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….

Quiet Please
This resource is just a reminder of when it is quiet time in the classroom, special education room, Learning Support Room or in the school library.
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Guest Post: Book Creator App
If you use an iPad in your class, then spending €4.49 on the Book Creator App will be the best money you will spend. You should be warned that this will be a very enthusiastic review of an amazing app. Many schools I have spoken to about buying iPads are under a mistaken belief that iPads need to be filled with apps to be useful. I can honestly say that there are about 4 or 5 I use on a regular basis and Book Creator is used on a daily basis read more…
Science Week 2013 Table Quiz

34 Things To Do With A Novel
This resource contains 34 different suggestions of activities that can be done when doing a novel in class. They cover different writing genres, some creative art work as well as suggestions of websites and apps that could be used to enhance the experience of responding to a novel.
Resources Websites
Martin Burrett of the ICT Magic wiki has just released this video which has some cool recommendations of websites that teachers and pupils will enjoy using in the classroom. There are suggestions for a great animation website using Scratch-like coding, a website where pupils can learn about coding, an iPad movie-making app, a geography website and a D-Day history website as well as a couple more.
Commencement of Section 30 Delayed Yet Again
Commencement of Section 30 of the Teaching Council Act 2001 has been delayed yet again, this time by another three months. Section 30 prohibits the Department of Education and Skills (DES) from paying any person who is employed as a teacher in a school unless he/she is registered with the Teaching Council. This section of the Act was supposed to have commenced from November 1st, read more…
Hallowe’en Maths Sentence Builders 03
These seasonal maths sentence builder activities, featuring Hallowe’en cats, are suitable for younger pupils and special needs pupils who are starting on early number activities. It teaches left to right orientation, number recognition and addition. They deal with the addition of the numbers 0 to 3.
Hallowe’en Maths Sentence Builders 02
These seasonal maths sentence builder activities, featuring pumpkins, are suitable for younger pupils and special needs pupils who are starting on early number activities. It teaches left to right orientation, number recognition and addition. They deal with the addition of the numbers 0 to 3.

