Webinars

These innovative webinars intend to support teachers in facilitating learning in Maths, Science and STEM in the primary setting. Each webinar shares practical resources, ideas and learning experiences, to support teachers both in school and at home.

In Autumn/Winter 2020, the PDST Primary STEM team presented a series of live webinars. All four webinars support  STEM engagement in both school and blended learning contexts. Within each, there is focus on key elements in the teaching, learning and assessment of STEM such as thematic planning, integration, inquiry and playful pedagogies. Each workshop contains ideas and resources designed to ignite enthusiasm for rich STEM learning. The recordings of each webinar can be accessed below. Please click on the STEM Ar Scoil icon to access the resources from the webinars. 

In May and June 2020, the Primary STEM team designed and presented a series of four live webinars titled ‘STEM sa Bhaile’. The purpose of each webinar was to share practical resources, ideas and learning experiences to support teachers in the area of STEM, both in school and at home, as teachers navigated distance learning.  The recordings of each webinar can be accessed below. Please click on the STEM sa Bhaile icon to access the resources from the webinars. 

While schools have reopened, these resources could be easily adapted for classroom use or used in blended learning. These activities would also be very helpful for teachers supporting very high risk pupils or pupils who are isolating at home due to COVID-19 guidelines. 

This webinar explores how playfulness can be infused into the teaching of Maths and Science. As well as discussing child-led play in the junior classes, we look at how playful approaches to Maths and Science can be used throughout the primary school.

Number Sense is about having a competency with numbers and being able to use them flexibly. This 30 minute webinar explores the importance of developing number sense with all pupils. It examines how carefully crafted number talks are a powerful teaching and learning strategy to develop number sense.