Unless you live outside Ireland you can’t have missed the excitement and interest in our historic royal visitor. Queen Elizabeth II is visiting Ireland for the next few days, being the first British monarch to do so in over 100 years. Central Dublin has been awash with people trying to get a glimpse of the…
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In the last post we talked about the essential aspect of “hands on” learning style to the Montessori method, this runs the whole way through the primary system from 2-12. In our primary senior class the ladies have taken “hands on” to a whole new level. In January the class took a trip to the…
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Who says learning can’t be tasty and fun? Not our Senior Infant class, that’s for sure. Any class that involves tasting cream, cheese, chocolate, home-made scones and ice-cream is sure to remain in the minds for a long time. Modern teaching practices extol the virtue and indeed necessity of hands on tactile experiences to the…
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Our gala performance of Peter Pan was memorable for many reasons. Waking up on December 21st to find a winter wonderland outside our windows we knew this was going to be a day to remember. We had all worked very hard to ensure the 20th anniversary performance of the Hedley Park Christmas play would be…
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As promised in our last post here’s a quick recap of what the nursery got up to in the run up to Christmas. I have to say the pre-Christmas season literally flew at Santa’s sleigh speeds this year, but our students packed more activities in each day than the elves who load up Santa’s presents!…
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