by admin | Oct 23, 2023 | Hallowe'en, Visual Arts
This spooky Hallowe’en-themed Visual Arts lesson is a perfect way to celebrate the season of Hallowe’en and decorate your classroom in style! Suitable for pupils in middle and senior classes, the picture is done in two stages – creating the background first, followed...
by admin | Oct 23, 2023 | Hallowe'en
The purpose of this resource is to create a fun and active technology lesson with a Hallowe’en theme, where pupils get out of their desks to complete the task. Suitable for middle/senior classes, all of the questions on the trail relate to the celebration of the...
by admin | Oct 22, 2023 | Hallowe'en, Visual Arts
This spooky Hallowe’en-themed Visual Arts lesson is a perfect way to celebrate the season of Hallowe’en and decorate your classroom in style! Suitable for pupils in middle and senior classes, the picture is done in two stages – creating the background first, followed...
by admin | Oct 22, 2023 | Hallowe'en
Dolch words are a list of 220 “service words” developed in the 1940s by William Dolch. They consist of a series of eleven sets of words which are considered to be vocabulary which occurs most frequently in children’s reading material. This seasonal resource contains...
by admin | Oct 21, 2023 | Hallowe'en
The aim of this seasonal resource is to create an active and fun Hallowe’en activity geared towards pupils in junior/middle classes. There are 26 different cards which pupils have to find on the trail. Each card has a letter and a Hallowe’en image. Pupils...
by admin | Oct 20, 2023 | Hallowe'en, Visual Arts
This spooky Visual Arts lesson with a Hallowe’en theme is a really quick and easy one to do. A collection of the finished product looks really well when displayed together, creating a Hallowe’eny atmosphere in the classroom. This lesson is also good for...
by admin | Oct 20, 2023 | Hallowe'en
Dot-to-dot activities are important for younger pupils and have many benefits. They give pupils opportunities to practise their fine motor skills, pencil control skills and hand-eye co-ordination. This seasonal resource contains an 11-page booklet with Hallowe’en...
by admin | Oct 20, 2023 | Hallowe'en
Dot-to-dot activities are important for younger pupils and have many benefits. They give pupils opportunities to practise their fine motor skills, pencil control skills and hand-eye co-ordination. This seasonal resource contains an 11-page booklet with...
by admin | Oct 20, 2023 | Book Reviews
Banshee Rising is the first novel written for younger readers by Dubliner Riley Cain. It is published by Currach Books. In this book, author Cain, explores Irish Celtic mythology through the main character of Caitlyn McCabe. Caitlyn lives with her grandmother in Co....
by admin | Oct 20, 2023 | Book Reviews
Sally in the City of Dreams is one of the best books I have read in a long time. It must have been really hard for Sally and her older sister to not only leave their home and loved ones for a big strange city but to stay with such a cruel and unfair cousin! When Sally...
by admin | Oct 20, 2023 | Book Reviews
Thug mo mhúinteoir leabhar dom. Bhí sé go maith. I like how funny Dog Man is. Ba mhaith liom na pictiúirí. “Dog Man” an t-ainm a bhí air. An carachtar is fearr liom ná Dog Man. He had a lot of tricks. Bhí sé leath-leabhar, leath-greannán. By Bror,...
by admin | Oct 20, 2023 | Book Reviews
The Strange Tale of Barnabus Kwerk is a strange, but interesting and creative story. The story starts with a funeral which is a very sad place to start! But, I promise, there is a very enjoyable twist and the ending is a wonderful one. The story layout is fantastic....
by admin | Oct 20, 2023 | Book Reviews
This is the 7th book in the Eoin Madden series. Eoin is rugby mad and goes to Castlerock College. He has been called up to the senior cup team where he`s the youngest ever player and finds himself a bit out of his depth but meets a friend who helps him find his feet....
by admin | Oct 20, 2023 | Book Reviews
The Harp of Power is a fiction story based around Irish myths and legends. It follows the life of a girl named Cat, the friends she meets and the dangers they face. Together they must fight an ancient and terrifying power. Cat is an extraordinary young girl with a...
by admin | Oct 10, 2023 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Hallowe'en, Visual Arts
This spooky Hallowe’en-themed Visual Arts lesson is a perfect way to celebrate the season of Hallowe’en and decorate your classroom in style! Suitable for pupils in middle and senior classes, the picture is done in two stages – creating the...
