by admin | Sep 25, 2021 | Teaching News
Have any of you ever used a Phantom Pupil as a strategy in the classroom? “Brendan” (who incidentally doesn’t have a surname!!) has been my phantom pupil for the past few years. For some reason, he keeps staying with me in 6th class. However, he doesn’t manage to make...
by admin | Sep 23, 2021 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Labhairt, 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 vocabulary to do with sports and games. There are 32 cards in the pack, four per A4 page. These...
by admin | Sep 23, 2021 | Book Reviews
Eliza and Jonty, her little brother, move to Henrietta Street from the beautiful suburbs of Rathmines after their father loses his business and to say that their lives change indescribably is an understatement. Eliza doesn’t love her new home to begin with but when...
by admin | Sep 20, 2021 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Geography
This set of Geography Task Cards is aimed at pupils in middle and senior classes who are either learning or revising the county towns of Ireland. The game cards ask pupils to name the county town of an individual named county. There are 35 cards in the pack as well as...
by admin | Sep 18, 2021 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Labhairt, 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 vocabulary to do with Torthaí/Glasraí. There are 36 cards in the pack, four per A4 page. These...
by admin | Sep 16, 2021 | 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. This second version of the Classroom Visual Schedule is available in both English and Gaeilge and in both lower and...
by admin | Sep 16, 2021 | Book Reviews
This book is about Jason Sherlock, an Irish sports’ legend, and his journey to the All-Ireland final. Jason grew up in Finglas, County Dublin. His father was Asian and his mother was Irish. He had no brothers or sisters, but lived with his mom, grandmother and two...
by admin | Sep 15, 2021 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Geography
This set of Geography Task Cards is aimed at pupils in middle and senior classes who are either learning or revising the counties of Ireland and the provinces that they belong to. The game cards ask pupils to name the province in which each of the counties are...
by admin | Sep 14, 2021 | Free
Sentences are the building blocks of all pieces of writing for pupils. However, they do need to be taught the process for building good sentences. This short FREE display resource reminds pupils of the process for making and constructing good sentences. The resource...
by admin | Sep 12, 2021 | 1st/2nd, Infants, Writing
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 penmanship and pencil control. This Tracing Booklet contains 30 pages...
by admin | Sep 9, 2021 | 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. This Classroom Visual Schedule, available in English and Gaeilge, provides almost 100 options for use in the...
by admin | Sep 8, 2021 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Litriú
This set of spelling signs is designed to assist pupils with one strategy that they can employ when learning Irish spellings. It consists of five rectangular signs that follow the Féach – Abair – Clúdaigh – Scríobh – Ceartaigh strategy. Each...
by admin | Sep 8, 2021 | Book Reviews
This book was extremely good!! I love the way that it is based on something very important in Irish history and I also loved all the cool names that the characters had. I think my favourite character was probably Fionn, although I also liked Cana and Iolla. Fionn,...
by admin | Sep 8, 2021 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Spelling
This set of spelling signs is designed to assist pupils with one strategy that they can employ when learning spellings. It consists of five rectangular signs that follow the Look – Say – Cover – Write – Check strategy. Each sign also contains a...
by admin | Sep 6, 2021 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Labhairt, 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 an oral language group work task to revise pupils’ knowledge of vocabulary and sentence construction based on the theme of “Mé Féin”....
