by admin | Nov 16, 2025 | Christmas
This seasonal resource is aimed at providing pupils in junior/middle classes with picture prompts for practising their narrative writing skills. Each writing template contains three Christmas-themed images. The job of the pupil is to connect these three elements into...
by admin | Nov 14, 2025 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Drama-
This set of cards, aimed at pupils in middle and senior classes, can be used for developing a telephone improvisation for a drama lesson. The line given on the card should be the opening line or one of the opening lines in the telephone conversation. The line should...
by admin | Nov 14, 2025 | Book Reviews
I read and used this book with some 4th class pupils and my daughter. It’s a wonderfully simple retelling of the traditional Irish legend of the same name. In this retelling, Niamh is the beautiful, forever young protagonist of Tír na nÓg who notices the kind...
by admin | Nov 14, 2025 | Book Reviews
I have recently read “Snow Pony Express” from the Rowan Tree Stables series, by former champion amateur National Hunt Jockey Nina Carberry. It’s a fun, adventurous book about two close friends, Grace and Aaron, and their ponies, Daisy and Nipper. The...
by admin | Nov 6, 2025 | Science
This resource as Gaeilge consists of a set of chevron-shaped bunting with a Space theme. There are 11 pages in this resource. The bunting spells out “Seachtain na hEolaíochta”. The bunting has a dark space background with each letter printed on an A4 page. The bunting...
by admin | Nov 6, 2025 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Science
This resource consists of templates for pupils to do a research project on birds found in Ireland. It aims to create awareness of the variety of birds found in Ireland. A two-page template for each of 35 different birds is included in the download. This resource...
by admin | Nov 5, 2025 | Science
This resource consists of a set of chevron-shaped bunting with a Space theme. There are 11 pages in this resource. The bunting spells out “Science Week”. The bunting has a dark space background with each letter printed on an A4 page. The bunting can be displayed flat...
by admin | Nov 5, 2025 | Book Reviews
The most recent book that I read was ‘The Vanished Girl’ written by author Natasha Mac A’ Bháird. Clare, the main character in the book, is brave, kind and has a positive personality. Clare is a pupil at Sycamore Hill Secondary School, which is an...
by admin | Nov 4, 2025 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Quizzes, Science
This Table Quiz, especially put together for Science Week 2025 (November 9-16), comprises eight rounds of six questions, a Tie-Break Round, Fun Science Facts between rounds and answers to all questions on 174 Powerpoint slides. It is geared towards pupils in the...
by admin | Nov 4, 2025 | Book Reviews
This book features the many different lighthouses dotted around our coast. It explains how they were built and how they work. It explains interesting features such as why lighthouses are painted in different colours. It also explores the life of a lighthouse keeper....
by admin | Nov 4, 2025 | Free
In advance of Parent-Teacher Meetings, many of which take place in November, this Free resource is aimed at pupils in senior classes. Getting pupils to fill in this two-page template allows them to have some input into what is discussed at the Parent-Teacher Meeting....
by admin | Nov 2, 2025 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Drama-
This set of cards, aimed at pupils in middle and senior classes, can be used for developing improvisation for a drama lesson. The line given on the card should be the opening line in the improvisation. The line should suggest to the pupils the scenario for the...
by admin | Nov 2, 2025 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Winter, Writing
This resource could be used as an aid to pupils in middle and senior classes. The word mat contains interesting vocabulary associated with Winter. It would be especially useful for pupils when completing some written work or creative writing with a Winter theme. It...
by admin | Nov 1, 2025 | Christmas
This short seasonal poster display resource for the classroom is to focus pupils attention as to how seasonal greetings work as Gaeilge. There are four speech-bubble themed posters for display in the classroom consisting of two greetings and two responses. One of the...
by admin | Oct 30, 2025 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Grammar, Powerpoint
Whiteboard Homonyms is a language game in PPTX format to play in the classroom. It is aimed at pupils in middle and senior classes. On each slide, pupils are given a sentence which includes two homonyms. Pupils have to use the context of the sentence to work out which...
