Dr Catherine Merrigan

PhD | National Specialist Lead for Curriculum and Education @ncseirl | Lecturer in Inclusive & Special Education @SchoolofEdUCD ✨ Views my own ✨

[Dr Catherine Merrigan @MerriganDr]

Honoured to represent the voice of special schools and children with special educational needs in shaping the Primary Curriculum Framework @NormaFoleyTD1 @NCCAie @Education_Ire A landmark day in primary and special education in Ireland @NABMSE @INTOnews @IPPN_Education @ncseirl

[NCSE @ncseirl]

📣 NCSE are advertising open competitions for the following:

🔶 Special School Occupational Therapist
🔸Senior Grade
🔸Staff Grade

🔶 Special School Speech and Language Therapist
🔸Senior Grade
🔸Staff Grade

Link
🟠 https://t.co/8LsAIiReaL

Link is in our bio on Instagram

[NCSE @ncseirl]

📢📢 NCSE are currently advertising an open competition for appointment to the following role :

🔹 Education and Curriculum Advisor (Special School)

Please see link for further details
https://t.co/wrR6bGh8Mv

The link for the event is in our bio on Instagram

[NCSE @ncseirl]

📢 The European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education (EASNIE) is celebrating 30 years🥳
🔷 EASNIE will host the first of a series of 12 webinars on the 29th January .
📍 To attend the webinar register here - https://t.co/0zJi0SU1LH

[NCSE @ncseirl]

📢 Upcoming NCSE Seminars for Special Schools

🔹 Primary Curriculum Framework

The Primary Curriculum Framework (PCF) refers to the overarching framework of the redeveloped curriculum. This comprehensive framework underpins the Redeveloped Primary Curriculum specifications launched in September 2025.

Our dedicated Special School Primary Curriculum Team looks forward to supporting and collaborating with Special Schools to build a shared understanding of the PCF.

Special schools will be offered a training day in Terms 2 and 3 to deepen understanding of the PCF before reviewing individual specifications.

#pcf #primarycurriculumframework #ncse #ncca

[Dr Catherine Merrigan @MerriganDr]

Honoured to be invited by @NCCAie to discuss the theme of inclusive education and the redeveloped Primary Curriculum with @BarMorr. Inclusion becomes a reality when every child feels that they belong and when their unique learning journeys are valued and celebrated ✨

[Dr Catherine Merrigan @MerriganDr]

I was honoured to be invited by @NCCAie to discuss the theme of inclusive education and the redeveloped Primary Curriculum with @BarMorr. Inclusion becomes a reality when every child feels that they belong and when their unique learning journeys are valued and celebrated ✨

[NCCA @NCCAie]

📢Episode 17: 'What makes learning inclusive?' Exploring the redeveloped curriculum with Dr Catherine Merrigan and Dr Barry Morrissey.

🗣️Our guests, Dr Catherine Merrigan and Dr Barry Morrissey discuss inclusive relationships and collaborative learning, the Additional Support Pathways and a responsive approach to teaching and learning.

🎧The NCCA Primary Podcast is available on the NCCA Website, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other podcast hosting platforms. Join the conversation on social media using the hashtag #nccapod

🔗https://t.co/qBOxDtoHXL

[NCCA @NCCAie]

📢Episode 17: 'What makes learning inclusive?' Exploring the redeveloped curriculum with Dr Catherine Merrigan and Dr Barry Morrissey.

🗣️Our guests, Dr Catherine Merrigan and Dr Barry Morrissey discuss inclusive relationships and collaborative learning, the Additional Support Pathways and a responsive approach to teaching and learning.

🎧The NCCA Primary Podcast is available on the NCCA Website, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other podcast hosting platforms. Join the conversation on social media using the hashtag #nccapod

🔗https://t.co/qBOxDtoHXL

[NCCA @NCCAie]

📢Éist leis an eipeasóid is déanaí de phodchraoladh CNCM ina bhfuil foghlaim teanga páistí faoi chaibidil.

🎧Tá an eipeasóid seo ar fáil anois ar shuíomh Gréasáin CNCM, Spotify, Apple Podcasts agus ardáin óstála podchraoltaí eile.

🗣️💬Is iad ár n-aíonna don eipeasóid seo ná Carmel O’Shea agus Elaine Foley. Is í Carmel bainisteoir na seirbhísí abhcóideachta leis an gComhairle Náisiúnta Tuismitheoirí, agus is í Elaine príomhoide Bhunscoil Naomh Iósaef, An Teampall Mór.

[NCCA @NCCAie]

Episode 15: An nasc idir an scoil agus an baile.

👨‍👩‍👧Parents play a vital role in their child’s learning. In this episode, Éilis Mhic Caisín (Parent) and Antóin Ó Cléirigh (Principal) discuss how the curriculum encourages partnership between parents and schools to support the holistic development of children.

🗣️They highlight the importance of community, positive relationships, and open communication in supporting teaching, learning and individual needs of children. They also explore how parents can reinforce learning at home by fostering positive attitudes and curiosity.

🎧The NCCA Primary Podcast is available on our website, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and other podcast platforms. Join the conversation on social media using the hashtag #nccapod.

[NCSE @ncseirl]

📢 Are you working in a primary, post-primary or special school?
As part of our NCSE commissioned research project on the growth in demand for special school and special class places we are looking for participants for online focus groups.
Please complete the form to join one of the focus groups.

https://t.co/D7KhUdH3bm

[NCCA @NCCAie]

🎙️📚Special episode: Reflections from the International Advisory Panel on the redeveloped Primary Curriculum

💬A special message from our international Advisory Panel regarding the launch of the Redeveloped Primary Curriculum.

