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Problem-solving
Word Problems
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Sports Fans
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A survey of 4th class showed that ⅚ of the
pupils play Gaelic football. ½ of the pupils
who play football also play hurling.
What fraction of the pupils play both sports?
What strategies did you use?
Autumn Antics
It was ten to eleven in the morning when Sally
began raking the yard. She raked all the leaves
into piles and stuffed them into bags. She
finished at twenty to three in the afternoon.
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How long did it take Sally to rake the yard?
What strategies did you use?
Chasing Cars
How many hours will a car travelling at 65
kilometres per hour take to catch up with a car
traveling at 55 kilometres per hour if the slower
car starts one hour before the faster car?
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What strategies did you use?
Andy’s Marbles
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Andy was walking with Sam when his bag of marbles burst.
• ⅓ of the marbles rolled down the road.
• ⅙ of all the marbles fell into the gutter.
• Andy and Sam picked up all they could but ½ of the
remaining marbles were picked up by Tom who ran away.
• Andy counted all the marbles he and Sam had rescued.
• He gave ⅓ of these to Sam for helping him and put the
remaining 14 into his pocket.
How many marbles were there in Andy's bag before it burst?
What fraction of the total bag had he lost or given away?
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Overview of PDST Primary Supports for Leading Learning in the 21st Century
PDST Websites
PDST Leadership Programmes
Misneach.....New Principals
Tánaiste.......New Deputy Principals
Tóraíocht.....Aspiring Leaders accredited by
Maynooth University
Forbairt .......Experienced Principals & ALNs
Spreagadh...NAPD & PDST collaboration
➢www.pdst.ie
➢pdsttechnologyineducation.ie
➢scoilnet.ie (portal for resources)
➢teachercpd.ie (on-line courses)
➢ollscoil.net (ITE students awards)
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School-Self Evaluation
Teaching & Learning Framework; 6 Step SSE Process; gathering, collating & analysing relevant data; implementing the SIP for
literacy, numeracy and any other area of teaching & learning.
Literacy
SSE & strategies for improving
oral language, writing, reading and
the use of broadcast /digital media.
Numeracy
SSE & strategies for improving
numeracy. Supporting the
development of Mathematical
thinking.
Health and Wellbeing
➢ SPHE including Child Protection and Stay Safe
➢ Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE)
➢ Active Learning Methodologies
➢ Anti Bullying-Procedures and Policy, Awareness
Raising, Prevention and Intervention Strategies
➢ PE
➢ Wellbeing for teachers
Gaeilge
Tacaíocht chun Curaclam na Gaeilge a chur i
bhfeidhm i Scoileanna T1&T2,
Féinmheastóireacht Scoile, chomh maith le
tacaíocht lán Ghaeilge a sholáthar do
Ghaelscoileanna agus scoileanna sa
Ghaeltacht.
Integrating ICT - Primary
➢Active Learning Methodologies- Key methodologies of the primary
curriculum through the effective use of ICT.
➢Literacy & Numeracy – Creating, developing and using ICT to create
teaching resources in all areas of primary literacy and numeracy.
➢SSE – Online tools for gathering, collating & analysing relevant data.
➢eAssessment & ePortfolios – Assessment of / for learning with ICT.
➢ePlanning & Collaboration – Google Apps for Education.
➢Tablet Technology Integration – Pedagogy, Curriculum & SEN
➢Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) – Google Classroom, Edmodo
Models of support:in-school support (in-class modeling, meeting principal/groups of teachers, Croke Park hrs), seminars, workshops, clusters