by admin | Feb 9, 2026 | Chinese New Year
These bookmarks are intended to help mark the celebration of Chinese New Year, the Year of the Horse, which begins on February 17th. There are 15 different bookmark designs in the download in both English and Gaeilge. The bookmarks are in blackline for pupils to...
by admin | Feb 9, 2026 | Book Reviews
The Bookshop Sisters is a read-again-and-again book. It’s about two sisters named Rosy and Martha who start off in West Cork and then join their aunt Toto in her busy bookshop in Dublin. It is set in 1956, a time when things were very different from today and...
by admin | Feb 8, 2026 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Valentine's Day, Writing
This seasonal literacy resource is aimed at pupils in middle and senior classes. It is intended to be used as a means of looking at the use of language, especially idioms and metaphoric language. It is a useful way of tying language into a lesson on the theme of...
by admin | Feb 5, 2026 | Book Reviews
To Fraidy Dog, sofas are spooky, cupboards are creepy and houseplants are horrifying! Will he ever learn not to be afraid?” I read “Fraidy Dog” by Kate Sheehy with my autistic son, Odhran. Odhran is five and loves stories but can be less engaged in...
by admin | Feb 5, 2026 | Book Reviews
The book ‘Shooting for the Stars’ is an interesting book. I have learned some new things about life in space. I never knew that a candle looks very different in space. I learned about the parts of a rocket, I think that it is very smart to have 1st, 2nd and 3rd stages...
