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Nice selection of activities suitable for older children

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Offering online access to school books. We use the Reading Zone.

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Offering online access to school books. We use Bua na Cainte and Windows of the World SESE book.
Great resource for revision of topics

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Offering online access to school books. We use Busy at Maths and Go with the Flow. Read at Home is another excellent resource. Use for revision of Maths topics

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CJ Fallon Ireland's foremost educational publishers.

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Daily Challenge

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Daily 10 - Mental Maths Challenge - Topmarks

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Daily 10 is a primary maths resource for teachers of Years 1 to 6. It asks ten random questions on addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, ordering, partitioning, digit values and more. Ideal for use on a IWB and as a starter or plenary activity.

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Great App to revise tables/number bonds/doubles/halves etc.

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Hit the Button is an interactive maths game with quick fire questions on number bonds, times tables, doubling and halving, multiples, division facts and square numbers. The games, which are against the clock, challenge and develop mental maths skills. An untimed, practise mode is available in our Hit the Button app along with lots more extra features.

The activities can be matched to appropriate mathematical ability. Regular use of Hit the Button can help students to sharpen their recall of vital number facts in a fun way and learning multiplication tables need not be boring.

AGE

6-11 Years

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Maths Times Tables Division Number Bonds Doubles Halves Square Numbers

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Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds

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Quick fire questions on number bonds, doubles, halves, times tables, division facts and square numbers against the clock. Superb!

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Short Maths games linked to the Irish Maths Curriculum

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Testimonials

IXL is brilliant. I am using it for autistic secondary students who need literacy and numeracy support. I love the instant feedback, the huge library of questions available, and the teacher insights!

Tara, teacher

Dublin, Ireland

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IXL is the world's most popular subscription-based learning site. Used by over 14 million students, IXL provides unlimited practice in more than 5,000 maths and English topics. Interactive questions, awards and certificates keep kids motivated as they master skills.

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Maths Circles are designed specifically for students who enjoy mathematics and want the added challenge of exciting topics that are normally outside the school curriculum. Maths Circles promote mathematics in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere through a mixture of puzzles, games and hands-on activities. You can find samples of these activities on our downloads page.

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Problem-Solving Game - Excellent for Mental Maths

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Search for KS1 or Lower KS2 poems

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On this site, you'll find a wide selection of poetry lesson plans and activities covering the whole spectrum of key stages, and exploring many themes and forms of poetry.

Each resource has been created by our team of poet-educators and poetry-passionate teachers; all with extensive experience of encouraging an enthusiasm for poetry in the classroom.

You can use these resources in conjunction with our other education programmes for schools and young people, from Poets in Schools, to the life-changing Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award for 11-17 year olds, and Young Poets Network 's tips and prompts for under 25s.

In these strange times, when many of us are learning or teaching from home, we are creating more multi-media poetry resources for you to use with your students, from stress-busters to unseen poetry exam tips. Visit our Learning from Home page for more.

Let us know how you find using our resources, and how you adapt them for your class. You can tweet us at @PoetryEducation or email [email protected] .

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On this site, you'll find a wide selection of poetry lesson plans and activities covering the whole spectrum of key stages, and exploring many themes and forms of poetry. Each resource has been created by our team of poet-educators and poetry-passionate teachers; all with extensive experience of encouraging an enthusiasm for poetry in the classroom.

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Oxford Owl are offering free access to teachers and parents. It has an ebook library of over 250 books, they also have some vocabulary and comprehension activities for most of the books. A really great resource.

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Will Sliney's Storytellers 2 is here! It's the Rise of the Superheroes!!

Weekdays on RTÉ2 at 4.05 & get the full box set on RTÉ Player!

This Is Art! 2023 Winner: Age 7 and under: Maimoonah aged 6

Maimoonah from Dublin created 'Punk The Skunk'

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The official website of RTÉjr & RTÉ Kids Online - TV, Radio and Online.

