Welcome to Seomra Ranga, the Hub for Primary School Resources. For the overseas visitors “Seomra Ranga” means “classroom” in the Irish language.
Seomra Ranga has been successfully providing tried and tested resources for primary school classrooms since 2007. Since that time, the site has gradually built up a strong following amongst educators as a repository of quality teacher-created resources. The resources on the site, which support all areas of the curriculum, are arranged in accordance with the curricular provisions of the Irish primary school….
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Watercolour Prints
This Visual Arts resource combines using watercolours and poster paint as the media for the lesson. In a two-step process, pupils firstly create the background watercolour design in contrasting/complimentary colours and then use poster paints to create the repeated pattern on the grid.
Counting Hallowe’en Bats
Focusing on the numbers 0-10, this seasonal numeracy resource can be used to help younger pupils to consolidate their knowledge and understanding of basic number. Pupils have to count the number of hanging bats on each card and attach the correct number in the blank box.
Colour Blue Resource Pack
This Colour Blue Resource Pack is intended to support a topic of work on the colour Blue in junior classes. It contains 17 different files with over 200 pages of resource material. The pack contains resources for display in the classroom as well as lots of activities for pupils to complete to consolidate their concept of the colour blue.
Autumn Leaves Tracing Booklet
This resource contains a 25-page seasonal booklet aimed at the development of fine motor skills in younger pupils. Pupils have to trace the Autumn leaves and then colour them. It gives pupils lots of opportunities to practise fine motor and colouring skills.
Glitter Art
It’s funny how sometimes the easiest Visual Arts lesson turns out to be the most effective! Each time I did this lesson with whatever age group I was teaching, it was invariably one of the most popular lessons. It’s also interesting to get the pupils to give their finished picture a name and to explain to the class why they gave it that name. It’s always amazing what the pupils can interpret from their own picture.
Scrafitti Art
This Visual Arts lesson combines a “taking a line for a walk” lesson with wax crayons and paint. In a three-step lesson, pupils firstly create a wax crayon design. This is then completely covered in thick black paint. A pattern is then scratched out of the black paint to create an interesting mixed media piece of art.
Picasso Portraits
These two visual arts lessons are aimed to be integrated with a unit of work on the artist Pablo Picasso. The class should look at the life and artistic works of this Spanish artist, focusing especially on his Cubist style of paintings and the Rose and Blue Periods of his work. These lessons get pupils to paint a sample of both his Rose and Blue Periods.
Book Review – Lottie and the Stolen Pirate Ship
This is a magical adventure story for young kids to enjoy. The main plot is to trace or find the stolen pirate ship. The story begins by introducing the main characters Lottie, Mia, Finn and Biscuit the dog. Like all children, they enjoy playing together and allowing their imagination to run free along the shores of Branksea Island. Lottie and Finn explore an old shipwreck and engage in a game of pirates. read more…
