by admin | Apr 24, 2023 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, Writing
This resource is aimed at providing pupils in junior/middle classes with picture prompts for practising their narrative writing skills. Each writing template contains images of a character, a setting and an object. The job of the pupil is to connect these three...
by admin | Apr 15, 2023 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Tasc-Chártaí
This new set of Gaeilge oral language Tasc-Chártaí is aimed at pupils in middle/senior classes. The cards are intended to be used as a fun game/task to aid in vocabulary development of Éadaí words as well as the development of working memory and deduction skills as...
by admin | Apr 14, 2023 | Free
This FREE set of Tasc-Chártaí as Gaeilge is aimed at pupils in middle/senior classes. The cards are intended to be used as a fun game/task to assist in vocabulary development and in the development of working memory as Gaeilge. Based on Éadaí, the pupil has to...
by admin | Apr 13, 2023 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Scríbhneoireacht
Sa chomhad seo tá foclóir ag baint leis an téama “Cláir Teilíse”. Bheadh sé oiriúnach do dhaltaí a bhéas ag déanamh scríbhneoireacht cruthaitheach sa seomra ranga nó ag déanamh saorscríbhneoireacht. Cuideoidh sé freisin le teanga ó bhéal, agus na daltaí ag déanamh...
by admin | Apr 12, 2023 | 1st/2nd, Infants, Number
This resource is aimed at younger pupils working on basic addition skills up to ten. It consists of a booklet of eight worksheets, available in both English and Gaeilge. Pupils have to work out the addition sum and colour the correct number of squares that answers the...
by admin | Apr 12, 2023 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Maths Task Cards
These Maths Task Cards are aimed at pupils in middle/senior classes. They are intended to be used as a fun game/task to assess and reinforce key number facts that pupils should know. There are 50 cards in the pack, four per A4 page. The resource features a range of...
by admin | Mar 31, 2023 | Book Reviews
Freya Harte is not a Puzzle by Méabh Collins is a book for young readers ( 12+) that explores autism. The reader, throughout the book, gets a very good insight as to what it is to be an autistic person. We find out about all the positives and some of the negatives of...
by admin | Mar 29, 2023 | Easter
An acrostic poem is one where the beginning letter of each line spells out a particular word. Pupils generally tend to like to write these poems as they are easier than other types of poetry. This resource contains 19 Easter themed Acrostic Poems templates for pupils...
by admin | Mar 27, 2023 | Easter
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 | Mar 26, 2023 | Easter
With the theme of Easter well under way in many classrooms throughout the country, these two seasonal image mats – one in English and one as Gaeilge – might be a welcome addition to talk, discussion and writing on the theme of Easter, especially in junior classes....
by admin | Mar 23, 2023 | Easter
In a digital era, we sometimes wonder if handwriting is still an important skill for pupils to learn. However, there are many benefits, both physical and educational, in getting pupils to practise handwriting and pencil control. This seasonal resource consists of a 16...
by admin | Mar 23, 2023 | Easter
The aim of this resource is to create a fun and active Easter-themed activity geared towards younger pupils. There are seven different trails in the resource, based on the same sixteen cards which pupils have to find and tick off. The teacher has a choice of how to...
by admin | Mar 23, 2023 | Book Reviews
Recently I read a book called One Stormy Night, the author’s name Is Alma Jordan. This story is about Kate and Peter Farrelly’s life at Hazel Tree Farm. Kate falls in love with the fluffy chicks on Cooper’s farm while Peter helps with the lambs. One day Peg the dog...
by admin | Mar 21, 2023 | 1st/2nd, Easter, Infants
In a digital era, we sometimes wonder if handwriting is still an important skill for pupils to learn. However, there are many benefits, both physical and educational, in getting pupils to practise handwriting and pencil control. This seasonal resource consists of a 13...
by admin | Mar 20, 2023 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, Easter, Infants
This new seasonal resource consists of an 18-page booklet of seasonally symmetrical images for pupils in junior/middle classes to complete and colour. Half of the image is shown on the A4 page as well as the line of symmetry. Pupils have to complete the image along...
