by admin | Oct 16, 2010 | 1st/2nd, Class Novel
Your first real bed is a big adventure – but a little scary too! This book by Una Leavy is aimed at younger pupils. This document for the teacher contains suggestions on how to use the book as a cross-curricular resource in the First Class classroom. (.pdf file 48KB)...
by admin | Oct 16, 2010 | 1st/2nd, Class Novel
Finn wants to be cool. But what can he do about his wild, frizzy hair? The other children tease him and call him names. So Finn decides to do something drastic. He collects all his mum’s hair products and mixes them up into a potion. But the potion singes his...
by admin | Oct 16, 2010 | 1st/2nd, Class Novel
Amy, a little robin, is alone and has to fend for herself. She decides to build a nest, but she doesn’t know how! Amy sets out to find out– with strange results. Her home is an amazing collection of objects, full of interest and surprises. This book by Gordon...
by admin | Oct 16, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, Class Novel
Joe had so many questions for the new builder: Which tool was the most important? What if you were afraid of heights? How do you put scaffolding together? He is really disappointed when he finds out that Radu doesn’t speak any English. Now he will never find out about...
by admin | Oct 16, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, Class Novel
There’s great excitement when the school band is chosen to march in the Saint Patrick’s Day Parade. Olanna practises really hard on her tin whistle. At last the big day arrives and they line up with the stilt-walkers, the bagpipers, the dancing leprechauns. Then...
by admin | Oct 16, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, Class Novel
Poor Chang-ming! He has been picked for the school team but his family will be in China then, visiting his grandma. It’s not fair. ‘I won’t go to China,’ he decides. But what about Grandma? And isn’t a visit to China the most exciting thing ever? Especially when it’s...
by admin | Oct 15, 2010 | Resources
This week’s RTE Guide is giving away a free Classics for Children CD with each copy purchased. The CD contains 22 classic tunes which are suitable for use in the primary school classroom. Composers such as Debussy, Saint Saens, Kodaly, Bizet, Strauss and Haydn...
by admin | Oct 14, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, Class Novel
Back home in Brazil, Roberto loved playing football. Now he lives in Ireland, and he’d really like to have a game with the boys in the park, but he’s too shy. When his granny reminds him of the Brazilian story of the dreaming tree, he doesn’t see how a story can help...
by admin | Oct 14, 2010 | Class Novel, Infants
A fun colourful lift the flap book series which will help children identify whose ears, nose and feet belong to which animal. This book by Jeanette Rowe is aimed at younger pupils. There are also companion books, “Whose Nose?” and “Whose Ears?”...
by admin | Oct 14, 2010 | Class Novel, Infants
Jefferson the big brown bear and Figgy Twosocks the little red fox are friends. They play together in the sunny green woods, they share the sky and the hills and the trees and they help each other. They know that that’s what friends are for. But when Figgy plays a...
by admin | Oct 14, 2010 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, History
The Story of Ireland recounts the entire history of Ireland from the ice age to the present day . It tells the story of the whole island and its people. The book’s 27 chapters chronicle invasions, wars, Christianity, famine and a divided island, mixed with tales of...
by admin | Oct 14, 2010 | 3rd/4th, History
The Story of Ireland recounts the entire history of Ireland from the ice age to the present day . It tells the story of the whole island and its people. The book’s 27 chapters chronicle invasions, wars, Christianity, famine and a divided island, mixed with tales of...
by admin | Oct 14, 2010 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, History
The Story of Ireland recounts the entire history of Ireland from the ice age to the present day . It tells the story of the whole island and its people. The book’s 27 chapters chronicle invasions, wars, Christianity, famine and a divided island, mixed with tales of...
by admin | Oct 13, 2010 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, History
The Story of Ireland recounts the entire history of Ireland from the ice age to the present day . It tells the story of the whole island and its people. The book’s 27 chapters chronicle invasions, wars, Christianity, famine and a divided island, mixed with tales of...
by admin | Oct 13, 2010 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, History
The Story of Ireland recounts the entire history of Ireland from the ice age to the present day . It tells the story of the whole island and its people. The book’s 27 chapters chronicle invasions, wars, Christianity, famine and a divided island, mixed with tales of...
