Some useful sites and tips for use at home with kids at this difficult time

http://www.twinkl.ie/offer Are Allowing Parents To Download Free Resources This Month

Enter the code IRLTWINKLHELPS

Twinkl.ie are offering all parents and teachers a free ultimate membership to their site, allowing parents to download free resources for their kids to do at home.

Worldbook has over 3000 books in their collection and have made them available online for free

https://worldbook.kitaboo.com/reader/worldbook/index.html?usertoken=Mjk5MzQ6MTpJUjA5MjAxNjoyOmNsaWVudDE2OTc6MTY5NzoyMjE2Mjg4OjE6MTU4NDM4MDExMzA2Mjp1cw

  • Scoilnet has been redeveloped recently and has lots of fantastic resources for schools.
  • World Book Online can be accessed for free through Scoilnet. 
  • Scoilnet have collated lots of useful STEM resources here.
  • Seadeán Sí Gaeilge resources. 
  • Nrich Maths resources.
  • Science Kids website.
  • Stay Safe Programme online resources and teacher manuals. 
  • https://www.makebeliefscomix.com is a free online tool for creating comic strips. It works best on laptops but could be used on tablets too. Students can choose from a range of backgrounds and characters and can add speech bubbles and thinking bubbles etc. This website could be used for creating stories or for storyboarding an animation. Students can print their comics or save them to work on later (username and password required; email address not necessary). This would be suitable from 1st Class upwards.

Its now possible to join the library online and use @BorrowBox straight away.Just got to http://librariesireland.ie/join , complete the registration, set a pin and you’ll be able to log in to Borrowbox with those detailsto download eBooks and audiobooks.

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