Waterford Teachers’ Centre Summer Course Booklet 2016 Courses are being held in the following venues

Waterford Teachers’ Centre
Summer Course Booklet 2016
Courses are being held in the following venues:

• Cahir
• Cashel
• Clonmel
• Dungarvan
• Lismore Heritage Centre
• Waterford
t: 051 – 311000
f: 051 – 311050

e:
w: www.wtc.ie

Please note that this Summer Course Booklet and Booking Form can be read and
downloaded from the homepage of our website www.wtc.ie.
Please print off the Booking Form from the website, complete it and send it along with
the appropriate fee to:
Summer Courses c/o Waterford Teachers’ Centre, Newtown Road, Waterford.


WATERFORD TEACHERS’ CENTRE
Ionad na Múinteoirí
Newtown Rd., Waterford.
Tel. No.: (051) 311000 Fax: (051) 311050
SUMMARY OF SUMMER COURSES 2016

Course

Dates

16WD015

July 4 – 6

16WD016

July 4 – 8

16WD018

July 4 – 8

16WD019

July 4 – 8

16WD020

Brief Title (see booklet for full title).

Tutor(s)

Location

Enhancing the delivery of PE and Integration with Other
Curriculum Subjects (Blended Course)
Aistear – Play, Literacy and Numeracy (Infants)

Eoin Breathnach
GAA Facilitators
Sharon Devereux

Waterford

AnneMarie Ferris

Cashel

Eddie O’Neill

Clonmel

July 4 – 8

Literacy and Learning Support
Promoting Literacy and Positive Self-Esteem
Drum Circle Magic: Rhythm activities for
Musical/Literacy/Numeracy
Aistear – Play, Literacy and Numeracy (Infants)

Jen Ui Dhuibhir

Dungarvan

16WD022

July 4 – 8

Kodaly and Friends in the Music Classroom

Fearghal O’Connor

Dungarvan

16WD023

July 4 – 8

John Carey

Dungarvan

16WD027

July 4 – 8

Making History Local: Practical Approaches and
Methodologies
Effective Leadership

Misneach/Toraiocht Tutors

Waterford

16WD028

July 4 – 8

Aistear – Play, Literacy and Numeracy (Infants)

Janet Twigg

Waterford

16WD033

July 11 -15

Kodaly and Friends in the Music Classroom

Fearghal O’Connor

Waterford

16WD034

Aug 22 – 26

Practical Local History - Clonmel

Diarmuid O’Keeffe

Clonmel

16WD035

Aug 22 – 26

Ag Eisteacht’s Tutors

Waterford

16WD036

Aug 22 – 26

Skills for listening to and supporting those in the school
community
Kodaly and Friends in the Music Classroom

Fearghal O’Connor

Waterford

16WD037

Aug 22 – 26

Visual Arts – Let’s get creative through the Strands

Sinead Walsh

Waterford

Cahir

PDST TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION - COMPUTER COURSES
16WD927

July 4 – 8

The Reading and Writing Process using ICT

Cahir

16WD977

July 4 – 8

Creating and Using ICT Resources for Literacy & Numeracy

Waterford

16WD981

July 4 – 8

Creating and Using ICT Resources for Literacy & Numeracy

Dungarvan

16WD974

July 4 – 8

Creating and Using ICT Resources for Literacy & Numeracy

Waterford

Please use this chart in conjunction with the course descriptions in the following pages of this Summer Course
Booklet. Please complete the accompanying BOOKING FORM if you wish to apply for a place on any of
the courses. You will receive a receipt for your course fee within 3 days of your application being received,
confirming that the Centre has received your application and course fee. You will receive a letter on
Wednesday, 15th June 2016 notifying you of the course on which you have been allocated a place. It is this
letter that confirms that you have a place on a particular course. Please see the BOOKING FORM for
further details. The deadline for bookings is Wednesday, 8th June 2016 at 4.00 p.m. A decision on which
courses are viable will be made that day. Fees will not be refunded after that date unless your chosen course(s)
will not go ahead due to insufficient applications.. It is important to make a 2nd and 3rd choice as well in case
your 1st choice isn’t held because of insufficient applicants. Please POST your completed BOOKING FORM
and fee to: Summer Courses, c/o Waterford Teachers’ Centre, Newtown Road, Waterford.

Please note that Course Fees are NON-REFUNDABLE. Exceptions will be made a teacher is unable to complete a course due
to illness. The course fee less the €25 administration fee will be refunded provided a doctor’s certificate is presented.


