by admin | Apr 19, 2017 | Book Reviews
I reviewed “The Little Black Sheep” by Elizabeth Shaw. I enjoyed reading it very much. It would appeal to children in First and Second class. It might be a bit easy for older children – it didn’t take me long to read it. It was an interesting story and the...
by admin | Apr 12, 2017 | Book Reviews
Summary This book is about Molly and Beth, two 12 year old girls who are best friends. They go through a doorway and accidentally travel back in time to July 1984! Beth decides that she has to go and meet her mum who died when Beth was a baby. Together Molly and Beth...
by admin | Mar 19, 2017 | Technology
A very successful CESI (Computers in Education Society of Ireland) Conference was recently held in Dublin. “Making Connections – Transformation Through Technology and Teamwork” was the theme of the conference. The Regency Hotel was the venue on Friday night for...
by admin | Mar 9, 2017 | Book Reviews
This fun adventure by Erika McGann was reviewed by our Third Class pupils. The story is about a girl called Cass and her friends, Nick and Lex. To escape her annoying younger twins, Cass sets up a club and they build a fort. The story is told through the eyes of Cass...
by admin | Jan 13, 2017 | Book Reviews
This book was about a girl called Mollie and her friend Nora. Mollie has an ordinary life until she discovers that her sister, Phyllis, is a suffragette. Mollie’s world changes in ways she couldn’t have imagined as she discovers the lengths that women have to go to...
by admin | Jan 12, 2017 | Teaching News
Amnesty International Ireland run an Irish Aid funded CPD programme for primary school teachers called Rights Sparks. The Rights Sparks programme provides free CPD workshops to primary school teachers on human rights and development education methodologies which can...
