by admin | Sep 10, 2009 | Website
Lots more visitors have been visiting the site and downloading some of the free resources available on the site and in the last couple of days, the number of visitors to the site has exceeded the 300,000 mark. The site has been busy in the last couple of weeks with...
by admin | Sep 8, 2009 | Resources
Lots of new resources have been added to the site to enhance the Sacred Space area of the classroom. Firstly, there are labels for some of the items that may be found in the space: bible, cross, crucifix, prayer book, rosary beads etc. There are also some prayers in...
by admin | Sep 7, 2009 | Book Reviews, Resources
“Tom Crean’s Rabbit” by Meredith Hooper and Bert Kitchen tells a true story from Scott’s last voyage to Antarctica in 1910 on the ship called “Terra Nova”. The story is based on diaries kept by the men on the ship. The storyline is...
by admin | Aug 20, 2009 | Teaching News, Website
It was a great surprise to see the Irish Independent give a mention to the Seomra Ranga Blog in todays business section of the paper. The “Blog Digest” section of the paper gives a mention to blogs every Thursday and today they focussed on Irish blogs with...
by admin | Aug 14, 2009 | Resources
Seomra Ranga has just added some new history signs and posters to the website. At the moment, the emphasis is on Irish history as there are not many resources available specifically for teaching Irish history. Newly added to the site are: 1916 Proclamation...
by admin | Aug 7, 2009 | Resources
Another new section has been added to the site with the creation of a collection of signs for group names in the classroom. There are three different collections in English (“The Red Table”; The Green Group”; The Orange Table”), three...
by admin | Jul 31, 2009 | Resources, Teaching News
Swine Flu is very much in the news at the moment and will probably be more so with the return to school in September. Seomra Ranga has produced some classroom posters in both English and Gaeilge to encourage pupils to engage in good hygiene practices. There are six...
by admin | Jul 16, 2009 | 5th/6th, Class Novel, Reading, Writing
Exercise based on the novel by Marilyn Taylor set during World War II, where pupils have to make as many words as they can out of the book title. (.doc file 32KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...
by admin | Jul 16, 2009 | 5th/6th, Class Novel, Reading, Writing
Compound words exercise based on the novel by Marilyn Taylor set during World War II. (.doc file 39KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...
by admin | Jul 16, 2009 | 5th/6th, Class Novel, Reading, Writing
Crossword based on the novel by Marilyn Taylor set during World War II. (.doc file 57KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...
by admin | Jul 16, 2009 | 5th/6th, Class Novel, Reading, Writing
Based on the novel by Marilyn Taylor set during World War II, worksheet to make words out of the word “Kindertransport”. (.doc file 32KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...
by admin | Jul 16, 2009 | 5th/6th, Class Novel, Reading, Writing
Code Breaker exercise on the Jewish Faith, based on the novel by Marilyn Taylor set during World War II. (.doc file 41.5KB) Download File… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...
by admin | Jul 16, 2009 | 5th/6th, Class Novel, Quizzes, Reading
Quiz based on the book by Marilyn Taylor, from the O’Brien Press website. Visit Website… RegisterThis content is for members only Already a member? Log in...
by admin | Jul 8, 2009 | Resources Websites
I just discovered this website today and quickly could see how this would be of huge benefit to the primary school classroom. The website is sponsored by the multinational 3M which makes, among other things, reflective clothing for the emergency services, construction...
by admin | Jun 26, 2009 | Resources, Resources Websites
There are now some new Wordle resources added onto the Seomra Ranga website. I first heard about Wordle (http://www.wordle.net) at this years CESI conference and I’m only really now getting around to using it. Wordle is a very simple online piece of software...