ENHANCING THE DELIVERY OF PE AND INTEGRATION WITH THE CURRICULUM
-BLENDED COURSE
This course is a blended learning course with 3 days face to face contact and 2 days online material . The face to
face element of the course will be a mix of practical and workgroup sessions focusing on the role of Gaelic Games in all
strands of the Curriculum. Participants will take part in a number of practical sessions with Coaching Ireland qualified
Tutors over the week in Hurling/Camogie, Football/Ladies Football, Handball and Rounders’.
These practical sessions will assist Teachers in bringing GAA into PE Classes with an emphasis on inclusion for all
children including those with disabilities. The sessions will focus on Fundamental Movement Skills along with the
teaching of the main skills of all Gaelic Games Sports in a fun and enjoyable manner. Coaching Aids and materials will
be given to all participants. The practical sessions will be fully interactive with participation by all on the course.
Teachers will be assisted in putting in place session plans for coaching Gaelic Games in their own class as part of the PE
Curriculum
Teachers will be introduced to the GAA Fun Do Programme and will develop their ICT skills through building their

own PE lessons using the Fun Do interactive DVD Rom. This also facilitates skill demonstration for children through
using the Interactive Whiteboard or PC. Teachers will therefore be better positioned to facilitate use of ICT with their
pupils in the classroom.
The Céim ar Aghaidh will help to develop Teachers skills in using the GAA resource through Numeracy and Literacy
themes. Classroom lessons and plans are available through all our GAA resource booklets.
To up-skill teachers in ICT usage via internet the GAA ELearning resource will be used for certain modules. This
resource can be accessed at www.learning.gaa.ie and all those on the course will have personal access for the duration of
the course. Other online resources will be referenced (www.gaa.ie, www.ladiesgaelic.ie, www.camogie.ie,
www.gaahandball.ie, www.rounders.gaa.ie) along with ICT resources such as multimedia-Fun Do DVD cameraProjects, Céim ar Aghaidh Resource & the GAA Handball & Rounders’ Coaching Resource will be explored. This
should further enhance the Child Numeracy and Literacy Skills through the use of this resource.
COURSE:
DATE:
TUTOR:

16WD015
Monday, 4th July – Wednesday, 6th July 2016
GAA Facilitators

VENUE:
TIME:
Fee:

Waterford
9.30 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.
€50

Aistear – PLAY, LITERACY AND NUMERACY (Infants)
Looking for new ideas for teaching literacy and math’s in a playful way? Or perhaps, thinking about introducing childled play in your classroom? If so, then register for this action-packed Summer Course which has been designed by the
Association of Teacher/Education Centres in Ireland (ATECI) in collaboration with the National Council for Curriculum
and Assessment (NCCA).

This course explores key ideas in Aistear: the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework (2009) and provides lots of
practical ideas for using these in your infant classroom. Take a look at other teachers’ resources for play and find out
how they plan for, resource, support and assess learning through child-led play. The course links with the new Primary
Language Curriculum for junior infants to second class, and provides ideas for developing young children’s oral
language, emergent writing and mathematical learning in a playful way.
You will also hear about a variety of resources available on the NCCA’s website which could be useful in your school’s
work on self-evaluation and improvement.

Venues
Cahir
Dungarvan
Waterford

Dates
Monday, July 4th – Friday, 8th 2016
Monday, July 4th – Friday, 8th 2016
Monday, July 4th – Friday, 8th 2016

Fee

Course Codes

€50
€50
€50

16WD016
16WD020
16WD028

Times
9.30 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.
9.30 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.
9.30 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.


PRACTICAL MATHEMATICS – AN EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO TEACHING AND LEARNING
Are you interested in a collaborative and innovative set of maths workshops? This course is designed
to provide you with a practical toolkit for enhancing numeracy skills in your classroom. The
co - operative learning approaches promoted throughout this course will motivate students and create
an interesting and stimulating environment in any classroom.
The course content will include:
Module 1
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Mathematic curriculum, key messages, skills,
teaching methodologies
• Self-Reflection and Personal Values around
Mathematics.
• Real life math’s for the classroom.
• Assessment for learning.
• Developing mental strategies using problem
solving skills.

Module 2
• Overview of Mata Sa Rang teaching
methodologies.
• Number activities for junior and senior classes.
• Addressing preconceptions about Mathematics.
• Conceptual place value vs traditional place
value.

Module 3
Module 4
• Problem Solving – A collaborative approach.
• Have you got Maths Eyes?
• Long term planning using NCCA Planning
• Developing meaningful maths trails.
Tool.
• Field trip – bring your camera!
• Collaborative learning – A child centered
• Making relevant learning objective
approach.
Module 5
• Differentiation – A practical method.
• Problem Solving toolkit
• Assessment of learning
Also, you will have the opportunity to evaluate and develop your own skills in teaching specific aspects of the numeracy
curriculum. By completing this course, you will discover a range of ideas and resources that will demonstrate how to
engage and inspire students in your classroom!
COURSE:
DATE:
TUTOR:

16WD017
Monday, 4th July – Friday, 8th July 2016
Catherine Whelan

VENUE:
TIME:
FEE:

