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These internet safety guides and resources will help parents get to grips with their children's internet use and also to explore the issue of internet safety with their children.

Parents Guide to a Better Internet: This booklet will help parents to help their children have a positive experience when they are online. It provides information, advice and conversation starters about the benefits and risks they need to be aware of when using the internet. Topics explored in the guide include cyberbullying, screen time, sexting, social media and online pornography.

Download your copy for free Parents Guide to a Better Internet. Download the Irish version here.

Online Safety Tips for Parents: The leaflet has useful tips for parent to ensure that their children have a positive experience online. It includes advice on having an open and ongoing conversation, agree rules, and leading by example.

Download your copy for free Parents Online Safety Checklist

Aimed at six to twelve year olds, The
Family e-Safety Kit: Family e-Safety Kit, was created to help parents share the benefits and risks of surfing the web in a fun and engaging way.

Download Family e-Safety Kit Parental Guide

Play and Learn: Being Online: Intended for 4- to 8-year-olds, this book gives a glimpse of the impact of modern technology on everyday life, through 30 pages of fun and games. Above all it offers an opportunity for parents and teachers to sit together with their children and discuss these important issues.

Download Play and Learn: Being Online

Top 8 Tips for Parents: As parents, the most important thing you can do to reduce online risks is to engage with your child's digital lifestyle. These practical tips will help you to prepare your child to be a responsible internet user.

Internet Safety: Top Tips for Parents

Checklist: How to deal with cyberbullying: Help your child take control by not putting up with offensive content and by reporting it when you come across it. Here are some ways you can respond to unwanted messages.

Checklist: How to deal with cyberbullying

Checklist: How to manage your online reputation: Help your child make the most of their time online with thisuseful checklist for managing their digital footprint.

Checklist: How to manage your online reputation

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Guides for Parents on Cyberbullying, Filtering and more

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These internet safety guides and resources will help parents get to grips with their children's internet use and also to explore the issue of internet safety with their children. Parents Guide to a Better Internet: This booklet will help parents to help their children have a positive experience when they are online.

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Scéal do pháistí óg atá buartha.

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A book for young children to explain why we need to stay indoors due to Coronavirus. Written by Dan and Kathryn Allman. Illustrated by Lisa Johnstone.

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Scéal- An Choróinvirus

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Reading Games and Guided Reading with Roy the Zebra

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Guided reading story. Interactive literacy resource ideal for supporting the development of reading skills. Use in the classroom or at home. Comes with worksheets and guided reading before and after discussion sheets.

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Please see Starfall's how-to-teach-reading page, Learn to Read with Phonics, Fluency, and Comprehension, and print the Free Phonics Printouts for children. Starfall™ books, games, movies, and songs follow a research-based method of systematic phonics starting with consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words. Emergent readers gain confidence as they progress to long vowels and other letter-sound relationships such as digraphs.

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Grow in Love is a religious education series from Veritas. It is a colourful and fun way for children and families to learn about faith, both in school and at home. The series is specifically written for use in Irish schools and is fully approved by the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference.

Bring Flowers of the Rarest

May, the Month of Mary

During the month of May, we focus on the person of Mary, the Mother of Jesus.
Let us continue to pray with and to Mary that we may be attentive to the word of God.

Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent.

Let us hold each other in prayer as begin this journey together.

In November we remember...

This November we remember especially all those who have lost their lives during this pandemic all over the world.

We pray for the grieving families that they may be graced by God with the strength and courage to live with the loss of their loved ones.

May all who have died rest gently in the peace of God.

Downloadable Resources

Browse our selection of free resources, including guides to sacramental preparation, a guide to Grow in Love for use in parishes and an overview of how the series can be used in multigrade classrooms.

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Áiseanna Oideachas Speisialta do thuismitheoirí

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Áiseanna Oideachas Speisialta do thuismitheoirí

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Welcome to Cosmic Kids! Yoga and mindfulness for kids.

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We are very proud to bring you this CBeebies style video of Lucy's In Lockdown.

Narrated by the amazingly talented Abigail Townson- Voice Over Artist & Actress this is the story of Lucy who, like many other children in the world right now: is in quarantine with her family.

Her hair is blue, but this time she knows why.

This story is designed to help children realise they're not alone in the current conditions with Covid-19, to help them understand it's temporary and to help them express how they're feeling.

