Hello everyone and Happy Easter! March highlights included the Sligo Engineering Fair held at ATU Campus on Sunday, March 3rd. One of our very creative student engineers was onsite to display and demonstrate his ballista and catapult, which he designed and built at school with the help of staff member Troy. Planning Permission for the development of our school site and buildings has been granted. We celebrated this news with a fundraising launch party at school. The children planted an oak tree at the centre of our school site to mark this new phase. Local community member and Slig ..read more

Education for a changing world.  A complete education can no longer be limited to the accumulation of knowledge and the development of some rudimentary academic skills. Children growing up today will need much more. 21st century students must not only be critical thinkers, self-motivated learners, competent problem-solvers, and life-long learners. They also must have well developed qualities of empathy, respect, cooperation, and collaboration.   Children today need an education system that supports initiative, fosters self-motivation, and provides each individual with freedom to ..read more

Gio What we’ve been doing. Hello everyone and Happy Springtime! The month of February began of course with Imbolc and Brigid’s Day, and the celebration of the arrival of spring. Weaving St. Brigid’s crosses quickly expanded into a number of new shapes as we played with the rushes and devised new patterns. Pancake Day marked another important celebration in Irish culture. While “Carnival” is celebrated in other parts of the world with masks, costumes, and parades, here in Ireland we satisfy ourselves with making a feast out of eggs, flour, sugar and milk (and a wild variety of toppings). We c ..read more

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Podcast interview with Maura & Gayle, the founders of Sligo Sudbury School ..read more

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Hello everyone! It’s great to be back at school and to start this new year. Some of us missed school so much we began counting the number of sleeps before going back to school on the day after Christmas. We welcomed two new students this January and sadly said goodbye to one of our veteran students who left us this year to follow her dreams. We wish her every success in her endeavours. We have a new student intern joining us for this term. Nicole is studying Early Childhood Care & Education at ATU Sligo and will intern with us for 12 weeks to experience child-led learning in ..read more

Gayle and Maura chatting with Don Berg about the Sligo Sudbury experience and agency in education. Listen to the podcast here: Agentic Schools ..read more

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Hello everyone! These short few weeks of December have been packed with fun and seasonal excitement. Christmas Market We held an expanded Christmas market early in the month. Student stallholders sold a variety of handmade art & crafts, home baked goodies, pre-loved toys and books, handmade jewellery and trinkets, beauty products, and fashion items. The cream filled meringues topped with chocolate sauce were very successful, selling out in 15 minutes. Staff and parents provided hot soup and drinks and ran a stall of pre-loved items to raise funds to build a parent hub at school. Citizen S ..read more