NCCA marks 10th Anniversary of Primary School Curriculum

The NCCA hopes to get schools to submit a captioned photo for an NCCA initiative to mark the 10th Anniversary of the Primary School Curriculum. It shold only take 5 minutes to submit a new or existing photo through the website at www.getsnapping.ncca.ie

What’s ‘getsnapping’ all about/not about?
It's an initiative to highlight the hard work and dedication of teachers and principals in making the Primary School Curriculum an integral part of the classroom since its launch ten years ago. We encourage all schools to share your curriculum experiences by submitting captioned digital photos of the curriculum in action. It's not a photo competition.

How does a school participate?
Every school is invited to contribute up to three digital photos of everyday moments of the curriculum in action in your school.

The photos are contributed via the user-friendly website www.getsnapping.ncca.ie
The school probably has lots of digital photos on file already. Why not use one of these? Sample photos can be viewed at the website.

Will it take long to participate?
Absolutely not. Participation is very easy and will take just a few minutes.
Your photos can be contributed in just three simple clicks using. Visit the How to submit page at www.getsnapping.ncca.ie .

You simply attach up to three photos (with a caption) to the online submission form and then click send.

Parental permission for the children appearing in the three photos will have to be sought, but we have a sample letter for easy download to make this task easier.

What happens next?
Photos will be displayed locally through the education centre network and nationally by the NCCA. The displayed photos will publicly acknowledge and share the work of schools.

Every participating school will receive a digital album of photos and an e-certificate in acknowledgement of their involvement.

The photos will form a backdrop to a series of events over the coming year which will pose probing questions about the requirements of our primary curriculum in the twenty-first century.

If you require information on parental consent for the pictures used see. Webwise: Internet Safety Information and Advice for Schools.
This publication focuses on guidelines, educational resources and technical options relating to safety on the Internet at school level. Included is a section on developing an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) along with sample templates. It also contains practical advice on how to use ths Internet safely in schools.