I completed my very first summer course with Fluirse last week and I can honestly say it was excellent. I completed ‘Education for Sustainable Development using Fabric and Fibre’ and have come away feeling inspired, informed and equipped with the relevant resources to implement sewing in the Primary School setting. A feeling I love upon… Read More Summer Courses with Fluirse
Having secured a maternity contract last year in an Educate Together school, this year I re-interviewed in the same school in hope to teach there again in September. Re-interviewing for a school was a completely different experience for me, as I felt so much more nervous and put myself under a lot more pressure. Probably… Read More Re-interviewing for a Primary School
Myself and Treasa have put together a list of diverse children’s books to represent children from all over the world, with different races, backgrounds and abilities. With the help of many teachers on Instagram, this list has been compiled of high quality texts to help you to diversify your classroom resources. It is so, so… Read More Diverse Children’s Books for the Classroom
In this blog, I’ll be expanding on my ideas for distance learning, to share what’s out there for you and your students in terms of English. When setting activities for English, it’s very difficult to know how much to expect of children without having a teacher present. With that said, I devised a timetable below… Read More English: Activities for Distance Learning
In distance learning, it’s very difficult to think of ways to inspire children to be creative, when our only contact with them is through a computer screen. I’ve posted previously about ways to inspire Hands on Learning for Kids. However, in this post I want to list ways to inject creativity into your distance learning sessions.… Read More Creativity in Distance Learning
Need some inspiration for home school activities? Whether you are new to homeschooling, or you are looking for some more hands on activities, this post should help you to locate high quality resources at the touch of a button. In this post, I want to bring to your attention to why a website like Mrs… Read More Easy Home School Activities- Hands on Learning for Kids
Engaging in online meetings with your class I’ve written a post recently about how online teaching makes me feel. Find it here: How online teaching makes me feel. Teaching from home is not at all easy, but it is something we are slowly but surely going to have to get used to. Having engaged with my students… Read More Activities to do during online meetings
Well this is a post I never thought I’d be writing. But in times like this, we need to look out for each other and share our tips and tricks, where needed. This post will outline some fun and educational things that you could do with your children during the Corona Virus Lockdown for home… Read More Home Learning: Fun and Educational things to do.
If you’ve been following my blog or Instagram, you’ll know I returned to Ireland in the summer of 2019, so learning about the Primary Language Curriculum was new to me too. Having attended the day course with the PDST and engaging in a half-day webinar, I’ll be sharing my initial thoughts on the Primary Language… Read More Primary Language Curriculum: What I have learned.
Dabbledoo Music has changed how I teach Music in my classroom. In a recent post I mentioned how Music is one of the subjects I am NOT confident in teaching. Without a musical note in my head, Dabbledoomusic has equipped me with the tools I need to teach: 1) High quality Music lessons. 2) A… Read More How to teach a quality Music Lesson: DabbledooMusic.
