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….
Teaching Council Registration Renewal Fee to be Reduced
The Teaching Council has announced its intention to seek the approval of the Minister for Education and Skills for a reduction in the annual Registration Renewal Fee from €90 to €65 with effect from January 1st, 2013. This will come as a welcome development to most teachers as the level of the Registration Renewal Fee has become a bone of contention and, indeed, is resented by many teachers. read more…
Digital Art Week 2012
Last year a great Digital Art Week was organised by myself, Simon Lewis (Anseo) and Fred Boss (NCTE) which the kids in my class thoroughly enjoyed. Planning is well advanced for this year’s Digital Art Week which will take place from 23rd – 27th April. The purpose of the week is to integrate the Visual Arts curriculum with technology and Social Media. During this week pupils will be given the opportunity to create pieces of art using technology – mobile technology, software or art websites. Pupils will then share their creations with other pupils and the world! read more…
Winners of “Fairy Tales and Fables” Competition
Thanks to all of the teachers and student teachers who entered our competition with O’Brien Press for a copy of “The O’Brien Book of Irish Fairy Tales and Legends” by Úna Leavy. It was a great success with 106 entries. Many thanks to O’Brien Press for sponsoring the prizes. Most of you found the questions quite easy, but just to confirm, the answers were: read more…
Stations of the Cross
Powerpoint presentation of the fourteen stations of the cross, with the name of each station and an illustration on each slide. Source: Lorna Smith (.ppt file 2.83MB) Download File…
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Apps to Support Literacy
Check out this article I wrote on Apps to Support Literacy in the Classroom for the March 2012 edition of InTouch, the INTO magazine for primary school teachers. The article mentions six different apps to support different aspects of literacy: Rory’s Story Cubes (oral language); Smiley Sight Words (building a sight vocabulary); Chicktionary (development of vocabulary); Simple Mind + (Mind Mapping tool); Brain Pop (listening and comprehension); Starfall (learning initial sounds).
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QR Code Spelling Test
I’ve written some other posts on this site about how we are experimenting using QR Codes in the classroom (Our School Community QR Codes, Animal Homes QR Codes, QR Codes in the Classroom). This week I decided to try to integrate our weekly spelling test for my First Class pupils with QR Codes and Google Docs. We use the Jolly Grammar lists of words for learning weekly spellings. So, I used Google Docs to create a form for this week’s spellings. (Read this article I’ve written on how to create forms in Google Docs) read more…
Hóra a Pháid – Ceacht 37: Airgead Caillte
Hóra a Pháid – Ceacht 37: Airgead Caillte; cuid de chúrsa comhrá Gaeilge le haghaidh Rang I, á chur le chéile ag an Roinn Oideachais blianta ó shin. Obair digiteach déanta ag Seomra Ranga i mbliana. B’fhéidir go bhfuil cuid den acmhainn seo “as dáta”, ach bain úsáid as in aon slí más mian leat. read more…
Hóra a Pháid – Ceacht 38: An Luch
Hóra a Pháid – Ceacht 38: An Luch; cuid de chúrsa comhrá Gaeilge le haghaidh Rang I, á chur le chéile ag an Roinn Oideachais blianta ó shin. Obair digiteach déanta ag Seomra Ranga i mbliana. B’fhéidir go bhfuil cuid den acmhainn seo “as dáta”, ach bain úsáid as in aon slí más mian leat. read more…
