by admin | Nov 8, 2021 | Book Reviews
“Lily’s Dream: A Lissadell Story” written by Judi Curtin is a brilliant book about a girl named Lily. After Lily’s dad died, her mam was struggling to feed and care for five children. As Lily was old enough, she left school and started working...
by admin | Nov 1, 2021 | Teaching News
Principals in Sligo Primary Schools recently completed a survey to ascertain the substitution situation in the county. Principals were surveyed before the Hallowe’en break and answered questions based on their experiences of searching for substitute teachers in...
by admin | Nov 1, 2021 | Book Reviews
This book is about Clarabelle, Matilda and her brother Valentine going through troubling times (even though the problems are vampire hunters and vampires). It also covers the murder of Clarabelle’s father and how sad and angry Clarabelle got. The idea of...
by admin | Oct 18, 2021 | Book Reviews
Thank you so much for sending me out the book! Our class really enjoyed this book and we followed the bus on our class map, also, so the children looked up all of the places in the book! They especially loved the Skeleton driver and all of the illustrations in the...
by admin | Sep 29, 2021 | Apps, Guest Post
Tá sé ráite go minic gurb é an bealach is éasca teanga a fhoghlaim ná tríd amhráin. Ar an dóigh sin, tá aip úrnua cruthaithe ag Conradh na Gaeilge Charn Tóchair, le beochana de rainn agus amhráin do pháistí. Tá dearadh simplí ar an aip agus tá 10 amhrán agus rann...
by admin | Sep 25, 2021 | Teaching News
Have any of you ever used a Phantom Pupil as a strategy in the classroom? “Brendan” (who incidentally doesn’t have a surname!!) has been my phantom pupil for the past few years. For some reason, he keeps staying with me in 6th class. However, he doesn’t manage to make...
