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From the Irish Independent today: Top of the class – so is this really Ireland’s best school? – Features, Education – Independent.ie. To quote my favourite part of the article: There are no workbooks used in the school, and little of the maths work is done on paper. Instead pupils learn using concrete examples from | Read on…

Summary: When I received the package of Handwriting books from Prim-ed, I must admit, I wasn’t excited. The phrase “Never judge a book by its cover” comes to mind here! These new textbooks is different. After using it, they clearly are a set of very attractive books for children and teachers. But, there are other | Read on…

The first newsletter from Léargas’ eTwinning is now available online.  You can read the eTwinning Newsletter and finding out lots of information about Léargas.

Somebody asked for advice on the Irish Principals’ Forum about getting a visualiser for their classrooms when they already had IWBs. They were wondering was there any point in investing in the visualiser at all. I thought it might be helpful to point out the differences between the two. A Visualiser does a different job | Read on…

Maths Week is on from the 9th to the 16th October this year.  Read about it by clicking on the link below. Maths Week 2010 – 9th – 16th October. Our partner site, Mash.ie has a number of excellent maths related themes to play around with so have a look there and maybe add your | Read on…

Read which iPod Touch apps  Seomra Ranga uses in his classroom with 2nd and 3rd classes.  Some really brilliant apps being used.  Especially like the Story Dice app. This project is in conjunction with Apple and the Sligo Education Centre.  It is also running in 3 other education centres. iPod Apps in the Classroom « | Read on…

Pièce de résistance- Golden Time! Can you believe that 4 weeks have already flown by? 4 weeks till Mid-Term already! I present to you this week a review of the behavioural system composed by Jenny Mosely, guru of all good and nice children and sane teachers!

So you’ve finally tackled the tables and the children are ready for the hard stuff – long multiplication and long division. I love when I say this on courses as you can hear the loudest groans of all. For some reason, nobody likes long multiplication or long division except me! I love them so much | Read on…

When a child is absent from school, parents are required to write a note to the teacher explaining the reason for the absence. The National Education Welfare Board (NEWB) are informed when a child misses a certain number of days of school. When a teacher fills out the information for a child’s absences, he/she must | Read on…

Liosdoire will be selling a new product called the AVerPen. According to Liosdoire, the AVerPen is a revolutionary device that combines popular features of interactive whiteboard, wireless slate, wireless presenter, and voting system. Being truly wireless it can be used anywhere in the classroom. AVerPen allows the teacher and students to simultaneously work on problems | Read on…