Cashel
9.30 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.
€50

LITERACY AND LEARNING SUPPORT
Promoting Literacy and Positive Self-Esteem
Are you looking for a fun-filled and wonderful learning experience; something to ease you into the summer and restore
your enthusiasm for the classroom? Then this course is for you. Suitable for teachers of all Mainstream Classes and of
course, those entrusted with the role of Learning Support and Resource teaching.
The development of literacy is a complex process and one that requires explicit teaching skills in the primary classroom.
Literacy and Learning Support is an area where teachers need the innovative teaching tools that Anne Marie’s Ferris
Wheel System can provide. This is a truly interactive, learn by doing this course. During the sessions a number of
factors relating to literacy acquisition will be explored:
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Variables of literacy acquisition
Procedures to develop reading fluency
Inter-dependent roles of visual and auditory processes
Developing short and long-term memory
Difficulties encountered by children with preferred kinaesthetic learning styles

Pedagogic approach for children with special needs, dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD, Asperger’s etc.
Extending literacy across the curriculum with emphasis on linkage and integration
The potential of IT to enhance literacy skills
Using standard assessment procedures to promote effective learning evaluation
School Self-Evaluation: Measuring progress as part of a whole school approach to literacy development


Throughout the course a variety of approaches and methodologies will be used, including:
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Presentations
Facilitated workshop based sessions
Practice based activities
Use of video for feedback
Discussion and sharing of ideas
Making learning fun for both teachers and children!

Anne Marie Ferris is the founder and director of The FerrisWheel and is dedicated to helping people overcome learning
challenges and achieve success. Teaching for over 25 years, Anne Marie has taught at primary, secondary, third level
and in Special Education. She works through the HSE, directly with schools and in clinical practice. This proves to be a
popular course, so early booking is advised.
COURSE:
DATE:
TUTOR:

16WD018
Monday, 4th July – Friday, 8th July 2016
Anne Marie Ferris

VENUE:
TIME:
FEE:

Cashel
9.30 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.
€50

DRUM CIRCLE MAGIC- (Rhythm activities for Musical/Literacy/Numeracy)
The course is designed for teachers who wish to bring the magic and fun of Drumming / Rhythm based activities to their
classroom. Teachers will learn how to facilitate a Drum Circle with lots of fun rhythm games for Musical Exploration. A
Drum Circle is an event that creates a supportive environment for creative expression with the potential for improved
physical, emotional and mental conditioning. The course also explores the many ways in which drumming together as a
group can help develop children’s' personal, social and psychological skills.
Learn how to facilitate the development of skills such as....listening, interpretation, self-esteem, diversity, attention span,
communications, maths and reading skills, and much more using the Drum Circle Format.
No previous musical experience is needed to take this course, and the course is delivered in a very user friendly fun
way. The course will improve your musical/rhythmical skills, and some time will be given to exploring the
health/recreational/holistic wellness benefits of group drumming for the participants also. Many teachers have attended
this course up to three times to refresh and upgrade their musical skills.... to relax in a fun atmosphere after a long hard
year.....and to ensure they have a tool-kit of rhythmical games and activities on their return to work in September.
Waterford Teachers’ Centre has 3 full-class sets of African Drums which are loaned out to schools for 2/3 weeks
so that pupils can have a Drumming Class for that period.
The course facilitator is Eddie O’Neill who is a certified Health Rhythms facilitator, and holds a Diploma in Drum
Therapy. If you need more information about the course you can phone him at 087 9151134. Teachers who take this
course will be able to take out a loan of a class-set of African Drums for use with their pupils.

COURSE:
DATE:
TUTOR:

16WD019
Monday, 4th July – Friday, 8th July 2016
Eddie O Neill

VENUE:
TIME:
FEE:

Clonmel
9.30 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.
€50

THE TEACHING OF NUMERACY THROUGH PHYSICAL EDUCATION INCORPORATING
FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENT SKILLS
This course will look at the opportunities for teaching Numeracy through Physical Education while also looking at the
teaching of fundamental movement skills in Physical Education including running and throwing. The course will
address two of the national priorities in Numeracy and Well Being highlighting opportunities to integrate Numeracy
across the Strands of the Physical Education curriculum. It will look at innovative uses of ICT as a teaching tool in
Physical Education including the use of iPads and Apps. This course is suitable for teachers who are interested in
Physical Education who would like to acquire strategies to integrate numeracy into other curricular areas. For schools
considering taking Physical Education as their third subject for School Self-Evaluation it will look at how the teaching
and learning of the key movement skills can be improved.


