Catalóg 2012-13 Futa Fata
October 2, 2012
Fun in the classroom with Foinse Óg
October 2, 2012
A new series of online learning resources for teachers has recently been made available free of charge on www.foinse.ie.
The new learning material adds to the educational support that Foinse has provided for a number of years. The newest resources have been developed in association with COGG, by primary school teachers for primary school teachers and are entirely based on the primary school curriculum.
Hundreds of new resources have been added to the website and many cater for all levels of Irish. Multi-coloured based on curriculum themes are designed to be used interactively on a white board or a projector and can also be printed to use in the classroom. Interactive games, crosswords, jigsaws and exercises are also available allowing teachers to attend to students of varying levels of learning within the one lesson. The website is also a great resource for parents.
The newspaper Foinse also provides parents and teachers with learning resources every Wednesday with the Irish Independent. A new lesson plan will be printed in Foinse every Wednesday as a constant resource for teachers and parents who wish to make Irish exciting and engaging for their children.
Foilsithe ar Gaelport.com
Spraoi sa Seomra Ranga le Foinse Óg
September 27, 2012
www.Foinse.ie today announced the launch of a new online suite of free learning resources for Primary School teachers and students in conjunction with COGG (www.cogg.ie).
Hundreds of top-quality resources, including crosswords, posters, games, fill in the blanks and lesson plans for teachers are now available online for free at www.foinse.ie.
The resources are all based on curriculum themes allowing teachers to build entire lessons around the free resources online. The variety of resources to be found on www.foinse.ie means that there is something for all levels of Irish language.
Building on Foinse’s reputation for top class educational material, these resources have been developed by Primary School teachers for Primary School teachers. The resources are suitable for all levels of Irish language learners and can be used across many different areas of the curriculum.
The new resources include engaging colourful posters based on themes within the curriculum. These posters are designed for ease of use on interactive whiteboards and projectors but can also be printed out and used in a more traditional way.
Interactive games, crosswords, jigsaws and fill in the blank exercises are all part of the suite of resources too allowing teachers to cater for different levels of ability within one class.
Each week during the school term, there will be a lesson plan in Foinse (available with the Irish Independent every Wednesday) that links in to the resources online allowing teachers and parents the chance to keep children engaged and excited about the Irish language.
All you have to do to get started is logon to www.foinse.ie and click on our acmhainní tab to see the whole range of resources available and start having fun in the seomra ranga.
Irish Language and Contemporary Arts Practice – an exciting opportunity to venutre into unchartered waters?
September 27, 2012
We’d like to personally invite you to ‘Fás agus Forbairt’, a two day symposium and bursary award scheme that we hope will grab your imagination as an artist, producer or presenter.
We intend for ‘Fás agus Forbairt’ to do just that. To explore, challenge and provoke notions of contemporary arts practice in Irish and to support artists in creating fresh, new, innovative ideas. We want to bring artists who speak Irish (and those who just have a ‘cúpla focail’ – whether you use it or not) together to explore contemporary work and potential collaborations and to support these collaborations on a practical level through the provision of development bursaries, mentorship and lab/rehearsal space, details of which will be announced at the sypmosium.
‘Fás agus Forbairt’ will feature presentations and workshops from a number of arts practitioners who are working in English, Irish and bi-lingually, as well as a session with arts programmers and presenters to discuss how artists and presenters can work together to develop new work and the audiences this work deserves.
When: Oct 18th (12pm – 8pm) – 19th (10am – 4pm) 2012
Where: Axis, Main Street, Ballymun, Dublin 9
Cost: FREE (please let us know if you’d like info on discounted accommodation rates locally)
Registration: Registration is open now.
We would love to have you with us. Feel free to e-mail borradh.buan@axisballymun.ie for more info.
Beir bua,
Róise Goan (Dublin Fringe Festival), Niamh Ní Chonchubhair (Axis: Ballymun) agus Cian O’ Brien (Project Arts Centre)
‘Fás agus Forbairt’ is supported by The Arts Council and Foras na Gaeilge
Smarty Cat – Games in Irish
September 26, 2012
SICÍN le Máiréad Mag Uidhir
September 26, 2012
‘Sicín’ is a lovely little book for children. It contains a wonderful story about nestlings who are about to leave the nest for the first time. There are three nestlings in all: Mattie, Jenny and Tiny. The events in the story happen on a Special Day, the day that the little birds are about to fly for the first time and leave the nest. Tiny is the hero of the story. Everybody thinks that he is not brave enough to fly by himself but he confounds the lot of them!
This is a lovely little herostory for children in the age group 4 – 8. It’s a simple, humorous, well-written story about overcoming all the odds and there is an important lesson contained therein: everyone can be a hero if he/she is brave enough. The book is beautifully illustrated with some beautiful coloured illustrations by Mary and Emma Gilleece. This book would be very suitable in class for primary schoolchildren in the age group 4 – 8.
Máireád Maguire was born and raised in Limerick. She has spent her working life teaching in her native city, teaching Children with Special Needs in St Joseph’s Primary School in Lisnagry at first and then for thirty years in Scoil Íde, Corbally. She had to retire from teaching in 2009 when she was diagnosed with Multiple System Atrophy (MSA).
E-leathanach Froebel
September 24, 2012
Grants for inter-school events available
September 24, 2012
GAELSCOILEANNA TEO. provide grants to Irish-medium and Gaeltacht schools to fund inter-school events. The grants are always in great demand.
You can complete the application form here (in Irish only):Foirm Iarratais
The grant scheme gives schools the opportunity to organise an event of their choosing with another school, and GAELSCOILEANNA TEO. award a grant of up to €250 / £225 per event with two schools participating, €500 / £450 per event if there are 3 or more schools taking part and up to €750 / £675 per event if there are 4 or more schools taking part. Payments are made on the basis of receipts. All kinds of events are eligible and applications are welcome from:
- Irish-medium pre/playschools and primary schools
- Irish-medium primary schools
- Irish-medium primary and post-primary schools
- Irish-meduim post-primary schools
Inter-school events provide Irish-medium and Gaeltacht schools with great opportunities to create links with other schools. From quizzes to football matches, events of all kinds promote communication and fun through Irish, which benefits the school, the student and the wider school community.
For further information on the grant scheme, email oifig@gaelscoileanna.ie or call 01 8535193.
This grant scheme is funded by Foras na Gaeilge.
Imeachtaí Idirscoile 2012 Flyer
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Ceardlann Drámaíochta agus Gaeilge ADEI
September 20, 2012
