Snaschúrsa Gaeilge do Mhúinteoirí
Samhain 14, 2013
Ar mhaith leat snas a chur ar do chuid Gaeilge? An bhfuil aon cheisteanna gramadaí agat? Ar mhaith leat do chuid tuairimí agus taithí a roinnt le múinteoirí eile?
Beidh snaschúrsa Gaeilge do mhúinteoirí Gaeilge in Óstán Vienna Woods, Gleann Maghair ar an Satharn 16 Samhain 2013.
Cúrsa lae a bheas i gceist ó 10.00 – 16.00.
Cuirfear béim ar leith ar labhairt na Gaeilge sna comhráite ranga ach beidh béim chomh maith ar chúrsaí gramadaí agus ar shaibhriú foclóra. Chomh maith leis sin, beidh plé sa rang ar chúrsaí reatha agus ar chúrsaí oideachais. Tá an cúrsa seo á thairiscint againn do mhúinteoirí Gaeilge a bhfuil líofacht acu cheana ach a bhfuil ceisteanna acu fós ó thaobh cruinnis de ar mhaith leo díriú isteach orthu. Is í Máire Ní Iarlaithe a bheas mar mhúinteoir /éascaitheoir ar an gcúrsa lae seo.
Beidh táille €25 ar an gcúrsa seo do bhaill chláraithe Chomhar na Múinteoirí Gaeilge agus tá lón san áirithe sa phraghas sin. Tá líon na n-áiteanna atá ar fáil teoranta áfach, mar sin ní mór teagmháil a dhéanamh le Lároifig CNMG le clárú.
Tuilleadh eolais ón Lároifig: (01) 639 8448 nó saffron@cnmg.ie
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Na daltaí ó Ghaelscoil Shliabh leis an Sam Maguire
Samhain 14, 2013
Seastáin ag Comhdháil Oideachais 2013
Samhain 13, 2013
Beidh an chomhdháil ar siúl ar an 22 agus 23 Samhain 2013 in Óstán an Johnstown House ar an mBóthar Buí, Co. na Mí, agus seo thíos liosta de na heagraíochtaí agus comhlachtaí a mbeidh seastáin acu ann – bígí cinnte agus cuairt a thabhairt orthu! Beidh deis mhór cheiliúrtha againn i mbliana ag an gComhdháil Bhliantúil os rud é go mbeidh Gaelscoileanna Teo. 40 bliain d’aois. Tá áthas orainn a fhógairt go mbeidh Uachtarán na hÉireann, Michael D Higgins, inár dteannta. Táimid ag súil le slua mór i láthair. Is féidir clárú le freastal ar an gcomhdháil anseo. Ag súil go mór le sibh a fheiceáil ann!
Clár na Comhdhála Oideachais 2013
Seastáin ag an gComhdháil Oideachais 2013:
- 4Schools.ie
- Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge
- Aladdin Schools
- An Gúm
- An tÁisaonad
- Ceol Ireland
- Cló Iar Chonnacht
- Coiscéim
- Coláiste Íde
- Coláiste na bhFiann
- Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge
- Conradh na Gaeilge
- Databiz Solutions
- EMS Copiers (Services) Ltd
- Fiontar
- Foras na Gaeilge
- Forbairt Naíonraí Teo.
- Futa Fata
- Gaelchultúr
- Gathanna Gréine teo.
- GDK Systems Ltd.
- Gill & Macmillan
- Glanmore Foods
- Graffiti Theatre Company
- Kildare Puzzles
- Leabhar Breac
- Nexus TEC Ltd
- ScoilFM
- Smarty Cat Games
- Sona Sásta
- Spraoi!
- TG4
- Virtual Classroom LTD
Cruinniú Cinn Bhliana Chomhar na Múinteoirí Gaeilge
Samhain 13, 2013
23 Samhain 2013 – 23 Samhain 2012
Foras na Gaeilge, 7 Cearnóg Mhuirfean, Baile Átha Cliath 2.
