✓ Teachers in the senior primary classroom teaching 3rd - 6th classes. 

✓ Teachers who want to enhance their teaching of literacy in both Irish and English.

✓ Anyone with a love of literacy teaching looking for new, interactive ideas and resources.

✓ This course is created to the highest standards and is in line with the requirements of the Department of Education and Skills. 

✓ Participants are required to complete 10 hours of online material and 10 hours of offline study. 

✓ At the end of each module participants are required to complete a reflective task which will form their learning log. 

✓ Participants are required to make two posts to the forum as part of each module. 

✓ At the end of the course participants are required to complete a final reflective assignment, fill in a course evaluation form and upload their completed learning log.

✓ Upon successful completion of the course participants will receive an email with their certificate of completion.

✓ The course must be completed within the specific dates chosen. Due to a limited number of places it will not be possible to extend the time. 

✓ All elements of the coursework must be completed within the dates chosen. Participants can work at their own pace and in their own time to complete the course. 

✓  The course materials will be available to download while the course is open. Participants will not have access to the online course material after the course is completed.

✓ Payment of the course fee confirms your place on the course. Payment for summer courses is non-refundable and non-transferrable. 

✓ Practical strategies to teach the writing genres in both English and Irish.

✓ Downloadable resources worth over €150. Writing templates, games, displays and exemplars included. 

✓ Planning templates: Yearly and fortnightly sample templates in line with the Primary Language Curriculum. 

✓ Suggestions on how to increase teaching time for literacy with an integrated, cross-curricular approach.

✓ Sample topics for each writing genre. 

✓ The writing genres as Gaeilge - Vocabulary, planning templates and tips for teachers.

✓ Strategies to teach reading, writing and oral language in an integrated way based on the writing genres. 

✓ This course was created by Michelle Hannafin and Dr. Mairead Hennessy. 

✓ Michelle runs 'Michelle's Innovative Ideas' and creates high quality resources for teachers. 

✓ Mairead worked as a literacy advisor in PSDT for 12 years and is currently the principal of a large primary school. 

✓ Both Mairead and Michelle have designed and delivered a wide range of summer courses and workshops across a number of Education Centres.

✓ Mairead and Michelle are the course tutors and will be supporting participants throughout the course.