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FAI Homeskills – Episode 3
Today Keith and Pearl show you the V-Cut drill in the FAI Homeskills session. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYZFj3bF6rE
Pearl Mussel Project
This is an educational resource created by the Pearl Mussel Project for use by primary school children. This is the first in a series of planned education packs. Click on the link below to find out more about the Freshwater Pearl Mussel that is becoming critically...
FAI Homeskills – Episode 2
Today Keith Andrews and Pearl Slattery show you some simple and effective passing drills! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvcAVyF2ld0
Will Sliney – Comic book artist
Will Sliney joins the múinteoirí on Home School Hub from today at 11am on RTÉ2. He will teach you all some tips and tricks on how to draw amazing characters and how to tell stories through your art. There will also be fun stuff and resources available on rte.ie/learn...
Green-Schools Stay Home
‘Green-Schools Stay Home’ have launched lots of fun, interactive and educational activities that students of different ages can do at home. Today they have started with a week of water-themed activities. Click on the link below:...
FAI Grassroots Youtube Channel
The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has launched a new Youtube channel. The channel will regularly post videos as part of the new 'FAI Homeskills' video programme. See Episode 1 below - dribbling! #Indoors #Outdoors #StayingFitAndHealthy...
Rockpool Activity Book
Galway Atlantaquaria have some very interesting ‘lockdown’ activities in the booklet below: https://www.nationalaquarium.ie/uploads/5/8/1/1/58117585/rock_pool_activity_book.pdf
The Great Isolation Activity Book
Wow Lucy Harris - thank you for sharing! You will find lots of interesting activities by clicking on the following link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gasHX74OYHHH4hrrP5Y823FarA_TgnuI/view?usp=sharing
Something Fishy
The children in 3rd – 6th will be very familiar with the ‘Something Fishy’ programme. The website includes a kid’s zone, teacher’s zone and loads of helpful resources that you can experiment with at home! http://www.somethingfishy.ie/
Have a Giggle with some Easter jokes!!!
Read these jokes to your family at home or over the phone or on video call for an Easter laugh!! What do you call a rabbit with fleas? Bugs Bunny. What do you get when you pour hot water into a rabbit hole? Hot cross bunnies. What did the Easter Bunny say to the...
Easter Bunny Update!
Isn’t this Egg-cellent news from An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar! Make sure you share The News!! https://wicklownews.net/2020/04/simon-harris-clarifies-easter-bunny-is-essential-worker/
Spring Themed Ideas
Below are some links for some activities to do at home, most of them with little or no resources required apart from paper, colours, a glue stick and some everyday household materials! https://www.easypeasyandfun.com/ https://activeforlife.com/...
RTÉ Learn
Below are some links to activity sheets for a variety of subjects from the RTÉ Home School Hub Series. https://www.rte.ie/learn/1st-and-2nd-class/ https://www.rte.ie/learn/3rd-and-4th-class/ https://www.rte.ie/learn/5th-and-6th-class/
Imagine Nation
An Post has partnered up with Children's Books Ireland today in order to launch their new campaign, #ImagineNation. The new campaign will see leading children's authors and illustrators coming together to create a 24-page playbook that will be available to children...
Supermoon
Are you wondering why it is so bright these nights? Well tonight it will be extra bright as a supermoon will be visible in Irish skies from early on Wednesday morning as it makes its closest approach to the Earth....
Information Book explaining the Coronavirus to Children – Illustrated by Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler
Axel Scheffler 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. Published by Nosy Crow, and written by staff within the company, the book has had...
The list is endless!
Just a little snapshot of all the great things you are all doing out there! Map work, project work, story writing, baking, gardening, exploring, walking, running, jumping, skipping, dancing, playing, constructing, painting, colouring…..the list is endless!! Whatever...
Time Capsule
This Time capsule will provide something to look back on years after COVID-19. 2020 Covid-19 time capsule sheets Natalie Long (@LongCreations) shares these pages as an act of kindness to fellow families living through history and wanting to document it in a fun...