Addition Bookmark +10
This resource (addition +10) is a handy bookmark size to keep in a maths book/copy to remind pupils of the set of tables that they are learning in any particular week. There are two bookmarks on a page. If you find that the bookmark is still too large, set your printer options to print two…
Addition Bookmark: Doubles
This resource (addition of doubles) is a handy bookmark size to keep in a maths book/copy to remind pupils of the set of tables that they are learning in any particular week. There are two bookmarks on a page. If you find that the bookmark is still too large, set your printer options to print…
Addition Bookmark: Make 10
This resource (making 10) is a handy bookmark size to keep in a maths book/copy to remind pupils of the set of tables that they are learning in any particular week. There are two bookmarks on a page. If you find that the bookmark is still too large, set your printer options to print two…
CESI Conference Programme 2012
The Computer in Education Society of Ireland (CESI) will hold its annual conference entitled “TEACHnology – Merging Teaching and Technology in Schools” in Portlaoise Heritage Hotel, 24 Feb, 7 – 9 PM and Portlaoise College, 25 Feb, 9 AM – 4.30 PM. Registration for the Conference is now open and you can register for either or both the Friday night programme and the Saturday conference/workshops. The Conference Programme has just been released and the highlights include: read more…
Electricity
Flashcards with vocabulary to help with the teaching of electricity in the science curriculum. (.pdf file 1.11MB) Download File…
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…
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…
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…