Guest Post: Subbing – A Way of Life
My dream has always been to work in education. I love learning, I love exploring, imagining, discovering. When I graduated into the primary sector I began to dream about my classroom: What will it look like? What will the pupils be like? The school? All sorts of questions. As of yet, I do not have that classroom. I am a sub! On the positive side, subbing has made me develop the ability to think on my feet. I love that skill and I think it is essential for subs. read more…
Length Vocabulary
These are posters with the language of length for mathematics. They are to re-inforce the concepts of long, longer, longest; short, shorter, shortest (.pdf file 455KB) Download File…
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Types of Houses
Flashcards with the names of various types of hoses found at home and abroad. (.pdf file 613KB) Download File…
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Our School Community QR Codes
A member of staff in my school recently organised an eye-catching and colourful display board in the entrance foyer to our school. It was called “Our School Community”. Every pupil in the school drew and coloured a small “head and shoulders” picture of themselves. These were arranged in a circle in the centre of the display board. read more…
Co-operative Learning 01
Getting pupils to work in groups is a great methodology to take advantage of in the classroom. However, in order for it to be most effective, it is helpful to allocate pupils a role to play in the group discussion, otherwise the usual confident pupils may take over, and the pupils you want to encourage to take a more active part may stay in the background.
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The Wizard of Oz
Flashcards to help with the teaching of the classic L. Frank Baum story of the Wizard of Oz, including all of the main characters and ideas in the story.
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Trócaire Lenten Resources 2012
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Next Wednesday, February 22nd marks the beginning of Lent 2012 and, as usual, the Trócaire charity has produced some great classroom resources to coincide with the season of Lent. Uganda is the focus of the resources this year and there are separate resources for Junior Primary pupils, Senior Primary pupils and Post-Primary pupils. The resources provide pupils with information, lessons, photos and activities that explore Trócaire’s work through the lens of Uganda. It considers the impact of a community dealing with difficulties facing them post conflict. read more…
Engineers Week
The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., has joined Engineers Ireland in encouraging students, schools and parents to get involved in Engineers Week 2012, which will be taking place across Ireland between the 27th February and 4th March 2012. The week-long series of activities across the country is run by Engineers Ireland and is a campaign held annually to promote engineering as a career and the importance of the profession to Ireland. The theme for Engineers Week 2012 is “Connecting Our Lives“. read more…
Animal Homes QR Codes
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Leabhair Labhartha
A nice new addition to the bank of resources on the Scoilnet website is a collection of short books “as Gaeilge”. They are aimed at younger pupils in the primary school, perhaps for pupils as far as Rang III. In terms of content and presentation, the books are basic enough, however they will be fine to assist pupils in practising their léitheoireacht Ghaeilge. The language used in the readers is also quite basic but that is suitable for many younger pupils. read more…