

The Community Mentor Handbook is a step by step guide on how Community Mentors will deliver each mentoring session.

The Mentee Toolkit is aimed at those between 13-18 year of age.

For further information on how to participate in the Community Mentoring programme, please contact Emilie: Project Coordinator at keegane2@tcd.ie

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Community Mentoring - College Awareness Week

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Become a Community Mentor and Inspire the Next Generation! The application to become a Community Mentor for 2020-2021 has now closed. What is Community Mentoring? The Community Mentoring (CM) programme is a unique inter-institutional and community-based mentoring programme that is comprised of Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology (IADT), Marino Institute of [...]

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Changing the Form Tutor names - history's unsung heros

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Changing the Form Tutor names - history's unsung heros

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Katherine Johnson was a mathematician who worked for NASA and was a lifelong campaigner for STEM education for girls.  She was one of the first 3 black students to be allowed do post grad studies at the newly integrated West Virigina.  Her calculations were vital to numerous space missions.

Tenzing Norgay was a Tibetan mountaineer who climbed Mount Everest with Edmund Hillary.  Undertaking the role of sherpa his feat of being first man to the top was overlooked and was instead awarded to Hillary.

Claudette Colvin was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white woman on a bus in Alabama.  She was 15, single and pregnant.  Nine months later Rosa Parkes would become the post girl for the Civil Rights Movement for the same action.  The difference was their 'respectability'

Alan Turing was the founder of modern computer science and AI.  He invented the Turing machine which cracked German ciphers during the second world war.  His achievements were not recognised due to the Official Secrets Act and the widespread homophobia of the time.

Rosalind Franklin was an English scientist whose work was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA, RNA and viruses.  Her contributions to the discovery of the structure of DNA were not recognised in her lifetime.

Nan Joyce was an Irish Travellers' . She worked to improve the lives of Irish Travellers from 1981 until her death in 2018. She was the first Traveller candidate in an Irish general election, in 1982, broadcasting TV interviews from her trailer.

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College Connections consisted of a diverse panel that are pursuing a variety of post-secondary pathways. They will include a TAP foundation course student, a mature student & Irish Traveller, a disability access route (DARE) student, a female apprentice and a student who identifies as an Asylum Seeker or Refugee.

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Teachers have been directed toward the PPLI resources that provide key classroom vocabulary in the following languages:

Chinese

French

German

Italian

Japanese
Korean

Lithuanian

Polish

Portuguese

Russian

Spanish

Ukrainian

https://ppli.ie/language-mats-to-encourage-target-language-in-the-classroom/

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Introducing members of the SoS Team

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English as an Additional Language for students & their family members  

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English as an Additional Language for students & their family members  

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The Board of Management were the first to sign, followed by every form group from 1st-5th Year. These pledges are displayed in the form classes.

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All Ethical Education classes, from 1st to 5th Year, follow a 6 week programme, based on Change programme resources provided by the Jesuit Refugee Service. 

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Educate Together Community of Practice - 8th December 2020

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Educate Together Community of Practice - 8th December 2020

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Article in the Educate Together Newletter

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October 2020

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After almost six months of school closures , teachers across the country have been working tirelessly to get schools Covid- ready.
Almost Home
O ur re-opening in Stepaside ETSS also mark s another new beginning in the short history of S tepaside ETSS. We are finally located o n the site of our new school building. This represents our fourth move since w e opened originally in 2016 , from prefabs in a car park of a rugby club to prefabs on the building site of Stepaside ETNS before moving temporarily to share their beautiful, finished building. We are grateful to finally be on the site of what will be our permanent home.

The transient nature of our school accommodation has taught us all a great deal about resilience in the fa ce of uncertainty and change. I hope too that it has taught our students to show empathy towards those who are new to the school and the locality, and, more widely, to young people whose whole lives have been uprooted by external forces.

So, when the opportunity arose to become one of two Dublin pilot Schools of Sanctuary we jumped at the chance.
What is a School of Sanctuary?
A School of Sanctuary is one that helps its students, staff and wider community to understand what it means to be a person seeking sanctuary and extends a welcome to everyone as equal, valued members of the school community. It is a school that is proud to be a place of safety and inclusion for all. Schools of Sanctuary work in particular with children who are refugees, asylum-seekers and other vulnerable migrants.
Schools of Sanctuary have never been more essential
At a time when one in every 122 people globally is now either a refugee, internally displaced, or seeking asylum and with more than ha lf of any refugee population being children , S chools of S anctuary ha ve never been more essential .