We want to ensure that all children know it's "okay, sometimes, to have a blue day."

The free eBook is available to download here:

https://www.lucysblueday.com/product-...

Please, use this video in your classes, your online groups, your homes, it's yours to use as you please.

Thank you again

From our family to yours

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Lucy's In Lockdown - CBeebies style reading

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Short stories that help children calm down and relax by guiding them through visualisation and breathing exercises.

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Our leading workplace program is used by companies like IBM, Australian Government & the AFL. It enables staff to develop skills to manage their mind more effectively using the tool of mindfulness and in doing so, support stress management², develop focus³, and increase connections⁴ within life at work and at home.
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Our leading workplace program is used by companies like IBM, Australian Government & the AFL. It enables staff to develop skills to manage their mind more effectively using the tool of mindfulness and in doing so, support stress management², develop focus³, and increase connections⁴ within life at work and at home.

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FREE Mental Well-being Journal for Kids
During challenging times, it's more important than ever to look after your child's well-being. To help parents to help their children, Outside the Box has produced a FREE activity journal ( At Home with Weaving Well-being) to help children to enhance their mental well-being through a range of activities. It's probably most suitable for children aged 8 to 12 tears old but can certainly be adapted for younger or older children. It was released at the start of April as a response to the current crisis. It has also just been launched in Australia by Hawker Brownlow Education and is due to be rolled out in UK very soon and possibly USA also.

You can download it and print it out for your child/children or, if you don't have access to a printer, your child can get the activity idea from the screen and do it on a blank sheet of paper.

Most of the topics in the FREE journal, such as positivity, gratitude, kindness, bravery, creativity and self-kindness, are drawn from the field of Positive Psychology, which is the science of well-being. There are also activities based on dealing with worries and coping with change.

The journal is based on Weaving Well-Being - an SPHE programme which your child may be already doing in their school. Even if your child has no experience of Weaving Well-Being, they will still be able to use this as a stand-alone journal. Your child can work through the pages at their own pace, or alternatively, if the journal is being used as part of school-based learning, their teacher can set activities for them to do from time to time.

The journal aims to give children a chance to reflect and express themselves, gradually building into a highly personal portfolio reflecting unique aspects of their mental well-being. Once complete, they may enjoy looking over it again from time to time, especially whenever they need a well-being boost!

As a parent, you can use this journal to open up an important channel of communication with your child. Take time to discuss the various activities while they are completing them and perhaps even join in and try some of them on yourself!

The journal was compiled by Fiona Forman, co-author of the Weaving Well-Being programme (written by Fiona & Mick Rock).

Fiona appeared on Ireland AM on Virgin Media 1 on Sat 11th April discussing positive psychology activities designed to help children improve their mental well-being during these confusing and frightening times. Some of the positive psychology activities she demonstrated are now available for you right now in this free journal.

Click HERE or on the cover above to download the FREE journal. You can also double-click on the little square at the centre of the book cover below and it will open in full-screen for you to flick through and see all pages, download or share.
USEFUL LINKS:
Websites:

Twitter: @FionaWellBeing
Facebook: @weavingwellbeing / @fionawellbeing
Instagram: @fionaformanwellbeing

You can find more information about the authors' programmes by clicking on the links below:

TEACHERS - For distant learning or just to see what the teacher programmes are like, you can try out six free lesson plans, one from each of the five levels of Weaving Well-being and one from the first level of the secondary school follow-up programme Wired for Well-being by clicking these links:
PRINTED COPIES OF THE BOOK:
Some schools have purchased multiple copies of the printed version of this FREE book to distribute to their students. There is a nominal cost for the printed version but bulk discounts apply. Schools and Community groups can click HERE for more details.
ONLINE TRAINING:
There is also a 15-hour online Weaving Well-being course for Teachers. This (and the other OTB online courses) is being offered at half price during the current crisis. The online discount code is HALFPRICE2 and the link is www.otblearning.ie

PARENTS - To further support your child with worries, check out Fiona's article ' Ideas for Supporting an Anxious Child '

MINDFULNESS - There are some great Mindfulness scripts and Guided Meditations to try with your child/children freely available on our website. Click HERE to access these.
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At Home with Weaving Well-Being - Outside the Box Learning Resources

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FREE Mental Well-being Journal for Kids During challenging times, it's more important than ever to look after your child's well-being. To help parents to help their children, Outside the Box has produced a FREE activity journal (At Home with Weaving Well-being) to help children to enhance their mental well-being through a range of activities.

