Resources for St. Brigid’s Day

Resources for St. Brigid’s Day

The life of Saint Brigid is celebrated on February 1st. Brigid is regarded as Ireland’s female patron saint and is highly regarded for her spirituality and her service to the poor. The following resources may help your pupils learn about Brigid and her life. The...
Election Resources

Election Resources

Election day is fast approaching (May 23rd) with the impending Local Elections, European Parliament Elections and the two By-Elections. This provides the teacher with a great opportunity to use the election atmosphere around us to teach about Ireland’s democracy and...
Numeracy Toolkit

Numeracy Toolkit

Donal Horgan from Áiseanna.com contacted me to let teachers know about a new maths product which he has just released. Áiseanna is the same company which developed the Maths Tracker CDs. This new product, Numeracy Toolkit, is a computer programme designed to improve...
Winter Resources

Winter Resources

Now that Hallowe’en is over and we’re into the month of November, it’s time to start looking at “Winter” as a theme in the classroom and there are plenty of “wintry” resources on Seomra Ranga to help with the planning of...
Swine Flu Resources

Swine Flu Resources

Swine Flu is back in the news again and with schools re-opening next week cases of both flu and swine flu are expected to increase in the short term. Seomra Ranga has some classroom posters in both English and Gaeilge to remind and encourage pupils to engage in good...
Classics for Children

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...