It’s a month before Christmas and while the shops have been full of the spirit since September, we’ve waited until now to showcase some ideas for the next month of school. Here are some ideas to integrate technology in your classroom for the festive season. This list was started in 2010 and each year we … Read more
I’ve put together a couple of games and activities that could be used in the classroom in those last few days where your pupils are very excited and find it hard to settle and do their normal classwork. You can have a bit of fun while ensuring the class are still learning! I’ve only included … Read more
Easter is one of the big two Christian festivals in Ireland. Aside from the excitement of Easter Eggs and Bunnies, most children learn about the roots of the festival in school. In this article, I’m going to go through a few ways to integrate technology into learning about Easter. Telling the Easter Story Interactively While … Read more
I think it’s safe to say that Google changed the way we looked at maps. Before Google, maps served us with very few purposes. We used a map to find directions to places or we used maps to find features of places. Nowadays, maps can be used to find good restaurants, track a town’s history, … Read more
Primary schools in June are hectic places to be. With reports to be filled out, sports days and school trips on the agenda, there isn’t usually a lot of time for anything else. So, it was probably not the best time for me to ask schools if they were interested in an experiment to see … Read more
We made ten A4 posters based on counting in Chinese to download and print. Simply click here to download the pdf file and print away! The posters contain the numbers 1 to 10 phonetically spelled with bright colourful pictures. I would like to show the actual Chinese symbols from 1 to 10 on the posters on a … Read more
We are a class of 27 junior infants in St. Fiacc’s NS, Graiguecullen, Carlow. My name is Ms. Lewis( formally Ms. Normington, marriage stepped in and made me magically change my name!) I love getting my class out and about as we have a massive play area and grounds. Plus the children love it. I … Read more
The Very Hungry Caterpillar is one of the most popular children’s books in the world and is used in schools for a variety of themes. Here are some ideas as to how you can integrate ICT into the experience. General Web Sites: Twinkl – Excellent for printing out VHC resources. Recommended Software: 2Write a Story (2Simple … Read more