9.45 – 10.00
Clárú
10.00 – 10.45
Gnó na hEagraíochta (baill amháin)
Fáilte ón Uachtarán
Tuairisc ar dhul chun cinn na bliana
Rúin
10.45 – 11.00
Tae/caife
11.00 – 12.30
Seoladh Taighde
An Dr. Muiris Ó Laoire: Tuarascáil ar an Díolúine i leith na Gaeilge mar Ábhar Iar-bhunscoile
Máire Ní Laoire MEd: Siollabas Nuashonraithe Gaeilge na hArdteistiméireachta: Dearcadh Múinteoirí
12.30 – 13.00
Lón
Cuirfear fáilte roimh bhaill chláraithe na heagraíochta a bheith páirteach sa chéad mhír den chlár ina mbeifear ag díriú ar ghnó na heagraíochta. Tugtar cuireadh do bhaill amháin go dtí an chuid seo den chruinniú. Is féidir rúin a chur ar aghaidh chuig an Lároifig roimh 5.00 in. ar an Déardaoin, 21 Samhain 2013. Ní ghlacfar le rúin ar an lá. Beidh fáilte roimh chách chuig cur i láthair a dhéanfaidh An Dr. Muiris Ó Laoire agus Máire Ní Laoire maidir leis an dá phíosa taighde atá curtha i gcrích acu, is iad sin, Tuarascáil ar an Díolúine i leith na Gaeilge mar Ábhar Iar-bhunscoile agus Siollabais Nuashonraithe Gaeilge na hArdteistiméireachta: Dearcadh Múinteoirí. Déanfar an dá phíosa taighde seo a sheoladh ag an gcruinniú.
Má tá fonn ort freastal ar an ócáid seo agus ar an lón beag ina dhiaidh, bheinn buíoch dá seolfá an fhoirm iniata ar ais chugainn roimh 5.00 in. ar an Déardaoin, 21 Samhain 2013.
Is féidir dul i dteagmháil linn ar (01) 639 8448 nó saffron@cnmg.ie nó fionnuala@cnmg.ie más mian leat tuilleadh eolais a fháil.
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With the right programme, teachers can make learning Irish a pleasure
Samhain 13, 2013
Not for the first time schools inspectors recently identified some weaknesses in the teaching of Irish in both primary and post- primary schools.
Should this finding take us by surprise? At primary level we have had a new curriculum since 1999, so what’s missing? What is really needed to support the teaching of Irish in primary schools is a structured teaching programme to support the curriculum. We have them in other subject areas. Programmes such as Maths Recovery and Literacy Lift Off are having an impact in schools in disadvantaged areas (DEIS schools) in maths and English literacy.
A structured teaching programme in Irish should be designed for all class levels that would bring together all aspects of Irish – listening, reading, writing and oral language. Such a programme could spell out clearly the expectations for learning at every stage from junior infants to sixth class. And it should be modern, colourful, attractive and relevant to children’s lives in the 21st century. There is no need to reinvent the wheel. There are some excellent resources available to support the teaching of Irish, but what is lacking is a coherent structure. Teachers’ time is better spent teaching instead of searching for and assessing the suitability of resources for different aspects of the Irish curriculum. A structured language teaching programme for the 21st Century will need to use the most up-to-date technology and reflect the interests of today’s children. Irish can be really cool as we saw from the success of Aifric, a TV programme for teenagers.
If the Department of Education were to free up a small team of experienced teachers to design the programme and a coordinator to oversee the project this work could be completed quickly and inexpensively. Lessons can be learnt from the design of Séideán Sí, an integrated Irish language teaching programme for Gaeltacht schools and gaelscoileanna – certainly a success story. But there is no point in having a state-of-the-art programme unless it is supported by professional development for teachers. Lessons can be learnt here too from the School Support Programme in DEIS schools. Professional development for teachers makes a difference. No matter how good a programme, without professional development, its impact will be less than optimum. If we’re serious about supporting the teaching of Irish in our primary schools, let’s give teachers the tools and the confidence to bring the pleasure of language learning to their pupils. With the right curriculum, the right programme and the right on-going support, teaching and learning Irish will be fun.
The department has failed to give this support to teachers for 30 years. It’s no wonder there’s a problem. Giving teachers the teaching programme they need is the answer.
