by admin | Aug 27, 2017 | Guest Post
This ever popular post is back for the fifth year, thanks again to Ciara Reilly (@PrimEdTeacher on Twitter) for compiling it. It is an annual list of dates to keep in mind when doing lesson planning for the forthcoming school year. It also includes dates of...
by admin | Aug 27, 2017 | Miscellaneous
This set of classroom motivation posters is designed to create a positive atmosphere in the classroom and to motivate pupils to achieve and to be the best that they can be. If you wish to display them outside, or at the entrance to the classroom, there is a header...
by admin | Aug 27, 2017 | Book Reviews
I really enjoyed “The Easter Rising 1916 – Molly’s Diary” which was written by Patricia Murphy and I don’t think I’m the only one who would enjoy it. Molly’s Diary is a wonderful story about a twelve year old girl who is a trained first aider...
by admin | Aug 26, 2017 | Free
This free resource contains two simple rules for classroom interaction to allow good communication to take place. It reinforces to pupils that one person should be speaking at a time so that “When you talk, I listen” and “When I talk, you...
by admin | Aug 25, 2017 | Resources
What do you include in an Oral Language scheme for your class for the year? A couple of years ago, I put together some oral language resources/ideas for the classes in my school. It included some oral language resources which we’ve gathered up over the years,...
by admin | Aug 25, 2017 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Quizzes, Science
This table quiz, with questions based on a Polar Regions theme, comprises eight rounds of six questions, a tie-break round and answers to all questions on 147 Powerpoint slides. Hopefully, there is a mixture of easy enough questions and some to challenge the better...
by admin | Aug 25, 2017 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Labhairt, Scríbhneoireacht
Sa chomhad seo tá liosta briathra ag baint leis an Scoil. Bheadh sé oiriúnach do dhaltaí a bhéas ag déanamh scríbhneoireacht cruthaitheach sa seomra ranga faoin scoil. Bheadh sé úsáideach freisin le haghaidh obair ó bhéal sa seomra ranga. Tá dhá bhileog sa chomhad...
by admin | Aug 24, 2017 | 3rd/4th, AEN, Number, Resource Packs
This multiplication resource pack is to help pupils consolidate their knowledge of times tables facts. It covers tables from x2 to x10. It can either be used as a teaching tool or as an assessment tool. It would also be very suitable for a group working on number in...
by admin | Aug 24, 2017 | 1st/2nd, Infants, Reading
Dolch words are a list of 220 “service words” developed in the 1940s by William Dolch. They consist of a series of sets of words which are considered to be vocabulary which occurs most frequently in children’s reading material. Although some of the words in the lists...
by admin | Aug 24, 2017 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Drama-
This is the fourth in our new set of drama resources for the classroom. The 20 cards in the resource provide scenarios for role play/improvisation in the classroom. Each card provides the name of a pretty useless product. Working in pairs, pupils have to persuade...
by admin | Aug 24, 2017 | Free
Acmhainn nua é seo atá saor in aisce. Tá trí bhileog san acmhainn leis na frásaí “Seo Duit”; “Go Raibh Maith Agat” agus “Tá Fáilte Romhat”. Is dócha go mbeidh siad oiriúnach sa seomra ranga agus tú ag míúineadh béasanna bunúsach i...
by admin | Aug 23, 2017 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, AEN, Infants, Number, Resource Packs
This resource provides a range of numeracy activities to be completed using links. They can be used to consolidate pupils’ knowledge of number and basic operations. Links are regularly used in infant classrooms for work on patterns and for fine motor work....
by admin | Aug 22, 2017 | Resource Packs, Teaching News
As many of you may know, I started teaching in a newly established Autism Unit attached to a mainstream school in September 2013. It was a massive learning curve for me which took me a while to get my head around as it is a totally different way of teaching compared...
by admin | Aug 21, 2017 | AEN, Infants, Phonics, Reading
This resource is geared towards younger pupils and SEN pupils. It is to be used to reinforce alphabetical order. It is based on the lower and upper case letters of the alphabet. There are 13 cards containing sequences of six letters of the alphabet in all files of...
by admin | Aug 21, 2017 | Back to School
This is a great activity to do on the first day back to school. There are 24 statements in this resource and pupils have to work out which of the statements are true and which are false. The statements and the labels could be cut out and laminated. This could be done...
