Spain – Geography and Climate

Spain – Geography and Climate

Powerpoint resource that gives information on the geography and climate of Spain including the location of Spain on the Iberian peninsula, the different climate zones in Spain and information on Spain’s capital city Madrid. Source: Edel Horan (.ppt file 952KB)...
Trócaire Lenten Resources 2012

Trócaire Lenten Resources 2012

Next Wednesday, February 22nd marks the beginning of Lent 2012 and, as usual, the Trócaire charity has produced some great classroom resources to coincide with the season of Lent. Uganda is the focus of the resources this year and there are separate resources for...
Blue Star Programme

Blue Star Programme

Last Tuesday, the Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD and Minister of State for European Affairs, Lucinda Creighton TD launched a new pilot programme for primary schools which focuses on the EU, called the Blue Star Programme. The idea of the Programme is to foster better...
Station Teaching: Poland

Station Teaching: Poland

Dennis Collins explains how he used a “Station Teaching” methodology to teach his pupils about Poland, its physical features, cities, sport, history, religion: I used the Resource 1 document for station teaching – each station is coded with a...

China

Next Monday, January 23rd, marks the beginning of the Chinese New Year. This is the first of 15 days of celebration and the start of the Year of the Dragon. This resource is a simple Powerpoint Presentation aimed at younger pupils to familiarise them with aspects of...