We recently asked one of our newest community members to document the initial processes they used when implementing the Primary Planning Tool. Like many of you around the country, Our Lady's Grove were looking to create a uniformed system which streamlined the...
Tech Week is a nationwide festival of technology, made up of a range of classroom and community activities taking place across Ireland. These activities aim to give pupils a chance to develop an interest in technology subjects, learn new skills, be creative and have a...
Spring is in the air and with Easter fast approaching, we at the Primary Planning Tool have created an Easter theme for fifth and sixth class and integrated it across all eleven curriculum subject areas. We have also added links to some useful websites where you will...
The Primary Planning Tool has been designed to streamline the planning process, from Whole-school Plan to Long-term Plans, to Short-term Plans, to Cuntais Míosúla. This functionality also allows you to create yearly or termly Long-term Plans from which you can derive...
The Primary Planning Tool facilitates the effortless integration of Christmas activities into your curriculum planning. We have created this Christmas theme as an example of our thematic planning feature in the Primary Planning Tool. Creating thematic plans...
We have now updated the Primary Planning Tool to support multi-class planning. This is a significant new addition to the tool if you or your colleagues who teach in a multi-class setting. We have recognised the difficulties teachers have in planning for several...
Science Week is an annual event which is aimed at creating interest and excitement around the topic of science. Science week is all about showing students how science is all around us and how it plays a vital role in our daily lives. The theme for Science Week 2016 is...
Annotations are an important new feature in the Primary Planning Tool. Introducing annotations gives teachers the space to include more description and detail in plans. By adding annotations teachers can give a meaning to the strand and strand units which they are...
Language enables children to engage emotionally, socially, cognitively, imaginatively and aesthetically in relationships and cultural experiences. It empowers children to develop their thinking, expression, reflection, critique and empathy, and it supports the...
Themes We know that you are dedicating more and more time to creating thematic lesson plans which incorporate various combinations of the NCCA curriculum objectives. With the Primary Planning Tool, you can quickly cross-reference content objectives in order to create...