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….
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…
Sentence Builder 07
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 get pupils focused on the “where” question as well as the question mark at the end rather than a full stop.
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Number Order 02
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 blank grid where all of the numbers 1-10 are missing. Pages with missing numbers have a smaller number grid to help pupils identify the missing numbers.
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The Life and Times of Nelson Mandela
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 with his life from his early childhood up to the holding of democratic elections in 1994 and the abolition of apartheid.
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Number Order 01
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 blank grid where all of the numbers 1-5 are missing. Pages with missing numbers have a smaller number grid to help identify the missing numbers.
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Alphabetical Order
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 has a blank grid where all of the letters are missing.
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Aimsir App
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 accurate and detailed current and seven day forecasts. Aimsir’s forecasts also provide information on wind strength and direction, atmospheric pressure and humidity. read more…
