by admin | Oct 1, 2020 | 1st/2nd, Autumn, Gaeilge, Infants, Labhairt
With Autumn beginning to close in, teachers in junior classes especially will be discussing the theme of Autumn with their pupils. This pack of autumn display posters as Gaeilge, containing 52 pages, will motivate pupils to talk about the signs of autumn that they see...
by admin | Oct 1, 2020 | 1st/2nd, Autumn, Infants, Oral Work
With Autumn beginning to close in, teachers in junior classes especially will be discussing the theme of Autumn with their pupils. This pack of autumn display posters, containing 52 pages, will motivate pupils to talk about the signs of autumn that they see all around...
by admin | Sep 30, 2020 | Book Reviews
“Michael Collins – Hero and Rebel” is a fictional novel written by Eithne Massey. It tells the story of Irish hero Michael Collins who, from his childhood in West Cork vowed to fight for an independent Ireland. This is an amazing book with an...
by admin | Sep 28, 2020 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Music, Music
This new music poster resource is aimed at explaining to pupils what the nine Elements of Music are. There are eleven posters in the resource with each poster explaining clearly what is the meaning behind each element is. The elements explained in the resource are:...
by admin | Sep 28, 2020 | Teaching News
The Tree Council of Ireland, supported by Tetra Pak, is calling on primary schools across the country to get involved in Tetra Pak Tree Day and plant a tree on Thursday, 1st October 2020. The theme for this year’s campaign is “Be a Force for Nature” to encourage...
by admin | Sep 27, 2020 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, English Task Cards, Writing
Editing and correcting errors in written work is something that pupils often struggle with. The aim of this resource is to give pupils practice in error identification and correction in sentences. There are 50 sentence cards to edit in the pack and these sentences are...
by admin | Sep 27, 2020 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, English, Oral Work
This poster resource aims to make pupils aware of the elements necessary for good speaking aloud. There are eight posters in the resource, including a header poster. Pupils attention is drawn to seven key elements for reading aloud: Fluency, Clarity, Expression,...
by admin | Sep 23, 2020 | Book Reviews
This book tells the story of a girl who is the only one who can see the ghost called Davy. Davy is the ghost who is haunting Paddy Breen’s supermarket. He is doing this because he is unhappy with Paddy. Maria, the girl helps Davy to get to the bottom of his problems....
by admin | Sep 23, 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 four words in reverse order. There are 50 cards in...
by admin | Sep 23, 2020 | Book Reviews
Ar Ais Ar Scoil is a rhyming, dual language picture book about the return to primary school in September after the recent lockdown. This short story is told in both English and Gaeilge and highlights some of the differences that children might notice in their...
by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Book Reviews
The Boldness of Betty is a new novel by Anna Carey. I really enjoyed this book because it took me through a time when there was a lot of unfairness especially in Dublin. Many, many families went through a very tough time and lived in poverty. Wages were very poor and...
by admin | Sep 16, 2020 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Maths Task Cards, Measures
These Maths Task Cards are aimed at pupils in middle/senior classes. They are intended to be used as a fun game/task to reinforce and consolidate the concept of analogue time. There are 48 cards in the pack, four per A4 page. Times include all o’clocks, half...
by admin | Sep 13, 2020 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Maths Task Cards, Number
These Maths Task Cards are aimed at pupils in middle/senior classes. They are intended to be used as a fun game/task to reinforce and consolidate the concept of place value in numbers. There are 100 cards in the pack, four per A4 page, using the numbers 100 – 1000....
by admin | Sep 13, 2020 | Free
These Maths Task Cards are aimed at pupils in middle/senior classes. They are intended to be used as a fun game/task to reinforce and consolidate the concept of place value in numbers. There are 16 cards in this Free version of the pack, (100 cards in the full...
by admin | Sep 13, 2020 | Free
With many teachers operating a rotational system for pupils’ books and copies in the current climate, these FREE colourful box labels will help you to keep track of various bundles of copies/books. The labels can be printed, cut out, laminated and adhered to the...
