St. Patrick’s Day Schools’ Pack

Somebody recently sent me the link to these classroom resources for St. Patrick’s Day from the World Irish website. It’s got history of St. Patrick, worksheets and exercises that may be suitable for the classroom on this St. Patrick’s weekend....

Your Song as Gaeilge

Seo na focail agus an fís-scannán don amhrán “Seo É D’Amhrán” (Your Song). B’fhéidir go bhfuil an fonn ar eolas ag na daltaí sna hardranganna. (beidh sé ar eolas ag an múinteoir, cinnte!) Mar sin, b’fhéidir go dtaitneoidh sé leis na daltaí agus beidh suim acu...
Seomra Ranga is Scoilnet Site of the Week

Seomra Ranga is Scoilnet Site of the Week

Seomra Ranga has been selected as the Site of the Week on Scoilnet for this week. This is a great honour for the Seomra Ranga website to be highlighted again on Ireland’s largest portal site for education. Scoilnet referred to Seomra Ranga as the “multi...
Book Review: SOS Lusitania

Book Review: SOS Lusitania

I just couldn’t put it down! The standard of writing is brilliant! I would absolutely recommend this book to my friends. Thirteen year old Finbar is from Queenstown, Co.Cork. His father is the staff captain of a huge liner called the Lusitania. Finbar’s father has to...
Tráth na gCeist 2013

Tráth na gCeist 2013

Ocht babhta le sé cheist i ngach babhta, babhta réitigh chomh maith le freagraí go léir ar 127 sleamhnán Powerpoint. Tá an tráth na gceist seo an-oiriúnach don CBI (IWB) sa seomra ranga nó i halla na scoile. Tá sé oiriúnach do pháistí sna meán ranganna agus sna...
SMS Generator

SMS Generator

I just came across this great new tool for the classroom on Russell Tarr’s Class Tools website. It is called an SMS Generator. This tool allows you to create a mock text message conversation within this free online tool. It is a really easy tool to use and so...
Walker Éireann Book Competition

Walker Éireann Book Competition

To celebrate the second week of Seachtain na Gaeilge, Walker Éireann have kindly sponsored three book packs as Gaeilge as prizes for a competition on the site. Walker Éireann, an imprint of Walker Books, has recently teamed up with Foras na Gaeilge and translated four...
Dúshlán 1881 – Living the Eviction on RTÉ 1

Dúshlán 1881 – Living the Eviction on RTÉ 1

Living the Eviction is a new series commencing this Monday March 11th on RTÉ 1. Ronan Mac Aodha Bhui presents the programme as two families spend three days living as their ancestors would have done in the late 19th century during an impoverished time, retelling the...

Footloose as Gaeilge

Seo na focail agus an fís-scannán don amhrán “Footloose”. B’fhéidir go bhfuil an fonn ar eolas ag na daltaí sna hardranganna ón scannán “Footloose”. (beidh sé ar eolas ag an múinteoir, cinnte!) Mar sin, b’fhéidir go dtaitneoidh sé leis na daltaí agus beidh suim...
Shakespeare For Kids at the Abbey Theatre

Shakespeare For Kids at the Abbey Theatre

Young theatre audiences and their families can experience Shakespeare in a fun and imaginative way when UK writer and actor Tim Crouch performs in March at the national theatre, on the Peacock stage. I, Peaseblossom and I, Malvolio introduce two of the Bard’s better...
Ar Strae Beagán

Ar Strae Beagán

Walker Éireann, an imprint of Walker Books, has recently teamed up with Foras na Gaeilge to bring readers four of their best picture books created by some of Ireland’s foremost book makers, in Irish. This book is called Ar Strae Beagán (A Bit Lost) by Chris Haughton....
Walker Éireann Book Competition

Ullchabháin Óga

Walker Éireann, an imprint of Walker Books, has recently teamed up with Foras na Gaeilge to bring readers four of their best picture books created by some of Ireland’s foremost book makers, in Irish. This book is called Ullchabháin Óga (Owl Babies) by Martin Waddell....