Bandon Gaelscoil Opens
September 12, 2012
The new Bandon Gaelscoil opened its doors to pupils on Wednesday August 29th. Staff, pupils, parents and the wider school community were delighted with the new state of the art facilities. Twenty seven new Junior Infants started their primary education through the medium of Irish. The Gaelscoil also welcomed two new local teachers, Siobhán Ní Mhuimhneacháin and Cian Ó Floinn, giving the school a teaching staff of eight (six class teachers, a learning support teacher and a resource teacher). Over the next two years the Gaelscoil hopes to become a single stream school i.e. a teacher for each of the 8 mainstream classes. The process of applying for planning permission for two extra classrooms, to be built during the summer of 2013, is already in train.
Parents are particularly delighted with the success of the drive-through/set down traffic system. Fears of congestion at school times have proved unfounded helped in no small part by the fact that children may be dropped to school from 8.30am onwards where they are fully supervised in the Hall until classes begin at 9.20am.
Some of the Gaelscoil’s extensive range of extra-curricular activities have already commenced including Speech and Drama, Irish Dancing, Music lessons (piano, violin and guitar), Basketball, Table Tennis and Gaelic Football. This term’s Homework Club (Monday – Thursday 3-4pm) is also about to begin.
Príomhoide Seán Ó Láimhín prides himself on his open-door policy for parents and is available to discuss any issue of concern between 8.30am and 9.30am or between 3pm and 5pm each day.
Múinteoir Seán would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the parents who assisted with the moving process from the old premises to the new building. He also wishes to thank Carolyn O’Sullivan and the members of the Parents’ Association who cleaned the school in preparation for an Open Day on Sunday August 19thand who also provided the catering on the day.
Bígí linn ag forbairt na gaelscolaíochta in Iarthar Chorcaí.
Eolas/Information o Seán Ó Laimhín Príomhoide 023 8843378 or 087 2874252 or at gaelnabanndan@eircom.net.
