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 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...
