Book Review – Oliver Cromwell: The Most Hated Man in Irish History
I found this book incredibly fun to read. I just wanted to keep reading as it is educational but not boring. It was addictive to read. I did not want to put the book down. It was clever of the author to put reality and make believe together to create this amazing storyline. read more…
Where In Ireland?
Ireland has lots of interesting and unusual placenames, some which almost sound as if they are made up. This is a fun Irish Geography lesson based on the names of certain towns and villages in Ireland.
Book Review: The Historopedia Quiz Book
I read the book “The Historopedia Quiz Book” by Shauna Burke. This is a great book for teachers to test their class about Irish and world history, or just for normal people to learn some interesting facts about history. read more…
Book Review: Rugby Heroes
Rugby Heroes is the latest in the series of’ Rugby’ books by Gerard Siggins featuring Eoin Madden and his friends who get up to all sorts of adventure while playing the sport they love – Rugby. What make this even more interesting is they are joined on their adventures read more…
An Aimsir
Bíonn múinteoirí go minic ag plé leis an aimsir sa seomra ranga – b’fhéidir ag déanamh “An Nuacht” sna bunranganna nó ag déanamh réamhaisnéis na haimsire sna hardranganna. Bain úsáid as an acmhainn seo chun foclóir na haimsire a mhúineadh
“Have” Questions
This resource contains a set of 50 questions beginning with “Have”. Its aim is to focus in on one particular type of question and to help pupils to construct appropriate sentences as answers, rather than simply a “yes” or “no” response.
Resources for Drama
Over the past year, as I have been creating new resources for the site, one area which I identified as needing some new resources was the area of drama. This is probably one curricular area in which lots of teachers need some support read more…
Resources for Novels
There are lots of resources on the site for a variety of class novels. They cover novels suitable for different age groups throughout the school. The resources include teacher guides, literacy exercises, quizzes, read more…
Mata Focal – An Aimsir
Sa chomhad seo tá foclóir ag baint leis an aimsir. Tá an foclóir go léir ar aon bhileog amháin. Bheadh sé oiriúnach do dhaltaí a bhéas ag déanamh scríbhneoireacht cruthaitheach sa seomra ranga
Book Review: Spuds and the Spider
This book is aimed to captivate the post Montessori pupils. It is a very creative, fun and descriptive story. The story is about a leprechaun couple and a spider. It exemplifies the mantra of ‘Never judge a book by its cover’. read more…