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….
Spain – Geography and Climate
Powerpoint resource that gives information on the geography and climate of Spain including the location of Spain on the Iberian peninsula, the different climate zones in Spain and information on Spain’s capital city Madrid.
Source: Edel Horan
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The Titanic
Great Powerpoint on the ocean liner The Titanic covering topics like construction, design, maiden voyage, passengers, why did it sink and where is it now?
Source: Edel Horan
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Junior Spider Awards
The Junior Spider Awards, the schools’ version of the main Spider Awards, was established in 2009 to: encourage the use of the internet to teach subjects on our curriculum; acknowledge the innovation amongst web creators in schools; provide an exciting programme that will encourage teachers/students to further develop their technology skills in web design. read more…
Scratch Competition
Scratch is a visual programming language that makes it easy to create interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art and share these creations on the web. It is a fun and interesting way to introduce software development to pupils. Originally developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab, Scratch is a free download and is very suitable for use in the primary school. read more…
Sports in Spain
Powerpoint resource which details the various sports that are popular in Spain including soccer, bullfighting, tennis, golf, skiing and Formula 1 racing.
Source: Edel Horan
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Ireland and the Olympics
Powerpoint resource about famous Irish athletes who have competed in the history of the Olympics including Ronnie Delaney, Michael Carruth, Michelle Smith and Sonia O’ Sullivan.
Source: Edel Horan
(.ppt file 1.3MB) read more…
Australia’s Natural Environment
Powerpoint Presentation on two of Australia’s best known natural environments – the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Forest.
Source: Edel Horan
(.ppt file 2.20 MB) read more…
Seomra Ranga Wins Edublog Award
Seomra Ranga has won the prestigious Best Individual Blog at the 9th annual international Edublog Awards held online last night. It was a truly unexpected win as I had presumed that the might of the larger US and UK blogs would prevail. There were originally 139 nominations from all over the world. This was whittled down to a shortlist of 44 blogs which were then put to a public vote. Again I thought that the greater education communities in the UK and US would easily surpass the votes I could muster from supporters in Ireland. read more…
