As part of  HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing Podcast, host Noreen Turley explores Every School Day Matters: Supporting Attendance with Áine O’Keeffe, National Lead, Tusla Wellbeing Project and Director of TESS, and Dr Abigail Collins, National Clinical Lead, Child Health Public Health / National Healthy Childhood Programme (NHCP).   Áine explains why we all have a role in promoting regular school attendance and reducing absenteeism, highlighting that missed days add up and children can miss out on learning, friendships and development when they are not in school.   Available here, or wherever you get your podcasts
	Food Without Borders features recipes from 27 countries around the world – one for each letter of the alphabet, plus a traditional Irish recipe. Alongside each recipe, readers will find stories of the journeys the cooks and their families have undertaken to arrive in Ireland, and of their time here so far.   The cookbook was created by and for home cooks, and the intention is for schools and families throughout Ireland to be to learn from other cultures while experimenting with cooking the dishes.

  Welcome to the Tusla Education Support Service (TESS) website.

TESS operates under the Education (Welfare) Act, 2000, a piece of legislation that emphasises the promotion of school attendance, participation and retention. TESS has three strands namely the Statutory Educational Welfare Service (EWS) and the two school support services the Home School Community Liaison Scheme (HSCL) and the School Completion Programme (SCP). The three TESS strands work together collaboratively with schools, families and other relevant services to achieve the best educational outcomes for children and young people.

You can find out general information in relation to TESS by clicking on the relevant icon.