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elcome to the Seomra Ranga website. For the overseas visitors "Seomra Ranga" means "classroom" in the Irish language. The aim of the website is to share practical resources for the primary school classroom on the web. The downloadable resources provided on the site are simply personal resources that I have put together over the years. Most of them I have used in my teaching in the classroom.

I have attempted to arrange the resources in accordance with the curriculum provisions of the Irish primary school. Some sections of the website have more resources than others so I'm looking for teachers to upload and share their own resources to fill in the gaps.


Lá Spóirt #1 (93.1KB .pdf File)	Lá Spóirt #2 (1.24MB .pdf File)	Angles (133KB .pdf File)	Conjunctions (71.7KB .pdf File)


Ná Caitear Tobac (25.6KB .pdf File)	Cosc ar Bhia Beagmhaitheasa (28.8KB .pdf File)	No Sadness Allowed (20.2KB .pdf File)	No Parking Allowed (26.6KB .pdf File)


Disaster Zone (231.9KB .pdf File)	No Adults Allowed (35.6KB .pdf File)	No Boys Allowed (34.9KB .pdf File)	Cosc ar Pháirceáil (26.3KB .pdf File)


Cois Farraige (689KB .pdf File)	Summer Alphabet (417KB .pdf File)	Cluiche Peile (674KB .pdf File)	At the Beach (697KB .pdf File)


Summer Numbers (334KB .pdf File)	Summer Alphabet (405KB .pdf File)	Where On the Web? (.pdf file 41KB)	Summer Alphabet (406KB .pdf File)


Spain Header (.pdf file 32.8KB)	World Report (.pdf file 33.7KB)	Big News (.pdf file 36.3KB)	News (.pdf file 44.9KB)

VISIT POSTERS & SIGNS SECTION

	Conjunctions - flashcards with examples of these "link words" (71.7KB) Added April 30th '10
	Angles - the names of different angles on posters (133KB) Added April 30th '10
	Lá Spóirt #1 - frásaí úsáideacha a chloistear ag Lá Spóirt (93.1KB) Added April 30th '10
	Lá Spóirt #2 - foclóir a bhaineann le Lá Spóirt ar luaschártaí (1.24MB) Added April 30th '10
	Ná Caitear Tobac - poster (25.6KB) Added April 30th '10
	Cosc ar Bhia Beagmhaitheasa - poster (28.8KB) Added April 30th '10
	No Smoking - poster (24.9KB) Added April 30th '10
	No Junk Food Allowed - poster (29.4KB) Added April 30th '10
	No Sadness Allowed - poster (20.2KB) Added April 30th '10
	Cosc ar Chaoineadh - poster (20.3KB) Added April 30th '10
	No Parking Allowed - poster (26.6KB) Added April 30th '10
	Cosc ar Pháirceáil - poster (26.3KB) Added April 30th '10
	Disaster Zone - poster (31.9KB) Added April 30th '10
	No Adults Allowed - (35.6KB) Added April 30th '10
	No Boys Allowed - poster (34.9KB) Added April 30th '10
	Cois Farraige - 50 póstaeir le foclóir an tSamhraidh, frásaí úsáideacha agus pictiúir (689KB) Added April 28th '10
	At The Beach - 50 posters with seasonal vocabulary and illustrations (697KB) Added April 28th '10
	Summer Numbers - numbers 1 - 20 with a seasonal theme(334KB) Added April 28th '10
	Summer Alphabet - small and capital letters of the alphabet with a seasonal theme(417KB) Added April 28th '10
	Summer Alphabet - small letters of the alphabet with a seasonal theme(405KB) Added April 28th '10
	Summer Alphabet - capital letters of the alphabet with a seasonal theme(406KB) Added April 28th '10
	Cluiche Peile - luaschártaí le foclóir agus frásaí a bhaineann le cluiche peile (674KB) Added April 28th '10
	Art School - header for the visual arts section in the classroom (33.6KB) Added April 24th '10
	Spain Header - header for a class noticeboard with work on Spain (32.8KB) Added April 24th '10
	Greece Header - header for a class noticeboard with work on Greece (33.5KB) Added April 24th '10
	Summer Header - seasonal header for the classroom (36.8KB) Added April 24th '10
	Summer Coolers - seasonal header for the classroom (29.3KB) Added April 24th '10
	Ideas - header for the Ideas noticeboard in the classroom (23.9KB) Added April 24th '10
	Happy Birthday - header for the Birthdays noticeboard in the classroom (32.9KB) Added April 24th '10
	Atencion - poster for the Spanish area of the classroom (26.9KB) Added April 24th '10
	Books Open Up a New World - poster for the school library or the library area in the classroom (63.9KB) Added April 24th '10
	News - poster for the news area in the classroom (44.9KB) Added April 24th '10
	Big News - poster for the news area in the classroom (36.3KB) Added April 24th '10
	World Report - poster for the news area in the classroom (33.7KB) Added April 24th '10
	Where Is It On the Web? - poster for the computer room or the computer area in the classroom (41KB) Added April 24th '10
	Peace - poster for the Sacred Space in the classroom (51.2KB) Added April 24th '10
	Praise the Lord - poster for the Sacred Space in the classroom (33.2KB) Added April 24th '10
	Come Let Us Pray - poster for the Sacred Space in the classroom (27KB) Added April 24th '10
	Entrance Procession - template to fill in the order in which children process into the church for the First Communion ceremony (35KB) Added April 24th '10
	Seating Arrangements - template to fill in where families are seated for the First Communion ceremony (30.5KB) Added April 24th '10
	Balla Focal: Caitheamh Aimsire - foclóir a bhaineann le caitheamh aimsire le cabhair a thabhairt do dhaltaí agus iad ag scríobh (39KB) Added April 20th '10
	Balla Focal: Cluiche Peile - foclóir a bhaineann le cluiche peile le cabhair a thabhairt do dhaltaí agus iad ag scríobh (55.5KB) Added April 20th '10
	Bia - cárta oibre, pictiúir agus focail le meatseáil (751KB) (Source: Lisa Mc Ginty) Added April 20th '10
	Siopadóir - dán simplí ar Powerpoint (634KB) Added April 20th '10
	Gaeilgeoir na Seachtaine - teimpléad Powerpoint le líonadh isteach chun duais "Gaeilgeoir na Seachtaine" a bhronnadh (1.0MB) Added April 20th '10


