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A measuring game for children aged 5 to 9 years of age. This game provides a useful introduction for children learning to use a ruler. It works well on an interactive whiteboard so that teachers can demonstrate the positioning of objects at the beginning of the scale rather than the end of the ruler.

There are two levels; one with whole numbers of centimetres and the second with mixed examples involving whole numbers and halves. The game also provides a good introduction to reading scales.

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5-9 Years

SUBJECTS

Maths Measures

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A measuring game where children need to measure objects against a cm ruler. Suitable for 5 to 7 year olds.

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School Tour Song

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The Singing Walrus - English Songs For Kids

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Travel Song | The Singing Walrus | Kids Songs

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School Tour Song

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Wheels on the Bus | @CoComelon Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs

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Virtual School Tour

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We are opening our virtual gates so that you can take a tour around Dublin Zoo to visit some of your favourite animals!

Watch along with us below and have fun!

Burmese python, West African crocodile, panther chameleon and more.

Red panda, meerkat, waldrapp ibis and more.

Asian elephant, okapi, African spurred tortoise and more.

Western lowland gorilla, chimpanzee, African painted dog and more.

Humboldt penguin, southern white rhinoceros, giraffe, hippopotamus and more.

Grey wolf, Chilean flamingo, Californian sea lion, Amur tiger and more

Asian Lion, snow leopard, Bornean orangutan and more.

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A welcome video for our new students to the school

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Michael Rosen performs We're Going on a Bear Hunt

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Song: Teddy Bear's Picnic

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See how they grow

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Story: What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside

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Story: What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside

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Julia Donaldson and Friends: What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside

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Christmas Songs and Carols - Love to Sing

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We're Going to the Zoo Lyrics | Kids Animal Song | Children Love to Sing

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Virtual Tour: The Natural History Museum

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Virtual Tour: The Natural History Museum

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We are delighted to announce that following a closure for works, the ground floor only of the National Museum of Ireland- Natural History is now open. See our Reopening FAQs for further details.

To make a virtual visit to one of the four floor levels of the museum, just click on one of the four 3D Showcases below. These take a short time to load and are then best viewed at full screen.

These interactive presentations were created by Domavue and require up to date versions of Internet browsers (Chrome, Safari, Internet Explorer, Firefox).

Ground Floor - Irish Fauna

First Floor - Mammals of The World

Second Floor - First Balcony- Fishes, Birds and Reptiles

Third Floor - Second Balcony - Insect, Shells, Crustaceans, Corals, and Blaschka Models

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We are opening our virtual gates so that you can take a tour around Dublin Zoo to visit some of your favourite animals!

Watch along with us below and have fun!

Burmese python, West African crocodile, panther chameleon and more.

Red panda, meerkat, waldrapp ibis and more.

Asian elephant, okapi, African spurred tortoise and more.

Western lowland gorilla, chimpanzee, African painted dog and more.

Humboldt penguin, southern white rhinoceros, giraffe, hippopotamus and more.

Grey wolf, Chilean flamingo, Californian sea lion, Amur tiger and more

Asian Lion, snow leopard, Bornean orangutan and more.

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Mental Maths Train is a maths game which focuses on the essential vocabulary of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. It can help children to understand what type of calculation they have to do when faced with word problems.

It is a multiple choice game that is suitable for children from 5 to 11 years of age. Mental Maths Train is also good for consolidation of times tables knowledge. As with all of our games, Mental Maths Train works well on an interactive whiteboard.

AGE

5-11 Years

SUBJECTS

Maths Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division

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Mental Maths Train is a maths game which focuses on the vital vocabulary of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. It helps children understand what type of calculation they have to do when faced with word problems.

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Problems level 1 for 6 or 7 years old children. Practice problems and become a champion of mathematics.

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Penalty Kicks Addition

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Penalty Kicks - Free Addition Facts Practice - Multiplication

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Penalty Kicks math game improves addition fact for kids. Learn with free addition facts practice games at Multiplication.com

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Candle Breath

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Free creativity activities for young people on line

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Free creativity activities for young people on line

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Carlow events

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BBC nature programme

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All streams will end at 9pm today.
Today's live shows...
9am Wildlife from your Window with Hannah Stitfall

Our partner webcams are running on the Wildlife Tour of the UK stream.

12pm Out to lunch with Chris and Megs

Catch up with previous Wildlife from your Window episodes.

