by admin | Apr 15, 2024 | 1st/2nd, AEN, English, Infants
This resource is aimed at pupils in junior classes, SEN pupils or pupils who need some practice on visual discrimination. The resource, based on modes of transport, aims to help pupils to use visual cues to match each item to its shadow or silhouette. There are twelve...
by admin | Apr 14, 2024 | 1st/2nd, Gaeilge, Infants, Léitheoireacht, Scríbhneoireacht
This resource is aimed at pupils in junior classes who are learning the names of colours as Gaeilge. They are printed one poster per A4 page and the word label is in all lower case letters. 11 colours are included in the display pack which contains all of the usual...
by admin | Apr 14, 2024 | 1st/2nd, English, Infants, Reading, Writing
This resource is aimed at pupils in junior classes who are learning the names of colours. They are printed one poster per A4 page and the word label is in all lower case letters. 11 colours are included in the display pack which contains all of the usual colour names...
by admin | Apr 12, 2024 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Infants, Phonics
This 21-page phonics booklet is aimed at infant pupils or SEN pupils at the beginning of work on phonics. It is based on their knowledge of CVC words with medial A. The resource could be used as a teaching tool or alternatively, it could be used as a form of practice...
by admin | Apr 12, 2024 | 1st/2nd, AEN, English, Infants
This resource is aimed at pupils in junior classes, SEN pupils or pupils who need some practice on visual discrimination. The resource, based on fruit and vegetables, aims to help pupils to use visual cues to match each item to its shadow or silhouette. There are...
by admin | Apr 11, 2024 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Visual Arts
As well as creating pieces of art, pupils are required under each of the six Strands of the Irish Visual Arts curriculum to look at and respond to art created by others. These four lessons give pupils opportunities to “look at, enjoy and make a personal response” to...
by admin | Apr 10, 2024 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Infants
This resource is aimed at infant pupils or SEN pupils at the beginning of work on phonics. It is based on their knowledge of CVC words with medial U. The resource could be used as a teaching tool or alternatively, it could be used as a form of assessment. There are 12...
by admin | Apr 9, 2024 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Infants, Phonics
This resource is aimed at infant pupils or SEN pupils at the beginning of work on phonics. It is based on their knowledge of CVC words with medial U. The resource could be used as a teaching tool or alternatively, it could be used as a form of assessment. There are 12...
by admin | Apr 8, 2024 | Visual Arts
This lesson is most suitable to do during the summer term or when working on a “sea” theme in the classroom. It uses a printing technique with potatoes to create a seascape picture. It could be done as a standalone lesson under the Paint Strand of the Visual Arts...
by admin | Apr 8, 2024 | Resources Websites
I Am An Artist is a website set up many years ago to support primary teachers in the delivery of the Visual Arts curriculum in the classroom. The website is certainly worth a visit for teachers to gain a better insight and overview of the Visual Arts curriculum and to...
by admin | Apr 8, 2024 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Infants, Phonics
This resource is aimed at infant pupils or SEN pupils at the beginning of work on phonics. It is based on their knowledge of CVC words with medial O. The resource could be used as a teaching tool or alternatively, it could be used as a form of assessment. There are 12...
by admin | Apr 6, 2024 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Summer, Visual Arts
This is a nice, colourful Visual Arts lesson to do during the summer term. The resource contains a simple, yet effective, line drawing, creating a summer kite pattern which can be coloured using any art medium that you wish, eg. crayons, markers, colouring pencils or...
by admin | Apr 6, 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 red and green coloured items using the sorting...
by admin | Mar 26, 2024 | Teaching News
A nationwide campaign has been launched to get Irish primary schools involved in the “Our Shoes” Appeal. The campaign aims to get pupils to collect their pre-loved shoes/boots/runners and donate them to needy children in townships in South Africa. The...
by admin | Mar 25, 2024 | Book Reviews
“In Between Worlds” by Nicola Pierce is a book set during the famine in Ireland. Maggie is the main character, and she tells the story as an old woman living in Australia. She is from a village in Cork and she travelled to a workhouse and then to...