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Teach Your Monster: Free Phonics, Reading and Mathematics Games

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DK Find Out! | Fun Facts for Kids on Animals, Earth, History and more!

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Matific | Math Games & Worksheets Online, Designed by Math Experts

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Online math games and worksheets for K-6 that students love. Used by millions of math students at home or in school worldwide.

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Teachers we are giving free access to all students who wish to enter this All-Ireland Championship. There are prizes (Trophies) for the best puzzles solvers at 10 different age groups (starting at U-8's up to U-16's)

Email us at mfl@movesforlife.ie tell us your names and which school you teach at. And we will send you a password. Then follow these how-to videos:

(1) Free access to Chessossity for Teachers: video-1

(2) Free access to Chessossity for Students: video-2

Students earn points for every puzzle they solve. The highest points socrers will become national Champions.
If you are new to this .. this video explains how!
For Parents see the above video.. it's easy to join, go to the sign-in area at www.lichess.org , choose your user name and p/w. Then click on REGISTER. Child safety: go to https://lichess.org/account/kid and enable "kid mode" . This weeks events are on .. click on the day to enter: Monday 20th, Tuesday 21st, Wednesday 22nd, Thursday 23rd, Friday 24th

The password for each day is .. play-mfl

Themed Opening : videos about the .. Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (we'll be playing this on Tuesday & Thursday).

Email us at mfl@movesforlife.ie to register your students for an online school team competition, which starts after Easter. It is Free to enter.

How-to video to get you started ..
For managers of school teams here is a video of how to create your school team. And once you, as manager, has set up a team you can email a link (url) to your students parents. Parents can go directly to your school team and join the team.
And here is a preview of a team battle on youtube !

A fun off-line activity for Beginners. There will be prizes for the best picture and stories received. To enter email us at mfl@movesforlife.ie . Pictures will be shared on facebook .. you can view them here.

We would love to see your hand-made set being used to play one of these mini-games .. a great way to learn for kids new to chess.

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Teachers we are giving free access to all students who wish to enter this All-Ireland Championship. There are prizes (Trophies) for the best puzzles solvers at 10 different age groups (starting at U-8's up to U-16's) Email us at mfl@movesforlife.ie tell us your names and which school you teach at.

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Literacy support for parents.

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Maths at Home Activities – MATHS WEEK IRELAND

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Maths at Home Activities Here we present daily activities that you can do at home Scroll down for previous activities This page may be slow to load as there is a lot of content. For March, April and May we presented daily Maths at Home activities. You can

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Color by Number printables are SO much fun! Everyone loves color by numbers, kids and adults alike. Follow the color key and watch the image come to life before your very eyes. The more you color, the more the picture comes alive. Younger kids can learn their numbers and colors. Older kids follow instructions in a creative way. And everyone can enjoy their quiet time. We have color by numbers coloring pages for children, preschoolers and adults. We also have Math coloring pages like Color by Number Addition, Multiplication, and color by number for holidays like Easter and Christmas. Download Print and color away!

Color by Number Printable Coloring Pages

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Topmarks: teaching resources, interactive resources, worksheets, homework, exam and revision help

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Indoor Balance Beam Ideas for a Rainy Day - The OT Toolbox

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Some of our favorite ways to work on gross motor skills are with a simple balance beam. With the start of warmer weather, the kids are constantly active and outdoors. But sometimes, it's impossible to get outside when the weather is rainy. Other times, kids need a break from very hot temperatures.

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Working on fine motor skills with kids doesn't need to require the same old items every day. Recently, we've been sharing creating ways to promote fine motor skills with everyday items. Today, you'll find fun fine motor activities with playing cards. We all have a deck of cards in a drawer or game closet...here are creative ways to use those cards to build the skills kids need for functional tasks like pencil grasp.

For more fine motor activities with everyday objects, try these fine motor activities using craft pom poms.

Fine Motor Activities with Playing Cards

Working on fine motor skills? Here are just a few ways that a simple item like l=playing cards can be used to promote fine motor areas like bilateral coordination, finger isolation, in-hand manipulation, arch development and intrinsic hand strength, and other areas.

