by admin | Apr 29, 2014 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Reading
“Bookworms” is a new six part series on Near FM which serves the Dublin North East catchment area. For the series, Near FM are collaborating with St Davids Boys National School, Artane and their principal Dwain Moore. Each week during the series, the boys...
by admin | Apr 29, 2014 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Infants, Reading
This resource is aimed at junior pupils or SEN pupils at the beginning of literacy work on comprehension. It is based on the Ladybird “Read It Yourself” version of the story, but could probably be used with any version. Either the pupil reads the story...
by admin | Apr 14, 2014 | Book Reviews
Eoin Madden is young boy who aspires to play for Ireland’s rugby squad in the future. While becoming captain of his school rugby team he has to put up with his friends and the dilemma of whether or not to tell the coach to put them in the starting 15. Eoin Madden goes...
by admin | Apr 10, 2014 | Teaching News
The Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST) have organised a conference entitled “Literacy Teaching and Learning – Bringing It All Together” on Saturday June 7th. With Keynote Speakers Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin, the conference will...
by admin | Apr 9, 2014 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, English, Oral Work
Some pupils may have difficulty comprehending the meaning behind figures of speech used in language. They will tend to take the meaning literally and not understand the figurative nature of the idiom. There are eight posters in this set which visually display some...