Deirbhile NicCraith is Education Officer in the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO)
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Watch out Béarla, it’s the Stepaside Gaeltacht
Samhain 13, 2013
The number of children learning through Irish has trebled in two decades.
The demand for places at Irish language schools continues to surge, but Gaelscoil- eanna hope Education Minister Ruairi Quinn will shelve plans to change their admission policies. The number of students taught through the language outside the Gaeltacht has trebled since 1990 and is set to top over 50,000 in the next five years. In 1990, there were just 15,000 children in Irish language schools. Now there are over 45,000 children who learn as Gaeilge, according to figures supplied to the Irish Independent.The language is booming in the suburbs of Dublin and in commuter counties such as Kildare, according to the school patron body An Foras Pátrúnachta.
Areas such as South Dublin, Lucan and Leixlip are now hotbeds of the language, at least in the classroom. A second Gaelscoil has just opened in the Stepaside area of South Dublin to cope with soaring demand among a new generation of Gaeilgoirs. There is also a third school in nearby Ballinteer. Conchúr O Raghallaigh, principal of tiny Gaelscoil Shliabh Rua in Stepaside, says: “Many parents grew up with a negative attitude towards the language because of the way it was taught. However, they now feel a sense of regret and really want their children to learn it. “Irish is a lot more popular because the teaching methods have improved.” A new Gaelscoil in Lucan has had 223 applications for just 56 places in 2014. Since 1990 the number of Irish medium schools has grown from 79 to 217. Patron bodies for Irish language schools now hope to take over some primary schools if they are vacated by the Catholic Church. Caoimhín Ó hEaghra, general secretary of An Foras Pátrúnachta, says: “We would hope to open a Gaelscoil in Birr (Co Offaly) if one of the schools is left vacant, as the local Catholic diocese reconfigures its schools.”
One point of controversy for Gaelscoileanna is their admission policies. Under the current arrangements they give preference to families where the children are brought up through the language, and they may select pupils by interview. This is said to discriminate against immigrant families. However, as he announced plans to revamp admissions policies earlier this year, Mr Quinn complained about restrictions. ‘We now have a large Gaelscoileanna movement across the country. We are building up a network of Gaelcholaiste to enable parents who want to continue their [children’s] education right through the second-level stream. “I would be concerned with restrictive practices for entrance into those schools just as I would be for entrances into other schools,” he says. Recent draft legislation on school admissions stopped short of blocking all-Irish schools from giving preference to children from Irish-speaking households.
However, under the draft bill they would be barred from carrying out interviews with families to check on their Irish language ability. Gaelscoileanna would also not be allowed give preference to those who attended Irish language pre-schooling. Mr Ó hEaghra denies the schools discriminate against immigrant families. “If you walk into our classrooms you will see that they reflect the diversity of our population. There are students from all kinds of background.” Mr Ó hEaghra says the schools were established to promote Irish and had a responsibility to support families raising their children through the language. “Irish-speaking families are a crucial resource for the schools, because they act as a kind of scaffolding for others hoping to learn the language.” Scoil Shliabh Rua opened with just eight pupils in a pre-fab at Palmerstown Rugby near the village of Stepaside in September. A new school is set to be built on a site at nearby Ballyogan and when it is at full capacity it will have 432 pupils.
Mr Ó Raghallaigh says: “People no longer have the fear of the language that they once had. Years ago it was all about learning poetry and grammar. “Now you have cartoons and game shows on TG4 and Des Bishop has done wonders for the language.” One of the problems for Irish is that it has so far failed to make a breakthrough beyond the classroom and the TV studio. Students may learn through the medium of Irish but when they go home they still speak English. “It is very important that parents are also speaking Irish,” said Mr Ó Raghallaigh. “That is why some Gaelscoileanna are organising Irish classes for parents.” One of the problems facing parents who send their children to Irish-speaking primary school is that there are fewer options at second-level. “We now have a lot of parents who want a second-level Gaelcholaiste, but there is none in their area,” says Mr Ó hEaghra.
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Seimineár Lae Ardteist 2014
Samhain 12, 2013
Tá sé ar intinn ag ábhar na Nua-Ghaeilge i Scoil na Gaeilge, an Léinn Cheiltigh, Bhéaloideas Éireann agus na Teangeolaíochta, Seimineár Lae do dhaltaí Ardteistiméireachta a reachtáil ar an Aoine, 06 Nollaig 2013.
