Low uptake on patronage survey so far in Castlebar
Samhain 6, 2012
With under a week left until the closing date for the survey on the future patronage of schools in Castlebar, the Department of Education is worried about the low uptake of the survey by parents.
Labour Party town councillor Harry Barrett told the Mayo Advertiser this week: “I’ve been in contact with Minister Quinn’s office about this during the week and they are concerned about the low uptake of the survey in Castlebar. A low turn out could skew the results and give a result that might not reflect the views of the majority. I urge all parents to take part in the survey and shape the future of their children’s schools.”
Castlebar is part of a small number of areas that were included in the initial survey phase and it can be completed on www.education.ie and the closing date is Thursday, November 8.
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Samhain 6, 2012
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Spéis agat sa bhunmhúinteoireacht nó i ngairm san oideachas?
Samhain 5, 2012
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Seoladh na hirisleabhar nua “In ard an thráthnóna siar r-Nuachtlitir Chorca Baiscinn”
Samhain 5, 2012
I dtosach báire, tá sé beartaithe ag Seósamh Mac Ionnrachtaigh, Coiste Stiúrtha Ghaeltachta Chontae an Chláir agus Coiste Forbartha na Gaeltachta: Contae an Chláir le cúnamh ó Comhairle Chontae an Chláir irisleabhar nua ar a dtugtar “In Ard an Tráthnóna Siar” – Nuachtlitir Chorca Baiscinn a sheoladh sa Chumann Gailf, Cill Rois, Contae an Chláir Dé hAoine, an 30 lá de Shamhain, 2012 ag 8 pm.
Scríbhneoirí ó cheantar Chill Ruis atá ag teacht chun cinn sa lá atá inniu ann atá taobh thiar den togra seo. Ach tá 60 leathanach ar fad i gceist. Cuireadh na haltanna ar fad le chéile ó Aibreán nab liana seo. Faoi Chill Mháille agus saol na Gaeilge fadó atá sé. Tá filíocht nuachumta luaite chomh maith. Ar na hábhair eile a phléifear san irleabhar úd, tá teangacha faoi bhagairt, Dubhghlas de hÍde, stair Chorca Baiscinn féin, cainteoirí na gaoithe, caint na ndaoine, athmhúscailt na náisiúntachta, sracfhéachaint ar an nGaeilge mar mháthair teanga: straitéisí maidir le tógáil clainne le Gaeilge, scéalaíocht mar an t-asal ‘Billy’ agus súil chun cinn ar an dtionól 2013.
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Bronnadh Seice ar Ghaelscoil na Deirge
Samhain 5, 2012
Chuaigh Pilib Ó Ruanaí príomhfheidhmeannach Iontaobhas na Gaelscolaíochta chuig cruinniú cinn bliana Naíscoil na Deirge le seic ar £13,000 a bhronnadh ar Ghaelscoil na Deirge, Caisleán na Deirge. Bunaíodh Gaelscoil na Deirge Meán Fómhair na bliana seo le freastal ar éileamh na gaelscolaíochta sa bhaile seo ar an teorainn idir Tír Eoghain agus Tír Chonaill.
Níl an scoil maoinithe go fóill ag an Roinn Oideachais, ach tá coiste na scoile ag súil le go leor daltaí amach anseo le go mbeadh an scoil maoinithe.
Ghlac cathaoirleach na scoile Maolíosa Mac Aodha go fonnmhar leis an deonachán a bailíodh ag oíche mhór ag deireadh mí Iúil in óstán The Europa i mBéal Feirste a bhí ann mar chuid de Scoil Samhraidh Mhic Reachtain. Bhí Seán Ó Coinn ó Fhoras na Gaeilge ina aoichainteoir ar an oíche agus luaigh sé gur ábhar dóchais dó go bhfuil lóchrann na teanga á iompair ag glún úr anois, nó is na daoine óga sin a chur an ócáid i dtoll a chéile. Ghabh Máirtín Mac Cathmhaoil – duine den tseanghlún – ó Chumann Mhic Reachtain buíochas le gach duine agus gach grúpa a thug airgead don tionscadal fiúntach seo.
Mhol Pilib Ó Ruanaí thar cheann InaG Cumann Mhic Reachtain i dtuaisceart Bhéal Feirste as an ócáid a thapú le hairgead a bhailiú don chúis seo.
‘Seod atá i Scoil Samhraidh Mhic Reachtain agus buaicphointe na feilire atá ann do ghaeil Uladh le 10 mbliana anois; seo an chéad bhliain i gceannas ag Ray Giffen agus scéal cinnte go rachaidh an tionscadal ó neart go neart amach anseo.
