by admin | Nov 2, 2023 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Visual Arts
This Visual Arts lesson gives an example of how matchsticks can be used for representational art. Pupils may not have had much experience of using matchsticks as a medium for art so this will be a new experience for many. The matchsticks are used to create a picture...
by admin | Oct 10, 2023 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Hallowe'en, Visual Arts
This spooky Hallowe’en-themed Visual Arts lesson is a perfect way to celebrate the season of Hallowe’en and decorate your classroom in style! Suitable for pupils in middle and senior classes, the picture is done in two stages – creating the background first, followed...
by admin | Oct 6, 2023 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Visual Arts
Although this lesson is called “Paper Weaving”, it is much easier to do the weaving if it is done with card. This activity can be a little “fiddly”, so it may be better to do it with pupils in middle/senior classes. This lesson could be done as part of the...
by admin | Oct 6, 2023 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Science
This literacy resource for middle/senior classes is aimed at providing attractive lined pages for pupils to display their space-themed written work during Space Week. It consists of a set of 10 different writing frames for pupils to do their free writing or research...
by admin | Oct 5, 2023 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Science, Science
This series of posters on the Solar System is a perfect display resource to mark Space Week in your classroom/school. It features 12 colourful posters as Gaeilge of each of the eight planets as well as posters for the sun and the moon. Each poster features an image of...
by admin | Oct 4, 2023 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Science
With the theme of space well under way in many classrooms throughout the country for Space Week, these two image mats – one in English and one as Gaeilge – might be a welcome addition to talk, discussion and writing on the theme of space and the planets. These image...
