by admin | Sep 19, 2012 | Resources Websites
I just happened across the Help My Kid Learn website during the week and wondered how it came about. It seems that as part of the national literacy and numeracy strategy, the Department of Education and Skills (DES) asked the National Adult Literacy Agency to...
by admin | Sep 19, 2012 | Technology, Technology
This is the second of David Ganly’s ICT in the Classroom eBulletins. David teaches in Donabate Community College and he says that the eBulletin started off as an idea he had to engage and encourage teachers in his school to use ICT in the classroom. After...
by admin | Sep 19, 2012 | Apps
There are a number of whiteboard apps in the App Store but the one I’m getting great use out of at the moment is called Show Me. I think that part of the reason why I like it so much is its simplicity. It’s fairly basic, without the bells ‘n...
by admin | Sep 17, 2012 | Technology, Technology
I came across these newsletters through the CESI mailing list and thought that they contained great information on technology for teachers in the classroom. I’m grateful to David Ganly, a teacher in Donabate Community College, for allowing me to make these...
by admin | Sep 15, 2012 | Apps
I’m not aware of any apps in the iTunes App Store that will record audio and allow it to be saved as an .mp3 file, which is probably the most widely accessible audio file format. However, I heard about the Hokusai app from Joe Dale on Twitter earlier this year....
by admin | Sep 14, 2012 | Apps
Many teachers will be familiar with the great “Know Your Ireland” geography software for schools from the Irish software company Edware. This company also produces other similar geography titles: “Know Your Europe”, “Know Your USA”,...
by admin | Sep 9, 2012 | 5th/6th, Number
This is a handout to explain the conversion of numerals to Roman Numerals, from 1 to 1000. It also explains the rules surrounding working out how to write Roman Numerals eg. Do not subtract a number from one that is more than 10 times greater. (.pdf file 15.5KB)...
by admin | Sep 6, 2012 | Dánta / Amhráin, Teaching News
Táim ag iarraidh rannta, dánta agus amhráin as Gaeilge a chur le chéile le “Crowdsourcing”, chun tacaíocht a thabhairt do na téamaí éagsúla i gCuraclam na Gaeilge. Má tá dánta/amhráin/rannta agat a bhain tú úsáid astu agus a bhí úsáideach don téama, déan...
by admin | Sep 6, 2012 | Teaching News
As the new school term begins the RDS is delighted to call for entries for the 2013 RDS Primary Science Fair! The Fair provides a public forum for primary schools across Ireland to showcase their class STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) projects,...
by admin | Sep 4, 2012 | Book Reviews
“Leave it to Eva” is the latest book by the author Judi Curtin. This story is about a girl called Eva Gordon who is looking forward to returning to Seacove with her family for the second summer in a row! She can’t wait to see her friends Kate and Lily. Seacove is a...
by admin | Sep 4, 2012 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Dánta / Amhráin
Seo dán chun cabhair a thabhairt don mhúinteoir foclóir na hiománaíochta a mhúineadh, go háirithe roimh an cluiche an deireadh seachtaine seo chugainn idir Cill Chainnigh agus Gaillimh. Tá cúpla ceist ag dul leis an dán freisin. Foinse: Róisín Ní Chadhain (comhad .doc...
by admin | Sep 4, 2012 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Writing
Pangrams are sentences that contain all twenty-six letters of the alphabet at least once. A perfect pangram contains only twenty-six letters, which is quite difficult to achieve. Probably the best known pangram is the one used to illustrate type fonts: “The...
by admin | Sep 1, 2012 | Teaching News
As hundreds of thousands of children and teenagers across the country prepare to make their way back through the school gates, RTÉ will this week explore the subject of education in Ireland in BACK TO SCHOOL, a week-long season of programmes and features across RTÉ...
by admin | Sep 1, 2012 | Guest Post
I came across this blog post last week and was touched by it. I tweeted the link to it and lots of teachers seemed to share it. I think the reason that it touched a chord with teachers was that we get so caught up in making preparations for the return to school, that...
by admin | Aug 28, 2012 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, English, Oral Work
Teachers all know how important it is to develop the oral and written language of pupils. This resource is a header to place in a prominent position in the classroom, under which can be recorded new or interesting words which are discovered during the day. These could...
