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….


Interview With Harold Hislop, Chief Inspector DES (Part 2)

Dr. Harold Hislop, Chief Inspector

Dr. Harold Hislop is the Chief Inspector with the Department of Education and Skills (DES). Originally from Co. Cavan, he trained as a primary teacher in Church of Ireland College of Education (CICE). He taught in Whitechurch NS in Rathfarnham, where he later became principal. He gained a Ph.D. from Trinity College, Dublin (UCD) and in the mid-1990′s was seconded to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA). He subsequently joined the Inspectorate of the DES in 1998 and was appointed Chief Inspector in April 2010. read more…

Scéal Naomh Pádraig

Powerpoint ag léiriú scéal Naomh Pádraig ó tháinig sé go hÉireann ar dtús mar sclábhaí go dtí gur tháinig sé ar ais chun insint do na hÉireannaigh faoi Dhia.

Foinse: Anaithnid ( Go raibh maith agat don aistriú!) read more…

Sunday Business Post “Best Schools” Deception

 I received some Tweets yesterday informing me that the Sunday Business Post was going to be publishing a supplement in today’s edition on technology in schools. I was really interested to find out what developments in technology in education were in the pipeline. So, with great expectation, I made sure I purchased a copy of the paper this morning. The eight-page supplement was entitled “Best Schools – Putting Technology to Work in the Classroom”. It was reasonable to expect, therefore, that I was going to read articles on best practice in technology integration in schools. read more…

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