Odd One Out 04
This resource is geared towards pupils in junior classes and SEN pupils to assist with visual discrimination and oral language skills. Pupils are asked to work out which picture is different in each row and in what way it is different. The differences are quite subtle on this resource so pupils will need to pay extra attention to the pictures. The page could be laminated to be re-used again and again.
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Write-A-Book Project Resources
The Write-A-Book project started in the 1980s in Blackrock Education Centre and is now being run by many of the Education Centres around the country. It is a fantastic project that is heavily rooted in the curriculum and especially integrates the areas of creative writing in English and the Visual Arts.
What distinguishes the project from other similar ventures is the emphasis on the process approach to creative writing. Over the duration of the project, pupils should get the chance to write a first draft,
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Odd One Out 03
This resource is geared towards pupils in junior classes and SEN pupils to assist with visual discrimination and oral language skills. Pupils are asked to work out which picture is different in each row and in what way it is different. The differences are quite subtle on this resource so pupils will need to pay extra attention to the pictures. The page could be laminated to be re-used again and again.
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Odd One Out 02
This resource is geared towards pupils in junior classes and SEN pupils to assist with visual discrimination and oral language skills. Pupils are asked to work out which picture is different in each row and in what way it is different. The page could be laminated to be re-used again and again.
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Odd One Out 01
This resource is geared towards pupils in junior classes and SEN pupils to assist with visual discrimination and oral language skills. Pupils are asked to work out which picture is different in each row and in what way it is different. The page could be laminated to be re-used again and again.
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Alphabetical Order – Capitals
This resource is geared towards younger pupils and SEN pupils. It is to be used to reinforce alphabetical order. Page 1 has a complete set of the capital letters of the alphabet. The following eight pages have an alphabet grid with many of the letters missing. The last page has a blank grid where all of the letters are missing.
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The Interactive Eye
This link is an interactive guide to the structure of both the inner and outer human eye. If you hover over any of the various “i” information buttons on the diagram, the name of that part of the eye appears and an explanation about it appears at the bottom of the screen. When viewing the inner eye, you have an option to get a simple explanation as to how sight works.
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Teaching Council To Get Extra Powers To Deal With Under-Performing Teachers
The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn, plans to shortly amend legislation to give extra powers to the Teaching Council to deal with what is referred to as “poor and under-performing teachers”. At present, a teacher has to be deemed “unfit to teach” before the Teaching Council can impose any sanctions. The range of sanctions currently available to the Council are: read more…
Two Teachers Or Five SNAs
Two teachers or five SNAs – that could be one of the choices facing principals in the future if proposals by Public Spending Minister, Brendan Howlin ever come to fruition. It seems that the minister has plans to devolve funding to schools themselves and allow them to make certain choices as to how best to spend that budget, given their own unique situation. read more…
Teachers Must Be Registered With Teaching Council By End Of January
Section 30 of the Teaching Council Act 2011 will finally come into effect on January 28th this year. After many delays, Minister Ruairí Quinn finally signed the commencement order for this part of the Act on November 1st 2013, meaning that Section 30 is legally operative from this date. This means that the Department of Education and Skills (DES) and the Education and Training Boards (ETBs – formerly VECs) will be prohibited by law read more…