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….
Book Review – The Vanished Girl
The most recent book that I read was ‘The Vanished Girl’ written by author Natasha Mac A’ Bháird. Clare, the main character in the book, is brave, kind and has a positive personality. Clare is a pupil at Sycamore Hill Secondary School, which is an all girls boarding school in Co. Donegal. Clare is a first year boarder. The book is set in the 60’s. read more…
Science Week 2025 Table Quiz
This Table Quiz, especially put together for Science Week 2025 (November 9-16), comprises eight rounds of six questions, a Tie-Break Round, Fun Science Facts between rounds and answers to all questions on 174 Powerpoint slides. It is geared towards pupils in the middle/senior end of the school.
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Book Review – The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Irish Lighthouses
This book features the many different lighthouses dotted around our coast. It explains how they were built and how they work. It explains interesting features such as why lighthouses are painted in different colours. It also explores the life of a lighthouse keeper. read more…
Pupil Self-Assessment
In advance of Parent-Teacher Meetings, many of which take place in November, this Free resource is aimed at pupils in senior classes. Getting pupils to fill in this two-page template allows them to have some input into what is discussed at the Parent-Teacher Meeting. read more…
First Line Impros 01
This set of cards, aimed at pupils in middle and senior classes, can be used for developing improvisation for a drama lesson. The line given on the card should be the opening line in the improvisation. The line should suggest to the pupils the scenario for the improvisation. The rest of the class acts as the audience. There are 50 cards in the pack, four per A4 page.
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Winter Vocabulary Word Mat
This resource could be used as an aid to pupils in middle and senior classes. The word mat contains interesting vocabulary associated with Winter. It would be especially useful for pupils when completing some written work or creative writing with a Winter theme.
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Nollaig Shona
This short seasonal poster display resource for the classroom is to focus pupils attention as to how seasonal greetings work as Gaeilge. There are four speech-bubble themed posters for display in the classroom consisting of two greetings and two responses.
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Whiteboard Homonyms
Whiteboard Homonyms is a language game in PPTX format to play in the classroom. It is aimed at pupils in middle and senior classes. On each slide, pupils are given a sentence which includes two homonyms. Pupils have to use the context of the sentence to work out which spelling completes the sentence. There are 50 different sentence slides in the presentation.
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