Lá Fhéile Pádraig le Sult na Sollán
Márta 14, 2017
Oíche Mhór Ceoil ar Lá Fhéile Pádraig
Bígí linn d’oíche mhór ceoil ar Lá Fhéile Pádraig, ag tosú ag 7.00i.n. leis na ceoltóirí óga ó “Sult Óg” a chuirfidh tús leis an oíche sa Railway Inn.
Ó 9.00i.n. beidh seisiún eile againn sa Railway Inn le grúpaí áitiúla Sult agus Fonn Nua. Míle fáilte roimh cheoltóirí agus roimh amhránaithe eile suí isteach linn. Ba chóir gur mbeadh oíche den scoth ann!
Join us for an “oíche mhór ceoil” or a big night of music on St. Patrick’s Day, starting at 7pm with the young musicians from “Sult Óg”, that will kick-off the night in the Railway Inn.
From 9pm, we will have another trad session in the Railway Inn with local bands Sult and Fonn Nua. Visiting musicians and singers are more than welcome to sit in and join us. It should be a great night!
Lá Fhéile Pádraig Shona daoibh – Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you all
Au Pair de dhíth
Márta 14, 2017
Tá clann atá lonnaithe i nDroim Seambó, Co. Liatroim ag lorg au pair le Gaeilge a labhairt le cúpla de seacht mbliain d’aois, beirt cailíní, ar feadh coicíse i Mí Iúil. Ba mhaith leis an gclann go dtosnódh an au pair leo ar an 3ú lá de Mhí Iúil ach is féidir leo bheith solúbtha. Beidh an t-iarrthóir rathúil ag ithe bricfeásta leis an gcúpla agus á thabhairt chuig an siopa, oifig an phoist, an leabharlann nó chuig aonad spóirt. Beidh trí uair in aghaidh an lae á chaitheamh ag an au pair i gcomhluadar na bpáistí ag labhairt i nGaeilge leo. Beidh an au pair ag fanacht leis an gclann agus tabharfar lánlóistín dóibh in éineacht le luach saothair uair is fiche in aghaidh na seachtaine. Má tá suim agat sa phost déan teagmháil le Elaine Rooney ar 087 98 13 902.
A family in Drumshanbo Co. Leitrim is seeking a live-in au pair to work with 7 year old twin girls. The desired starting date is from Monday 3rd July for two weeks but the family is flexible. The position involves breakfasting with the twins followed by a trip to the local shop, post office or library or sports facility. The family require the speaker to spend 3 hours per day with the twins. The position is live-in with full board and remuneration for 21 hours speaking. If interested, contact Elaine Rooney on 087 98 13 902.
Why one of Ireland’s most famous schools is going Gaelscoil
Márta 14, 2017
Synge Street in Dublin 8 is turning to the Irish language to restore pupil numbers
t’s one of Ireland’s best-known schools, with an impressive roll call of past pupils such as Gay Byrne, Eddie Jordan, Eamonn Andrews and former president, Cearbhail Ó Dálaigh. It’s such a part of Irish culture, it even had a hit movie made about it.
Now the primary school of Dublin’s Synge Street is going gaelscoil – because all-Irish schools are what parents of children in the city centre want most.
Currently, Synge Street primary is an all-boys Catholic school that accepts children from second class up to sixth class.
But from September, it will introduce a new stream of co-ed pupils, starting at junior infants level, with pupils learning only through Irish.
This gaelscoil stream – or “sruth” – of boys and girls will run alongside, but separate from, the boys-only classes learning through English.
But the classes will be divided, even at break-times, to ensure the Irish-language students get full immersion in the language.
Principal Gerard Mooney says the introduction of the Irish stream is a unique development – Synge Street is the first school Ireland to do it.
He explains that the idea came about due to a combination of dramatic depopulation in Dublin city centre, combined with increased demand for all-Irish education.
“We’re taking an infant class this year for the first time, and they will learn through Irish. This is a unique approach in Ireland.
Inner city depopulation
“Depopulation in the south inner city has resulted in a significant drop in school numbers.
“One-third of our school population was from local areas that have been savagely depopulated and there are no plans to rebuild or regenerate. Prohibitively high rents have driven a lot of families out of the area.
