Welcome to this latest issue of our [email protected] newsletter, the first in 2023. Whether a new or a long-time subscriber, we hope you find the updates interesting and helpful. 
 
2022 saw us consulting widely on many curriculum developments. This consultation helps to ensure that NCCA’s advice is shaped by feedback from schools, settings, wider education stakeholders and the public. It has been great meeting people in person again during this work. Thank you to everyone who took time to share feedback with us. We’ve now published reports on many of these consultations – on the background papers for three Leaving Certificate subjects; the Draft Primary Curriculum Framework; the Draft Primary Mathematics Curriculum; and the Draft Junior Cycle SPHE Curriculum, with more to follow shortly. The reports on children’s reflections – what they enjoy, dislike and want more of ­in primary school – are a must-read.
 
And there’s news on the research front too with details of a review of literature on the themes of Aistear and a report on Traveller Culture and History to support teaching and learning across the curriculum. The guidelines linked below focus on teaching and learning in care and detention schools, as well as offering us much to reflect on as we think about features of good practice in all schools and settings.
 
We wish you well in the busy weeks ahead and look forward to bringing you more updates in the summer term.