by admin | Oct 31, 2012 | Miscellaneous
This is a single A4 sized page with a calendar for Samhain 2012. It is suitable for sticking to the teacher’s desk, to the classroom wall or to the staffroom noticeboard. (.pdf file 16.9KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a...
by admin | Oct 29, 2012 | Apps
There are very few PE apps on the market suitable for the primary school teacher. However, today I saw a recommendation from Mr. Robbo on Twitter for the PE Games app which I downloaded. The app is full of lesson plans for games for the PE class. The lesson plans for...
by admin | Oct 29, 2012 | Teaching News
Bullyproof, the latest programme from RTÉ Education, could hardly be broadcast at a more appropriate time. The three-part series commences this Tuesday night at 10.15pm. After recent deaths of teenagers due to apparent cyber-bullying, this programme, features clinical...
by admin | Oct 26, 2012 | Competitions
Many thanks to all of the teachers who entered our competition for a copy of the Limited Edition “Scratch From Scratch” by Seamus O’ Neill and Stephen Howell. It was a great success. Many thanks to Seamus and Stephen for sponsoring the prizes. Most people found...
by admin | Oct 24, 2012 | Resources Websites, Teaching News
I got an email today from Mary Mulvihill from Ingenious Ireland letting me know about free maths activity trails that she has on her site. Called “Dublin by Numbers”, the trails are suitable for primary school pupils. The various activities in the trails...
by admin | Oct 24, 2012 | Free
This Hallowe’en Powerpoint presentation details some of the customs and traditions surrounding this celebration. It includes information on the origins of Hallowe’en, customs, games, food, dressing up and how the Irish took the Hallowe’en tradition...
by admin | Oct 23, 2012 | Competitions
Many of you will have read about the recent publication of the “Scratch From Scratch” book by Seamus O’ Neill and Stephen Howell. I’m very grateful that they have given me five copies of the book as prizes for another Seomra Ranga competition....
by admin | Oct 20, 2012 | Technology, Technology
I recently gave a talk to some teachers about using Twitter in the classroom and as a source of CPD (Continuing Professional Development) for the teacher. This is the presentation I put together for the talk. Some of it may be self-explanatory, but some points were...
by admin | Oct 20, 2012 | Free
Great Visual Arts Lesson Plan, the aim of which is to get pupils to design and create an inventive, distinctive and original Halloween costume that they can wear into school at Hallowe’en. The emphasis is on creativity, so pupils must create the costume and not...
by admin | Oct 18, 2012 | Teaching News
The RDS is calling for Expressions of Interest from primary school teachers wishing to join a pilot group of teachers who will help to develop and deliver a new teacher education programme in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). This pilot professional...
by admin | Oct 18, 2012 | Maths
I’m getting very positive reaction to the Maths Week Table Quiz that I posted on the site this week. Lots of schools seem to be using it and I’ve seen Tweets and blog posts mentioning it, so I’m delighted with that. I was also delighted to receive...
by admin | Oct 17, 2012 | Website
The Irish Web Awards are being held in the Mansion House, Dublin on November 1st. I just found out today that Seomra Ranga had been nominated for an award in the “Best Education and Third Level Website” category ages ago, and I didn’t even know about...
by admin | Oct 16, 2012 | Maths, Powerpoint, Quizzes
Eight rounds of six questions, a tie-break round and answers to all questions on 127 Powerpoint slides. All questions are roughly based on the primary school mathematics curriculum. I’ve attempted to provide a variety of questions from different strand areas....
by admin | Oct 15, 2012 | Technology
This is the fifth 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 putting the...
by admin | Oct 14, 2012 | Hallowe'en, Resources Websites
Scoilnet have a selection of more than fifty themepages that cover many different curricular areas such as Italy, the Titanic, Ancient Egypt, Music in the classroom and many others. However, at this time of the year teachers will be very interested to visit the...
