Welcome to SAOL

SAOL is offered free of charge to all registered users. As a charity, we do gratefully accept any donations to help defray the costs of production. If you’d like to donate, please contact us for our IBAN.

Our SAOL delivery site is intended to be a one-stop shop to house all the materials. To present any SAOL resource videos to your students, you will need a laptop or other internet-enabled device, and a projection method with sound capabilities. Access to a printer and/or photocopier may be helpful if you would like to print off the Teacher Resource Guide or the student handouts.

Our hope is that SAOL is available to all students. If you have a student with additional needs, please contact us to see how we can assist.

Using SAOL as a resource in your classroom, and having An Tobar Nua to your school for a Student Retreat supports different curriculums. SAOL is designed to support the Religious Education Curriculum, while the Retreats we offer contribute to the Wellbeing Curriculum. They are complementary, in that both cover topics which are relevant to students today in an engaging way that provides practical well-being tips and encourages faith and spiritual engagement. Students may appreciate a deeper dive into the topics of SAOL after an An Tobar Nua Retreat, or in preparation for one.

You can use SAOL resources for as many classes and as many year groups as needed. The additional resources for each episode allow for a variety of class formats and requirements.

Accounts are designed to be specific to one teacher, so we would recommend that each user creates their own account. This will help prevent playback issues if the same login is trying to access content at the same time.

Although SAOL has been created to line up with the Learning Outcomes of both the Junior and Senior cycles, you are welcome to use it as a resource outside of the classroom, also - for example, a parish youth group or youth club.

We think so! Although SAOL series shares the Christian perspective on different wellbeing topics, we also give tips on how to grow those topics in a student’s life, irrespective of their faith background.

We are sorry you’re having trouble with your login. If you’ve tried resetting your password, and are still having difficulty, please contact saol@antobarnuaretreats.com for assistance and we will help you within the next business day.

We had our first in-person teacher training day in February 2025 and plan to provide more opportunities for continued professional development throughout the year. In addition to in-person training days, we provide online training workshops, and are taking bookings for the 2025-26 school year. Please contact us on SAOL@antobarnuaretreats.com to take part in our next session.

The Teacher’s Resource Document is available as a .pdf and formatted so that it is easy to print at your school. There are learning outcomes included at the end of the document, so we recommend selecting the pages you’d like to print.

Each video ranges from 12-15 minutes. Most include 3-4 specific moments where you can pause the video and facilitate a discussion or an activity.

Yes! We are in the process of formatting SAOL so that it is user friendly on a phone/tablet as well as a laptop.

Yes – closed captioning/subtitles are available in English for all videos by clicking the cc button next to the volume control button at the bottom of the video.

SAOL will shortly be available in Spanish! Contact us at saol@antobarnuaretreats.com if you are interested in hearing more about when it will be available.

SAOL Sonas is created for all year groups and works well with junior cycle students and An Dara SAOL is specifically made for senior cycle students.