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Safe Cross Code Dance

by admin on 20/05/2013

If you are teaching Road Safety lessons in SPHE, you might like to teach the Safe Cross Code song and dance. I think kids might enjoy this!

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Book Quiz

by admin on 15/04/2013

QuizzesThis is a short quiz on the theme of books. There are five rounds of six questions as well as a tie-break round. All answers are provided. There are some questions about books in general as well as questions about the novels Under the Hawthorn Tree, The Iron Man, War Horse and Narnia – The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

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Wildflower Girl Table Quiz

by admin on 14/04/2013

Wildflower Girl Table QuizTable Quiz based on the book “Wildflower Girl” by Marita Conlon Mc Kenna. It consists of 127 Powerpoint slides with all of the questions based on the book. There are eight rounds with six questions in each round. All of the answers, along with a Tie-Break round are provided. Hopefully, there is a mixture of easy enough questions and some to challenge the memory of the pupils. The aim really is that pupils should be able to get a good few correct with the harder ones there to sort out winners. [click to continue…]

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Maths History

by admin on 29/03/2013

Maths HistoryThis Powerpoint presentation shows a selection of images from the pages of a 4th Class Maths Book from 1940′s Ireland. It shows examples of old money (pounds, shillings and pence), old measures of length (miles, perches, furlongs), old measures of capacity (gallons, pecks and bushels), old shop bills and much more. It’s a bit of nostalgia with lots of unusual language, but it might be worth showing pupils what 4th class pupils had to learn for maths in 1940′s Ireland. [click to continue…]

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Coastal Wildlife

by admin on 27/03/2013

Coastal Wildlife

Powerpoint presentation detailing wildlife to be found around Ireland’s coastline. It mostly deals with birdlife found on the coast. This resource has been digitised from a filmstrip resource made available to schools by the Department of Education in the 1970′s and 1980′s. Some parts made be dated and it is up to the teacher to make it relevant to the present day. [click to continue…]

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Sea Life: Movement

March 25, 2013

This Powerpoint resource for senior classes from Sea Life Bray focuses on the importance of movement as one of the seven life processes which animals carry out. It shows how different animals and fish move, giving examples. It features the octopus, the cownose ray and different types of fish.

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Sea Life: Adaptations

March 25, 2013

This Powerpoint resource for senior classes from Sea Life Bray focuses on animal habitats and how, over the course of many years, some animals have adapted their surroundings to make it easier for them to survive there. The presentation shows the different ways in which animals have adapted, giving examples. It also explains to pupils [...]

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Sea Life: Food Chains

March 25, 2013

This Powerpoint resource for senior classes from Sea Life Bray focuses on food chains. It explains the different life processes that all animals have to carry out. As well as explaining what food chains are and showing examples of them, it also explains the vocabulary associated with them – producers, consumers, carnivores, herbivores, omnivores, predators, [...]

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Sea Life: Classification

March 25, 2013

This Powerpoint resource for senior classes from Sea Life Bray focuses on how the estimated three million different types of animals in the world are classified. It teaches pupils the language of animal classification: Fish, Birds, Mammals, Amphibians, Insects, Reptiles, Crustaceans. It explains to pupils why animals belong to a certain classification. Featuring excellent images, [...]

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Sea Life: Habitats

March 25, 2013

This Powerpoint resource for senior classes from Sea Life Bray focuses on the different habitats of animals. Whether on land or in water, different animals like different habitats. Some animals choose a habitat because it suits them for a particular reason. It also discusses why certain conditions determine whether an animal or fish decides to [...]

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Ireland’s Call

March 10, 2013

Use this video to help teach your pupils the anthem “Ireland’s Call”. The lyrics can be downloaded below.  

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Amhrán na bhFiann

March 10, 2013

Use this video to help your pupils learn “Amhrán na bhFiann”, our National Anthem. The lyrics can be downloaded below.

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The Iron Man Workpack

February 28, 2013

This workpack for the novel “The Iron Man”, breaks the book into eighteen day’s work. There is an after-reading activity, homework activity and suggested vocabulary for each day. Key comprehension strategies are utilised to assess understanding of the reading. There is also a list of possible questions after each chapter.

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Cén Clár Teilifíse?

February 19, 2013

Seo cur i láthair Powerpoint ag múineadh na cláir teilifíse difriúla – cartúin, clár grinn, clár dúlra, tráth na gceist, clár spóirt srl. Foinse: Paddy O’ Shea (comhad .ppt 762KB)

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Cén t-Am É?

February 17, 2013

Luaschártaí le cur ar an mballa in aice leis an chlog sa seomra ranga chun an t-am a mhúineadh. (comhad.pdf 106KB

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