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Activities and Books to Support Exploring the Environment during Spring | Activities and books for learning at home and in the outdoors focussed on art, sensory play, SESE, fine and gross motor skills and literacy skills. (Parents and Teachers; Primary) | English |
Springtime Vocabulary and Spelling Activities | Three activities to practise word recognition and spelling : word matching; word to picture matching; close activity (Parents and Teachers; Primary) | English |
Springtime Vocabulary Activities for Early Language Targets | Simple vocabulary development activities for students who are working on early language targets. (Parents and Teachers; Early Years and Primary) | English |
Literacy ideas based on 'The Thing About Spring' storybook | Comprehension strategies and suggestions, phonological awareness and phonics activities and a choice board based on a picture book for junior end of Primary school. (Parents and Teachers; Early Years, Primary) | English |
Creative Writing Activities at Home | Activities to develop creative writing during this home schooling period and a list of age appropriate webites. (Parents and Teachers; Primary) | English |
Outdoor Classroom in Spring | 12 outdoor activities incorporating many elements of learning in a fun and adventerous way. (Parents and Teachers; Early Years and Primary) | English |
Meg's Veg - A Spring Sensory Story | This story uses all of the senses and can be used with students who learn best through doing (Parents and Teachers; Early Years and Primary) | English |
Supporting Students with Autism | An overview of web resources to support students with Autism during Covid 19. | English |
AT Webinars Blind VI | A list of upcoming Assistive Technology webinars for students who are Blind or Visually Impaired | View/Download |
Rubber Duck Water Gun Race | A fun outdoor activity for 2 or more players. | English Irish |
Ice Painting | This a nice sensory experience that can be carried out outside to minimise cleaning up. | English Irish |
Ice cream in a bag! | A fun science experiment that results in a tasty treat! | English Irish |
Summer Bingo | Bingo is a simple game to play with young children to help them to work on their summer vocabulary | English Irish |
Summer Ice-pops | A step by step guide with visuals as for making ice-pops | English Irish |
Make Your own Ice-cream | A guide to making ice-cream at home, a simple step by step overview with visual supports | English Irish |
Beach Song | Beach song is a youtube song that parents can easily access. This resource includes the lyrics, the object of reference and picture flash cards that can be printed out to support the song. | View/Download |
Bubble Games | This resource has some fun bubble games that can be played at home. | View/Download |
Bubble Snake Maker | An overview of how to make a bubble snake. | View/Download |
Colour Match Buckets | An easy to create activity that develops different skills and is lots of fun! | View/Download |
Summer is here - Picture Books | An overview of books and activities relating to summer to help with home learning. | View/Download |
Summertime Boom Chicka Boom | Summer Boom chicka boom is a resource adapted from a youtube song that introduces summer vocabulary and objects of reference. | View/Download |
Summertime with Chatterpix | A guide to using the Chatterpix app to support the theme of Summertime! | View/Download |
Water Balloon Target Game | A fun game that can be played at home to develop different skills and have fun. | View/Download |
Picture books to aid transitions | An overview of books and activities relating to transition to help with home learning. | English Irish |
Assistive Technology: 3D-Printing for Special Schools - Possibilities with linking to Transition Year Projects or community organisations | AT is evolving and diverging rapidly, and the benefits of 3D printing in/for special education environments is growing. With the advent of consumer 3D printing and adaptive open-source designs, switches can be printed on 3D printers for little money and some have very high recommendations. | View/Download |
Bitmojis in the Virtual Classroom | Perhaps you are considering making your remote teaching more visual, accessible or interactive, adding a relevant Bitmoji with a message, to your tasks, can help some students to understand the intent a little more. By embedding Bitmojis in your virtual lesson, some activities that students do every day could be introduced in a more engaging format. | View/Download |
Countdown Strip | Countdown Strip. Transitioning away from high interest activities and objects can be very challenging. A countdown strip warns when time with a preferred activity/object is coming to an end and assists the child in transitioning away from it. | View/Download |
Creating Virtual Tours of your School | Whether to maintain familiarity and comfort with own school or to aid with transition into a new school or section of a school, a virtual tour resource can have a number of benefits. The term “virtual tour” is often applied to slideshows, video presentations, or sometimes even PDF files, but modern students and parents can expect more. | View/Download |
