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Here you will find 2 presentations and an experiment about the submarine. The first is a general presentation about the submarine, the second is about the Irish teacher that invented the submarine and an experiment where the class make their own submarine.

Here is a presentation explaining what a Census is along with a series of lesson plans to support your teaching of the Census with your class. There is also a link to Census at School here with which you can conduct a Census with your class.

Here is a learning path with 4 lessons to support the teaching of the Census in your classroom and creating your own Census. These can be modified to use the website CensusAtSchool should you wish.

Here is a themepage with presentations and links to activities to support the teaching of Florence Nightingale in the English class. There are presentations about both Florence and Timothy the Tortoise the last survivor of the Crimean War.

This is a themepage with a video, presentation and links to resources which support the teaching of Florence Nightingale in the classroom. The children will learn who Florence Nightingale was and her contribution to medicine and nursing.

A digital book for the William Shakespeare play 'Merchant of Venice'. Students can read the script by clicking on the 'content' tab. Content can be filtered by act and scene. Character analysis and synopsis also included in the online resource.

A digital book for the William Shakespeare play 'Othello'. Students can read the script by clicking on the 'content' tabs. Content can be filtered by act and scene. Character analysis and synopsis included in the online resource.

A digital book for the William Shakespeare play 'Macbeth'. Students can read the script by clicking on the 'content' tab and content can be filtered based on act and scene. Character analysis and synopsis also included in the online resource.

A digital book for the William Shakespeare play 'King Lear'. Students can read the script by clicking on the 'content' tab. Content can be filtered by act and scene. Character analysis and synopsis also included in the online resource.

This is a presentation about the history of the Six Nations Rugby Championship. No knowledge of the Six Nations Rugby Championship is required to use this presentation in the classroom. While it is predominately a history presentation there is integration with other subjects. This can be a child led/peer led activity, the teacher requires little to no prior knowledge on the topic, they can just facilitate the lesson.

History/English/Numeracy – Print slide 9 and give a copy to each group/pairs. Ask them to match what year they think each event happened. They are not in the correct order on slide 9 but they are in slide 10 when the class can check their answers.

English - Oral Language – there are a number of slides in which questions are asked of the class. On these slides the class are asked to discuss the questions either as a whole class, in groups or pairs. The third and final slide can be completed using a KWL chart. KWL charts can be downloaded here (https://www.scoilnet.ie/search/resource/entity/show/Lre/19245/) or a whole class KWL chart can be written on the whiteboard or a large piece of paper. A KWL Chart is K - what they know and the W - What they want to learn.
Another oral language activity can be completed using slide 7 also. The teacher can ask the class how does the 1887 Rugby Team look different to Ireland’s current rugby team?

The image on the first slide was sourced here: "RBS 6 Nations Fixtures Announced For 2014 & 2015 Championships". rbs6nations.com. N.p., 2017. Web. 25 Jan. 2017.