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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I Won’t Go to China
Poor Chang-ming! He has been picked for the school team but his family will be in China then, visiting his grandma. It’s not fair. ‘I won’t go to China,’ he decides. But what about Grandma? And isn’t a visit to China the most exciting thing ever? Especially when it’s Chinese new year? Chang-ming doesn’t think…
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Classics for Children
This week’s RTE Guide is giving away a free Classics for Children CD with each copy purchased. The CD contains 22 classic tunes which are suitable for use in the primary school classroom. Composers such as Debussy, Saint Saens, Kodaly, Bizet, Strauss and Haydn are, amongst others, represented on the CD. The tracks may be played for children in the given order or may be grouped according to common themes such as dances, marches, animal tracks etc. The RTE Lyric FM website contains resources to accompany each of the tracks on the CD.
The three strands of the Primary school music curriculum are embraced in the musical activities accompanying the notes for each track. These strands are Listening and Responding, Performing and Composing. The children’s activities reinforce the nine musical elements upon which the music curriculum is based, namely beat, rhythm, pitch, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure and style.
All of these resources may be accessed through the RTE Lyric FM website HERE>>>>
The Dreaming Tree
Back home in Brazil, Roberto loved playing football. Now he lives in Ireland, and he’d really like to have a game with the boys in the park, but he’s too shy. When his granny reminds him of the Brazilian story of the dreaming tree, he doesn’t see how a story can help him … But…
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Whose Feet?
A fun colourful lift the flap book series which will help children identify whose ears, nose and feet belong to which animal. This book by Jeanette Rowe is aimed at younger pupils. There are also companion books, “Whose Nose?” and “Whose Ears?” This document for the teacher contains suggestions on how to use these books as a cross-curricular resource…
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What Are Friends For?
Jefferson the big brown bear and Figgy Twosocks the little red fox are friends. They play together in the sunny green woods, they share the sky and the hills and the trees and they help each other. They know that that’s what friends are for. But when Figgy plays a trick on Jefferson Bear he…
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The Story of Ireland – Best of Ireland
The Story of Ireland recounts the entire history of Ireland from the ice age to the present day . It tells the story of the whole island and its people. The book’s 27 chapters chronicle invasions, wars, Christianity, famine and a divided island, mixed with tales of Celtic head hunters, mysterious stone tombs, the Vikings,…
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The Story of Ireland – Footprints in the Future
The Story of Ireland recounts the entire history of Ireland from the ice age to the present day . It tells the story of the whole island and its people. The book’s 27 chapters chronicle invasions, wars, Christianity, famine and a divided island, mixed with tales of Celtic head hunters, mysterious stone tombs, the Vikings,…
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The Story of Ireland – History Detectives
The Story of Ireland recounts the entire history of Ireland from the ice age to the present day . It tells the story of the whole island and its people. The book’s 27 chapters chronicle invasions, wars, Christianity, famine and a divided island, mixed with tales of Celtic head hunters, mysterious stone tombs, the Vikings,…
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