“The demographic completely changed, due to the cost of houses and rent increases. It is very unfair on families.”
Synge Street primary – Sancta Maria – is a Catholic school that is part of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust. One of the tenets of its ethos is to reach out to needs in the community.
Mooney says the introduction of the sruth is in keeping with that principle.
“We are responding to the needs of the community. There are many parents in the area who want to educate their children through the medium of Irish, but the local gaelscoileanna in Harold’s Cross and Ranelagh were over-subscribed and they were disappointed.
“We did the research and found there was a significant need for a gaelscoil and we said: Let’s try this.”
With gaelscoileanna regarded as the school of choice for the elite, is the development a sign of changing times in the “city end” of Dublin 8?
Catchment areas like Portobello and the Tenters are increasingly middle-class enclaves.
Only high-earning couples with children can afford to live there. Is this what’s driving the change?
Mixed school
Mooney is aware it is a factor – but says what local parents really wanted was a mixed school that started at junior infant level.
Synge Street primary had been hand-tied by traditional church rules that meant the boys started only from second class onwards.
Prior to second class, pupils attend local convents for junior school up to first class, and then switch over to Synge Street.
But many parents were averse to the idea of moving kids from one school to another once they’d got settled. Others aren’t keen on single-sex education.
The middle-class preference for their little ones to be educated as gaeilge is just one aspect.
Mooney says of the driving force: “Every society has its microcosms. I’d say it’s 50/50. Half was those who wanted a gaelscoil and half who wanted a mixed school starting from junior infants.
“We had been restricted by the second- to sixth-class model that history and politics dictated, and we had to change the status of the school [to introduce the gaelscoil stream].
“There is a sense of resurgence of national identity, and the 1916 centenary had a big influence. It has broadened into a pride of language and has cast off some of our old attitudes. Parents want their children to be aware of their cultural heritage.
Cognitive ability
“The bonus of learning a second language early on is that it bumps up cognitive ability. People are prepared to go the extra mile for their children to have a good education.”
When the new junior infants arrive at Synge Street gates for the first time this September, it will be the result of Trojan work by Principal Mooney and the school.
“We are two years now getting to the point where we can offer this new stream to parents.
“First, I had to convince the Archbishop [Diarmuid Martin] and he supported us when he saw there was a crying need for branching out, while also supporting the needs of parents.
“Then we had to convince the Department of Education. We’re making the conversions and putting the facilities for it in place now.”
The maximum number of students in a class is 28, and with just over a month left until enrolment closes, the gaelscoil class is almost full.
Meanwhile in Synge Street boys-only primary, there is an average of only 12 boys per year.
Once one of the biggest schools on the city’s south side, the school, founded in 1864, educated broadcaster Mike Murphy, actor David Kelly, writer Flann O’Brien, oncologist John Crown and politician Liam Cosgrave.
There are now 60 students in the primary school, where in decades past, there were hundreds.
SING STREET VS SYNGE STREET: A HOLLYWOOD VERSION OF REALITY
Dublin director John Carney’s film about Synge Street – a high-school comedy musical called Sing Street – put the school on the map internationally when it was released last year.
It featured Aiden Gillen and Jack Reynor, as well as newcomers Ferdia Walsh-Peelo and Lucy Boynton.
It was a feel-good fictitious tale that was part-based on Carney’s time as a student in the secondary school back in the 1980s.
The movie was nominated for a Golden Globe and portrayed Synge Street as a school where the kids were rough and the teachers were even rougher.
So: was it a good thing or a bad thing for the historic Christian Brothers school, which is over 150 years old?
The primary school principal Gerard Mooney takes it for what it is – a Hollywood version of reality.
Facts vs film
“It was grand, it was good craic. People have to understand that you must allow for licence. Never let the facts get in the way of a good story!” says Mooney.
“You just suspend disbelief and enjoy it as it is. There is a good part of the movie that is cultural memory and cultural stereotype.
“I see the men here retired and living in the house beside us and they are a different body of men you see personified in the movie.
“But it was good, we were delighted with it – and it’s an honour to have our very own movie. Mount Temple, where U2 went, didn’t get a movie – but Synge Street did!”
