Ransboro National School does not maintain any of the web sites provided as links below so it assumes no responsibility for their contents, nor does any link constitute an endorsement of any other site, its sponsor or its contents. These links are just suggestions of websites that parents may wish to visit while pupils are not in school. Ultimately, it is the responsibility of each individual parent to determine whether the links provided are suitable for children to visit.
General
Prim-Ed – Downloadable work packs for each class level in Maths, English, Science and Cross-Curricular
https://www.rte.ie/learn/ – RTÉ Home School – school on TV mornings from 11-12
https://www.newsmagmedia.ie/ – Primary Planet children’s free magazine
https://www.prim-ed.ie/blog/post/parent-information-centre/ - Free printable learn at home packs on variety or topics
http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/
http://leitrimcoco.ie/eng/Community-Culture/Arts/ - link to lots of useful sites for children
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
https://www.turtlediary.com/ – variety of games and quizzes
https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html – click on the appropriate class – lots of nice science/ creative videos and stories with it broken down into days
https://www.brainpop.com/ – sections for every subject and lots of topics – make movies/take quizzes
http://www.readwritethink.org/ – Read Write Think
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize – BBC Bitesize learning area
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/learning-zone/primary-students/ – Ask About Ireland Learning Zone for primary pupils of different age groups
http://www.nurseryrhymes4u.com/ – Nursery Rhymes and Tongue Twisters
https://www.seomraranga.com/ – lots of resources including a daily quiz that children can participate in
https://www.twinkl.ie/resources/roi-resources – lots of free resources/worksheets for all class levels and subjects – (enter offer code: IRLTWINKLHELPS) – also now has interactive games for learning tables/spelling/phonics/fractions etc – ‘twinklgo’ – included in free package for parents
https://www.senteacher.org/ – lots of printables suitable for a variety of levels
https://www.cloughfinns.com/home-school-links/ – links to resources for each class level from this Donegal primary school
https://www.edhelper.com/ – maths/English/STEM worksheets
https://www.teachervision.com/ – now free access for all – worksheets and resources in all areas
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/teaching-tools/articles/resources/scholastic-learn-at-home–free-resources-for-school-closures.html# Learn at Home Free Resources from Scholastic
Special Educational Needs
https://ncse.ie/online-resources – selection of OT, SLT and more general resources in booklets
https://www.senteacher.org/ – SEN Teacher
Religion
https://www.growinlove.ie/en/ – Grow in Love is the Religious Education programme for primary schools. They have allowed access for parents and teachers to the class books and all of the online resources during this time. Log in using the email address trial@growinlove.ie and the password growinlove
Book Companies
Educational book companies are now offering free access to all textbooks until the end of the school year. Your children can access their own and other similar textbooks online.
https://www.folensonline.ie/ - click register – teacher – fill in username, email, password – for roll number use code Prim20
English
https://100wc.net/ – 100 Word Challenge, good for creative writing
https://sightwords.com/ – Sight Words
https://readtheory.org/ – Read Theory, to practise comprehension skills
https://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1447 – Freerice, good for vocabulary development
Nessy App or www.nessy.com/free-trial/signup
Nessy also have videos on youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/greenandfriendly
Epic Reading App – thousands of free books online or https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.getepic.com/&sa=D&ust=1584018456759000&usg=AFQjCNGpaUkIzI2j9i9i9Grc9KyBlsalSA
https://readingeggs.co.uk/ - Reading Eggs – free trial –
www.readingatoz.com - Reading A-Z
www.ixl.com – English section per class – 20 free questions daily
www.twinkl.co.ie/offer and enter code IRLTWINKLHELPS for free access to powerpoints, games, songs, rhymes, stories, worksheets
https://www.storylineonline.net/ – stories read aloud
https://www.storyberries.com/ online collection of easy to read stories/ comics/ poems
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/ – Oxford Reading Tree books online
https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/ – David Walliams is releasing a free audio book each day
https://www.onceuponapicture.co.uk/ – Pictures to prompt writing or story telling
https://www.spellingcity.com/ – 30 day free trial – can create word lists and play games based on the words your child is studying
https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/ – Teach Your Monster to Read – teaches letter sounds, phonics, sentence formation through games. App available also
Squeebles Spelling App – another good app for learning spellings
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen – Free stories on Audlible now for children during school closures
Maths
www.ixl.com – Maths section per class – 20 free questions daily – breaks down each strand of cuuriculum
https://www.coolmath4kids.com/ – Maths games covering lots of strands – pupils will enjoy!
