Surviving Primary

These classroom labels include labels for the following items - > doras, fuinneog, bord, cathaoir, leabharlann, cóipleabhair, siosúr, gliú, péint, scriosáin, crián, breagáin, clog, clár bán, ríomhaire, málaí scoile, leithreas, bosca bruscair, bosca athchúrsála, pinn luaidhe, ciseán, doirteal, cás peann luaidhe agus rialóir. Each of these labels include a cartoon picture of the item. I have also included each word with its corresponding phonetic spelling to encourage gaeilge neamhfhoirmiúil (

Boggle is such a fun way to encourage students to practice their spelling and to create words from letters. I use this resource as an early finisher activity in my classroom. I display the letters on my 'early finisher board' and have the worksheets readily available for my students. I change the letters weekly and we correct the worksheets on a Friday. I usually give dojo points/prize to whoever gets the most points! The display letters involve little/no prep. Just print them on A4/A3 paper an

This PowerPoint presentation looks at compost and composting. It covers what items can or cannot be composted, the compost cycle, photos of the contents of compost bins over time and discussion topics around composting. There are so many activities that can accompany this PowerPoint presentation. We did a whole school survey where the pupils went around the classrooms and checked if the compost bins were being used correctly. We introduced a 'promoting composting' campaign in the school where t

Concept cartoons are an excellent way of stimulating children's thinking and sparking class discussions. This concept cartoon focuses on the Light strand unit from the Science strand of energy and forces. It encourages pupils to think about light as a form of energy. It helps pupils to realise that light can come from both natural and artificial sources. I used this concept cartoon prior to carrying out a Science experiment in which we were investigating the growth of sunflower seeds. The expe