The participants will gain an understanding of how numeracy can have a practical application in the context of Physical
Education and other physical activity settings. It will look at activities from the strands of the PE curriculum which can

be used to teach the objectives of the Mathematics curriculum. The course will be practical and will comprise mainly of
active workshops.
Participants on this course will be afforded the opportunity to:
• Engage in and learn about a range of activities that can make learning of numeracy fun, relevant and authentic
for pupils.
• Incorporate mathematical language into the PE lesson.
• Reflect on ways in which Numeracy through PE can be used for School Self-Evaluation in line with Circular
0039/2012 and Circular 0056/2011 Literacy and Numeracy for Learning and Life.
• Select and devise appropriate lessons and resources which can be used for school self-improvement.
• Identify the key teaching and learning points of the fundamental skills of running and throwing.
• Use ICT in an innovative way in the teaching of Physical Education.
Throughout the course a variety of approaches and methodologies will be used including:
• Talk and Discussion
• Active Learning
• Using the environment
• Mathematical trails
• Collaborative learning
• Integration
• Direct Teaching
• Guided Discovery
• Use of ICT
• Problem Solving
COURSE: 16WD021
DATE:
Monday, 4th July – Friday, 8th July 2016
TUTOR: James Casey & Michael Quinn

VENUE:
TIME:
FEE:

Dungarvan
9.30 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.
€50

KODÁLY AND FRIENDS IN THE MUSIC CLASSROOM
This course is designed to give an excellent knowledge of music and its pedagogy. It is a
completely practical course full of materials and ideas that are presently being used by Kodály
practitioners around the world today.
The music curriculum set by the Department of Education & Skills is based on the Kodály method of music education.
We will have daily classes in singing, Kodály methodology, solfege and music materials incorporating the Gordon
music learning theory. In this course we will learn how to effectively teach rhythm, pitch, beat, singing, solfege and all
other aspect of music. As mentioned, it is a practical course, so we will be learning a variety of songs and games to
perform and play with your classes to help them discover and experience music at the highest standard. At the end of the
course you will have a library of songs, games and activities to bring back to your classroom and school.
Everyone is welcome to this course no matter what level of music you may think you have. We will start from the very
beginning and scaffold our way up from junior infants, all the way to sixth class. Fearghal holds a BMus from the CIT
Cork School of Music, Kodály Certification from the American Kodály Institute and a Masters of Education (M.Ed.
Kodály emphasis) from Loyola University Maryland, USA. He is also a doctoral student at the Royal Irish Academy of
Music, studying for a doctorate of music performance in choral conducting.
Fearghal is founder and conductor of the multi award winning Cork Institute of Technology Chamber Choir. He is also
the conductor of the Lismore Choir in Co. Waterford and the Rennies National School choir in Co. Cork. While
studying in America, he was fortunate to work with the Children's Chorus of Maryland and the American Kodály
Children's Choir.


Fearghal has worked in many primary schools in Cork and Waterford for the past four years giving musicianship
classes. He also gave four Kodály based workshops for the Waterford teachers centre in 2014. He was also offered a
teaching fellowship at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, teaching musicianship classes, working with the Academy’s
ensembles, and tutor for three string quartets as part of the Academy’s new chamber music courses, working closely

with the RTE Contempt Quartet.
Fearghal has also been lecturing at the Cork Institute of Technology, lecturing music education on the Early Years
Education degree
Venues
Dungarvan
Waterford
Waterford

Dates
July 4th – July 8th 2016
July 11th – July 15th 2016
August 22nd – August 26th 2016

Fee
€50
€50
€50

Course Codes
16WD022
16WD033
16WD036

Times
9.30 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.
9.30 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.
9.30 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.

MAKING HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY LOCAL:
PRACTICAL APPROACHES & METHODOLOGIES

This creative course is about making History local. The course will be a mix of visiting historical locations in Dungarvan and
the county, from Dungarvan Castle to Ardmore and to other historically significant locations, assessing their educational
potential, planning for class visits and creating trails for use in class. As we continue to remember 1916 and its aftermath, the
course links national events in this Decade of Commemoration to what was actually happening in Waterford, from 1916 to the
War of Independence. Events, collected memories and artefacts from a broad range of time periods will feature as part of a
very engaging week in Dungarvan.
A wide range of methodologies will be used to engage your pupils in historical investigation, using their observation skills
and using local evidence. The course is specifically designed to be a hands-on experience for teachers. Participants will gain
valuable knowledge, skills and experience at how best to implement the History Curriculum across all classes. The Centre’s
Primary History Resource Website will also be explored for its potential in supporting the busy classroom teacher.
• Visits to Dungarvan Castle, Ardmore and “The Towers” and its Famine Conspiracy.
• 1916-1923 The Decade of Remembrance & Commemoration
• Designing Trails for your class.
• Accessing the vast range of local historical resources online.
• Timelines, Timelines and Timelines! How to use them to best effect.
• Find Out about Waterford Boy Soldiers, Exploring the WWI Memorial in Dungarvan Castle,
Titanic: Local Survivors and the Lost, and many more.
• Integrating History across the Curriculum from Drama to Art & Crafts.
• Now & Then! A Photographic Resource for use in the class.
• Waterford’s Archaeological Past: Treasures and Local Places to visit both city & county.
• Becoming a self-sufficient and resourceful teacher of History with a Local Relevance,
capable of accessing resources, when and where needed.
Having that Creative Touch with a Sense for the Children’s Past in Their Own Locality!
John Carey, a local primary teacher who works with Hibernia College in the area of SESE and who continues to create
teaching resources for primary teachers on the Waterford Teachers’ Centre’s Local History Website.

