Faoiseamh maidir le cúntóir ranga Gaelscoile
November 9, 2012
Coláiste Feirste ag feitheamh ar bhus go fóill
November 9, 2012
Gaelscoil Riabhach awarded a Yellow Flag!
November 9, 2012
We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded the Yellow Flag. We were the first school to be awarded the flag in Connacht and are so proud of all the great work done last year. A group went from the school last Tuesday to accept the flag in Dubin, from Olympic Medalist John Joe Nevin. Gaelscoil Riabhach is a multi-denominational school and the Yellow Flag is a symbol of the welcome that our school extends to all and the work that is done continuously through our Croí na Scoile (Core Curriculum). What work will our school be doing this month in Croí na Scoile?
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Feighlí linbh le Gaeilge
November 8, 2012
Nuachtlitir AN FORAS PÁTRÚNACHTA
November 8, 2012
Gaelgoir students learn from hurler ‘Gizzy’
November 8, 2012
Over 200 secondary school students gathered at Whites Hotel recently to hear of the advantages of the ‘cúpla focal’.
Buntáiste Breise na Gaeilge was the title of a range of seminars being held by Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge across the country, highlighting the advantages of the Irish language. A number of guest speakers spoke of the advantages which the Irish language has afforded them in their own careers. Special guest speaker on the day was Wexford hurling star Diarmuid ‘Gizzy’ Lyng, and he addressed the crowd of enthusiastic students on the benefits of our native language.
The goal of the event was to inspire the group of youngsters and motivate them to consider the Irish language when choosing their career path. Students were also given the opportunity to ask the speakers questions and to take part in lively debate on the issue of the language. Representatives from various third level institutes from all over the country were also present to give information on the variety of third level courses which they offer to students who wish to pursue a career through the medium of Irish.
Further information about these seminars is available from Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge at 01 679 4780 or by sending an e-mail to eolas@gaelport.com.
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Pupils leave cramped school behind
November 7, 2012
Schoolchildren waved goodbye to cramped classrooms yesterday before a triumphant march into a spacious new state-of-the-art school.
Years of campaigning for the building finally came to end as hundreds of pupils of Gaelscoil Uí Ríordáin in Ballincollig, Co Cork, walked 3km from the old school in Coolroe, founded above a shop almost 30 years ago, for their first day of classes in the €4.5m purpose-built, 24-classroom, three-storey building in Carriganarra.
Education Minister Ruairí Quinn said he was delighted the school was now open to classes. There were emotional scenes as founding principal Gabriel Ó Cathasaigh led cheering pupils and their parents through the front door.
“We have a fantastic facility here — or Áras na Gaeilge as I like to call it,” he said.
“We have a special location where the Irish language can blossom. There is a huge demand for Irish here, and there is a huge amount of Irish to be heard in Ballincollig and this school will help in a big way.”
Vice-principal Bríd Ní Chonchubhair said that the space in the new school is “just unbelievable”. “It was very cramped in the old building,” she explained.
“But we have loads of space here now. Even in the corridors — you could have drama, ceoil, and craic outside there.”
Gaelscoil Uí Riordáin was founded in 1983 in a room above a small supermarket in Coolroe close to the former home of poet Seán Ó Ríordáin — for whom the school is named.
Mr Ó Cathasaigh was its first and only teacher, with 15 children in junior infants class. As Ballincollig grew and pupil numbers soared, the building was adapted to accommodate more classrooms, and several prefabs were added in recent years.
Today, the school has some 530 pupils and more than 26 teachers. The department of education was paying some €250,000 in rent for the Coolroe site. The need for a new building was recognised more than a decade ago. But despite three public calls by the government during the height of the building boom for potential sites for a new school, a suitable site failed to emerge.
The 1.2-hectare site in Carriganarra site was eventually deemed suitable by the Office of Public Works, but a deal to buy it wasn’t completed until 2009, with planning permission granted in 2010. Glenman Corporation was appointed the main contractors, with Healy Kelly Turner and Townsend as project managers to deliver the school under the department’s Rapid Build School Programme.
It has been designed to accommodate 750 pupils and it is expected that three new classes of up to 30 pupils will be accepted each year for the next three years. It boasts a general purpose hall, a library and resource rooms, three ball courts, and a junior play space.
The completion date of July was missed and minor snag delayed a September handover.
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Au Pair le Gaeilge
November 7, 2012
Oifigeach Riaracháin
November 6, 2012
Do Gaelscoileanna amount to educational apartheid?
November 6, 2012
My husband wants our daughter to go to the local Gaelscoil, but neither of us is great at Irish.
He seems to think it will give her the upper hand in learning languages. I’m not so sure. I do know some parents who have openly said they send their children to Gaelscoileanna so they don’t have to deal with non-nationals. Seems crazy. baby pickle, magicmum.com
I don’t think Gaelscoileanna should necessarily be fee-paying, but I do think that the same level of education should be afforded any child with special needs as is afforded to a child with no special needs. I have encountered many people who are sending their child to a Gaelscoil or Church of Ireland school as they won’t be associating with members of the Travelling community and, in the case of the Gaelscoil, are less likely to have someone with special needs. ackee123, magicmum.com
I’ve definitely come across the reasons outlined in the [‘Irish Times’] article for choosing a Gaelscoil. I’ve also come across people with a love for the language and a desire for their children to enjoy Irish in a way they didn’t at school. There are good Gaelscoileanna in our area. We ruled them out in part because it would be hypocritical for us to send our children, given how little we feel for the language. novbaby31, magicmum.com
In our Gaelscoil we have six special-needs assistants, numerous children with every kind of disability, both learning and physical, several support teachers and numerous families where one or both parents were not born in Ireland. Blood. Boiling! yurm, magicmum.com
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