Please see below a list of sites to use while school is closed.
There are a number of educational resource companies that have offered free access to parents given the situation at the moment. So there is a huge amount of content available for free on these sites. They are:
Twinkl – Setting this up is really easy to do – go to www.twinkl.ie/offer and enter the code IRLTWINKLHELPS
http://my.cjfallon.ie/dashboard/student-resources – this is the company that make alot of our workbooks. You can access these books online by clicking on this link and then click on the class and subject you want.
folensonline – Select teacher – fill in username email and your password. Then for roll number use code Prim20.
https://www.sumdog.com/parent/sign_up – excellent maths games on this site.
For children 4-7
https://www.worldbookonline.com/wbel/#/home
For children 7 and up
https://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/home
A brilliant reading website which provides readers online is :
www.readingeggs.com
Along with the above, you can have a go at some of our favourite online games :
Maths
http://ictgames.com/numberFactsBingo/index.html
Try number bonds to 20 http://ictgames.com/mobilePage/funkyMummy/index.html
Try this great hundred square game http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/hundredHunt/
Try this game 1-100 and 1-1000 http://ictgames.com/sasNumberSort/index.html
http://ictgames.com/mobilePage/clock/
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/place-value-basketball
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?Subject=16&AgeGroup=2
https://www.mathplayground.com/
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting
Reading websites and apps
starfall.com – phonics and reading
www.vooks.com/parent-resources
Story Writing
Sight words
Learn to read Monkey Junior app
ABC Kids – Tracing and Phonics
Mindfulness and Wellness activities
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
See the full list of mindfulness websites on the mindfulness tab.
And other useful websites are :
- Kahoot.com – create and play quiz games with other members. You will need to download the kahoot app also.
- toonuniversity.com – all subject areas
- everyschool.co.uk – links to free educational teaching resources, games and activities
- crickweb.co.uk – games online
- http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/student-activities – all subject areas
- primarygames.com –links and games
- helpmykidlearn.ie
- askaboutireland.ie
- scoilnet.com
- primaryscience.ie
- focal.ie
There are also lots of useful links on
http://www.seomraranga.com/links/ with a list of ICT games to play in the games section.