by admin | Sep 1, 2013 | Teaching News
The passing of poet and Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney on Friday will have had a certain resonance with a particular cohort of primary teachers in Ireland. Many younger teachers may be unaware of the fact that Heaney was involved in the education of undergraduate...
by admin | Sep 1, 2013 | Guest Post, Technology
What are the greatest aspirations you might have for your students in the various subject areas? From your maths class you might like a mathematician. From SESE, you might hope for a scientist, historian or geologist. From PE, an Olympian. From Visual Arts, a...
by admin | Sep 1, 2013 | AEN
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 completing tasks. This is sometimes referred to as a “Token Economy”. The tokens could be small...
by admin | Aug 30, 2013 | Resources
Donal Horgan from Áiseanna.com contacted me to let teachers know about a new maths product which he has just released. Áiseanna is the same company which developed the Maths Tracker CDs. This new product, Numeracy Toolkit, is a computer programme designed to improve...
by admin | Aug 29, 2013 | AEN
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 completing tasks. This is sometimes referred to as a “Token Economy”. The tokens...
by admin | Aug 29, 2013 | Resources Websites
Fun 2 Write is a website with free printables especially useful for the infant classroom. It includes alphabet tracing worksheets; number tracing worksheets for numbers 1-10; shape recognition and tracing worksheets; colour identification worksheets; big/small,...
by admin | Aug 29, 2013 | Resources Websites, Technology
The team behind Widbook contacted me to see if teachers might be interested in this free digital collaborative reading and writing platform that’s creating a buzz among the teaching, tech and publishing industries. It may be of particular interest to those teachers...
by admin | Aug 28, 2013 | Website
I’m sure that many of you are aware that providing a website with more than 3,000 free resources and articles does not come cheap. Some people may think that because the resources are free, that the site also comes free. But that is not the case. Because of the...
by admin | Aug 27, 2013 | AEN
Making choices can be difficult for some pupils on the autism spectrum. However, it is important that they get experience of making choices. This Choice Board is a great visual cue to the pupil and allows them to select one of six choices to include in their schedule....
by admin | Aug 27, 2013 | AEN
Making choices can be difficult for some pupils on the autism spectrum. However, it is important that they get experience of making choices. This Choice Board is a great visual cue to the pupil and allows them to select one of four choices to include in their...
by admin | Aug 27, 2013 | Resources Websites
Topography Games is a section from the Games.co.za website. It is a free resource for teachers, pupils and parents to use and contains links to various Geography games which are suitable for senior primary and post-primary school aged pupils. Topography is about the...
by admin | Aug 26, 2013 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Infants, Number
These are small, star-shaped numbers which we are using simply to number boxes in the classroom. However, they could be used for any number of purposes in the maths curriculum, limited only by the imagination of the teacher eg. games of snap, put the numbers in order...
by admin | Aug 26, 2013 | Resources Websites
Class Maths is an Irish Maths website that has been developed by David Brennan, an Irish primary teacher, over the past year. It is a free resource for teachers, pupils and parents to use and contains links to various Maths games which are suitable for primary school...
by admin | Aug 21, 2013 | AEN
Some pupils with emotional/behavioural problems and/or pupils on the autism spectrum may benefit from some “time out” in a calm corner of the classroom, perhaps due to being overwhelmed by a sensory input. This “Calm Corner” could just be a...
by admin | Aug 21, 2013 | Teaching News
Many thanks to Ciara Brennan (@PrimEdTeacher on Twitter) for compiling this great list of dates to keep in mind when doing lesson planning for the forthcoming school year. All of these dates give teachers great opportunities to celebrate special occasions in school...