Is éard a bheidh sa Seimineár sraith de chainteanna ar litríocht na Nua-Ghaeilge a dhíreoidh ar chúrsa onóracha na hArdteistiméireachta 2013/14 agus pléifear míreanna áirithe den chúrsa sin lena linn.
Tá foirmeacha iarratais ar fáil ó eimhear.nidhuinn@ucd.ie nó adriannaughton@ucd.ie. Caithfear na foirmeacha iarratais seo a chur sa phost roimh 22 Samhain 2013. Ós rud é go bhfuil teorainn chinnte le líon na mac léinn ar féidir linn freastal orthu tabharfar tús áite do na hiarratais is túisce a thagann isteach.
Má tá aon cheisteanna agat, is féidir teagmháil a dhéanamh linn ag eimhear.nidhuinn@ucd.ie nó ag adriannaughton@ucd.ie.
Sa tslí is gur féidir costais an lae a ghlanadh, ní mór dúinn €10.00 an duine a ghearradh mar tháille.
Ní cheadófar d’aon ghrúpa mac léin bheith i láthair ag an Seimineár gan múinteoir amháin ar a laghad a bheith ina dteannta i gcaitheamh an ama.
Clár
9.00 – 9.10a.m. Fáilte agus cur i láthair an ábhair/ Oscailt An tOllamh Máire Ní Annracháin Ceann na Nua-Ghaeilge
9.10 – 9.40a.m. An Triail (Dráma – Máiréad Ní Ghráda) An Dr. Máirtín Coilféir
9.40 – 10.10 a.m. Colscaradh (Pádraig Mac Suibhne) agus Fill Arís (Seán Ó Riordáin) An Dr. Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith
10.10 – 10.40a.m. An Spailpín Fánach (ní fios) An Dr. Noel Ó Murchadha
10.40 – 11.10a.m. Caifé agus Tae
11.10 – 11.40a.m. Cáca Milis (Brian Lynch) Aoife Uí Fhaoláin MA H.Dip
11.40- 12.10p.m. ‘Conas aiste mhaith a scríobh’ cruinneas teanga agus scileanna scríbhneoireachta An Dr. Regina Uí Chollatáin
12.10 p.m. Cuairt ar an Teanglann (saotharlann do labhairt na Gaeilge B205 – B207) Eimhear Ní Dhuinn MA. H.Dip (Stiúrthóir an tSeimineáir)
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Daidí na Nollag le Gaeilge ar fáil
Samhain 12, 2013
Féach thíos nóta ó Billy – Daidí na Nollag le Gaeilge!
An bhfuil sibh ag lorg ‘ionadaí’ Daidí na Nollag (a bhfuil Gaeilge aige) chun cuairt a thabhairt ar scoil i mbliana? Tá taithí maith agam san ‘ról’ sin ar son chumainn na náitritheoirí i dTír an Iúir i rith na blianta. Anuraidh, rinne mé Daidí na Nollag i nGaelscoil Cholmcille, An Chúlóg, BAC 9 agus, thíos, tá moladh an phríomhoide le léamh.
Táille = saor in aisce do ghaelscoileanna (is iar-mhúinteoir mé atá éirithe as anois agus bainim a lán taithneamh as ról mar seo. Mar sin déanann costas beag an gnó – i gcomhair taistil, &re)
Má tá suim agat, tig leat glaoch orm ar uimhir 087 26 46 484 (nó scríobh ar ais chugam ag billydunne47@gmail.com), le dátaí éagsúla ab fhearr leat. Déanfaidh mé mo dhicheall cabhrú leat in a dhiaidh.
Nollaig shona!
