Story Starters 02
Starting a story is often the hurdle that many pupils fall at. Just getting started on a piece of narrative writing can be daunting to so many pupils. The aim of this resource is to assist pupils at getting started on narrative writing. There are 50 starter sentences in the pack to motivate pupils to write.
Book Review – Animal Crackers
“Animal Crackers” has a striking purple cover. It is light-weight and easy to bring with you to pass the time on long journeys. This book is written by Sarah Webb and illustrated by Alan Nolan. We have several of Sarah Webb’s books (e.g. “Blazing a Trail” and “A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea”) already read more…
Book Review – Have You Seen the Dublin Vampire?
‘Have you seen the Dublin Vampire?’ by Úna Woods is a wonderfully exciting and colourful picture book that deserves a place in all school and home libraries. This hardback picture book tells the story of a Vampire who travels around the various sights and well known spots of Dublin. read more…
Reading Aloud
This poster resource aims to make pupils aware of the elements necessary for good reading aloud. There are five posters in the resource, including a header poster. Pupils attention is drawn to four key elements for reading aloud: Fluency, Clarity, Expression, Audibility.
Póstaeir – Mé Féin
This resource consists of a set of question posters as Gaeilge on the theme of “Mé Féin” which many classes will be learning about at this time of the year. There are 22 posters in the set as well as a pupil handout with the questions and sample answers.
English Task Cards – Word Reversals 02
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 three words in reverse order. There are 50 cards in the pack, four per A4 page.
English Task Cards – Word Reversals 01
This 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 three words in reverse order. There are 50 cards in the pack, four per A4 page.
English Task Cards – Yes/No Game 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 quickfire fun game/task to be used as a lesson transition, an ice-breaker activity or as a warm-up for a literacy lesson. There are 50 cards in the pack, four per A4 page.
Maths Task Cards – Mobile Phone Numbers
This set of Maths 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 number memory. The teacher calls out the mobile phone number and pupil has to memorise and repeat the number.
English Task Cards – Yes/No Game 02
This new set of English Task Cards is aimed at pupils in middle/senior classes. The cards are intended to be used as a quickfire fun game/task to be used as a lesson transition, an ice-breaker activity or as a warm-up for a literacy lesson. There are 50 cards in the pack, four per A4 page.