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10 minutes of exercise through English and Irish. Click download to start

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

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Create your own storybook with characters, illustrations and writing

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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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Some programmes as Gaeilge

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Baineann TG4 úsáid as fianáin ar ár suíomhanna gréasáin. Is ionann úsáid a bhaint as an suíomh gréasáin seo agus toiliú leis an úsáid a bhainimid as fianáin faoi mar atá leagtha amach sa Ráiteas Príobháideachais seo. YES NO

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Baineann TG4 úsáid as fianáin ar ár suíomhanna gréasáin. Is ionann úsáid a bhaint as an suíomh gréasáin seo agus toiliú leis an úsáid a bhainimid as fianáin faoi mar atá leagtha amach sa Ráiteas Príobháideachais seo. YES NO

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A resource to read about a number of different topics for projects as well as activities, games, puzzles, read aloud. Highly recommend!

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A comprehensive suite of e-learning resources designed for all ages and abilities with articles, videos, educator tools, eBooks, research guides and more.

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Great for testing knowledge of Phonics (take some of the quizzes) - silent letters, word endings etc

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We would love your TESTIMONIAL!
Has your child or student benefited from the Reading Bear program?
We would love to hear from you!
As our way of saying "Thank You" for taking the time to send us a testimonial,

we would like to send you our collection of PDF printable exercises linked to each of the 50 Reading Bear modules (two per module).

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Reading Bear is a collection of free, well-made, multimedia phonics presentations. Your child can learn to read with Reading Bear.

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See how many words you can make with boggle

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Great website for Irish- activities, stories and listening activities from Junior Infants to 6th Class.

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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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Practice your handwriting with the picture below.

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Learn Irish or another language using Duolingo - available online or as an app. Start with the basics and move your way up!

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Duolingo is the world's most popular way to learn a language. It's 100% free, fun and science-based. Practice online on duolingo.com or on the apps!

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Simple science experiments that can be done at home with mostly your basic household materials.

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Science experiments you can do at home! Explore an ever growing list of hundreds of fun and easy science experiments. Have fun trying these experiments at home or use them for science fair project ideas. Explore experiments by category, newest experiments, most popular experiments, easy at home experiments, or simply scroll down this page for tons of awesome experiment ideas!

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Science experiments you can do at home! Explore an ever growing list of hundreds of fun and easy science experiments. Have fun trying these experiments at home or use them for science fair project ideas. Explore experiments by category, newest experiments, most popular experiments, easy at home experiments, or simply scroll down this page for tons of awesome experiment ideas!

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Great website for finding information for projects and reports.

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

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Visit DK Find Out! to learn about dinosaurs, space, animals, nature & more. Fun learning activities for kids with videos, quizzes & galleries at DKFindOut.com

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Budding Scientists!

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NASA encourages you to visit NASA Kids' Club and use its games and activities to inspire the next generation.

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Fun art activities

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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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Draw doodles and play against the computer - really fun!

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Can a neural network learn to recognize doodles? See how well it does with your drawings and help teach it, just by playing.

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A step by step guide to drawing

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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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Learn about Musical Composers, Music Notation, Music Terms, Instruments and the Orchestra through Games and Interactive activities

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Welcome Back! Classics for Kids has returned with our new Fun Facts videos, worksheets and lesson plans!https://youtu.be/7BjOMa7NvzIFun Facts: Marian Andersen https://youtu.be/OBnHXKNDqXUFun Facts: Yo-Yo Ma Explore More Composers Learn More Worksheets [...]

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Learn about the instruments and the sections of the orchestra

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Learn how to type correctly

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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 and giving you plenty of touch type practice. 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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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 and giving you plenty of touch type practice. You'll soon be touch typing like an expert!

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Great Ways to Move at Home

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Cosmic Yoga for kids

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Jaime's Fantastically Fun Yoga & Mindfulness

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5 example class plans for kids yoga teachers. Includes scripts and fun game & craft ideas to match the class theme.

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Seomra Ranga publish a daily stay at home quiz for primary school kids.

