Potato Print Seascape Art
This lesson is most suitable to do during the summer term or when working on a “sea” theme in the classroom. It uses a printing technique with potatoes to create a seascape picture. It could be done as a standalone lesson under the Paint Strand of the Visual Arts curriculum or integrated into an overall marine theme.
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I Am An Artist Website
I Am An Artist is a website set up many years ago to support primary teachers in the delivery of the Visual Arts curriculum in the classroom. The website is certainly worth a visit for teachers to gain a better insight and overview of the Visual Arts curriculum and to gain some inspiration for some of the Strands that you may be less familiar with. read more…
CVC Picture Matching 04
This resource is aimed at infant pupils or SEN pupils at the beginning of work on phonics. It is based on their knowledge of CVC words with medial O. The resource could be used as a teaching tool or alternatively, it could be used as a form of assessment. There are 12 CVC Word cards for pupils to match the picture with the word.
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Flying Kite Art
This is a nice, colourful Visual Arts lesson to do during the summer term. The resource contains a simple, yet effective, line drawing, creating a summer kite pattern which can be coloured using any art medium that you wish, eg. crayons, markers, colouring pencils or paint. The focus of the lesson is on colour and pattern.
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Red and Green Sorting Activity
This resource is aimed at pupils in junior classes, SEN pupils or pupils with speech and language difficulties. The resource aims to help younger pupils to consolidate the concept of colour by getting them to sort the red and green coloured items using the sorting mats.
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“Our Shoes” Appeal Launched
A nationwide campaign has been launched to get Irish primary schools involved in the “Our Shoes” Appeal. The campaign aims to get pupils to collect their pre-loved shoes/boots/runners and donate them to needy children in townships in South Africa. The mission of the campaign is to “bridge continents through the power of individual acts of kindness”. read more…
Book Review – In Between Worlds
“In Between Worlds” by Nicola Pierce is a book set during the famine in Ireland. Maggie is the main character, and she tells the story as an old woman living in Australia. She is from a village in Cork and she travelled to a workhouse and then to Australia. read more…
Easter Bookmarks 2024
These bookmarks are intended to help mark Easter 2024. There are 28 different bookmark designs in the download, 14 in English and 14 as Gaeilge. The bookmarks are in blackline for pupils to colour and decorate and they are printed three per A4 page.
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Easter Colouring
With Easter just around the corner, pupils especially in junior classes will be motivated by thematic work of any kind. This resource consists of a set of black/white images with an Easter theme for pupils to colour. 20 colouring pages are included in this resource.
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St. Patrick’s Day Bookmarks
These bookmarks are intended to help mark St. Patrick’s Day 2024. There are 30 different bookmark designs in the download, 15 in English and 15 as Gaeilge. The bookmarks are in blackline for pupils to colour and decorate and they are printed three per A4 page.
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