English
Reading Eggs: A good website to use for reading activities for the children is Reading Eggs. This is free for parents to sign up while schools are closed.
Starfall: Starfall is also a good website for literacy activities.
Kizclub: Kizclub has lots of printable literacy pages.
CJ Fallon English: CJ Fallon also have lots of oral language resources.
Gaeilge
The children might enjoy watching some of the following cartoons as Gaeilge!
Cat A’Hata
Peppa Pig
Dino Lingo
Cúla 4 also has lots of cartoons and videos.
To download some printable pages as Gaeilge, try Twinkl. They are allowing parents free access during the school closures.
Maths
Starfall: Starfall has lots of numeracy activities.
Kizclub: Kizclub contains plenty of printable numeracy pages.
123 Numbers – Count and Tracing: This app helps children practise writing the numbers.
Maths Week Ireland: Maths Week Ireland have some ideas for Maths at Home on their website. Lots of these will be too advanced for our children but there are quite a few that are suitable or could be simplified.
CJ Fallon Maths: CJ Fallon have free access to all their online books at the moment.
We use a variety of Maths books in our classes.
Arts (Music, Visual Art, Drama)
GoNoodle: A great site for dance and activities is GoNoodle. Sign up and you can complete all sorts of challenges.
The Learning Station: Some lovely music and movement videos can be found at The Learning Station.
Redtedart: Redtedart has lots of simple craft ideas. It also has plenty of printables for colouring.
Wellbeing (P.E., S.P.H.E and Learn Together)
GoNoodle: GoNoodle has lots of dance and activities to keep the children moving.
PE With Joe: PE with Joe is on Youtube live every morning at 9am. You can watch and join in at any time. This might be a little long for some of the children but he has lots of fun exercises and moves. He adds new lessons every day.
Warwick: Exploring Why and Exploring Our World were developed by staff at the University of Warwick to foster the development of open and positive attitudes towards difference and diversity.
Frozen Yoga: For some yoga with a Frozen theme try the following video.
Superpower Listening: A little bit of mindfulness is always a good thing to have as part of your routine. Try the following video for some Zen Den listening!
S.E.S.E. (History, Geography, Science)
Kizclub: Kizclub has some interesting printable pages for SESE.