Christmas Resources for Teachers - Nollaig Shona from Seomra Ranga

Fairytale of New York as Gaeilge

admin — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:01:59 +0000

This is a great rendition of the classic Christmas song “Fairytale of New York” translated into Gaeilge by TG Lurgan. It is taken from “EP na Nollag” which is a free download of three Christmas songs as Gaeilge.

Words for the song are available to download below.

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Band Aid

admin — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:43:56 +0000

This Powerpoint Resource tells the story of the hugely popular Christmas song “Feed the World – Do They Know It’s Christmas?” written by Irishman Bob Geldof.

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Pipes of Peace

admin — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:44:39 +0000

This video is a song written by Paul Mc Cartney, one of the Beatles. It tells the true story of Christmas Day 1914 when the British and German troops lay down their weapons for the day, shared some food and played a game of football together. This could be used as a great introduction about war and conflict, especially at this time of year. It could also be used as a starting point for some creative writing.

Christmas Table Quiz 03

admin — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:57:32 +0000

This is a Christmas-themed quiz comprising eight rounds of six questions, a tie-break round and answers to all questions on 145 Powerpoint slides. Hopefully, there is a mixture of easy enough questions and some to challenge the better able pupils. The aim really is that pupils should be able to get a good few correct with the harder ones there to sort out winners. At the end of each round is a Christmas Joke to keep the mood light!

This quiz is roughly suitable for middle and senior pupils in the primary school, from 3th to 6th classes. If you are doing the quiz with a variety of classes, try to have pupils from different classes on the one team. So, for example, try to have at least one pupil from 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th classes on each team.

The quiz is very suitable for the IWB in the classroom or in the school hall with laptop and digital projector. The aim is that pupils will enjoy learning a little more about Christmas w ith a little competitive element thrown in. Please let me know how you organised your Christmas Table Quiz and how your pupils got on with the questions. You can choose to download the file by clicking on the link below or to view the quiz in the embedded Slideshare. Above all, have fun!

(.ppt file 2.3MB)

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Christmas Table Quiz 03 from Seomra Ranga

Christmas Is

admin — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:51:41 +0000

This short video asks the viewer to think about the real meaning of Christmas and what “Christmas Is”.

Nollaig na mBan

admin — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:04:14 +0000

Great Powerpoint presentation on the origins, history and traditions surrounding this particularly Irish Christmas custom.

Source: Shaygirl

(.ppt file 977KB)

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If You Don’t Believe

admin — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:54:08 +0000

Poster to display in the classroom which may be a sober warning for those pupils on the cusp of disbelief in the magic of Santa Claus. The image of the coal may sway them!

(.pdf file 26KB)

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Christmas Bookmark 11

admin — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:59:56 +0000

Printable bookmarks with the motto “Put a Book On Your List”. Bookmarks are a great incentive for reading for pleasure and it’s good to encourage pupils at this time of the year to continue reading for pleasure. There are two bookmarks per page. If you find that the bookmark is still too large, set your printer options to print two pages per page.

(.pdf file 571KB)

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Christmas Bookmark 10

admin — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:34:24 +0000

Printable bookmarks with the motto “Reading is a Gift Too!”. Bookmarks are a great incentive for reading for pleasure and it’s good to encourage pupils at this time of the year to continue reading for pleasure. There are two bookmarks per page. If you find that the bookmark is still too large, set your printer options to print two pages per page.

(.pdf file 1.4MB)

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Advent in Two Minutes

admin — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:58:36 +0000

This video explains the meaning and significance of Advent in an easy-to-follow format.