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Zones of Regulation

Learning to identify how we are feeling is tough for everyone. I hope to master it one day myself! It is especially tough for many

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Star Star ASD – Who am I?

My name is Michelle Lyons-Doyle. I am a primary school teacher living and working in beautiful Co. Wicklow, Ireland.   I graduated in 2010 from

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Sensory Phonics!

My first teacher at primary school in the 1970’s was a very kind but strict lady! Everyday the class would recite the alphabet parrot fashion

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Kitchen Table Stations

I’m not sure if parents realise that teacher-parents also despise remote learning. If I wanted to spend 2 hours a day fighting with someone, I’d

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What about the 9%?

Before all the madness of the will-we-won’t-we open on January 11th, the government were adamant that they were going to reopen schools fully, stating again

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Famous January Birthdays

A nice January project for your class might be to explore the life of someone born that month. Given Irish class sizes, there’s no reason

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