Add a deck of playing cards to your STEM fine motor kit, too.

Playing with cards can be a great way to increase several fine motor skill areas:

Separation of the two sides of the hand- When holding the string, it is useful for the ring and pinkie fingers to bend into a fist in order to stabilize the hand. This positioning is effective for a functional grasp on the pencil when writing. In this way, lacing cards boost fine motor skills as a pre-writing tool.

Check out these easy ideas to address motoric separation of the hand.

Visual Motor Skills- Coordinating visual information with motor movements of the hands is essential for handwriting, cutting with scissors, and many other tasks. Manipulating lacing cards is an excellent way to address these needs.

Read more about visual motor skills.

Motor Planning- A motor plan is functional execution of a task which is viewed with the eyes and carried out with the hands in order to complete tasks, such as mazes, walking around obstacles, cutting along a line, and writing within a space on a form. Visual motor skills can be difficult for children with visual processing difficulties. Identifying and organizing information is in a motor plan works on problem solving skills.

Read more about motor planning activities for kids.

Pincer Grasp: Manipulating cards with a pad-to-pad grasp is a fine motor skill children need for many functional tasks. Picking up small items like coins, beads, seeds, etc require a pincer grasp.

Eye-Hand Coordination: Eye-hand coordination is using the information received through the vision system to coordinate the hands with control, in order to complete a task, such as handwriting or catching a ball. Find more hand eye coordination ideas here.

FUn Fine Motor activities with playing cards

Clip clothes pins onto match numbers

Make the cards into mini lacing cards with a hole punch and some string.

Sort cards by color

Sort cards by number

Write words on cards and math to handwriting tasks

Create a coping strategies deck

Invent yoga moves for each card or suit in the deck. Use as a movement break activity

Slide paper clips onto cards, match the number of clips to the number on the card

Work on holding the cards and spanning them out in the hands

Encourage picking up one card as you can. Make it a card race! Pick up a single card as fast as you can. This is a great team activity

Play minute to win it games

Turn the cards into crafts

Fold cards and crease to work on pinch strength

Use play dough to create a house of cards. Roll balls of play dough and stick cards into the dough

Teach kids to sort the deck as in beginning a card game

Work on mixing the deck with two hands

Pinch a single card between the thumb and pointer finger. Toss the cards into a target such as a basket

More fine motor activities

Love using regular, everyday items to boost the skills kids need? Here are a few more ideas you will love:

Print off some of these free cursive alphabet cards to work on fine motor skills AND cursive letter handwriting.

Make your own lacing cards to really boost up the fine motor work!

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Fine Motor Activities with Playing Cards - The OT Toolbox

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Working on fine motor skills with kids doesn't need to require the same old items every day. Recently, we've been sharing creating ways to promote fine motor skills with everyday items. Today, you'll find fun fine motor activities with playing cards.

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Learning to read with phonics

If you live in England, your child will learn to read using phonics. Their school is very likely to use either the Letters and Sounds phonics framework or the Read Write Inc. programme. Check with your school if you're not sure which one they use.

Using Letters and Sounds?

If your child is using Letters and Sounds, you can find books suitable for them by clicking on the 'Levels' menu below and using the 'Letters and Sounds Phase' filter to select the right Phase. Bear in mind the following:

If you don't know your child's Phase, you can check with your school. As a guide, most Reception children will be on Phases 1-4 and most Year 1 children will be on Phases 4-5. Beyond Phase 5, your child will be able to decode most books.

In Letters and Sounds, there are 'sets' within the Phases - so your child might not know all the sounds in every book within their Phase.

Some series contain occasional 'tricky words' that your child can't decode using phonics. Use the inside front cover notes to teach your child these words before they start the book.

Find out more about Letters and Sounds >

Using Read Write Inc. Phonics?
If your child is being taught to read using the Read Write Inc. programme, you can find books suitable for them by clicking on the 'Levels' menu below and using the 'Read Write Inc.' filter to select the right level.

Find more support and resources for Read Write Inc. in our parents' guide to Read Write Inc. >

Looking for printed books for phonics practice at home?

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Music is for everyone. Play with simple experiments that let anyone, of any age, explore how music works.

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Borrow eBooks and eAudiobooks free from your library using the BorrowBox app. Say hello to your future library, wherever you are, whenever you are free.

