The Primary Planet is Ireland’s first children’s news magazine. News, sport, music, entertainment, and politics are some of the many topics featured in this exciting publication each month.

Aimed at the senior classes, (8 to 12 year olds), The Primary Planet is a children’s monthly newspaper style glossy magazine.

Every day they will post 5 activities for children to do. You can access it at: https://www.theprimaryplanet.ie/

Available at: https://www.giild.com/homeschool-uk?fbclid=IwAR0fXTLHUhVjtWmKsS3rID-kmV8_MUY4tb4G7OwHlQ-lYnB4AhS6EFhnlzk

Zoos

• Dublin
  • Elephants – bit.ly/DublinZooElephants
  • Penguins – bit.ly/DublinZooPenguins
  • African Savanna – bit.ly/DublinZooAfricanSavanna

• Edinburgh Zoo – bit.ly/EdinburghZooCams
• Marwell Zoo (UK) – bit.ly/MarwellZooCams
• San Diego Zoo – bit.ly/SanDiegoZooCams
• Houston Zoo – bit.ly/HoustonZooCam
• Clear Water Marine Aquarium – bit.ly/ClearWaterMarineCams

Irish Museums

• Trinity College Dublin
  • The Long Room – bit.ly/TCDTheLongRoom

• National Library of Ireland – bit.ly/NationalLibraryIRL
• National Gallery of Ireland – bit.ly/NationalGalleryIRL
• National Museum of Ireland
  • Natural History – bit.ly/NaturalHistoryIRL
  • Country Life – bit.ly/CountryLifeMuseum
  • Archaeology – bit.ly/ArchaeologyMuseumIRL
  • Decorative Arts and History – bit.ly/DecorativeArtsHistoryIRL

• Medieval Museum Treasures of Medieval Waterford – bit.ly/MedievalWaterford
• Number Twenty Nine ESB’s Georgian House Museum – bit.ly/Number29
• The Pearse Museum – bit.ly/PearseMuseumTour
• Titanic Experience Cobh – bit.ly/TitanicExperienceCobh

International Museums

• The Louvre, Paris – bit.ly/LouvreOnlineTour
• Anne Frank House, Amsterdam – bit.ly/AFHouseTour
• The Vatican Museums, Vatican City – bit.ly/TheVaticanMuseum
• The Guggenheim, New York – bit.ly/GuggenheimFromHome
• Pompeii, Naples  – bit.ly/VirtualPompeii
• The British Museum, London – bit.ly/BritishMuseumVirtual
• NASA
  • Glen Research Centre – go.nasa.gov/39fbJCk
  • Langley Research Centre – go.nasa.gov/39faljf

Coding activities available with one hour tutorials available. You can access it at: https://hourofcode.com/ie/learn?fbclid=IwAR2whfo4-bweM4DczllaaTI8UFcP1jJ4Ank0lUylnMaZTH3LWqftKBgGyrg

Free access for six months of tutorials. Available at: https://homeschoolpiano.com/give-back/

Tutorials are available online. You can sign up for free at: https://try.fender.com/play/playthrough/

Would you like to see the animals being fed? Dublin Zoo are offering you a chance through the live cam. You can access them at: https://www.dublinzoo.ie/animals/animal-webcams/

This is a fantastic Maths activity. Please be careful to only give children match sticks and make sure parents collect them up afterwards. You can also use toothpicks. Similar puzzles available at: http://matchstickpuzzles.blogspot.com/