by admin | Mar 6, 2012 | Free
Bunaithe ar an téacsleabhar “Bun go Barr 4″, tá samplaí de nathanna cainte a bheidh úsáideach i gcaidreamh sóisialta nuair atá daltaí ag bualadh le daoine. Foinse: Anaithnid (comhad .ppt 1.58MB) Íoslódáil an Comhad
by admin | Mar 6, 2012 | Free
This resource provides a chapter by chapter list of questions for the Michael Morpurgo novel “War Horse”. These could be done orally, they could be used as comprehension questions or they could be used as a quiz at the end of reading the novel. A wordsearch based on...
by admin | Mar 5, 2012 | Website
Over the past few weeks, Seomra Ranga has passed some significant milestones on its web journey. There’s already been the 3rd Twitter Birthday (#Twitterversary), 2000 Facebook “Likes”, 1,200 Twitter Followers and 3,500 Tweets. This Blog Post now...
by admin | Mar 4, 2012 | Teaching News
National Tree Week takes place from 4-10 March 2012. It is an annual, week-long festival celebrating all positive aspects of trees in our lives and environment. It is organised by the Tree Council of Ireland. This year’s theme is ‘Trees – Our Past, Our Present,...
by admin | Mar 2, 2012 | Teaching News
Election Process to Start Over Again Two days ago I wrote a Blog Post about the confusion among teachers over the mix-up in the Declaration of Identity Form issued to teachers for the election of teachers to the new Teaching Council. Two very basic typographical...
by admin | Mar 1, 2012 | Apps
It’s always great to get recommendations of mobile apps for use in an educational setting. Thanks to Mary Foskin (@m2thefizzle on Twitter) for making me aware of this great document with a wide-ranging list of apps sorted into different curricular areas. The...
by admin | Mar 1, 2012 | Technology
I spent last weekend at the Computers in Education Society of Ireland (CESI) annual Conference in Portlaoise. It’s always a great event to meet teachers from all three levels of education in Ireland who are interested in the integration of technology in the...
by admin | Feb 29, 2012 | Teaching News
Teaching Council Election voting papers have recently been posted out to all teachers registered with the Teaching Council. Teachers were supplied with two Ballot Papers – one for the female candidates and one for the male candidates. Teachers were asked to vote...
by admin | Feb 29, 2012 | Guest Post
Reading for pleasure – it’s a no-brainer, really, isn’t it? It’s so obvious that it’s a really great thing to encourage children to read, I nearly feel a bit sheepish saying it. It’s like motherhood and apple pie. Who could be against it? (Bang-bang, you’re dead. When...
by admin | Feb 27, 2012 | Teaching News
This week is Gifted Education Awareness Week (GEAW). Its aim is to encourage teacher awareness of Exceptionally Able pupils in the classroom and to help overcome the myths about these pupils. By recognising the educational needs of Exceptionally Able pupils the...
by admin | Feb 26, 2012 | Oral Work, SPHE
Getting pupils to work in groups is a great methodology to take advantage of in the classroom. However, in order for it to be most effective, it is helpful to allocate pupils a role to play in the group discussion, otherwise the usual confident pupils may take over,...
by admin | Feb 26, 2012 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Reading
Printable bookmarks with the motto “Reading is Cool!”. Bookmarks are a good incentive for reading for pleasure. There are two bookmarks per page. If you find that the bookmark is still too large, set your printer options to print two pages per page. (.pdf file 220KB)...
by admin | Feb 26, 2012 | Miscellaneous
This is a single A4 sized page with a calendar for Márta 2012. It is suitable for sticking to the teacher’s desk, to the classroom wall or to the staffroom noticeboard. (.pdf file 18.3KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member?...
by admin | Feb 23, 2012 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Reading
Printable bookmarks with the motto “I’m a Bookworm”. Bookmarks are a great incentive for reading for pleasure. (.pdf file 122KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...
by admin | Feb 22, 2012 | Guest Post
My dream has always been to work in education. I love learning, I love exploring, imagining, discovering. When I graduated into the primary sector I began to dream about my classroom: What will it look like? What will the pupils be like? The school? All sorts of...
