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….

General Election Poll
With the General Election now declared and the date set for February 25th, let’s get a snapshot of how teachers intend to vote. It might be an interesting exercise to see how the educational community as a bloc, through Seomra Ranga, will cast their vote on Polling Day. It will also be interesting to see…
Deer
A simple presentation on Deer suitable for younger pupils. It details the different types of deer found in Ireland as well as information on antlers, diet and reindeer. Source: Maggie O’ Leary (.ppt file 3.77MB) Download File…
Feabhra 2011
As a new addition to the new website, Seomra Ranga will produce an A4 calendar for the teacher. The one page calendar will be suitable for sticking to the teacher’s desk, to the classroom wall or to the staffroom noticeboard. A new calendar poster will be placed on the site each month. This poster is…
Official Office
Flashcards of the names of official office holders in Ireland. (.pdf file 214KB) Download File…
Political Parties
Flashcards of the main political parties in Ireland for the 2011 General Election. (.pdf file 22.5KB) Download File…
Party Leaders
Posters of the leaders of the five main political parties in Ireland for the 2011 General Election. (.pdf file 196KB) Download File…
Spring Flickr Lunes

Some time ago, I became aware of an iPod app through Twitter (through Mary Farmer who will be attending this year’s CESI National Conference) called Flickr Lunes. The app is an undeveloped app with loads of potential, created by John Johnston. It’s a really simple app to use and the pupils love it. I’ve written a separate post previously all about the app.
We had previously used the app to create some Lunes at Hallowe’en so this week we re-visited the app to create lunes on the theme of Spring Animals. We made a list of all the young animals that are born in spring and divided them out among the pupils. We just had to quickly revise the concept of the Lune, but the pupils had remembered it quite well. They got to work and within a couple of minutes had created great looking Lunes. We printed them out and hung them proudly on the wall. This video shows the art work completed by Rang II and Rang III using this app.
Phonics Poster – ar Words 02
Phonics poster showing examples of words with the “ar” pattern. (.pdf file 73.2KB) Download File…