5pm and 8pm to 9pm News from the Nests with Hannah Stitfall

Catch up with previous Out to Lunch episodes.
7pm Springwatch 2020: The Digital Grand Finale
Catch up with previous News from the Nests episodes.
8pm Springwatch 2020, Highlights from yesterday evening's live streams

The grebes 'copulation platform' is actually a fairly flimsy nest!

There are four chicks in the Cetti's warbler nest.

The song thrush and greenfinch chicks are all being well looked after.

Episode Twelve
At 7pm this evening we've got a one hour special to wrap up our online live shows for Springwatch 2020, taking you straight through to the final show of the series on BBC Two at 8pm this evening. We'll be featuring some fabulous guests from over the last four weeks, showcasing our favourite films from across the series and delving into the very best of the photos and videos that you've sent us!

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All streams will end at 9pm today. Today's live shows... 9am Wildlife from your Window with Hannah Stitfall Our partner webcams are running on the Wildlife Tour of the UK stream. 12pm Out to lunch with Chris and Megs Catch up with previous Wildlife from your Window episodes.

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Listen and practise Yoga and your Gaeilge with Twigín.

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Games to help practise the present tense as Gaeilge.

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Tagann an cúrsa leis an gcur chuige atá leagtha síos i gCuraclam na Bunscoile - Gaeilge . Tá sé bunaithe ar an gcur chuige cumarsáideach agus déantar comhtháthú ann ar an gceithre scil.

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Cruinniú na nÓg 'Createschool Movie Maker'

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Cruinniú na nÓg 'Createschool Movie Maker'

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Creating digital media based on the theme 'The Sky Is Blue'.

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How creative are you? In celebration of Cruinniu na nÓg, Createschool is running a series of competitions based on the work of John Tyndall . Every Saturday we will be running an online workshop in Digital media At the end of the course you will be asked to create your own version based on the theme 'The sky is blue', and upload it to us. The most creative entries will be celebrated on Createschool's Youtube channel and receive a voucher for The Fairgreen Shopping Centre in Carlow. Have you ever watched your favorite movie and asked, how did they do that? the answer is that it is often very simple and that by applying some basic principles to your movies you will be able to make great films using just your mobile phone. Join us and we'll show you how! Createschool in conjunction with Carlow Arts Office presents a series of creative media projects running for young people in Co Carlow focusing on creating work inspired by the teachings and discoveries of John Tyndall who was born in Carlow 200 years ago.
This course will run on Saturday13 June . It will be facilitated online by the Createschool team and will guide students to learn new skills, be inspired to create their own media based on the works of John Tyndall and to have them showcased by Carlow Co Co as part of Cruinniú na nÓg.

Workshops will be available online until 20th June 2020 but registration is required.

https://www.facebook.com/CreativeIrelandCarlow/

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Createschool Movie Maker Workshops - Cruinniú na nÓg

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How creative are you? In celebration of Cruinniu na nÓg, Createschool is running a series of competitions based on the work of John Tyndall . Every Saturday we will be running an online workshop in Digital media At the end of the course you will be asked to create your own version based on the theme 'The sky is blue', and upload it to us.

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Cruinniú na nÓg 'The Sky Is Blue' competition in collaboration with VISUAL Carlow

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Cruinniú na nÓg 'The Sky Is Blue' competition in collaboration with VISUAL Carlow

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100e prize for the most creative entry.

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Why is the Sky Blue? This year for Criunniú na nÓg you can't all come to VISUAL, your arts centre here in Carlow. S o we would like to invite young people all over Carlow to make an exhibition of your own at home. VISUAL Carlow presents: Blue Skies:
John Tyndall was a famous scientist from Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow who tried to understand why the sky is blue. Do you know why the sky is blue? Could you make an exhibition about this question, Why is

Here are some guidelines... tips on our website and social media in the lead up to Cruinniú na nÓg.
You should hold your exhibition on the 13th of June, Cruinniú na nÓg . Your exhibition could be enormous or tiny, it could take place anywhere in your home or garden Then share your exhibitions with us. Send us a video of you giving a tour of your exhibition, send us pictures or artworks you have made. There will be a prize for the most creative exhibition - €100 to spend on art supplies.
We've invited some artist experts to help you get started, give you some ideas and to warn you about exhibition disasters! They'll be sharing
More help! You can ask VISUAL's curators for help with your project. Book a zoom or phone chat by emailing learning@visualcarlow.ie or DM us on Instagram or Facebook @visual_carlow. You can also ring reception at VISUAL for further information 059 9172400.

VISUAL is open for phone calls from Tuesday- Friday 11- 5pm.

