by admin | Sep 5, 2020 | Book Reviews
‘Have you seen the Dublin Vampire?’ by Úna Woods is a wonderfully exciting and colourful picture book that deserves a place in all school and home libraries. This hardback picture book tells the story of a Vampire who travels around the various sights and...
by admin | Sep 3, 2020 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, English, Reading
This poster resource aims to make pupils aware of the elements necessary for good reading aloud. There are five posters in the resource, including a header poster. Pupils attention is drawn to four key elements for reading aloud: Fluency, Clarity, Expression,...
by admin | Sep 1, 2020 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Gaeilge, Labhairt
This resource consists of a set of question posters as Gaeilge on the theme of “Mé Féin” which many classes will be learning about at this time of the year. There are 22 posters in the set as well as a pupil handout with the questions and sample answers....
by admin | Aug 30, 2020 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, English Task Cards, Oral Work
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 pupil has to repeat the set of three words in reverse order. There are 50 cards in...
by admin | Aug 30, 2020 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, English Task Cards, Oral Work
This 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 pupil has to repeat the set of three words in reverse order. There are 50 cards in the...
by admin | Aug 29, 2020 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, English Task Cards, Oral Work
This new set of English Task Cards is aimed at pupils in middle/senior classes. The cards are intended to be used as a quickfire fun game/task to be used as a lesson transition, an ice-breaker activity or as a warm-up for a literacy lesson. There are 50 cards in the...
by admin | Aug 29, 2020 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Maths Task Cards, Number
This set of Maths 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 number memory. The teacher calls out the mobile phone number and pupil has to memorise and repeat the...
by admin | Aug 25, 2020 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, English Task Cards, Oral Work
This new set of English Task Cards is aimed at pupils in middle/senior classes. The cards are intended to be used as a quickfire fun game/task to be used as a lesson transition, an ice-breaker activity or as a warm-up for a literacy lesson. There are 50 cards in the...
by admin | Aug 25, 2020 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, English Task Cards, Oral Work
This new set of English Task Cards is aimed at pupils in middle/senior classes. The cards are intended to be used as a quickfire fun game/task to be used as a lesson transition, an ice-breaker activity or as a warm-up for a literacy lesson. There are 50 cards in the...
by admin | Aug 25, 2020 | 5th/6th, Maths Task Cards, Number
This set of Maths Task Cards is aimed at pupils in senior classes. The cards are intended to be used as a fun game/task to assist in the development of working memory. The pupil has to repeat the set of five numbers in reverse order. There are 50 cards in the pack,...
by admin | Aug 23, 2020 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Resource Packs, Writing
This new resource pack is intended to support a unit of work on Descriptive Portraits and Creating Characters in middle and senior classes. It contains 16 different files with 384 pages of resource material to help pupils create characters for their narrative writing...
by admin | Aug 22, 2020 | Maths Task Cards, Misc
This set of Maths 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 pupil has to repeat the set of five numbers in reverse order. There are 50 cards in the...
by admin | Aug 22, 2020 | Teaching News
Picture Books can often be associated with younger pupils in the primary school but there are also many suitable picture books which can be used with senior pupils. This video shows examples of some of the picture books that I use with my senior class pupils. A couple...
by admin | Aug 22, 2020 | Teaching News
Hessian is an easy material to use for a Visual Arts lesson under the Fabric and Fibre Strand. Pupils in various class standards should be able to complete this lesson. The video below demonstrates how to complete this lesson. The video demonstrates how to create a...
by admin | Aug 20, 2020 | Guest Post
Now in its eighth consecutive year, this hugely popular post is back again. So many teachers make use of this list while they are making plans for seasonal and related activities in the classroom during the school year. Huge thanks again to Ciara Reilly...