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Snappy Maths - Free worksheets and interactive mathematics resources for primary/elementary education.

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Supporting Interactive Book Reading at Home

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Instead of groans at the beginning of a writing lesson, your class were excited to pick up their pencils and you were the teacher that sparked their imaginations!

Even your most reluctant writers are generating adventurous vocabulary, perfecting punctuation and filling the page with no signs of stopping!

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Homophones

Homophones are words that sound the same as another word but have a different meaning, and often a different spelling.

Match the two words that sound the same but have different meanings:

Send us pictures or videos of what you have done. Ask your parents to help you send them to rte.ie/learn

Quiz

Let's do a bit more practice on our homophones. Fill in the blanks using the right words.
Fill the blanks with: There, their, and they're
1) _______ are thirty students in our class.

2) The twins are nine tomorrow, _________ having a party.

3) John and Julie were late for school, _______ car broke down.
Fill the blanks with: To, Too, and Two
4) Jack and Zoe aren't coming to training, _______ feeling sick.

5) Great! I'm going to Wexford for my holidays ___.

6) I have one brother and ___ sisters.
Fill the blanks with: Were, wear, where and we're
7) Max would love ___ go and visit his granny.

8) My Dad has that jumper ____.

9) I ____ my track suit playing sport.

10) Karl and Leo ____ at the cinema last night

11) ____ all going to the zoo tomorrow.

12) ____ is the TV remote control?

13) The children ____ jumping on the trampoline.

Riddles
Quiz 1: Right & write, night & knight, eight & 8, mail & male, aunt & ant, pair & pear, hair & hare, flour & flower, waist & waste, sun & son. Quiz 2 Answers: 1) There 2) They're 3) their 4) They're 5) too 6) two 7) to 8) too 9) wear 10) were 11) We're 12) Where 13) were Riddles: A comb, a bin lorry.
- What has lots of teeth but cannot chew?

- What has four wheels and flies?

Send us pictures or videos of what you have done. Ask your parents to help you send them to rte.ie/learn

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Homophones are words that sound the same as another word but have a different meaning, and often a different spelling. Match the two words that sound the same but have different meanings: Send us pictures or videos of what you have done.

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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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Go leor amhráin atá déanta againn thar na blianta

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Singing is a large part of the Irish music tradition. One of the oldest and best known styles of singing in Ireland is the 'sean-nós' or 'old style'. This is when the person sings on his/her own, without any music.

As with other types of folk music, there are many different themes in Irish songs. There are songs of love, misfortune, rebellion, exile, and songs of death. There are also many humorous songs. Traditional Irish songs exist in at least two languages - Irish and English. Some songs have also been recorded in 'Cant' or 'Shelta'. This is the language of the Irish Travellers.

Why not listen to some of the songs on the following pages?

You can also download the lyrics and sing along!

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Singing is a large part of the Irish music tradition. One of the oldest and best known styles of singing in Ireland is the 'sean-nós' or 'old style'. This is when the person sings on his/her own, without any music.

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Lá 1: Corpoideachas le Ciarán (PE as Gaeilge) Seisiún HIIT

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Art For Kids Hub - Art Lessons - How To Draw For Kids

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Welcome to Art For Kids Hub! Here you’ll find all kinds of art lessons for kids, including how to draw for kids, even painting and origami for kids.

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Cluichí Gaeilge

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Tá leabhar saothair ag gabháil le cuid de na húrscéalta do na hardranganna. Féadfaidh tú cliceáil ar an nasc Áiseanna Breise Ranga chun teacht orthu.

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The official website of RTÉjr & RTÉ Kids Online - Streaming shows, Podcasts and much more fun!

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Start your journey to a fitter, healthier, happier you with the new Body Coach app. Welcome to the feel-good way to view transformation.

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RTÉ and Macalla Teo, with support from Mary Immaculate College, have collaborated to introduce a cross-platform teaching initiative for primary school kids across the country. On RTÉ2, RTÉ Player, and rte.ie/learn, children will be able to watch, download and engage with curriculum-based content, project work, and fun activities that Rwill keep them entertained and learning.

