Suggestions for use: Colour in the flags using printable worksheets

Suggestions for use: Use paint to colour in the flags

Suggestions for use: Use maps when learning about the location of other countries. Ask students to document where people can fly to from Ireland. Introduce the aspect zooming in and zooming out.

Suggestions for use: Use maps when learning about the location of other countries. Ask students to document where people can fly to from Ireland. Introduce the aspect zooming in and zooming out.

Suggestions for use: Introduce the labeling of countries with this funny video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CozbhIX5Y0E.

Use this resource on classroom computer or IWB. Get the children to collaborate and answer the questions. Some countries are easy but others are tought. Very visual so it will engage the children.

Suggestions for use: Very visual resource which would be ideal for the IWB or class computer. Get the children to call out the correct answers or target individual children for answers. Children could also use independently but there are a lot of countries so it could take some time.

Suggestions for use: Use worksheets to aid students literacy in spelling particular words and countries names.

Suggestions for use: Use resource throughout your English lessons to engage pupils in reading.
The book is 60 pages in length so pick particular articles of interest. Get pupils to create questions on articles. Complete the creative writing section or enhance pupils vocabulary by finding the words in the word-search.

Suggestions for use: Use resource throughout your English lessons to engage pupils in reading.
The book is 60 pages in length so pick particular articles of interest. Get pupils to create questions on articles. Complete the creative writing section or enhance pupils vocabulary by finding the words in the word-search.

Suggestions for use: Teacher divides class into two reading teams. Flip coin to see which team will start reading challenge. Student reads ten words, then passes to other team member, opposition team can then tackle by calling "tackle". By tackling, the opposition ask a question about the paragraph just read (spell a word, meaning of a word, question on piece of information) They must answer question without looking again at the paragraph read, If they cannot answer...they play goes to the opposition team.

Suggestions for use: Use the literacy toolkit as a guide to plan your lessons or print off as a booklet for your students to read in English.

Suggestions for use: Use worksheet to review a book.

Suggestions for use: Print off the punctuation sheet for the pupils. Provide pupils with an article, ask them to highlight every-time they see a punctuation. Each punctuation is a GOAL. How many goals did your article score on punctuation?
Ask pupils to tell you a little about a particular punctuation (character profile); where are they located? Are the beside capitals? Why are they there?
Provide pupils with sentences to rewrite and to include punctuation marks where they think they should go. Allow time. Correct as class and give time for pupils to re-write

Suggestions for use: Use activity as a link between Art and Literacy. Divide class into group A,B,C,D,E,F and provide groups with the worksheets for each team in that Euro 2016 group.
Pupils must read the instructions individually/ seeking advice and confirmation from their group.
Pupils colour in the Home and Away jerseys using Paint/ Markers. Once Finished, allow pupils to then research the jerseys on the internet to check whether they got the colours and patterns correct. (Or check worksheet answers in the Art&Craft section of the Euro 2016 Themepage)

Suggestions for use: Use activity as a link between Art and Literacy. Divide class into group A,B,C,D,E,F and provide groups with the worksheets for each team in that Euro 2016 group.
Pupils must read the instructions individually/ seeking advice and confirmation from their group.
Pupils colour in the Home and Away jerseys using Paint/ Markers. Once Finished, allow pupils to then research the jerseys on the internet to check whether they got the colours and patterns correct. (Or check worksheet answers in the Art&Craft section of the Euro 2016 Themepage)

Suggestions for use: Demonstrate how to use the website by using one pupils good work.
Explain to pupils what you expect in regards to good work from using mystorybook website.
Perfect for creating a book on the EURO 2016 sporting event; link to maths, geography, art, physical education and science.
Link story into art lesson by allowing pupils time to create pictures and illustrations to match their text.

Suggestions for use: Set up numbered stations outside for your P.E class. Provide an IPad at each station for the group to sit around watching the drill they need to practice. Designate a pupil as the leader in each mini team. Provide the soccer after three - four minutes of watching video. Pupils practice drills in the groups. Rotate stations after 5 minutes practicing.

