by admin | Feb 15, 2016 | Competitions
I previously wrote a blog post about “Saol Faoi Shráid” an animated children’s TV series created by Meangadh Fibín for TG4. The series is aimed at 3-6 year olds and follows the adventures of brother and sister duo, Glibín & Ribín, aliens from the...
by admin | Feb 14, 2016 | Book Reviews
This is the fourth book in the series. If you’ve read ‘Rugby Spirit’, ‘Rugby Warrior’ or ‘Rugby Rebel’ then I’m sure you will love this book as well. But rest assured you do not need to read the others to enjoy Rugby...
by admin | Feb 13, 2016 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Infants, Number
This resource is aimed at pupils in infants/first classes or SEN pupils. Its purpose is to assess the ability of the pupil to correctly count objects, in this case, cupcakes. The focus is on numbers 6-15 so that the pupil has experience of bridging a ten when...
by admin | Feb 13, 2016 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Reading
This resource is aimed at pupils in junior classes or SEN pupils with speech and language difficulties. It assumes an ability to read. The pizza vocabulary would also need to be taught in advance. Its aim is to assess whether pupils can match the pizza-related words...
by admin | Feb 13, 2016 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Miscellaneous
Lots of schools have recently been adopting Station Teaching as a methodology for the teaching of either literacy or numeracy. An example of types of stations for literacy stations in a classroom would be: spelling station; phonics station; creative writing station;...
