Dates For Your Diary For the New School Year

Dates For Your Diary For the New School Year

Now in its sixth consecutive year, this hugely popular post is back again. So many teachers make use of this list while they are making plans for seasonal and related activities in the classroom during the school year. Many thanks again to Ciara Reilly (@PrimEdTeacher...
Book Review: Leo’s War

Book Review: Leo’s War

“Leo’s War”, written by Patricia Murphy, is a wartime adventure story which takes place in Rome during World War II at a time when the Germans occupied Italy. Leo and his sister Ruby live with their mother just outside Rome and their father is away...
Compass Points

Compass Points

It’s a really important geography skill that pupils can orient themselves according to the compass in the classroom. This simple FREE resource consists of the main compass points of N, S, E, W as well as the secondary compass points of NW, NE, SW and SE. Find...
Book Review: Spies

Book Review: Spies

Spies by Brian Gallagher is a book about three friends – Johnny, Stella and Alice – growing up during the Irish War of Independence. Stella is Canadian with a father who is an RAF wing commander, Alice and her family own the Mill Hotel of Balbriggan and Johnny is a...
Toilet Signs

Toilet Signs

These colourful signs (a set in English and a set as Gaeilge) are for the toilet area in the classroom. They consist of a sign for the boys’ and the girls’ toilets as well as some toilet rules. Toilet rules in the pack include: “Close the...