Aitheantas á lorg don phobal
January 24, 2013
Gaelscoil vying to secure playground equipment through a Facebook competition
January 18, 2013
A few months ago, Gaelscoil Dara, Renmore, entered a Facebook competition run by the English company Wicksteed Playscapes, to win playground equipment to the value of £25,000.
After diligent efforts were made by parents of the students to share the link and encourage their online friends to vote for Gaelscoil Dara, 1,737 votes were secured which allows the school to progress to the next stage of the contest for which 10 schools have been shortlisted.
A panel of adjudicators will visit the schools later in the month to determine which is the one most deserving of the prize. Parents, teachers, and the student body will team up to prove their determination to win. The children must exhibit their passion through artistic media, why they believe their school should be selected to win.
Out of the 120 schools which entered from Ireland and the UK, Gaelscoil Dara earned one of the highest numbers of votes. After a 27 year wait, Gaelscoil Dara received funding to build a permanent, new, premises, which can be seen from the Dublin Road, opposite GMIT, including a playground, but nfortunately the funds ran out before its completion. Instead, you have an empty, fenced off, spacious play area void of playing equipment and full of the school’s wheelie bins.
The children would love to see the building completed with the equipment in the empty playground as there is no other playground within walking distance in the community. It would be especially advantageous to the children with special needs attending the school and those who still visit from Rosedale School beside where Gaelscoil Dara once used to be.
Michelle Kirby, school secretary of Gaelscoil Dara, and instigator of the school’s application to the competition, thanks all the people of Galway and their Facebook friends, who took time to vote for the very deserving potential winner.
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Dhá Aip nua ó Chúla4
November 15, 2012
Ceisteanna don Chrann Taca
October 18, 2012
Reáchtálfar Tráth na gCeisteanna Boird i dTigh Chualáin in Indreabhán san oíche amárach, Dé hAoine 19 Deireadh Fómhair, ar mhaithe leis an gCrann Taca, an tIonad Tacaíochta Teaghlaigh.
Cuirfear tús leis an oíche ag 8.30i.n. agus rachaidh an brabach ar fad i dtreo costais riaracháin na háite. Tá an ócáid á reáchtáil ag Coiste Tacaíochta an Ionaid agus tá duaiseanna maithe agus oíche den scoth geallta. Tá an coiste seo gníomhach le tamall anuas agus arís ar maidin Domhnaigh, 21 Deireadh Fómhair, tá maidin caifé agus díolachán cácaí á eagrú acu, ócáid a bheidh ar siúl sa Chrann Taca ó 11.30r.n. ar aghaidh agus tá fáilte roimh chách.
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Baboró shows as Gaeilge
October 18, 2012
VERY YOUNG children will be kept entertained, engaged, amused, and be opened up to both theatre and the Irish language with a variety of shows at the Baboró festival.
Graffiti Theatre Company will stage An Fear Siúil (Walking Man) by Jody O’Neill, for children aged six to nine in the Town Hall Studio today at 10.15am and 12.15pm. Walking Man has spent his whole life in pursuit of success. He has always rushed headlong through life, determined to follow in his father’s footsteps to the best job on the top floor of the tallest building in the whole city. Yet once he achieves all this, he still feels unfulfilled and must go on a new journey. Irish Theatre Magazine has praised the production for its “subtlety and sophistication…a production of magic and wonder”. The Gombeens – actor and comedians duo of Miquel Barcelló and Jonathan Gunning – will present Spraoi in the Druid Lane Theatre on tomorrow at 11am and 3pm.
This show is performed in Catalan and as Gaeilge. It is about two boys who arrive at the same place at the same time and but do not understand what they should do. Neither speaks the same language and one likes to play by the rules while the other does not. They must learn how to communicate with each other so they can play together. Spraoi is directed by Marc MacLochlainn. The is for children aged between three and six. Places are limited. Púca Puppets will stage Tic Teac Tic Teac, written and performed by Niamh Lawlor in the Town Hall Studio tomorrow (10.30am and 3.30pm); Saturday (11.30am and 3.30pm); and Sunday (11.30am and 1pm) in the Town Hall Studio. The show is for three to six year olds. Tic Teac Tic Teac is a celebration of a child’s journey ón ghiniúnt go dtí an chéad lá scoile – from conception to the schoolroom. It uses handmade puppets and a special clock mat the children help assemble. Irish Theatre Magazine said the show keeps children “engaged and entertained for near on 45 minutes. Short but sweet.”
For more information and tickets contact the Town Hall on 091 -569777 or www.tht.ie or see www.baboro.ie
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Ranganna Gaeilge an Fhómhair
September 6, 2012
Is leor beirt
August 31, 2012
Scoláireachtaí €2,000 do mhic léinn
August 7, 2012
Cá bhfuil plean teanga an stáit?
August 7, 2012
Samhail mhaoinithe nua eile
July 19, 2012