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button – Mental maths games
https://www.fun4thebrain.com/ – Lots of maths games
https://www.themathsfactor.com/ – Maths games from Carol Vorderman
Gaeilge
www.edco.ie/bua – select mac or pc – select class level and download file – click on file to install & follow onscreen instruction – Bua Na Cainte icon will appear on desktop – click on it to open – Login:trial – Password:trial – this is to download the resources to accompany the Bua Na Cainte scheme we use in school
https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/froebel-department-primary-and-early-childhood-education/eleathanach – ELeathanach ó Maynooth University, suitable for senior classes
https://www.duolingo.com/course/ga/en/Learn-Irish – Learn Irish with Duolingo
Briathra na Gaeilge – free app
PE/Movement
https://www.gonoodle.com/ – most classes use this and pupils love it
https://www.youtube.com/thebodycoachtv – Joe Wicks is doing a live PE lesson for children on his Youtube channel every morning at 9am.
https://rtejr.rte.ie/10at10/ – Can click on Gaeilge for the added challenge of instructions in Irish!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xt8352nbd6196ho/GAA_Heroes_Colouring_Book.pdf?dl=0 – GAA Heroes Colouring Book
SESE (History/Geography/Science)
https://www.dublinzoo.ie/animals/animal-webcams/ – Dublin Zoo webcams
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/ – National Geographic Kids
https://dublinrising.withgoogle.com/welcome/ – Dublin Rising – 1916 Virtual Tour
https://www.ducksters.com/ – Ducksters – History, Geography and Science for kids
https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/category/discover/science/ – National Geographic for Kids – Science
https://www.met.ie/education/school-resources – Resources About the Weather from Met Éireann
https://www.plan.ie/programmes-overview/development-education/resources/ – Development Education Resources
https://www.toporopa.eu/en/ – Toporopa – learn lots of geography facts
Research
https://www.alarms.org/kidrex/ – Child-friendly Search Engine
https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/ – DK Findout, lots of interesting information
https://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/products?ed=all&gr=Welcome%21 – Free Access to World Book Online Encyclopaedia through Scoilnet
https://www.kiddle.co/ – Kiddle – Search Engine for kids
https://duckduckgo.com/ – Duck Duck Go – Search Engine for kids
Music
https://www.classicsforkids.com/ – Classics for Kids
https://dabbledoomusic.com/ – 6 week free music introductory course
https://toytheater.com/category/music/ – Create musical compositions and record them
Galleries/Museums/Libraries
Lots of Galleries/Museums/Libraries have Virtual Tours which you can take and resources and printable for pupils.
https://chesterbeatty.ie/exhibitions/chester-beatty-online/ – Chester Beatty Library
https://www.themodel.ie/inside-out/ - The Model, Sligo
https://panoramicireland.com/guide-to-ireland/360-degree-panoramas-of-ireland/trinity-college-360-degree-panorama – The Long Room in Trinity College
https://www.nli.ie/en/vt/online-tour-of-the-main-library.aspx – National Library of Ireland
https://www.virtualvisittours.com/national-gallery-of-ireland/ – National Gallery of Ireland
https://www.museum.ie/Natural-History/Exhibitions/Current-Exhibitions/3D-Virtual-Visit-Natural-History – Natural History Museum
https://www.virtualvisittours.com/national-museum-of-ireland-country-life/ – Museum of Country Life
https://www.virtualvisittours.com/national-museum-of-ireland-archaeology/ – National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology
http://www.numbertwentynine.ie/explore/virtual-experience – Number Twenty Nine – Georgian House Museum
http://pearsemuseum.ie/online-tour/ – The Pearse Museum
https://www.virtualvisittours.com/titanic-experience-cobh/ – The Titanic Experience, Cobh
https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne – The Louvre, Paris
https://www.annefrank.org/en/museum/web-and-digital/ – Anne Frank House, Amsterdam
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2020-03/vatican-museums-virtual-tours-coronavirus.html – Vatican Museums
https://www.guggenheim.org/plan-your-visit/guggenheim-from-home – Guggenheim Museum, New York
https://www.italyguides.it/en/campania/pompeii – Pompeii, Naples
https://www.nasa.gov/glennvirtualtours – NASA Glenn Research Tours
https://oh.larc.nasa.gov/oh/ – NASA Langley Research Tours