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….
Alphabetical Order – Capitals
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 capital letters of the alphabet. The following eight pages have an alphabet grid with many of the letters missing. The last page has a blank grid where all of the letters are missing.
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The Interactive Eye
This link is an interactive guide to the structure of both the inner and outer human eye. If you hover over any of the various “i” information buttons on the diagram, the name of that part of the eye appears and an explanation about it appears at the bottom of the screen. When viewing the inner eye, you have an option to get a simple explanation as to how sight works.
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Teaching Council To Get Extra Powers To Deal With Under-Performing Teachers
The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn, plans to shortly amend legislation to give extra powers to the Teaching Council to deal with what is referred to as “poor and under-performing teachers”. At present, a teacher has to be deemed “unfit to teach” before the Teaching Council can impose any sanctions. The range of sanctions currently available to the Council are: read more…
Two Teachers Or Five SNAs
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 them to make certain choices as to how best to spend that budget, given their own unique situation. read more…
Teachers Must Be Registered With Teaching Council By End Of January
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 operative from this date. This means that the Department of Education and Skills (DES) and the Education and Training Boards (ETBs – formerly VECs) will be prohibited by law read more…
Happy New Year
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 support for the work of the website and your continued engagement with the site through the Twitter and Facebook pages. read more…
Review of the Education Year on Seomra Ranga
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 education stories that we covered during 2013: read more…
Minister Announces Further Funding For Prefab Replacement in 2014
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 into permanent accommodation from prefabs in 2014 under the scheme. read more…