🎧This episode is now available on the NCCA Website, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other podcast hosting platforms.

[NCCA @NCCAie]

📢Episode 13: The Redeveloped Primary Curriculum - A message from NCCA CEO, Arlene Forster

🎙️Listen to this special episode of the NCCA Primary Podcast with Arlene Forster, CEO of NCCA.

📚In this special episode, Arlene sets the scene for understanding the redeveloped primary curriculum - discussing why this redevelopment matters, how it reflects the Ireland of today, and how schools and children will be supported as it becomes part of everyday classroom life.

🎧The NCCA Primary Podcast is available on the NCCA Website, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other podcast hosting platforms. Join the conversation on social media using the hashtag #nccapod

#primarydevelopments

[NCCA @NCCAie]

✨Today marks an important milestone for primary education in Ireland.

🚸Earlier today the Minister for Education and Youth officially launched the redeveloped Primary School Curriculum which will be introduced to all primary and special schools in the coming years.

📘 The Primary School Curriculum has been redeveloped by building on the strengths of the current curriculum while responding to new emerging priorities for children's learning.

👨‍👦It sets out a vision for learning that is inclusive, creative and responsive to children’s lives today.

📽️This short video provides a brief overview of the development process and some important features of the curriculum specifications.

🔗 https://t.co/5eQWMI1oUC

#primarydevelopments

[NCCA @NCCAie]

🏫The move from primary to post-primary is one of the biggest milestones in a child’s life.

📔This week, Children’s School Lives Report 9 was published, which shares children’s, parents’ & teachers’ perspectives on this transition - from excitement and belonging, to worries about tests, friendships and costs.

📖 See the full report https://t.co/ocNWcMb8D5

#CSLstudy #Education #Transitions #Primary #PostPrimary

[NCCA @NCCAie]

Find out more about play and playful approaches to learning and teaching in the redeveloped Primary School Curriculum in our recently commissioned research paper ‘Play, Learning and Teaching in a Redeveloped Primary Curriculum’. Written by Prof Emer Ring and Dr Lisha O’Sullivan together with their learning partner, Gillian Corbally, the paper examines play and playful approaches to learning and teaching for children from 4-13 years. Have a read here: https://t.co/97KvDaF7OJ

#Play #Learning #Teaching #learningthroughplay #playfullearning #primarydevelopments

@Education_Ire @dcediy @JMB_Secretariat @INTOnews @ETBIreland @CatholicPrimary @NABMSE @churchofireland @ifut @ibec_irl @irishcongress @accsirl @ForasnaGaeilge @astiunion @TUIunion @issu4u

[Department of Education and Youth @Education_Ire]

Ministers McEntee and Moynihan announce the publication of the Report on the Review of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 👉 https://t.co/tRMBUbme8L

[NCCA @NCCAie]

📢Éist le Eipeasóid 11 dár bpodchraoladh nua ‘Curaclam Matamaitice na Bunscoile: Ár gCéad Chéimeanna’.

🔊Tá an eipeasóid seo ar fáil anois ar shuíomh gréasáin CNCM, Spotify, Apple Podcasts agus ardáin óstála podchraoltaí eile.

🧮Ar an gclár seo, pléann Gráinne Ní Ghriallais (Múinteoir Ranga) agus Tríona Nic Fhinn (Oifigeach ETIM) Curaclam Matamaitice na Bunscoile (2023).

🗣️Éist leo agus iad ag plé faoi na nithe a d’éirigh go maith dóibh, i dteannta leis na dúshláin bhreise a bhíonn ann uaireanta sa chomhthéacs Gaeilge.

🎧Tá Podchraoladh Bunscoile CNCM ar fáil ar ár suíomh gréasáin, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, agus ardáin óstála podchraolta eile.

Glac páirt sa chomhrá ar na meáin shóisialta ag úsáid an haischlib #nccapod

[NCCA @NCCAie]

🎧Listen in to Episode 11 of our new podcast ‘Curaclam Matamaitice na Bunscoile: Ár gCéad Chéimeanna’.

🔊This episode is now available on the NCCA Website, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other podcast hosting platforms.

🧮Ar an gclár seo, pléann Gráinne Ní Ghriallais (Múinteoir Ranga) agus Tríona Nic Fhinn (Oifigeach ETIM) Curaclam Matamaitice na Bunscoile (2023).

🗣️Labhraíonn siad faoi na chéad chéimeanna atá tógtha acu le dul i ngleic leis an gcuraclam athfhorbartha seo agus faoina dtaithí leis go dtí seo.

🎧Éist leo agus iad ag plé faoi na nithe a d’éirigh go maith dóibh, i dteannta leis na dúshláin bhreise a bhíonn ann uaireanta sa chomhthéacs Gaeilge.

[NCCA @NCCAie]

📢Listen in to a snippet from our latest podcast release, Episode 10 ‘Unlocking the language learning potential of all children’.

🎧This episode is now available on the on the NCCA Website, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other podcast hosting platforms.

https://t.co/qkNY5uJEPq

📢Éist le sleachta ón ár bpodchraoladh is déanaí, Eipeasóid 10 ‘Ag scaoileadh le hacmhainneacht foghlama teanga gach páiste’.

🎧Tá an eipeasóid seo ar fáil anois ar shuíomh Gréasáin CNCM, Spotify, Apple Podcasts agus ardáin óstála podchraoltaí eile.

https://t.co/qkNY5uJEPq

[Dr. Siobhán Fitzgerald @fitzsiobhan1]

If you’re considering covering public speaking skills with your students, the ‘LET’s Stand’ programme can support you. https://t.co/g4oGRs5nV1 Let's Stand Primary | https://t.co/DS23MTdqTV