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….
Messages from the Presidential Candidates
I recently contacted all seven of the Presidential candidates, explaining a little about Seomra Ranga and the work it does. I informed them that I was planning to do an article which would allow all the presidential candidates a chance to address the teachers of Ireland directly through the website. I asked them to put their case directly to teachers as to what their vision of the future of Ireland is and why teachers should vote for them as President. They were asked to restrict their article to 300 words, so that the overall article would not be too long. Candidates were given a week to respond. Despite a reminder email to all candidates, after almost two weeks only two of the candidates were able to respond with 300 words! These were the replies received: read more…
Charlotte’s Web Questions
This resource provides a chapter by chapter list of questions for the E.B. White novel, “Charlotte’s Web”. 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.
Source: Craanford NS, Co. Wexford
(.doc file 77.5KB)
National Day of Spain
October 12th is celebrated as the National Day of Spain (Día de la Raza) and is a national holiday. It is also known as Columbus Day, celebrating the day he arrived in America. This Powerpoint resource gives a little background to the national holiday in Spain as well as information about the country and its…
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The Beautiful House
The Beautiful House is based around the theme of Egypt. It can be used to integrate history with drama, with the children taking the parts of “embalmers in training” while the teacher is the “lecturer” and teaches them the entire mummification process.
Source: Conor Bredin
(.ppt file 1.64MB)
Facebook Personal Profile
This is a mock-up of a Facebook Page. While it could be used to get pupils to write about themselves, the creator says that he gets pupils to fill it in as whatever character they are portraying in a drama lesson – that’s a great idea!
Source: Conor Bredin
(.doc file 297KB)
5 Steps to Make a Mummy
Short Powerpoint Presentation showing the 5 steps that go into making a Mummy in the Egyptian Style. This could be used with pupils in groups following the five steps on the slides, incorporating it into a drama lesson.
Source: Conor Bredin
(.ppt file 1.19MB)
Winter Numbers
A4 posters for the numbers 1 – 10 on a winter-themed background. (.pdf file 0.98MB) Download File…
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Interview on Ros FM
RosFM is a new community radio station dedicated to providing a professional radio broadcast service to Roscommon Town and the surrounding environs. The station is on-air every weekday from 2pm to 9pm, broadcasting a variety of talk and music-based programmes. The station hosts a technology programme every Friday from 5.30pm to 6pm. Its presenter, Eoghan O’ Neill asked me a couple of weeks ago to do an interview for the show. read more…
