Oide Primary STEM

Official X account of Oide’s Primary STEM team, a Department of Education support service for schools.

[Oide Schools' Support Service, Ireland @oide_Ireland]

Attention Primary School Leaders – Curricular Enactment Applications for 2026/2027 are now open.

Visit https://t.co/woh7gtDskO for further details.

[Oide Schools' Support Service, Ireland @oide_Ireland]

Oide invites applications from Principals and Deputy Principals for the role of Director of Leadership.

This key role supports professional learning and development for school leaders.

Job description and application form: https://t.co/jqwT2hiEhD

Closing date: 5pm, 3 June 2026

[Oide Primary STEM @OidePrimarySTEM]

A learning environment describes any space in which children learn or develop their understanding.

The NCCA Primary Mathematics Toolkit contains support materials that help you make the most of the x learning environments in your bespoke context.

https://t.co/TLuBQvrRSm

[Pam Harris @pwharris]

Want to get more out of your math block?
Learn how Problem Strings and Problem Talks work together to build reasoning, support discussion, and deepen understanding.

https://t.co/GH7lCTrNay

#MathIsFigureOutAble #MTBoS #ITeachMath #MathEd

[Kathleen Gallagher @firekit]

Just some of the lovely pinwheels the children created during their mini #STEM workshops.
Great collaboration between 3 rural schools in #Donegal 🎉
@National_AiE @OidePrimarySTEM

[Oide Droichead Induction @Oide_Droichead]

*NQTs*
The Department of Education and Youth is hosting a focus group for Newly Qualified Teachers on school placement on Tuesday 12th May. If you are a Newly Qualified Teacher who is interested in participating, please scan the QR code.

[Oide Schools' Support Service, Ireland @oide_Ireland]

📢 Expressions of interest now open!

Oide Technology in Education present Loinnir: A Festival of Digital Learning (14 May 2026, TUS Athlone) for school & digital learning leaders to share practice & collaborate.

Apply by 29 April: https://t.co/Vg10UdZlXe

[Oide Schools' Support Service, Ireland @oide_Ireland]

🤝 Key leadership opportunity with Oide

Applications are invited for Divisional Director (Post-Primary), a full-time teacher secondment position for the 2026/2027 school year.

📅 Closing date: 11 May 2026, 5pm

🔗 Details: https://t.co/BIVEHc3fcO

[Oide Schools' Support Service, Ireland @oide_Ireland]

Director vacancies are now open across Education Support Centres in Blackrock, Carrick-on-Shannon, Clare, Dublin West, Kilkenny & Limerick.

Closing date: 3pm, 23 April 2026. 🧵⬇️

[Pam Harris @pwharris]

Check out these great combination strategies! Swap place values and then a little give and take, in 2 different brilliant ways! Way to go Melissa and Debbie!

#MathIsFigureOutAble #MathStratChat #MTBoS #ITeachMath #MathEd

[Kathleen Gallagher @firekit]

Today in our sustainability project we discussed waste and recycling. Then the Ss used @makeymakey and Scratch to make an animated story
Putting rubbish in the bin closed the circuit and finished the story
@GreenSchoolsIre
@OidePrimarySTEM

[Pam Harris @pwharris]

#TryThisThursday
Relational Thinking can help students understand the meaning of "=" and get them looking at the whole picture instead of diving into procedures.
#MathIsFigureOutAble #MTBoS #ITeachMath #MathEd

[Oide Schools' Support Service, Ireland @oide_Ireland]

Our Primary #STEM team are represented @ #ESBScienceBlast today in the RDS with colleagues from @Education_Ire and @NCCAie. What a range and quality of STEM projects on show from primary schools across the country!🔬✨Maith sibh! #oide

[Clare Education Centre @ClareEdCentre]

🚀🚀 We are delighted to launch Full STEAM Ahead – Volume 4 Focused on Enquiry-Based Learning and packed with real classroom ideas — created by teachers, for teachers 👩‍🏫👨‍🏫

Teachers learning from teachers 💡 Thank you to the teachers on our STEAM Team for making this possible 🙌 Thanks also to @irishamericanpartnership for their valued support 🤝

⬇️ Download Volume 4 now through the link below 🌐📚
https://t.co/Bs5yaQXuuA

@OidePrimarySTEM @OideTechinEd @Education_Ire @Researchirel @traleeesc @NavanESC

[Kathleen Gallagher @firekit]

Chatting about renewal energy and one kid asks "but how does it actually work?"
No better start to a 'Building a wind turbine' workshop 😍
@OidePrimarySTEM
@National_AiE
@esbscienceblast

[Pam Harris @pwharris]

Ratio tables help students see relationships and make sense of proportional situations.
Use contextual Problem Strings to support deep reasoning and flexible thinking.
https://t.co/7jUgxtpkNj

#MathIsFigureOutAble #MTBoS #ITeachMath #Math

[Oide Schools' Support Service, Ireland @oide_Ireland]

Today is the day! ✨

Spreagadh officially began today.

A full week of high-quality, responsive professional learning awaits school leaders and teachers.
Are you ready to be inspired?

Register through: https://t.co/bhy5fqgpEw
#Spreagadh2026 #EducationMatters

[Kathleen Gallagher @firekit]

First time using @LEGO_Education kits for a workshop. Fantastic product and I loved how creative the Ss got as they tried to build death defying fairground rides 🫣
Thanks to @EdCentreDonegal for the loan of kits 👍
@OidePrimarySTEM