by admin | Oct 22, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Music
The March of Siamese Children is an instrumental piece from the musical, The King and I. In this scene, the King of Siam presents 67 young princes and princesses to their new nanny, Anna. This handout for the teacher contains suggestions on how to use the music in...
by admin | Oct 22, 2010 | Apps, Technology
Writing some poetry was a theme in our English work during the past couple of weeks with my class of seven, eight and nine year olds. We had written some cinquains and octopoems to a greater or lesser degree of success. Co-incidentally, at the same time I read a blog...
by admin | Oct 20, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Music
Ravel’s Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty is the first movement from The Mother Goose Suite. Ravel originally wrote this work as a piano duet (where two people play one piano at the same time). This handout for the teacher contains suggestions on how to use the music in...
by admin | Oct 20, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Music
Kodaly wrote an opera in which the main character, a soldier called Hary Janos, describes his heroic adventures, which are exaggerated or simply not true. Kodaly used some of the music from the opera in an instrumental work called The Hary Janos Suite. Viennese...
by admin | Oct 20, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Music
Debussy wrote the music for a ballet called The Toybox in which the characters include a doll, a brave soldier and a wicked Punchinello (similar to the Punch character in Punch and Judy). The doll dances the Little Waltz. This handout for the teacher contains...
by admin | Oct 20, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Music
Saint-Saens composed a work called Carnival of the Animals in which he illustrated many animals musically. This handout for the teacher contains suggestions on how to use the music in the classroom. (.pdf file 220KB) Download File This resource was created by...
by admin | Oct 20, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Music
Saint-Saens composed a work called Carnival of the Animals in which he illustrated many animals musically. This handout for the teacher contains suggestions on how to use the music in the classroom. (.pdf file 220KB) Download File This resource was created by...
by admin | Oct 20, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Maths
An overview of the primary school maths curriculum in a newsletter for parents. It gives examples of maths language that may be used in the school (these can be adapted to suit your own school). It also gives tips to parents as to how they can assist their child in...
by admin | Oct 20, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Gaeilge, Infants, Labhairt
Luaschártaí don seomra ranga le nathanna cainte le n-úsáid ag na daltaí i rith an lae. ‘Séard an aidhm ná béasanna maithe as Gaeilge a chothú. (comhad .pdf 2.58MB) Íoslódáil an Comhad… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...
by admin | Oct 18, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Music
Saint-Saens composed a work called Carnival of the Animals in which he illustrated many animals musically. This handout for the teacher contains suggestions on how to use the music in the classroom. (.pdf file 220KB) Download File This resource was created by...
by admin | Oct 18, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Music
Parade of the Wooden Soldiers was written by Leon Jessel and heard by a Russian producer who decided to use it as a dance number in a show. This handout for the teacher contains suggestions on how to use the music in the classroom. (.pdf file 62KB) Download File This...
by admin | Oct 18, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Music
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy is the most famous dance in Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite. This handout for the teacher contains suggestions on how to use the music in the classroom. (.pdf file 102KB) Download File This resource was created by Anna-Marie Higgins, a...
by admin | Oct 18, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, Class Novel
Surely leprechauns are cute little fellows who do no harm to anyone? Be warned! They are nasty little creatures, just waiting for the chance to trick someone and gain power over them. When Jimmy meets up with one of them, very strange things start to happen. But how...
by admin | Oct 17, 2010 | 3rd/4th, Class Novel
When the farm cat warns Runtling the pig of his approaching fate, he realises that the trip to market is one which he must avoid at all costs and he rushes off to warn his long-lost siblings of the danger. Together the thirteen pigs escape and make their way across...
by admin | Oct 17, 2010 | 3rd/4th, Class Novel
John’s grandfather Old Dan, refuses to leave his farm on Plover Hill, even when the valley around it is flooded and it becomes an island. The only sensible option is for John to move in there with him. When their idyllic lifestyle and the rich wildlife of the...
