LibGuides: Traveller Education: Further Educational Resources

Cant is Cool

Cant is Cool - A Vocabulary Resource by Navan Travellers Workshops Ltd.
This teaching resource takes you through some of the most common Cant words and phrases. Suitable for use with primary school children.
Navan Travellers Workshops Ltd. is a voluntary community development organisation which strives to preserve the culture and heritage of Travellers.

The Lost Homework by Richard O'Neill
Suitable for ages 5-8. Questions, activities and other suggested areas for exploring 'The Lost Homework' by Richard O'Neill in the primary school classroom. This extract is from the Free To Be Me Resource Pack produced by Children's Books Ireland.

A Chance in Life
A phone call came from Barrington Stoke’s Mairi Kidd with a simple query – did Children's Books Ireland work with Traveller communities or did we know someone who did? – seems like a lifetime ago now. Happily, our answers were ‘yes’ and ‘yes’. Through the Laureate na nÓg programme, we took Eoin Colfer’s storytelling tour to the Wetlands Halting Site in Kilkenny, to their homework club. And it was to here we directed Mairi, specifically to author
Paula Leyden. In these articles, Mairi Kidd explains the project she contacted CBI about and Micky Flynn talks about the importance of the homework club.
These articles are supported by some suggested reads.

Celebrating Difference
Age Range 0-YA.
Free To Be Me
This is a project that celebrates diversity, representation and inclusion in books for children and young people aged 0–18, to ensure equity and visibility in both school and public libraries, bookshops and shelves in the home.
Inclusivity and Representation
Age Range 0-YA.
Mind Yourself Resource Pack
Encouraging conversations about mental health and wellbeing through children’s books.