Book Review: Rugby Heroes

Book Review: Rugby Heroes

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...
An Aimsir

An Aimsir

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...
“Have” Questions

“Have” Questions

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...
Resources for Drama

Resources for Drama

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...
Resources for Novels

Resources for Novels

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...
Mata Focal – An Aimsir

Mata Focal – An Aimsir

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...
Book Review: Spuds and the Spider

Book Review: Spuds and the Spider

This book is aimed to captivate the post Montessori pupils. It is a very creative, fun and descriptive story. The story is about a leprechaun couple and a spider. It exemplifies the mantra of ‘Never judge a book by its cover’. The story is written by Seamus O’Conaill...
People Who Help Us Oral Language Cards 01

People Who Help Us Oral Language Cards 01

Teachers regularly do a topic of work on people who help us in our community. This oral language resource will be helpful when working on this topic. It consists of 20 oral language cards where pupils have to work out who the worker is from the given language clues....
Léirmheas – Scéalta le hInsint don Ghealach

Léirmheas – Scéalta le hInsint don Ghealach

Ó thaobh litríochta agus ealaíne, is leabhair álainn é seo. Thosnaíos á léamh le mo rang sinsir (4ú go 6ú) tar éis aonad faoin  mbéaloideas. Chomh maith le sin táim tar éis an leabhair a  úsáid mar bhunús de roinnt ranganna ealaíne agus dánta.  Ta sceitseanna Olivia...
“Is” Questions

“Is” Questions

This resource contains a set of 50 questions beginning with “Is”. Its aim is to focus in on one particular type of question and to help pupils to construct appropriate sentences as answers. It could be used with pupils in junior and middle classes or with pupils with...
Mata Focal – Gairmeacha Beatha

Mata Focal – Gairmeacha Beatha

Sa chomhad seo tá foclóir ag baint le gairmeacha beatha. 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. Tá cóip lán daite agus tá cóip...
Word Pairs 06

Word Pairs 06

This resource is aimed at younger pupils or pupils with speech and language difficulties. It presents pairs of words which are almost similar in pronunciation. The pupil is required to say each word in every pair aloud making sure they pronounce them properly and...
Book Review: The President’s Glasses

Book Review: The President’s Glasses

This story is about our President going to Dublin Castle and forgetting his glasses. The President’s pigeon must fly across Dublin and give them back to him. I liked it because it’s about our President and a pigeon. I loved the full-coloured pictures and when the...
Contractions Matching 01

Contractions Matching 01

This resource is to help pupils understand how two words can be put together to make a contraction. Contractions regularly occur in reading material so it is important that pupils understand how they are made up and where that dreaded apostrophe goes! There are two...
Compound Words 04

Compound Words 04

This resource is to help pupils understand how two words can be put together to make a new word called a “compound word”. Compound words regularly occur in reading material so it is important that pupils understand how they are made up. It is suggested that all three...