SEED Schools Conference

SEED Schools Conference

Ireland’s first ever SEED (School Earth Education) conference on school gardens will be held in Marino Institute of Education from 10.00am to 4.15pm on Saturday 5th October 2013. School gardens are proving to be an important part of teaching an integrated range...
Protecting Primary Education

Protecting Primary Education

It’s rare on Seomra Ranga that I venture into the world of political comment as I believe that it’s not the purpose of the site and there are many other ways and other forums for people to express their views on how education is run in this country....
File Folder Fun Website

File Folder Fun Website

File Folder Fun is a great website full of lots of free resources (kinda like Seomra Ranga!) to download and print out. I hadn’t heard of it before and it was discovered by my colleague. We have just started to print out some games to use in our autism class,...
RDS Primary Science Fair Entries Open

RDS Primary Science Fair Entries Open

As the new school term begins the RDS Foundation has announced its call for entries for the 2014 RDS Primary Science Fair. The Fair is a great way to integrate science and maths in the classroom, as the focus of the Fair is on the development of pupils’ scientific...
Seamus Heaney and the Teaching Connection

Seamus Heaney and the Teaching Connection

The passing of poet and Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney on Friday will have had a certain resonance with a particular cohort of primary teachers in Ireland. Many younger teachers may be unaware of the fact that Heaney was involved in the education of undergraduate...