by admin | Dec 2, 2012 | Resources Websites
I’ve only recently become aware of some nice Gaeilge resources on the Foinse website. Foinse, the Irish language newspaper, has created a number of resources to support the teaching of Gaeilge in the primary school. They have resources to support almost every...
by admin | Nov 23, 2012 | Teaching News
School Self-Evaluation (SSE) is something that we are going to hear a lot more about over the coming years as the process of schools evaluating their own policies and practices will become a core part of the planning process of the school. The Minister for Education...
by admin | Nov 22, 2012 | Competitions
Many thanks to all of the teachers and student teachers who entered our competition for some great Gaeilge resources sponsored by Smarty Cat Games. It was a great success and, in fact, was the most popular competition we have run on the site so far with 153 entries....
by admin | Nov 19, 2012 | Competitions
Smarty Cat Games is a new Gaeilge resource which consists of ten games covering each of the ten themes of Curaclam na Gaeilge (Mé Féin, Sa Bhaile, Ar Scoil, Bia, Teilifís, Siopadóireacht, Caitheamh Aimsire, Éadaí, An Aimsir, Ócáidí Speisialta). The games are packaged...
by admin | Nov 18, 2012 | Teaching News
Someone recently sent me the link to this podcast interview with Enda Morris, an Irish primary school teacher from Roscommon now living and teaching in Melbourne, Australia. This article originally appeared in the Anzuk Teaching Agency Blog. It’s a fascinating...
by admin | Nov 16, 2012 | Teaching News
The Edublog Awards is a community based initiative started in 2004 in response to community concerns relating to how schools, districts and educational institutions were blocking access of learner and teacher blog sites for educational purposes. The purpose of the...
by admin | Nov 15, 2012 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, Science, Video
This video for Science week is from Discover Primary Science and Maths, and it shows how to make a Foam Rocket…. RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...
by admin | Nov 14, 2012 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Science, Video
Today’s video for Science Week shows you how to turn potatoes into batteries to power something…. RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...
by admin | Nov 13, 2012 | Teaching News, Video
The Teaching Council has just released its first video to promote the role and work of the Council for teachers. In a Guest Post with Seomra Ranga last month, the Director of the Teaching Council, Tomás O’ Ruairc, promised that: “The Teaching Council is...
by admin | Nov 13, 2012 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Science, Video
The experiment in this video will show you how to inflate a balloon without blowing into it…. RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...
by admin | Nov 12, 2012 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Powerpoint, Quizzes, Science
Science Week Ireland takes place from Sunday November 11th to Sunday November 18th. It is an exciting and innovative annual event which first took place in 1996. To celebrate Science Week, I’ve put together a science-based table quiz for schools. Eight rounds...
by admin | Nov 12, 2012 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Science, Video
This video uses vinegar to break down the surface of an egg shell to make the shell rubbery and transparent. It should be done earlier in the week as the egg has to be left for two days in the vinegar…. RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member?...
by admin | Nov 12, 2012 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Science, Video
This experiment uses easy-to-find equipment to make floating rainbows on the surface of full-fat milk…. RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...
by admin | Nov 11, 2012 | Technology, Website
Today marks another milestone with the news that we’ve passed the 3,000 “Likes” milestone on the Seomra Ranga Facebook Page. It’s almost eight months to the day that we passed the 2,000 mark, so it’s unbelievable that another 1,000 people...
by admin | Nov 11, 2012 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, Powerpoint, Quizzes, Science
Science Week Ireland takes place from Sunday November 11th to Sunday November 18th. It is an exciting and innovative annual event which first took place in 1996. To celebrate Science Week, I’ve put together a science-based table quiz for schools. Eight rounds of...
