Following on from Tom's email this morning regarding the EU grant as per Circular 60/2021 we had a discussion here at school today.
We feel we have the devices and online resources to support the pupils in the 3Rs (should there be another reason to send devices home in the near future).
We have been granted €8,000 based on our primary school pupil count of approximately 180.
Could I ask primary teachers, and those who actively support primary teachers in the provision of coding and maker lessons, how would you spend the money on a whole school approach (ie age-appropriate coding & maker tools) that would help pupils grow in their computational thinking over their eight years with us? We are starting from Scratch (hee, hee).
We have iPads and Chromebooks as pupil devices and a green wall and a fabric green screen already in place.
A degree of CPD would also need to be factored in and we do have local expertise who could provide some of that (Hassan?).
Looking forward to a discussion on this thread.
Thanks in advance and best regards,
Paul
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Paul de Lacy
Special Education Teacher
Balla National School
Balla
Castlebar
Co Mayo
Ireland