Epic! is an online library which offers over 35,000 resources including “Read to Me” books, audiobooks, student tracking, reading level linkage with Accelerated Reader and other reading levelling schemes. It also offers high interest texts from National Geographic Kids and Guinness Book of Records. It is suitable for children from ages 4-12. 

Teachers and librarians can sign up for free access by visiting www.getepic.com/educators and registering with a school email address e.g. msmurphy@scoilaine.ie or an eircom address usually works too. If you do not have a school email address, you can fill out an account request form. You then get an automatically generated class code so pupils can log in via the website or the app (see links below) at school or at home. Teachers can set up student accounts where you can assign books or track what pupils have read by adding kids to your Student Roster on Epic. Pupils do not need an email address to be able to log in at home. This free service is only available during school hours as parents have to pay for this service outside school hours.

Once you have created your account, you can view this tutorial to see how Epic! works: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bXzZyiQ-O1os6LJJWVhCx1r74aL9AR1W/view 

Remember to seek parental consent when setting up online accounts for pupils under 16. 

This website is run by The Heritage Council and seeks to promote knowledge of Irish heritage amongst primary pupils. On this website, you will find numerous child-friendly resources including free access to the Wild Things at School digital book by Éanna Ní Lamhna and workbooks about the Walled Towns of Ireland, Nature in the Park and more! 

This tool allows pupils to explore a variety of interesting places around the world.