Ceachtanna Feadóg Stáin ar líne do Scoileanna
Meitheamh 7, 2013
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Irish language classes at Conradh na Gaeilge
Meitheamh 7, 2013
Conradh na Gaeilge is running its annual three week Irish language classes this June with classes commencing on Tuesday June 11 at the Conradh na Gaeilge offices, 45 Dominick Street, Galway.
The classes are run twice a week, and with three different levels, the courses are suitable to all with a desire to learn our native tongue. The fee for the course is €125 and it is a great starting point for those looking to immerse themselves in the Irish culture.
For further information and to register for courses see www.cnag.ie or call 091 567824.
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Campa Riabhach – Irish language summer camp
Meitheamh 7, 2013
Ar mhaith leat cuidiú le páistí s’agatsa? Ní i nGaillimh nó i gConamara amháin atá fáil ar thacaíocht don aos óg maidir le Gaeilge.
Beidh campa samhraidh ar siúl don dara bliain déag as a chéile do leanaí bunscoile, ón 6ú go 17ú Lúnasa. Cosnaíonn sé €45 ar pháiste ar feadh seachtaine nó €90 ar feadh coicíse. Tá lacáiste ar fáil do theaghlaigh. Tugann an campa deis do pháistí Gaeilge a fhoghlaim in atmaisféar súgartha. Bíonn cluichí, ról-imirt, ealaín agus a lán eile ar siúl ann. Má tá spéis agat ann, tar I dteagmháil linn ar 091 871718 nó oifig@lochariach
Help your child get ahead. For the 12th year in a row there will be an Irish language summer camp in Loughrea. The summer camp will run from August 6 to 10 and from August 12 to 17. The cost is €45 per child per week or €90 for the fortnight. A family discount applies.
The main aim of the camp is that children enjoy themselves as they learn and improve their Irish while having fun. Qualified teachers will be in charge of the camp and will use games, role-play, art, quizzes, and much more to make language learning an enjoyable experience.
If you are interested in the camp, contact the office on 091 871718 or oifig@lochariach. A deposit of €25 per child is required to secure a place.
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Examiners on trend with music and fashion
Meitheamh 7, 2013
Little Mix, Michelle Obama and Kilkenny hurler Henry Shefflin all got a mention.
Music, technology, celebrities, and tweeting dominated this year’s Junior Cert Irish papers as examiners made a concerted effort to produce a current and culturally relevant exam.
Students opened up the higher level paper 1 and were greeted with a large picture of Little Mix, the 2011 winners of The X Factor. The girl group were used to test Irish grammar.
Although there was much online chatter over the inclusion of a comprehension piece on tweeting (#gtúit) as Gaeilge, teachers felt that some of the vocabulary used – including the word líonrú (networking) – would be unfamiliar to many teens. “I’ve been teaching Irish for over 20 years and I had to look the word up in an online dictionary,” said Robbie Cronin, ASTI subject representative for Irish and a teacher at Marian College, Ballsbridge, Dublin. Manchán Magan Paper 1 also featured a language test built around a TG4 programme hosted by travel writer Manchán Magan.
On higher level paper 2, the contemporary relevance continued, with students required to write about a video they saw on YouTube, or about a band or musician they like or to compose an angry missive to the editor of the local newspaper protesting over a referee’s decision in a sports game.
The response to paper 1 was mixed. A reading comprehension question about a lonely monkey in the Congo was probing but fair, according to Séamus Ó Fearraigh, TUI subject representative for Irish and a teacher in Gairmscoil Chú Uladh, Co Donegal, but some students criticised a question that asked them to write about the sad eyes of the monkey.
Mr Ó Fearraigh said that some of the essay topics – such as “How I Spent my Last Birthday”, “Fashion for People Today” and “Why friends are Very Important in People’s Lives” – would be challenging enough for people to write about in English, let alone Irish. Plain prose The response to paper 2 was more favourable, said Mr Cronin. “It received very positive feedback from both students and teachers. Generally the hardest parts for the boys I teach are the unseen prose and poetry pieces, which can be incomprehensible – not so this year,” he said.
