by admin | Jul 7, 2011 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Oral Work
This is an oral language activity that can be done with pupils from second class upwards. On each card is the name of an everyday object. The purpose of the activity is for the pupils to describe the object on the card to the class without mentioning the name of the...
by admin | Jul 5, 2011 | Website
Teachers are used to writing reports at this time of the year, so I thought it would be an opportune time to look back over the year on Seomra Ranga. It’s hard to believe that the site is almost four years old and it’s safe to say that this has been the...
by admin | Jul 4, 2011 | 5th/6th, Drama-, History, Oral Work
This is an oral language game that can be tied in with a unit of work on war in history. In each set, there are eight cards with the name of an occupation written on them. The idea is that you explain to pupils that there has been an outbreak of war in your...
by admin | Jun 30, 2011 | 5th/6th, History
I recently found these in some old roll books in school, some dating back to the 1870’s. I’m not sure, but I’m presuming that they are old-style school reports. They appear to be for pupils in 5th and 6th class. Again, I’m not sure when exactly...
by admin | Jun 25, 2011 | Resources Websites, Technology
For those of you who were at the CESI conference in Portlaoise in February, you will remember Tom Barrett who gave the keynote address on the Saturday morning. He spoke broadly about the idea of crowdsourcing content with teachers and asked each teacher to use a...
