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….
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Bia
Cur i láthair Powerpoint ag léiriú frásaí úsáideacha ag baint le bia agus béilí.
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Foinse: Lorraine Creane
Ag an Siopa
Cur i láthair Powerpoint ag léiriú, le cabhair ó cartúin cáiliúla, frásaí úsáideacha ag baint le siopadóireacht.
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Wildflower Girl
This is the second book in the famine trilogy. At seven, Peggy made a terrifying journey through famine-stricken Ireland. Now thirteen, and determined to make a new life for herself
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War Children
Six stories — one set in Dublin, the others in the countryside — about children who get caught up in the War of Independence and suffer dire consequences. Mattie Foley dreams of escaping the harshness of life in the Dublin slums, but her dreams and reality become dangerously entwined with the discovery of a gun….
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Under the Hawthorn Tree
This is the first book in the famine trilogy where the Great Irish Famine is recreated through the story of three young survivors. Ireland in the 1840s is devastated by famine. When tragedy strikes their family Eily, Michael and Peggy are left to fend for themselves. Starving and in danger of ending up in the dreaded workhouse, they escape. Their one hope is to find the great-aunts they have heard about in their mother’s stories. With tremendous courage they set out on a journey that will test every reserve of strength, love and loyalty they possess.
This book by Marita Conlon Mc Kenna is aimed at pupils in senior classes. These link to documents for the teacher below contain suggestions on how to use the book as a cross-curricular resource in the Fifth Class classroom, as well as approaches to the film in the classroom. There are also worksheets for the pupils to complete.
Check out the O’Brien website here: https://obrien.ie/under-the-hawthorn-tree
Under the Hawthorn Tree Book Covers
This Powerpoint presentation is for pupils to look at and respond to covers for various editions of Marita Conlon Mc Kenna’s award-winning book in countries around the world. It gives a little information on the book as well as question prompts.
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The images for this resource have been made available to Seomra Ranga with the kind permission of the O’ Brien Press. (www.obrien.ie/).
Milk
A Powerpoint presentation on milk – where it comes from and what we use it for. (.ppt file 1.26MB) Source: Margaret O’ Leary Download File…
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Safe Harbour
Sophie and Hugh are left homeless when their house is bombed during the London Blitz. Their mother is seriously injured and their Dad is away fighting, so the children are sent to their grandfather in Ireland. Sophie is scared – they have never met grandfather but his letters cause such trouble in the house, and…
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