by admin | Feb 6, 2014 | AEN, Infants, Valentine's Day, Writing
These seasonal resources contain practice on the alphabet for junior pupils and SEN pupils. Based on a Valentine’s theme, pupils are asked to fill in the missing letter that comes either before or after the printed letter on the pair of kissing Valentine’s...
by admin | Feb 5, 2014 | AEN, Early Maths, Infants, Valentine's Day
This resource is aimed at pupils in infant classes as well as pupils with special educational needs. It focuses on cutting skills and ordering skills in maths. Pupils are asked to cut out the hearts and to paste them into the boxes in order starting with the smallest....
by admin | Feb 5, 2014 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Infants, Number, Valentine's Day
These seasonal resources contain number bonds for junior pupils to practise. Based on a Valentines theme, pupils are asked to fill in the missing number in the pair of kissing Valentine’s hearts! The first file deals with numbers 0-5, the second deals with...
by admin | Feb 3, 2014 | 5th/6th, Bingo, Maths
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 | Feb 3, 2014 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Aistear, Bingo, 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 | Feb 2, 2014 | Teaching News
MATHletes Challenge 2014 is an online and in-person maths competition which uses the Khan Academy website to give thousands of students across Ireland the chance to compete with each other, and improve their maths abilities. It includes a Student Challenge and a...
by admin | Feb 1, 2014 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Aistear, Bingo, 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 | Feb 1, 2014 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Aistear, Bingo, 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 | Jan 29, 2014 | AEN
First-Next-Then Boards, a follow-up to the First-Then Boards, are useful for pupils with special needs, especially pupils on the autism spectrum, to help them to focus on completing tasks. It helps them to realise that two tasks must be completed before earning a...
by admin | Jan 29, 2014 | Teaching News
Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSI), in association with Scoilnet Maps, have announced a competition for primary schools called “Map My School”. Aimed at senior classes in primary schools (4th-6th classes), the Map My School competition sets out to bring map...
by admin | Jan 29, 2014 | Teaching News
The Irish Primary PE Association (IPPEA) will hold its annual conference on Saturday March 1st in Carlingford Adventure Centre. The theme of this year’s conference is “Out and About” and a variety of workshops are planned for the day to get participants moving. A...
by admin | Jan 29, 2014 | Book Reviews
When Damien asked me to review “Oscar Wilde Stories for Children” I was thrilled. I’ve always loved Oscar Wilde, his stories are full of beautiful images and morals, something I love in all that I read. This book is especially beautiful as the...
by admin | Jan 28, 2014 | Book Reviews
“A Rosette For Maeve?” was written by Anna McQuinn and illustrated by Paul Young. The setting was at a beef farm and at a village show. The storyline was there was a village show on and a girl called Lisa was training a calf to enter a best looking calf...
by admin | Jan 28, 2014 | Book Reviews
Colm’s Lambs, by Anna McQuinn and illustrated by Paul Young, tells the story of a newborn lamb that might not survive. I enjoyed reading this book because it’s funny, but at same time sad. I really liked the main character Colm; he is kind and good at farming and...
by admin | Jan 27, 2014 | Resources Websites
Just Teach It is another website with downloadable resources for primary schools which I only recently came across. Based on the UK curriculum, the website says that it has over 1,000 resources which are arranged on the site according to theme, Early Years, KS1 and...
