Parent Power - Transforming the health and wellbeing of our children

Planet Youth have an excellent website with resources to support parents at https://parentpower.planetyouth.ie/ 

A guidelines booklet can be accessed below and can be downloaded at this link:

Headings include:

Family Time

Sleep and Bedtimes

Screen Time

Sports and Hobbies

Making Changes at Home

Parents Working Together

 Online resources for primary school level

Scoilnet.ie

Online portal for Irish schools with a wide array of resources (emphasis on free tools). Resources are organised into theme pages and the website is easy to navigate. Scoilnet also provides access to Britannica online for all Irish students.  The Irish Newspaper archive is also available to Irish teachers and students through Scoilnet.

Ask about Ireland

A treasure trove of resources with an Irish interest, focusing on our national culture.

Go Noodle

Movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts.

Scratch

Scratch is the world’s largest coding community for children and a coding language with a simple visual interface that allows young people to create digital stories, games, and animations. 

Khan Academy

Non-profit site with provides free video tutorials in maths and reading.

IXL.com

Subscription-based learning experience that provides curriculum-aligned maths and English content from junior infants up to sixth year.

National Geographic Kids

Learn about science, geography and history.

Nasa Kids’ Club

Child-friendly resource where kids can learn about science and space.

I am an Artist

A visual arts initiative comprising 30 short TV programmes (each 6 minutes in length), an interactive website with slideshows, lessons, weblinks and interactive games, providing a stimulating collection of curriculum-mapped resources.

English

1. https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/

Oxford Owl has a comprehensive list of eBooks for ages 3-11 on this site

2. https://www.jumpstart.com/parents/worksheets/grammar-worksheets

This site has a range of printable English grammar worksheets for pupils from 3rd-6th classes

Maths

1. topmarks.co.uk

This site has a wide range of maths activities categorised by age and maths strand

2. https://nrich.maths.org/9086

Here you can find a range of interactive maths games categorised by class level (junior infants-second class (KS1) and 3rd-6th class (KS2))

Physical Education

1. https://www.gonoodle.com/

Go Noodle has a wide range of movement video routines to help keep children active every day

Social Environmental and Scientific Education (History, Geography and Science)

1. https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

The National Geographic has a wide range of videos, games and quizzes which relate to History, Geography and Science

2. https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/

Dorling Kindersley have videos, fun facts and quizzes on a range of topics, especially on the area of S.E.S.E.

Visual Arts

1. http://www.iamanartist.ie/

This Irish visual arts website has short videos, slideshows, lessons and projects for primary school pupils

2. https://jarrettlerner.com/activities/

Illustrator Jarrett Lerner has a number of unfinished comic strips here which can be printed off and completed

Music

1. http://interactivesites.weebly.com/music-fun.html

An interactive site with a collection of music animations suitable for pupils in senior classes

Drama

1. http://improvencyclopedia.org/games//index.html

This website has hundreds of improvisation games for pupils of all ages

Primary School Book Publishers

The following book publishers have online resources which may assist parents and pupils.

1. https://www.folensonline.ie

2. https://my.cjfallon.ie/

3. edcolearning.ie

4. www.readtheory.org