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Acmhannaí ar fáíl le hiasacht do scoileanna / Resources available to loan to schools

Woodcock Johnson IV: Tests Of Achievement Form C - assessment for accurately screening, diagnosing, and monitoring progress in reading, writing, and maths achievement areas.

The British Picture Vocabulary Scale 2nd & 3rd ed. - measures a child's understanding of spoken words by having them choose a picture that best represents a given word.

The Renfrew Language Scales Action Picture Test - norm-referenced means of assessing children’s speech and language. For use with 3 to 8 year olds.

TEST2r - a comprehensive assessment tool designed to screen and identify emergent literacy skills in 5-6-year-old children, guiding targeted interventions.

The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Fourth Edition (PPVT-4) – an assessment used to evaluate language development, particularly in children, and to provide an estimate of verbal ability.

Pearson Dyslexia Screening Test - designed to identify children aged 6–11 who may be at risk for dyslexia by measuring key skills such as phonological processing, memory, and rapid naming. It provides an early indication of literacy difficulties to support timely intervention.

GL Assessment: CAT4 (Levels D, E, G) - a cognitive abilities test that measures verbal, non-verbal, quantitative, and spatial reasoning to provide a profile of students’ cognitive potential and support teaching and placement decisions.

IZAK 9 - an interactive maths resource made up of 27 colourful cubes and online tasks that encourage teamwork, problem‑solving, reasoning, and mathematical fluency through hands‑on group activities. It engages learners by combining physical manipulatives with digital challenges, making maths highly collaborative, visual, and fun.

Lego We-Do kits - a hands‑on robotics kit that lets children build and program simple models using LEGO bricks, sensors, motors, and easy drag‑and‑drop coding. It introduces STEM concepts through interactive projects that develop problem‑solving, creativity, and early engineering skills.

Bee-bots - a child‑friendly programmable floor robot that helps young learners develop early coding, sequencing, and problem‑solving skills through simple directional commands.

WIAT-III-T Test Kit - designed for the assessment of reading and spelling skills in students with special educational needs. Please note: a refundable €50 deposit is required to borrow this resource.

Lego SPIKE - engaging, hands-on robotics kits bring coding, engineering, and design & technology to life. Aligned to the curriculum, SPIKE solutions help pupils develop such skills as creative problem-solving, collaboration, and computational thinking - all through playful, purposeful learning. Please note: a refundable €50 deposit is required to borrow this resource.