Education Passport | Education Passport - designed in Word so it can be easily adapted by schools. This document can be filled in by parents/caregivers at home with the help of the child. It will give in-depth information to the teachers and SNAs to help enable your child settle in more quickly. | View/Download |
Marking an End of School/ Awards Ceremony /Graduation Event | Ideas for celebrating school leavers. Some schools are creating a collage of videos, editing them and presenting the award ceremony/graduation ‘live’ using YouTube Premieres function. | View/Download |
First Then | First/Then. This document explains what a First/Then is and how to use it. There is a blank template on the second page which can be printed and used at home. | View/Download |
NEPS Transition from Primary to Post Primary | Supporting Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)/Social Communication Difficulties Transition from Primary to Post Primary School. An information and support pack for parents and teachers | View/Download |
NEPS Transition to Post Primary | Transition to Post-Primary School. Sample Transition Programmes | View/Download |
PLC Primary and Post Primary: Making the Links | The Primary Language Curriculum seeks to support children on their language-learning journeys, in both English and Irish. Children continue to engage in language learning and development as they progress to post-primary school through their experience in junior cycle. | English Irish |
Supporting Students with Dyspraxia | “The Next Adventure" Transitioning from Primary to Secondary School is an invaluable guide for students, parents and educators | View/Download |
Supporting students with Down syndrome transition from Primary to Post Primary School | Down Syndrome Ireland | View/Download |
Tips for Teacher Supporting Pupil Engagement and Motivation during Remote Learning | SMART Strategies to support pupil engagement during COVID 19 | 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 |
Transitioning with Cause and Effect Sensory Light Box App | A guide to using apps to support transition. | View/Download |
Transition to Post-Primary Transfer Profile | NEPS document to support transition | View/Download |
School Transitions | Practical strategies to help with a variety of transitions including: Back to school/new class/new teacher/new school. Links to various resources included. | View/Download |
Time Capsule | Transition from primary to post-primary school time capsule. | View/Download |
NASA Space Launch: Potential for Disciplinary Literacy | Following on from the Space Launch you might like to use this resource to support home learning | View/Download |
Communication and Keeping in Touch | An introduction to this weeks Theme of The Week Communication and Keeping in Touch. | English Irish |
Communication and Keeping in Touch - lots of ideas | Lots of activities and ideas including some competitions to promote the theme of Communication and Keeping in Touch. | 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 |
Communicating with Friends and Family Using Apps | Resources for different ways of communicating with friends and family. | English Irish |
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 |
Humour | Joking Around! Using Humour as a tool to learn! | English Irish |
Keeping in Touch: Museums | At this time it is important to keep in touch with our interests or even explore a new interest. This resource can virtually introduce you to some of Ireland's most well know museums. | English Irish |
Keeping in Touch: Postcard | Keep in touch with family members and friends by creating your own picture postcard. | English Irish |
Keeping in Touch: With Zoos and Wildlife Parks | At this time it is important to keep in touch with our interests or even explore a new interest. This resource can virtually introduce you to some of Ireland's most well know Zoo and Wildlife Park. | English Irish |
Keeping in Touch: Writing an informal Letter | Keep in touch with family members and friends by writing an informal letter. | English Irish |
Music and Communication | Music and communication are closely linked and this document has plenty of fun activities to try at home. | English Irish |
Pronouns | Ideas to try at home to support Confusion with the pronouns he and she. | English Irish |
Writing and Communicating with the Pages App | The Pages App (iPhone and iPad) is a free and useful way of making writing easier - follow our how to guide. | English Irish |
Kahoot and Science | An introduction to using Kahoot to support home learning | English Irish |
Bernoulli Effect | Read about it, Try it safely and Explore it further! | English Irish |
Creating your own Wormery | A guide with visuals to creating your own wormery | English Irish |
Everyday science picture books | An overview of books and activities relating to science to help with home learning. | English Irish |
Fizzy Ice | This science experiment introduces children to various senses | English Irish |
Icebergs and Climate Change | Read about it, Try it safely and Explore it further | English Irish |
Let’s make a Lava Lamp | This is an interesting science activity to try at home. The visuals will support students with ASD and other SEN. | English Irish |
Magician's Tablecloth Trick | Read about it, Try it safely and Explore it further | English Irish |
Making Magic Colours | Science experiment for young children with ASD. | English Irish |
