by admin | Mar 30, 2015 | Book Reviews
“A Cage of Roots” by Matt Griffin is a story of friendship, courage and adventure. The main character is a teenage girl called Ayla who has many adventures to face and many terrors to suffer. Ayla has been abducted by evil and she is buried in the bowels...
by admin | Mar 24, 2015 | Technology
It’s been almost a month since the great Computers in Education Society of Ireland (CESI) annual conference in Galway. It was a whirlwind of tips, ideas, links and resources from the workshops, presentations, keynote addresses and the excellent TeachMeet on the...
by admin | Mar 23, 2015 | Book Reviews
Book title: Rugby Rebel Main characters: Eoin, Brian, Dylan, Mr Finn, Kevin Barry, Mr Carey,Rory Author: Gerard Siggins Setting: Castlerock When Eoin and Dylan go to a rugby camp at school, they notice that their phones have gone missing. When they are searching the...
by admin | Mar 12, 2015 | Technology
Although later than usual due to unforeseen circumstances, it’s time for our Signs of Spring Twitter Project 2015. This will be our 4th year of this event and it gives teachers and pupils a chance to look about and observe the signs of Spring in their...
by admin | Mar 10, 2015 | Teaching News
An inaugural Science Day for Primary Teachers will be run in parallel with the Irish Science Teachers’ Association (ISTA) Annual Conference for Second Level Science Teachers on Saturday 28th March 2015. The ISTA is a voluntary organisation run for teachers by...
by admin | Mar 6, 2015 | Resources Websites
I’m always delighted to learn of new resources websites or sites that I hadn’t heard of before – and this is especially true when such a site is to assist with the teaching of Gaeilge in schools. So when a substitute teacher in our school informed me...