Teachers From All Over Europe Visit St Ita’s St Joseph’s

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St Ita's St Joseph, staff with teachers from four European nations who visited the school as part of the Comenius initiative. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.

St Ita’s St Joseph, staff with teachers from four European nations who visited the school as part of the Comenius initiative. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.

TEACHERS from four European countries visited St Ita’s St Joseph’s National School as part of a teacher exchange of ideas and best practice on Thursday.

Twenty-four teachers from, Germany, Tenerife, Turkey, Belgium came to the school as part of a European Union educational project called ‘Building Bridges and Extending Horizons’.

The project comes under the Comenius 2015 programme, which concentrates on school-level education. It aims to help young people and educational staff better understand the range of European cultures, languages and values.

“This project is very important because you get to see best international practice in other schools,” said Grace Sheahan, principal of St Ita’s St Joseph’s.

“You get to look at what other schools do in context and bring back ideas to your own school and also teachers are able to come here and look at what we do,” she said.

“When we’re finished we will gather all the information we have found. It’s like conducting scientific research in the area of special education. It’s also about challenging ourselves to do better than we are doing now,” she said.

The celebrate the occasion, St Ita’s St Joseph’s children put on a special performance in the school’s gymnasium.

St Ita's St Joseph's children, perform for the visiting teachers from Europe. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.

St Ita’s St Joseph’s children, perform for the visiting teachers from Europe. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.

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