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This playbook from An Post is filled with activities for children to do, including drawing, writing and mindfulness exercises made by leading creatives including Oliver Jeffers, Chris Haughton, Sarah Crossan, Don Conroy, Niall Breslin, Niamh Sharkey and many more.

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Make a piece of history to look back on.

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Lots of games, quizzes and things to read.

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Join Harry Potter and journey into the wizarding world with our new site! Discover puzzles, quizzes, crafts and more to guide you through the very first book.

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Easy science experiments you can do with household items.

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A journal for April created by Scoil Treasa teachers

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Weaving Wellbeing
SPHE programme to do at home

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PE
Yoga videos

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YOGA | MINDFULNESS | RELAXATION FOR KIDS! Screentime that gives kids SUPERPOWERS! ⬇️ D O W N L O A D T H E C O S M I C K I D S A P P ⬇️ 🍏Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cosmic-kids/ 🛍️Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cosmickids 🖥️ Desktop (great for teachers!): https://app.cosmickids.com/ 📺 Roku: https://rb.gy/44r8d -------------------------------------------------------------------- Why watch on the App?

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Simple recipes for baking at home.

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Baking with Kids Baking Recipes | Odlums

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Impress friends and family with your brilliant baking, in just a few easy-to-follow steps! Odlums - Bake with the Best.

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Garden activities month by month

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Cool website with lots of fun activities to do at home.

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Introducing KALEIDOSCOPE HOME CLUB🏠

Here we post lots of handy tips, creative exercises, recipes and other fun and interesting projects for everyone to enjoy🌈 Please share your ideas too, together is better but from afar for now☀️

Big Love from our family to yours❤️

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Introducing KALEIDOSCOPE HOME CLUB🏠 Here we post lots of handy tips, creative exercises, recipes and other fun and interesting projects for everyone to enjoy🌈 Please share your ideas too, together is better but from afar for now☀️ Big Love from our family to yours❤️

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Visual Art
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I Am An Artist is a visual arts initiative aimed at supporting primary teachers and pupils in the adoption and delivery of the visual arts curriculum in Ireland

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I am an Artist I Am An Artist is a visual arts initiative aimed at supporting primary teachers and pupils in the adoption and delivery of the visual arts curriculum in Ireland. By comprising 30 short TV programmes (each 6 minutes in length), an interactive website with slideshows, lessons, weblinks and interactive games, it provides [...]

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SPHE
Audio recordings
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Take some time out to complete mindfulness aural exercises

Free

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Our #MindYourSelfie resources provide activities for young people to help them combat life's stressors and promote positive mental health in their lives.

Preparing for a mentally healthy life

Childhood and adolescence is an exciting period in life as young people discover and learn new things about themselves and the world they live in every day. It can also be a stressful time with many changes and different life experiences. Often, young people can experience high levels of stress, which may lead to feelings of anger and anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression.

Fortunately, there are many ways in which children and adolescents - with the help of their teachers, parents and guardians - can tackle these feelings of stress, anger, and so on to ensure that they live as mentally healthy a life as possible. Our #MindYourSelfie resources can make a great difference in this.

Teachers play a key role in the promotion of positive mental health for young people, and, through these resources, have the power to brighten up the classroom and their student's self-esteem through a range of different activities and exercises.

See more about our resources

Our free suite of resources includes:

A series of guided relaxation audio exercises that introduces the practice of mindfulness to children

Free eBooks designed to give practical tips and advice on mental health

Printable mindfulness colouring sheets that can help students feel more relaxed

Wellness Journals which provide young people with a template to record their feelings and thoughts

A Wellness Action Calendar which suggests daily, positive actions students can take

A Wellness Wall banner to create a space in classrooms or schools where everyone is welcome to read and contribute to a wellness wall

A Selfie 'Steem activity that invites students to share positive messages about one another

The Selfie Tips Origami Chatterbox game that encourages children to think positively about themselves

Our #FrameOfMind resource and teacher's companion guide which explores different mental health themes.

We regularly update our#MindYourSelfie resources, so watch out for new additions coming soon!

Mind Yourself, Mind Nature

Mind Yourself, Mind Nature

Mind YourSelf, Mind Nature is our nature workbook for secondary schools. Especially developed t ogether in partnership with BirdWatch Ireland, Leave No Traceand Biodiversity in Schools, the workbook explores the link between nature and mental health and offers lots of different nature-based activities for young people to try in school and at home.