Suirbhé ECI maidir le hearcaíocht do sheirbhísí luathbhlianta
Márta 10, 2017
Tá suirbhé tábhachtach ar bun ag Early Childhood ireland faoi láthair maidir le hearcaíocht in earnáil na luathbhlianta agus na dushláin a bhaineann le foireann cuí a earcú agus a choinneáil. Is féidir páirt a ghlacadh ann agus bheith san áireamh i gcrannchur le ticéad do chomhdháil ECI a bhuachan trí cliceáil ar an nasc seo: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ECIRecruitmentSurvey
Folúntas: Naíonra na n-Óg Sióg
Márta 10, 2017
Tá folúntas le líonadh ag Naíonra na n-Óg Sióg i mBaile an Chollaigh, sonraí thíos:
Naíonra na n-Óg Sióg Ballincollig are hiring a childcare assistant (Minimum Level 5) for 15 hours per week @ €11.00 per hour for our ECCE programme. Immediate start until end of June. Then another contract from Sept 2017 to June 2018 full time hours (35/40 hours per week). Experience desirable but not essential for the right candidate looking to gain invaluable experience. Please send Cover Letter and CV to nanogsiog@gmail.com.
Iarrtha ag COGG ar an Roinn Oideachais gan an dara siollabas Gaeilge don Teastas Sóisearach a thabhairt isteach i mbliana
Márta 10, 2017
Creideann an Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta agus múinteoirí Gaeilge nach bhfuil an siollabas nua do chainteoirí líofa Gaeilge réidh le tabhairt isteach i Meán Fómhair mar atá beartaithe ag an Roinn Oideachais.
Tuigtear do Tuairisc.ie go bhfuil iarrtha ag COGG ar an Roinn Oideachais gan an siollabas nua do chainteoirí líofa Gaeilge don Teastas Sóisearach a thabhairt isteach i mbliana toisc go meastar nach bhfuil sé réidh fós.
Moltar sa litir atá seolta ag COGG, a bhfuil feidhm reachtúil orthu comhairle a chur ar an Roinn Oideachais i dtaobh a bpolasaí Gaeilge, nach dtabharfaí isteach an cúrsa nua i mbliana mar atá beartaithe ach go gcuirfí siar é go dtí Meán Fómhair 2018.
Bhí múinteoirí Gaeilge ar labhair Tuairisc.ie leo inné ar aon phort le COGG nach bhfuil an t-ullmhúchán ceart déanta chun an dara siollabas a thabhairt isteach. Dúirt na múinteoirí sin gur ar éigean go bhfuil aon sonraí tugtha ag an Roinn Oideachais dóibh faoin siollabas nua, agus go bhfuil doiléire ag baint le pé sonraí atá tugtha dóibh.
Bhí amhras mór ar mhúinteoirí chomh maith go mbeadh aon téacsleabhar le dealramh réidh don chúrsa nua roimh thús na scoilbhliana seo chugainn.
“Tá dearcadh ‘it’ll be alright on the night’ léirithe ag an Roinn faoin scéal ar fad agus ní léir go dtuigeann siad féin cad atá i gceist leis an siollabas nua, ná le conas a dhéanfar daltaí a mheasúnú.
“An t-aon rud atá feicthe againn go dtí seo ná ‘na torthaí foghlama’, sin na spriocanna foghlama atá ag an Roinn don chúrsa nua, agus tá na spriocanna sin chomh haislingeach sin go gcuirfidís i gcuimhne duit iomaitheoir ag an gcomórtas Miss Universe a bheadh ag éileamh ‘síocháin ar fud an domhain’,” a dúirt múinteoir amháin.
Dúirt múinteoir eile nach raibh “tuairim faoin spéir” ag aon duine faoin dara siollabas Gaeilge don Teastas Sóisearach agus go raibh dearmad déanta aige fiú “go raibh a leithéid ag teacht” go dtí le déanaí.
Eagraíodh laethanta inseirbhíse do mhúinteoirí Gaeilge le déanaí chun iad a chur ar an eolas maidir le pleananna na Roinne don siollabas agus dúirt duine amháin a d’fhreastail ar cheann de na hócáidí gur mó ceisteanna ná freagraí a fuarthas le linn na hócáide sin. Dúirt sé freisin go bhfuil mearbhall níos mó anois air ina diaidh.
