by admin | Jun 11, 2018 | Book Reviews
Tá an leabhar seo, scríobhta ag Siobhán Grogan, greannmhar agus idirghníomhach. Áis iontach atá i gceist a bhaineann usáid as athrá agus scéal cliste. Cé go gceapann Cillian go bhfuil a bhreithlá dearmadta ag gach éinne, ní mar sin a thiteann cúrsaí amach ag an...
by admin | Jun 11, 2018 | Book Reviews
I really enjoyed “Votes for Women – The Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement”. The author, Caroline Busher, has created an interesting and exciting non-fiction book that provides lots of information about real women who fought for their right to...
by admin | Jun 6, 2018 | Book Reviews
“Stand by Me” by Judy Curtin is an amazing sequel to “Time after Time” and a touching book that blends two diverse themes of fantasy and reality. This spellbinding tale illustrates the adventures of Molly and Beth. When they find out that their...
by admin | Jun 4, 2018 | Misc, Resource Packs
This new resource pack contains lots of different World Cup 2018 activities and files for display in the classroom. At the moment, it contains 24 different resource files (in English and Gaeilge) totalling 395 pages of World Cup resources. These resources would be...
by admin | May 27, 2018 | Competitions
We’ve teamed up with Gill Books to bring you another great competition. Gill Books are the publishers of the book all teachers are talking about: “A Teacher’s Life – A When’s It Hometime? Collection”. Written and illustrated by teacher...
by admin | May 20, 2018 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, Aistear, Infants, Resource Packs
This new resource pack contains lots of different activities and files for display in a Garden Centre role play area in the classroom. It contains 35 different resource files (in English and Gaeilge) totalling 409 pages of Garden Centre resources. These resources...
by admin | May 20, 2018 | Book Reviews
I found this book incredibly fun to read. I just wanted to keep reading as it is educational but not boring. It was addictive to read. I did not want to put the book down. It was clever of the author to put reality and make believe together to create this amazing...
by admin | Apr 29, 2018 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Geography
Ireland has lots of interesting and unusual placenames, some which almost sound as if they are made up. This is a fun Irish Geography lesson based on the names of certain towns and villages in Ireland. The pack has flashcards with clues to 27 Irish towns/villages. The...
by admin | Apr 29, 2018 | Book Reviews
I read the book “The Historopedia Quiz Book” by Shauna Burke. This is a great book for teachers to test their class about Irish and world history, or just for normal people to learn some interesting facts about history. If you use this book, it is great for quizzes or...
by admin | Apr 29, 2018 | Book Reviews
Rugby Heroes is the latest in the series of’ Rugby’ books by Gerard Siggins featuring Eoin Madden and his friends who get up to all sorts of adventure while playing the sport they love – Rugby. What make this even more interesting is they are joined on their...
by admin | Apr 23, 2018 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Gaeilge, Labhairt, Scríbhneoireacht
Bíonn múinteoirí go minic ag plé leis an aimsir sa seomra ranga – b’fhéidir ag déanamh “An Nuacht” sna bunranganna nó ag déanamh réamhaisnéis na haimsire sna hardranganna. Bain úsáid as an acmhainn seo chun foclóir na haimsire a mhúineadh do na...
by admin | Apr 23, 2018 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, AEN, Oral Work
This resource contains a set of 50 questions beginning with “Have”. Its aim is to focus in on one particular type of question and to help pupils to construct appropriate sentences as answers, rather than simply a “yes” or “no” response. It...
by admin | Apr 23, 2018 | Resources
Over the past year, as I have been creating new resources for the site, one area which I identified as needing some new resources was the area of drama. This is probably one curricular area in which lots of teachers need some support and the area in which they feel...
by admin | Apr 23, 2018 | Resources
There are lots of resources on the site for a variety of class novels. They cover novels suitable for different age groups throughout the school. The resources include teacher guides, literacy exercises, quizzes, wordsearches, vocabulary flashcards, comprehension...
by admin | Apr 22, 2018 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Scríbhneoireacht
Sa chomhad seo tá foclóir ag baint leis an aimsir. Tá an foclóir go léir ar aon bhileog amháin. Bheadh sé oiriúnach do dhaltaí a bhéas ag déanamh scríbhneoireacht cruthaitheach sa seomra ranga nó ag déanamh saorscríbhneoireacht faoin aimsir nó faoi réamhaisnéis na...