Electricity
Flashcards with vocabulary to help with the teaching of electricity in the science curriculum. (.pdf file 1.11MB) Download File…
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Weight Vocabulary
These are posters with the language of weight for mathematics. They are to re-inforce the concepts of heavy, heavier, heaviest; light, lighter, lightest. (.pdf file 410KB) Download File…
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Feabhra 2012
Apologies for the delay in posting this month’s calendar. This is a single A4 sized page with a calendar for Feabhra 2012. It is suitable for sticking to the teacher’s desk, to the classroom wall or to the staffroom noticeboard. (.pdf file 18.3KB) Download File…
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Guest Post: Spraoi Ville Website Review
This review is by a junior infant teacher, teaching in an urban primary school who wishes to remain anonymous.
Spraoi Ville is a fantastic new interactive website for teaching Gaeilge in primary schools that is built in line with the national curriculum. The website has been live for about two months and there are apparently already over 150 primary schools using it for teaching Irish. I find it absolutely brilliant and it is making a huge difference already in my infant classroom. read more…
Signs of Spring Twitter Project
This Wednesday is February 1st, the traditional start of the season of Spring. It’s also Lá Fhéile Bríde (St. Brigid’s Day). I thought that this would be a good time for a Twitter Project. If you and your class are on Twitter, just Tweet any time during this week about any signs of spring that you see in your classroom, school area or locality. To keep all of the Tweets together use the following Twitter hashtag: #signsofspring2012 Possible things you could Tweet about: read more…
Ladybird Books App
Many teachers and parents may think that Ladybird books have been consigned to history, that they hark back to a long distant memory of schools many years ago. However, Ladybird books are moving into the 21st century with the release of the Ladybird Classic Me Books App in the App Store. Thanks to Mary Farmer (@ebd35 on Twitter) who made me aware of this special bargain, you can download the app from the App Store and get all 20 books in the series for a limited period for just 79c! “The Zoo” is included in the app purchase, and all the others can be downloaded for free within the app. read more…
Guest Post: Discover Primary Science and Maths
Discover Primary Science and Maths is a flagship project run by the Discover Science & Engineering (DSE) awareness programme. The programme aims to develop creativity in our children, show them how important science is to our everyday lives and more importantly how much fun it can be! DSE’s overall objectives are to increase the numbers of students studying the physical sciences, to promote a positive attitude to careers in science, technology, engineering and maths and to foster a greater understanding of science & maths and its value to Irish society. read more…
Handwriting in Schools
I read a great Blog Post this week written by Tom Hesmondhalgh on his Creative Education Blog where he questions the validity of teaching handwriting in schools at a time when technology is asserting its primacy. He also poses the question as to whether teaching touch typing would be more beneficial to pupils in this technological age. However, he comes to the conclusion that even in an age when technology is now mobile, handwriting is a life skill which pupils need to know even for doing basic things like writing a birthday card or writing a shopping list. I tend to agree wholeheartedly with Tom on this topic. read more…
Animal Homes
In the Human Environments strand of the SESE Geography curriculum, one of the strand units deals with the topic of settlements and the homes where people live. An expansion of this theme is to look at the different types of homes that animals live in. These flashcards gives examples of a number of types of…
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iPad Apps for Teachers
The iTunes App Store is currently highlighting a section on Apps for Teachers in their featured category. A range of free and paid apps are currently available under the following headings: Classroom Tasks; Curricula Support; Instructional Tools; Personal Organisation; Reference. Although there are many apps in the App Store that would support the teacher in the classroom, 79 are featured in this special section. read more…