Visual Carlow

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Why is the Sky is Blue? - Cruinniú na nÓg

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Why is the Sky Blue? This year for Criunniú na nÓg you can't all come to VISUAL, your arts centre here in Carlow. S o we would like to invite young people all over Carlow to make an exhibition of your own at home.

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Here are some activities for those interested in creating their own music compositions!

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DabbledooMusic and Music Generation DLR are partnering up to produce a special series of videos for Cruinniú na nÓg 2020.

These videos, which will go live on Saturday June 13th, are designed to enable young people to compose their own music. Using the resources at Dabbledoomusic.com, young people will create their own graphic notation so they can compose and perform their own pieces using vocals and simple instruments.

To register follow the link below

Learn to compose your own music

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Unleash Your Inner Composer - Cruinniú na nÓg

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DabbledooMusic and Music Generation DLR are partnering up to produce a special series of videos for Cruinniú na nÓg 2020. These videos, which will go live on Saturday June 13th, are designed to enable young people to compose their own music.

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The Singing Walrus - English Songs For Kids

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Days of the Week Song | The Singing Walrus

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Welcome to our official KIDZ BOP YouTube channel! KIDZ BOP is the #1 music brand for kids in the U.S., and our YouTube channel is THE place to watch exclusive KIDZ BOP Kids interviews, behind the scenes footage, videos of our talented KIDZ BOP Kids singing and dancing, and official KIDZ BOP music…

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Entry Form

Fill out this form by Friday 19 June for a chance to get a FREE GROWBox

Peas fill out the entry form

What's a GROWBox?

The Get Ireland Growing GROWBox contains all you need to get growing straight away. It's a box full of possibility - imagine tucking into nutritious beetroot, crunchy carrots, sweet garden peas, delicious oriental salad leaves and basil... all grown by you!

Contents include:

5 x seed packs: beetroot, carrot, peas, mixed oriental greens and basil

9 litre compost block

Fibre seed trays

Biodegradable pots

Plant labels and pencil

Bag of Irish wildflower beebombs

Get Ireland Growing tips and recipe cards

Lettuce know what you think

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Fill out this form by Friday 19 June for a chance to get a FREE GROWBox Peas fill out the entry form The Get Ireland Growing GROWBox contains all you need to get growing straight away. It's a box full of possibility - imagine tucking into nutritious beetroot, crunchy carrots, sweet garden peas, delicious oriental salad leaves and basil...

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Teagasc has developed a range of engaging STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) activities and fun games for children currently at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ever wondered about how to make instant ice, water rainbows or extract DNA from a strawberry? Then this online content is for you.

Catriona Boyle, Teagasc's Science Communications and Outreach Officer said: "We have been developing games and activities and a YouTube playlist with experiments for families to carry out at home. We hope children and parents alike enjoy doing these activities and experiments at home and no special equipment is needed.

We have been developing them over recent weeks and plan to add more experiments over time. Our aim is to deliver content that is both entertaining and educational".

As part of the initiative to keep pupils learning in a fun and innovative way, Teagasc has started a YouTube series called "Science Experiments at Home", where Teagasc researchers show children different experiments they can do from home with materials that are found in every house.

In a very entertaining episode that explores the science of DNA extraction, instant ice and also other experiments, Horticultural Technologist, Brian McGuinness, enlists the help of his children Maisie and Conn to show how simple and fun these experiments can be.

The COVID-19 pandemic is a great opportunity to teach your children why they should be washing their hands. And an insightful experiment by Teagasc Moorepark Researcher Shauna Holden does a remarkable job at that.

Teagasc Walsh Scholar Siobhan McCarthy shows us what happens when you mix an acid and a base and Katie Hetherington looks at surface tension in milk.

Ben Murray, Science Communications and Outreach Intern at Teagasc, said: "I'm working to ensure we provide resources for children to enjoy until we are at a point where we can return to normal and learn science in the classroom.

I am constantly working on new resources for children and I am updating them weekly to take pressure off parents, who are already trying to work from home and keep children engaged with education".

See the Teagasc website for more details: www.teagasc.ie/STEM4kids or www.teagasc.ie/fun4kids. Keep an eye on Teagasc's social media for newly updated content.

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Teagasc games and experiments for children at home

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Teagasc has developed a range of engaging STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) activities and fun games for children currently at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ever wondered about how to make instant ice, water rainbows or extract DNA from a strawberry? Then this online content is for you.

