Resources on ‘Curriculum Support’ for a teacher who teaches children in Post Primary School
| Title | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Spring Farming Processes | Supporting student learning in the area of geography and primary economic activities. This resource focuses on seasonal farming processes. (Teachers; Post Primary) | English |
| Spring in Early Christian Ireland | Activities, resources and ideas to develop understanding of spring in Early Christian Ireland. This resource considers the historical significance of Christianity on the island of Ireland, including its contribution to the culture and society in the Early Christian period. (Parents and Teachers; Post Primary) | English |
| Weather Data in Spring | This resource is intended to support students in learning key terminology and instruments used when gathering and using weather data. Linked to Junior Cycle Geography learning outcomes. (Teachers; Post Primary) | English |
| Supporting Students with Autism | An overview of web resources to support students with Autism during Covid 19. | English |
| Supporting Students with Dyspraxia | “The Next Adventure" Transitioning from Primary to Secondary School is an invaluable guide for students, parents and educators | View/Download |
| Transition Activities: Tips for parents/guardians | All children, and particularly those with special educational needs need a sense of predictability during periods of transition. Being prepared with transition strategies is key. These strategies may take place before, during, or after the transition. | View/Download |
| Transition from Primary to Post-Primary for Children with Special Educational Needs: Parent/Guardian Booklet | This resource is packed with activities to help your child with the transition from primary to post-primary. This document is in word format to allow editing. | View/Download |
| Time Capsule | Transition from primary to post-primary school time capsule. | View/Download |
| Creating a Summary using Microsoft Word | These steps can be used as a shortcut to create a summary of a document, by selecting all the lines of text in the document that you have deemed important and collating them in a new document in four easy steps. | View/Download |
| Communication and Links to L1LP and L2LP | Communication and Junior Cycle: This document for teachers was preprared in collaboration with JCT. | English Irish |
| Communication and Keeping in Touch: Suggestions for Students with Complex Needs | Some ideas for keeping in touch with others for students with Complex Needs. Practical activities to support communication development. | English Irish |
| Linking Science to JCT L1LP and L2LP | Science and Junior Cycle: This document for teachers was preprared in collaboration with JCT | English Irish |
| Science Ideas | Links to online activities relating to science to support home learning. | English Irish |
| Vaccination Nation | Science Comprehension. | English Irish |
| Baking at Junior Cycle | Baking and Junior Cycle: This document for teachers was preprared in collaboration with JCT | View/Download |
| Visual Recipe Interactive Demonstrations | Interactive Tool for parents and teachers of students with GLD / ASD | View |
| Baking for the Coeliac Diet | A recipe with step by step visuals to support baking for the coeliac diet. | English Irish |
| Activities for Vocabulary Development based around Baking | Lot's of ideas to develop language at home around the theme of baking. | English Irish |
| Cake-making Techniques | Resource to support home learning in relation to making cakes | English Irish |
| Baking Wordsearch | Wordsearch to aid visual tracking and targets word identification skills | View/Download |
| Baking: Digital and Printable Resources | Some useful Digital resources linked to the theme of Baking | View/Download |
| Cookers | Understanding the parts and functions of the cooker | English Irish |
| Kitchen Safety | Tips for Kitchen Safety with activity | English Irish |
| Kitchen Hygiene | Tips for Kitchen Hygiene | View/Download |
| Raising Agents | An overview of raising agents to aid the understanding of how baking actually works | English Irish |
| Collaboration Platforms that Support Live Video Communication: Tips | Tips for Teachers on on Video Conferencing Lessons to support Remote Teaching | View/Download |
| In the Garden Bird Identification and Aids | Tips for activities in the garden around Bird Species - activity sheet to support home learning | View/Download |
| Gardening for Post-Primary Students | Links to L1 and L2 for Teachers of PP Students | View/Download |
| Using the “Our Story” app to Support Home Learning with Gardening | A guide to using Our Story App for making a story relating to gardening | English Irish |
| Weeds and Plants comprehension, dictionary work, cloze procedure & answer sheets | This resource contains actvities and answers in relation to gardening | English |
| Tips on Green Screen use for Remote Teaching | This is a simple how to guide for using a green screen. Teachers an read step by step instructions and see a video from a teacher using this approach to reach out to his students during this time. | English Irish |
| Teachers Supporting Students with Autism | Students with Autism may have many questions and concerns around the Covid-19 pandemic. This document outlines online websites, resources and apps to help teachers to support their students. Many have been developed specifically in response to Covid-19 while others may be useful for study at home as well as for self-regulation and wellbeing. | View/Download |
| Special Schools are going…on a Virtual Tour | This overview of virtual tours lists useful online websites that some special school teachers have used. Many students, particularly those with ASD, often enjoy engaging with virtual tours, which can be used to support a variety of curricular areas. | English Irish |
| Special Schools are using - Online resources for students with Moderate, Severe or Profound GLD | This is an overview of online resources that Special Schools have found to be of benefit for students with Moderate, Severe or Profound GLD at primary and post-primary level across a range of curricular areas. | English Irish |
| Special Schools are using - Online resources for students with mild GLD | This is an overview of online resources that Special Schools have found to be of benefit for students with mild GLD at primary and post-primary level across a range of curricular areas. | English Irish |
| Special Schools are using - Online resources for students with SEN (General - Curricular) | This is an overview of online resources that Special Schools have found to be of benefit for students with SEN at primary and post-primary level across a range of curricular areas. | English Irish |
| Suggested Apps for Students with Moderate, Severe or Profound GLD | An overview of apps that are useful for supporting students with moderate, severe or profound GLD. Teachers can use this list to find apps that may be suitable for their students and can communciate this to parents. | View/Download |
| Activities and ideas for learning at home for children with Severe and Profound Needs | This document is designed to support teachers who are teachers of students with severe and profound GLD. | English Irish |
| NCSE Student Study and Learning Skills | To achieve at second level all students need a repertoire of learning and study strategies that they can apply across all subjects. This resource introduces students to different strategies that can help them when studying. All study skills resources can be adapted for different groups. | English Irish |
| OK5R Student Booklet Copy | Effective study and test preparation skills are essential for all students. The OK 5R Method is a study strategy that helps students tackle textbook material in a strategic manner. Students who use a study system read with greater comprehension and remember more. Teachers may find this a useful resource to share with students studying at home. | English Irish |
| Overview of online supports for Post Primary Teachers | This document gives an overview of some of the key supports that are available to Post primary Teachers in order to ensure they can support all their students to the best of their ability during this time of uncertainty and to support teachers to access materials in relation to online learning. | View/Download |
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