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….
At The Dentist 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 The Dentist. 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 The Dentist. Print out and laminate sheets 1-6 for the pupils. Print and laminate multiple copies of sheets 7-8 and cut into individual cards.
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Sentence Builder 08
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 “The boy is ____” six word sentences that also focus on positional language: on, in, beside, behind, between and under.
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Lined Page #89
A4 portrait-aligned lined page with a decorative border and image suitable for presenting written material, perhaps especially for work on a food theme.
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Guest Post – CLiC News: Website Review
CLiC News
(Computer Learning in Communities) is a project run out of Dublin Institute of Technology’s School of Media which aims to bring the very latest news to primary school children, written and produced with the needs and interests of that audience in mind. The task of writing these stories falls to DIT’s journalism students under the stewardship of Ian Roller and Kate Shanahan, and a very fine job they’re making of it too. read more…
Teachmeet Primary East
The first ever Teachmeet Primary East will be an opportunity for inspirational educators to meet and share good practice, practical ideas and personal insights into primary education.
A Teachmeet is an organised (but informal) meeting where participants are offered a variety of nano (2 minute) or macro (7 minute) presentations read more…
Playground Markings and Traditional Games
A booklet called “Playground Markings and Other Traditional Games” was developed by the Health Promotion Unit of the Health Service Executive (HSE) South in 2009. It quotes a French author who says that:
“It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious minded activity.” read more…
Aibítir
Aibítir is a new Irish alphabet book by Belfast-based printmaker René Mullin. It is a hard-backed book consisting of eighteen beautifully illustrated letters and words in a fresh celebration of Ireland’s unique alphabet.
Each letter is displayed on the left hand page and the illustration is on the right hand page. The prints are all full colour with a different background colour on each page. read more…
Games Booklet
The Get Ireland Active website was initially developed to promote the National Physical Activity Guidelines. The site has been further developed to become a one-stop shop for physical activity information. The aim of the website is to encourage people to become more physically active by creating awareness of the opportunities for physical activity at local, regional and national levels. read more…
