by admin | Jun 30, 2012 | Technology, Video
Some time ago Catherine Cronin, academic coordinator of online IT programmes and lecturer in IT at the National University of Ireland, Galway, asked me to take part in a video showcasing technology being used in Irish classrooms. Along with a number of other Irish...
by admin | Jun 29, 2012 | Teaching News
Two days ago, the Minister for Education and Skills, Mr Ruairí Quinn T.D., announced that all pupils transitioning from primary school to post-primary will be accompanied by an “Education Passport” from this coming September. He wants the end of year...
by admin | Jun 10, 2012 | Technology, Video
I attended a workshop given by John Heffernan at the recent ICT in Education Conference in the Thurles campus of LIT on “A Brief History of the Near Future” where he looked at predictions of what the technologies of the future might look like. One of the...
by admin | Jun 10, 2012 | Teaching News, Technology
The National Centre for Technology in Education (NCTE) has announced that the service has been “integrated” with the Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST). In a short statement on its website the NCTE explains: “With effect from 1st...
by admin | Jun 6, 2012 | Book Reviews
Rugby Spirit is a book about a young boy, Eoin, who is going boarding to Castlerock College, and what he doesn’t know is that his grandad, Dixie Madden, is an absolute legend there. When he arrives, he has already made friends such as Alan and Rory who start to...
by admin | Jun 4, 2012 | 5th/6th, Dánta / Amhráin, Music
Seo na focail agus an fís-scannán don amhrán “Is Cuimhin Liom” ó The Heathers ón albam “Albam Rí-Rá 2011”. Is dócha go bhfuil an fonn ar eolas ag na daltaí sna hardranganna, mar is é “I Remember When” ón bhfógra teilifíse do “Discover Ireland”. Foinse:...
by admin | Jun 4, 2012 | Free
This resource provides a chapter by chapter list of questions for the Michael Morpurgo novel “Kensuke’s Kingdom”, a novel about a boy washed overboard onto a desert island. These could be done orally, they could be used as comprehension questions or they could...
by admin | Jun 4, 2012 | Free
Poster to remind pupils that the word “cent” always means 100, no matter where they come across it. Source: Conor Bredin (.pdf file 40KB) Download File
by admin | Jun 4, 2012 | 5th/6th, Dánta / Amhráin
Seo na focail agus an fís-scannán don amhrán “Éist a Ghrá” ó The Coronas ón albam “Ceol 10”. Is dócha go bhfuil an fonn ar eolas ag na daltaí sna hardranganna, mar is é “Listen Dear” an teideal don amhrán i mBéarla. Foinse Mary Foskin Comhad .doc 28KB Íoslódáil an...
by admin | Jun 4, 2012 | Book Reviews, Class Novel
The Cave of Secrets by Morgan Llewellyn is a story about Tom Flynn, the rejected son of an indebted land owner. One day, running from his father’s temper, he stumbles across a cave in Roaring Water Bay and there he meets Donal, who is different to Tom in every...
by admin | May 31, 2012 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, History, Powerpoint
Powerpoint presentation detailing the lives of Early Societies of the Tigris and Euphrates Valley (Mesopotamia). It gives information on how the people lived, worked, tools/weapons they used, the buildings they lived in, the skills and crafts they practised, among...
by admin | May 28, 2012 | 5th/6th, Dánta / Amhráin, Music
Seo na focail agus an fís-scannán don amhrán “Chomh Saor” ó The Coronas ón albam “Albam Rí Rá” ó 2011. Is dócha go bhfuil an fonn ar eolas ag na daltaí sna hardranganna, mar is é “Far From Here” an teideal don amhrán i mBéarla....
by admin | May 28, 2012 | Book Reviews, Úrscéal Ranga
Like most school libraries we had a copy of Under the Hawthorn Tree in our classroom. It was one of those books that I loved to curl up with and read. One that I read a few times a year and loved it more even more each time I read it. So when I was… RegisterThis...
by admin | May 27, 2012 | Music, Video
The Euro 2012 Soccer Championships are nearly upon us and excitement will be mounting towards Ireland’s opening game against Croatia on June 10th. The Ray D’Arcy Show on Today FM asked listeners to suggest lines for the official Euro 2012 song for the...
by admin | May 25, 2012 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, Number
This resource (subtraction – make 10) is a handy bookmark size to keep in a maths book/copy to remind pupils of the set of tables that they are learning in any particular week. There are two bookmarks on a page. If you find that the bookmark is still too large,...