The workbook looks at why and how the natural world is important for our health and wellbeing. It suggests ways we can connect with nature in daily life to support our wellbeing. It also looks, in turn, at ways we can look after the natural world, and some of the reasons why this is important.

Download the nature workbook here

Worry Lorry

Worry Lorry

At times, we can all feel anxious or worried. There are things that we can all do to help reduce that anxiety, like taking a few minutes for our Worry Lorry activity.

To get started, you'll need to download and print the activity sheet.Then, write down the things that make you worried or play on your mind on the lorry.

Think about the things that make you feel good and help your worries to disappear, and then share them with the second lorry driver below. Focus on these positive things as you colour in the rest of the sheet, and notice how your worries are driven away!

Download the Worry Lorry activity here

Wellbeing Action Calendar

Our mental health and wellbeing calendar suggests daily actions that children and young people can undertake to promote positive mental health and mindfulness. As it doesn't set dates or times, the calendar can be customised so that you have the flexibility to use it whenever suits you.

Download the calendar here

Mindfulness exercises

Our #MindYourSelfie series of guided relaxation audio exercises introduce mindfulness and meditation to young people. These exercises, which can be practiced in the classroom, engage students in body relaxation practices, which not only help to improve students' mindfulness, but also enhance their abilities to relieve tension built up in the body and mind

Mindfulness exercises

Mindful Colouring

Mindfulness can improve our wellbeing. Our mindful colouring activities help children and young people to feel more relaxed by bringing their attention to the present moment as they focus on how to choose and apply colour in our specially-created designs.

Primary Schools

Bookmarks Colouring Sheets

Secondary Schools

Bookmarks Colouring Sheets

#MindYourSelfie Wellness Journals

Our Wellness Journals provide young people with a template to record their feelings and thoughts as a once-off assignment or as a daily activity.

#MindYourSelfie classroom resources

#MindYourSelfie classroom resources

All of our #MindYourSelfie resources can be used in school, but some are designed with the classroom especially in mind. To start, our #MindYourSelfie mental health eBooks are designed to share practical tips on mental health that teachers can use as they work with their class. Every week, students spend more time in the classroom than anywhere else, meaning that their teachers are uniquely placed to promote positive mental health. These eBooks aim to provide useful advice on creating connections with students, raising awareness of mental health, and embedding positive attitudes towards it.

Read the eBooks here

Wellness Wall

Our Wellness Wall helps to promote positive, encouraging messages of wellness within the walls of your school. To get started, download the Wellness Wall banner below ( or send us an emailto request one). Then, check out our guides - also below - for details on how to use the banner in primary or secondary schools. You can use the banner to mark your chosen wall and create a space where everyone is welcome to read and contribute to it. Invite students and staff to write and share upbeat, helpful notes and messages of how they think wellness looks, sounds, and feels: the more creative, the better!

Selfie 'Steem

Our Selfie 'Steem activity encourages students to share positive messages about and with one another. Each student writes their name or places their photo in the centre of the Selfie 'Steem sheet, which is then passed around the class. Other students then write positive messages about their classmates - such as that they are kind, caring, or fun to be around - on the sheet.

Teachers can even take the exercise a step further by asking students to write five things they like about themselves on the sheet before passing it around. The exercise shows how, even though we can think of lots of compliments for other people, it can be very hard to compliment ourselves, thus teaching students the importance of learning to be kind to themselves.

The exercise shows how, even though we can think of lots of compliments for other people, it can be very hard to compliment ourselves, thus teaching students the importance of learning to be kind to themselves.
Get Selfie 'Steem here

Selfie Tips Origami Chatterbox

How can you teach children to think positively about themselves?

One simple way is to start discussing the topic of positive thinking through a fun, simple game, like our Selfie Tips Origami Chatterbox.

Start by inviting students to fold the Selfie Tips Origami Chatterbox.

To do this, they can follow the instructions in the downloadable folding craft sheet. Once students have folded their Chatterbox, the game can begin.

Step 1:Students play in teams of two. The first student asks the other to pick a number. They then work the Chatterbox back and forth as they count up to the number out loud.