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Under The Mask (Inside Feelings) by Emma Cahill

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Shape Patterns is a sequencing game where you need to complete the pattern of different coloured 2D shapes. It is a multiple choice game with three levels of difficulty. It is excellent for shape recognition and for problem solving.

In the easier levels you need to continue the pattern, but in the more challenging level 3, you are presented with a sequence with the missing element in different positions. This level in particular, is an excellent problem solving activity.

As with all of our games, Shape Patterns works well on an interactive whiteboard.

AGE

3-8 Years

SUBJECTS

Maths Shapes Sequencing

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Shapes patterns is a free, shapes sequencing game where children need to complete a sequence of different coloured 2D shapes. For children from 3 to 8 years.

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Ob La Di, Ob La Da by The Beatles Singalong with Ali

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Song: Mr.Sun

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Mr. Golden Sun ☀️ | Kids Songs | Super Simple Songs

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3rd and 4th class resources for History and Geography

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Coconut Multiples is a tablet-friendly maths game which can reinforce your knowledge of times tables by helping you to recognise the multiples from each table. They can select either multiples up to either the 12 or 10 times table. Multiples can then be worked on either as individual times tables or mixed.

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6-11 Years

SUBJECTS

Maths Number Multiplication Division

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Coconut Multiples - Reinforce Times Tables

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Coconut Multiples is a fun maths game to help 6-11 year olds recognise multiples from either the 10 or 12 times tables.

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A Louis Lovett story

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Wednesday, 29th April 4pm AEST - Kids & Families
Recommended for ages 6+. Recorded in The Studio, 2014
Sometimes it takes a girl-sized human to solve an adult-sized problem.

Peggy O'Hegarty and her parents are packers. They squeeze fruit into tins, foxes into boxes, even bikes into brown paper bags. And all the while Peggy sings with the voice of an angel - a grossly unfortunate angel, who can't sing at all. But one day work stops working, and the jobs stop coming, and Peggy steps outside to find that winter has arrived... and everyone in her city has gone!

Ingenious performer Louis Lovett leads the audience on an untamed adventure that crosses snowy lands and wild seas. As Peggy desperately tries to save the day, we learn about love, loss, the reassurance of goats, and the courage to sing gloriously on or off-key.
Sydney Opera House presents The Girl who Forgot to Sing Badly by Finegan Kruckemeyer (Theatre Lovett, Dublin, Ireland)

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The Girl Who Forgot to Sing Badly | Digital Season

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Recommended for ages 6+. Recorded in The Studio, 2014 Sometimes it takes a girl-sized human to solve an adult-sized problem. Peggy O'Hegarty and her parents are packers. They squeeze fruit into tins, foxes into boxes, even bikes into brown paper bags.

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Free digital book to download

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Axel Scheffler, award-winning illustrator of The Gruffalo series, has illustrated a digital book for primary school age children, free for anyone to read on screen or print out, about the coronavirus and the measures taken to control it. Coronavirus: A Book for Children was first published by Nosy Crow in the UK, and now Gill Books is delighted to publish an Irish-specific version. The book has had expert input from London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, teachers, and a child psychologist.

Professor Luke O'Neill, head of immunology at Trinity College Dublin said, 'This book is a fantastic resource for children, and explains the Coronavirus in a colourful and calming way. Adults will learn a thing or two, too!'.

The book answers key questions in simple language appropriate for 5 to 9 year olds:

* What is the coronavirus?
* How do you catch the coronavirus?
* What happens if you catch the coronavirus?
* Why are people worried about catching the coronavirus?
* Is there a cure for the coronavirus?
* Why are some places we normally go to closed?
* What can I do to help?
* What's going to happen next?

At the back of the book there is a list of trusted resources for children, along with further reading for parents, guardians and carers.

Nicki Howard, Director of Gill Books, said:
'The last few months have been an extremely challenging time for everyone in Irish society. When it comes to our children, we find ourselves trying to convey calm when we mightn't feel it and to give answers where we mightn't have them. That's why when we saw this gorgeous, educational, and timely book from Nosy Crow, we were immediately keen to offer the same informational and reassuring resource to the children of Ireland.'

Axel Scheffler, illustrator of The Gruffalo, said:
"I asked myself what I could do as a children's illustrator to inform, as well as entertain, my readers here and abroad. So I was glad when my publisher, Nosy Crow, asked me to illustrate this question-and-answer book about the coronavirus. I think it is extremely important for children and families to have access to good and reliable information in this unprecedented crisis, and I hope that the popularity of the books I've done with Julia Donaldson will ensure that this digital book will reach many children who are now slightly older, but might still remember our picture books."

