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Would you choose a rural small school over a gaelscoil 15 mins outside locale?

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  • #32
    Caryatnid
    Registered Users Posts: 555 ✭✭✭Caryatnid


    dara10 wrote: »
    You can always move your child to the local school but you'd can't move them to a gaelscoil after junior infants.

    Agree with rest of your post except this last sentence. Know loads of people who did so successfully, especially from primary to secondary. I the transition is equally as difficult, obviously you need the child's cooperation as either move involves more effort.


  • #33
    Bobbins
    Registered Users Posts: 106 ✭✭Bobbins


    Thanks to all for your input. Decided on gaelscoil, said we'd take a chance. Seems as others suggested there are a few more children in the area going there.


  • #34
    Blazer
    Registered Users Posts: 17,414 ✭✭✭✭Blazer


    dara10 wrote: »
    For your child to be fluent in another language at no extra effort to them is priceless. You can not compare the Irish they would learn in a non-gaelscoil to the Irish they would have attending a gaelscoil. There is a huge amount of research on the benefits of immersion education for children. Your child could still have local friends from school as people travel for gaelscoils but also there is nothing to stop them joining a local club too. I wouldn't chose a school solely on location. 15 minutes away is not that far.
    You can always move your child to the local school but you'd can't move them to a gaelscoil after junior infants.

    Except it’s Irish and a complete waste of time.
    Much better learning French/German/Mandarin at that age than wasting it on an obsolete language.
    Kids at primary level would soak up languages.
    Every primary should be teaching one of those languages now than wasting it on Irish.


  • #35
    dara10
    Registered Users Posts: 18 ✭dara10


    Caryatnid wrote: »
    Agree with rest of your post except this last sentence. Know loads of people who did so successfully, especially from primary to secondary. I the transition is equally as difficult, obviously you need the child's cooperation as either move involves more effort.

    Fair point. I haven't come across it in primaries. Some gaelscoil admissions policies state that you can only transfer if you have attended another gaelscoil.
    I am aware of it occurring for secondary which has supports in place for the transition.

    Bobbins best of luck to your child starting school. Delighted to hear you chose the gaelscoil.


  • #36
    big_drive
    Registered Users Posts: 3,108 ✭✭✭big_drive


    Local better in my opinion. Easier too possibly interms of dropping off, etc. If stuck some day easier to organise a left to/from school without putting others out.

    Bear in mind too Gaelscoil doesn't suit everyone and can sometimes have negative consequnces when child reaches secondary. Would they continue to a second level Gaelscoil and complete state exams through Irish?


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  • #37
    Slime Princess
    Registered Users Posts: 113 ✭✭Slime Princess


    Blazer wrote: »
    Except it’s Irish and a complete waste of time.
    Much better learning French/German/Mandarin at that age than wasting it on an obsolete language.
    Kids at primary level would soak up languages.
    Every primary should be teaching one of those languages now than wasting it on Irish.

    Except its not useless, many jobs in European public institutions will count Irish as a second language when applying for jobs and will qualify candidates for opportunities that they may not have otherwise had.


  • #38
    [Deleted User]
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    I wonder what opportunity there are for irish speakers in Europe?


  • #39
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Sunnyspot wrote: »
    I wonder what opportunity there are for irish speakers in Europe?

    lots of jobs for Irish language translators


    https://ec.europa.eu/ireland/news/new-jobs-for-translators-with-irish-announced-by-european-commission-in%E2%80%93ireland-and-brussels_en


  • #40
    Topgear on Dave
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Topgear on Dave


    Lots of jobs?

    There's probably half a dozen. Translating documents no one ever reads.


  • #41
    ax530
    Registered Users Posts: 458 ✭✭ax530


    in my view if there is a school in walking distance would not go any further its gets even better when child that bit older and can walk to\from school alone.
    there was a change to schools in gealtacht being gealscoil few years ago so you may find that the local school has a high level of Irish and does a lot of Irish based teaching ect but is no longer classified as a gealscoil.
    Over the years 4 children have moved from gaelscoil to my daughers class. I'm not sure the reasons why. See one of them walking to school now which they could not have done as the gealscoil about 6 km away.


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