Step 2:The first student asks the second student to pick one of the numbers on view inside the Chatterbox. Then, the first student works the Chatterbox back and forth again, counting up to the number chosen by their friend.

Step 3:The second student makes a final selection of one of the numbers on view inside the Chatterbox. The first student raises up the flap to reveal the positive message!

Step 4:Start all over again - either with the same friend or another student!

Get the Selfie Tips Origami Chatterbox here

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Our #MindYourSelfie resources provide activities for young people to help them combat life's stressors and promote positive mental health in their lives. Preparing for a mentally healthy life Childhood and adolescence is an exciting period in life as young people discover and learn new things about themselves and the world they live in every day.

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Everyday at 9am join Joe Wicks for a fun P.E. workout.

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Welcome to the Body Coach TV where I post weekly home workouts to help you get, stronger, healthier and happier.

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PE/SPHE
Online web browser/video activities
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Movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts

GoNoodle gets kids up and moving to fun, engaging content

Every dance party, yoga session, and mindfulness activity is an opportunity for kids to wake up their bodies, engage their minds, and be their best

Free to use

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LITERACY/STEM/DIG TECH
Online web browser activities
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Dance Mat Typing, a fun way to learn touch typing

Free to use

There are four levels to play, each divided into three stages

You start by learning the home row keys

Each stage builds on previous lessons, introducing new letters as you progress. You’ll soon be touch typing like an expert! At the end of each level you can test your typing speed and get a fun reward

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Learn how to touch type with the BBC Dance Mat Typing game. It’s a fun introduction to touch typing game for kids and covers levels 1, 2, 3, 4.

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History/Literacy
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Find out about Ireland's president and answer a fun quiz at the end of each section. See if you can see his dogs on the virtual tour of Áras an Uachtaráin.

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Childrens Section | President of Ireland

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Welcome to the website of the President of Ireland.

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Literacy
Free audiobooks to listen to.

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© Copyright 1997 - 2023 Audible, Inc Conditions of Use…

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Each day a new story is uploaded for you to listen to.

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Join the The World of David Walliams to be the first to hear about new David Walliams books, special offers, free activities, live shows, events and more!

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Create your own storybook online and share with your family.

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Create your own storybook online. Make writing and publishing a book more fun with our picture book making tool!

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Watch the video about the story of Lego and look at the writing prompts.

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A true story about the history of Lego which can be used as a model text for writing chronological reports or biographies.

The narration of the text can be used to show directly what these texts look and sound like. Note the use of rhetorical questions in the opening section.
How paragraphs often begin with connectives, words to show when something happened or to show the passing of time. e.g. Many years ago, one day, suddenly etc.
It can demonstrate the links between paragraphs e.g: "It seemed like nothing could go wrong. But a stormy night in 1942 changed their luck.

Writing Opportunities

-Practice writing rhetorical questions for effect.
​-Children could create lego models and write instructions
-Use model to create biography for a similar figure.
-Create an advert for the early toys
-Create biography for Ole Christiansen.
-Map his mood through the events in the story.
-Compare lego with other toys such as meccano or modern games and argue why Lego is best. Maybe worthwhile comparing with mine craft, listing similarities and differences, which is more engaging? Which is best for money? Etc
-Design own lego land - use Lego to build it. Draw maps, write brochures and visitors guides. ​

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A true story about the history of Lego which can be used as a model text for writing chronological reports or biographies. The narration of the text can be used to show directly what these texts...

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Maths:
Online sudoku puzzles

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Sudoku (数独, سودوكو) is a challenging online number puzzle game designed for player of all ages. Basically your target is to fill all blank cells with a number between 1 and 9. Every 3x3 block must contain each of these numbers once. The same is required for rows and columns over 9 cells.

We bring you a daily Sudoku with 7 levels of difficulty. Solve easy, hard or diabolic puzzles online or print them. Enjoy our printable or free online sudoku puzzles!

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Sudoku (数独, سودوكو) is a challenging online number puzzle game designed for player of all ages. Basically your target is to fill all blank cells with a number between 1 and 9. Every 3x3 block must contain each of these numbers once. The same is required for rows and columns over 9 cells.

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STEM/Coding
Online web browser activities
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Scratch is a block-based visual programming language and online community targeted primarily at children

Users of the site can create online projects using a block-like interface

The service is developed by the MIT Media Lab and is used the world over

Free to use