As we embark on a new school year with over 100 new students and seven new staff, it is vitally important to us all that our school is inclusive and welcoming and one that provides a sanctuary for all. With this in mind, we will also be using a six week programme called 'Change' which was developed by the Jesuit Refugee Service and aims to encourage secondary school students across Europe to think critica lly about the issues of refugees and migration. With links to Junior Cycle Ethical Education Curriculum strands , Values, Diversity in Ireland and Migration , and the Senior Cycle Strand s Identity, Inclusion and Diversity an d Power and Privilege, the Schools of Sanctuary and 'Change' programmes effortlessly support the ethos and values of our school.
Linking to Ethical Education
In order to maximise the impact of being a School of Sanctuary , all classes will explore the same key themes for the first six weeks, with teachers w orking collaboratively to embed Ethical Education learning and set the tone for the rest of the year. S tudents will then collectively decide upon the actions needed t o en sure our school is a welcoming and inclusive place of learning and one that affirms and validates diversity.

For more information about the Schools of Sanctuary or to enquire about becoming a School of Sanctuary please contact Tiffy Allen at tiffy@cityofsanctuary.org .

Click here if your school would like to find out more and To register for the 'Change' programme .

The Educate Together Junior and Senior Cycle Ethical Education Curriculums and associated resources are available to access online from the Educate Together Resource bank .

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Stepaside ETSS: A School of Sanctuary - Educate Together

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Sallie Ennis, Stepaside ETSS teacher After almost six months of school closures, teachers across the country have been working tirelessly to get schools Covid-ready. Almost Home Our re-opening in Stepaside ETSS also marks another new beginning in the short history of Stepaside ETSS. We are finally located on the site of our new school building.

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January 8th 2021

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The best schools focus less on teaching, more on learning.

Barry O'Callaghan, chair of the National Association of Principal and Deputies leading for learning committee, says that the best schools focus less on the word "teaching" and more on the word "learning".

"Look at the school's literature and the notices on their walls. Do they talk about 'learners' instead of 'kids'? Are the walls full of finished works, or is the emphasis on works in progress? A school that really gets it places more emphasis on questions than on answers."

Here, we take a look at three schools that have developed learning-focused initiatives.

Learning hubs: Moyle Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22

For the past few years, this all-boys secondary school has been running a voluntary weekly "learning hub", where students pop in during their little break for a quick 10-15 minute talk on different learning techniques.

Yvonne Corscadden, an English and geography teacher, is teaching and learning co-ordinator at the school.

"We focus on a different aspect of learning every week: how to manage time, how to take effective notes - one small topic at a time to help the students learn most effectively."

The initiative is open to all years, with a particular focus on exam years. Before the pandemic, about 50-60 students might attend any given session, but because classes cannot currently mix, the school has been running separate learning hubs.

"Because it's bite-size, it gets buy-in," says Corscadden. "If you can learn one thing in 10 minutes that will make your life easier, it will be worth it."

Corscadden credits #edchatie on Twitter for inspiring the idea, and urges teachers to follow that hashtag for tips, support and advice.

School of Sanctuary: Educate Together, Stepaside, Co Dublin

Since opening in 2016, this school moved four times before finding a permanent home in its new, finished building.

All the students are "new" to the school and many are new to the locality, a growing suburb of south county Dublin where new homes are being built at a rapid pace.

"When the opportunity arose to become one of the two Dublin pilot schools of sanctuary, we jumped at the chance," says CSPE teacher Sallie Ennis. "It's about helping students, staff and the wider community to understand what it means to be a person seeking sanctuary. We extend a welcome to everyone as equal, valued members of the school community, and we work in particular with children who are refugees, asylum seekers and other vulnerable migrants."

Students have signed a pledge to be welcoming and the school has murals with the word "hello" written in some of the 28 different languages represented in the school. Guidance counsellor Alice O'Connor has carried out research into how the school can support parents and grandparents by providing English language lessons.

"Ultimately, it's about celebrating, kindness and empathy and helping our students understand what it's like to be in the shoes of people who have nothing," says Ennis.

Aspire to college: Mercy College Inchicore, Dublin 8

Mercy College's principal, Michelle O'Kelly, is one of those principals that uses the power of her leadership to transform the lives of her students.

This small, all-girls school in a socially disadvantaged area of Dublin 8 has seen the number of college-goers rise over recent years as O'Kelly - herself a past pupil of the school - leads a team that promotes college-going from first year.

The school is part of Aspire2, a school support programme funded by Irish engineering company DPS Group that has provided academic support, direct funding and individual mentoring to more than 1,000 students in Dublin and Cork since 2015.

Student voice is central to the programme. "This support helps our students to improve their choices and achieve their full potential, especially given the added challenges that we're facing as a result of the pandemic," says O'Kelly.

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Three schools show how teaching methods have evolved

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The best schools focus less on teaching, more on learning. Barry O'Callaghan, chair of the National Association of Principal and Deputies leading for learning committee, says that the best schools focus less on the word "teaching" and more on the word "learning". "Look at the school's literature and the notices on their walls.

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By Connor Kirwan

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The Stepaside Chronicle is a bi - monthly newsletter.