by admin | Aug 11, 2023 | Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous
This display resource consists of a set of crayon-themed subject headings. These could be used for display board headings, for a visual timetable or for storage shelf organisation. It contains 13 crayon headings for the main curricular areas. The headings are...
by admin | Aug 9, 2023 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, English Task Cards
As teachers, we are usually the ones asking the questions and getting the pupils to provide the answers. The aim of this resource is to reverse that process – giving the pupils the answers and asking them to construct the questions for these answers. There are 50...
by admin | Jul 21, 2023 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Foghraíocht, Scríbhneoireacht
This phonics display resource consists of posters drawing pupils’ attention to word patterns in Gaeilge to help with spelling and written work. Twelve different phonics patterns are included in the resource. Each pattern has two posters, one with a large image...
by admin | Jul 20, 2023 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Number
This set of maths worksheets is aimed at pupils in middle and senior standards. It aims to reinforce the idea of the connection between multiplication and division and that division is the inverse of multiplication. The idea is also to reaffirm with pupils that if...
by admin | Jul 17, 2023 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, Infants
This set of oral language Task Cards is aimed at pupils in junior/middle classes. The cards are intended to be used as a fun game/task to develop vocabulary and oral language. There are 50 cards in the pack, four per A4 page. This game could be played with pupils...
by admin | Jul 17, 2023 | Book Reviews
I read this story with a first class and they loved it. It was perfect for this age group. The story revolves around Mr. Fox’s occupation as a “tailer,” creating tails for various animals according to strict rules and regulations regarding size and...
by admin | Jul 14, 2023 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Writing
This resource consists of a 25-page booklet (printed two pages per A4 sheet) for pupils to assist them in “letting Tired Words rest”. It gives pupils lots of alternatives for over-used words which they can use in their own pieces of creative writing. It...
by admin | Jul 10, 2023 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Drama-
This set of cards aimed at pupils in middle and senior classes can be used for developing improvisation for a drama lesson. The topic on the card should suggest to the group of pupils the scenario for the improvisation. The rest of the class acts as the audience....
by admin | Jul 7, 2023 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, English Task Cards
This new set of English Task Cards is aimed at pupils in middle/senior classes. The cards are intended to be used as a fun game/task to assist in the development of working memory. The teacher calls out the first set of items on the shopping list, then calls out the...
by admin | Jul 6, 2023 | Book Reviews
This is a very good book which we both enjoyed. The main 3 boys in the book were Perry, Jerry and Billy. Reading about them gave us a very good understanding of their families and the places that they lived in. Some of the descriptions in the book were really good,...
by admin | Jul 5, 2023 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Tasc-Chártaí
This new 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 revise pupils’ knowledge of asking questions as Gaeilge. There are 50 cards in the pack, four per A4 page. The sentences on the...
by admin | Jul 4, 2023 | Book Reviews
This is a fantastic book for anyone with a dog or even thinking about getting one. It has lots of great points which are clearly laid out in each chapter. The illustrations and photographs are super too. It really helps you to know how and what your dog is thinking....
by admin | Jul 3, 2023 | Free
World War II has just ended when thirteen-year-old Mikhail finds a dying man and his German shepherd, Zasha, in the woods. It’s dangerous-some say traitorous-to own a German dog after Germany attacked Russia, so Mikhail must keep Zasha a secret to keep her...
by admin | Jul 3, 2023 | Book Reviews
What a treasure! A real throw back to those popular books of my childhood where you have fabulous art work interspersed with text as Gaeilge and as Béarla. Each page takes us around the island of Ireland from The Fleadh, to Tír na nÓg, The Ploughing to The Aviva....
by admin | Jun 29, 2023 | Free
DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) Time is a specified regular time that is set aside during the school day for pupils (and teacher!) to stop what they are doing and focus on reading for pleasure. This poster display resource for the classroom is to focus pupils about...
