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February 10, 2012
Holocaust Education Trust Ireland (HETI) are offering a study trip to Berlin (10th - 13th April) and a number of teacher training programmes in July and August, including a one year Certificate in Holocaust Education. These programmes are aimed at teachers and educators to help them teach this complex subject in the classroom.
The trip to Berlin includes:
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Topography of Terror Museum
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Walking Tour of Jewish Berlin
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Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe
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House of the Wannsee Conference
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Grunewald site of deportations
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Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
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Otto Weidt Museum
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Silent Heroes Memorial Centre
Teacher Training Programmes:
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Irish Seminar at Yad Vashem International School, Jerusalem, Israel. July 2012
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Teaching the Holocaust. 20th - 22nd August 2012
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Certificate in Holocaust Education. August 2012 - August 2013
Contact HETI for more details. Telephone: + 353 1 6690593. Email: info@hetireland.org. Website: www.hetireland.org
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Categories: Classics/CSPE/History, Jewish Studies, Parents Association.
Tags: 2011-2012, Certificate in Holocaust Education, Holocaust Education Trust Ireland, Yad Vashem International School.
February 1, 2012
A group of parents have set up a lobby group to get the government to rescind the decision to place Guidance Counsellors in the mainstream quota of teachers in our schools. To date there have been 128 direct emails to the Minister from their website. We need your support to increase this number; your effort may be just what is needed to have this decision overturned. You can also help by copying and pasting the link below to all your Facebook friends (asking them to do the same), bringing it to the attention of your principal and to all the parents in your school if possible.
The dedicated website, which has direct links to members of the government, can be found at: http://www.parentsagainstreallocation.com/index.php
If you would like a template letter of protest please email sandraboylan@npcpp.ie
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Categories: Parents Association.
Tags: 2011-2012, Guidance Counsellors, reallocation.
January 26, 2012
Safer Internet Day (Tuesday, 7th February) is part of a global drive to promote a safer Internet for all users, especially young people. This year's theme is "Connecting generations and educating each other". The National Parents Council (www.npccc.ie) website has an article about Safer Internet Day events 2012. Also keep an eye on www.webwise.ie for Safer Internet Day events.
There is a Safer Internet Day website, www.saferinternetday.org which has interesting resources including summaries on how understand social network site privacy settings, e.g. Facebook's Timeline app.
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Categories: General School News, Parents Association.
Tags: 2011-2012, privacy, Safer Internet Day, young people.
January 26, 2012
To mark the start of Anti-Bullying Week 2012 next week, the UK anti-bullying charity, Beatbullying, is mobilising hundreds of thousands of young people from around the world, together with celebrities, politicians, charities, businesses and communities to launch The Big March 2012, the world's first global virtual march for children's rights.
Beatbullying is calling for people around the world to support The Big March 2012, which will take place on January 31st 2012: from Manchester to Mumbai, from Naples to New Orleans, from Jerusalem to Johannesburg, and from Budapest to Brasilia.
Predicted to last up to two days, the march will culminate with the delivery of a petition to the United Nations Building in New York; asking the United Nations to explicitly enshrine 'bullying' in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
“The right of every child to be safe from bullying, violence and the fear of violence by their peers as well as from abuse by adults.”
This will help to protect children all over the world from the pain and distress of bullying and harassment. If successful, it will be the first time that the Convention has been updated in over 10 years.
The National Anti-Bullying Coalition and NPCpp has signed up for the march and we would like to see a big Irish presence. Please consider joining us by registering at http://www.beatbullying.org/bigmarch
You will find more information and a toolkit for use on facebook, twitter and websites/blogs if you wish, at http://www.beatbullying.org/index.html
National Anti-Bullying Coalition
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Categories: General School News, Parents Association.
Tags: 2011-2012, National Anti-Bullying Coalition, The Big March 2012, UN Rights of the Child, virtual march.
December 12, 2011
The Department of Education and Skills recently published a document called "Child Protection Procedures for Primary and Post-Primary Schools" (2011). This document can be downloaded from the school website's About Us > Policies section.
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Categories: Parents Association.
Tags: 2011-2012, Child Protection Procedures for Primary and Post-Primary Schools, Department of Education and Skills.
