Review: Cé mhéad cat? Smarty Cat Games

Review: Cé mhéad cat? Smarty Cat Games We have been sent some very attractive and colourful games from Smarty Cat Games. They are to help with the learning of Gaeilge. There are two board games, one for Aimsir Chaite/Aimsir Fháistineach and the other for Aimisr Chaite/Láithreach. Inside the box, we have a spinner board, verb … Read more

The resurrection of POD

I agreed to pilot the POD service that the Department of Education are launching into schools this year and during the summer I spent some time trying to upload my school’s data to the service. There were a few ways to do this. The first way, and possibly the most straightforward way, was to type in … Read more

5 Websites for the beginning of the school year

With all primary schools in Ireland now open for the 2014/15 year, I thought I’d share 5 web sites that I really like that might be of some use to you in your new classroom. There are hundreds of great websites out there, which are brilliant but these are the five that jumped out for me in … Read more

Review &competition: Writing Prompts Boxes from Prim-Ed

Review: Writing Prompts Boxes from Prim-Ed  Writing prompts are a new product from Prim-Ed. They come in three different levels or boxes as far as I can see-box 1,2 and 3. Each box is further subdivide into three sections, persuasive, informative and imaginative prompts for writing in the primary classroom. Box 1 is suitable for … Read more

Review:Jenny Mosley’s Top Tips for Calmer Classrooms and Puppet Scripts

Review:Jenny Mosley’s Top Tips for Calmer Classrooms and Puppet Scripts  We love Jenny Mosley and her Circle Time system at anseo.net! I love the positive and consistent approach to improving behaviour and have used it time and time again in my own teaching to complete success. Every class I have had has learned under her … Read more

Review: Helix Library System

Computerised Library Systems for school seem to be the “in thing” these days and there are lots of them available on the Irish market from Irish companies. There are at least half a dozen companies selling their version of the ideal library. Some are bright and colourful, others are more focused on their functionality. Some … Read more

Review: IPEVO Wireless Station

IPEVO are an interesting company. They make simple, affordable teaching tools and 32% of all primary schools in America use their products. Compupac IT Solutions are the company responsible for reselling in Ireland and have a great selection of their products. For example, if you’re looking for a visualiser for under €100, these are the people who can offer it. The … Read more

Review: Fáilte go Sesame Street (Edco)

Fáilte go Sesame Street – Practise Irish with the Sesame Street Characters-New Irish Language Activity Book from The Educational Company of Ireland Review The Gaelscoil movement is growing with parents deciding to send their children to all-Irish speaking schools more and more these days. Putting the reasons aside, many parents don’t have the command of … Read more

Can a Drag Queen teach Primary School Children about Acceptance?

At Anseo.net, we don’t write enough about the arts in education, even though we’re both passionate about the arts outside of our jobs as teachers. However, a play called Aunty Ben, from Super Paua, came to our attention through a friend of ours that works for the Irish Gay Theatre Festival. Aunty Ben is a … Read more

Mindfulness Matters: Sui

I am a big believer that teachers who want to work with emotional intelligence need to be constantly working on their own emotional intelligence and competencies. The same goes for mindfulness and meditation. So, with this in mind, sui.ie come to the rescue with a wonderful CD made up of guided and non-guided meditations. In the … Read more

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