by admin | Sep 25, 2022 | Book Reviews
“Lily’s Dream – A Lissadell Story” is about Lily and her best friends Maeve de Markievicz, Nellie, Nellie’s sister Johanna and Harry. Lily felt lucky to have a job as a housemaid in Lissadell, but she always dreamed about becoming a teacher. Lily was...
by admin | Sep 25, 2022 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Autumn, Infants
This resource contains three 20-page seasonal booklets aimed at younger pupils. Pupils have to colour the Autumn images and trace/write the words/phrases/sentences at the bottom of the page. It gives pupils opportunities to practise fine motor and colouring skills....
by admin | Sep 21, 2022 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Labhairt, Scríbhneoireacht
If you have done a unit of work on Na Baill Beatha, perhaps as part of a “Mé Féin” theme, you may wish to assess how familiar the pupil are with the vocabulary associated with “Na Baill Beatha. This pack contains nine pages of Assessment on this...
by admin | Sep 20, 2022 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Scríbhneoireacht, Writing
This resource is aimed at providing an email template for pupils to display an example of their written work. There are four templates in English and four templates as Gaeilge included in the resource. Some of the templates have lines which some pupils may find easier...
by admin | Sep 19, 2022 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Labhairt, Léitheoireacht
This Gaeilge domino game resource is aimed at assisting pupils in middle/senior classes in consolidating their knowledge of Na Baill Beatha. There are 33 domino cards in the pack in a hexagonal design, with two cards printed on each A4 page. Domino games have many...
by admin | Sep 12, 2022 | 1st/2nd, Autumn, 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. This resource contains each set of words...
by admin | Sep 12, 2022 | Book Reviews
The Trooping Fairies have visited the small town of Clonbridge for their annual celebration. Their arrival awakens other creatures who are also after fun and mischief. Sibhe is the queen of the fairies. She seems like a very nice fairy but turns evil once you get on...
by admin | Sep 8, 2022 | Free
This set of Drama Task Cards could be used with any age group of pupils. The cards are intended to be used as a fun warm-up game for a drama lesson, or they could be the focus of the lesson itself. There are 10 cards in this Free version of the pack, four per A4 page....
by admin | Sep 8, 2022 | Book Reviews
Fox & Son Tailers, by the author Paddy Donnelly is a heartwarming tale. It invites the reader into a world about family members working together in a little town called Ballybrush to make tails for the various animals who visit the Tail shop. The shop has been in...
by admin | Sep 7, 2022 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Drama-
This set of Drama Task Cards could be used with any age group of pupils. The cards are intended to be used as a fun warm-up game for a drama lesson, or they could be the focus of the lesson itself. There are 50 cards in the pack, four per A4 page. The game...
by admin | Sep 5, 2022 | 5th/6th, Gaeilge, Scríbhneoireacht
This display resource consists of 46 phone images in different colours, containing Gaeilge versions of common text speak language. The aim is to allow pupils to have some fun playing with Gaeilge in a new and interesting way. These display posters are designed two per...
by admin | Sep 4, 2022 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Miscellaneous
While many special education teachers use a Visual Schedule with pupils, it is equally important that they are also used in the mainstream classroom. It allows pupils to plan ahead, to prepare and to know what’s coming next. This third version of the Classroom...
by admin | Sep 2, 2022 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Reading
This poster resource consists of twelve posters to assist the teacher when studying a novel in the classroom. Its aim is to make pupils aware of the different elements that make up the structure of a novel and that most or all of these elements are usually be present...
by admin | Sep 2, 2022 | Book Reviews
Now, this is a poetry book for children worth getting excited about. Subtitled Thirty-One Putrid Poems for October, this collection of Halloween-themed poems is a delight. Darkly comic and anarchic in the tradition of Roald Dahl, this book invites you in from the very...
by admin | Aug 31, 2022 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Gaeilge, Labhairt
This display resource consists of 13 posters in a speech bubble format, containing questions that the teacher will want to encourage the pupils to use during the course of daily work in the classroom. The aim is to get pupils to communicate with the teacher as Gaeilge...
