Dear parents and guardians,
We are writing to inform you about an important survey of primary school communities which the Department of Education and Youth is conducting.
This is an important survey for all schools and it is first time that a survey of this scale is being run by the department.
Please read the letter attached and further information is also available here: www.gov.ie/primaryschoolsurvey
Kind regards,
Reconfiguration and Schools Property Management Section
Department of Education & Youth
The Centre for Talented Youth, Ireland at Dublin City University provides specialised courses for young people with exceptional academic ability in verbal, numerical or abstract reasoning. As the start of the new academic year is upon us, we wish to identify students aged between 6 and 12 years who may fall into this category. If you have a student or students who are performing in the 90th percentile or above in the standardised school tests, they are likely to make good candidates for our assessment. The CTYI assessments are better able to pick up on exceptional academic ability, giving a clearer distinction between a bright child and a high ability child.
Students who qualify for CTYI may participate in the courses run by the Centre in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Online. We offer 8-week, Saturday classes during both the autumn and spring, and 5-day summer courses in July. These courses are in subject areas that fall outside of those offered on the primary school curriculum, and typically include topics such as Forensic Science, Novel Writing, Engineering, Computers and Animation, Marine Biology and The World of Harry Potter etc.
