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….
Book Review: Secrets and Shadows
Secrets and Shadows by Brian Gallagher is set during World War Two. Barry Malone is a twelve year old boy from Liverpool, sent to Dublin by his mother after the Luftwaffe air-raid in 1941. There he meets Grace Ryan – an outgoing adventurous Dublin girl forced to move in with relatives on Arbour Hill after her home in the North Strand was bombed by a Nazi aircraft. read more…
Pupil Safety on the School Web Site
Because I’ve recently helped to develop our new school website, I’ve been having a look at a lots of other school websites and getting ideas from them. However, one thing that concerns me is that teachers/schools need to be a little more cautious about putting content online about their pupils. I don’t want to put teachers off creating content with their pupils and publishing it to a wider audience online, because this gives pupils a purpose to write. The NCTE offers this advice: read more…
Veritas First Reconciliation Book Competition
After the success of last week’s competition, Veritas have kindly decided to sponsor another one! They have given us five copies of another new addition to their catalogue, “Preparing for First Reconciliation – A Guide for Families“. Written by Elaine Mahon, the book is the first in a two-part series designed to help parents and families prepare for the Sacraments of First Reconciliation and First Eucharist with their children. It takes a step-by-step approach to the Sacrament of Reconciliation using accessible, child-friendly language and illustrations, and emphasises the sacrament as a joyful moment of healing with God and with each other. read more…
Tree Day 2012
The Tree Council of Ireland, supported by Tetra Pak, is delighted to launch Tree Day 2012 themed “If Trees Could Talk…”, which will take place on Thursday 11th October. Trees, especially old trees, have many intriguing tales to tell of times past. On Tree Day, schools and families are invited to explore the fascinating stories, the people and events of local, national and world significance that a tree in their locality may have witnessed in its lifetime. read more…
ICT in the Classroom eBulletin – Issue 4
This is the fourth of David Ganly’s ICT in the Classroom eBulletins. David teaches in Donabate Community College and he says that the eBulletin started off as an idea he had to engage and encourage teachers in his school to use ICT in the classroom. After putting the first edition together he soon realised that it would be more beneficial if he made it open for any teacher to use, so he then decided to circulate it through his email contacts, the CESI list and Edmodo.
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Book Review: The Demon Notebook
“The Demon Notebook”, published by O’ Brien Press, is the first book written by author Erika McGann.
The book is about five girls who want to be witches. They try to cast spells but they never work until one day, after using a Ouija board, one of the girls becomes possessed by a demon. Suddenly all of the spells they have ever cast start working! The girls look for help to get rid of the demon from their friend before it’s too late. read more…
Dyslexic Font
I’ve come across a few articles on the internet in the past week or so about a new font devised specifically to help pupils with Dyslexia. The font, called Open Dyslexic, apparently uses a device in which the bottoms of characters are weighted. Curiously some dyslexic pupils’ visual processing cortexes rotate images that look slender, making characters appear backwards or upside down. By making the bottom look “heavier” the font reportedly reduces this kind of visual “bug” in the brains of people with this reading disability. read more…
Mark Spark in the Dark
This resource provides a chapter by chapter list of questions for the Jacqueline Wilson novel “Mark Spark in the Dark”, a novel about a boy who is scared of the dark, but when he thinks his Great Gran is in trouble, nothing is going to stop him coming to her rescue. These could be done orally, they could be used as comprehension questions or they could be used as a quiz at the end of reading the novel. A wordsearch based on the novel is also included. The novel is probably suitable for Rang I/II. read more…
