by admin | Oct 16, 2016 | AEN, Hallowe'en, Infants
Getting younger pupils used to handling a scissors and cutting lines or patterns is a useful activity for fine motor skills. Pupils with special educational needs may also need some extra practice with this activity. This seasonal resource requires pupils to cut out...
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by admin | Oct 16, 2016 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Number
This new maths resource is released to coincide with Maths Week. It consists of five maths mats, each containing eight numbers from 0-20. The purpose of the mats is to focus on the development of mental maths and the consolidation of maths facts. Supply all of the...
by admin | Oct 16, 2016 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, Oral Work, Science, Technology
We’re doing some work on animal homes at the moment as part of a theme on Houses and Homes. We did lots of work on identifying the names of a variety of animals and the names of the special homes that they live in. As part of a follow-up to those lessons, I...
by admin | Oct 5, 2016 | AEN, Infants, Number
These mats are suitable for infant classrooms, especially during group work, where a group may be working on playdoh and number. There are six mats in the set focusing on the numbers 0-5. Having young pupils do this sort of work with playdoh helps to consolidate the...
by admin | Oct 3, 2016 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Infants, Oral Work
Getting younger pupils used to handling a scissors and cutting lines or patterns is a useful activity for fine motor skills. Pupils with special educational needs may also need some extra practice with this activity. This seasonal resource requires pupils to cut out...
by admin | Oct 3, 2016 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Infants, Oral Work
Getting younger pupils used to handling a scissors and cutting lines or patterns is a useful activity for fine motor skills. Pupils with special educational needs may also need some extra practice with this activity. This seasonal resource requires pupils to cut out...
by admin | Oct 3, 2016 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, AEN, Number
This resource is aimed at pupils in junior/middle classes or SEN pupils. It assumes an understanding of the representation of Hundreds, Tens and Units on an abacus. Its aim is to assess whether pupils can match the number with the associated abacus. Laminate all of...
by admin | Oct 2, 2016 | AEN, Misc
This resource consists of a schedule for doing mouth exercises with a class or a group of children. Just like we exercise the body, it is also important to exercise the mouth and mouth muscles in order to help our speech and sounds. Laminate all of the pages of the...
by admin | Oct 2, 2016 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, History, History, Infants
The purpose of this resource is to visually help pupils understand change and progression over time. There are four headers in this resource: First, Next, Then and Now. There are also bars to connect the four headers. All of the pages of the resource should be...
by admin | Oct 2, 2016 | Book Reviews
“The Moon Spun Round – W. B. Yeats For Children” is a new illustrated book from the O’Brien Press. It features poems, folk tales, childhood writing and some information on W. B. Yeats and his family. Having been born and raised in the...
by admin | Sep 29, 2016 | Apps, Technology
Instagram is a mobile photo and video sharing app and social networking platform that allows users to upload photos and videos to share with friends and followers either privately or publicly. It also allows you to edit the photos and to use filters to create some...
by admin | Sep 28, 2016 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, AEN, Misc, Reading
This resource is aimed at pupils in first to third classes or SEN pupils. Its purpose is to assist with the understanding of both sentence structure and reading for meaning. These sentences are made up of six words. Laminate all of the pages in the resource. Cut out...
by admin | Sep 28, 2016 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, AEN, Spelling
This resource is aimed at pupils in first to third classes or SEN pupils on the road to learning to spell. These spelling strips are made up of words of five letters. There are twelve spellings in the set. There are a number of ways to use the resource. There is a set...
by admin | Sep 27, 2016 | Teaching News
Space Week, Ireland’s newest national STEM week in parallel with World Space Week, takes place from October 3rd to 8th. It is a special week to focus on the wonders and realities of the Universe around us. Participating in Space Week with your class means you will use...
by admin | Sep 26, 2016 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, Class Novel, Resource Packs
“George Speaks”, a novel by Dick King Smith (author of “The Sheep Pig” and “The Hodgeheg”), is about a baby called George, sister to Laura and son to Mum and Dad. However, George is no ordinary small baby. He does all the usual baby...
