Welcome to Seomra Ranga, the Hub for Primary School Resources. For the overseas visitors “Seomra Ranga” means “classroom” in the Irish language.
Seomra Ranga has been successfully providing tried and tested resources for primary school classrooms since 2007. Since that time, the site has gradually built up a strong following amongst educators as a repository of quality teacher-created resources. The resources on the site, which support all areas of the curriculum, are arranged in accordance with the curricular provisions of the Irish primary school….
Tracing Booklet 01
In a digital era, we sometimes wonder if handwriting is still an important skill for pupils to learn. However, there are many benefits, both physical and educational, in getting pupils to practise penmanship and pencil control. This Tracing Booklet contains 30 pages of tracing practice with different patterns for pupils to trace with their pencil.
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Classroom Visual Timetable
While many special education teachers use a Visual Schedule with pupils, it is equally important that they are also used in the mainstream classroom. This Classroom Visual Schedule, available in English and Gaeilge, provides almost 100 options for use in the classroom.
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Litriú: Luaschártaí
This set of spelling signs is designed to assist pupils with one strategy that they can employ when learning Irish spellings. It consists of five rectangular signs that follow the Féach – Abair – Clúdaigh – Scríobh – Ceartaigh strategy. Each sign also contains a visual cue for pupils as to what that part of the strategy is.
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Book Review – Fionn and the Fianna
This book was extremely good!! I love the way that it is based on something very important in Irish history and I also loved all the cool names that the characters had. I think my favourite character was probably Fionn, although I also liked Cana and Iolla. read more…
Spelling Signs
This set of spelling signs is designed to assist pupils with one strategy that they can employ when learning spellings. It consists of five rectangular signs that follow the Look – Say – Cover – Write – Check strategy. Each sign also contains a visual cue for pupils as to what that part of the strategy is.
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Tasc-Chártaí – Mé Féin
This new set of Tasc-Chártaí as Gaeilge is aimed at pupils in middle/senior classes. The cards are intended to be used as an oral language group work task to revise pupils’ knowledge of vocabulary and sentence construction based on the theme of “Mé Féin”. There are 60 cards in the pack, four per A4 page.
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An Bosca Leabharlainne
Áine Ní Ghlinn, the current Laureate na n-Óg, has pioneered a new project aimed at encouraging primary school pupils to read as Gaeilge for pleasure. With this in mind, in partnership with Foras na Gaeilge and the Arts Council, she has launched “An Bosca Leabharlainne”, a scheme to donate high quality books as Gaeilge to primary schools all over the country. read more…
Blue Star Programme
The Blue Star Programme has confirmed that the programme will be running for its eleventh year over the 2021-2022 school term. The registration process for interested primary schools across Ireland is now open. The Blue Star Programme teaches primary school pupils about European cultures, diversity and the EU through creative activities read more…