Seomra Ranga has created some new resources for the website using a very simple free online piece of software called "Wordle" (http://www.wordle.net) Wordle allows you to create "word clouds" which displays text in an interesting and unusual fashion. You can create your own Wordle resources on the Wordle website or you can view the ones created by Seomra Ranga HERE>>>>	Seomra Ranga has produced a collection of A4 sized phonics posters in full colour. There are more than thirty posters in the collection at the moment. These will be added to on an ongoing basis. To complement the phonics posters, there are also loop cards to accompany each poster. View the phonics posters HERE>>>>> View the loop cards HERE>>>>>

Seomra Ranga has produced some new resources to accompany the Sunny Street reading scheme for the junior end of the primary school. At the moment there are vocabulary flashcards for the three senior infant readers, the first two readers for Rang I and for both readers in Rang II. All of these flashcard resources have been gathered together onto one single page for ease of use and all of these new resources can be viewed and downloaded fore free:	Swine Flu is very much in the news at the moment and will probably be more so with the return to school in September. Seomra Ranga has produced some classroom posters in both English and Gaeilge to encourage pupils to engage in good hygiene practices. These posters can be viewed in the SPHE posters section HERE>>>>> The HSE also has a poster about Swine Flu especially for children and this can be downloaded HERE>>>>> Check out also www.swineflu.ie Sneeze Safe - teach children the correct usage of tissues HERE>>>>> Learning A-Z Free Swine Flu Resources HERE>>>>> 50 Essential Swine Flu Resources for School Nurses HERE>>>>>

Themed lined pages are useful for pupils to display their written work in an attractive way. Seomra Ranga has produced some themed lined pages for seasonal times of the year. These have now been gathered together into one web page to make it easier to see what is available to download. It is hoped to add to the collection of themed lined pages over the coming weeks. In the meanwhile you can view the available lined pages HERE >>>>>	All of the Power Point resources on the web site have now been gathered into one easy-to-use collection. How Cuchulainn Got His Name The collection includes resources in the curricular areas of Gaeilge, Maths, History, Geography, Visual Arts, English, Religion and Science. View the collected Power Point resources:



The Seomra Ranga Tobernalt Holy Well web site is now up and running. The site is about Tobernalt Holy Well, Sligo, one of numerous holy wells around Ireland. This could be linked to Penal times in history, to history of the faith in Ireland, or it could be the basis for the study of a local holy well. Downloadable classroom resources are provided. Teachers are also welcome to upload their own holy well resources. The website address is: www.holywell.seomraranga.com	The Seomra Ranga Blog is now set up and running. It's very much in its infancy as its a learning curve for me. However, it's hoped to develop it progressively over the coming months. Because Seomra Ranga is all about providing resources for teachers, you'll find links on the blog to sites that provide resources to download, free software and Interactive White Board resources. The blog address is: http://seomraranga.com/blog/

