Niamh Sharkey Appointed New Laureate na nÓg
Yesterday May 8th, President Michael D. Higgins announced the appointment of author and illustrator Niamh Sharkey as Ireland’s second Laureate na nÓg. Niamh commences her two-year term of office and succeeds Siobhán Parkinson, our inaugural Laureate na nÓg who has held the position for the past two years.
Niamh Sharkey is an award‐winning author and illustrator of children’s picture books. Her books have won numerous awards including the prestigious Mother Goose Award read more…
Megan and the Money Tree
Although published in 2011, I only recently came across Megan and the Money Tree in one of my local book stores. (Yes, I still buy real books!) In terms of structure, it is an unusual book, but it works very well. Written by Emma Kennedy, the personal finance correspondent with the Sunday Business Post, its stated aim is to “introduce children to basic financial concepts in an engaging manner, using language and ideas that make sense to younger readers”. read more…
Hóra a Pháid – Ceacht 34: Picnic
Hóra a Pháid – Ceacht 34: Picnic; cuid de chúrsa comhrá Gaeilge le haghaidh Rang I, 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…
ICT In Education Conference 2012
The 8th ICT in Education Conference will take place in LIT (Limerick Institute of Technology) Tipperary on Saturday May 19th. The theme of this year’s conference will be “Learning Spaces” and it aims to take a broad view at both physical and virtual spaces where pupils/students learn. The Conference Webpage puts it well when it explains that: read more…
Seas Suas Website Launched
Last week saw the launch of Seas Suas, a new and exciting website of special interest to primary teachers. Put together by Simon Lewis of Anseo and Nigel Lane of The Inside Lane, the website brings the writings of pupils from their own school blogs to a larger audience. Based on the successful format of the Irish Teacher Blogs website, read more…
Póstaeir Foghraíochta Luaite in InTouch
Bhí Póstaeir Foghraíochta ó Seomra Ranga luaite in iris InTouch na míosa seo:
“Tá cairteacha balla ar a bhfuil líostaí focal le patrúin éagsúla , m.sh. ú, í, ín, óir, aí, uí agus araile ar fáil le híoslódáil saor in aisce ón suíomh Seomra Ranga. Tá na cairteacha seo tarraingteach ildaite agus is fiú iad a bheith i ngach seomra ranga mar ábhar tacaíochta do mhúineadh na foghraíochta agus na litrithe”. read more…
100 Square Pattern 06
Worksheet for pupils with sections of a 100 Square cut out where the missing numbers have to be filled in. (.pdf file 8.15KB) Download File…
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Winners of The Butterfly Heart Competition
Thanks to all of the teachers and student teachers who entered our competition for a copy of “The Butterfly Heart” by Paula Leyden. Thanks also to both Paula herself and Walker Books, her publisher, for sponsoring the prizes. Some people found one or two of the questions tricky, so just to confirm, the answers were: read more…
The Butterfly Heart Competition
To coincide with the publication on this website of the Study Guide for “The Butterfly Heart” by Paula Leyden, which has been nominated for the CBI Children’s Book of the Year 2012, the author and her publisher, Walker Books, have given us five signed copies of the book to give away on the site. The Butterfly Heart is a tale set in Zambia and is told through the voices of a young girl and an old man who has a way with snakes. read more…