Inspectorate to Set up “Rate My School” Website for Parents?
The school’s Inspectorate is to set up a website to allow parents to effectively rate their children’s school and the results will be online for all to see. Well, not really! However, their counterparts in England, Ofsted, have done exactly this. I just read this morning on Ian Addison’s Blog how Ofsted have already set up Parent View, where they are seeking parents’ views on their children’s school. How do you think such a site would be viewed here in Ireland? read more…
Polling Information Card
If you want to have a mock election in class – with polling booths, a presiding officer and a ballot box – here’s something to get you started, an editable Polling Information Card for each pupil. Source: Karen Browne (.doc file 27.5KB) Download File…
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Nollaig Shona Now Online
I know it a bit early to mention the “C” word (Christmas Shhh!), however teachers may be interested to know that Nollaig Shona, the new Christmas Resources website from Seomra Ranga, is now online. The site has been in planning and development for some time and we’re delighted that it is now ready for public view. At the moment, there are almost 300 resources on the site to help teachers with classroom planning for the Christmas season. There are posters, flashcards, lined pages, music resources, Powerpoints, quizzes and lots more. read more…
Presidential Election 2011
Powerpoint presentation explaining the Presidential Election 2011 and the Proportional Representation (PR) voting system that is used to elect the president. Source: Paddy O’Shea (.ppt file 1.62MB) Download File…
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New Christmas Website
A sneak preview of the site!
I’m in the final stages of the development of the new Christmas website whcih will be ready soon. It’s called Nollaig Shona and will be where all of the Christmas classroom resources will be located. This is simply a plea to everyone to start a search through your own PC/Laptop to find any Christmas-themed resources that you may have created over the years – worksheets, posters, Powerpoints. I’m always looking for new material and would be delighted if teachers would share their Christmas resources on Nollaig Shona. If you have material that you are willing to share with others, please email it to me at info@nollaigshona.ie so that I can get it up on the new site before launch.
Long Division
Powerpoint presentation giving a step-by-step example showing how to complete a long division sum. Source: Paddy O’Shea (.ppt file 489KB) Download File…
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Junior Spiders
Since 1996 the eircom Spider Awards have honoured Irish individuals and organisations for their outstanding achievements online and celebrated the successes of the Irish internet and digital media. The eircom Junior Spider Awards were established in 2009 as a parallel programme for students at primary and post primary school level.The idea was originated by Business & Finance, working closely with main sponsors eircom. read more…
Messages from the Presidential Candidates
I recently contacted all seven of the Presidential candidates, explaining a little about Seomra Ranga and the work it does. I informed them that I was planning to do an article which would allow all the presidential candidates a chance to address the teachers of Ireland directly through the website. I asked them to put their case directly to teachers as to what their vision of the future of Ireland is and why teachers should vote for them as President. They were asked to restrict their article to 300 words, so that the overall article would not be too long. Candidates were given a week to respond. Despite a reminder email to all candidates, after almost two weeks only two of the candidates were able to respond with 300 words! These were the replies received: read more…
National Day of Spain
October 12th is celebrated as the National Day of Spain (Día de la Raza) and is a national holiday. It is also known as Columbus Day, celebrating the day he arrived in America. This Powerpoint resource gives a little background to the national holiday in Spain as well as information about the country and its…
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Winter Numbers
A4 posters for the numbers 1 – 10 on a winter-themed background. (.pdf file 0.98MB) Download File…
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