Are you doing a class novel? There are worksheets in the English section of the website on the following class novels: "The Ice Man: The Antarctic Adventures of Tom Crean" by Michael Smith "Faraway Home" by Marilyn Taylor "Charlotte's Web" by E. B. White "Holes" by Louis Sachar "Taking the Cat's Way Home" by Jan Mark "Rosie's Quest" by Ann Carroll "Under the Hawthorn Tree" by Marita Conlon Mc Kenna "Wildflower Girl" by Marita Conlon Mc Kenna "Fantastic Mr. Fox" by Roald Dahl More information on these resources here: >>>>>	Seasonal times of the year give the teacher an opportunity to use the season as a theme to teach many different aspects of the curriculum. The following season resources are available: Back to School: click here >>>>> Hallowe'en: click here >>>>> Christmas: click here >>>>> Spring: click here >>>>> Valentine's Day: click here >>>>> St. Patrick: click here >>>>> Easter: click here >>>>> Summer: click here >>>>>

Blogs are fast becoming more important on the internet and there are a number of blogs concerned with the field of education. I've included a small list of educational blogs as well as blog with an interest in Special Educational Needs for people to browse through at their leisure. If you are aware of other educational blogs you think should be included on the list please e-mail me with information HERE

Visit these blogs here >>>

Visit the Seomra Ranga Blog here >>>>

Latest Blogs:

	ICT Scoil
	Teachnet Blog
	Liquid E-Learning
	Special Education Law Blog
	2c Worth
	Gashed.net

The links section of the website contains a comprehensive list of websites suitable for implementing the different aspects of the primary school curriculum. At the moment there are links to over 600 education related websites across all areas of the curriculum. The websites are just suggestions and teachers/schools should make their own judgements as to whether the sites are suitable for the children in their own classroom/school. Please let me know if there are links you think should be included on the site.

More information on these links here: >>>>>

Latest Links

Some of the latest links that have been added in different part of the website are:

	Foclóir Gaeilge
	Edware
	Animals Save the Planet
	The Water School
	Block Posters

Resources that I couldn't identify under a subject heading are contained in the miscellaneous section of the website. This section contains a range of different resources for the classroom including posters and signs for the classroom, quizzes, newsletters and handouts. This section also includes resources for the administration of standardised testing in the classroom as well as resources relating to ICT.

Miscellaneous resources:

here >>>>>

Signs & Posters: click here >>>>>

ICT Resources: click here >>>>>

Testing Resources: click here >>>>>

It was suggested that teachers could send in photos of their locality to use as a history/geography resource for comparative study of another town/city. I thought it was a great idea and a new photo section has been added.

To view these photos click here: >>>>>

If people have any photos of their locality that they're willing to share, simply e-mail them to me as attachments with an explanation of each photo and I'll make them available.

To upload photos click here: >>>>>

On this website, you can choose to open or download a document. To open it simply click on the arrow next to the document. To download a document, right-click the arrow and select "Save Target as ..." and choose where to save the document to.

	Word Document
	PDF File
	Publisher File
	Powerpoint File
	Excel File
	True Type Font File

All files are scanned for viruses prior to being uploaded onto this website. However, the web is a non-secure environment and you are encouraged to carry out your own virus check before opening any download.

Seomra Ranga will accept no liability for any loss or damage which may be caused by downloading resources.

All of the resources on the website are free to download for the personal use of the individual teacher in the classroom. However, the resources are otherwise copyright and may not be used in any publication or on any other website without the express permission of Seomra Ranga.com. Resources donated to the web site remain the copyright of the donor.

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Keep an eye out for the bibliography in some sections of the website. This includes suggestions of books that I have found helpful in the classroom - poetry books, Christmas plays and resource books for teachers.

I have been involved in the Write - A - Book Project for many years and have delivered courses in connection with the project in Blackrock, West Dublin, Carrick-on-Shannon and Sligo Education Centres. It has been one of the most worthwhile projects that I have implemented in the classroom. I have gathered many resources in connection with the implementation of the project in the classroom and these are available for download on this website. Even if you do not participate in the project in your local Education Centre, the resources are appropriate for use in the teaching of creative writing in the classroom.

View these resources here: >>>>>

Write - A - Book Website

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