by admin | Dec 1, 2021 | Book Reviews
This is a beautiful hardback book which would make an ideal stocking filler. The book takes us on a whistle-stop tour of famous locations in Ireland and introduces us to key vocabulary in Irish, which is is fresh and relevant, for example ‘veist ard-amhairc’ (high...
by admin | Nov 8, 2021 | Book Reviews
This book is in every way perfect, the way the author delved into each character. I mean I felt sorry for the villains at some points like with Victor Hunter and what happened to his family! He had a reason for the things he did; he was a terrible person but he had a...
by admin | Nov 8, 2021 | Book Reviews
“Lily’s Dream: A Lissadell Story” written by Judi Curtin is a brilliant book about a girl named Lily. After Lily’s dad died, her mam was struggling to feed and care for five children. As Lily was old enough, she left school and started working...
by admin | Nov 1, 2021 | Teaching News
Principals in Sligo Primary Schools recently completed a survey to ascertain the substitution situation in the county. Principals were surveyed before the Hallowe’en break and answered questions based on their experiences of searching for substitute teachers in...
by admin | Nov 1, 2021 | Book Reviews
This book is about Clarabelle, Matilda and her brother Valentine going through troubling times (even though the problems are vampire hunters and vampires). It also covers the murder of Clarabelle’s father and how sad and angry Clarabelle got. The idea of...
by admin | Oct 18, 2021 | Book Reviews
Thank you so much for sending me out the book! Our class really enjoyed this book and we followed the bus on our class map, also, so the children looked up all of the places in the book! They especially loved the Skeleton driver and all of the illustrations in the...
