by admin | Aug 21, 2017 | Resources Websites
In my school setting we’ve been using some of the resources on the Instant Display website for some years. One of the main ways that we use this website is to download lettering for wall and notice board displays. The site has a vast array of lettering sets to...
by admin | Aug 21, 2017 | Competitions
Edware, the Irish software company behind the popular iPad app “Know Your Ireland”, has teamed up with Seomra Ranga to celebrate the revamp of the site. Luke at Edware has given us five Promo Codes for the latest release of the app as prizes for this...
by admin | Aug 18, 2017 | Teaching News
It’s an annual summer ritual for most primary teachers – get the Summer Course done to get your three days leave for the following school year. Course Days, or Extra Personal Vacation (EPV) Days to give them their correct title, have been around for many...
by admin | Aug 18, 2017 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Drama-
This is the third 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 a scenario where two siblings are having a conversation/argument/discussion. On each...
by admin | Aug 18, 2017 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, Measures
This resource contains ten different placemats. The object is for pupils to use their coins to think of four different ways to make an amount of money. The placemats range from one where pupils have to make 5c up to one where they have to make €10. It is suggested...
by admin | Aug 17, 2017 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, AEN, Number
This subtraction resource pack is to help pupils consolidate their knowledge of subtraction facts. It covers tables from -0 to -10. 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 Maths...
by admin | Aug 17, 2017 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Scríbhneoireacht
Sa chomhad seo tá foclóir ag baint leis an Scoil. Tá an foclóir go léir ar aon bhileog amháin. Bheadh sé oiriúnach do dhaltaí a bhéas ag déanamh scríbhneoireacht cruthaitheach sa seomra ranga faoin scoil. Tá cóip lán daite agus tá cóip atá dubh/bán, cibé ceann más...
by admin | Aug 16, 2017 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 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 16, 2017 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, AEN, Class Novel, Resource Packs
This resource Pack contains 24 different resources with almost 100 pages of activities based on the novel “Bill’s New Frock” by Anne Fine. It’s suitable for work with probably a 2nd/3rd class, although I created and used these for work with pupils in our SEN...
by admin | Aug 15, 2017 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Drama-
This is the second in a 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 a scenario for a customer making a complaint in a restaurant. The role play could...
by admin | Aug 15, 2017 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, Reading
This resource is to help pupils understand how two words can be put together to make a new word called a compound word. Compound words regularly occur in reading material so it is important that pupils understand how they are made up. It is suggested that all five...
by admin | Aug 15, 2017 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Infants, Number
This addition resource pack is to help pupils consolidate their knowledge of addition facts. It covers tables from +0 to +10. 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 Maths...
by admin | Aug 15, 2017 | Book Reviews
This story is about a Grandad and a boy who pull a car out of the water while fishing. They find it is being driven by a mer-model. A big fisherman likes the look of the mer-model so they all have to escape. I liked the bit when the boy and his Grandad pulled the car...
by admin | Aug 14, 2017 | Misc
QR Codes are becoming increasingly popular and they are great to use in an educational setting either for learning a topic or for use as an assessment tool. QR Codes can be easily created – a simple Google search will suggest lots of websites to help you create...
by admin | Aug 14, 2017 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Maths, Maths
Problem solving is an area of maths that many teachers will say that pupils regularly struggle with. They generally don’t know how to approach a problem, unless they have been taught, and then resort to guesswork. This set of display posters helps to teach...
