by admin | Sep 20, 2009 | Book Reviews
Published in 2008, “17 Martin Street” is a novel by Marilyn Taylor, the same author that wrote the very successful book “Faraway Home”, with which many teachers will be familiar. Having thoroughly enjoyed “Faraway Home” and used the...
by admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Book Reviews
“Anne Frank” is a picture book written by Josephine Poole and illustrated by Angela Barrett. Rather than being a picture book version of the original diary, this book tells a third hand account of the life of Anne Frank. The language used in the re-telling...
by admin | Sep 7, 2009 | Book Reviews, Resources
“Tom Crean’s Rabbit” by Meredith Hooper and Bert Kitchen tells a true story from Scott’s last voyage to Antarctica in 1910 on the ship called “Terra Nova”. The story is based on diaries kept by the men on the ship. The storyline is...
by admin | Aug 14, 2009 | Resources
Seomra Ranga has just added some new history signs and posters to the website. At the moment, the emphasis is on Irish history as there are not many resources available specifically for teaching Irish history. Newly added to the site are: 1916 Proclamation...
by admin | Oct 4, 2008 | Resources Websites
Logainm is a new website containing a database of the placenames of Ireland. The site comes in an English version or a Gaeilge version and you can switch between both quite easily. The purpose of the site is to make available to the public Irish place names that have...
