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….
Albert and the Magician
When Mr Curry the headmaster announces The Great Gazebo is coming to visit the school, Albert’s big sister Fionnuala tells him awful tales of the powers of magicians, especially over seven-year-old boys. ‘They appear in a cloud of smoke and red sparks and they kidnap boys,’ she tells him, and they take them to ‘foreign…
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Adam’s Starling
Adam’s Starling tells the story of a nine year old boy who is finding life difficult. At home, no-one has any time for him. At school things are even worse – a gang of bullies has singled Adam out for punishment. Life is becoming increasingly difficult for Adam. But then a scruffy little starling comes…
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Trouble for Tuffy
Mum goes out for the day and Dad is left in charge of twins Katie and Ted. That means anything could happen. Tuffy the dog tries to keep order.
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Mad Grandad’s Wicked Pictures
Grandad and Lenny are trying to paint the living-room. But Grandad’s paint is very old and it’s gone quite strange. It has stripes and patterns in it….. At first it seems like fun to make pictures with this weird paint. Lenny calls his picture ‘Fang’ because it looks like a creature, and Grandad calls his…
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Mad Grandad’s Flying Saucer
Lenny and his mad grandad buy a flying saucer and shoot into space together. But space is full of all sorts of creatures — some are friendly, some are not so friendly… Getting into space is easy. Getting home again — alive — is going to be a lot harder! This book by Oisín Mc Gann is aimed…
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Mad Grandad and the Kleptoes
Have you ever wondered where the other sock goes, or those keys or your earring or pen? Grandad wonders that all the time. Things keep disappearing down the back of Grandad’s sofa — who, or what, has taken them? When Lenny and Grandad discover the Kleptoes and their hideout, things turn nasty. And Kleptoes can…
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The Lough Neagh Monster
When NESSIE arrives from Scotland to visit her monster cousin NOBLETT there is bound to be trouble. Noblett loves his peaceful secret garden and has little time for his troublesome cousin from Loch Ness. This book by Sam Mc Bratney is aimed at younger pupils. This document for the teacher contains suggestions on how to use the book as…
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The Leprechaun Who Wished He Wasn’t
Laurence is a leprechaun who has been small for 1100 years and is sick of it! He wants to be TALL. He wants to be cool. Then he meet Phoebe, a large girl who wants to be small. When she invites him to live in her house, Laurence is delighted. He starts wearing jeans and…
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