by admin | Jun 17, 2014 | Book Reviews
I thought that “Fintan’s Fifteen” was certainly a very clever book, packed with jokes, quirks and one very cute dog. I found this book extremely funny and liked how the author created and personalised all his characters – my favourite was iPaddy! The book...
by admin | Jun 12, 2014 | AEN, Early Maths, Infants, Pegs
This resource is aimed at infant/junior pupils or SEN pupils. It is based on learning and discrimination of colours with a “star” theme. Laminate all of the pages in the resource and cut up into twelve separate cards. Pupils should look at the star on the left of each...
by admin | Jun 12, 2014 | 5th/6th, Data, Powerpoint
Farkle is a dice game that is fun, strategic and uses mental maths. The game uses six dice and is for two or more players. The winner of the game is the first to reach 10,000 points. This resource is a Powerpoint file explaining how to play Farkle. It also includes a...
by admin | Jun 8, 2014 | AEN, Infants, Phonics
This resource is aimed at infant or SEN pupils at the beginning of work on phonics. It is based on CVC words with -at, -et, -it, -ot and -ut endings. Laminate all of the pages in the resource and cut up into 22 separate discs. The object in the centre of each disc is...
by admin | Jun 8, 2014 | AEN, Infants, Phonics
This resource is aimed at infant or SEN pupils at the beginning of work on phonics. It is based on CVC words with -an, -in and -en endings. Laminate all of the pages in the resource and cut up into 15 separate discs. The object in the centre of each disc is a visual...
by admin | Jun 8, 2014 | 1st/2nd, Algebra, Infants, Shape & Space
This maths resource on repeating patterns focuses on the 2D shapes, circle and square. there are eight different coloured repeating patterns using both of these shapes. Pupils are asked to identify the pattern and extend it by saying what comes next. The same eight...
by admin | Jun 7, 2014 | AEN, Early Maths, Infants, Pegs
This resource is aimed at infant/junior pupils or SEN pupils. It is based on learning and discrimination of colours with a “cloud” theme. Laminate all of the pages in the resource and cut up into twelve separate cards. Pupils should look at the cloud on the left of...
by admin | Jun 7, 2014 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Infants, Reading
These sentence builder activities are great for infant 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 four word sentences with a...
by admin | Jun 3, 2014 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Infants, Measures
This resource is aimed at junior/middle pupils or SEN pupils at the beginning of work on money addition. It is based on the addition of money up to 10c. Laminate all of the pages in the resource and cut up into fourteen separate cards. Pupils should add the money at...
by admin | Jun 3, 2014 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Aistear, Infants, Oral Work
Educational bingo games are a great way for pupils to learn so many different skills. They help with listening skills, visual discrimination, group work, turn taking and the reinforcement of the learning content of that particular bingo game. This bingo game focuses...
by admin | Jun 3, 2014 | Lined Pages
A4 portrait-aligned lined page with a decorative border featuring a coloured pencil design, suitable for presenting written material in the classroom, perhaps with a school or art theme. (.pdf file 137 KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only...
by admin | Jun 1, 2014 | Teaching News, Technology
Ciaran Cannon, Minister for Training and Skills at the Department of Education and Skills (DES), was the force behind the inaugural Excited Digital Learning Festival which took place in Dublin Castle this weekend. The purpose of the Festival was to bring...
by admin | May 30, 2014 | Guest Post
It’s that time of the year again! Sports Days are taking place in many primary schools over the next few weeks. Many schools may consider approaching the day as fun, inclusive and non-competitive which encourages all children to be involved. The Irish Primary PE...
by admin | May 28, 2014 | Teaching News
The 4th Irish Symposium on Game Based Learning (GBL) will take place in Cork Institute of Technology on Friday June 6th. The symposium provides a forum for teachers, lecturers, students and researchers to disseminate research, exchange ideas and best practice on the...
by admin | May 27, 2014 | Resources Websites
Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., today launched the re-vamped Scoilnet website in the Dublin West Education Centre. Originally launched in 1998, Scoilnet is the Department of Education and Skills (DES) official education portal. Managed by PDST...
