Sir, – An interesting background insight into the new primary curriculum by your education correspondent Carl O’Brien on December 28th.
In his “What will the school day look like?”, he outlines the time allocations for English, Irish, foreign language, maths, wellbeing, science/technology, social, personal and health education (SPHE), arts, religion and flexible time.
Where is the time allocation for history and geography? Have these useful subjects been quietly dropped?
In the Draft Curriculum Framework 2020 (NCCA), they are included. – Yours, etc,
READ MORE
Marty Morrissey gets an A+ in new football rules, even if some pundits aren’t yet sold
Breda O’Brien: Nicole Kidman’s Babygirl isn’t the ‘hottest film this year’. It might be among the most depressing
High noon for developer Paddy Kelly, who faces run-in with the sheriff over unpaid rent arrears
Pat Leahy: Angry Dáil scenes were partly the result of Sinn Féin’s determination to be a more aggressive Opposition
PADDY MADDEN, Ed.D.,
Straffan,
Co Kildare.
