A Rosette For Maeve? – Book Review

A Rosette For Maeve? – Book Review

“A Rosette For Maeve?” was written by Anna McQuinn and illustrated by Paul Young. The setting was at a beef farm and at a village show. The storyline was there was a village show on and a girl called Lisa was training a calf to enter a best looking calf...
Colm’s Lambs – Book Review

Colm’s Lambs – Book Review

Colm’s Lambs, by Anna McQuinn and illustrated by Paul Young, tells the story of a newborn lamb that might not survive. I enjoyed reading this book because it’s funny, but at same time sad. I really liked the main character Colm; he is kind and good at farming and...
Handwriting Without Tears App

Handwriting Without Tears App

Many teachers will be familiar with the Handwriting Without Tears (HWT) handwriting programme. This app is meant to compliment the teaching of that programme as it replicates the slate chalkboard of the programme. Following the “Wipe – Dry –...
Dear Zoo App

Dear Zoo App

We’re doing some work based on the book “Dear Zoo” by Rod Campbell at the moment. We found lots of great resources on the internet based on the book and I’ve also created some more which are available on this website. However, almost by...
Dear Zoo Before and After Numbers

Dear Zoo Before and After Numbers

This resource is based on the picture book “Dear Zoo” by Rod Campbell. It features animal characters from the story. There are eight pairs of pages, each pair representing one of the animals mentioned in the story. The first page in each pair deals with numbers 1-10...