County Donegal Education Support Centre - Week 24 Newsletter (08/06/26 to 14/06/2026)

Week 24 2026 - Weekly Event Newsletter

(08/06/26 to 14/06/26)

‍Dear Principal/Teacher,

Included below is a summary of all CPD events for the upcoming week beginning 8th June 2026 aswell as some other highlights in June 2026 and beyond.

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.
• Oide Events - Details of any upcoming Oide Teacher Professional Training and how to register can be found here.
• Cruinniú na nÓg - Ireland’s national day of free creativity for children and young people, returns on Saturday 6th June 2026, with over 40 free events taking place across Donegal for children aged 0-18years. All events are free of charge to attend. To see events taking place in your area and booking information visit Cruinniú na nÓg | Donegal County Council - Culture Division.

News Feature of the Week

Concern Primary Debates 2025/2026 Final

Congratulations to Scoil Íosagáin in Buncrana and Scoil Cholmcille in Kilmacrennan who have made it through to the Concern Primary Debate final on Monday 8th June. This year's debate programme has thankfully been a great success and has been fantastic for all of us in the Centre to be involved with. Sincere thanks to the Concern Debate team aswell as the local volunteer adjudicators, without your support we would not have been able to run the debate programme.

We would especially like to thank the teaching staff, students, parents and families who helped support the children from the following schools to participate in this year's Concern Primary Debate programme. The phenomenal effort, preparation and enthusiasm the students have displayed has been amazing and we would like to sincerely thank you all for participating in this year's programme and hope you will consider participating again next year.

• St Mary's NS, Stranorlar
• Gaelscoil Adhamhnain
• Holy Family National School, Ballyshannon
• Scoil Cholmcille, Greencastle
• Letterkenny ETNS
• Woodland NS
• Scoil Eoin Baiste, Carrigart
• Dooish NS, Dooish, Ballybofey
• Scoil Chroí Naofa, Carndonagh
• Glencovitt NS, Glencovet, Ballybofey
• Scoil Cholmcille, Kilmacrennan
• St Ernans NS, Ballintra
• Scoil Íosagáin, Buncrana

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