by admin | Jan 19, 2023 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, PE, Powerpoint
There is continuing importance being laid upon getting children to do more physical activity, both in school and at home. The aim of this Powerpoint resource is to give pupils a structured movement break at 10am consisting of 10 simple exercises. With time pressure to...
by admin | Jan 9, 2023 | 5th/6th, Class Novel, Reading
Marita Conlon Mc Kenna’s novel “A Girl Called Blue” is suitable to be used as a class novel to be studied in senior classes. With themes of family, loneliness and child labour, the novel is perfect for stimulation of class discussions. These...
by admin | Dec 12, 2022 | 5th/6th, Grammar, Writing
This English Assessment Test, suitable for pupils in a senior class, aims to assess pupils’ abilities in a number of areas of English language. There are sections to be completed on Synonyms, Antonyms, Matching Words With Meaning, correcting Spelling Errors and...
by admin | Dec 12, 2022 | 5th/6th, Scríbhneoireacht
If you have done a unit of work on Gairmeacha Beatha you may wish to assess how familiar the pupils are with the vocabulary associated with “Gairmeacha Beatha”. This pack contains twelve pages of assessment on this topic, with three different ways of assessment....
by admin | Dec 7, 2022 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Powerpoint, Writing
The aim of this PPTX resource is to provide short paragraphs for pupils to practise daily handwriting in the classroom. It consists of a 10-week programme of daily exercises for pupils to copy into their copy/headline copy in order to practise their letter formation...
by admin | Dec 6, 2022 | Miscellaneous
This resource consists of a range of signs for the classroom door. The signs are available in both English and Gaeilge. 35 different versions of the signs are in the download to suit many different classes and combinations of classes. Let me know if your class...
by admin | Nov 30, 2022 | 5th/6th, Grammar, Writing
This English Assessment Test, suitable for pupils in a senior class, aims to assess pupils’ abilities in a number of areas of English language. There are sections to be completed on Synonyms, Antonyms, Matching Words With Meaning, correcting Spelling Errors and...
by admin | Nov 23, 2022 | Free
“My First Gaelic Football Match” and “My First Hurling-Camogie Match” are newly-published GAA-themed picture books. Based around the central characters of Senan Mc Coy and Kayla Doherty, the picture books aim to inspire both a love of reading...
by admin | Nov 23, 2022 | Book Reviews
We were very happy to get the chance to review ‘Be Inspired – Young Irish People Changing the World’ written by Sarah Webb and illustrated by Graham Corcoran. We liked that we had met Sarah Webb before in our local bookshop, Halfway Up the Stairs in...
by admin | Nov 19, 2022 | Resource Packs
This new resource pack contains lots of different World Cup 2022 activities and files for display in the classroom. It contains 46 different resource files (in English and Gaeilge) totalling 841 pages of World Cup resources. These resources would be perfect for a...
by admin | Nov 17, 2022 | Book Reviews
The story is about a girl who loves sport. She starts playing soccer for her local u10 soccer club. One day one of the U12s are out sick for an important match so Izzy has to step in and play for the U12s. Izzy was feeling very nervous but played very well in the...
by admin | Nov 15, 2022 | Quizzes
Soccer’s World Cup 2022 begins in Qatar this weekend so it is a great time to mark the tournament over the next month with a Table Quiz. This resource comprises eight rounds of six questions, a Tie-Break round, Soccer Jokes between rounds and answers to all...
by admin | Nov 15, 2022 | 1st/2nd, Infants, Reading
Dolch words are a list of 220 “service words” developed in the 1940s by William Dolch. They consist of a series of sets of words which are considered to be vocabulary which occurs most frequently in children’s reading material. With the soccer World Cup coming soon,...
by admin | Nov 14, 2022 | Book Reviews
“Lily Takes A Chance” by Judi Curtin is the fourth book in the “Lily at Lissadell” series. This book is told from the point of view of the protagonist, Lily Brennan. Lily Takes A Chance is about a young girl working in Lissadell to provide...
by admin | Nov 10, 2022 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Quizzes, Science
Next week is Science Week 2022 and as usual it is a great time to celebrate the week with a Table Quiz. This resource comprises eight rounds of six questions, a Tie-Break round, Science Jokes between rounds and answers to all questions on 172 Powerpoint slides. It is...
