Chinese New Year 2026 Colouring Book
With Chinese New Year almost here, pupils especially in junior/middle classes will be motivated by thematic work of any kind. This resource consists of a set of black/white images with a Chinese New Year theme for pupils to colour. 25 colouring pages in both an English and Gaeilge version of the book are included in this resource.
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Chinese New Year 2026
To mark the season of Chinese New Year, this 18-slide PPTX resource will provide pupils with background information to the celebration of this festival. It includes information on what the festival entails and how it is celebrated. This will give pupils opportunities to compare this festival with other celebrations such as Christmas.
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Frásaí Croí
This seasonal Gaeilge literacy resource is aimed at pupils in middle and senior classes. It is intended to be used as a means of looking at the use of language, especially idioms and metaphoric language. It is a useful way of tying language into a lesson on the theme of Valentine’s Day and making pupils aware of how the word “Heart” can be used in many different ways.
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Chinese New Year 2026 Bunting as Gaeilge
This seasonal resource consists of a set of chevron-shaped bunting as Gaeilge with a Chinese New Year theme. There are 37 pages in this resource. The bunting spells out “Bliain Nua na Síneach – Bliain an Chapaill 2026”. The bunting has a seasonal coloured background with each letter/number printed on an A4 page.
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Chinese New Year Bunting 2026
This seasonal resource consists of a set of chevron-shaped bunting with a Chinese New Year theme. There are 30 pages in this resource. The bunting spells out “Chinese New Year – Year of the Horse 2026”. The bunting has a seasonal coloured background with each letter/number printed on an A4 page.
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Chinese New Year Bookmarks 2026
These bookmarks are intended to help mark the celebration of Chinese New Year, the Year of the Horse, which begins on February 17th. There are 15 different bookmark designs in the download in both English and Gaeilge. The bookmarks are in blackline for pupils to colour and decorate and they are printed three per A4 page.
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Book Review – The Bookshop Sisters
The Bookshop Sisters is a read-again-and-again book. It’s about two sisters named Rosy and Martha who start off in West Cork and then join their aunt Toto in her busy bookshop in Dublin. It is set in 1956, a time when things were very different from today and women and girls were not treated equally to men. read more…
Heart Phrases
This seasonal literacy resource is aimed at pupils in middle and senior classes. It is intended to be used as a means of looking at the use of language, especially idioms and metaphoric language. It is a useful way of tying language into a lesson on the theme of Valentine’s Day and making pupils aware of how the word “Heart” can be used in many different ways.
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Counting Valentine Roses 01
This seasonal peg-based Maths resource is aimed at pupils in infant/junior classes or AEN pupils who are working on early number. The resource features Valentine Roses for pupils to count. It focuses on the numbers 0 – 10 where pupils have to place a clothes peg on the correct answer.
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Book Review – Fraidy Dog
To Fraidy Dog, sofas are spooky, cupboards are creepy and houseplants are horrifying! Will he ever learn not to be afraid?” I read “Fraidy Dog” by Kate Sheehy with my autistic son, Odhran. Odhran is five and loves stories but can be less engaged in stories that don’t fit within his particular interests. I was unsure how he’d take to “Fraidy Dog” but he LOVED it! read more…