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A presentation took place on Friday last of over €1,000 raised by local Montessori school children towards the Athlone flood relief effort.

Local students from the Kumon Kilkenny Study Centre have gained recognition for their success and continued development studying on the Kumon maths and/or English programmes.

Lucy Murray, a fifth year student in Dominican College, Taylor’s Hill recently attended a workshop in Trinity College where the aim was the creation of a Charter for 21st Century Learning. The emphasis was that the education system needed to change to fit the needs of our society but change will not happen if there is no evidence that it is wanted. Lucy has penned this article containing the viewpoint of a student in the educational debate and stressing the need for change.

Chatter Box after-school care, in Cusack Terrace, Mullingar, will be holding open days on Saturday September 27 and Sunday September 28. The newly opened after-school facility caters for school children from 1.30pm to 6pm and provides a unique after-school club.

The Hawthorn Montessori School, located in the picturesque Golf Course Road area of Castlebar, will run a summer camp over two weeks in mid July for children aged four to 11.

Small Wonders crèche and montessori seems to be run by a team that appreciates the realities of shift work, self-employment and working mums and dads who don’t necessarily stop work on a Friday afternoon at five.

The Hawthorn Montessori School, located in the picturesque Golf Course Road area of Castlebar, will run a summer camp over two weeks in mid July for children aged four to 11.

Parents and people interested in holistic parenting and Steiner/Waldorf education are invited to attend a workshop on Sunday at Ard Bia at Nimmo’s beside the Spanish Arch from 10am to 4pm.