There were no shocks or upsets in the ordinary level paper, where celebrities also featured: US first lady Michelle Obama and Kilkenny hurler Henry Shefflin – regarded by some as the greatest hurler of all time – both made an appearance. Questions were asked about Ms Obama’s children, her family, and her upbringing.
“The topic was current because the Obamas were in Ireland last year and Michelle Obama is due to make a return visit with her children,” said Mr Ó Fearraigh.
But not all students were happy. One boy took to Twitter to moan: “Why can’t I do honours Irish?! They got Little Mix while pass got Michelle Obama.”
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Knocknacarra’s bilingual community national school
Meitheamh 7, 2013
With only a few days to do so, the City of Galway VEC continues to seek expressions of interest for Galway’s first bilingual community national school in Knocknacarra.
The proposed bilingual model delivers the Department of Education and Skills’ primary education curriculum through two languages, Irish and English, to enable progression to post primary education through the medium of either Irish or English, and welcomes children from all linguistic and cultural backgrounds.
The bilingual community national school will aim to ensure that students are sufficiently competent in Irish to progress to Coláiste na Coiribe, City of Galway VEC’s Coláiste lán-Ghaeilge in Knocknacarra, which recently topped The Sunday Times’ table for university progression in Connacht, should they wish to do so.
Community national schools deliver the Goodness Me! Goodness You! programme, a multibelief programme which caters for children of all beliefs and none. It forms part of the daily teaching and learning in the school.
Full information on the programme can be found at www.cgvec.ie/cns
There has been a high level of interest from parents to date and the VEC is asking all interested parents to register an expression of interest at www.cgvec.ie/cns on or before June 10. You can also contact the City of Galway VEC at 091 549 400.
If successful, the City of Galway VEC’s bilingual community national school will open in Knocknacarra.
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Dianchúrsa Gaeilge
Meitheamh 7, 2013
An Satharn 8ú Meitheamh & An Domhnach 9ú Meitheamh – Clárúcháin 10.30 am (11am-4.30pm ar an Satharn, 11am – 1pm ar an Domhnach)
An bhfuil suim agat do chuid Gaeilge a chleachtadh, nó b’fhéidir tús a chur léi don chéad uair riamh? Bhuel, tá deis iontach agat leis sin a dhéanamh le linn Scoil Samhraidh Cholm Cille i gCultúrlann Uí Chanáin. Beidh dianchúrsaí a sholáthar ag Coláiste an Phobail ar an Satharn 8ú & an Domhnach 9ú Meitheamh ar leibhéil éagsúla. Beidh na ranganna ar siúl ó 11:00 – 16:00 ar an Satharn agus ó 11:00 – 13:00 ar an Domhnach agus beidh an turas bliantúil go Droim Ceatt ann ina ndiaidh. Déanfar freastal ar gach cineál foghlaimeora agus beidh cúrsaí ann ar 4 leibhéal, ó ghlanfhoghlaimeoirí go daoine a bhfuil ardchaighdeán na Gaeilge acu.
Taille: £15
Scoláireachtaí do Chúrsa Teaghlaigh sa Ghaeltacht
Meitheamh 6, 2013
Tá Foras na Gaeilge ag cur 10 scoláireachtaí, ar fiú €1000 an ceann iad, ar fáil do Chúrsa Teaghlaigh sa Ghaeilge atá a reáchtáil ag Cumann an Phiarsaigh i nGaoth Dobhair le linn na seachtaine 21-28 Iúil 2013.
Caitheann na teaghlaigh seachtain i nGaoth Dobhair ag freastal ar ranganna agus imeachtaí tré Ghaeilge a bheidh ar siúl i bPobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair. Tá a thuilleadh eolais faoin chúrsa féin ar an suíomh idirlíon www.piarsaigh.ie
Tabharfaidh an scoláireacht an deis do bheirt dhaoine fásta agus beirt pháistí freastal ar an chúrsa agus íocfar liúntas de €400 leo chun cuidiú le cúrsaí lóistín.
Is ar theaghlaigh atá san earnáil Gaelscolaíochta faoi láthair atá na scoláireachtaí dírithe, sé sin le rá do theaghlaigh a bhfuil páiste ag freastal ar ghaelscoil, ar ghaelcholáiste nó scoil ina bhfuil oideachas tré Ghaeilge a chur ar fáil.