Thug an Roinn Oideachais le fios do na múinteoirí go bhfoilseofaí ‘an tsonraíocht’ maidir leis an siollabas nua as seo go ceann cúpla seachtain, ach ba bheag dóchas a bhí ag na múinteoirí a labhair le Tuairisc.ie go dtabharfadh foilsiú na sonraíochta sin chun soiléire an scéal.
Tuigtear do Tuairisc.ie go n-éilítear sa litir atá seolta ag COGG chuig an Roinn Oideachais go leanfaí leis an bhforbairt ghairmiúil a theastaíonn chun an siollabas nua a thabhairt isteach ar feadh bliana eile agus go gcinnteofaí go bhfuil an siollabas féin réidh le cur i bhfeidhm.
Tá lucht páirte an Ghaeloideachais ag éileamh le fada an lá go dtabharfaí isteach siollabas Gaeilge nua don Teastas Sóisearach agus don Ardteist a dhéanfadh freastal mar ba chóir ar riachtanais an chainteora dúchais agus an chainteora líofa Gaeilge.
Dúirt duine amháin a bhí páirteach san fheachtas fada go mba thrua anois dá dtabharfaí isteach siollabas “a chodail amuigh ar mhaithe lena thaispeáint go bhfuil rud éigin ar siúl”.
“Is mithid é a dhéanamh, is fiú é a dhéanamh, agus ba chóir é a dhéanamh ceart. Sin é é. Ní éireoidh leis más in aghaidh a dtola a chuirfear faoi bhráid na múinteoirí é sula mbíonn na sonraí ar fad ar eolas agus sula mbíonn an cur chuige ag teacht le riachtanais an dalta seachas riachtanais na Roinne,” a dúirt duine acu siúd a bhí lárnach i bhfeachtas ar son an dara siollabas don chainteoir dúchais.
Seoladh Shuíomhanna Gréasáin nua Raidió na Life & Comhar
Márta 9, 2017
Sárscoil Fíbín don Idirbhliain
Márta 8, 2017
Reáchtáil Sárscoil Fíbín an chéad dhá ghearrchúrsa dírithe ar lucht na hIdirbhliana in Indreabhán i gConamara le linn na seachtaine seo caite. Scéim píolótach é Sárscoil Fíbín don Idirbhliain ar tugadh faoi le tacaíocht ó Údarás na Gaeltachta. Thug grúpa scoláirí, buachaillí agus cailíní as Coláiste na hInse, Baile an Bhiataigh, Co. na Mí faoin gcéad ghearrchúrsa agus grúpa cailíní as Scoil Mhuire i gCathair Chorcaí faoin dara gearrchúrsa.
Bhí clár ama cuimsitheach go maith leagtha amach do na grúpaí le linn an chúrsa. Bhí Darach Mac Con Iomaire, stiúrthóir agus scríbhneoir i mbun na gceardlanna drámaíochta agus rinne Pádraig ‘MC Muipéad’ Ó Conghaile ón mbanna ceoil IMLÉ ceardlanna ‘ag rapáil’ as Gaeilge leis na scoláirí sna tráthnónta. Thug an treoraí áitiúil Eoin Ó Tuairisc ar shiúlóid cois cósta sna hAille na scoláirí chun áilleacht an cheantair a bhlaiseadh agus chun cur síos a dhéanamh dóibh ar stair, logainmneacha agus ar shliogéisc an chladaigh. D’fhan na scoláírí i dtithe lóistín áitiúla agus iad á dtumadh i timpeallacht le Gaeilge le linn a dtréimhse linn chun barr feabhais a chur ar a nGaeilge scríofa agus labhartha.
