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A New Era for
Arts Education

The New Primary Curriculum is currently being rolled out across Ireland, with Music, Drama and Art at its core. These subjects continue to be a vital way to support children's holistic development, creativity and wellbeing.

Curriculum Wheel
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Seven Key Competencies

The new curriculum framework focuses on 7 key competencies that children will develop across the 5 curriculum areas.

Seven Key Competencies

Teacher Ratings of Key Competencies in Our Music, Drama and Art Lessons

Making Time for the Arts

Arts Education now has a minimum monthly time allocation, rather than a fixed weekly slot — giving schools more flexibility for immersive, integrated learning.

Monthly time allocations by subject

Three Shared Strands

Music, Art and Drama now share the same three strands, making it easier to integrate the arts lessons and to create planning materials.

Three Shared Strands

Thematic Teaching

An emphasis on thematic teaching, will allow children to make deep, meaningful connections by investigating a central idea or topic through the shared lenses of Music, Drama and Art.

The Arts Bundle

dabbledoo provides everything you need to deliver the new Arts curriculum on one platform.

The Arts Bundle

What's Included:

3 Subjects, 1 Login
Interactive resources, videos and worksheets
Weekly lessons linking subjects and themes
Planning content and teachers' manuals
School training and support
Free access for support teachers

What Teachers Say

Spark a lifelong
love of the arts
in your school

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