COURSE:
DATE:
TUTOR:

16WD023
Monday, 4th July – Friday, 8th July 2016
John Carey

VENUE:
TIME:
FEE:

Dungarvan
9.30 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.
€50

The European Space Education Office, Ireland and Discover Primary Science & Maths is offering:
USING SPACE TO TEACH SCIENCE THROUGH INQUIRY’ Course
The objective of this course, Using Space to teach science through inquiry, is to assist participants to
develop a cross-curricular approach to teaching Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) using
Space as a theme. The course will have an emphasis on inquiry based learning and provide opportunities to
apply skills and knowledge to real life situations. The main curriculum areas covered by the course are SESE
(Science, Geography) and Mathematics.
COURSE:

16WD024

VENUE:

DATE:
TUTORS:

Monday, 4th July – Friday, 8th July 2016
M. Quinlan, R. Leddy, Dr. N. Smith & C. Daly

TIME:
FEE:

Lismore
Heritage Centre
9.30 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.
€50


SCIENCE FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS
Are you looking for fun science activities for your classroom? This course is aimed at providing you with a valuable
toolkit that will enhance your teaching of science in your classroom and in using the local environment. Integrating
practical and active methods into your teaching of science will allow the pupils to develop higher order problem and
thinking skills. The course contains practical activities for all four strands of the primary science curriculum (living
things, materials, energy and forces and the environment)
The main aims of the course are to:
1. Take some of the basic theories of the four strands and develop practical classroom activities
or field work.
2. Carry out practical and field work safely and effectively with everyday materials.
3. Use ICT to enhance the teaching of primary science.
4. Identify cross curricular opportunities for the science curriculum.
5. Identify learning outcomes from practical sessions.
Teachers will receive a fully comprehensive booklet, which will include practical guides to the four strands, with
material lists and full instructions for practical activities, and with details of the science behind each activity included.
Our teachers that participated on this Summer Science Course last year were very happy with its content and different
workshops.
COURSE:
DATE:
TUTOR:

16WD025
Monday, 4th July – Friday, 8th July 2016
Various WIT Science Tutors

VENUE:
TIME:
FEE:

W.I.T., Waterford
9.30 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.
€50

PDST LEADERSHIP COURSE - Tánaiste
Tánaiste is a leadership summer course designed specifically for Deputy Principals and Acting Deputy
Principals. The course provides opportunities for participants to explore their leadership role in order to lead
high quality teaching and learning in their school while also focusing on the interpersonal dimension of their
leadership role.
The course has an emphasis on effective communication and conflict management strategies, on the principal
and deputy principal as a leadership team, distributed leadership as well leading change and positively
impacting on the school’s learning culture.
This course is recognised by the DES for EPV purposes. For further information on this Summer Course
please contact Eileen McNamee, PDST School Leadership administrator by email to or
by phone at 065- 6845520.
We ran this course last year and was well received.
COURSE:
DATE:
TUTOR:

16WD026

Monday, 4th July – Friday, 8th July 2016
PDST Tánaiste Tutors

VENUE:
TIME:
FEE:

Waterford
9.30 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.
€50

EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP


A SUMMER COURSE FOR PRINCIPALS, DEPUTY PRINCIPALS AND ASPIRING PRINCIPALS

Facilitated by Misneach/Toraiocht Tutors
This course is designed to provide relevant and important information to those in leadership roles in schools.
It will also facilitate the development of leadership and management skills in leaders and aspiring leaders so
that primary schools can function more effectively and efficiently.
Modules include:
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Appointments Procedures
School Community, BOM and Parents’ Council
Time Management
Conflict Management
Communication Strategies
Inclusion of Special Needs.
Positive School Culture
School Planning
Self-Care & Wellbeing
Health & Safety in Schools

Tutors:

Áine Sotscheck, Former Principal, Toraiocht Tutor, PDST Leadership Associate
John Brennan, Principal, PDST Leadership Associate
Dr. Kevin Haugh, Former Principal. Formerly seconded to PDST Leadership
Celia Walsh, Former Principal, PDST Leadership Associate, Director of WTC
Paul Dunne, Health and Safety Instructor

COURSE: 16WD027
DATE:
Monday, 4th July – Friday, 8th July 2016

VENUE:
TIME:
FEE:

Waterford

9.30 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.
€50

WATERFORD - WHERE I LIVE
This local studies course will examine Waterford’s rich cultural heritage in the context of the various strands of the history
curriculum; as well as making strong links to the numeracy and literacy opportunities that local studies can afford.
Much has been made of the decade of centenaries and this will be referenced in the context of Waterford’s rich historical past.
The course will include amongst other things:
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Lots of field work centred on the Viking Triangle area, including walking tours, visits to some of the city’s buildings
of particular significance and introductions to some of the partners in education currently working in the area.

