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So sorry to hear this, Colum - wishing Sheriff a speedy recovery!

The LAI has launched a brand new and very exciting Literacy Leadership award - read all about it here 👉https://www.literacyireland.com/awardforliteracyleadership #spéirghorm #edusky #edchatie #literacy #booksky

📚✨ An bhfuil suim agat i pictiúrleabhair Ghaeilge?
Interested in bringing Irish-language picture books into your classroom?

This may be of interest to #teachers who are Dublin-based (or close by!) #edchatie #Gaeilge #Booksky #Spéirghorm

SP26-97 Nurturing Oral Language in the Pre-school and Early Primary Years Date: Thursday March 12 th Time: 7:00 pm Online Webinar Target Audience: Primary Teachers, Pre-School and Early Primary Learners This webinar is intended for educators who work with children aged...

Register now through @clanavtra.bsky.social!
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Some updates from the Literacy Association of Ireland! ✨

Join the wonderful @alinulty.bsky.social on the 12th of March for her webinar on oral language development in the early years - this will appeal to early years educators in ECE settings and primary schools!
#edusky #earlyyears #Spéirghorm

Three researchers review a laptop in a library

Have a study, classroom innovation, or practitioner insight to share? ✍️ The Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy invites submissions that connect research and practice in literacy learning for teens and adults.

Review the author guidelines and submit your manuscript: buff.ly/vv1M7Xu

a black and white cat with a sad look on its face is covering its nose with its paw . ALT: a black and white cat with a sad look on its face is covering its nose with its paw .

Also enjoyed leaving the cinema like this:
And the (**wonderful**) cinema staff earnestly wishing me a great day on my way out

Still thinking about #Hamnet. What a masterpiece.

Wondering if ‘Shakespeare’ is more of a Dunnes in Manor Mills or big Tesco kind of guy was actually a very helpful way of pulling myself out of the depths of misery during it #Booksky #Filmsky #Spéirghorm #MaynoothSky?

Home & Family Learning Lee & Low Books is committed to supporting educators and families in virtual, distance, and/or home learning.

Reading aloud at home strengthens language, culture, and connection. 📚💬

This #WorldReadAloudDay, explore @leeandlow.bsky.social’s bilingual family learning resources that support caregivers and children reading together—across languages: buff.ly/tyxG8N6

#ILA #FamilyLiteracy #BilingualReaders

Isn’t it just? Looking forward to tuning in to that episode!

CESI Conference 2026 The annual conference of the Computers in Education Society of Ireland will take place in Limerick on 28th February 2026.

Registration is open for #CesiCon 2026! Join us in Limerick on 28 February for an action packed day of hands-on learning. The draft programme will be shared soon! @lcetb.com @denistreacy.com www.eventbrite.ie/e/cesi-confe...

Catching up on #TheAssembly with Joanne McNally - what a fab crew and guest! #Spéirghorm

I second this, an absolutely gorgeous book ✨

Tickets for the 2026 UKLA International Conference are now on sale! Get yours here: buff.ly/boby43S

Or visit our website to find out more:
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We look forward to seeing you in Glasgow!

SP26-55 Informational Text Webinar Date: Tuesday February 3 rd Time: 7:00 pm Online Webinar The ability to comprehend informational text is crucial to students’ overall literacy success (Zimmerman & Reed, 2020). In this webinar we...

Cláraigh anseo: www.ecnavan.ie/cpd-courses-...

T- minus 4 days!

Join the wonderful Dr. @clarafiorentini.bsky.social ,children’s literature aficionado, as she dives into teaching with informational texts in the primary classroom - not to be missed! Bígí linn! #booksky #edchatie #edusky

Aisling Murray Fleming

How children are thinking about work and careers from a very young age.
Piece by Aisling Murray Fleming @guidance-aisling.bsky.social, Assistant Professor in the School of Human Development @dcuioe.bsky.social, for @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social.
Read more: launch.dcu.ie/4akh91D
#RTEBrainstorm

Supporting young children’s language starts early! 🗣️✨
Don’t miss this upcoming webinar with @alinulty.bsky.social on nurturing oral language in pre-school and early primary settings.
Bígí ann - 12 March at 7pm 📍Zoom. Register now via @clanavtra.bsky.social #earlychildhoodeducation #earlyyears

Phase one (of however many it takes to get him to think it was *his* idea) of “wouldn’t it be nice to have another dog?” successfully initiated #spéirghorm #dogsofbluesky

Looking forward to contributing to this #WorldBookDay webinar alongside @alinulty.bsky.social, Josephine Brady and Róisín Ní Mhulláin! 👇 🗓️ 24th February ‘26 at 7pm 🔗 www.ecnavan.ie/cpd-courses-... #edchatie #edusky #booksky #kidlit

…. And something to take the edge off #Booksky #edchatie #edusky #spéirghorm

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If you’re looking for a sign, this is it! ✨👇
Learning alongside supportive, wonderfully generous lecturers (biased by proximity but honest by experience!)& a FAB cohort of people has made taking the next academic step(after much to-ing and fro-ing) feel so much easier #edchatie #edusky #spéirghorm

Peace on Earth and goodwill toward men….. except for Alan Rickman’s character in #LoveActually #Spéirghorm

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Cover to cover overnight - “compulsively readable” is right!
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️ #BookSky

There's still time to sign up for this excellent session for emerging and early career researchers.

I really enjoyed reading this, Kate! Míle buíochas for sharing - looking forward to reading more!

Critical and Creative Methods: From Learning Design Practice To Research - TechTrends This commentary details the experiences of an interprofessional collective with a shared interest in learning design in higher education. In building collaborations across our institutional boundaries...

The first paper of my PhD by publication journey is out now: "Critical and creative methods: From learning design practice to research". Thanks as ever to my co-authors @eam0.bsky.social, James Brunton, & @slowtech2000.bsky.social.

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The Good Old Days Pity the poor children of today, with their calendars stuffed with chocolates, never to know the thrill of opening a small cardboard door and discovering behind it a picture of a bell. Brian Bilston

Write to Read: Motivating and Engaging Literacy Learners Centre for Literacy and Social Justice Seminar

Do join us on Tuesday for this free seminar www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/write-to-r... it’ll be useful! @kashleyenglish.bsky.social @debrakidd.bsky.social @jonnybid.bsky.social @jonny-walker.bsky.social @raesnape.bsky.social @primarychamp.bsky.social @benniekara.bsky.social please share! All welcome!