by admin | Jun 19, 2018 | Book Reviews
“Firsts for Irish Women” by Olive Collins, “Martin Luther King Jr.” by Andrew O’Connor and “Pope Francis” by Brian Doyle are all books which are part of Poolbeg’s “In a Nutshell” series. The first of these books...
by admin | Jun 17, 2018 | AEN
This resource is aimed at pupils with social, emotional or sensory difficulties whose “emotional bucket” can overflow at some stage during the school day. It consists of twenty-two different strategies which the pupil could employ during those times when a...
by admin | Jun 15, 2018 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Writing
This resource could be used as an aid to pupils in middle and senior classes.The word mat contains vocabulary associated with cooking, especially culinary jargon. It would be especially useful for pupils when completing a procedural piece of writing eg. writing out a...
by admin | Jun 15, 2018 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Infants, Oral Work
This resource contains a set of 50 questions beginning with “Can”. 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 could be used with pupils in...
by admin | Jun 13, 2018 | Quizzes
This Table Quiz, especially put together for FIFA World Cup 2018, comprises eight rounds of six questions, a tie-break round, soccer joke slides and answers to all questions on 150 Powerpoint slides. It is geared towards pupils in the middle/senior end of the school....
by admin | Jun 13, 2018 | Book Reviews
I really enjoyed reading this book and I would highly recommend it. There’s a lot of spying, action and adventure. I felt like I was in the story along with the three main characters who are friends that find themselves caught up in the action at a very volatile...
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...
