Homework – A valuable exercise or a necessary evil?

  Homework represents a regular link between home and school and as such represents a good opportunity for the development of a practical partnership between parents and teachers. (National Parents’ Council) The negative effects of homework are well known.  They...

Positive Behaviour Week 2015

September 7th-11th is Positive Behaviour Week in RETNS. Due to their very nature, primary school classrooms tend to reflect all the diversity of cultures, identities, backgrounds and families that make up Ireland today. In celebrating that diversity we in RETNS hope...