Useful Websites for Online Teaching & Learning - Educational Website List No: 1
Educational Websites List
No: 1
Teachers: Karen Boyle & Karl Lawless Class: 6th Class
*CJ Fallon are providing free access to all e books until the end of
the school term to parents – This
website will have a number of books we use in school including Busy at Maths 6,
Léigh sa Bhaile F, Small World History/Geography/Science.
Follow link and instructions to avail
of the offer.
Maths
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Prodigy Maths
Is in U.S. grades, but good for UK Primary
age.
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IXL Maths
Useful website for 6th class Maths. Work
divided into topics with online quizzes.
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NZ Maths
New Zealand Website – has learning activities broken down
in levels and rich learning activities.
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Over
60 Awesome websites for Teaching and Learning Maths
English
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British
Council Learn English Kids
Website is divided up into categories covering all
aspects of grammar – also nice online comprehension activities to complete!
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Oxford Owl for Home
Lots of free resources for Primary age
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Top Marks
Reading/Writing/Grammar activities – tablet friendly
website
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Ditto
Ditto is a writing-prompt generator. It
generates prompts to get you writing. To get a new prompt, click on a category
(journal, poem, story or speech) if you’d prefer a particular genre, or click
‘random’ if you have no preference. https://danieldevine.github.io/ditto/
Gaeilge
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Duolingo
Learn languages for free. Web or app.
Translate sentences from Gaeilge to Bearla or vice versa.
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Cúla 4
Programmes translated to Irish – great way to improve
listening skills!
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Irish
Language Games
Games to revise vocabulary for colours, food, school,
etc.
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Easy
Irish Podcasts
27 individual lessons with podcasts and pdf worksheets to
match – covers lots of areas of Irish.
SESE/Learn Together
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Ted Ed
All sorts of engaging educational videos
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National Geographic Kids
Activities and quizzes for younger kids.
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Mystery Science
Free science lessons
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The Kids Should See This
Wide range of cool educational videos
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Crash Course
You Tube videos on many subjects
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Crash Course Kids
As above for a younger audience
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Paw Print Badges
Free challenge packs and other downloads.
Many activities can be completed indoors. Badges cost but are optional.
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Nature Detectives
A lot of these can be done in a garden, or
if you can get to a remote forest location
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Geography Games
Geography gaming!
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DK Find Out
Activities and quizzes
Art
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The Artful Parent
Good, free art activities
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Red Ted Art
Easy arts and crafts for little ones
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The Imagination Tree
Creative art and craft activities for the
very youngest.
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Cassie Stephens Blog
Step by step art tutorials for kids – created by an art
teacher.
Music
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Dabbledoo
– This is our actual school programme and they are offering all content free to
parents.
https://dabbledoomusic.com/p/parents-subscription-full-access/?product_id=1122889&coupon_code=20308Q
Physical Education
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Cosmic
Kids Yoga – Youtube
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The
Body Coach – Subscribe to his Youtube channel. Joe Wicks is starting free online
PE classes from Monday 23rd March 2020. They will take place from
Monday to Friday at 9am. Excellent way to keep kids in routine and will help to
keep the whole family stay active and fit.
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Just
Dance - Youtube
Other useful websites
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Twinkl
This is more for printouts, and usually at
a fee, but they are offering a month of free access to parents in the event of
school closures.
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Blockly
Learn computer programming skills - fun and
free.
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Scratch
Creative computer programming
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Scoilnet
Very useful website for both primary and
secondary school students
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Padlet
Educational Websites, Games, Activities,
Videos, Workbooks etc. suitable for Junior Infants - 6th class. Slide across to
view each column 😊 Excellent
Resource – Please give this one a try!
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Teaching Packs - 100 Challenge Ideas for Home Learners
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Brainpop
Kids love this! Excellent video learning
and diverse content.
NB. Additional /
Special Needs Resources:
Adapt to Home School - Stages
Learning Materials presents Free Language Builder ARIS Resource Kit for
families faced with the challenge of educating and engaging their child with
autism or other special needs at home.