Blue Star Programme

Blue Star Programme

The Blue Star Programme has confirmed that the programme will be running for its eleventh year over the 2021-2022 school term. The registration process for interested primary schools across Ireland is now open. The Blue Star Programme teaches primary school pupils...
Dates For Your Diary For The New School Year

Dates For Your Diary For The New School Year

Now in its ninth consecutive year, this hugely popular post is back again. So many teachers make use of this list while they are making plans for seasonal and related activities in the classroom during the school year. Huge thanks again to Ciara Reilly (@PrimEdTeacher...
Book Review – Eva and the Perfect Rain

Book Review – Eva and the Perfect Rain

“Whether the weather be hot, or whether the weather be not, we’ll weather the weather, whatever the weather whether we like it or not! Growing up in Ireland we have learned that this old Irish saying is true. I am sitting down on a wet Summer’s evening to write...
Book Review – Chasing Ghosts

Book Review – Chasing Ghosts

I read the book ‘Chasing Ghosts: An Arctic Adventure’ by the author Nicola Pierce and I really enjoyed it. My favourite genre of book is historical fiction and my favourite author is Michael Morpurgo so I was excited to read this book because I thought it would be...
Book Review – Winds of Change

Book Review – Winds of Change

This was an amazing must-read book, that totally transported me to 1880’s Ireland. I actually believed I was there with the characters, witnessing evictions, and forming secret friendships. My favourite character was Molly, the daughter of an RIC Policeman. The other...