Century Ireland
The Century Ireland project is an online historical newspaper that tells the story of the events of Irish life a century ago. Century Ireland is published on a fortnightly basis, beginning in May 2013, and is the main online portal for the Irish decade of commemorations, 1912-23. read more…
The Sleeping Baobab Tree Competition
To coincide with the publication on this website of the Study Guide for “The Sleeping Baobab Tree” by Paula Leyden, the author and her publisher, Walker Books, have given us four copies of the book to give away on the site. “The Sleeping Baobab Tree”, like its predecessor The Butterfly Heart, is set in Zambia. One morning twelve-year-old Fred wakes up with an unaccountable sense of foreboding, which his friend Bul-Boo, one of the twins from next door, insists is just his imagination. read more…
Léirmheas: Ailfí agus an Vaimpír
Is buachaill óg é Ailfí. Oibríonn a athair sa phictiúrlann agus tá a mháthair i dteach altranais , an-thinn. Is í Lindsí feiglhí an tí agus tugann sí aire do Ailfí. Tagann Ailfí ar Mharius sa scioból don chéad uair agus faigheann sé amach gur vaimpír é. Tá Ailfí chun cabhair a thabhairt do Mharius cónra a fháil agus a mhuintir a aimsiú mar tá siad áit éigin i dTrasalváin. Deireann Ailfí le Lindsí go bhfuil Marius chun fanacht leis agus cuireann siad bréagriocht air.
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Hopscotch App Review
I was asked to do a review/comparison for an app called ‘Hopscotch‘. The aim of this review was to see if this was a worthy successor of the computer programme called ‘Scratch‘. Unfortunately, this is not the case, but there are a few things that caught my attention. But first though, I did a comparison between Scratch and Hopscotch: read more…
Tír na nÓg – Ceacht 03: An Sorcas
Tír na nÓg – Ceacht 03: An Sorcas; cuid de chúrsa comhrá Gaeilge le haghaidh Rang IV, á chur le chéile ag an Roinn Oideachais blianta ó shin. Obair digiteach déanta ag Seomra Ranga i mbliana. B’fhéidir go bhfuil cuid den acmhainn seo “as dáta”, ach bain úsáid as in aon slí más mian leat. read more…
Fractions, Decimals, Percentages Test
When pupils have learned their Fractions, Decimals and Percentages Facts, this test will assess how well they have learned them. It is a simple grid where pupils have to fill in the missing equivalent facts.
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An Dochtúir Sa Teach – Ceacht 28: Tarbh Sa Pháirc
An Dochtúir Sa Teach – Ceacht 28: Tarbh Sa Pháirc; cuid de chúrsa comhrá Gaeilge le haghaidh Rang III, á chur le chéile ag an Roinn Oideachais blianta ó shin. Obair digiteach déanta ag Seomra Ranga i mbliana. B’fhéidir go bhfuil cuid den acmhainn seo “as dáta”, ach bain úsáid as in aon slí más mian leat. read more…
Life in the Sixties
The 1960s was a time of great change in many countries around the world including Ireland. This change took place in politics, culture and social norms. This is a template for individual pupil project work which will allow them to take time to delve deeper into certain events of this decade. It gives pupils lots of scope for researching an aspect of this period in history which they would enjoy: clothes, pop culture, an historical event and it allows them to present the project in different formats.
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Book Quiz
This is a short quiz on the theme of books. There are five rounds of six questions as well as a tie-break round. All answers are provided. There are some questions about books in general as well as questions about the novels Under the Hawthorn Tree, The Iron Man, War Horse and Narnia – The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
Source: Kathleen Byrne
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Wildflower Girl Table Quiz
Table Quiz based on the book “Wildflower Girl” by Marita Conlon Mc Kenna. It consists of 127 Powerpoint slides with all of the questions based on the book. There are eight rounds with six questions in each round. All of the answers, along with a Tie-Break round are provided. Hopefully, there is a mixture of easy enough questions and some to challenge the memory of the pupils. The aim really is that pupils should be able to get a good few correct with the harder ones there to sort out winners.
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