by admin | Feb 29, 2024 | Book Reviews
Having read Paddy Donnelly’s book “Fox and Son Tailers” and loving it, the Junior room in Castleplunkett NS jumped at the opportunity to read and review “The Golden Hare” for Seomra Ranga, and we were not disappointed! Meara and her Granddad...
by admin | Feb 27, 2024 | 5th/6th, Elections, SPHE
With voting on two different referendums coming on March 8th, it’s an opportune time to teach pupils about aspects of democracy and the democratic process. This eight-page booklet, in both English and Gaeilge, has different sections for pupils to complete and...
by admin | Feb 27, 2024 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Spring, Visual Arts
With Leap Day (February 29th) almost here, pupils especially in junior classes will be motivated by thematic work of any kind. This resource consists of a set of black/white images with a Leap Year/Leap Day theme for pupils to colour. 15 different colouring pages in...
by admin | Feb 27, 2024 | 5th/6th, Elections, SPHE
The government is holding two referendums on March 8th to make changes to the Irish Constitution in relation to the concept of family and to care provided by family members. This 25-page poster display resource is designed to assist in explaining both of these...
by admin | Feb 26, 2024 | Spring
As this year 2024 is a Leap Year, it is an opportune time to teach pupils about what a Leap Year is and why it occurs. This resource consists of 13 display posters giving pupils background on the reasons behind having a Leap Year, what the “Centuries Rule”...
by admin | Feb 25, 2024 | Maths, Spring
This poster resource consists of a set of 21 posters relating to facts about the number 29. As this year is a Leap Year, with an extra day occurring on February 29th, it would be an opportune time for pupils to learn a few interesting facts connected to the number 29....
by admin | Feb 25, 2024 | Spring
These bookmarks are intended to help mark the Leap Year which occurs on February 29th this year. There are 20 different bookmark designs in the download in both English and Gaeilge. The bookmarks are in blackline for pupils to colour and decorate and they are printed...
by admin | Feb 22, 2024 | Resource Packs
This Colour Green Resource Pack is intended to support a topic of work on the colour Green, especially in junior classes. It contains 59 different files in both English and Gaeilge with almost 800 pages of resource material. The pack contains resources for display in...
by admin | Feb 14, 2024 | AEN, Infants
This resource is aimed at pupils in junior classes, SEN pupils or pupils with speech and language difficulties. The resource aims to help younger pupils to consolidate the concept of colour by getting them to sort the blue and red coloured items using the sorting...
by admin | Feb 13, 2024 | 5th/6th, Valentine's Day, Visual Arts
This is a perfect art lesson to complete around Valentines’ Day/ Although this lesson is called “Paper Weaving”, it is much easier to do the weaving if it is done with card. This activity can be a little “fiddly”, so it may be better to do it with pupils in...
by admin | Feb 12, 2024 | Valentine's Day
The purpose of this resource is to create a fun and active technology lesson with a Valentines’ Day theme, where pupils get out of their desks to complete the task. Suitable for middle/senior classes, all of the 26 questions on the trail relate to the...
by admin | Feb 12, 2024 | Valentine's Day
With the theme of Valentines’ Day well under way in many classrooms throughout the country, this seasonal image mat should be a welcome addition to talk, discussion and writing on the theme of Valentines in the run up to the big day. The image mat could be...
by admin | Feb 11, 2024 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Shape & Space, Valentine's Day
This seasonal Valentine resource is aimed at pupils in middle/senior classes working on co-ordinates from the Shape and Space Strand of the Maths curriculum. It is based on pupils’ ability to work out the co-ordinates of a particular Valentine image on the grid....
by admin | Feb 10, 2024 | Photo Packs, Spring
This new resource, published to coincide with Pancake Tuesday, contains a set of 28 photo posters as Gaeilge to help with the seasonal topic of Pancake Tuesday in the classroom. The posters contain high resolution photographs of pancake ingredients, equipment needed...
by admin | Feb 9, 2024 | Photo Packs, Spring
This new resource, published to coincide with Pancake Tuesday, contains a set of seventeen photo posters to help with the seasonal topic of Pancake Tuesday in the classroom. The posters contain high resolution photographs of pancake ingredients as well as equipment...
