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….

Science Week Video 2 – Glowing Bouncy Egg
This video uses vinegar to break down the surface of an egg shell to make the shell rubbery and transparent. It should be done earlier in the week as the egg has to be left for two days in the vinegar….
Science Week Video 1 – Milk Rainbow
This experiment uses easy-to-find equipment to make floating rainbows on the surface of full-fat milk….
Another Facebook Milestone

Today marks another milestone with the news that we’ve passed the 3,000 “Likes” milestone on the Seomra Ranga Facebook Page. It’s almost eight months to the day that we passed the 2,000 mark, so it’s unbelievable that another 1,000 people have joined the Seomra Ranga community on Facebook since then. The Seomra Ranga Facebook page is about two years old and was set up in advance of the launch of the new website in November 2010. read more…
Science Week Table Quiz (Junior)

Mothúcháin

Cur i láthair Powerpoint simplí chun na mothúchain a mhúineadh.
Foinse: Aisling Shanley
(comhad .ppt 1.04MB)
Irish Forests

Powerpoint presentation on Irish forests with lots of information on the different types of trees found in Irish forests. This is a project completed by pupils in Rang IV and V.
Source: Aisling Shanley
(.ppt file 1.02MB)
Ag Comhaireamh Daoine

Cur i láthair Powerpoint simplí chun na huimhreacha pearsanta a léiriú.
Foinse: Aisling Shanley
(comhad.ppt 1.05MB)
Numerosity App

Numerosity is a new maths app for iPad just released in the iTunes App Store from the Thoughtbox company. Its purpose is to reinforce learning in the four main mathematical operations operations. I asked one of my pupils to review the app for me and these are his thoughts:
My teacher asked my to do a review on this new maths game he found on the iPad. The app is called Numerosity. Numerosity is a game where this dog called Scruffy has lots of problems with maths so some of his friends started Numerosity to help. read more…

