Dates For Your Diary for the New School Year

Dates For Your Diary for the New School Year

This ever popular post is back for the fifth year, thanks again to Ciara Reilly (@PrimEdTeacher on Twitter) for compiling it. It is an annual list of dates to keep in mind when doing lesson planning for the forthcoming school year. It also includes dates of...
Book Review: Molly’s Diary

Book Review: Molly’s Diary

I really enjoyed “The Easter Rising 1916 – Molly’s Diary” which was written by Patricia  Murphy and I don’t think I’m the only one who would enjoy it. Molly’s Diary is a wonderful story about a twelve year old girl who is a trained first aider...
Oral Language Resources

Oral Language Resources

What do you include in an Oral Language scheme for your class for the year? A couple of years ago, I put together some oral language resources/ideas for the classes in my school. It included some oral language resources which we’ve gathered up over the years,...
Autism Toolkit

Autism Toolkit

As many of you may know, I started teaching in a newly established Autism Unit attached to a mainstream school in September 2013. It was a massive learning curve for me which took me a while to get my head around as it is a totally different way of teaching compared...
Resources on Instant Display Website

Resources on Instant Display Website

In my school setting we’ve been using some of the resources on the Instant Display website for some years. One of the main ways that we use this website is to download lettering for wall and notice board displays. The site has a vast array of lettering sets to...
Know Your Ireland App Competition

Know Your Ireland App Competition

Edware, the Irish software company behind the popular iPad app “Know Your Ireland”, has teamed up with Seomra Ranga to celebrate the revamp of the site. Luke at Edware has given us five Promo Codes for the latest release of the app as prizes for this...