Parents Association: Useful Links

Following is a list of useful websites which parents may find helpful. If you would like to recommend relevant web sites to other parents, please let us know and we will post the links here.

> National Parents Association organisations:

Gort Community School Parents Association is affiliated with two national Parents Association organisations: NPCpp is the National Parents Council Post Primary; PACCS is the Parents Association of Community and Comprehensive Schools.

Lastest NPCpp newsletter… The annual NPCpp Conference will be held in October 14th-15th in Athlone. All parents are invited to attend.

> Education in Ireland:

Portal for Irish education: www.scoilnet.ie (check out the Parents tab)

NCCA website: developments in Junior Cycle

NCCA website: developments in Senior Cycle

> Education (general)

Rethinking Education – video by Michael Wesch

Study Skills resources from Cybraryman

Open Culture website – free cultural & educational media and free online courses

MIT’s Open Courseware – free online university courses from MIT

> Internet Safety

www.webwise.ie