To view and download the PDF of Coronavirus - A Book for Children, please click here.

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Hymn: I've Got that Joy, Joy, Joy Down in my Heart

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Hymn: I've Got that Joy, Joy, Joy Down in my Heart

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Coins game is a money game which introduces children to coinage in British, Australian, American and Euro currencies. The currency defaults to British, but can be changed by clicking on the flags. The game is designed for 4-10 year olds.

It has three game modes. The first activity, Sorting, helps children to recognise the different coins. The second, Ordering, involves arranging the coins from lowest to highest values. Thirdly, the Counting game has eight different ability levels where children count the amounts of money on a piggy bank. It can help to improve children's accuracy in counting money and it is useful for classroom money activities as a better alternative than plastic money. All three activities lend themselves well to use on an interactive whiteboard.

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4-10 Years

SUBJECTS

Maths Money

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Free sorting, ordering and counting games for 4 to 10 year olds. British, Australian, American and Euro currencies supported.

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Where Does Our Food Come From | How is it Made | Made by Red Cat Reading

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As children develop an understanding of their own health and self-care, it's important for them to develop an understanding of their food. This 'Where Does Food Come From?' PowerPoint enables EYFS children to learn age-appropriate information about their food and how it is grown or made.

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Where Does Food Come From? Photo Display Posters

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Jonah and the Whale

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A rainforest is a forest that receives heavy rainfall. The most notable rainforests are in the tropics or subtropics, mostly in the Intertropical Convergence Zone. The biggest rainforest is the Amazon rainforest, which is mostly in Brazil. Forests like this have extraordinary biodiversity. Biologists say over half of all plant and animal species live in the rainforest. Also more than 1/4 of all medicines come from here. Even though they only cover 6% of the Earth's land area they are still an important source of oxygen.

The rainforest gets an average of 50 to 250 inches (1.2-6.3m) of rain through the year. It is warm all year round, rarely getting above 34 °C (94 °F) or getting below 20 °C (68 °F). It has an average humidity of 77 to 88%. Tropical rainforests occur in three major geographical areas around the world. These areas are:

A less-used term is temperate rainforest. For temperate rain forests of North America, annual precipitation is over 140 cm (55 in), and the mean annual temperature is between 4 and 12 °C (39 and 54 °F). However, definitions in other countries differ considerably. For example, Australian definitions are ecological-structural rather than climatic:

Closed canopy of trees which excludes at least 70% of the sky.

Forest is composed mainly of tree species which do not require fire for regeneration, but with seedlings able to regenerate under shade and in natural openings.

This definition would not suit the forests of western North America, and so the term "temperate rainforest" is not so widely agreed. The weather in a rainforest would be humid, which is wet but warm like a greenhouse. The bottom most layer receives 2% of the sunlight. Only plants adapted to low light can grow in this region. The understory layer lies between the canopy and forest floor. It is a home to a number of birds, snakes and lizards as well as predators such as jaguars and leopards. The leaves are much bigger at this level and insect life is abundant.

Characteristics

The characteristics of the tropical rainforests are:

Land is mostly under 700 metres down to below sea level.

Climate:

High rainfall.

High temperature.

Equable: not much variation.

Vegetation: 90% or more Angiosperms.

Tall canopy trees.

Lianas (climbing plants).

Leaves large, complete margins, with drip tips.

Flowers and fruits large.

Pollination mainly by insects.

Leguminaceae are the most common plant family.

Evergreens: leaves may be shed, but not seasonally.

Animals:

High diversity: many different species

Many insects which eat plants, and many anti-insect defences by plants

Many arboreal (tree-living) mammals

The five layers

Tropical rainforests are typically dominated by different plants and animals at different levels. The top layer is the emergent layer. Then there is the canopy layer. Under the tall canopy is the understory. The understory is made up of smaller trees, vines and shrubs. The next layer is called the shrub layer, and has mainly bushes. The bottom layer is the forest floor. This is made up of the small plants on the ground.

Emergent layer

The emergent layer is the farthest from the ground. High in the trees eagles perch. Their keen eyes search constantly for small monkeys and other prey. Butterflies, parrots, toucans, and hundreds of other colourful birds constantly fly through the tops of the trees.

