by admin | Mar 7, 2013 | 1st/2nd, Infants, Léitheoireacht, Úrscéal Ranga
Walker Éireann, an imprint of Walker Books, has recently teamed up with Foras na Gaeilge to bring readers four of their best picture books created by some of Ireland’s foremost book makers, in Irish. The first of these is Stiúcaí Stiúgtha (The Ravenous Beast) by Niamh...
by admin | Mar 7, 2013 | Competitions
Many thanks to all of the teachers who entered our competition with Cló Iar-Chonnacht for prizes of books as Gaeilge for the first week of Seachtain na Gaeilge . It was a great success. Many thanks to Cló Iar-Chonnacht for sponsoring the prizes. Most people found the...
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by admin | Mar 7, 2013 | Teaching News
Walker Éireann, an imprint of Walker Books, has recently teamed up with Foras na Gaeilge to bring readers four of their best picture books created by some of Ireland’s foremost book makers, in Irish. This development is a great addition to reading material in Irish...
by admin | Mar 6, 2013 | Reading, Writing
Tomorrow, Thursday March 7th, is World Book Day so I thought I’d share some ideas about doing book reviews with your class. My pupils recently did book reviews on their blogs. The following are some guidelines I gave them for completing the exercise. You may...
by admin | Mar 4, 2013 | Competitions
To celebrate the first week of Seachtain na Gaeilge, Cló Iar-Chonnacht have kindly sponsored five books as Gaeilge as prizes for a competition on the site. Cló Iar-Chonnacht (CIC) was founded in 1985, and since then they have published over 300 books and 150 music...
by admin | Mar 2, 2013 | Resources Websites, Teaching News
Tá Seachtain na Gaeilge 2013 beagnach linn agus tá súil agam go bhfuil múinteoirí bunscoile ag déanamh pleanáil chun imeachtaí Ghaeilge a eagrú sa seomra ranga i rith na seachtaine. (b’fhéidir go mbeadh sé níos fearr “Coicís na Gaeilge” a chur air...
by admin | Mar 2, 2013 | 5th/6th, Dánta / Amhráin, Music, Video
Seo na focail agus an fís-scannán don amhrán “Mamma Mia”. Is dócha go bhfuil an fonn ar eolas ag na daltaí sna hardranganna ón scannán “Mamma Mia””. Mar sin, b’fhéidir go dtaitneoidh sé leis na daltaí agus beidh suim acu chun é a fhoghlaim. Bheadh sé...
by admin | Mar 1, 2013 | Teaching News
Communion Day is a new two-part documentary commencing on RTE1 on Monday March 4th at 9.35pm. The two programmes follow eight very different families, four on each night, as they journey towards the big day. Among the eight participants in the documentaries,...
by admin | Mar 1, 2013 | Technology
This was my presentation delivered at the Computers in Education Society of Ireland (CESI) annual conference on February 23rd, 2013. As the society was celebrating its 40th birthday, I decided to share 40 different technologies that can be used in the classroom. The...
by admin | Feb 28, 2013 | Technology
It’s time for another Twitter project to get your class organised to look about and observe the signs of Spring in their environment. We started off these projects last year with a Signs of Spring and Signs of Autumn Twitter project. It was felt that we did the...
by admin | Feb 28, 2013 | Free
This workpack for the novel “The Iron Man”, breaks the book into eighteen day’s work. There is an after-reading activity, homework activity and suggested vocabulary for each day. Key comprehension strategies are utilised to assess understanding of...
by admin | Feb 28, 2013 | Resources Websites
South Dublin County Libraries have introduced Tumble Book Cloud Junior, which is an online collection of ebooks and read-along books, graphic novels, educational videos, and audio books. The service is designed specifically for ages 7-11 years. You get unlimited...
by admin | Feb 22, 2013 | Resources Websites
Edcanvas is a website which I only recently came across. It is used to help students and teachers organise and present online content in one place. So, for example, let’s presume that you are starting a new topic or project in class and you are doing some...
by admin | Feb 22, 2013 | Teaching News
“Rabhlaí Rabhlaí“ is a collection of 31 traditional poems and rhymes “as Gaeilge”, a copy of which should be in every primary school in the country. It is especially suitable to be used in junior classes. Pupils in these classes will undoubtedly find the rhymes...
by admin | Feb 20, 2013 | Teaching News
I just recently came across this great idea from Navan Education Centre where they are organising what they call a “Children’s Learning Festival” (Féile Léinn na nÓg). The Centre is inviting all primary and post primary schools in Counties Meath,...
