Convert YouTube Video to MP3
There are often times when teachers come across video content on YouTube that they wish to use in the classroom. However, it may be that they really only want the audio content of the video eg. a song/rhyme. It may be that the teacher feels that the video content is distracting or that YouTube is blocked in their school. I recently came across a video read more…
Guest Post – Thinking Blocks
What can be a big problem when trying to solve maths problems? For some children they just can’t picture or visualise what is happening in the problem. If this is something you notice in your class, then I’d really recommend you check out Thinking Blocks, an excellent free maths learning tool that uses blocks to model and solve basic maths problems from topics like addition, multiplication, fractions, and ratio. Through these activities, students learn how to model each maths problem, as well as identify known and unknown quantities. read more…
Teachers Go Free At Sea Life
It’s not often that things are totally free for teachers, but to celebrate the summer holidays, Sea Life Bray have a special offer for teachers this August. Quite simply, teachers can avail of two free tickets to visit Sea Life Bray during the month of August. To claim your free tickets all you have to do is: read more…
8X Tables Song
This short video might appeal to pupils learning the 8X Tables. It’s from the Education City website. I think it’s a subscription website so there don’t appear to be any more videos available on YouTube for the other multiplication tables. Nevertheless, I’m sure teachers will make use out of this one….
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Handball in School
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Parting Words to Pupils Leaving the School
It has become a tradition in our school in recent years to produce a commemorative Yearbook to present to the pupils in 6th class as they leave the school. The organisation, collection of material and printing of the book is all done by parents. It includes profiles of each pupil of the departing 6th Class, which they have filled out themselves, as well as lots of photographs of their journey through the school. A pupil usually designs the cover of the book. I was asked to pen a few words to be included in the book. At first, I really wasn’t sure what to write. I consulted my best friend, Google, looking for ideas. read more…
Seomra Ranga’s First Facebook Viral Post
The power of Facebook was clearly demonstrated to me last night. I came across this maxim on Twitter yesterday afternoon, shared by Toby Price: “Teachers Don’t Take Summers Off – They Do A Year’s Worth Of Work In Ten Months“. I liked the phrase so much and it made a lot of sense to me, so I created an image with the phrase on it and shared the image on the Seomra Ranga Facebook Page. read more…
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O’ Brien Press Book Competition
The O’Brien Press, which has an extensive catalogue of children’s books as well as many books of general interest, recently launched its new website. It features a new layout which includes an easy navigation, author profiles, book extracts, reviews, previews and associated teaching resources.
To celebrate the launch of the new website, O’ Brien Press has kindly given visitors to Seomra Ranga a chance to win a great hamper of books for a school or class library. read more…
Blog Awards Ireland 2013
Blog Awards Ireland will bring together the Irish online community collaborating in a single event in October 2013 to celebrate blogging in Ireland. The event celebrates the best in Irish blogging by creating 31 categories which offer plenty of scope for bloggers. Nominations are now open for the 2013 event which will take place in the Osprey Hotel in Naas, Co. Kildare on Saturday 12th October 2013. The closing date for nominating a blog is July 31st. read more…