Cóisír Clanna Gaeilge an Eachréidh
Nollaig 3, 2013
Beidh cóisir speisialta ar siúl ag Clanna Gaeilge an Eachréidh le Deaidí na Nollaig an Satharn, 14 Nollaig, ag a 2 i.n. Leanaí atá á dtógáil le Gaeilge ag tuismitheoir amháin ar a laghad atá i gceist.
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Gaeilge Locha Riach – Féilire Imeachtaí
Nollaig 3, 2013
Scéim Teanga úr do Choláiste na Tríonóide
Nollaig 3, 2013
Sheol an tAire Stáit sa Roinn Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta, Donnchadh Mac Fhionnlaoich TD, an dara scéim teanga de chuid Choláiste na Tríonóide ar 27 Samhain 2013.
Cuireann an scéim teanga úr síos ar na seirbhísí a bheidh le forbairt agus le feabhsú ag Coláiste na Tríonóide d’fhonn freastal níos fearr ar an bpobal agus ar bhaill foirne ar mian leo a ngnó a dhéanamh leis an gColáiste trí Ghaeilge agus cuireann sí leis an bhforáil a bunaíodh sa Chéad Scéim Teanga, a mhair ó 2010-2012.
Eascraíonn dualgais Choláiste na Tríonóide i leith na Gaeilge ó Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003, a thugann éifeacht phraiticiúil do stádas bunreachtúil na Gaeilge mar chéad teanga oifigiúil an Stáit. Mairfidh an scéim reatha go ceann trí bliana nó go dtí go ndaingneoidh an tAire Stáit don Ghaeltacht scéim nua de bhun Alt 15 den Acht.
Ag seoladh an scéim teanga úr, dúirt an tAire Stáit Mac Fhionnlaoich go bhfuil “clú agus cáil ar Choláiste na Tríonóide agus a chuir scoláirí le blianta fada as feabhas a gcuid saíochta agus léinn i dtaca leis an Ghaeilge de agus tá creidiúint mhór dá réir ag dul do Choláiste na Tríonóide as an méid atá ar siúl aige chun an Ghaeilge a chaomhnú, a neartú agus a bhuanú”.
Le linn tréimhse an dara scéim teanga, díreoidh údarás am Choláiste ar na nithe a leanas: Seirbhísí Custaiméirí Díreacha; Seirbhísí Idirghníomhacha; Suíomhanna gréasáin; Cumarsáid agus na Meáin; Foirmeacha, foilseacháin agus ábhar clóite; Teicneolaíocht Faisnéise; Earcaíocht foirne, ionduchtú agus oiliúint i nGaeilge; Scéimeanna Cónaitheacha Gaeilge agus Seomra na Gaeilge. Tá gealltanais ann freisin maidir le forbairt Pholasaí Gaeilge agus tionscnamh Gradaim na Gaeilge.
Dúirt Rúnaí an Choláiste, Seán Ó Comáin, gur “cúis bróid do Choláiste na Tríonóide go bhfuil an Coláiste ar cheann do na chéad ollscoil chun an dara Scéim a chur i gcrích agus mhaígh Oifigeach na Gaeilge, Aonghus Dwane go bhfuil an scéim úr “mar thoradh ar phróiseas comhoibrithe le pobal an Choláiste. Cinnteoidh an Scéim seo buanú agus neartú áit lárnach na teanga i saol an Choláiste sna blianta amach romhainn”.
Is féidir dara scéim teanga Choláiste na Tríonóide a léamh anseo.
Foilsithe ar Gaelport.com
Tenth anniversary of Gaelscoil na Daróige
Nollaig 2, 2013
Derry Irish language primary school, Gaelscoil na Daróige, is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year and has plans for continued growth.
The school opened its doors in 2003 with a handful of pupils but has grown and developed over the last decade and now has almost 80 children between the gaelscoil and naiscoil. Brian Mac Neachtain, manager of the gaelscoil said; “This year Naíscoil na Daróige celebrates its tenth year offering a bilingual education. This has given the parents the opportunity to give their child the gift of the Irish language in a part of Derry which formally had no Irish medium education facilities.”