Canopy layer

The canopy is like a huge green roof over the forest. The trees grow up thin and straight, like pillars seeking the sun. They do not put out branches until they are very tall. Then, they spread out like an umbrella in the sunlight. The trees are so close together that very little light penetrates through to the lower layers. Many kinds of monkeys, birds, and insects live in the layer. The animals that call this layer home often never touch the ground throughout their entire lives. They find everything they need existing within the canopy. Water can be accessed from the boles of trees, if not, the leaves and epiphytes that grow in the canopy can supply that need. The animals eat the leaves and fruit of the trees, insects, or other animals. The tall canopy trees must be able to reach the sunlight high in the air and still get nutrients from the thin soil on the forest floor. Their roots do not go deep into the soil because there is nothing there for the plants to reach. Instead, the roots spread out in all directions along or just under the ground. That way they can quickly make use of the nutrients from the recycled plants and animals that have fallen to the floor.

Understory layer

The understory is usually a dark, humid place, under the canopy. There is very little light and no breeze because they are blocked out by the canopy. The plants under the canopy must be able to live with very little sunlight. Bushes, large green plants, and small trees make up this layer. Often they will only grow in open patches where a big tree has fallen down. Other plants, like vines, grow on the big trees.

Shrub Layer

The shrub layer is mainly made out of bushes. It contains most of the rainforests orchids, because the orchids use water from the forest floor, vegetation from the understory and sunlight that is reflected from the canopy layer leaves. It is the smallest layer of the rainforest, yet contains over 84% of the rainforest's orchids. It is normally very dark in the shrub layer, apart from little spots of sunlight that comes through empty spaces of the emergent layer. Despite not having very much sunlight, the shrub layer is very humid [wet and warm]. Many insects live in the shrub layer such as scorpions, beetles and tarantulas. Many people categorize the rainforest into 4 layers not 5. They consider the shrub layer to be part of the understory.

Forest floor

The ground level is called the forest floor. Snakes, Tapirs, Jaguars, Tamanduas, and Gorillas are just a few of the species that live here. It is dark on the rainforest floor. Insects, giant centipedes, spiders, ants, and beetles are also very abundant here. The floor of the rainforest is often very open and easy to walk across. That is because so little light reaches the floor that very few plants can grow there.

Plants and animals

One type of plant in the rainforest does not need soil. These plants are called epiphytes, or air plants. Air plants live on the branches of trees in the canopy or understory, with their roots out in the air. In the humid rainforest, they collect water from the rain that falls on them.

One kind of air plant is a flower called an orchid. There are thousands of different kinds of orchids in the rainforest. Some air plants store water in pools in and around their roots. These pools can become homes for frogs and salamanders. Frogs usually need to lay their eggs in ponds, but some rainforest tree frogs lay their eggs in the pools in air plants. That way, the frogs never have to go down to the ground. Some plants are made for medicine for humans.

Millions of kinds of insects live in the rainforest. It never gets cold enough to kill them. There are bees, butterflies, termites, beetles, and many kinds of flies. There are ants everywhere. One kind of ant is the army ant. Army ants do not have nests. They march out in a line every day to hunt for other insects, which they eat. At night they hook themselves together to form a living nest around their queen and larvae, or baby ants.

Snakes live in the trees and on the forest floor. They eat frogs, eggs, birds, insects, and small animals. Some of the snakes, like the fer-de-lance of Latin America, are poisonous, but others are not. One large non-poisonous snake is the anaconda of South America. It is one of the largest snakes in the world. It kills its prey by wrapping itself around the animal and squeezing it until it cannot breathe.

Monkeys are a very common animal in the rainforest. Most live their lives up in the canopy and the understory. They have long arms to swing from branch to branch, and some use their tails to hold onto the trees while they eat. They are fast and agile, jumping easily from tree to tree for food. Different monkeys eat different things. They can eat nuts, flowers, roots, and frogs. Their hoots and howls are heard throughout the rainforest, even when they cannot be seen among the trees.

Many colorful birds also live among the canopy of the rain forest, and there are also animals that live on the forest floor. The tapir is a forest animal that looks like a large pig. It is actually related to the horse and the rhinoceros. They live in South American and Asian rain forests, eating leaves, twigs, and fruit. Tapirs are among the animals hunted by the big cats of the rain forest. Jaguars, leopards, and tigers are the largest predators of rain forests. These cats have beautiful fur coats that have been hunted for the fur trade for years. The spotted coats of the jaguar and leopards were especially popular for fur coats. Today most countries are trying to protect their big cats, but many are still hunted illegally.

These are only a few of the animals and plants in the rainforest. About half of all of the different kinds, or species, of plants and animals in the entire world live in rain forests. Many of the plants and animals, especially insects, do not even have scientific names, because they have never been classified by a biologist.

