Links to our RECOMMENDED EDUCATIONAL WEBSITES
GENERAL:
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https://www.scoilnet.ie/ A Department of Education funded website to collate resources to help in all areas of the Irish curriculum. Very useful for projects, as well as literacy and maths.
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https://www.natgeokids.com/ie/ A lovely child-friendly website packed with information about various countries and animals.
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https://www.howstuffworks.com/ A website with videos and podcasts answering questions about how the world around us works.
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https://www.webwise.ie/parents/ This website focuses on staying safe on-line, a super resource for parents where you will find “…all the information and support you need to ensure your child makes the most of their time online.”
FREE WEBSITES TO SUPPORT LITERACY:
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https://www.starfall.com/h/ a wonderful website for practising phonics. (Junior classes)
Alphablocks – cartoons on Youtube.com to consolidate phonics
https://www.roomrecess.com/mobile/SightWordSmash/play.html sight word game
https://www.roomrecess.com/mobile/SightWordSmash/play.html sight word game
https://sightwords.com/sight-words/games/ suggestions for sight word games you can play with your child
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https://readingeggs.co.uk/signup/ Staged approach to learning to read. Free trial available
Teach Your Monster – a great website for consolidating letters, sounds and reading to full sentences. You must use an e-mail address to sign up. Desktop version is free, App has a charge.
Storyline Online – A website where authors read their books. Lovely to promote reading for pleasure.
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https://www.education.com/resources/games/?q=cloud%20game various ‘cloud’ games to practise basic phonic and number skills
https://www.education.com/resources/?q=balloon%20pop variety of ‘balloon pop’ games to recognise letters, practise sight words and addition and subtraction skills.
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https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/free-ebooks/ access free ebooks from the graded reading scheme
FREE WEBSITES TO SUPPORT MATHS:
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​https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ - An excellent website with games for every part of the maths curriculum for all ages.
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Multiplication Tables – Free games to help learn multiplication tables.
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Mathletics _ A great challenging Maths website. You need to create a free account
Math is Fun – A website with fun games and puzzles for many of the different areas of maths, including tables.
Math Worksheets – A website to create Maths worksheets. They are created dynamically so are different each time allowing plenty of practice on an area of difficulty.
Khan Academy – Challenging Maths practice across all areas of the curriculum as well as science and the arts. Progress can be tracked by the children.
Sumdog Family | Start a free trial – Maths practice across the curriculum. Free trial available
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