Book Review – Sally Go Round the Stars

Book Review – Sally Go Round the Stars

We thought this was a really funny book. My mammy and granny knew most of the rhymes already. My brother really liked “Muc Muc Muc”. I think he liked to say those words in a funny voice. He is three and he likes funny words. We sang Mary “Mac, Mac,...
Book Review – Scout’s Best Day Ever

Book Review – Scout’s Best Day Ever

As a parent: Illustrations are fab! Each double spread page has so much oral language going for it. We keep seeing new things each time we read it! The 3 year old kept spotting new things and this made her feel connected when we were reading it. Like mini stories...
Breaking News Generator

Breaking News Generator

The Breaking News Generator is one of the many applications on the ClassTools.net website. It is a really easy application to use and can be used to enhance and illustrate so many different areas of the curriculum. It could be used as a response to a class novel, to...
Which Stylus?

Which Stylus?

If you don’t want to go to the expense of buying an Apple Pencil for using on an iPad or other tablet, there are lots of other quite inexpensive options for a stylus for using on the screen. Using a stylus is much better than using your finger and opens up many...
Share an iPad in a Live Zoom Lesson

Share an iPad in a Live Zoom Lesson

This video shows how you can connect your iPhone/iPad to a live Zoom lesson and use any of your apps as they are mirrored to the participants. This opens up lots of great possibilities to show pupils educational apps like ebooks, maths games, oral language games or...
ICEP CPD Competition

ICEP CPD Competition

Seomra Ranga has teamed up with ICEP Europe (Institute of Child Education and Psychology) to bring you a great competition. ICEP has been providing CPD courses for 20 years and have trained educators in a variety of disciplines. Their Spring programme of CPD courses...