Bhí comhordaitheoirí Idirbhliana ag achainí ar Sárscoil Fíbín le roinnt blianta anuas clár mar seo a chur ar fáil do lucht na hIdirbhliana agus tar éis d’ionadaithe ó Fíbín freastal ar chomdhálacha dírithe ar mhúinteoirí agus ar thaispeántais dírithe ar scoláirí Idirbhliana le dhá bhliain anuas rinne muid an cinneadh gur bhfiú go mór a leithéid de chúrsa a eagrú agus an margadh aimsithe againn. Tá an cúrsa seo ag teacht mar bhrainse eile den chúrsa coicíse samhraidh Sárscoil Drámaíochta Fíbín a bheidh ar siúl don séú bliain as a chéile i mbliana i mí Iúil agus beidh muid ag tabhairt faoi éisteachtaí mórthimpeall na tíre ag deireadh na míosa seo.
Chun tuilleadh eolais a fháil faoi na cúrsaí seo téigh chuig ár suíomh gréasáin www.sarscoilfibin.ie nó seol ríomhphost chuig sarscoilfibin@gmail.com
Riachtanais Speisialta Oideachais sna Bunscoileanna lán-Ghaeilge
Márta 8, 2017
Bhí an-rath ar an gcomhdháil lae maidir le riachtanais speisialta oideachais sna scoileanna lán-Ghaeilge agus Gaeltachta a d’eagraigh Gaeloideachas & COGG ar an 3 Márta 2017. D’fhreastal 170 ionadaithe ó na scoileanna ar an ócáid oiliúna i Marino agus tugadh ard-mholadh do na haoichainteoirí, a roinn a gcuid taithí agus saineolas go fial leis na rannpháirtithe. Thíos gheobhaidh tú clár an lae, móide nótaí na gcainteoirí.
Tá súil ag Gaeloideachas comhdhálacha eile a reáchtáil ar an téama seo amach anseo, le béim ach go háirithe ar rannpháirtíocht cúntóirí riachtanais speisialta agus tuismitheoirí. D’fháilteoimis roimh aiseolas maidir leis an gcomhdháil ar an 3 Márta, agus moltaí a chabhródh linn pleanáil chun cinn a dhéanamh d’ócáidí oiliúna amach anseo. Ní gá ach ríomhphost a sheoladh chuig oifig@gaelscoileanna.ie.
- Dea-Chleachtais do Dhaltaí ar Ardchaighdeán Gaeilge i Ranganna 3 – 6 |Elaine Ní Longaigh, Gaelscoil Chloch na Coillte
- Oiriúnacht an Tumoideachais do Pháistí le Riachtanais Speisialta Oideachais: Cad atá ar eolas againn?|An tOllamh Pádraig Ó Duibhir agus Sineád Nic Aindriú, Institiúid Oideachais OCBÁC
- An Taithí agus na Dushláin ag obair mar Shíceolaí sa Ghaeltacht | Ruaidhrí Ó Béarra, An tSeirbhís Náisiúnta Síceolaíochta Oideachais
- An Dátheangachas agus Deacrachtaí Urlabhra agus Teanga | Darína Ní Shíthigh, Teiripeoir Urlabhra agus Teanga
- Straitéisí praiticiúla le tacaíocht a thabhairt do pháistí le disléicse i scoil lán-Ghaeilge | Deirdre Nic Gabhann, Gaelscoil Riabhach
- Doras Feasa Fiafraí: Exploring Special Educational Needs Provision and Practices across Gaelscoileanna and Gaeltacht Primary Schools in the Republic of Ireland | Mary Barrett, Jigsaw
Le teacht:
- Piartheagasc sa Mhata agus Teanga an Mhata – Réidh Socair Déan! | Colm Ó Donaill, Gaelscoil an Bhradáin Feasa agus Máire Nic an Rí, COGG
Comhdháil CAER 2017
Márta 8, 2017
Is comhdháil oideachais do mhionteangacha é CAER. Gheobhaidh rannpháirtithe an deis ceisteanna a phlé le saineolaithe ar oideachas trí mhionteangacha ó réigiúin éagsúla, agus foghlaim faoi conas dul i ngleic le dúshlán bunaithe ar réiteach a d’oibrigh le mionteanga eile.
Beidh Comhdháil 2017 ar siúl ar an 6 agus 7 Aibreán i gCarmarthen na Breataine Bige, agus tá clár na comhdhála móide eolas maidir le clárúchán ar fáil thíos:
