This document on mindfulness offers material to Catholic schools to explore and reflect on in the area of mindfulness. The subtitle of the document is "Rediscovering the Christian Tradition of Contemplation and Meditation". The document also offers some guidelines for...
Recognition of Qualifications to Teach Catholic Religious Education in Catholic Primary Schools on the Island of Ireland (June 2018)
For schools/teachers in the Republic of Ireland, Click here to access the June 2018 version of Recognition of Qualifications to Teach Catholic Religious Education in Catholic Primary Schools on the Island of Ireland.
Religious Education in the Framework for Junior Cycle
The Framework for Junior Cycle (Department of Education and Skills, 2015) sets out a clear vision of how teaching and learning will evolve over the next number of years in first to third year of post-primary education in Ireland. The proposed changes being rolled out...
NCCA Consultation on Structure and Time in Primary Curriculum
The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) has recently launched a consultation process on structure and time in the Primary Curriculum. The NCCA reports that the 1999 Primary curriculum has provided a strong foundation for teaching and...
You and your child’s spiritual development: aged 2 to 8
This PowerPoint Presentation was developed by the Council for Catechetics with the asssistance of Dr. Cora O'Farrell, DCU. The PowerPoint outlines the spiritual development of children from the age of about 2 and a half to about the age of 7 or 8. Also attached here...
Guidelines on Relationships and Sexuality Education
Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) and Religious Education Religious Education in Catholic primary schools seeks to help children to grow and develop into healthy mature adults, capable of realising their full potential as human beings created in the image...