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….

The Story of Extinction
This video is taken from Dara O Briain’s Science Club series from the BBC. It tells the history of the concept of extinction. A few hundred years ago, extinction as a concept made no sense to anyone. But then fossil finds and advances in geology showed that it’s part of life, and a statistical certainty -…
The Story of the Brain
This video is taken from Dara O Briain’s Science Club series from the BBC. It tells the history of how scientists viewed the brain from earliest times. It tells how our understanding of how the brain works and controls our bodies has developed and evolved over the years….
The Story of Physics
This video is taken from Dara O Briain’s Science Club series from the BBC. It tells the history and development of physics from earliest times. Balls, pendulums, apples and magnets all played their part in the story of modern physics, but then things got weird. And when Albert Einstein combined time and space, things got even…
The Story of Exploration
This video is taken from Dara O Briain’s Science Club series from the BBC. It tells the history of exploration from earliest times, mentioning different types of travel and the instruments that explorers used to navigate ending with modern space exploration….
The Story of Music
This video is taken from Dara O Briain’s Science Club series from the BBC. It tells the history of music from earliest times, mentioning Pythagoras, Beethoven and Thomas Edison and their contributions to the evolution of music….
The Netherlands

Powerpoint presentation on the Netherlands including information on location, physical features, political structure, cities and things it is famous for. It also includes information on the unique aspects of the Netherlands like polders, dams and dykes.
(.ppt file 1.2MB)
Arts in Education Charter Launched

Image courtesy DES website
The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan TD, and the Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn TD, have jointly launched an Arts in Education Charter. This Charter places new responsibilities on Government Departments, agencies, cultural institutions and arts organisations in terms of providing and promoting arts education to children and young people. read more…
Eanáir 2013

This is a single A4 sized page with a calendar for Eanáir 2013. It is suitable for sticking to the teacher’s desk, to the classroom wall or to the staffroom noticeboard.
(.pdf file 18.5KB)

