by admin | Feb 16, 2016 | 1st/2nd, Infants, Oral Work
These posters are visual prompts, especially for younger pupils, to help them learn the five senses. (.pdf file 232 KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...
by admin | Feb 16, 2016 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Writing
Children’s creative writing can sometimes be littered with the word “said” when using direct speech. Many pupils have little awareness that there are so many other words that can be used instead of the word “said”, depending on the...
by admin | Feb 15, 2016 | 5th/6th, Geography
Seo mata focal le hainmneacha na tíortha atá mar bhall san Aontach Eorpach ar aon bhileog amháin. Tá siad liosta in ord aibítre. Tá an siombal € tar éis na tíortha atá mar bhall den Eurozone freisin. Tá alt ar an mata focal freisin faoi míniú brat an AE. (Comhad .pdf...
by admin | Feb 15, 2016 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Geography
This bookmarks contain the names of all 28 countries in the European Union to assist pupils when they are learning about the EU. They are listed alphabetically for easy learning. (.pdf file 205 KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only Already...
by admin | Feb 15, 2016 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Reading
Pelmanism is the name of the memory game which you play by turning up pairs of cards from a pack and trying to pick out matching pairs. It is named after the Pelman Institute which was set up for the study of memory in London in the 1930s. This oral language memory...
by admin | Feb 15, 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, socks. The focus is on numbers 6-15 so that the pupil has experience of bridging a ten when counting....
by admin | Feb 15, 2016 | Book Reviews
I loved this book. It has really fun activities and games in it. But my favourite pages are 12 + 13 (Where’s Larry) and my least favourite page is page 19/20 (postcard). I haven’t done much in it though and I don’t like the tricky things in it either. I would give...
by admin | Feb 15, 2016 | Competitions
I previously wrote a blog post about “Saol Faoi Shráid” an animated children’s TV series created by Meangadh Fibín for TG4. The series is aimed at 3-6 year olds and follows the adventures of brother and sister duo, Glibín & Ribín, aliens from the...
by admin | Feb 14, 2016 | Book Reviews
This is the fourth book in the series. If you’ve read ‘Rugby Spirit’, ‘Rugby Warrior’ or ‘Rugby Rebel’ then I’m sure you will love this book as well. But rest assured you do not need to read the others to enjoy Rugby...
by admin | Feb 13, 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, cupcakes. The focus is on numbers 6-15 so that the pupil has experience of bridging a ten when...
by admin | Feb 13, 2016 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Reading
This resource is aimed at pupils in junior classes or SEN pupils with speech and language difficulties. It assumes an ability to read. The pizza vocabulary would also need to be taught in advance. Its aim is to assess whether pupils can match the pizza-related words...
by admin | Feb 13, 2016 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Miscellaneous
Lots of schools have recently been adopting Station Teaching as a methodology for the teaching of either literacy or numeracy. An example of types of stations for literacy stations in a classroom would be: spelling station; phonics station; creative writing station;...
by admin | Feb 12, 2016 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, AEN, Loop Cards, 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 | Feb 12, 2016 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, PE, Writing
It’s Six Nations season again and this resource consists of sixteen pages of flashcards with rugby vocabulary. There are three flashcards per page in an oval shape and in the green of Ireland! The pack also contains a display header. The vocabulary could be used...
by admin | Feb 10, 2016 | AEN, Miscellaneous
These signs are to be used as visual prompts as to when the class toilet is being used and when it is free. There are two signs here which are designed to be placed back to back and laminated. Pupils are encouraged to turn the sign to the “Toilet Busy”...
