Blue Star Programme

Blue Star Programme

The Blue Star Programme is an education initiative for primary school students across Ireland. The idea of the Programme is to foster better understanding and knowledge of the European Union amongst Irish primary pupils. Students are encouraged to get creative and...
Signs of Autumn 2013 Twitter Project

Signs of Autumn 2013 Twitter Project

The days are gradually closing in and the autumn weather is making its presence felt. That can only mean that it’s time for the “Signs of Autumn 2013 Twitter Project”. This will be the second autumn Twitter project and it was a great success last year. Many teachers...
All-Ireland Final Resources

All-Ireland Final Resources

Celebrate the aftermath of the All-Ireland Final by doing some cross-curricular project work based on the big match. Complete research and exercises including literacy, history, maths, oral language, Science, music and Gaeilge. Links included to some online resources....
Bright Sparks Project Work

Bright Sparks Project Work

The rationale behind these Bright Sparks projects is to cater for multiple intelligences and differentiated abilities within the classroom. There is a choice of eight different projects at three different levels, so while the same projects feature on all three levels,...
Life in the Sixties

Life in the Sixties

The 1960s was a time of great change in many countries around the world including Ireland. This change took place in politics, culture and social norms. This is a template for individual pupil project work which will allow them to take time to delve deeper into...