These are some of the examples of the use of the Internet as an Education Resource at our School.
Quiz on School Website
http://www.into.ie/quiztest/scoilnambrithrewebsitequiz/quiz.html
This is a short Quiz on our own School Website and the Senior Classes will create a further Quiz when they are more familiar with the site. The Quiz increased the pupils' awareness of the information available on the Website and will help as a means of Home/ School Communication.
During the Olympic Games the following Quiz was used to create further awareness of the games and background information on Australia.
Olympics 2000
Type in address bar
1. Click on Kids 2. Click on Sportszone 3. Click on Kidsguide to Sport
Choose any three sports and write out one fact you discovered about each
Sport1
Sport 2
Sport 3
Find out
How many athletes on a volleyball team?
How many types of cycling races at the Olympics?
Name the British pair who won the gold medal for Rowing at the 1996 Olympics.
Judo is a very fast style of what?
What did the sport Fencing come from?
Name the three equestrian events.
How heavy can the bar weigh in weightlifting?
Mascots of Sydney 2000
Go to Top of Page and look for the Search box.
Type Mascots in the Search box. Click on the word Mascots (underlined)
What sort of animal is Millie?
Where do echidnas live?
What sort of animal is Ollie?
How heavy would Ollie weigh?
What sort of mammal is Syd?
What sort of body has Syd?
Click on Kids, then Sportzone then Trivia Challenge.
If you need a hint, double click on the question. Close the window when finished.
Play the game - no clock.
Play the game twice.
Write down your score.
Click on Sports Scrambler
Choose an athlete and dress an athlete.
created by Robbie O'Leary
All classes from 3rd to 6th class enjoyed and gave their opinions on the Poetry available on this Dublin School site.
http://www.iol.ie/~scheart/poem2000.htm
We had a poetry week in school. Here are ten of our poems.
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Some are funny, some are sad, we hope you think they're not too bad!"Please read them and let us know your favourite, and if there's anything in particular you liked about it.
We hope you enjoy reading our work.
The following site is used in the Spring term by the Junior Infant and Senior Infant Classes.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/
This is a site which has a wealth of valuable resources for the Primary School.
At holiday time there is a vast supply of Clip Art which we download and use in Creative Writing , Power Point and the creation of Cards.
The Pokemon section was an invaluable source of enjoyment for the pupils who selected their 6 Favourite Pokemon and then created a Power Point Presentation on same. It was interesting to see the varied used of Language!
http://www.searsportrait.com/storybook/halloween_ltr_98_form.html
From kidsdomain.com we took the link to Manfred The Haunted House and the pupils wrote a letter to Manfred and received a reply containing the information which they had given. They printed these out and took them home.
St.Patricks Day
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/patrick/
France Rang 5
http://www.graphicmaps.com/aatlas/world.htm
Tutankamun Rang 3
http://www.civilization.ca/membrs/civiliz/egypt/egtut06e.html
Distances from Shannon to other cities and the location and population of these cities.
http://www2.drury.edu/dswadley/cmashunt99.htm
A wonderful site for all ages. The younger children enjoy exploring and the older ones take the Naughty or Nice test and include the names of their friends and teachers.
These are two sample letters which the pupils received to letters which they wrote to Snta.
Reply recieved from Santasearch.com
From: Santa <santa@santasearch.com>
To: marissa <mmcgough.ennis@tinet.ie>
Subject: HO HO HO!!! Merry Christmas
marissa,
Santa was so happy to hear from you and has written you a very special letter. With the help of the elves, your letter appears with full color pictures and music.
*Wink and chuckle, chuckle and wink*
To retrieve your full color letter from Santa, simply connect to the URL below and it will be promptly delievered to your web browser!
http://www.santasearch.com/santa.asp?specialpage=SR228158
May all your Holiday wishes be bright and merry.
Love,
Santa and everyone at the North Pole
Reply received from Santa at Santa.com
Subject: Thank you for writing me, marianne
From: santa@santa.com
Reply-to: santa@santa.com
Dear marianne,
Thank you for your letter. After a hard day here at the
North Pole, it was nice to settle down with a cup of hot
chocolate and read your note.
The elves and I have been pretty busy getting ready for
Christmas. We've been hard at work making toys and polishing
Christmas ornaments. All the reindeer, especially Rudolph and
Blitzen, are starting to get excited about "our big night."
Now, about those presents. I'll try and make sure you get
what's on your list. If you change your mind about some
things, please let me know.
But, you've got to do your part, too. That means listening
to your parents and being extra good.
Rock Tock and Jiffy, our cool Kid Zone elves, wanted me to
remind you to make sure you check out the Kid's Zone again some
time soon. They've done some pretty neat things with it. And
they're pretty excited to show it off. Click here to check it
out: http://www.santa.com/santa/kidszone/index.htm
Gotta get back to making toys, now. See you on Christmas Eve!
Chocolate chip cookies and low-fat milk are my favorites (hint-hint).
Your friend,
Santa
At Santa.com
Netdays 2000
http://netdays.edna.edu.au/2000
Ennis CBS has enrolled for a Cultural Journey into Australia.
Our School has been linked and we hope to work on a Collaborative project during Netdays.
We have been sending Postcards to schools which we have viewed.
http://www.scoilnet.ie/Index.html
Use of yahooligans as search Engine for geographical topics.
Earthquakes and Volkanoes - Rang 5
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/Yahooligans/EarthquakesVolcanoes
France Rang 5
http://www.yahooligans.com/Around_the_World/Countries/France/