by admin | Dec 29, 2010 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, English, Writing
These flashcards are to help with the teaching of writing a formal or informal letter. They include greetings to be used, abbreviations for people and closing remarks. (.pdf file 167KB) Download File… Log In RegisterThis content is for members...
by admin | Nov 2, 2010 | 5th/6th, Class Novel
This is the second book in the famine trilogy. At seven, Peggy made a terrifying journey through famine-stricken Ireland. Now thirteen, and determined to make a new life for herself, she sets off alone across the Atlantic to America. Will she ever see her family...
by admin | Nov 2, 2010 | 5th/6th, Class Novel
Six stories — one set in Dublin, the others in the countryside — about children who get caught up in the War of Independence and suffer dire consequences. Mattie Foley dreams of escaping the harshness of life in the Dublin slums, but her dreams and reality become...
by admin | Nov 1, 2010 | 5th/6th, Class Novel
Sophie and Hugh are left homeless when their house is bombed during the London Blitz. Their mother is seriously injured and their Dad is away fighting, so the children are sent to their grandfather in Ireland. Sophie is scared – they have never met grandfather but his...
by admin | Oct 28, 2010 | 5th/6th, Class Novel
The dramatic story of the Norman conquest of Ireland in the 12th century. Full of battles and warfare, but a story of love, too, between an unlikely pair – wilful and wild Irish princess Aoife, and Strongbow, the greatest of the Norman knights to come to Ireland. A...