From Monday 30 March, each morning from 11am to 12 noon on RTÉ Home School Hub on RTÉ2, each of our bilingual teachers will present three short class segments aimed at 1st and 2nd class, 3rd and 4th class and 5th and 6th class. Our TV programme will keep the kids watching and learning for the hour and then redirect them to fun content and project work that will be housed on rte.ie/learn and RTÉ Player.

A catch-up programme later in the day, RTÉ Home School Extra at 4.15pm, is a takeover format, where primary school kids from all over the country can reconnect by uploading and posting video messages and content that RTÉ will showcase. This programme will be an opportunity to gather all uploaded user-generated content in one space and showcase it to the entire country. No matter where you are from or what language you speak, we want every school kid to take part.

All content will be presented by primary school teachers, modeled, and curated around the existing primary school curriculum. Our bilingual teaching team will deliver engaging, exciting, and educational content and over the coming weeks RTÉ Home School Hub will be stockpiling content across TV, rte.ie/learn and RTÉ Player for all primary school kids and their parents to use.

Our teachers:

Clíona Ní Chiosáin is currently a primary school teacher. She graduated with a double honours in French & Irish in Maynooth University and later returned to complete a professional masters in education with the Froebel department in Maynooth. She has previously worked in stage and screeen in productions such as Aifric, An Triail, Réiltín , How to do Everything and Tír na nÓg.

Ray Cuddihy - Ray is a primary school teacher from Doneraile in North Cork. He graduated with a professional masters in education from Mary Immaculate College, Limerick in 2019. Previously Ray has worked with RTÉjr as an actor and puppeteer and has further background in educational theatre for young people.

John Sharpson - Primary School Teacher John Sharpson studied in St. Patricks College before obtaining his teaching degree in London. He has spend some wonderful years teaching in Mary Mother of Hope in Clonee. He has also been presenting children's television for the last 5 years. You may have seen him on RTÉjr's Bright Sparks, The Today Show with Dáithí and Maura, Pop Goes the Weekend and Twigín.

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An hour a day of "school on TV" to support primary school children and their parents at home.

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Is Eolaí Mé

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Saor in aisce

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Free trial - award winning way to boost maths skills

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Structured online maths help - with a free trial. A brilliantly simple maths resource that boosts learning.

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Welcome to IXL's 5th class maths page. Practise maths online with unlimited questions in more than 200 fifth-class maths skills.

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Ceimic sa Chistin

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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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Cleachtaigí bhur gceol

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Go leor faoi chultúr na hÉireann anseo

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The Ask About Ireland Learning Zone Primary School content has been developed by the public libraries service in conjunction with primary school teachers and in consultation with the following bodies: The National Council for Curriculum & Assessment, The National Council for Technology in Education, The Primary Professional Development Service.

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Neart powerpoints ar ábhair Staire, Eolaíochta agus Tíreolaíochta. An-charbhrach do thionscnaimh Rg 4, 5 + 6

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Scéim bliana le haghaidh Rang 4 atá sna pacáistí Féach Thart: Eolaíocht, Féach Thart: Tíreolaíocht agus Féach Thart: Stair. I gcás gach ábhair, cuirtear 19 dtéama i láthair na ndaltaí, iad uile bunaithe ar cheann de shnáithaonaid an churaclaim OSIE. Is le sraitheanna sleamhnán Powerpoint a chuirtear na téamaí i láthair agus tá leabhar oibre ag gabháil le gach ábhar freisin.

Féadfaidh tú cliceáil ar na nascanna beo thíos le dul díreach chuig na sleamhnáin atá uait. Is féidir na leabhair oibre a cheannach anseo

19 Sraith Sleamhnán

19 Sraith Sleamhnán

19 Sraith Sleamhnán

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Féach Thart! Rang 4 - www.forasnagaeilge.ie

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Scéim bliana le haghaidh Rang 4 atá sna pacáistí Féach Thart: Eolaíocht, Féach Thart: Tíreolaíocht agus Féach Thart: Stair. I gcás gach ábhair, cuirtear 19 dtéama i láthair na ndaltaí, iad uile bunaithe ar cheann de shnáithaonaid an churaclaim OSIE. Is le sraitheanna sleamhnán Powerpoint a chuirtear na téamaí i láthair agus tá leabhar oibre ...

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Cúla4 - Cláracha Ghaeilge do Dhaoine Óga.

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Gach eolas faoi chláir, comórtais, nuacht, AIPeanna agus go leor eile le fáil anseo!