by admin | Nov 13, 2013 | Resources Websites, Teaching News
The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., and the Minister for the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan T.D., today jointly launched new History lesson plans for primary schools. The History lesson plans are based on A History of Ireland in...
by admin | Nov 13, 2013 | AEN, Early Maths, Infants, Number
These maths sentence builder activities, featuring winter hats, are suitable for younger pupils and special needs pupils who are starting on early number activities. It teaches left to right orientation, number recognition and addition. They deal with the addition of...
by admin | Nov 12, 2013 | AEN, Miscellaneous
This resource is just a reminder to all that when in the classroom, special education room, Learning Support Room or elsewhere in the school, when one person is speaking, the other should be listening! (.pdf file 48.1 KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is...
by admin | Nov 11, 2013 | AEN, Miscellaneous
This resource is just a reminder to all that when in the classroom, special education room, Learning Support Room or in the school library, we use our “Indoor Voices”! (.pdf file 39.9KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only Already...
by admin | Nov 11, 2013 | AEN, Miscellaneous
This resource is just a reminder of when it is quiet time in the classroom, special education room, Learning Support Room or in the school library. (.pdf file 32.3KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...
by admin | Nov 11, 2013 | Apps, Guest Post
If you use an iPad in your class, then spending €4.49 on the Book Creator App will be the best money you will spend. You should be warned that this will be a very enthusiastic review of an amazing app. Many schools I have spoken to about buying iPads are under a...
by admin | Nov 9, 2013 | 5th/6th, Powerpoint, Quizzes, Science
Science Week Ireland takes place from Sunday November 10th to Sunday November 17th. It is an exciting and innovative annual event which first took place in 1996. To celebrate Science Week, I’ve put together a science-based table quiz for schools. Eight rounds of six...
by admin | Nov 6, 2013 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Class Novel, Writing
This resource contains 34 different suggestions of activities that can be done when doing a novel in class. They cover different writing genres, some creative art work as well as suggestions of websites and apps that could be used to enhance the experience of...
by admin | Oct 31, 2013 | Resources Websites
Martin Burrett of the ICT Magic wiki has just released this video which has some cool recommendations of websites that teachers and pupils will enjoy using in the classroom. There are suggestions for a great animation website using Scratch-like coding, a website where...
by admin | Oct 26, 2013 | Teaching News
Commencement of Section 30 of the Teaching Council Act 2001 has been delayed yet again, this time by another three months. Section 30 prohibits the Department of Education and Skills (DES) from paying any person who is employed as a teacher in a school unless he/she...
by admin | Oct 23, 2013 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Hallowe'en, Infants, Number
These seasonal maths sentence builder activities, featuring Hallowe’en cats, are suitable for younger pupils and special needs pupils who are starting on early number activities. It teaches left to right orientation, number recognition and addition. They deal...
by admin | Oct 23, 2013 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Hallowe'en, Infants, Number
These seasonal maths sentence builder activities, featuring pumpkins, are suitable for younger pupils and special needs pupils who are starting on early number activities. It teaches left to right orientation, number recognition and addition. They deal with the...
by admin | Oct 23, 2013 | Teaching News
It’s Popular Music Week this midterm at The Ark in Temple Bar, Dublin. Write your own pop song and share it online, design your band’s t-shirt and album cover, try your hand at spinning discs like a professional DJ or join in a music jam. 7 days of popular music with...
by admin | Oct 23, 2013 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Hallowe'en, Infants, Number
These seasonal maths sentence builder activities, featuring ghosts, are suitable for younger pupils and special needs pupils who are starting on early number activities. It teaches left to right orientation, number recognition and addition. They deal with the addition...
by admin | Oct 22, 2013 | Competitions
T-Léine.ie provides t-shirts for people to share and wear their love for the Irish language. Featuring a variety of vivid images and catchy sayings, T-Léine.ie sells t-shirts for ladies, gents and children. T-léine is a quality product produced after much research...
