Speaking Aloud
This poster resource aims to make pupils aware of the elements necessary for good speaking aloud. There are eight posters in the resource, including a header poster. Pupils attention is drawn to seven key elements for reading aloud: Fluency, Clarity, Expression, Audibility, Posture, Eye-Contact and Pause.
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Book Review – The Supermarket Ghost
This book tells the story of a girl who is the only one who can see the ghost called Davy. Davy is the ghost who is haunting Paddy Breen’s supermarket. He is doing this because he is unhappy with Paddy. Maria, the girl helps Davy to get to the bottom of his problems. Throughout the story they play tricks on Paddy Breen read more…
English Task Cards – Word Reversals 04
This new set of English Task Cards is aimed at pupils in middle/senior classes. The cards are intended to be used as a fun game/task to assist in the development of working memory. The pupil has to repeat the set of four words in reverse order. There are 50 cards in the pack, four per A4 page.
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Book Review – Ar Ais Ar Scoil
Ar Ais Ar Scoil is a rhyming, dual language picture book about the return to primary school in September after the recent lockdown. This short story is told in both English and Gaeilge and highlights some of the differences that children might notice in their classrooms and schools this year – routines like social distancing, hygiene and hand washing. read more…
Book Review – The Boldness of Betty
The Boldness of Betty is a new novel by Anna Carey. I really enjoyed this book because it took me through a time when there was a lot of unfairness especially in Dublin. Many, many families went through a very tough time and lived in poverty. Wages were very poor and the working person had no rights. read more…
Maths Task Cards – Analogue Time 01
These Maths Task Cards are aimed at pupils in middle/senior classes. They are intended to be used as a fun game/task to reinforce and consolidate the concept of analogue time. There are 48 cards in the pack, four per A4 page. Times include all o’clocks, half past, quarter past and quarter to.
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Maths Task Cards – Place Value 01
These Maths Task Cards are aimed at pupils in middle/senior classes. They are intended to be used as a fun game/task to reinforce and consolidate the concept of place value in numbers. There are 100 cards in the pack, four per A4 page, using the numbers 100 – 1000.
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English Task Cards – Word Reversals 03
This new set of English Task Cards is aimed at pupils in middle/senior classes. The cards are intended to be used as a fun game/task to assist in the development of working memory. The pupil has to repeat the set of four words in reverse order. There are 50 cards in the pack, four per A4 page.
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Maths Task Cards – One Hundred More 01
These Maths Task Cards are aimed at pupils in middle/senior classes. They are intended to be used as a fun game/task to reinforce the concept of adding one hundred onto a number. There are 100 cards in the pack, four per A4 page, using the numbers 100 – 1000.
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English Task Cards – What’s Missing 01
This new set of English Task Cards is aimed at pupils in middle/senior classes. The cards are intended to be used as a fun game/task to assist in the development of working memory. The teacher calls out the first set of words, then calls out the second set. The pupil has to identify which word was missing from the second set.
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