World Book Day
On World Book Day in March, thirty 1st year B.Ed students from the DCU Church of Ireland Centre were welcomed into Drumcondra National school to read to children from the two junior classes. The students were all preparing for their first school placement experience and in their weekly Religious Education lecture they had been working on creative methods of reading and telling Bible stories. R.E. lecturer Jacqui Wilkinson said ‘We received a great welcome from Ms Healy (principal) and Ms Neale (class teacher) in Drumcondra N.S. The students benefitted from the opportunity to read and discuss Bible stories with the younger children in school in preparation for teaching RE on their two week school placement in Church of Ireland, Methodist and Presbyterian schools in the coming weeks’. A return visit, this time to the senior room is planned for after Easter.