People of the rainforest

There are many tribes of people who have lived in the rainforests for thousands of years. These forest dwellers usually belong to one of two groups. They are usually hunter/gatherers or slash-and-burn farmers.

Hunter/gatherers

Hunter/gatherers live as they do in every other region of the world. They kill animals and gather what the forest provides for part of their food. Unlike in the Arctic, tools are always available. Unlike in the desert, water is always available. The people do not need clothes to protect them from the weather. The forest even provides a way to make hunting easier. Many of the people hunt with poisoned arrows. The poisons come from the plants of the forest. That makes the animals easier to kill.

Slash-and-burn farmers

Most of the forest people are slash-and-burn farmers. They raise crops in small clearings as well as hunting and gathering in the forest. This provides them with food year-round. They start by cutting (slashing) down the trees and the other plants in an area. They let the dead plants dry out, then they burn them. The ash from the burned plants goes into the soil and makes it fertile for a little while. This is called slash-and-burn farming.

The small clearings grow food crops for a few years, then the family or group moves on and clears a new field. The old field is left to be overgrown by the forest. In a few years, it once again looks like the rain forest that surrounds it.

This type of farming does not harm the rain forest when only a few people are doing it. The small clearings become rain forest again without any damage. The land is used and recycled for use again some other time. The rain forest easily regrows to fill in the clearings after the people leave. That is changing today. Today, the rain forests are getting smaller because too many people are burning them.

Rainforests in danger

There are some serious problems concerning the rainforests that need to be fixed. Rainforests are being cut down too quickly. Every year an area about the size of West Virginia is being destroyed. This is a problem for everyone.

Rainforests are so large and thick that for many years very few people lived or went there. Today, however, that is changing. Millions of poor, often hungry, people live near the rainforests of the world. These people are desperate for a better life, and they think they can find it in the forests.

Settlers can get into the rainforests because modern machines have opened roads deep into the jungle. The roads are usually built by businesses who want to cut down trees or dig up minerals in the forest. Governments build other roads for trade and to allow settlers into the forest. Poor people come into the forest by the thousands on the roads and take land to raise food. They burn off the trees and plants to make a field. Then they plant crops for food and to sell. All around them other farmers do the same, so there is no forest left to grow back.

The new farms can only grow crops for a few years in the poor soil. The farmers then sell the land to a cattle rancher or just leave and clear a new piece of land. The soil is so poor that it will not even grow grass to feed cattle for more than a few more years. By then, the ground is hard packed and grows only a few weeds. The rainforest is destroyed and nothing can be done with the land.

If this continues long enough, the forests will be destroyed and the farmers will have no place to move. Then those people will starve , because there will be no land left where they can grow food. Forcing them to stop cutting down the forest will not help, because they would just starve now instead of later. New ways need to be found for these people to live on the rainforest land without destroying it.

Also, no one knows how destroying the rainforests will change the earth. We know that less rain will fall once the trees are gone. That may cause some rivers, which supply water to cities around the rainforest, to dry up during part of the year. Also, burning trees puts carbon into the air. Carbon absorbs heat from the sun. Will the burning of so many trees change the air and make the climate on the earth warmer? Experts are arguing about it, but it might be happening.

The rainforests are also the source of many things that are useful to human beings. As many as one out of every four drugs bought at the store were discovered in rainforest. Coffee, chocolate, bananas, corn, tea, sweet potatoes, Brazil nuts, rubber, and tapioca all came from the rainforest. Very valuable wood is taken from the trees of the rainforest. Mahogany, teak, and balsa wood come from there. Those trees can not be grown without the thick, wet, warm rainforests. Thus, the loss of the rainforests would hurt other people besides those that must live there.

Tropical rainforests are located in a band around the equator (Zero degrees latitude), mostly in the area between the Tropic of Cancer (23.5° N latitude) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5° S latitude). This 3,000 mile (4800 km) wide band is called the "tropics."

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Everyday Objects

Clay - Roll out a slab of clay. Press items of cutlery into it. What can you see? Feel a piece of cutlery in your hand, what shapes can you feel? Describe them.
Can you make these shapes with the clay? Invent a new piece of cutlery with the clay!

Walls

Paint and Colour - Can you see any colour in/on the wall? Is there anything growing on the wall? Is there anything hiding in the cracks?
Decide what you would like to paint about the wall. How good are you at mixing colours? Can you get your colours like those in the wall?

