by admin | May 9, 2015 | Teaching News, Technology
The forthcoming Tech Me Up workshops is the brainchild of Maggie Green (A Geek and a Teacher) from Donegal. Earlier in the year, she had a vision of hosting a day long set of workshops to showcase technology. Since then Letterkenny Institute of Technology has come on...
by admin | May 9, 2015 | 5th/6th, History, Powerpoint
The issue of the Lusitania is quite topical at the moment as May 7th this year marked the 100th anniversary of its sinking off the coast of Cork during World War I. This historical event precipitated the involvement of the US in the war. This Powerpoint resource gives...
by admin | Apr 27, 2015 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, AEN, Measures, Pegs
This peg numeracy resource is aimed at pupils in middle/senior classes or SEN pupils. It is based on the pupil’s knowledge of units of time – hours, days, weeks, months, years, seasons etc. The pack contains 24 individual cards, four per A4 page. The pupil has to use...
by admin | Apr 27, 2015 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Infants, Pegs, Reading
This resource is aimed at junior/middle pupils or SEN pupils at the beginning of literacy work on comprehension. It is based on the picture book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle. Either the pupil reads the story themselves, or the teacher/SNA...
by admin | Apr 27, 2015 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, AEN, Measures, Pegs
This peg numeracy resource is aimed at pupils in middle/senior classes or SEN pupils. It is based on the pupil’s knowledge of units of time – hours, days, weeks, months, years, seasons etc. The pack contains 24 individual cards, four per A4 page. The pupil has to use...
by admin | Apr 24, 2015 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, AEN, Measures, Pegs
This peg numeracy resource is aimed at pupils in middle/senior classes or SEN pupils. It is based on the pupil’s knowledge of units of time – hours, days, weeks, months, years, seasons etc. The pack contains 18 cards – on the left hand side of each card is...
by admin | Apr 22, 2015 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Infants, Reading, Writing
These sentence builder activities are great for infant/junior pupils as well as pupils with learning difficulties or special educational needs. They help to develop vocabulary, sentence structure and left to right orientation. They feature five-word sentences with a...
by admin | Apr 21, 2015 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, AEN, Pegs, Writing
This peg literacy resource is aimed at pupils in middle classes or SEN pupils. It is based on the identification of parts of grammar in a sentence – noun, verb, adjective, adverb. The pack contains 20 cards – on the left hand side of each card is a sentence with...
by admin | Apr 21, 2015 | Guest Post
There are a number of things to be considered when establishing a school library. Function: Is the library just for lending or do you see it as a place for study and research? Are you considering teaching in the area? Are you incorporating the idea of the library as a...
by admin | Apr 18, 2015 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Writing
This literacy resource focuses on positional language which can pose some difficulties for younger pupils and SEN pupils. This pack includes five worksheets based on fruit for pupils to practise these essential skills. The worksheets include language like first, last,...
by admin | Apr 16, 2015 | Apps
Sue Fletcher-Watson is a developmental psychologist, working at the University of Edinburgh. She has a special interest in developmental disabilities, and autism in particular. Research and projects that she is involved with are featured on the DART (Development...
by admin | Apr 15, 2015 | Guest Post
In his recent column on the ways in which teaching can change people’s lives, David McWilliams describes the wonderful impact that teachers have in leading learning – “It is a beautiful thing to see the weight of incomprehension being replaced by the freedom of...
by admin | Apr 15, 2015 | Teaching News, Technology
Tech Week is back! The 2nd national festival of technology aimed at students, parents, and the public, takes place this year from 26th April – 2nd May 2015 and again coincides with Digital Art Week this year. Tech Week is supported by the Science Foundation Ireland...
by admin | Apr 14, 2015 | AEN
These are tokens with an iPad motif to be used in conjunction with Token Board 01 or Token Board 02. Some pupils with special needs, perhaps especially those with autism, will work better towards a goal when there is positive reinforcement in the form of tokens earned...
by admin | Apr 14, 2015 | AEN, Aistear, 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...
