Book Review – Lily’s Dream: A Lissadell Story
“Lily’s Dream: A Lissadell Story” written by Judi Curtin is a brilliant book about a girl named Lily. After Lily’s dad died, her mam was struggling to feed and care for five children. As Lily was old enough, she left school and started working as a house maid at a house called Lissadell. read more…
Famous Scientists and Inventors
This display resource, just in time for Science Week, is aimed at providing information to pupils about a range of famous scientists and inventors. It consists of image posters and information posters for 23 different scientists/inventors for display in the classroom.
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Science Trail 01
The purpose of this resource is to create an active Science Week activity where pupils get out of their desks to complete the task. There are 26 questions on the trail covering a variety of science topics.
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Types of Scientists Photo Pack Worksheets
This new resource, published to accompany the Types of Scientists Photo Pack, would be an ideal activity for Science Week next week.. The pack consists of 2 worksheets with ten questions on each – all of the answers are contained in the Types of Scientists Photo Pack display.
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Dingbats 02 (Powerpoint Version)
This PowerPoint resource is aimed at pupils in middle and senior classes. Dingbats are hugely popular with pupils and they can be used as a fun game/task to get pupils thinking. There are 60 different Dingbat slides in the resource for pupils to have fun with. Answers are included on each slide.
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Science Week 2021 Table Quiz
This Table Quiz, especially put together for Science Week 2021, comprises eight rounds of six questions, a Tie-Break round, Science Jokes and answers to all questions on 154 Powerpoint slides. It is geared towards pupils in the middle/senior end of the school.
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Famous Scientists and Inventors Writing Frames
This resource is aimed at providing attractive lined pages for pupils to display their research work about famous scientists and inventors. It consists of 54 writing frames for pupils to record their research for display in the classroom.
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Searching for a Sub
Principals in Sligo Primary Schools recently completed a survey to ascertain the substitution situation in the county. Principals were surveyed before the Hallowe’en break and answered questions based on their experiences of searching for substitute teachers in the September/October period. Unsurprisingly, it emerged that no substitute teacher was available in 28% of cases. read more…
Book Review – The Legend of Valentine Sorrow
This book is about Clarabelle, Matilda and her brother Valentine going through troubling times (even though the problems are vampire hunters and vampires). It also covers the murder of Clarabelle’s father and how sad and angry Clarabelle got. read more…
Types of Scientists Photo Pack
This new resource, published to coincide with Science Week 2021, is aimed at making pupils aware of the variety of scientific careers that they could aspire to. The pack consists of 22 different photo posters of scientists as well as 22 information posters explaining briefly the work of each scientist.
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