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To mark the Stay-at-Home period during the current crisis over the next two weeks, we want to give pupils something practical to keep themselves occupied in a practical way. We will post a Free online quiz of 20 questions each day for pupils to find the answers to. They will all be general knowledge and pupils should be capable of finding the answers online.

To be in with a chance to win a daily prize of a €20 Book Voucher, simply fill in the form below with your details and answer the 20 questions. If you are not sure of the answers, do an internet search and you should be able to find them. It is hoped that parents will not do the quiz for the pupils - the idea is that they will spend a productive period during the day at home.

Only one entry per pupil is permitted. Submitting more than one entry per pupil will lead to disqualification. Entries must be submitted by 3pm each day. The winner will be selected at random (I usually use Random.org) and announced on Twitter (@seomraranga) after this time.

Please make sure that you give a contact email address that you can be contacted on immediately after the competition as people have previously forfeited prizes by not answering their emails promptly! Go n-éirí an t-adh libh!

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To mark the Stay-at-Home period during the current crisis over the next two weeks, we want to give pupils something practical to keep themselves occupied in a practical way. We will post a Free online quiz of 20 questions each day for pupils to find the answers to.

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Problems to make you think

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Home PE Lessons especially for kids coming daily next Monday at 9am - live on youtube.

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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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An Introduction to Coding - Really fun game. (Flash Required - Free Hour of Code)

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Twinkl are very kindly offering parents and teachers month long subscription free of charge during the school closures. Twinkl has a wealth of resources across all primary class levels. Plenty of bright visuals, presentations and activities.

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Schools across the globe are responding to the outbreak of the Coronavirus. In some cases schools have closed or are making preparations for a potential closure.

At Twinkl, our mission is to help those who teach and we are therefore taking steps to support continued learning at home.

We've put together a simple, step-by-step guide about how to use our site during Coronavirus. This guide is not designed to supercede or replace any official guidance, but is intended to advise on using the Twinkl website during this period.

How can I help parents to use Twinkl independently?

We have a number of really helpful guides, designed for parents, for different areas of the curriculum. You can direct parents towards our dedicated Parents' Hub which contains hundreds of educational activities designed for use at home. Or, browse this area yourself and hand-pick individual resources to share.

For parents with children in EYFS, take a look through our EYFS for Parents area to find some really useful guides and activities to share.

For primary-aged children, take a look at our 5-11 area. Again, this was created with parents in mind so it's filled with guides and information about what children should be learning in each year group, for each curriculum area.

For parents with secondary-aged children (for ages 11 to 16), take a look at the Beyond area of the website. Resources are available for English, Maths and Science, as well as languages, art, humanities and other curriculum areas. Lots to keep older children occupied.

Our Parents User Guide and general Twinkl Membership guide are both useful documents to refer to for general information about the site, our content and how to find it.

What can I do to support learning at home?

There are a number of simple ways you can curate and share content from the Twinkl website, as well as many useful areas that parents can easily use.

Using our Home Learning Packs

We've put together Home Learning Packs from Year 1 to Year 6.

Our EYFS Home Learning Packs can be found here.

Our KS1 Home Learning Packs can be found here.

Our KS2 Home Learning Packs can be found here.

Our Secondary Home Learning Packs can be found here and here.

Our SEND Home Learning Pack is available here.
These packs are available as ZIP files. For guidance about how to download and open this type of file, take a look at our FAQ.
We're also putting together Interactive Learning Links resources. These are interactive PDF resources which link to other helpful materials on the Twinkl site that you can use without a printer:

We've also added a new feature to our app, where you can annotate PDFs in the app with any info you like.

Sharing from the Site

Share a resource directly using our sharing tools, found at the top-right of a resource preview. You can share to a class Facebook group or send via email to multiple addresses. Or simply copy and paste the URL and pop it into a class blog. Use our Save For Later feature to organise resources into folders on site to make sharing resources linked to a topic or theme easier.

Using Google Classroom

Google Classroom is designed to upload resources, create deadlines, mark work and start discussions with your class online. This way they're still learning and not falling behind whilst not in school. We've made it easier for you to work with Google Classroom by including a Google Drive Button next to all our resources, where available. This allows you to download the resource straight to your drive, which can then be uploaded into Google Classroom.

