Our Solar System

Our Solar System

This is a very clear and simple Powerpoint resource about our Solar System. There is a slide for each of the nine planets and it gives simple information about each planet that pupils will find easy to understand and remember. Source: Aisling Shanley (.ppt file...
Hallowe’en

Hallowe’en

This Hallowe’en Powerpoint presentation details some of the customs and traditions surrounding this celebration. It includes information on the origins of Hallowe’en, customs, games, food, dressing up and how the Irish took the Hallowe’en tradition...
Hallowe’en Arts Project

Hallowe’en Arts Project

Great Visual Arts Lesson Plan, the aim of which is to get pupils to design and create an inventive, distinctive and original Halloween costume that they can wear into school at Hallowe’en. The emphasis is on creativity, so pupils must create the costume and not...
Mark Spark in the Dark

Mark Spark in the Dark

This resource provides a chapter by chapter list of questions for the Jacqueline Wilson novel “Mark Spark in the Dark”, a novel about a boy who is scared of the dark, but when he thinks his Great Gran is in trouble, nothing is going to stop him coming to her...
Kensuke’s Kingdom

Kensuke’s Kingdom

This resource provides a chapter by chapter list of questions for the Michael Morpurgo novel “Kensuke’s Kingdom”, a novel about a boy washed overboard onto a desert island. These could be done orally, they could be used as comprehension questions or they could...
Cent Poster

Cent Poster

Poster to remind pupils that the word “cent” always means 100, no matter where they come across it. Source: Conor Bredin (.pdf file 40KB) Download File