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An outline of the festivals planned for the coming year and opportunities for schools to become involved in these.

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An introduction to an examination of existing resources including the ‘Waterford, Where I Live’ resource pack.

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Literacy opportunities presented in the context of local studies.

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A guide to introducing local studies through numeracy trails.

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Various ways of engaging with your locality in the teaching of the arts.

Claire Reidy is a teacher in Christchurch N.S. and has previously devised and delivered many popular courses including,
literacy and numeracy for senior classes, problem solving, thinking skills and creative teaching strategies. She is also
involved in a number of educational and festival committees in Waterford City and advised on the publication 'Waterford,
Where I Live'. Claire’s courses are usually very well attended.

COURSE:
DATE:
TUTOR:

16WD029
Monday, 4th July – Friday, 8th July 2016
Claire Reidy

VENUE:
TIME:
Fee:

Waterford
9.30 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.
€50


SPHE – MINDFULNESS AS A CROSS CURRICULAR METHODOLOGY FOR EMOTIONAL
HEALTH AND WELBBEING
Mindfulness is increasingly recognized as an essential educational tool. This course recognises the role of teachers
as a powerful resource of mindful presence in the classroom and gives them simple and transformative tools to
benefit the children in their care.

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Teachers will be invited to cultivate their own mindful presence, so that you can teach from your own
experience.

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The content will support the aims of SPHE Curriculum, in a mindful approach, that begins by promoting the
personal development of the child, fostering in themselves a sense of care and respect for themselves and
then extending this to the care and appreciation of each human being.

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We will look at practical ways to nurture a foundation of mindfulness and heartfulness in children through
ideas, exercises, activities and resources. Mindfulness’ practices will promote the aims of the curriculum to
enable the child to make informed decisions and healthy choices.

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The classroom will be looked at as to how it can be cultivated into a supportive mindful community. With
an interconnected approach, Mindfulness will be considered as core to enabling and developing in the child
an appreciation of cultural diversity and active citizenship and democracy.

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Cultivating happiness, working with difficult emotions, mindful breathing and connecting with nature
practices will be explored for ways to make them meaningful and inviting for children.

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An exploration of appropriate assessment methods will take place to ascertain learner outcomes and
experience and teacher practice, in each strand of the SPHE curriculum that is being addressed.

The Benefits:
Each person in a community affects the others. If we apply the tools of mindfulness when working with our school,
families and communities, both children and adults will benefit from the resulting peace, harmony and joy.
Mindful Children are better able to focus and concentrate, experience decreased stress and anxiety, are empathetic
and understanding of others. Mindful Teachers have an awareness’ of themselves and are attuned to their students,
nurture a learning community where students flourish, know how to manage and reduce stress, have healthy
relationships at work and at home.
Maeve regularly delivers mindfulness and Natural Health Therapy courses and workshops to professionals including
Teachers, Healthcare workers and Business people. As an art teacher, community involvement tutor and artist, Maeve
has been involved in many projects in her ongoing practice that enhance school communities and their communities in a
mixed disciplinary, creative and mindful approach.
COURSE:
DATE:
TUTOR:

16WD030
Monday, July 4th – Friday, 8th July 2016
Maeve Collins

VENUE:
TIME:
FEE:

Waterford
9.30 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.
€50

VISUAL ART MADE EASY!
Teacher-friendly and FUN! You will surprise yourself at this course, you will return to your classroom
looking forward to doing art with your class!
Aims of this summer course:
To provide new and fresh ideas for teachers in the strands of the visual arts from infant level to 6 th classFabric and fibre, print, paint and colour, drawing, clay and construction.
To help to understand better, the creative process that children go through in the making of art and integrating this with
the rest of the curriculum.
To demonstrate how to generate a creative atmosphere during the art class which is challenging, motivating and
supportive?. To help teachers develop children’s sensitivities to their visual environment and to other art works.
To encourage teachers to promote experimentation and exploration rather than on techniques and product–based art.
Sinead has a Bachelor of Education, Froebel College Dublin (T.C.D.) Grennan Mill Craft school (Drawing, Batik,
Printing, Metalwork and Weaving) KCAT Art and Study centre studio.
I have facilitated children’s arts workshops with Kilkenny Arts Festival and various art workshops in libraries around
the county. I worked with ‘Katapult’ Kilkenny Arts Festival as part of outreach programme. Various artistic


commissions in mosaic, in Kilkenny. Currently delivering arts programme in local schools and youth club in ‘Shadow
Puppetry’.
Sinead has exhibited her own artwork in Kilkenny Arts Festival 2015.
I have provided teachers’ courses over the last year (2015-2016) in Christmas Art, Spring Art, Art for Holy Communion
and Art for Confirmation in Waterford Teacher's Centre and Kilkenny Education Centre.
Venues
Waterford
Waterford

