OnYourBehalf

MEETINGS/EVENTS

IPPN participated in meetings/events relating to the following:

Barnardos’ Childhood Domestic Violence and Abuse (CVDA) GroupIPPN representative: Ann McQuillan

Ukraine Stakeholder Briefing

NCCA & IPPN Bilateral Meeting

Summer Provision – Stakeholder Meeting

NAPD Symposium

Languages Connect, Ireland’s Strategy for Foreign Languages in Education

2017 – 2026

NTRIS Oversight Meeting

CSL Professional Learning Days

CSL Collaborative Forum.

NCCA

Developments relating to the Early Childhood and Primary Education Board: Cross-sectoral

• Desk report on sign language in the mainstream curriculum in six jurisdictions

Primary

• Arts Education and STEM Education: Consultations with school communities

• Initial research report on integration in the curriculum

Early Childhood

• Updating Aistear – follow-up on consultation with Babies, Toddlers and Young Children and the formation of a Development Group.

IPPN NATIONAL COUNCIL – ADVOCACY & COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE

The first meeting of the new committee, chaired by Catríona O’Reilly, was held at the December National Council meeting. The committee identified areas of work that could be progressed in the coming year. The top priority identified through a survey of committee members was ‘SEN allocations and resourcing’.

A Working Group of the committee was formed to progress this and a proposal for a position paper to drive IPPN’s advocacy work was agreed and discussed. The position paper has been drafted and is being progressed with input from the wider Advocacy and Communications committee of the Council.

Submissions

IPPN made the following submissions and presentations over the past few months: Submission to the DE re.

• Child Protection

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