by admin | Mar 6, 2011 | Resources Websites
The Irish charity, Trócaire, is the official overseas development agency of the Irish Catholic church. It was set up by the Irish Catholic Bishops in 1973 to express the concern of the Irish Church for the suffering of the world’s poorest and most oppressed...
by admin | Mar 3, 2011 | Resources Websites, Teaching News
The religious season of Lent is about to begin next week, beginning with Ash Wednesday on March 9th. The Irish website Kandle has put together some resources to help the primary school teacher prepare the pupils during the season of Lent. For anyone not familiar with...
by admin | Feb 9, 2011 | Apps, Resources Websites, Teaching News, Technology
Over the last few weeks I have been working together with others involved in the pilot project using iPods in the Irish classroom to create a wiki listing of all the apps which we are using and which we feel are suitable to the Irish curriculum. Listed on this wiki...
by admin | Jan 18, 2011 | Resources Websites
Sneeze Safe is an English based website which provides you with free resources to teach children about “Catch It, Bin It, Kill It”, to help stop the spread of viruses. It is put together by Kleenex, the tissue manufacturer, for obvious reasons. If you can...
by admin | Jan 13, 2011 | Resources Websites
Many teachers take a thematic approach to teaching and like to plan a scheme of cross-curricular work around a particular topic. Similarly, many students teachers are asked to plan their lessons for teaching practice around a particular theme. Whatever your reason for...