Dates
Mon. July 4th – Fri. July 8th
Mon. Aug., 22nd - Fri. Aug., 26th

Fee

€50
€50

Course Codes
16WD031
16WD037

Times
9.30 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.
9.30 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.

PROMOTING A WHOLE-SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, SUPPORT OF PUPIL LEARNING
The aims of this course is:
• To support the best in students, teachers and Principals, so in continuing to give of their best, in a safe and respectful
environment.
• Parents, teachers, principals, students and members of management, all working together to promote an environment
which supports pupil learning.
• Promoting a safe and respectful learning and teaching environment.
• Highlighting that every person actively involved in the life of the school has a responsibility in promoting an
environment which is respectful, safe and where everyone is valued. That each person would take ownership of their
own behaviour, reflect upon it and modify it, if it is contrary to the spirit of the school.
• The purpose of evaluation is to learn. Therefore it is necessary to evaluate what is working in creating a supportive
learning environment and what is hindering. The content of this course includes:
The purpose and implementation of a Mission Statement.

Code of Conduct and Respectful Communication.

Pupils Learning Styles, Teachers teaching styles. Leadership in the school and in the classroom. School Self
Evaluation
Mary Scanlon has a background in Psychology and Counselling. She has studied the Enneagram for over 20 years and

her love for it continues to grow. She regularly conducts courses on The Ennegram and Mindfulness Support Groups for
our Centre.
COURSE:
DATE:
TUTOR:

16WD032
Monday, 11th July – Friday, 15th July 2016
Mary Scanlon

VENUE:
TIME:
FEE:

Dungarvan
9.30 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.
€50

PRACTICAL LOCAL HISTORY - CLONMEL
The aim of this course is to provide teachers with practical ways to teach the local history themes in the SESE
curriculum using the built environment around them. Though based in a modern urban environment the course will
endeavour to explore how any locality can be used to teach local history.
Participants will learn how to ‘read’ buildings, how best to use maps and the photographic record, and where to find
materials online. They will experience recording old structures and graveyards and engage in history trails.
The course will involve a mix of ‘talk and walk’, varying from information giving sessions, workshops and group work
to actively exploring the local built environment, both urban and rural.
Both new and previous participants of this course are welcome and all are reminded to come dressed for weather, good
or bad!
Diarmuid O’Keeffe is a teacher in St Oliver’s N.S. Clonmel with a background in archaeology and local history.
Diarmuid ran a very successful History Summer Course last year.

COURSE:
DATE:
TUTOR:

16WD034
Monday, August 22nd – Friday, 26th August 2016
Diarmuid O’Keeffe

VENUE:
TIME:
Fee:

Clonmel
9.30 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.
€50

SKILLS FOR LISTENING TO AND SUPPORTING THOSE IN THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY


Ag Eisteacht’s summer course is custom designed to assist teachers to actively foster well-being in the school
community. The training focuses on approaches to building positive relationships and creating a supportive school
environment. It features a recognised, evidence based intervention model – Brief Encounters® which enables those who
use it to respond sensitively and appropriately to peers, parents and others who may ‘turn to’ them for support. The
programme explores a range of relational topics including, family diversity in Ireland, and the impact of family
relationships on children’s health and well-being and conflict - particularly its impact on adult, child and community
well-being.
It is a lively, fast moving, participative course that is co-facilitated by two experienced trainers using tried and tested
trainer inputs, audio-visual learning, small group work and experiential exercises .
COURSE:
DATE:

TUTORS:

16WD035
Monday, August 22nd – Friday, 26th August 2016
Ag Eisteacht’s Tutors

VENUE:
TIME:
FEE:

