Swords Educate Together National School, Swords, Co. Dublin

General Educational Informative websites for parents

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This booklet contains a series of practical activities that people of all ages can engage in, helping to build their literacy and numeracy skills.
 
 
Lots of resources and links to all subjects in our curriculum. Contains links for parents too.
 
 
Here you'll find all the information and support you need to ensure your child makes the most of their time online. We would encourage all parents to check in here regularly to keep up to date with new information and to help keep your children safe.
 
 

Junior Classes

An excellent website that has a wide range of resources for Maths, English and Science.
 
 
The Dolch List – Most commonly used words in reading (also known as high frequency word list, we call them 'Heart Words' – these words cannot be ‘sounded-out' using phonic skills – They must be learned off by heart)
 
 
Children can listen to and enjoy nursery rhymes.
 
 
Here you will find lots of phonics games for different stages of learning to read.
 
 
Starfall is a child-friendly educational website that helps young learners build key reading, phonics and early maths skills through interactive games, stories, songs and activities
 
 
 

Here you will find a large selection of book to choose from, various authors / storytellers read books aloud for the children to enjoy!
 
 
Lots of audio stories for children to enjoy.
 
 
Topmarks is an educational website for children that offers high-quality learning games, activities, and resources in subjects like maths, english, science, and more.
 
 

Middle-Senior classes

Arcademics is a fun, game‑based learning website for children that helps them practise key school skills like maths, spelling, typing and more through educational arcade‑style games.
 
 
Ask About Ireland is a child-friendly educational website from Ireland's public libraries. It offers safe, reliable information, pictures, and activities to help primary school children learn about Irish history, nature, and culture.
 
 
Learn about grammar rules, play word games and watch fun videos.
 
 
FluentU is an online language‑learning platform that helps people learn English and foreign languages by watching real‑world videos
 
 
Helps students improve their cursive/joined handwriting skills.
 
 
 

Various games for the middle/senior end too.
 
 
World Stories is a growing collection of stories from around the world. The collection includes retold traditional tales and new short stories in various languages.
 
 

Irish websites to help support your child's learning in Irish

Link to TG4 where you will find lots of various resources available in Irish
 
 
This website can help with the teaching of Irish Grammar – verbs ‘briathra'
 
 
Séideán Sí is an Irish‑language educational website for young learners, it provides a range of digital games, activities, and interactive resources that help children develop their language skills in Irish.
 
 
Lots of resources and links to different items connected to the Irish Language Curriculum.
 
 
A nice cllection of traditional and contemporary songs as gaeilge.
 
 
 

Maths/ ICT / STEM

ICT Games is a free educational website of fun learning games that helps them practise key maths and English skills they're learning in school.
 
 
Khan Academy is a free, online learning platform that helps students of all ages understand school subjects like maths and science ( and more). It offers clear video lessons, practice exercises, and quizzes so kids can learn at their own pace.
 
 
Lightbot is a child‑friendly coding game that helps kids learn basic programming and logical thinking skills by solving puzzles.
 
 
Mangahigh is an online maths learning platform that uses games, quizzes and interactive activities to help children practise and improve their maths skills in a fun way.
 
 
A maths dictionary website is an online reference tool that explains math words and concepts in simple, child‑friendly language.
 
 
 

More maths terminology and concepts explained.
 
 
Maths Playground is a child‑friendly educational website full of interactive maths games, puzzles and problem‑solving activities designed for primary‑aged children.
 
 
Scratch Jr is a free, child‑friendly coding app that helps young children learn the basics of programming and creative problem‑solving.
 
 
Terrapin Logo is a child‑friendly computer coding tool, children write simple instructions to make a little “turtle” on the screen move and draw shapes.
 
 
The Problem Site is an online collection of maths challenges and puzzles designed to help students practise problem-solving skills in a fun and engaging way.
 
 
 

P.E. – Physical Education

GoNoodle is a fun, kid‑friendly website and app that encourages children to move, exercise, and take brain breaks.
 
 
A great website to inform parents and teachers of the Fundamental Movement Skills across the P.E. curriculum – well worth a look – can be practiced and developed at home also.
 
 
 
The School is not responsible for the content of external Internet sites. We recommend adult supervision for all links to external sites.