by admin | Aug 24, 2016 | Resources Websites
This September 13th marks the the 100th anniversary of the birth of Roald Dahl and schools around the world will celebrate Roald Dahl Day on this date. Roald Dahl is a much loved author for generations of pupils with books such as “Matilda”, “Charlie...
by admin | Aug 18, 2016 | Resources Websites
Many teachers, perhaps especially those in junior classes, will at some stage do some work on the Post Office. It’s a great theme to employ in the classroom and gives some great opportunities for some cross-curricular and integrated theme work. Many teachers...
by admin | Aug 9, 2016 | Guest Post, Teaching News
Thanks again to Ciara Brennan (@PrimEdTeacher on Twitter) for compiling this great 4th annual list of dates to keep in mind when doing lesson planning for the forthcoming school year. Save the dates in your school diary for the forthcoming school year. All of these...
by admin | Jul 29, 2016 | Teaching News
Award-winning animation studio Cartoon Saloon has teamed up with Temple Street Children’s University Hospital to create a short video to help prepare children who are going into hospital for an operation. Called “Ben and Tara’s Visit to the...
by admin | Jul 29, 2016 | Resources Websites
The National Folklore Collection, located in UCD, contains 740,000 pages of folklore and local tradition compiled by pupils from 5,000 primary schools in the Irish Free State between 1937 and 1939. Known as “The Schools Collection”, the material includes...
by admin | Jul 28, 2016 | Teaching News, Technology
On my return from holiday I noticed that while I was away the Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton, announced that coding was to be introduced into primary schools. I’ve been trying to catch up on the reaction by educators to the announcement...
