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….
Historian of the Week
This is a certificate to reward a pupil who has made a special effort in producing work of good quality in the curricular area of SESE History during the week. (.pdf file 563KB) Download File…
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Geographer of the Week
This is a certificate to reward a pupil who has made a special effort in producing work of good quality in the curricular area of SESE Geography during the week. (.pdf file 216KB) Download File…
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Ghosts of the Faithful Departed
I recently saw a feature on the RTÉ programme
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Interview With CEO NEWB – Call for Questions
Seomra Ranga is delighted to announce that Ms. Clare Ryan, CEO of the National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB) has kindly agreed to be the next subject in our interview series. Clare began her career in Patrician College, Finglas and served as Home School Community Liaison Co-ordinator. She also worked as the National Co-ordinator of the Early School Leaver Initiative and Assistant National Co-ordinator of the Leadership Development Service (LDS) with responsibility for social inclusion. She previously held the position of Principal at St. Leo’s College, Carlow and has worked as an associate with LDS both in facilitating in-service for newly appointed Principals and Deputy Principals as well as lecturing and tutoring on the Post-Graduate Diploma in Educational Leadership with NUIM/LDS. read more…
China
Next Monday, January 23rd, marks the beginning of the Chinese New Year. This is the first of 15 days of celebration and the start of the Year of the Dragon. This resource is a simple Powerpoint Presentation aimed at younger pupils to familiarise them with aspects of Chinese culture – food, clothes, buildings, decorations. Source:…
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Safer Internet Day 2012
Safer Internet Day is part of a global drive to promote a safer Internet for all users, especially young people. The 8th Safer Internet Day will be celebrated on 7th February 2012 in many countries across the world, including Ireland, centred on the theme “Connecting generations and educating each other“, where they encourage users young and old to “discover the digital world together…safely”!.
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640 Teachers to Retire in Next Two Months
Figures released to Seomra Ranga by the Department of Education and Skills (DES) have revealed that it expects in the region of 640 primary school teachers to retire during the course of the next two months. Under the terms of the Croke Park Agreement (CPA), teachers who retire before the end of February 2012 will get a lump sum and pension based on their 2009 salaries, rather than their current salaries which have been reduced by cuts over the past couple of years. It is not known how many of these are Principal teachers or mainstream class teachers. read more…
Guest Post: Infants and ICT
ICT is not a formal subject in Irish Primary Schools, it is not included in the Curriculum timetable. However it plays a major part in school life, both for the teacher and for the students. It is used in various forms, in every subject and at all levels. Many 4/5 year olds come into school quite confident in using technology. Some children, however, have not had the experience of using a computer and need to learn the basic skills involved. I teach Junior Infants and we are lucky to have a computer room in our school, as well as computers/laptops in classrooms. Every Wednesday morning I spend three quarters of an hour in the computer room with my class.
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