Curriculum

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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The Circle Bookmarks

by admin on 18/05/2013

The Circle BookmarksThis is a handy, bookmark-sized, resource for pupils who are learning about the circle in maths. It explains the terminology radius, diameter, area, circumference, arc and sector. There are two bookmarks per page. If you find that the bookmarks are too large, set your printer preferences to print two to a page.

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Averages Bookmarks

by admin on 18/05/2013

Averages BookmarksThis is a handy, bookmark-sized, resource for pupils who are learning about averages. It explains the terminology mean, median, mode and range. There are two bookmarks per page. If you find that the bookmarks are too large, set your printer preferences to print two to a page.

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The Sleeping Baobab TreeThe Sleeping Baobab Tree by Paula Leyden, like its predecessor The Butterfly Heart, is set in Zambia. One morning twelve-year-old Fred wakes up with an unaccountable sense of foreboding, which his friend Bul-Boo, one of the twins from next door, insists is just his imagination. However, the feeling persists – and grows stronger when Fred’s scary and extremely eccentric great-granny, Nokokulu, asks him to accompany her on a trip to an ancient burial site called Ng’ombe Ilede, a place described by their teacher, Sister Leonisa, as the Place of Death. [click to continue…]

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Ailfí agus an VaimpírIs buachaill óg é Ailfí. Oibríonn a athair sa phictiúrlann agus tá a mháthair i dteach altranais , an-thinn. Is í Lindsí feiglhí an tí agus tugann sí aire do Ailfí. Tagann Ailfí ar Mharius sa scioból don chéad uair agus faigheann sé amach gur vaimpír é. Tá Ailfí chun cabhair a thabhairt do Mharius cónra a fháil agus a mhuintir a aimsiú mar tá siad áit éigin i dTrasalváin. Deireann Ailfí le Lindsí go bhfuil Marius chun fanacht leis agus cuireann siad bréagriocht air. [click to continue…]

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Fractions, Decimals, Percentages Test

April 16, 2013

When pupils have learned their Fractions, Decimals and Percentages Facts, this test will assess how well they have learned them. It is a simple grid where pupils have to fill in the missing equivalent facts. (.pdf file 44.2KB)

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Life in the Sixties

April 15, 2013

The 1960s was a time of great change in many countries around the world including Ireland. This change took place in politics, culture and social norms. This is a template for individual pupil project work which will allow them to take time to delve deeper into certain events of this decade. It gives pupils lots [...]

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Book Quiz

April 15, 2013

This 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 [...]

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Wildflower Girl Table Quiz

April 14, 2013

Table 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 [...]

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Weave Silk Art

April 11, 2013

Twitter is great! Last night Bianca Ní Ghrógáin (@groganbee) Tweeted a link to this visual art website called Weave Silk. As next week is Digital Art Week, I decided to let my pupils have a go at creating some digital art using the site. They’ve had great fun using the site for homework and posting [...]

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Easter 1916 Rising

April 11, 2013

This video show great original footage of the devastating aftermath of the Easter 1916 Rising. It shows the destruction caused to the city’s buildings after only five days of fighting.

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Gifts of the Holy Spirit

April 8, 2013

This Powerpoint presentation explains the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, where they came from and what each one of them individually means. This is part of the preparation for Confirmation. The presentation may be viewed in the embedded Slideshare below or the file may also be downloaded below.

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Fruits of the Holy Spirit

April 8, 2013

This Powerpoint presentation explains the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit, where they came from and what each one of them individually means. This is part of the preparation for Confirmation. The presentation may be viewed in the embedded Slideshare below or the file may also be downloaded below.

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The Rite of Confirmation

April 8, 2013

This Powerpoint presentation explains the Rite of Confirmation, the part of the mass where the Confirmation Ceremony itself takes place. It explains how the Rite of Confirmation itself is made up of four parts. This is part of the preparation for Confirmation. The presentation may be viewed in the embedded Slideshare below or the file [...]

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Easter 1916 Rising

April 8, 2013

This video explains a little about the personalities involved in the 1916 Rising, as well as the results of the Rising. It contains some actual video footage from the time.

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