by admin | Sep 17, 2013 | AEN
Some pupils with special needs, but perhaps especially those with autism, will have problems coping when they angry or upset and do not know how to handle it or how to react to it. This visual aid may help them to realise that they have options for those times when...
by admin | Sep 17, 2013 | Teaching News
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a term used to describe a spectrum of learning and behaviour differences. One teacher recently said with regards to a student with ADHD that “ he is like a computer without a printer attached, he knows exactly what...
by admin | Sep 15, 2013 | 5th/6th, Elections, SPHE
A referendum on the thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) will take place on Friday October 4th. Over the next couple of weeks there should be more discuussion and debate about the issue. These resources may help teachers discuss...
by admin | Sep 15, 2013 | SPHE, SPHE
The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn, published new anti-bullying procedures for all primary and post-primary schools last Friday. One of the key elements of the new procedures is that schools should be pro-active in the prevention of bullying activity...
by admin | Sep 15, 2013 | AEN
Some pupils with special needs, but perhaps especially those with autism, will have problems coping when they angry and do not know how to handle it or how to react to it. This visual aid may help them to realise that they have options for those times when anger...
by admin | Sep 15, 2013 | AEN
Some pupils with special needs, but perhaps especially those with autism, will have problems coping when they angry and do not know how to handle it or how to react to it. This visual aid may help them to realise that they have options for those times when anger...
by admin | Sep 14, 2013 | Website
Just received great news this morning that Seomra Ranga has made the Short List for the Blog Awards Ireland 2013 in the Best Science/Education Blog category. Blog Awards Ireland 2013 celebrates the best in Irish blogging with 31 winners being announced at the blog...
by admin | Sep 12, 2013 | Teaching News
Ireland’s first ever SEED (School Earth Education) conference on school gardens will be held in Marino Institute of Education from 10.00am to 4.15pm on Saturday 5th October 2013. School gardens are proving to be an important part of teaching an integrated range...
by admin | Sep 11, 2013 | Teaching News
It’s rare on Seomra Ranga that I venture into the world of political comment as I believe that it’s not the purpose of the site and there are many other ways and other forums for people to express their views on how education is run in this country....
by admin | Sep 10, 2013 | Apps
Little Bird’s Internet Security Adventure, is a free children’s book for iPad produced by AVG, the anti-virus software company. It is aimed at parents and teachers of young children. The book is designed to help adults initiate conversations about Internet safety in...
by admin | Sep 10, 2013 | AEN, Resources Websites
File Folder Fun is a great website full of lots of free resources (kinda like Seomra Ranga!) to download and print out. I hadn’t heard of it before and it was discovered by my colleague. We have just started to print out some games to use in our autism class,...
by admin | Sep 10, 2013 | AEN, Infants
Getting younger pupils used to handling a scissors and cutting lines or patterns is a useful activity for fine motor skills. Pupils with special educational needs may also need some extra practice with this activity. This resource requires pupils to cut along the four...
by admin | Sep 9, 2013 | AEN, Infants, Number
This is a set of eleven posters with the names of the numbers zero to ten. They can be displayed as posters, but they are also designed so that they can be cut up for a matching activity. By printing two sets of these posters, you could do a matching activity where...
by admin | Sep 5, 2013 | AEN, Infants
Getting younger pupils used to handling a scissors and cutting lines or patterns is a useful activity for fine motor skills. Pupils with special educational needs may also need some extra practice with this activity. This resource requires pupils to cut along the four...
by admin | Sep 5, 2013 | AEN, Infants
Getting younger pupils used to handling a scissors and cutting lines or patterns is a useful activity for fine motor skills. Pupils with special educational needs may also need some extra practice with this activity. This resource requires pupils to simply cut along...
