Guest Post: Revised Sick Leave Arrangements
On 1st September 2014 a revised sick leave scheme came in to effect for teachers. The Department of Education and Skills (DES) issued Circular 59/2014 which outlines teachers’ sick leave entitlements. There are a number of significant changes in the revised sick leave scheme compared to the previous scheme. read more…
Eco Detectives Website
Eco Detectives is an interactive education portal designed to introduce primary school pupils to the issues of Climate Change and the Environment. Firmly embedded in curriculum learning objectives, the website aims to provide pupils with valuable knowledge and skills and the ability to think critically about their own actions within their community.
The website was piloted over a two-year period in primary schools where teachers were able to link the resource to the areas read more…
Guest Post: Service Your Laptop
Servicing a laptop may seem a daunting task and beyond the reach of most people. However, Hassan Dabbagh has put together these tips for servicing a laptop for the novice:
1) Power up laptop. read more…
FÍS Film Project
The FÍS Film Project is currently thriving in Irish primary schools. The project encourages children to explore the medium of film and develops essential skills in moving-image literacy, communication, teamwork, visual arts and numeracy in addition to a creating an engaging approach to the curriculum. read more…
Hallowe’en Cutting 02
Getting younger pupils used to handling a scissors and cutting lines or patterns is a useful activity for fine motor skills. Pupils with special educational needs may also need some extra practice with this activity. This seasonal resource requires pupils to cut out the Hallowe’en-themed images and stick them into a copy.
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Hallowe’en Cutting 01
Getting younger pupils used to handling a scissors and cutting lines or patterns is a useful activity for fine motor skills. Pupils with special educational needs may also need some extra practice with this activity. This seasonal resource requires pupils to cut out the Hallowe’en-themed images and stick them into a copy.
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Which Is the Biggest/Smallest? 01
This resource is aimed at pupils in junior classes or pupils with speech and language difficulties. Its aim is to encourage oral language, especially sentence structure. The focus is also on the concept of biggest/smallest. The teacher can start with the question at the top of each card: “Which IS The Biggest? / Which IS The Smallest?” This could be followed up with questions like “How Do You Know?” Questioning will encourage inference and deduction from the context.
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Number Puzzle 07
This resource is aimed at pupils in middle/senior classes or SEN pupils who are working on fractions. It is based on quarters, eighths and halves. The resource features images on a dog theme.
Laminate all of the pages in the resource and cut each one up into eight separate strips. Laminate another piece of A4 card.
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Peg Addition 02
This resource is aimed at pupils in middle classes or SEN pupils at the beginning of work on addition of tens and units. It is based on addition without regrouping – units are added to tens & units up to an answer of 19. Laminate all of the pages in the resource and cut up into thirty-six separate cards. Pupils should work out the sum on the left side of each card and place a clothes peg on the correct answer on the right of the card. The tens are coloured black and the units red to assist with the addition.
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Signs of Autumn 2014 Twitter Project Review
The Signs of Autumn 2014 Twitter Project took place last week and many schools across the country took part. There were also contributions from a school in Canada and another in Australia. Because it is spring in Australia, it was interesting to compare the seasons in different parts of the world.
83 schools and teachers took part in the project, posting more than 400 Tweets over the course of the week. There was a great variety of stories, observations, images, photographs, videos all recording the arrival of Autumn 2014. read more…