Billy Fitzpatrick
Fón: +353 -1-490 1795 & 087 2646 484
billydunne47@gmail.com
31 Páirc Ghoirt na Fuinseoige,
Tír an Iúir, BAC 6W
Teistiméireacht:
Bhí Billy Fitzpatrick mar Dhaidí na Nollag linn an Nollaig seo caite i 2012. Bhí sé thar barr ar fad leis na páistí. Tá Gaeilge iontach aige agus tá a chúlra mar Mhúinteoir scoile feiceálach ins an mbealach gur labhair sé agus a réitigh leis na páistí. Rinne sé amhrán leis na ranganna difriúla agus bhain chuile dhuine an-taitneamh as. Mholfainn go hard é dá mbeadh Daidí na Nollag uait.
Is féidir glaoch orm ag (01) 8940440 má tá ceist ar bíth.
Le meas agus buíochas,
Sandra Ní Gharbháin, Príomhoide, Gaelscoil Cholmcille
Gearrliosta roghnaithe don Mhúnla Nua Maoinithe
Samhain 12, 2013
Scríobh Foras na Gaeilge aréir chucu siúd a léirigh spéis feidhmiú mar cheanneagraíocht faoin múnla nua maoinithe chun iad a chur ar an eolas ar éirigh leo an gearrliosta a bhaint amach don chéad chuid eile den phróiseas.
Cé gur iarradh ar Fhoras na Gaeilge ráiteas a chur ar fáil maidir leis an bpróiseas a bhaineann leis an múnla nua maoinithe, agus an scéal seo á fhoilsiú ní raibh aon ráiteas faighte ó Fhoras na Gaeilge. Tá an próiseas chun stádas ceanneagraíochta a bhaint amach roinnte ina dhá chuid.
Bhain céim a haon le foirm a líonadh chun cur in iúl go raibh spéis ag d’eagraíocht feidhmiú mar cheanneagraíocht i gceann amháin de na réimsí luaite, agus go raibh d’eagraíocht sásta chun tabhairt faoi sin ar bhonn uile-oileáin. Dóibh siúd a fuair cuireadh aréir chun páirt a ghlacadh i gcéim a den phróiseas, beidh orthu aighneacht shubstainteach a ullmhú le cur faoi bhráid Fhoras na Gaeilge agus beidh ar Cheannasaí agus Cathaoirleach na heagraíochta tabhairt faoi agallamh.
Tionólfaidh Foras na Gaeilge cruinniú do Cheannasaithe agus do Chathaoirligh na n-eagraíochtaí ar éirigh leo sa chéim Léirithe, ar an Aoine bheag seo, 15 Samhain. Déanfar plé ar chéim na hAighneachta ag an gcruinniú seo agus tabharfar soiléiriú ar aon cheist ábhartha a bheas ag eagraíochtaí.
Naoi n-eagraíocht déag (19) atá á mbunmhaoiniú ag Foras na Gaeilge faoi láthair, samhlaítear go mbeidh trí cinn acu sin, Raidió na Life, Raidió Fáilte agus An tÁisaonad le maoiniú ó chistí/scéimeanna éagsúla de chuid an Fhorais, agus tá an sé eagraíocht déag (16) eile le laghdú síos go dtí sé cheanneagraíocht.
Tá an múnla nua seo cáinte roimhe seo agus é ráite go gcuirfidh an múnla nua seo deireadh le roinnt mhaith den infreastruchtúr reatha teanga idir seo agus Meitheamh na bliana seo chugainn. San idirlinn, beidh iomaíocht ghéar á cothú idir na heagrais reatha chun an stádas mar cheanneagraíocht a bhaint amach chun todhchaí na heagraíochta a chinntiú.
Táthar ag tuar gur ag tús mhí Eanáir 2014 a fhógrófar na sé cheanneagraíocht nua, agus a chuirfear in iúl cé hiad na heagraíochtaí eile nach mbeidh á maoiniú ó mhí Iúil 2014.
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Múinteoir Matamaitice
Samhain 11, 2013
Múinteoir de dhíth ar Choláiste Naomh Eoin, Inis Meáin, Oileáin Árann (Gnó, Matamaitic, LCVP)
Saoire mháithreachais le tosú láithreach.
Is féidir teagmháil a dhéanamh mar a leanas:
An Roinn Pearsanra, 091-874528/0
Bord Oideachais & Oiliúna na Gaillimhe & Ros Comáin,
An Coiléar Bán,
Baile Átha an Rí
Co. na Gaillimhe
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