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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This spooky Hallowe’en-themed Visual Arts lesson is a perfect way to celebrate the season of Hallowe’en and decorate your classroom in style! Suitable for pupils in middle and senior classes, the picture is done in two stages – creating the background first, followed by adding the tree silhouettes and spooky eyes.
Hallowe’en Dolch Word Mats
Dolch words are a list of 220 “service words” developed in the 1940s by William Dolch. They consist of a series of eleven sets of words which are considered to be vocabulary which occurs most frequently in children’s reading material. This seasonal resource contains each set of words on a single page with a Hallowe’en theme.
Hallowe’en Trail 03
The aim of this seasonal resource is to create an active and fun Hallowe’en activity geared towards pupils in junior/middle classes. There are 26 different cards which pupils have to find on the trail. Each card has a letter and a Hallowe’en image. Pupils have to identify the image and write its name in the correct space on their Answer Sheet.
Handy Ghosts
This spooky Visual Arts lesson with a Hallowe’en theme is a really quick and easy one to do. A collection of the finished product looks really well when displayed together, creating a Hallowe’eny atmosphere in the classroom. This lesson is also good for fine motor and cutting skills.
Hallowe’en Dot-to-Dot Booklet 02
Dot-to-dot activities are important for younger pupils and have many benefits. They give pupils opportunities to practise their fine motor skills, pencil control skills and hand-eye co-ordination. This seasonal resource contains an 11-page booklet with Hallowe’en images for pupils to complete.
Hallowe’en Dot-to-Dot Booklet 01
Dot-to-dot activities are important for younger pupils and have many benefits. They give pupils opportunities to practise their fine motor skills, pencil control skills and hand-eye co-ordination. This seasonal resource contains an 11-page booklet with Hallowe’en images for pupils to complete.
Book Review – Banshee Rising
Banshee Rising is the first novel written for younger readers by Dubliner Riley Cain. It is published by Currach Books. In this book, author Cain, explores Irish Celtic mythology through the main character of Caitlyn McCabe. read more…
Book Review – Sally in the City of Dreams
Sally in the City of Dreams is one of the best books I have read in a long time. It must have been really hard for Sally and her older sister to not only leave their home and loved ones for a big strange city but to stay with such a cruel and unfair cousin! read more…
