Christmas Story Writing Templates

Christmas Story Writing Templates

This seasonal resource is aimed at providing pupils in junior/middle classes with picture prompts for practising their narrative writing skills. Each writing template contains three Christmas-themed images. The job of the pupil is to connect these three elements into...
Drama Telephone Game

Drama Telephone Game

This set of cards, aimed at pupils in middle and senior classes, can be used for developing a telephone improvisation for a drama lesson. The line given on the card should be the opening line or one of the opening lines in the telephone conversation. The line should...
Book Review – Tír na nÓg

Book Review – Tír na nÓg

I read and used this book with some 4th class pupils and my daughter. It’s a wonderfully simple retelling of the traditional Irish legend of the same name. In this retelling, Niamh is the beautiful, forever young protagonist of Tír na nÓg who notices the kind...
Book Review – Snow Pony Express

Book Review – Snow Pony Express

I have recently read “Snow Pony Express” from the Rowan Tree Stables series, by former champion amateur National Hunt Jockey Nina Carberry. It’s a fun, adventurous book about two close friends, Grace and Aaron, and their ponies, Daisy and Nipper. The...
Seachtain na hEolaíochta Bunting

Seachtain na hEolaíochta Bunting

This resource as Gaeilge consists of a set of chevron-shaped bunting with a Space theme. There are 11 pages in this resource. The bunting spells out “Seachtain na hEolaíochta”. The bunting has a dark space background with each letter printed on an A4 page. The bunting...