Mr Mac Neachtain said the decade of Irish medium education has helped the development of the Irish language in the city. “Naíscoil and Gaelscoil na Daróige have been an enormous benefit to the development of the Irish language in this area. “From humble beginnings in terms of children attending the naíscoil and gaelscoil we have almost eighty children attending our school and a growing list of parents who desire a bilingual education for their children,” he said. As well as primary education through Irish, the school also offers preschool education services. “The children now start at our naíscoil at the age of three and then move up to our gaelscoil becoming fully bilingual in Irish and English by the age of eleven.
“Recent research has indicated that children attending Irish medium schools achieve higher results in mathematics and English than children attending English medium schools. “This type of research has increased demand and lead to our Irish speaking community expanding and developing with our facilities now being used every evening after school and even at the weekend for activities and events for the community. “We always see ourselves as a community school and have a great relationship with parents, whom we know on a first name basis. We try to involve whole families in the life of the school, from the younger brothers and sisters of pupils to the parents.
“They are all part of the wider school community,” he explained. The gaelscoil manager also said the school, which received official recognition from the Department of Education in 2009, will continue to grow work on a new permanent building expected to begin next summer. “We are looking forward to the future as the school continues to grow by year and the new preschool will be holding their annual open day on Wednesday December 4th from 4pm to 6pm. “New parents are welcome to come along and meet the staff and parents of children attending the naíscoil to view our facilities and get further information on bilingual education,” he said. Gaelscoil na Daróige currently employs four staff in its naíscoil and four teaching staff and two classroom assistants in its gaelscoil.
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Foilsithe ar Gaelport.com 02 Nollaig 2013
Schools celebrate after 20-year wait for upgrade ends with new build plans
Nollaig 2, 2013
SCHOOLS waiting for up to 20 years for a decent home are among those celebrating the Department of Education’s building programme for next year.
Almost 40 new primary- and post-primary schools will be built and many others will get extensions. Overwhelmingly, the focus of the programme is on new schools to cater for the rise in enrolments in areas that have experienced a large rise in population in recent years. Some projects will involve the replacement of old and dilapidated schools or the construction of permanent accommodation to replace pre-fabs. Education Minister Ruairi Quinn has announced a total of 70 major school building projects – either new schools or extensions – at both primary- and post-primary level. In one case, a Dublin primary school housed on the grounds of a GAA club is finally getting a permanent home.
By the time Gaelscoil Bharra in Cabra, Dublin, opens the doors of its new building in September 2015, it will have been waiting for 20 years. The school has been operating out of Naomh Fionnbarra GAA Club and principal Sean O Donghaile said he was “delighted” that its campaign was over. And, at an overcrowded primary school in Co Kerry, a 17-year campaign for a new building also comes to an end. Blennerville Primary School, outside Tralee, submitted an application for a new building in 1996. The 70 projects listed for construction are 22 new schools and 12 extensions at primary level, 12 new schools and 20 extensions at second-level and three new special schools and one extension. Overall, they will deliver over 27,500 permanent school places, of which about 21,000 will cater for rising enrolments.
Mr Quinn said his “primary aim is to ensure that every child growing up in Ireland can access a place in a classroom when they go to school”. Together with the school projects already announced in July and other ongoing projects from 2013, it means that a total of 168 major school projects will be on site next year.
EXPENDITURE
In addition, Mr Quinn said that a total of 44 major school projects had now reached substantial completion in 2013. As the population boom that started in the late 1990s works its way through the education system, enrolments at second-level will continue to grow up to at least 2024. Mr Quinn said €470m would be spent on primary- and post-primary infrastructure next year, with a projected expenditure on large-scale projects of over €320m. Total enrolment in both primary- and post-primary schools is expected to grow by over 70,000 between now and 2017 – over 45,000 at primary 25,000 at post-primary. It will be a boost for the construction industry and will support 3,200 direct jobs and 640 indirect jobs in 2014.
It is part of a €2bn five-year capital investment programme, launched March 2012 covering 275 new major school building projects to begin up to 2016. The Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO) welcomed the announcement but called on the department to ringfence 7.5pc of all future capital funding for the maintenance of existing buildings. INTO general secretary Sheila Nunan said it did not make economic sense to build new schools and extensions while at the same time allowing others to deteriorate.
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Foilsithe ar Gaelport.com 02 Nollaig 2013
Irish Independent – Katherine Donnelly
