by admin | Jan 4, 2014 | Teaching News
Two teachers or five SNAs – that could be one of the choices facing principals in the future if proposals by Public Spending Minister, Brendan Howlin ever come to fruition. It seems that the minister has plans to devolve funding to schools themselves and allow...
by admin | Jan 2, 2014 | Teaching News
Section 30 of the Teaching Council Act 2011 will finally come into effect on January 28th this year. After many delays, Minister Ruairí Quinn finally signed the commencement order for this part of the Act on November 1st 2013, meaning that Section 30 is legally...
by admin | Dec 31, 2013 | Website
As we come to the end of another calendar year and say goodbye to 2013, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of the visitors and supporters of the Seomra Ranga website a Happy New Year and wish you all the best for 2014. Many thanks for your constant...
by admin | Dec 28, 2013 | Teaching News
Now into its seventh year, Seomra Ranga has attempted to keep teachers up to date throughout the year with issues pertaining to the world of education in Ireland, with a special emphasis on primary education. The following is a month-by-month summary of some of the...
by admin | Dec 28, 2013 | Teaching News
The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn, has announced an allocation of €15 million towards the next phase of the Prefab Replacement Scheme for 2014. It is estimated that over 2,600 pupils in primary and second level schools around the country will move...
by admin | Dec 17, 2013 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Infants, Reading
These sentence builder activities are great for infant pupils as well as pupils with learning difficulties or special educational needs. They help to develop vocabulary, sentence structure and left to right orientation. They feature “Where is the ____” questions to...
by admin | Dec 16, 2013 | AEN, Early Maths, Infants, Number
This resource is geared towards younger pupils and SEN pupils. It is to be used to reinforce number order for numbers 1-10. Page 1 has a complete set of the numbers 1-10. The following six pages have a number grid with some of the numbers missing. The last page has a...
by admin | Dec 11, 2013 | History, Video
With the funeral of the world-famous Nelson Mandela taking place this weekend, I’ve just come across this four part animated video on the Life and Times of Nelson Mandela, created by the Nelson Mandela Foundation. It is suitable for senior classes and it deals...
by admin | Dec 11, 2013 | AEN, Early Maths, Infants, Number
This resource is geared towards younger pupils and SEN pupils. It is to be used to reinforce number order for numbers 1-5. Page 1 has a complete set of the numbers 1-5. The following five pages have a number grid with some of the numbers missing. The last page has a...
by admin | Dec 11, 2013 | 1st/2nd, AEN, Infants, Reading
This resource is geared towards younger pupils and SEN pupils. It is to be used to reinforce alphabetical order. Page 1 has a complete set of the letters of the alphabet. The following seven pages have an alphabet grid with many of the letters missing. The last page...
by admin | Dec 10, 2013 | Apps
It’s rare to report on the release of a new Gaeilge mobile app because they are few and far between. However, Athlone-based developer Moonswing has just released Aimsir, an Irish language weather forecast app. Aimsir uses data from OpenWeatherMap to give...
by admin | Dec 7, 2013 | Teaching News, Technology
It’s the tenth anniversary of the international Edublog Awards and, apart from Seomra Ranga (which has been nominated in three different categories), Irish blogs feature in the nominations for many of the categories. I’m delighted that many of the Seomra...
by admin | Dec 6, 2013 | Website
Seomra Ranga has been selected as a finalist in the international Edublog Awards in three different categories: Best Individual Blog, Best Teacher Blog and Best Ed Tech/Resource Sharing Blog. The Edublog Awards were set up to promote and celebrate the value of blogs...
by admin | Dec 4, 2013 | Teaching News, Technology
The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., this week launched the public consultation phase of the development of a new Digital Strategy for Schools. As part of the consultation phase of the development of the new Digital Strategy, parents, teachers,...
by admin | Dec 4, 2013 | Resources Websites, Teaching News
Nanoscience is the simply the science of the VERY small. Nanoscience is an exciting new field within materials science and is explored throughout the NanoWOW pack. Designed for 5th and 6th class pupils the pack will introduce Irish Primary students to the world of...