‘Bíonn gach tús lag agus tuigeann coiste Ghaelscoil na Deirge go mbeidh obair mhór rompu ag iompar scoile gan mhaoiniú ón stat. Ach tá siad cinnte go bhfuil éileamh don ghaelscolaíocht i gCaisleán na Deirge agus go músclófar suim tuismitheoirí eile nuair a feiceann siad gaelscoil ar leac an dorais acu a sholáthar oideachas den scoth.
‘Tháinig pobal an tuaiscirt le chéile i mBéal Feirste le lámh chúnta a shíneadh amach chuig grúpa beag atá ag iarraidh síol na Gaeilge a chur síos arís sa cheantar stairiúil sin.
‘Tá dul chun cinn suntasach sa tuaisceart i mbliana le bunú Gaelscoil na Deirge agus Gaelscoil Eoghain ar an Chorr Críochach agus aitheantas bainte amach ag Bunscoil na mBeann i gCill Caoil. Tá foirgnimh úra ag Scoil na Fuiseoige, Naíscoil an tSléibhe Dhuibh agus Gaelscoil Éanna i mBéal Feirste. Tá scéim caipitil £12m fógartha ag aire oideachais John O’Dowd do Choláiste Feirste agus scéim chaipitil do Bhunscoil Bheann Mhadágaín. Cúis chéiliúrtha atá ann agus is comhartha atá ann go bhfuil aire oideachais ann a thuigeann tábhacht na gaelscolaíochta sa chóras oideachais.
Guímid gach beannacht ar an tionscadal iontach seo agus go néirí go geal le Gaelscoil na Deirge amach anseo.’
Ghabh Maolíosa Mac Aodha buíochas do InaG agus do Chumann Mhic Reachtain as an deonachán
‘Tosaíonn gach aistear le coischéim amháin agus seo an chéad chéim i dtreo na gaelscolaíochta tugtha ag pobal Ghleann na Deirge. Agus le cuidiú Dé beidh an scoil seo ann i mbliana, an bhliain seo chugainn agus le blianta fada amach anseo ag déanamh freastail ar mhian tuismitheoirí atá ag iarraidh buanna an dátheangachais dá bpáistí.’
Prestigious Gael Linn quiz prize for St Mary’s Irish language students
Samhain 5, 2012
Pupils from St. Mary’s Limavady have for many years entered teams in the quiz and have been successfully placed in the top positions.
This year has been no different with one of the school entry’s achieving runner up in the competition. Pupils from across Londonderry attended the Gael Linn Quiz held in the White Horse Hotel. The quiz which is organised by Gael Linn takes place each year and encourages the use of the Irish Language. The annual quiz forms one of many activities organised by Gael Linn with the main aim of fostering and promoting the Irish language and its heritage throughout Ireland as a living language and as an expression of identity.
Year 10 pupils, Eoin Mc Mahon, Liam Mc Guinness, Michael Donaghy and Matthew O’ Kane were delighted to take the prize and Head of Modern Languages at the school, Miss Cairns said that she was: “very proud of the boys on their achievement and it was events such as these that allows pupils to see the practical application of their skills when studying a language”
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Public Lecture – Towards an Integrated Language Curriculum in Primary Education: Issues and implications
Samhain 2, 2012
Spriocdháta Siansa Gael Linn ag teannadh linn
Samhain 2, 2012
Tá go dtí an Aoine 9 Samhain ag daoine le cur isteach ar chomórtas Siansa Gael Linn 2013.
“Tá bileoga Siansa Gael Linn 2013 scaipthe ar scoileanna, ar eagrais agus ar chlubanna ceoil ar fud na tíre faoin am seo,” arsa riarthóir an chomórtais, Niamh de Búrca.
“Tá súil againn grúpaí a mhealladh a mbeidh sé mar sprioc acu an ceol agus an amhránaíocht thraidisiúnta a thabhairt leo, mar atá déanta ag grúpaí ar nós Téada, Altan, Danú, Liadán agus araile.”
Tá an comórtas oscailte do dhaoine óga atá ós cionn 12 bhliain agus faoi bhun 19 mbliana d’aois. Bíonn idir cúigear agus ochtar i ngach grúpa. Cuireann grúpaí a rogha féin ceoil agus amhránaíochta traidisiúnta ar dhiosca – clár leanúnach idir 10 agus 12 nóiméad ar fhad a bhíonn de dhíth.
Ó na hiarratais tosaigh sin, roghnaítear tuairim is 32 grúpa le páirt a ghlacadh i gceardlanna le ceoltóirí aitheanta – Ciarán Ó Maonaigh (Fidil) agus Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich (Boys of the Lough agus Beginish) a bheidh ina mbun ón 21 – 26 Feabhra 2013.