Beidh dhá scoláireacht a bhronnadh ar an chlár Binneas Béal ar RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta gach lá ón Luan 10ú Meitheamh go Aoine 14ú Meitheamh.
Tá Cumann an Phiarsaigh go mór faoi chomaoin ag Foras na Gaeilge as an tacaíocht seo a thabhairt don chúrsa.
Is féidir eolas breise a fháil ó Joe Ó Gallchóir, stiúrthóir an chúrsa, ag 086 8288764.
Stiúrthóir Naíonra
Meitheamh 6, 2013
Tá Stiúrthóir ag teastáil ó Naíonra Sakura i gCill Mhantáin. Post lánaimseartha atá i gceist le tréimhse phromhaidh trí mhí.
Is gá go mbeadh líofacht na Gaeilge ag an iarrthóir (scrúdú TEG B2 molta), mar aon le CDBO Leibhéal 5 ar a mhéad.
Ba chóir go mbeadh na cáilíochtaí seo a leanas ag an iarrthóir chomh maith, nó é a bheith sásta tabhairt fúthu:
– Dianchúrsa FNT
– Traenáil gharchabhrach
– Treanáil ‘Tús Áite do Leanaí
Beidh gá le dhá theistiméireacht (scríofa) freisin agus le imréiteach a fháil ón nGarda Síochána.
Má theastaíonn tuilleadh eolais uait faoin bpost seo is féidir dul i dteagmháil le Margaret ar 045891278, nó ar magsakura1@eircom.net.
Is é an 28 Meitheamh 2013 spriocdháta an fholúntais seo.
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Siúlóid trí Ghaeilge i Sliabh Bladhma
Meitheamh 6, 2013
Beidh siúlóid (trí Ghaeilge), ar siúl i Sliabh Bladhma i gCo Laoise ar an 8 lá de mhí Meitheamh, le haghaidh Bliain na Gaeilge. Tá Sliabh Bladhma suite i lár na tire agus deirtear go raibh an laoch Fionn MacCumhail in a chónaí san áit sin, nuair a bhí sé óg.
Beidh ár siúlóid í Sliabh Bladhma ag tosú ag 11 a chlog ar maidin an Satharn, 8 Meitheamh 2013.
Beidh daoine ag bualadh lena chéile ag an Teach Tábhairne i mBaile Mhic Ádaim i gCo. Uíbh Fhailí ag 11r.n.
Tá draíocht iontach ag baint leis an áit le cnoic ar gach aon taobh duit le srutháin álainn, plandaí fiáin agus tá an-rúndiamhair ag baint leis an áit, ceantar a bhí luaite le Fionn Mac Cumhaill agus na Fianna.
Déan cinnte bia agus deoch a thabhairt leat don siúlóid seo.
Bain sult as an aimsir álainn seo agus bí i láthair don siúlóid seo agus ceiliúradh a dhéanamh ar Bhliain na Gaeilge
Tá fáilte roimh cách.
Tuilleadh eolais: 087 640 0184
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Aitheantas buan faighte ag Gaelcholáiste na Mara ón Roinn Oideachais & Scileanna
Meitheamh 6, 2013
Ba mhór le GAELSCOILEANNA TEO. comhghairdeas a dhéanamh le Gaelcholáiste na Mara, an tInbhear Mór, Co. Chill Mhantáin, ar bronnadh aitheantas buan uirthi le déanaí. Bunaíodh an scoil i 2007 agus tá sé tráthúil gur i mbliana a bhronn an Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna aitheantas buan uirthi, oir is í seo an chéad bhliain go bhfuil rang Ardteiste aici. Guímis gach rath ar daltaí uile na scoile, ach go háirithe iad siúd atá ag tabhairt faoin Ardteist agus an Teastas Sóisearach faoi láthair. Is cinnte go mbeidh todhchaí iontacha i ndán dóibh i ndiaidh an tréimhse atá caite acu sa scoil tacúil, fuinniúil seo. Tá tuilleadh eolais maidir le himeachtaí na scoile ar www.gaelcholaistenamara.ie, áit a bhfuil blag iontach a léiríonn an réimse leathan imeachtaí a bhíonn ar siúl ag an scoil i gcaitheamh na bliana.
