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….
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Adobe Photoshop Express App
The Adobe Photoshop App is a handy little app for manipulating photos and creating some special effects. However, my class used this app when we were doing a unit of work on Andy Warhol and Pop Art. You can import a photo from your camera roll and using the special effects menu, the picture/photo can be changed into a piece of pop-art. read more…
Dismal Turnout for Teaching Council Elections
After the recent blunder with the Teaching Council having to re-issue thousands of election ballot papers because of typographical errors, now comes the news that the vast majority of the teaching profession refused to engage in the election process. The Teaching Council has just released details of the election process which show that none of the constituencies for either primary or post-primary teachers showed a turnout of even a paltry 10%. read more…
Jackson Pollock App
Your pupils can get creative and paint abstract paintings in the style of the great artist Jackson Pollock using this app . Use your finger to apply the paint and turn your iPod to make the paint drip. You can choose from a range of individual colours or from colour sets. You can also import a picture from your camera roll to use as a background for your Pollock-style creation. read more…
Scoilnet Titanic Themepage
With the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic coinciding with the return to school after the Easter break, teachers may be planning to do some Titanic-related activities in the classroom at the beginning of the new term. A great place to start is the Scoilnet Titanic Themepage. It includes lots of links to activities and resources on the internet including lesson plans, photographs, eyewitness accounts, quizzes, museum links and stories. It’s a great resource to get your Titanic-themed lesson planning off to a great start.
Visit the Scoilnet Titanic Themepage HERE
Seomra Ranga to Close
It is with deep regret that I have to announce the imminent closure of the Seomra Ranga website. It’s been a great journey over the past five years but the time has come to re-assess the website and the time commitment involved in keeping it up-to-date. Through working on the website, I’ve met some great people involved in education in general and technology in education in particular, and this has been a very enriching experience both personally and professionally. However, the website has been a victim of its own success read more…
England’s Equivalent of Teaching Council is Abolished
The General Teaching Council (GTC) for England, their equivalent of Ireland’s Teaching Council, has ceased operations. From tomorrow, April 1st, the responsibilities for all of their activities is to be transferred to a “Teaching Agency” within the Department for Education. Michael Gove, England’s Education Secretary in the Coalition government, announced in June 2010 that the government was to abolish the organisation. read more…
Use a Counting Stick for Mental Maths
Using a Counting Stick for the development and mastery of Mental Maths skills is a great teaching strategy in the classroom. It can be used for teaching many concepts in maths from the most basic to more complex operations. It can be used with all age groups from Junior Infants to sixth class. It is also a great visual aid for visual learners.
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