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….

The Beautiful House

Oct 9, 2011 |

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

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Facebook Personal Profile

Oct 9, 2011 |

Facebook Page

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

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5 Steps to Make a Mummy

Oct 9, 2011 |

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)

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Interview on Ros FM

Oct 7, 2011 |

Podcasting
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…

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