Waterford
9.30 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.
€50

PDST TECHNOLOGY COURSES
COURSE
CODE
16WD927

DATES

COURSE NAME

FEE

VENUE

July 4 – 8

The Reading and Writing Process using ICT

FREE

Cahir

16WD1067

July 4 – 8

Leading Digital Learning and Technology Integration as a School Leader

FREE

Waterford

16WD977

July 4 – 8

Creating and Using ICT Resources for Literacy & Numeracy

FREE

Waterford

16WD981

July 4 – 8

Creating and Using ICT Resources for Literacy & Numeracy

FREE

Dungarvan

16WD974

July 4 – 8

Creating and Using ICT Resources for Literacy & Numeracy

FREE

Waterford

16WD1068

July 11 – 15

Leading Digital Learning and Technology Integration as a School Leader

FREE

Waterford

16WD1051

Aug 22-26

Embedding ICT into Teaching, Learning and Assessment

FREE

Dungarvan

The Reading and Writing Process using ICT
This revised summer course for 2016 from PDST TiE will investigate will investigate a wide range of easy to use,
practical online resources which can build and foster pupils' skills in reading comprehension, oral language, writing and
vocabulary at all class levels.
It will also explore how ICT can be used to support and develop key elements of literacy by developing a digital
portfolio of sample teaching, learning and assessment resources for all class levels over the week.
Each module makes reference to classroom based examples of using ICT to support differentiation so as to cater for our
pupils’ varying learning abilities and SEN needs. Other relevant areas discussed during this course include building
safer internet practices in my school, integrating technologies in literacy intervention programs as well as planning for
e-learning and SSE on a whole school level.

Creating and using digital resources to enhance Literacy and Numeracy
In this revised course for 2016 emphasis will be placed on participants creating their own teaching and learning
resources before exploring useful online resources for literacy, including IWB specific resources and tools.
Each module includes opportunity for discussion centred on classroom application and includes specific reference to the
use of ICT for literacy, numeracy and assessment. Each module refers to classroom based examples of differentiation so
as to cater for our pupils’ varying learning abilities and SEN needs across the curriculum.
Finally, the development of safer internet practices and whole school planning for e-learning will be also be prioritised
throughout the course.

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Embedding ICT in the Primary Classroom
A revamped, practical course for 2016 from PDST TiE introducing teachers at all class levels to ways in which ICT can
be easily integrated into daily teaching practices. The course will investigate the use of a range of literacy, numeracy and
wider curriculum related websites and resources which can add to active learning in the primary classroom.

Over the duration of the course teachers will be guided through the process of creating a wide range of teaching,
learning and assessment based digital resources which they can use in their own classrooms.
Other key areas of course content to be discussed and developed include the importance of safer internet practices in the
school environment, finding and selecting good quality educational content online, developing whole school assessment
practices through the use of ICT and finally planning for e-learning practices to complement current SSE practices in
your school.
________________________________________________________________________________________________

Leading Digital Learning and Technology Integration as a School Leader
This revised summer course for 2016 explores the benefits and potential of technology to enhance the learning
experience of students in the 21st century. The course explores
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Digital age learning cultures
ePortfolio development for student led, self-directed learning
Effective and strategic planning
Digital citizenship and what this means for students, teachers and school leaders
Pedagogical considerations and exemplars of pedagogical practice and
Technology to enhance personal and professional effectiveness as a school leader.


WATERFORD TEACHERS’ CENTRE
Ionad na Múinteoirí

Newtown Rd., Waterford.
Tel. No.: (051) 311000
Fax: (051) 311050

BOOKING FORM – SUMMER COURSES 2016
Please USE BLOCK CAPITALS to complete all sections below and POST TO:
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Please fill in the courses of your choice. Completed application forms will be date-stamped, numbered and taken in order when
received and places will be allocated on a “first come, first served” basis. We will make every effort to accommodate you on the
course of your choice. Please fill in your 2nd and 3rd choices in case your 1st choice is full or doesn’t run for any reason. If you do not
fill in your 2nd and 3rd choices then you will not be allocated any other course if your 1st choice is either full or doesn’t run due
to insufficient applications. Computer Courses require a minimum of 10 teachers all other courses a min. of 20 teachers.
Order of
Choice

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Enclosed
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N.B. 1.
Please ensure that you have included the Course Fee with your completed Booking Form.

N.B. 2.
Your Course Fee goes towards covering (a) the administration expenses, (b) venue hire, (c) the course tutor’s fees and
expenses, and (d) other costs associated with running of the course.
A complimentary light snack lunch will be provided by the Centre at all of our summer courses. The Centre is not in a position to
cater for individual or special dietary requirements. Anyone who has special dietary requirements or who wishes to have something
more substantial is welcome to bring their own packed lunch.
Booking a place on one of our courses is deemed to be acceptance of this condition. Courses must be booked using the official
form and must be accompanied by the appropriate fee. Booking Forms and Course Fees are accepted by Post and by Hand only.
Bookings are not taken by Fax or Email. Consult the front cover of this booklet for Course Titles and Booking Conditions and
deadlines.
Summer Course Booklets have been issued to all schools and teachers on the same day. If you want to be sure of a place on a
particular week then you are advised to book your place without delay!
PLEASE PHOTOCOPY THIS BOOKING FORM IF YOU NEED EXTRA FORM
The deadline for bookings is Wednesday, 8th June at 4 p.m.