by admin | Jan 6, 2014 | Writing
The Write-A-Book project started in the 1980s in Blackrock Education Centre and is now being run by many of the Education Centres around the country. It is a fantastic project that is heavily rooted in the curriculum and especially integrates the areas of creative...
by admin | Jun 17, 2013 | Competitions
The O’Brien Press, which has an extensive catalogue of children’s books as well as many books of general interest, recently launched its new website. It features a new layout which includes an easy navigation, author profiles, book extracts, reviews, previews and...
by admin | Apr 15, 2013 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Quizzes, Reading
This is a short quiz on the theme of books. There are five rounds of six questions as well as a tie-break round. All answers are provided. There are some questions about books in general as well as questions about the novels Under the Hawthorn Tree, The Iron Man, War...
by admin | Mar 17, 2013 | Apps, Teaching News, Technology
The Irish in Stories is a new interactive iBook just released in the last couple of days. It is a 60 page book for the iPad which opens in the iBooks application. It aims to bring to readers the rich and varied history and mythology of ancient Ireland. It is full of...
