Back to School Programming on RTÉ
As hundreds of thousands of children and teenagers across the country prepare to make their way back through the school gates, RTÉ will this week explore the subject of education in Ireland in BACK TO SCHOOL, a week-long season of programmes and features across RTÉ Television, Radio and Online. These will be of special interest to teachers, parents, pupils and the wider education community as the theme of education is put in the spotlight by our national broadcaster. There are three television documentaries on consecutive nights, starting on Sunday night with the one which will be of most interest to primary teachers, Primary Pressures, a “fly-on-the-wall” documentary in a DEIS primary school. The following are the programmes to keep an eye out for this week: read more…
Guest Post: On Starting School
I came across this blog post last week and was touched by it. I tweeted the link to it and lots of teachers seemed to share it. I think the reason that it touched a chord with teachers was that we get so caught up in making preparations for the return to school, that we sometimes forget how much of a change it is for both the parent and the child, especially when the child is starting school for the first time. I think that it is also really interesting for teachers to see school from another perspective. It’s a great read! read more…
Word of the Day
Teachers all know how important it is to develop the oral and written language of pupils. This resource is a header to place in a prominent position in the classroom, under which can be recorded new or interesting words which are discovered during the day. These could be recorded in a copy or personal dictionary or the teacher could encourage pupils to use them in an oral sentence during the day.
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The Language of Maths
Teaching pupils about the language of maths is really important – especially for problem solving. This is a header, on three separate pages, for a maths display board which explains some maths terminology like this resource and this resource and this resource. (.pdf file 13KB) Download File…
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Bookmark 17
Printable bookmarks with the motto “Jump into a Good Book!” Bookmarks are a good incentive for reading for pleasure. There are two bookmarks per page. If you find that the bookmark is still too large, set your printer options to print two pages per page. (.pdf file 208KB) Download File…
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Meán Fómhair 2012
This is a single A4 sized page with a calendar for Meán Fómhair 2012. It is suitable for sticking to the teacher’s desk, to the classroom wall or to the staffroom noticeboard. (.pdf file 18.5KB) Download File…
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Follow Seomra Ranga
Seomra Ranga has been on the web since 2007 and has developed enormously since then from very simple beginnings. It now has many followers throughout the country and indeed from abroad. Content on the web site changes so regularly that it may be difficult for teachers to keep up to date with new resources and articles on the site. However, there are many ways in which visitors to the site can keep up to date with developments. Some of these are Social Media sites which are easy to follow, others you may not be familiar with? read more…
Teimpléad Fiche Ceist
Seo teimpléad éasca chun cluiche Fiche Ceist a imirt sa seomra ranga. Is féidir é a úsáid le haghaidh aon téama atá á múineadh agat. Tá sé an-oiriúnach é a úsáid leis an CBI (clár bhán idirghníomhach). Clóscríobh isteach 20 ceist agus 20 freagra sna spásanna ar gach sleamhnán agus tá gach rud eile déanta duit! Bain taitneamh as!
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Components of a Story
Pupils need to be made aware that there are different elements that make up the structure of a story. Most or all of these elements need to be present in the story to give it structure. These are: Setting, Period, Theme, Plot, Point of View, Characters. This presentation explains to pupils what these components are and encourages them to use them.
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Setting the Scene for Writing
Setting the scene in a story gives the story a sense of realism – that it is happening in a real or imagined place. It means that the author must create “word pictures” so that the reader can visualise the setting in their mind. It is important to give pupils strategies to encourage them to set the scene in a story and help to make their story more descriptive. This presentation encourages pupils to use the senses to describe the setting of the story.
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