Covers of Philips Primary Irish Atlas and Atlas Hunt activity book, both featuring illustrated world maps designed to support primary geography learning.

Maps and spatial skills for SESE

The most up-to-date Atlas available

Everything you love from Philip’s Irish Primary Atlas and Atlas Hunt, now with more maps and a new focus on children’s personal geographies. Both can be used from 3rd through to 6th class providing excellent value.  

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Why Choose Irish Primary Atlas

Folens Irish Primary Atlas pages featuring maps of India and China alongside a world map activity page

Rich, up-to-date content

With our atlas, children will: 

  • Explore Ireland, Europe and the wider world through physical, historic and thematic maps. 
  • Discover how maps are constructed and learn how to read and interpret them. 
  • Bring people and places to life with clear, engaging photographs. 

Atlas Hunt:

  • Children will learn about people and places, near and far and explore their connections to them. 
  • Support for enquiry-based learning 
  • Contains engaging activities with extension tasks for further reading. 

Folens Irish Primary Atlas classroom activity guide on using maps in school, with discussion prompts and teaching activities

Curriculum alignment and teacher support

Supports the development of maps, globes and graphical skills, in addition to the wider skills and content of the geography curriculum. 

We also provide practical guidelines and curated weblinks online to support the meaningful use of the Atlas in the classroom. 

Geography Webinar for Primary Teachers

We hosted a Geography webinar with Dr Susan Pike. Dr Pike is the expert advisor and author of our latest editions of Philip’s Irish Primary Atlas and Atlas Hunt respectively. She spoke about mapping across the school, with examples from different classes. 

Teacher in white shirt writing in a spiral notebook at a desk with sticky notes, books, and a laptop.

Expertise guaranteed

Philip’s Irish Primary Atlas and Atlas Hunt bring together the expertise of Philip’s and Dr Susan Pike. Dr Pike has worked in geography teacher education at St Patrick’s Campus, DCU for the past 20 years. 

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