Book Review: Danny Brown and the Big Surprise

Book Review: Danny Brown and the Big Surprise

The title of my book is Danny Brown and the Big Surprise. The author is Brianóg Brady Dawson. This story is about a boy called Danny who goes to visit his Granny at the weekend. She has a surprise which she shows to Danny. She has a big birthday cake for his mom but...
Book Review: Danny Brown and his Daft Dog

Book Review: Danny Brown and his Daft Dog

This book is about a boy called Danny and his dog Keeno. They both are on a walk in the park with his Grandad and his baby sister Suzie. Grandad is telling them about how some animals grow thick woolly coats and hibernate. This gets Danny thinking about his dog Keeno...
Classroom Timers

Classroom Timers

Classroom timers are a great tool for teachers in the classroom and pupils love them too. They are a great way to focus pupils on a particular task. They are also a great visual aid for pupils for those times when tasks or tests are timed. When teaching in the...
“Nollaig Ar Scoil” Christmas Twitter Project

“Nollaig Ar Scoil” Christmas Twitter Project

After the unexpected success of the Christmas Twitter Project last year, where so many schools Tweeted about what they were doing in their classrooms on the theme of Christmas, it was inevitable that it should return for a second year. “Nollaig Ar Scoil” was the name...
Christmas Resources on Nollaig Shona

Christmas Resources on Nollaig Shona

Seomra Ranga’s website for Christmas resources, Nollaig Shona, is six years old this year. It contains lots of different resources for classroom planning for the Christmas season – and the good news is that all of these resources remain free. There are now 500...
Primary Science Website

Primary Science Website

This week is Science Week, a chance for teachers to place an extra emphasis and focus on science-related activities. If you are stuck for ideas to mark the week there are lots of ideas on the Primary Science website. You can select a Strand or Strand Unit that you...