Shankids

Shankids.com is an educational activity site for the  teachers and students of Shankill's primary schools St. Anne's, Rathmicheal and Scoil Mhuire.  It is tailored for the needs of primary school students and teachers alike.  It has links to all the subjects of the primary school curriculum that are sorted into relevant class groups Navigation of the site is moderated for students’ needs providing a safe gateway to the most popular educational content on the net.

 Front page of the Shankids site

The students’ section contains activities for all of the curriculum subjects and is divided into the different class groups to aid ease of access.  Links are supported by images and a brief description of their content making navigation simple for students of all ages
The site also contains a useful ‘teachers resources’ section.  Here links have been handpicked and are sorted by subject and class group.  The section contains IWB resources, clip art, images, lesson plans and ideas, special needs resources and information, as well as activities for teachers and students in all strands and strand units. Following the successful launch of the site popularity has grown at a rapid rate. Students’ and teachers’ feedback is extremely positive and has helped to stream the next phase of material which is set to be added and updated on a weekly basis.

Shankids.com was set up under the team approach taken by the staff of St. Anne's, Rathmicheal and Scoil Mhuire, the guidance of principals Jim Halligan, Caroline Senior and Patricia Slavin’, respectively.  It was designed with the assistance of John Montayne of Montimedia

Acknowledgement: Thanks to Mr. Walsh of St. Annes for the initial draft of this text.

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Princiapls, Jim Halligan, Patricia Slevin and Caroline Senior with Fr. John O'Connor at the Shankids launch at Scoil Mhuire on 7 April 2011.

John Montayne demonstrating Shankids.com

Parents & teachers at the launch