Set class in small teams for a match. Before the match, give 5 minutes for the team to plan the tactics they will use. Could repeat the numbered station activity when they are in their teams. For the match; a goal is rewarded if they use the drill clearly. A goal is awarded if they score a goal.

Suggestions for use: Set pupils up in pairs in the gym. (If not enough space, half class watch providing feedback and half class practice) Provide a ball between each pair. Play the video clip of the basic skill you want them to practice on a projector. Allow pupils 3 minutes to practice then allow other pupil in the pair to practice for three minutes. Allow pupils sitting down to give feedback. Swap whose sitting and practicing and repeat.
Increase groups to four once pupils understand the technique, pull pupils who are struggling to one side for individualized coaching.

Suggestions for use: Fundamental motor skills should be taught as part of a physical and sport education program, and not as an isolated skills program.
Resource is a guide for teachers to use in their planning of P.E lessons. Use activities to improve pupils fine motor skills.

Suggestions for use: Print out and laminate the picture card. Use card to reinforce social skills within pupils. Use a reminder in behaviour management strategies (three warnings and cool out time). Use in physical education games so that pupils learn the rules of the game associated with real soccer/ football matches.

Suggestions for use: Colour in the flags using printable worksheets

Suggestions for use: Use paint to colour in the flags

Suggestions for use: Provide each pupil with a scissors, thread/string, paint/colouring pens and this worksheet.
Inter-curricular worksheet: teach pupils the words for arms and legs in Irish.
Then ask pupils to self discover how they can construct their soccer player so that he can play in the Euro 2016.

Alternatively, print the soccer player out on A3 paper and stick onto a board. Use like the game "pin the tail on the donkey". This will promote pupils listening and responding skills in English with a fun aspect involved.

Suggestions for use: Teacher notes included.
Note: The mention of football can be a big turn off for the girls. Flagging up the fashion and designer label aspect of the scheme and the flexibility within the scheme for the girls to create ‘designer T-shirts’, kept the girls interested.

Suggestions for use: Print out the images on card paper. As a class, give each pupil a printed image to cut out. Together as a class, create a special classroom banner made whereby each pupil has an input into the design by practicing fine motor skills of cutting and gluing. Social skills of co-operation and sharing will be learnt from this activity also.
Hang banner around the windows in your classroom to brighten up your room for the Euro 2016.

Suggestions for use: Sportsmanship in soccer is developed through teamwork so why not introduce team-work into this activity.
Give each team an A3 image of the soccer pitch (from link). Find out who the expert soccer fanatics are in each team by allowing the pupils to discuss and write their ideas onto the laminated soccer pitch. Allow one pupil from each group to walk around and feed back to their own group on the ideas other groups have.
Demonstrate the rules of the game using a video link and link back to image by displaying the image onto the white-board.
Provide each team with a computer/ iPad, nominate a Euro 2016 team for each team to research. (Pupils must clean off laminated pitches) Allow time for groups to research the players on their team and mark the players position onto the image of the pitch.
From this activity, you can have a Euro 2016 tournament whereby each group must play the country they researched and as the players they positioned on the soccer pitch. Rule: When playing the soccer tournament, pupils must not call each other by their own names instead using the player they are playing as.

Suggestions for use: Use this lesson as a self discovery investigative challenge on the effect of forces on football match. From your art & craft lesson, you should have constructed your football pitch to play on.
Set pupils up in pairs. The winner of each match will rotate onto each stadium to play the next person. Winner with most rotation of stadiums is the overall winner. In this task, students have been applying forces and using tactics to overcome forces of their opponent. Subsequently, after the matches are over, get pupils to reflect on the effect of their forces by using the worksheet in pairs.
Plenary: Feed back to class and glue worksheet into books for future reference.

Suggestions for use: Song is suitable for all ages. Very catchy!