Féilte Scoile is Kinsale Community School’s unique yearly teaching initiative which pioneers sharing educational practices with each other. Our eighth Féilte Scoile took place on 5th October 2022.

The theme of this year’s Féilte Scoile was entitled ’’ Leadership for All, Inclusion & Student Voice’’. Fourteen staff members, supported by students of our school delivered six informative and inspiring workshops which showcased many of the innovative approaches to inclusive education within our school. All staff were in attendance, along with members of the board of management including Chairperson, Sr Rita Twomey. The student council was represented at the event by Caoimhe McGuinness Head Girl, and Daniel Patton, Head Boy.

Workshop 1: Senior Cycle Target Sheets and the use of Digital Feedback at LCPE

Ger O’Callaghan & Alan Downing

Workshop 2: KCS Does LGBTQ+

Roy Sheehan, Fiona Hedderman & Janet Forest

Workshop 3: Effective Teaching and Learning for our Diverse Learners

Maeve McNamara & Leona Forde

Workshop 4: Global Citizenship Education & The Ukrainian Experience

Aoife Houllihan, Evan Kearns & Yvonne Croghan

Workshop 5: Curricular Inclusion -​ Level 2 Learning Programme​ LCA Experience

Anne Kelly & Emma Dwyer

Workshop 6: BT Young Scientists & VEX Robotics in our School

Shaun Holly & Eddie Farren, with students Lilian Gleave, Eliza Duncan, Áine O’Rielly, Gerard Gillen, Isabelle Linehan, Dylan Collins & Oisín Joyce.

This year’s event continues in our schools tradition of supporting teachers to improve their practice in order to enhance the experience of our students. The feedback from the workshops was resoundingly positive. Principal Fergal McCarthy stated ‘‘Today was an excellent showcase of all that is special about our school. The presentations were quite simply brilliant and represented a dynamic forward thinking staff.’’

The following word cloud was created including staff takeaways from the event: