Blogging Buddies: A Response to Mrs.Todd’s Class in the USA. Irish Food Imports & Exports

Mrs. Todd’s Class from Rocky River Elementary School, Northern Carolina are doing a project about agriculture around the world. We have collaborated with her class ‘The Roadrunners’ before. You can see this work here. ‘The Roadrunners’ asked us some questions about Irish food imports and exports.You can see their class blog ‘Going Global at Rocky River’ […]

#EAL & Language: Information for Parents: Traditional Tales: ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’.

We are learning traditional stories and rhymes. We read ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff: Ladybird First Favourite Tales’. You might like to go watch this video from ‘Toddler Learning Fun’ to go back over the story with your child. Unfortunately it is on You Tube which is blocked in school. . Traditional stories are useful […]

#EAL & Language: Information for Parents: Traditional Tales: ‘The Gingerbread Man’.

We are learning traditional stories and rhymes. We listened to the story of ‘The Gingerbread Man’ (Ladybird First Favourite Tales). You might like to go watch this video from ‘Toddler Learning Fun’ to go back over the story with your child. . We used a workbook about the story from Bev Evan’s wonderful website Communication4All […]

A Tourist Attraction in Wicklow: Powercourt Waterfall.

Mrs. Todd’s Roadrunners from North Carolina wrote a great post about a tourist attraction in their part of the world. It is called Emerald Hollow Mines. It sounds magical. You can go on a real treasure hunt digging and panning for precious stones. You can read about it here. Wicklow county where we live, had mining from […]

Food: Difference between American English and how we speak English in Ireland.

Mrs. Todd’s Class ‘The Roadrunners’ are from North Carolina in the USA. They have a blog called ‘Going Global as Rocky River’.  They are learning about other countries and other cultures.   Hi there Roadrunners, If any of you were coming to visit us here in Ireland, the different way we use English might make […]

Local History: Three castles from Greystones long ago.

Mrs. Todd’s Class ‘The Roadrunners’ are from North Carolina in the USA. They have a blog called ‘Going Global as Rocky River’.    Click here to see their learning about castles.   They said:  ‘We know there are special castles out there so let us hear from you…’   So here is what we know about […]