Read our guide to Google Classroom here.

Creating Lessons in Twinkl Go!

Twinkl Go! is a really useful tool that can be used to curate our interactive content. Within the Twinkl Go! area of the site, you can find online games, self-marking comprehensions, audiobooks and more.

If you're teaching a particular topic or area of learning, you can group together all related activities in a lesson, then share this lesson with parents using a code. It's really easy to do and a very efficient and effective way to create online lessons for your pupils. Again, lesson codes can be shared through class blogs, email, your website or printed out to send home at the end of the day. A video tutorial for how to do this can be found here and we also have a Twinkl Go! user guide for further information.

We've also put together a selection of lessons within Twinkl Go! for different age groups. Check them out here. Really useful, really simple and available to anyone who has full access to the site.

Using Twinkl Originals

Parents may feel more comfortable and confident in using books as a starting point for learning. Our Twinkl Originals books were created to encourage a love of reading and enhance curriculum-wide learning through accompanying teacher-created resources. Each book is available in different formats - PowerPoint, eBook or audio book (available through Twinkl Go!) - and has been written using age-appropriate vocabulary and themes. Books are available for EYFS, KS1 and KS2 and each comes with ready-made resources to support writing, maths and other curriculum areas. Once you've found a book within the Twinkl Originals page, click to see all supporting resources. If you're covering a particular topic at school, this is a great way to continue this learning at home.

Imagine

Twinkl Imagine gives you a different photo every day with a range of activities for KS1 and KS2 children designed to be done independently or with an adult. Activities cover English, Maths, Art and Design, research challenges and engaging discussions. There are also topic webs with ideas on how each topic can link to a child's learning across different subjects.

With over 400 photos to choose from, there are lots of different topics to explore.

Lapbooks and Workbooks

For parents who may prefer a topic-led approach, we have a fantastic range of lapbooks to choose from. Browse the options online - again, these might align with topics being learnt at school. There's also a helpful guide which explains how to make a Twinkl lapbook. Super simple and a really enjoyable activity for children and parents alike.

Our maths workbooks offer a really simple solution. They're organised by age group and topic, and are available with answer sheets for easy marking. Use ready-made workbooks from the site, or create your own to print out and share with parents.

Other Useful Resources

Twinkl Boost offers step-by-step lessons and interventions. Designed for use in class, there's lots that parents could select for their children at home.

Our Maths Mysteries are incredibly popular, self-led activities. Perfect for use at home.

For hands-on, fun science activities, take a look at our Awe and Wonder collection.

How can we discuss Coronavirus with children?

Inevitably, children will have questions about the Coronavirus and want to find out more. To support parents and teachers with these conversations, we have a range of suitable materials on site. Discuss good hygiene and hand washing using our display packs, or take a look at our child-friendly news reports in Twinkl Newsroom - designed for use in KS2 (ages 7 to 11) with new stories added each day. Or search 'coronavirus' on the Twinkl site to find other related materials.

As ever, if schools, teachers or parents have any questions, we're always here to help. Contact TwinklCares using the help icon at the bottom of the page to send a message to our experienced team of teachers. Our Facebook communities are a fantastic source of ideas, knowledge and support for parents and teachers alike. Furthermore, we'd love to hear any other ideas you might have which we can share with the wider Twinkl network.

In unexpected times, we all play our part in helping in whichever way we can. The help we are offering would not be possible without the continued support of our members - thank you. We're hopeful that we've been able to make a challenging situation a little easier and our thoughts are with anyone who has been affected.

Jonathan Seaton

Twinkl CEO

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How to Utilise Twinkl during the Coronavirus Shutdown: A Guide for Schools

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Schools across the globe are responding to the outbreak of the Coronavirus. In some cases schools have closed or are making preparations for a potential closure. At Twinkl, our mission is to help those who teach and we are therefore taking steps to support continued learning at home.