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….
Sentence Builder 12
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 four word sentences with a “beach”theme that also focus on -ing verbs.
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Peg Money Addition 01
This resource is aimed at junior/middle pupils or SEN pupils at the beginning of work on money addition. It is based on the addition of money up to 10c. Laminate all of the pages in the resource and cut up into fourteen separate cards. Pupils should add the money at the top of each card and place a clothes peg on the correct answer on the bottom of the card.
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Houses and Homes Bingo
Educational bingo games are a great way for pupils to learn so many different skills. They help with listening skills, visual discrimination, group work, turn taking and the reinforcement of the learning content of that particular bingo game.
This bingo game focuses on the theme of “Houses and Homes” and it features types of homes as well as rooms in a house. It is aimed at a group of six pupils, so it would be useful for Station Teaching or for Aistear work on the theme of Houses and Homes. Print out and laminate sheets 1-6 for the pupils.
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Lined Page #93
A4 portrait-aligned lined page with a decorative border featuring a coloured pencil design, suitable for presenting written material in the classroom, perhaps with a school or art theme.
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Excited Digital Learning Festival
Ciaran Cannon, Minister for Training and Skills at the Department of Education and Skills (DES), was the force behind the inaugural Excited Digital Learning Festival which took place in Dublin Castle this weekend. The purpose of the Festival was to bring together speakers and attendees from the worlds of education, technology, entertainment and enterprise in order to debate and discuss the issue of technology in education with a view towards informing the government’s Digital Strategy for Schools. read more…
Guest Post: Sports Day – Co-operative or Competitive?
It’s that time of the year again! Sports Days are taking place in many primary schools over the next few weeks. Many schools may consider approaching the day as fun, inclusive and non-competitive which encourages all children to be involved. The Irish Primary PE Association (IPPEA) advocates for such an approach read more…
Symposium on Game Based Learning
The 4th Irish Symposium on Game Based Learning (GBL) will take place in Cork Institute of Technology on Friday June 6th. The symposium provides a forum for teachers, lecturers, students and researchers to disseminate research, exchange ideas and best practice on the use of games and gamification (the use of game elements) for enhancing teaching and learning. The purpose of this symposium is to: read more…
Scoilnet Website Re-Launched
Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., today launched the re-vamped Scoilnet website in the Dublin West Education Centre. Originally launched in 1998, Scoilnet is the Department of Education and Skills (DES) official education portal. read more…