As na ceardlanna seo, roghnófar ocht ngrúpa chun páirt a ghlacadh sa chraobhchomórtas a bheidh ar siúl sa Cheoláras Náisiúnta, Baile Átha Cliath ar an Domhnach, 14 Aibreán 2013. Beidh an ocht ngrúpa seo san iomaíocht do dhuaischiste €4,500. Is í Mary Bergin (Dé Danann, Dordán) a bheidh ag moltóireacht in éineacht le Ciarán agus Breanndán ar an oíche mhór seo.
Is féidir tuilleadh eolais a fháil ó www.gael-linn.ie
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New song collection for children to be launched this weekend
Samhain 2, 2012
Dominic Mac Giolla Bhríde of Gaoth Dobhair, sean-nós singer and 2009 winner of the Corn Uí Riada prize for sean-nós, has put his own take on some of the most well-loved traditional songs in Irish for children, with the help of dozens of children from the Donegal Gaeltacht.
Báidín Fheidhlimidh, Songs and Poems for Children, the new collection of music and poetry, commissioned by Ionad Oideachais Ghort an Choirce, will be launched this weekend at Oireachtas na Gaeilge in Letterkenny.
Brian O’Donnell, the singer and chef, will launch the book at Oireachtas na Gaeilge at 6:30 pm, Saturday, November 3rd, in Knockalla Suite in Mount Errigal Hotel in Letterkenny. The launch will be part of the Club na Féile na nÓg, which will begin at 5pm. As part of the launch, the children who took part in the project will sing and recite poems from the collection in a special concert.
“As teacher and parent, it’s been a vision of mine for years to have such a collection readily available and I’m now delighted to have these popular traditional songs and poems together in this fantastic book and CD,” said Bernadette Ní Dhuibhir of Ionad Oideachais Ghort an Choirce. “It will be a useful resource for teachers and parents throughout the country, which will help them pass on these songs and poems to the next generation.’
Well-known musicians Dónall O’Connor, Séamas O’Kane and Cathy Potter play as guests on the CD. But the children are the real stars on these recordings and they shine in such songs as A Nóra Bheag, Tá mo Chleamhnas á Dhéanamh; A stór, a Stór, a Ghrá; Och, Och, Mo Mhadadh Beag; Teidí Beag Álainn, Bhí Bríd ag Siúl sa Ghairdín Lá. In all, 58 children from the ages of 4 to 10, from 12 different Gaeltacht primary schools, took part in the recordings.
The book also contains a second CD of instrumental versions of the songs, allowing everyone to sing along with the music, karaoke-style, in school, at home or in the car. Dara McGee and Deirdre Brennan made the artwork for the book. The book will be available in book shops from early November.
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Arklow parents have just one week to fill in survey on patron options for primary schools
Samhain 2, 2012
Deadline of 9th November only a week away
The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., is calling on parents in Arklow to complete the survey on primary school patronage before the 9th November deadline.
In a new initiative, launched by Minister Quinn last month, parents of pre-school and primary school children are being asked what patrons they would like to see running their local primary schools.
Earlier this year, the Advisory Group to the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the Primary Sector made recommendations to on the divesting of patronage where there is a stable population and a demand for diversity of school types.
Following on from these recommendations, the Minister commenced a new process to examine the possibility of transferring some schools to other patron bodies in 44 areas around the country.
Last month, Minister Quinn asked parents of pre-school and primary school children in Arklow to complete surveys stating their preferences for the type of school they would like their children to attend. Parents in Castlebar, Tramore, Trim and Whitehall (including Kilmore West and Beaumont) in Dublin are also being surveyed in this pilot phase.
The intention is to find out if parents would prefer a wider choice of school patron than is currently available to them. The responses of parents will be used to decide what changes, if any, should be made to widen the availability of other types of primary school in these locations.
Current patrons in Arklow are the Archbishop of Dublin (Catholic), the Archbishop of Dublin and Glendalough (Church of Ireland) and An Foras Pátrúnachta.
The bodies which have expressed interest in becoming patrons of divested schools in the area are An Foras Pátrúnachta, Educate Together and Co. Wicklow VEC.
Minister Quinn said, “I am urging all eligible Arklow parents to make sure that their voices are heard by taking part in these surveys. This is a historic opportunity for parents to re-shape the primary school landscape for generations to come.”
If the surveys identify demand for alternative patronage in these areas, the Department will explore with the existing patrons the transfer of patronage of schools.
The survey is available at: www.education.ie and all eligible parents or guardians are asked to complete it on-line by Friday 9th November. Parents or guardians are advised to have their PPS number to hand when accessing the on-line survey as this will be requested for validation purposes.
A free helpline is available in the Department for anyone who has any difficulties in completing the survey: 1800 303621. The helpline will be open from 9.30 to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
If parents cannot access the online survey, a paper based version can be requested by ringing the freephone number1800 303621.
