Programme 129, Paddy Madden on teaching spring, and Chinese (4-3-12)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney Report on introducing Chinese to Irish schools by Barry Hennessy On this programme environmentalist and educator Paddy Madden discusses how teachers can mark springtime in their classes. He also bemoans the lack of biodiversity in the landscaping of newly built schools. Paddy's book, Go Wild at School has just been republished and is available directly from him. The licence for teachers to use frogspawn in their classrooms, mentioned  by Paddy, is available here.