


National Gifted Education Awareness Day & EU Talent Day
More stream of consciousness stuff but it does go somewhere…. In Ireland, we have a saying – ‘you’re thick’ meaning ‘you’re stupid’. It’s not very […]

Hall of Fame
I’ve added a Hall of Fame to Gifted and Talented Ireland to recognise those schools which have developed a policy to cater for exceptionally able […]

Education Reform in Ireland Part 2
So, following on from Part 1, here are some suggestions for educational reform. Government Level It is too much to expect in a parochial and […]

Education Reform in Ireland Part 1
Before I get started on the title of this post, let me throw out a few things from the recesses of my mind. When I […]

When ‘Thank You’ means so much more.
I should be very clear about this. Nobody enters teaching because the salary is great. Though why this is so sometimes baffles me. Governments (including […]

The Advocacy Thing….
I was very heartened by the response to the suggestion of a World Gifted Awareness Day. But to be honest, and I’m writing globally here, […]

Part the Second!
This is actually a little earlier than planned but never mind. Join me on Sunday, January 16th on Twitter at 9.00pm (GMT) to chat about […]

Nanu Nanu!
This is my newly registered site. I hope to populate it with a variety of rants, raves and reviews of all things related to gifted […]