Suggestions for use: Print out the Powerpoint slides and place around the room. Set groups into teams. You will ask a question about the Olympics and the answer will be on one of the slides printed on the wall. When you ask the question, students can discuss the answer first. Then, only one person from each group can leave the table to find the answer. They must not call out the answer back to table, it must be secretive or else point will not be rewarded for correct answer. The student who left the group to look for the answer will only be given a certain amount of time to look for answer. If they are not back in their original seat before time up, the point cannot be rewarded for answer. Groups write down their answers onto sheet.

Suggestions for use: Task 1: Read the definitions of the new words together as a class. Draw symbols to represent their meaning. As class, match the words to the spaces provided.
Task 2: In pairs, write the definitions to new words. Fill in the blanks. Allow time for discussion. Correct as class.
Task 3: Instruct pupils in how to use their dictionaries. Divide class into teams and challenge them with the crossword puzzle to see who can complete it correctly, first.
Plenary: Students need to write a report on the Olympics using as many new words as possible. Get pupils to highlight when they use the new words throughout their piece of writing.

Suggestions for use: Nice worksheet to use when learning about the Olympics.
Starter: Read worksheet while pupils follow words with finger.
Get pupil to read one sentence and pupil can bounce to next reader for next sentence.
Give time for pupils to use ipads/ internet to search for the answers to the fill in the blank boxes.
Plenary: Return as class to read the sentences again but this time filling in the answers to the missing words.

Suggestions for use: Find out what your pupils know about the Olympic games in a fun walk-around discussion based activity.
Use as a starter activity: Provide pupils with a laminated card. Allow time for pupils to walk around the classroom asking other pupils their question and listening to their answers. Once pupils ask their question and get an answer, pupils swap their cards and find a new pupil to ask their new question too.
Then, put pupils into groups. Give each group a different but specific card to then discuss as a group.
Pupils then given time to write three paragraphs as an answer to the group laminated card question.

Suggestions for use: Very topical for the upcoming Olympic Games.
As a class, read together in harmony the first page about the Ancient Olympics.
Ask the class to summarise the article into three sentences (no more, no less), then ask the class to summarise the article into three words. (no more, no less). Get class into groups of four, compare words and as a group, they must decide on the one word that summarises the entire article. (no more, no less than one word)

Print out the dated cards; show the class the ready made cards. Divide class into groups of four. Give each member of the group a role to play; researcher, writer,timer/organiser, presenter, creative artist. Provide students with paper cards and thread ; ask groups to create a threaded timeline linking the history of the Olympic games together.
Plenary: students present their timelines.
Alternative plenary: students write down three things they learnt from the lesson on a sticky twitter note and stick a twitter board.

Suggestions for use: Starter; ask the class to brainstorm the gaming competitions that take place during the Olympic games in pairs.
Provide pairs with strips of paper. Set the timer on the board to 4 minutes.
(Aim of task: Want to see which pair of students can get the most amount of gaming events that take place in the Olympic games.
Rule of the game: Pair of students can only give the name of the event if they are the first pair to have four hands up)
The pair of students that have their hands up first. State the name of their event. They write it onto their strip of paper and place it into a box/bag that the teacher has at the front of the room. They are awarded a point. (A student can be recorded the points so that the teacher has full control over the task supervision)
(Note: This activity is FAST paced under time constrict but also want to see how many events students can guess within the time also.)
Once pair of students put their strip into the box, students can then put their hands up again to be the next at calling out their event....this continues until time is up.

Task 1: Demonstrate the ready made poster of the Athletics Event.
From the box of strips from the starter task, provide each pair with a distinct Olympic Event. Explain to the class, that you expect the class to create a similar poster for their event. They can come up to analyse the poster only ONCE. They must research the Olympic event given to them. Then, together manage the information by displaying onto A3 sheet.

Suggestions for use: Starter: State the "Did you know" maths facts about the Olympic Games.
Task 1: Patterns Challenge with the Olympic Games Rings.
Plenary: Maths Challenge Questions about the Olympic Games.

Suggestions for use: Building vocabulary for the Olympic Games.
Starter: Word search on the Olympic games.
Read article about the Ancient Olympic Games. Challenge class to work in pairs to read the fill in the blank reading activity.
Then, read the fill in the blank activity together.
In pairs, the students can try to fill in the blanks with the appropriate words.
Return as class to correct.

Suggestions for use: Starter:Present the wordle image onto the board. Ask pupils to individually catorgise the words into places, people and equipment.
Task 1: Using the wordle words, get pupils to discuss what the Olympics to their partners. Now challenge the pupils to discuss what the Olympics means to them without using any of the words in the wordle.
Task 2: Form connecting sentences on the board using the new vocabulary about the Olympics.

Suggestions for use: Use a thesaurus to think of different ways of describing the movement shown in the video (e.g. run, chase, sprint).
Pause the video at various points and make a list of words that can be used to describe the action taking place.
Try describing the video to someone who has never seen it before. What words / phrases can you use to convey the tension in the animation?
Pause the video when the camera focusses on the faces of the various characters. What might they be thinking / feeling at these points?
Describe the backstory for the running character (called Olympia). Where does she come from? How did she come to be involved in the events in the animation?
Can you write a new story that involves the Gods of Olympus?

Suggestions for use: Starter: Recap on the Alphabet song.
Task 1: Put letters on the board, ask pupils to put the letters into an order and explain why they put them into the order.
Task 2: Provide pupils with the Alphabetical Order worksheet on the Olympic games. In pairs, give pupils time to discuss and write out the words onto the worksheet.
Task 3: Correct the order with the class using the answer sheet. Pupils correct their work.

Suggestions for use: Use Quiz in lesson as rojector display or allow pupils to play individually

Suggestions for use: Who in your class is the fastest to match the sporting events to the images? Can you beat the time?

Suggestions for use: This is perfect for blended learning. Set up a free account, build your quiz and get going. Of course the students will need computers in order to engage. Perfect for a class with tablets.

Suggestions for use: Use this as a colloborative space for brainstorming, presentations or project work in any subject area or theme.

Suggestions for use: Use Padlet as an assessment tool and also to consolidate the knowledge learned after a lesson. It could also be used as an interactive KWL chart.

Suggestions for use: Allow pupils time to reflect on their learning by creating Avatars to record their poems, news or stories in digital format. Share with class to pick the next top cartoon.

Suggestions for use: Excellent resource for engaging lower ability students into your Irish class in a fun and interactive manner. Allow students to create their own Avatars. Convert your Avatar to Gaeilge by recording poems and news in Irish. You are in control of your Avatar! Spend time allowing pupils to assess each others Avatars and provide peer feedback to each other in a constructive manner of "what went well" and "even better if". Perfect also for Transition Year classes in practicing oral work.

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.