Resources

We stock some superb educational resources in the centre. Please contact us directly to book these resources. For some of our resources a deposit is required. Call us on (0)51 311000 or Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to enquire about availability.

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Webinars

Here are some featured webinars that were recorded during lockdown. Please book our CPD courses to partake in live Webinars.

K'nex

K'NEX and Kid K’NEX are together one of the most successful construction kits in the world, second in popularity only to Lego. They are both based around a series of "rods", which can be joined together by "connectors". Once they have mastered using these simple components, children and adults alike can use their imagination to make potentially millions of different working models.

PM Benchmarking Kit

The PM Benchmark Reading Assessment Resources 1 and 2 are designed to explicitly assess students' instructional and independent reading levels using accurately levelled fiction and non-fiction texts. ... The software automatically calculates data such as reading accuracy rate, error rate and self-correction rate

Ravens Test

Raven's Progressive Matrices (often referred to simply as Raven's Matrices) or RPM is a nonverbal group test typically used in educational settings. It is usually a 60-item test used in measuring abstract reasoning and regarded as a non-verbal estimate of fluid intelligence.

GL Assessment Dyslexia Portfolio Kit

Deposit Required

The Dyslexia Portfolio is made up of a series of nine short assessments that together provide a balance of information that may allow an individual to be identified as dyslexic and the extent of their dyslexia to be measured.

WIAT 3

Deposit Required

The Wechsler Individual Achievement Test–III (WIAT-III) is a standardized academic achievement test used to measure previously learned knowledge in the areas of Reading, Written Language, Mathematics, and Oral Language.

Bronze Age Handling Box

Deposit Required

The Bronze Age Handling Box is a resource developed to enrich the teaching and learning of History at senior primary and post-primary levels. The Handling Box is made up of a selection of replica objects and raw material and accompanying resources to enhance the teaching of the Bronze Age in Ireland.

Test2R

Deposit Required

TEST2r is an early screening test for reading and writing, it is an individually administered test suitable for 5 and 6 year-old children (Senior Infants and 1st Class). TEST2r is suitable for use by the classroom and Learning Support Teacher. The test is based on solid research (Cogan 2012; Cogan & McAnaney, 2012) and on sound theoretical principles of early reading acquisition and reading failure and helps the teacher build up a profile of each child in their care.

IZAK9

Deposit Required

Izak9 is a unique, radical and innovative maths resource. It is an immersive, multi-media rich, active learning device designed for use by children in Primary and Post Primary schools. Children work together in small groups using real cubes to not only solve the number, algebra, data and shape / space problems we pose, but also to develop ideas and create tasks and questions of their own.

Beebot

Deposit Required

Bee-Bot is an exciting new robot designed for use by young children. This colourful, easy-to-operate, and friendly little robot is a perfect tool for teaching sequencing, estimation, problem-solving, and just having fun!

LEGO Education WeDo 2.0

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LEGO Education WeDo 2.0 is an introductory invention kit you can use to build interactive robots and other creations. You can snap together Scratch programming blocks to interact with your LEGO WeDo creations and add animations and sounds.

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