'Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.'
~ Anton Chekhov

Morning in a Pine Forest (1889)
🎨 Ivan Shishkin

'I guess there are never enough books.'

John Steinbeck

Many thanks to the Wicklow People for highlighting all the great work that went into our Culture Day celebrations last term! #community #care #respect #corevalues Kildare Wicklow ETB

5 days to go until the Ethos Leads ETBI National Symposium: Let's Talk Ethos event! 📢

The event will have expert keynotes, thought-provoking panel discussions, and interactive workshops tailored for your leadership.

To find out more and see the full agenda, please visit the

Minister Foley announces phased return to normal Leaving Certificate outcomes, confirms date for Leaving Certificate 2024 results 👉gov.ie/en/press-relea…

Joe Rolston

Last Thursday, our 5th year students met with Jackie Fox, who gave a powerful talk on her journey to bringing Coco’s Law into effect. We thank Jackie for her warm engagement with our students & staff, it was certainly a message that will resonate for a long time to come.

Webinar exploring key ideas in 'King Lear': for post-primary English teachers, via Wexford Education Support Centre & Joe Rolston -

Tuesday 7th May, 7.00pm.

Free registration:
ecwexford.ie/cpd-courses/po…

#edchatie

✨Tomorrow night, I’ll be giving my “Teaching Academic Writing” one more airing!!
Thanks so much to Tralee Education Support Centre and INOTE
Hope to see you there!!

'Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.'
~ Seneca

Orchard in Spring (1881)
🎨 Alfred Sisley

‘I sometimes think that people’s hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows what’s at the bottom. All you can do is imagine by what comes floating to the surface every once in a while.’

Haruki Murakami, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

'I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.'

Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“We are like a tree whose roots divide and subdivide again and again as they spread outward. Our neighbours are the same. Their roots too spread and interlace with ours. Our trunks are separate but beneath the soil an inextricably tangled network of fibres.”
~ C.R.Milne #Monday

'Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.'
~ Thomas Hardy

In the Springtime (1880)
🎨 Claude Monet

Next weekend is looking really promising and could be the lift so many people and businesses need. Lawnmowers will be roaring and garden centre car parks will be jammed🤞

'Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know.'

Alberto Manguel

A free webinar on exploring key ideas of light and dark in 'King Lear', via Wexford Education Support Centre and hosted by Joe Rolston.

Tuesday 7th May, 7.00-8.00pm.

Registration:
ecwexford.ie/cpd-courses/po…

#edchatie INOTE

'A room without books is like a body without a soul.'

Marcus Tullius Cicero

'He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.'

Victor Hugo, Les Misérables