Dear Principal/Teacher,
Included below is a summary of all CPD events for the upcoming week beginning 17th November 2025 aswell as some other highlights for November and December.
You can also review all of these CPD events in either the Primary or Post Primary courses section of the centre website.
Here is a summary of some other great events/initiatives your school may be interested in:
- NCSE Events - Details of any upcoming NCSE Teacher Professional Training can be found here. To register for any of this training please click here.
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Oide Events - Details of any upcoming Oide Teacher Professional Training can be found here. To register for any of this training please click here.
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Stemtacular Primary STEM Fair 2026 - the STEMTACULAR Primary STEM Fair 2026 (powered by Analog Devices) will take place in Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim on 26th Feb 2026. The closing date for entries is Friday 21st Nov 2025. Please note, spaces are limited so it is important to register your projects as early as possible. This competition is open to primary school students from 2nd to 6th class. To register, please click here.
College Awareness Week (CAW) 2025 - CAW 2025 is due to run from 17th to 23rd Nov 2025. CAW is a national campaign which aims to promote the benefits of going to college, to help students of all ages to become college-ready and to showcase local role models. Further information on upcoming events can be found here with further additional information available on the CAW website.
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START (Schools Teaching Awareness of Randomised Trials) Competition 2025 / 2026 - this officially launched on 10th Nov 2025 for 2025/2026 and is open for registration. It is open to 4th, 5th and 6th class only. To register, please click here. Further information can also be found in this Planning Guide and on the START Competition website.
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Active School Flag Post Primary (ASFPP) 2025 / 2026 - this programme has now been developed to also include Post Primary schools. If you are interested in registering your school under the ASFPP, please join the ASF team at one of the upcoming information sessions on either 2nd Dec 2025 at 7pm or 3rd Dec 2025 at 4:30pm. Further information on the ASFPP can also be found on the website here
- County Donegal Education Support Centre Annual General Meeting (AGM) - this will be held in the Centre in Letterkenny on Wednesday 19th Nov 2025. To register to attend, please click here or click on the image below (which also includes further information).
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New History Teachers' Association of Ireland (HTAI) Branch for Ulster - there will be a new Ulster HTAI Branch officially launched in January 2026 - there are currently HTAI branches for Dublin, Galway, Kerry, North Munster and Waterford. If you are interested in helping to set up this new branch, please email historyteachers@gmail.com. You can also become a member of this new HTAI branch using this registration link.
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NEPS Events - The National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) are running a series of sessions focused on supporting children who are reluctant speakers / selectively mute at school. To register, please click here.
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NABMSE Events - The National Association of Boards of Management in Special Education (NABMSE) are running a series of in-person seminars for school leaders/BOM members of post primary schools over the coming weeks. To register, please click here.
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Wainfest Children's Art Competition - Glenveagh National Park - competition open to all children and young people in Donegal, click here for further information.
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Introduction to VEX Robotics - the information session provided by Dr Gary Cullen and John Conaghan from ATU Letterkenny on Wednesday 5th Nov 2025 was a great success. We will be sending some further communications to all Primary schools on this very soon.
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Scriobh Leabhar 2025 / 2026 - the registration window for this programme has now closed. There has been fantastic interest in this again this year and further communication to those schools who have registered will follow shortly.
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2nd Annual 'Waterford' Competition - 2025 - deadline for registration is 15th Nov 2025, click here for further information.
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National Write a Poem Competition - 2025 (Post Primary) - deadline for registration is 12th Dec 2025, click here for further information.
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All-Island School History Competition - 2025 - deadline for registration is 5th Dec 2025, click here for further information.
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Meet The Scientist Webinar Series 2025 / 2026 - these individual webinars are free and designed for kids in 4th, 5th and 6th class, click here for further information.
