General:
www.edcolearning.ie/login Username: primarybooks
Password: edco2020
CJ Fallon is providing free access to their books until the end of term.
www.my.cjfallon.ie – online books. (Click on ‘student resources)
www.folensonline.ie Register (Roll number: Prim20)
Gill Education: www.gillexplore.ie.
RTE is planning to broadcast an hour of ‘School on TV’ to support children and their parents at home from March 30th between 11am and 12pm. Also available on RTE player while worksheets will be available on RTE.ie/learn.
www.pdst.ie/distancelearning www.helpmykidlearn.ie
Youtube has a vast number of educational and informative videos.
Watchkin.com should allow you view a youtube video without seeing ads and associated pre-loaded videos.
www.dkfindout.com online encyclopedia www.scoilnet.ie www.twinkl.com
TeacherTube is a free community for sharing instructional videos and content for students.
Play Board games: (Great, strategic, fun and a break from screen time!) Chess, draughts, snakes and ladders, ludo, scrabble, monopoly, chinese checkers,etc. Chess website: www.movesforlife.ie (A new chess activity for children).
Play card games: (An excellent way to teach patience, good sportsmanship, motor and listening skills, concentration, learning how to lose, relax and unwind, memory-boosting skills, maths skills and discipline.) Card games for children include Snap, Go Fish, Concentration, Old Maid, Rummy, Cheat…every family has their own versions and their own favourites. Don’t forget Solitaire!
English:
www.handwritingpractice.net
www.storyberries.com (A free online collection of easy-to-read and beautifully illustrated stories and poems for children. Can be selected by theme.)
Oxford Owl ebook library. Free access once you create an account. www.oxfordowl.com
www.mystorybook.com (write a book online) David Walliams is releasing a free kids’ audiobook every day for 30 days. www.worldofdavidwalliams
Gaeilge:
www.cula4.com (Free Irish app from TG4 with TV shows, games and creativity sections).
www.duolingo.com
Art:
www.iamanartist.com www.nga.gov/kids/ginevra.htm (online art activities).
Draw scenes from a book you’ve read.
Design something from recycled materials.
Music:
Practice your tunes each day. Maybe try a new tune. Listen to pieces of music from a variety of genres (Classical, country, pop, jazz, musical theatre, hip hop, rock, rhythm and blues, rap, etc.) www.dabbledoomusic.com Listen to different instruments of the Orchestra.
www.itma.ie (Irish traditional music) www.thechieftains.com
SESE: Geography.
Go over Counties of Ireland. Look them up in the Atlas and chat about mountains, rivers, lakes, main towns, history, GAA clubs and colours, famous people, etc.
Research Countries of Europe – Capital cities, flags, physical features, food, history, landmarks, etc.
www.antaisce.org www.neok12.com/Mountains.htm www.magicstudio.ie/interactive/view (Rivers, lakes and mountains of Ireland drag and drop activity). www.youtube.com/watch (The Grand Canyon, Angel Falls, Mount Everest, Dead Sea, Slieve League Cliffs, Norwegian Fiords, Mount Vesuvius and Naples.) www.theburrencentre.ie www.aillweecave.ie www.cliffsofmoher.ie
History:
www.history.com www.resources.teachnet.ie www.wikipedia.org
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople. www.askaboutireland.ie www.libraryireland.com/HistoryIreland
www.newgrange.com www.celts.mrdonn.org www.biography.com
Science:
www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts www.genius.com www.bbc.co.uk/nature
www.coml.org (census of marine life). www.baskingshark.ie www.irishsealsanctuary.com www.ilovebacteria.com www.edheads.org (activities on simple machines). www.archive.org/details/NASA – (how pulleys work). www.primaryscience.ie/activitiessimplesearchdesignmake (Design and make activities based on forces.
Primary Planet and News Flash: These magazines will be available online until schools reopen. www.newsmagmedia.ie
Religion:
www.growinlove.ie Sign in : trial@growinlove.ie
Password: growinlove
Maths:
www.mathsdrills.com (Access to maths worksheets covering all aspects of the curriculum. Great Tables worksheets.)
www.theschoolhub.ie/sample.php (Interactive tables games)
Miss Keegan’s Maths videos.
STEM: Scratch www.scratch.mit.edu. (Learn to programme interactive games, stories and animations.)
Khan Academy. Non profit site that provides free video tutorials in maths and reading. www.khanacademy.com.
www.K7maths.com (A complete Home-schooling package for parents.)
PE:
Make sure to include some form of exercise every day, ideally outside in the fresh air.
PE with Joe: Monday to Friday 9am Live on Youtube. (The Body Coach TV #PE with JOE.
GoNoodle kids videos. (movement and mindfulness videos)
www.supertroopers.ie. (Health homework programme)
Lots of mindfulness colouring sheets on www.twinkl.com.
Cosmic kids yoga and Zumba kids on youtube.