by admin | Mar 5, 2016 | Teaching News
It’s that time of year again for our Signs of Spring Twitter Project 2016. With Easter falling so early this year, it’s better to do this project before, rather than after, Easter. This will be our 5th year of this event and it gives teachers and pupils a chance...
by admin | Mar 4, 2016 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Infants, Oral Work
This resource is aimed at pupils in junior classes or pupils with speech and language difficulties, especially receptive language. Its aim is to develop listening skills as well as deduction skills. The resource contains twelve cards with colourful photographs of...
by admin | Mar 3, 2016 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Gaeilge, Quizzes
Ocht babhta le sé cheist i ngach babhta, babhta réitigh chomh maith le freagraí go léir ar 148 sleamhnán Powerpoint. Tá seanfhocal ar sleamhnán tar éis gach babhta. Tá an tráth na gceist seo an-oiriúnach don CBI (IWB) sa seomra ranga nó i halla na scoile. Tá sé...
by admin | Feb 29, 2016 | Book Reviews
“One Good Turn” by Brian Gallagher is about when the Easter Rising is just over and Gerry Quinn’s life is tough. He is living with his uncle. His uncle does not treat him well and he doesn’t know that Gerry took a jacket and got caught. Then...
by admin | Feb 29, 2016 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, AEN, Number
This resource is aimed at pupils in second/third/fourth classes or SEN pupils. Its purpose is to assist with the understanding of HTU by ordering them on a number strip. Laminate all of the pages in the resource. Cut out the five number strips and the corresponding...
by admin | Feb 29, 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, ice-creams. The focus is on numbers 6-15 so that the pupil has experience of bridging a ten when...
by admin | Feb 23, 2016 | Book Reviews
“Let’s See Ireland” is both written and illustrated by Sarah Bowie. I really enjoyed this book. I read it with my Granny and then again with my mom. She helped me with some of the hard words like Glendalough! This book is about a girl called Molly who...
by admin | Feb 22, 2016 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Infants, Oral Work
This resource is aimed at pupils in junior classes or pupils with speech and language difficulties. Its aim is to encourage oral language, especially sentence structure. The focus is also on the concept of heavy/light. The teacher can start with the question at the...
by admin | Feb 22, 2016 | Teaching News
Voting for the election of teachers to the Teaching Council opened today, Monday, 22 February and will close at noon on Wednesday, 9 March. The election is to fill the places of 16 teachers on the 37-member Teaching Council, whose current term of office comes to an...
by admin | Feb 21, 2016 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Infants, Oral Work
This resource is aimed at pupils in junior classes or pupils with speech and language difficulties. Categorisation is an important skill for younger/SEN pupils to develop. This resource aims to develop categorisation skills as well as to encourage oral language. This...
by admin | Feb 21, 2016 | AEN, Infants, Number
This resource is aimed at pupils in infant classes or SEN pupils. Its purpose is to assess the ability of the pupil to correctly count objects, in this case, lawnmowers. The focus is on counting of numbers in the range 1-10. Laminate all of the pages in the resource....
by admin | Feb 20, 2016 | Misc
The Social Democrats party was established in July 2015 by independent TDs Stephen Donnelly, Catherine Murphy and Róisín Shortall. All three share joint leadership of the party until after the General Election. The party is running fourteen candidates in the...
by admin | Feb 20, 2016 | Interviews
Jan O’ Sullivan is the Labour Party TD for Limerick City. She was first elected to the Dáil in 1998 in a bye-election to fill the seat vacated by the death of Jim Kemmy. She has since been re-elected in three General Elections. She was appointed Minister For...
by admin | Feb 20, 2016 | Interviews
Charlie Mc Conalogue is from a farming background in Gleneely in Co. Donegal. He was educated at Carndonagh Community School before going on to study at UCD where he studied Economics, Politics & History. Charlie first ran for political office in 2009, where he...
by admin | Feb 20, 2016 | Interviews
Jonathan O’Brien is the Sinn Féin TD for Cork North Central. In 2011, he topped the poll in Cork North Central to become the first Sinn Féin TD in Cork in over 80 years. Before that, Jonathan was a member of Cork City Council since 2000. He is the party’s...
