Category: School Closure
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By Divya Jindal-Snape Our research suggests that certain dispositions and environmental dimensions can lead to successful educational and life transitions (Glazzard et al., 2020; Gordon et al., 2019; Jindal-Snape et al. 2020, 2021; Jindal-Snape &…
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By Colette Moran It is indisputable that the Covid-19 school closures and subsequent lockdowns have had a significant impact on young people in Ireland. Children have missed many significant milestones including communions, confirmations and graduations.…
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By Ellie Grout Something quite profound has happened in light of the coronavirus pandemic: national and localised lockdowns, distance and blended learning, and (understandable) issues with attendance of both students and staff have all shed…
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Transition, well-being and the return to school By Jo FittzGerald Any transition is a time of change and can be extremely challenging for anyone. For those children moving from primary to secondary school, or indeed experiencing…
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By Samuel Stones, Jonathan Glazzard, Divya Jindal-Snape and Chris Murray; Artwork Catriona Laird This comic illustrates the impact of Covid-19 transitions on school educators and the pupils in their care. It demonstrates how transition experience can…
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By Samuel Stones, Jonathan Glazzard, Divya Jindal-Snape and Chris Murray; Artwork Catriona Laird This comic illustrates the impact of Covid-19 transitions on school educators and the pupils in their care. It demonstrates how transition experience can…
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This blog presents the voice of children from around the world about COVID-19 and its impact on them through poetry and drawings. They created these powerful and moving pieces in a locked-down world. This is a…
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This blog presents the voice of children from around the world about COVID-19 and its impact on them through poetry and drawings. They created these powerful and moving pieces in a locked-down world. This is a…
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By Divya Jindal-Snape As Scotland prepares the route map for coming out of lockdown, the First Minister, highlighted the importance of prioritising those children and young people’s return to school who are to transition to primary…
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By Divya Jindal-Snape As Scotland prepares the route map for coming out of lockdown, the First Minister, highlighted the importance of prioritising those children and young people’s return to school who are to transition to primary…
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By Anj Snape and Divya Jindal-Snape; artwork Ashling Larkin COVID-19 has triggered multiple and multi-dimensional transitions for everyone. This blog post is in the form of a comic. ‘Lost, and found, in transitions’ tells the story…