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Doodle Den Is Tackling Inequality After School in Limerick
Conor Neill (6) with his class in the Doodle Den in St Michael’s Infants School in Limerick. Photograph: Brian Gavin/Press 22 By Carl O’Brien A few weeks ago Siobhán Neill took her six-year-old son, Conor, to McDonald’s as a treat. She was about to ask…
Author: The Irish Times
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Programme Identifies How to Improve Children’s Literacy in Disadvantaged Communities
A major research programme has identified an effective approach to improve children’s literacy in disadvantaged communities – and recommended this approach become available to other communities wanting to improve early childhood literacy. Launching the Evaluation Report of Doodle Den, a children’s literacy programme run in…
Author: Childhood Development Initiative
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Intensive after school programme aims to improve childhood literacy
The Tallaght West Childhood Development Initiative (TWCDI) runs an intensive after school programme, Doodle Den that aims to improve childhood literacy in Tallaght West, a Dublin suburb. Listen to the interview with children taking part in the Doodle Den programme >>(TWCDI segment starts at 1:39:45)…
Author: RTE Radio 1
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Initiative to support disadvantaged children receives Presidential endorsement
29th September 2010: President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, attended the Tallaght Stadium today to mark the success of the Tallaght West Childhood Development Initiative, which will support more than 2,000 children through its innovative programmes by 2011. The €15million initial phase of the project has…
Author: TWCDI
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