Folúntais le Gaelscoileanna Teo.
August 15, 2014
Ennis Gaelscoil raises the first Yellow Flag in Co. Clare
August 1, 2014
Gaelscoil Mhíchíl Cíosóg was awash with excitement on Thursday June 19th when All Ireland medal holder and Clare Hurler Podge Collins visited the school to raise the first ever Yellow Flag to be awarded to a school in County Clare.
The Yellow Flag programme is a practical schools based programme and award scheme which recognises a schools work in promoting interculturalism, equality, diversity and inclusion in both the school and wider community. The programme works through an 8 practical steps model which allows schools to apply those steps to the day to day running of the school in order to promote and support an environment for interculturalism.
The event formed part of the schools third annual Intercultural sports day. All activities on the day had an intercultural theme reflecting the intercultural makeup of the Gaelscoil. Such activities included Futsal from Brazil, African storytelling, International /ethnic face-painting and Salsa. Pupils, staff and parents were entertained by local Moroccan musicians and musicians from Rice College. In keeping with the current soccer world cup, each class represented a country or culture by wearing the country colours on the day.
Overall a day of enjoyment was had by the gathering of the school community in celebrating the many cultures that make up this great school.
Dianchúrsa FNT: An Cháilíocht Stiúrthóra
July 10, 2014
Intensive Irish Course for Post-Primary Teachers Working in Gaeltacht and Irish-Medium Schools
July 9, 2014
August 18-22nd, Coláiste de hÍde, Tallaght, Dublin 24
The course will focus on the kind of language used by teachers on a daily basis when engaging with pupils in the classroom and in the school environment, as well as with other teachers and with parents.
The communicative approach to teaching will be used in the classes. A strong emphasis will be placed on group and pair work, giving learners a chance to practise what they’ve been taught.
A specialised session focusing on the teachers’ main subjects (excluding languages) will be offered. Every effort will be made to cater for the second subject but this might not be possible in all cases.
Emphasis will be placed on the most important and useful aspects of Irish grammar, e.g. verb tenses, simple prepositions, prepositional pronouns, gender of nouns/cases, counting people and things, dates and ordinal numbers, and the imperative mood. Games and competitions will be used to make the learning process more enjoyable and effective.
The following material will be covered in the classes regarding Irish and Information Technology: – adapting a computer for Irish – setting up Microsoft Word for Irish – the spellchecker GaelSpell – web resources, e.g. online Irish dictionaries, databases, and journals – resources for young and adult learners
Gramadach gan Stró! and Gaeilge gan Stró! – Lower Intermediate Level will be used as textbooks throughout the course and accounts will be created on the e-learning site ranganna.com for the participants.
Details available on www.gaelchultur.com.
Foghlaim conas clár raidió a dhéanamh le Raidió na Life an samhradh seo!
July 8, 2014
Ruairi Quinn resigns as Minister for Education
July 2, 2014
Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn has announced his resignation from Cabinet ahead of next week’s reshuffle.
Mr Quinn has also announced his intention to retire from politics at the next general election.
Speculation had been mounting in political circles in recent weeks over Mr Quinn’s future in Cabinet.
He was not expected to retain the Education portfolio in the upcoming reshuffle. It is believed the Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton would have been unwilling to re-appoint him if she becomes the new Labour Party Leader.
Speaking on the Leinster House plinth today, Mr Quinn said he was stepping down to give the new Labour Party leader more options.
The Dublin South East TD has been Minister for Education and Skills since March 2011, when the current Government came to power.
www.irishtimes.com
Podge supports interculturalism at Gaelscoil
June 30, 2014
All-Ireland hurling medal winner, Podge Collins, visited Gaelscoil Mhíchíl Cíosóg in Ennis to raise the school’s new Yellow Flag.
Scéal iomlán – full story: www.clarechampion.ie
Gaelscoil Longfort get a Green Flag
June 19, 2014
Congratulations to the students and staff of Gaelscoil Longfoirt who were awarded a Green Flag recently and had a great day of celebration. Well done to all involved!
Gaelscoil Longfoirt on Facebook
Educating your child your own way – The Last Word podcast
June 19, 2014
Cara from the North Kildare founding committee spoke to Matt Cooper on Today FM about the campaign for Irish-medium post-primary education in the area. You can listen to the podcast here: Today FM
Portlaoise’s post-primary founding committee on Midlands 103 FM
June 17, 2014
Listen to Ciara Fogarty being interviewed here:
