by admin | Nov 23, 2013 | 1st/2nd, Infants, Úrscéal Ranga
Walker Éireann, an imprint of Walker Books, has recently teamed up with Foras na Gaeilge to bring readers another four of their best picture books created by well-known book makers, in Irish. The first of these is “Ar An mBóthar Le Mavis Agus Marge” (On...
by admin | Nov 18, 2013 | Competitions
Walker Éireann have again kindly sponsored three book packs as Gaeilge as prizes for a competition on the site. Walker Éireann, an imprint of Walker Books, has again teamed up with Foras na Gaeilge and translated another four of their most popular picture books by...
by admin | Nov 13, 2013 | AEN, Infants, Reading
These sentence builder activities, featuring smiley faces, are suitable for younger pupils and special needs pupils who are starting on the road to reading. It teaches left to right orientation, capital letters and full stops. They are also reinforcing numbers 1-3 and...
by admin | Nov 13, 2013 | Resources Websites, Teaching News
The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., and the Minister for the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan T.D., today jointly launched new History lesson plans for primary schools. The History lesson plans are based on A History of Ireland in...
by admin | Nov 13, 2013 | AEN, Early Maths, Infants, Number
These maths sentence builder activities, featuring winter hats, are suitable for younger pupils and special needs pupils who are starting on early number activities. It teaches left to right orientation, number recognition and addition. They deal with the addition of...
by admin | Nov 12, 2013 | AEN, Miscellaneous
This resource is just a reminder to all that when in the classroom, special education room, Learning Support Room or elsewhere in the school, when one person is speaking, the other should be listening! (.pdf file 48.1 KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is...
by admin | Nov 11, 2013 | AEN, Miscellaneous
This resource is just a reminder to all that when in the classroom, special education room, Learning Support Room or in the school library, we use our “Indoor Voices”! (.pdf file 39.9KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only Already...
by admin | Nov 11, 2013 | AEN, Miscellaneous
This resource is just a reminder of when it is quiet time in the classroom, special education room, Learning Support Room or in the school library. (.pdf file 32.3KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...
by admin | Nov 11, 2013 | Apps, Guest Post
If you use an iPad in your class, then spending €4.49 on the Book Creator App will be the best money you will spend. You should be warned that this will be a very enthusiastic review of an amazing app. Many schools I have spoken to about buying iPads are under a...
by admin | Nov 9, 2013 | 5th/6th, Powerpoint, Quizzes, Science
Science Week Ireland takes place from Sunday November 10th to Sunday November 17th. It is an exciting and innovative annual event which first took place in 1996. To celebrate Science Week, I’ve put together a science-based table quiz for schools. Eight rounds of six...
by admin | Nov 6, 2013 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Class Novel, Writing
This resource contains 34 different suggestions of activities that can be done when doing a novel in class. They cover different writing genres, some creative art work as well as suggestions of websites and apps that could be used to enhance the experience of...
by admin | Oct 31, 2013 | Resources Websites
Martin Burrett of the ICT Magic wiki has just released this video which has some cool recommendations of websites that teachers and pupils will enjoy using in the classroom. There are suggestions for a great animation website using Scratch-like coding, a website where...
by admin | Oct 26, 2013 | Teaching News
Commencement of Section 30 of the Teaching Council Act 2001 has been delayed yet again, this time by another three months. Section 30 prohibits the Department of Education and Skills (DES) from paying any person who is employed as a teacher in a school unless he/she...
by admin | Oct 23, 2013 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Hallowe'en, Infants, Number
These seasonal maths sentence builder activities, featuring Hallowe’en cats, are suitable for younger pupils and special needs pupils who are starting on early number activities. It teaches left to right orientation, number recognition and addition. They deal...
by admin | Oct 23, 2013 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Hallowe'en, Infants, Number
These seasonal maths sentence builder activities, featuring pumpkins, are suitable for younger pupils and special needs pupils who are starting on early number activities. It teaches left to right orientation, number recognition and addition. They deal with the...
