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.

Now that the school year is over, I'd like to extend my thanks to all the visitors to the Seomra Ranga website during the past school year. The success of the site has taken me by surprise. There have been over 48,000 individual visits to the site since it went live last September. The visitors have literally been from all over the world.

My thanks especially to the teachers who took the time to upload their own resources to the site and share them with everybody. I'd appeal to other teachers to consider sharing your resources with us all. If you've downloaded a resource, try to upload one in return. So if you are tidying up your desktop over the next week or during the summer, perhaps you'd consider uploading a resource of your own. Simply click the ad bar below, attach the resource (in whatever format - word, powerpoint, excel, publisher, photos etc.) and e-mail it to me and I'll share it with the world. Enjoy your summer break and return to Seomra Ranga in September.

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/

	Sunny Street More Fiction Favourites - vocabulary list from the second reader for Rang II
	Suggested Websites - list of ten websites that may be suitable to give to parents to allow children to visit on a home PC
	SPAR - template for completing the SPAR spelling test
	Salt Dough - two recipes to make salt dough for making dough crafts
	"Said" Poem - poem that encourages children to use words other than "said" in their written work
	Newspaper Advertisements From 1958 - Online version presentation (opens in a browser) looking at newspaper advertisements in Ireland from fifty years ago.  (34.8MB)
	Online Teacher Resources - a list of websites across all curricular areas that can be used by the teacher for classroom and lesson preparation (191KB)
	Online Interactive Resources - a list of websites across all curricular areas that can be used as IWB lessons or to allow children to explore (194KB)
	File Extensions - explanation of the most common file extensions in documents and files (53KB)
	MS Word Toolbar Icons - explanation of most of the icons found on the Word toolbar (63.5KB)
	ICT Tutorial: Windows Sound Recorder - how to record sound and voice using the recorder that is on most PC's (221KB)
	ICT Teacher Skills - a list of the twenty ICT skills all teachers should have (38.5KB)
	ICT Tutorial: MS Word Newspaper Format - how to create reports in the format of a newspaper article (157KB)
	ICT Tutorial: MS Word Inserting Images - how to insert images into Word documents and how to make the text flow around the image (341KB)
	ICT Tutorial: MS Word Flashcards - how to create flashcards with large print for use in the classroom (118KB)
	ICT Tutorial: MS Word Templates - how to create templates in Word and use these templates to create documents (139KB)
	ICT Tutorial: Microsoft Paint - how to use this graphics programme to produce visual art (85KB)
	ICT Language - a list of the main language that is useful to teach children through the use of technology (46.5KB)
	ICT Acronyms - explanations for all those acronyms to do with computer terminology (26.5KB)
	ICT Tutorial: Digital Cameras - how to take digital photographs and how to transfer them to your computer (606KB)
	ICT Tutorial: Printing Digital Photographs - how to print a series of digital photographs on  your computer (106KB)
	An tIdirlíon - Foclóir Ríomhaireachta is Teicneolaíocht Faisnéise (94.5KB)
	Dán: Bréagáin (Foinse: Niamh Ní Dhubhghaill) (72.5KB)
	Dán: B'Fhearr Liomsa (Foinse: Niamh Ní Dhubhghaill) (121KB)
	Dán: An t-Ochtapas (Foinse: Niamh Ní Dhubhghaill) (84.5KB)
	Dán: An Seilide (Foinse: Niamh Ní Dhubhghaill) (74KB)
	Dán: An Clog (Foinse: Niamh Ní Dhubhghaill) (453KB)
	Dán: Ag an Sú (Foinse: Niamh Ní Dhubhghaill) (126KB)

Seomra Ranga is pleased to announce a new web site resource. 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.

I'm also looking for teachers to help me make a list of as many of Ireland's holy wells as possible. There are only 3,000 of them! Check out the website and see if your local well is included. If not, please let me know. The website address is:

www.holywell.seomraranga.com

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.

Icons Key

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

 

 

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 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

• Special Education Law Blog

• 2c Worth

• Gashed.net

	Special Educational Needs Blogs I've started a collection of blogs specifically geared towards dealing with the area of children with special educational needs. If anyone is aware of blogs that should be included in the list, please let me know HERE.   More information on SEN Blogs: >>>>>
	New Website Now Live The new Seomra Ranga resource website has now gone live. The site is about Tobernalt Holy Well, Sligo, one of numerous holy wells around Ireland. This website resource could be linked to Penal times in history or to the history of the faith in Ireland. The site includes information on history of the holy well, devotions, Garland Sunday as well as lots of photos of the well. Please let me know if the resource is useful and practical.
	Appeal for Resources In order to expand the website and to develop the range of resources available, I am simply asking teachers who download a resource to upload a resource in return. This can be done by clicking on the link at the top of each page and e-mailing the resource to me as an attachment.   Please make sure that if you use material in your resource which you have sourced elsewhere, that you properly acknowledge the source of the material, either an individual or website. Thanks in anticipation!

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: >>>>>

Are you doing a class novel? There are worksheets in the English section of the website on the following class novels:

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

• NABMSE

• Irish Bird Images

• Release

• Download.com

• Interactive White Boards

• Film Education

• CVC Phonics Flashcards (.pdf file)

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:

• Hallowe'en: click here >>>>>

• Christmas: click here >>>>>

• Spring: click here >>>>>

• St. Patrick: click here >>>>>

• Easter: click here >>>>>

• Summer: click here >>>>>

• Miscellaneous resources: click here >>>>>

• ICT Resources: click here >>>>>

• Testing Resources: click here >>>>>

More information on these resources  here: >>>>>

I would appreciate if anyone would link back to this site from another site. Simply copy the logo on the left and apply the link to www.seomraranga.com or simply insert a text link.