by admin | Sep 15, 2023 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Visual Arts
This lesson can be used as part of the Print Strand of the Visual Arts curriculum. It can also be integrated with the theme of symmetry in maths as it shows in a very visual way this mathematical concept. It also uses a very common item to produce symmetrical prints...
by admin | Sep 15, 2023 | Technology
Have you ever tried doing some Digital Art with your pupils? I originally came across the Weave Silk website ten years ago when it was recommended on Twitter by the late, great Bianca Ní Ghrógáin, who was always a mine full of the greatest digital ideas. I’ve...
by admin | Sep 15, 2023 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, AEN, Powerpoint, Reading
This PPTX resource is aimed at pupils in first to third classes or SEN pupils. Its purpose is to assist with the understanding of both sentence structure, comprehension and reading for meaning. These sentences are made up of six words. There are 25 different sentences...
by admin | Sep 14, 2023 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Visual Arts
This is a really simple and easy art lesson to do, yet it is one which pupils of any age will enjoy. It focuses on the pattern of the shoes that they are wearing in school and trying to recreate that pattern onto a shoe print. A class full of these shoe prints makes...
by admin | Sep 14, 2023 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Visual Arts
If you are not using that salad spinner at the back of the kitchen press any more, bring it in to school to make a great piece of visual art. All you need to create this effective piece of art is the salad spinner, paper plates and paint, it’s that easy. This visual...
by admin | Sep 13, 2023 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Visual Arts
This Visual Arts resource contains two simple, yet effective, line drawings, creating a pattern which can be coloured using any art medium that you wish, eg. crayons, markers, colouring pencils or paint. They mimic rays coming out from quarter suns. The focus of both...
by admin | Sep 13, 2023 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Foghraíocht, Léitheoireacht, Litriú, 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 and a...
by admin | Sep 12, 2023 | Free
To mark Roald Dahl Day 2023, these Free bookmarks celebrate the ever popular book “Fantastic Mr. Fox”. There are six different bookmarks in the download featuring different characters from the book. The bookmarks are in full colour and are printed three...
by admin | Sep 12, 2023 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Visual Arts
This Visual Arts lesson is quite easy and quick to do. However, it can really only be done in small groups and with adult supervision for younger pupils. However, It’s one of those lessons that pupils of all abilities can do and the end product is always...
by admin | Sep 12, 2023 | Infants, Reading
This resource consists of a 27 page pupil booklet to help consolidate pupils’ knowledge of words that begin with each letter of the alphabet. There is a separate page for each letter of the alphabet. 4/5 images are included on each page. Pupils are asked to...
by admin | Sep 11, 2023 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Visual Arts
This Visual Arts lesson can be integrated with work on 2D shapes in maths. It can be completed in any medium – paint, watercolour, crayon, markers, chalk or oil pastels etc. The same method can also be used for almost any other 2D shapes also. Its focus is on use of...
by admin | Sep 11, 2023 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, Léitheoireacht
This resource is aimed at pupils in junior/middle classes who are learning the names of colours as Gaeilge. They are printed two crayons per A4 page and the word label is in all lower case letters. 17 colour crayons are included in the display pack which contains all...
by admin | Sep 11, 2023 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Reading
With the Rugby World Cup currently taking place in France, this might be an opportune time to look at French vocabulary which is commonly used in the English language. Pupils might be somewhat surprised to discover that many words that we commonly use in everyday...
by admin | Sep 11, 2023 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Visual Arts
This Visual Art lesson using either paint or colours (crayons, pastels etc.) is a suitable lesson for the beginning of the year. Aimed at pupils in middle/senior classes, the lesson gets pupils to visually represent the initial of their first or second name on a grid....
by admin | Sep 6, 2023 | Quizzes
Rugby World Cup 2023 begins in France this weekend so it is a great time to mark the tournament over the next seven weeks with a Table Quiz. This resource comprises eight rounds of six questions, a Tie-Break round, Rugby Jokes between rounds and answers to all...
