by admin | Jan 19, 2013 | Free
This is the story of the life, times and adventures of Antarctic Irish explorer Tom Crean. It is from TG4, so it is all “as Gaeilge” but it is also subtitled. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5
by admin | Jan 17, 2013 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, Oral Work, Powerpoint
This is a Powerpoint presentation of the Sara Coleridge poem, “The Months”. It is very suitable for this time of year and it’s also good for teaching about the months and seasonal changes to junior and middle classes. Source: Marie Uí Chearbhaill...
by admin | Jan 14, 2013 | Competitions
The Book Shed have given us five great books as prizes for the first competition on the site for the new year. The Book Shed specialises in Usborne books which are of a high quality. The Book Shed also organise school book fairs and sponsored reads to help schools get...
by admin | Jan 13, 2013 | Bibliography, Book Reviews
“Rabhlaí Rabhlaí” is a collection of 31 traditional poems and rhymes “as Gaeilge”, a copy of which should be in every primary school in the country. It is especially suitable to be used in junior classes. Pupils in these classes will...
by admin | Jan 13, 2013 | Teaching News
For those teachers whose renewal of registration with the Teaching Council is due in January 2013, the good news is that the registration fee has been reduced from €90 to €65, a reduction of €25 or 28%. This fee reduction only applies to those registrations which fall...
by admin | Jan 12, 2013 | Rang I
Hóra a Pháid – Ceacht 4: Sa Bhaile; cuid de chúrsa comhrá Gaeilge le haghaidh Rang I, á chur le chéile ag an Roinn Oideachais blianta ó shin. Obair digiteach déanta ag Seomra Ranga i mbliana. B’fhéidir go bhfuil cuid den acmhainn seo “as dáta”, ach bain úsáid as in...
by admin | Jan 12, 2013 | Rang I
Hóra a Pháid – Ceacht 6: Ag Imirt Peile; cuid de chúrsa comhrá Gaeilge le haghaidh Rang I, á chur le chéile ag an Roinn Oideachais blianta ó shin. Obair digiteach déanta ag Seomra Ranga i mbliana. B’fhéidir go bhfuil cuid den acmhainn seo “as dáta”, ach bain úsáid as...
by admin | Jan 7, 2013 | Teaching News, Website
Popular UK educational website Teaching News has selected Seomra Ranga as the first in its new series for the new year of “Brilliant Blogger of the Week”. Naturally, I’m delighted and honoured to be selected as the inaugural recipient of this weekly...
by admin | Jan 7, 2013 | Resources Websites, Teaching News
The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., has today announced free home access to the online edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica for all school-going children. For the past three years, primary and post-primary schools have had access to the resource,...
by admin | Jan 6, 2013 | Teaching News
I recently asked teachers/SNAs on Facebook to give me some examples of what they spend personal money on for their classroom. To say that I was amazed at the array of items listed would be an understatement. Of course I expected to see books, paper, pencils, paint...
by admin | Jan 6, 2013 | Guest Post
This is an inspirational Guest Post for the beginning of a new year from Peter Lydon: Teachers, You will be told that your holidays are too long; teach anyway. You will be told that you must raise standards even though you always aim to get the best out of your kids;...
by admin | Jan 6, 2013 | Interviews
Seomra Ranga is delighted to announce that Dr. Seán Rowland, President of Hibernia College, has kindly agreed to be the next subject in our interview series. Background Dr. Seán Rowland, was born in Castlebar, County Mayo. Having attended St. Patrick’s College in...
by admin | Jan 5, 2013 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Science, Video
This video is taken from Dara O Briain’s Science Club series from the BBC. It tells the history of the concept of extinction. A few hundred years ago, extinction as a concept made no sense to anyone. But then fossil finds and advances in geology showed that it’s...
by admin | Jan 5, 2013 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Science, Video
This video is taken from Dara O Briain’s Science Club series from the BBC. It tells the history of how scientists viewed the brain from earliest times. It tells how our understanding of how the brain works and controls our bodies has developed and evolved over the...
by admin | Jan 5, 2013 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Science, Video
This video is taken from Dara O Briain’s Science Club series from the BBC. It tells the history and development of physics from earliest times. Balls, pendulums, apples and magnets all played their part in the story of modern physics, but then things got weird. And...