Print - Do you remember how to take rubbings? You turn a crayon on its side, place the page over the object and rub with the crayon.
Could you take rubbings from the wall? Try using different colours. Overlap the colours and see what happens.
Could you make prints of the shape of the bricks/stones in the wall using found objects such as sponges/stones/bits of Lego/scrunched up paper/old toothbrushes?
Could you make stencils to make a print of the wall or something living on the wall? How will you add texture to your print?
If you have rollers, Perspex and block printing inks you could make monoprints of the wall or something about the wall.

Clay - Feel along the wall with the tips of your fingers. What does it feel like? What would happen if you pressed a slab of clay against the wall? Try it.
What has happened to the slab? If you pour some plaster of paris into the slab and let it dry you will get a model of the surface of the wall!
Roll out a slab of clay and use some found objects to create the texture of the wall.
Can you make 'stones' or 'bricks' with your clay and construct a wall with them?
Did you find any interesting crawlies on the wall or in the cracks of the wall? Try making models of what you found using your clay.

Construction - Have you any construction toys in your classroom (wooden blocks, lego or knex)?
Do you think you could construct a wall using any or all of them?
Can you think of any other materials that could be used to build a wall?
Try using stones (any size), using peat. Could you make a collage of a wall using paper?
How would you texture the paper to make it 3D? What colours would you choose? Would you prefer a stone wall or a brick wall?

Fabric and Fibre - Think about the interesting things you noticed about the wall. Could you use scraps of fabrics and fibres to make a collage of any of them?
What about making a wall-hanging based on what you saw? You might like to make a weaving about what you saw.

Water

Drawing - Choose your favourite drawing tool and make a drawing about water as it moves.

Perhaps you could make a drawing about:

water coming out of a tap

water moving around inside the washing machine

a waterfall near your home

a toyboat sailing on the pond.

What other ways does water move? Maybe you've had an adventure in or on water, such as a boat trip, a day at the beach or a visit to an aquarium.
You could draw a picture about that!

Paint and Colour - What colours do you think of when you think of water in its different moods?
What colours remind you of a stormy sea, a sunny day at the beach, frogs in a pond, a heavy rain shower, or bubbles in a bath?
Paint a picture about a chosen scene using only the colours that remind you of water. Of course, it need not be a scene.
It could be a pattern painting where you use only lines, dots, dashes, squiggles and shapes.

Clay - Have you played with clay? Can you poke it, prod it, push it, roll it, and stick other things into it?
What kinds of underwater creatures can you make with it? Get a ball of clay and turn it into a jellyfish.
Roll your clay up again and turn it into a fish. Roll it up again and then turn it into an octopus, then into a starfish.
Choose your favourite to finish with, let it dry and then paint it.

Construction - Have you ever tried making a diorama? A diorama is a bit like a miniature stage set. Work with a group of your friends to make one.
Here are some ideas: (1) an underwater scene, (2) a scene from a book or story that involves water, (3) a harbour scene, or (4) a scene inside a submarine or ship.
You choose. Start by getting a box and using all kinds of materials to make a scene in the box.
You'll need to decorate the floor, ceiling, sides and back of the box and you can use paint, collage, or montage techniques for this.

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Toy Shop Money is a game for helping children understand Euros. There are two game modes; the first where children use coins to make up varying amounts to buy the toys and the second where they work out change.

This money game is suitable for children from 4 to 11 years of age as it has varying levels of difficulty. The easiest levels involve working out amounts with coins of the same denomination and the activities progress from counting out amounts with mixed coins to working out change from up to €10.

The game also supports other currencies including British, Australian and US money.

AGE

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Maths Money

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So no curved surfaces: cones, spheres and cylinders are not polyhedrons.

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Short, fun and educational videos hosted by AMBER scientists for primary school children.

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The programme has been developed for children between 10-12 years old, but it is also suitable for a range of different ages - older and younger. NanoWOW! includes short, fun and educational videos for children, hosted by real AMBER scientists. Also available are notes for teachers and parents, activities and experiments for children to do at home, and PowerPoint slides. Everything that a primary school teacher, or parent of primary school child, will need to introduce children to this exciting and fast-moving area of science.

The resources are featured beside each video below and will take you through everything you need - so no prior experience of teaching is required.

By the 21st of May there will be 5 videos on the website, numbered 1 through 5, with education resources beside each video . We recommend that parents, teachers and children work through the videos and resources in this order, but it's not necessary! Our Introduction to Nanoscience resources underpin the full programme and can be used throughout.

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