Scratch is a computer language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations. Scratch teaches computational thinking and problem solving using a simple-to-use, yet powerful, building block approach to software development.
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Dina Schools – Incredible Years: weekly lesson delivered in each class by two teams which teaches social and behavioural skills for the long term benefit of the child’s life skills. |
Using active learning and play as a methodology in this curriculum framework which has been developed for children from birth to 6 years of age. Junior and Senior infant teachers incorporate purposeful play sessions into their teaching and children’s learning develops through interaction with each other and partnership with parents.
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Cursive WritingThe benefits of introducing cursive hand writing from the start has been well-documented by various experts, including Brendan Culligan. There is a very strong link between improved spellings and using cursive writing. Therefore, Merlin Woods Primary School has introduced the policy of using cursive writing from Junior Infants up through all classes.
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Team Teaching
Team Teaching in all classes: early intervention through Language and Learning Support Team, where children work every day in small groups with a teacher for intensive literacy or numeracy support.
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Tin Whistle
Tin Whistle: All children learn the tin whistle from 1st class with their class teacher, giving every child a chance to learn and appreciate a musical instrument.
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