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”...
by admin | Feb 8, 2016 | 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 7, 2016 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Infants, Oral Work, Science
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 and develop oral...
by admin | Feb 7, 2016 | 3rd/4th, AEN, Number, Pegs
This resource is aimed at pupils in middle classes or SEN pupils. It is based on reinforcing the concept of hundreds, tens and units. The pack contains 20 cards: on the right hand side of each card are four numbers – the hundreds and tens are the same, only the...
by admin | Feb 7, 2016 | 3rd/4th, AEN, Number, Pegs
This resource is aimed at pupils in middle classes or SEN pupils. It is based on reinforcing the concept of hundreds, tens and units. The pack contains 20 cards: on the right hand side of each card are four numbers – the hundreds and tens are the same, only the...
by admin | Feb 6, 2016 | 5th/6th, History, Léitheoireacht, Powerpoint
Seo cur i láthair Powerpoint faoi imeachtaí a thárla i rith Seachtain na Cásca 1916. Tá eolas ann faoi imeachtai roimh 1916; an Chéad Chogadh Domhanda; eagraíochtaí a bhí páirteach; ceannairí a bhí páirteach; na daoine a cuireadh chun báis; tionchar agus éifeacht an...