Melting Ice Cubes | Read about it, Try it safely and Explore it further | English Irish |
Outdoor Fun Science | Read about it, Try it safely and Explore it further | English Irish |
Plastic Spinning Cups | Read about it, Try it safely and Explore it further | English Irish |
Rocket Science | A fun science experiment involving mentos and diet coke with visual Supports to support all learners. | English Irish |
Rolling Down the Hill | Read about it, Try it safely and Explore it further | English Irish |
Science Ideas | Links to online activities relating to science to support home learning. | English Irish |
Science Jokes | Some fun science jokes to make you smile! | View/Download |
Secrets of a Guitar | Read about it, Try it safely and Explore it further. | English Irish |
The Last Straw | Read about it, Try it safely and Explore it further. | English Irish |
Walking on Air | A fun science experiment to try at home, with clear visuals to support all learners. | English Irish |
The Water Cycle | Learn about the Water Cycle | English Irish |
World Red Cross Day, 8th May 2020 | Some ideas for home learning around World Red Cross Day | View/Download |
Visual Recipe Interactive Demonstrations | Interactive Tool for parents and teachers of students with GLD / ASD | View |
Baking Suggestions for Students with Complex Needs | An overview of benefits of baking and visual supports for students with complex needs | English Irish |
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 |
Coronavirus A Book for Children | This online book by Elizabeth Jenner, Kate Wilson & Nia Roberts is illustrated by Axel Scheffler and may support parents with questions their children have around Coronavirus | View/Download |
Baking and Literacy | Literacy Activities linked to the theme of baking | English Irish |
Baking and The Sock Puppet App | A guide to using the Sock Puppets App and linking it to Baking | English Irish |
Collaboration Platforms that Support Live Video Communication: Tips | Tips for Teachers on on Video Conferencing Lessons to support Remote Teaching | View/Download |
Sesame Street School Closure Resources | An overview of the resouces developed by Sesame Street to support home learning during COVID 19 | View/Download |
Gardening for Students who are Blind/Visually Impaired | A resource prepared by our Visiting Teachers to support students who are blind / visually impaired in relation to gardening. | English Irish |
Gardening for Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing | A resource prepared by our Visiting Teachers to support students who are deaf / hard of hearing in relation to gardening. | English Irish |
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 |
Gardening Cutting and pasting sorting activity | This resource is one that could be printed at home and involves cutting and sorting images into weeds and flowers. | English |
Gardening Treasure Hunt | This resource is one that could be done at home in the garden or in a local park with images of things to find relating to the theme of gardening. | English Irish |
Gardening Wordsearch & answer sheet | This is a wordsearch about gardening | English |
Weeds and Plants comprehension, dictionary work, cloze procedure & answer sheets | This resource contains actvities and answers in relation to gardening | English |
Sorting activities for gardening | Sorting is a very important skill for children and lots of time is spent developing this skill in school. Here are two simple sorting ideas to try at home which relate to the theme of gardening | English Irish |
Gardening - Considerations for Students with Complex Needs | This resource contains adaptations that can be made to suit students with complex needs | English Irish |
Gardening Nature Trail | This trail could be used in the garden or local park | English |
Planning for Remote Teaching and Learning - Linking Gardening to the Primary School Curriculum | Teaching remotely can be challenging and and this resource aims to support Primary School teachers make curricular links to the theme of gardening | English |
Rock Painting | A step by step guide to rock painting | English Irish |
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 |
Chatt Comprehension Strategy | CHATT, a during and after reading strategy, encourages students to actively engage with text as they read. Teachers may find this a useful resource to support all learners in their online classrooms | View/Download |
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 |
Apps for supporting students with Autism | This document outlines some useful apps that you might recommend to parents to help them to support their students with Autism. | View/Download |
COVID 19. I Can Help! Carol Grey - Social Story | This is a social story by Carol Grey about COVID 19. This social story may be useful to share with parents of students with Autism. | View/Download |
Supporting Learning at home for children with Down Syndrome | This document outlines a number of activities that could be suggested by teachers to support parents in meeting the needs of their children with Down Syndrome. There are a number of activities that may also support other learners with Special and additional needs. | English Irish |
Supporting Categorisation for Students with Autism | This document is designed to support the teachers of students with Autism in relation to categorisation. | English Irish |