We are very excited to announce that a new Gaelic Medium Education Primary 1 class will open within Whitehirst Park Primary School in Kilwinning in August 2020. This allows pupils to be taught primarily through the medium of Scottish Gaelic.
FÃ ilte chridheil gu Clas 1 ann am Bun-sgoil PÃ irc Whitehirst.
Airson a cumail a’ dol ag ionnsachadh agus a togail canan Gà idhlig bhiodh e cuideachail airson clann a’ dhol thairis air faclan, orain agus rannan aig an taigh. An seo tha diofar dòighean airson a dèanamh cinnteach gu bheil do phà iste fhathast a’ cluinntinn Gà idhlig anns an suidheachadh far a bheil iad aig an taigh.
A warm welcome to Primary 1 at Whitehirst Park Primary.
To maintain the continuity and progression that your child has been making in developing their new GÃ idhlig language skills please continue to encourage the use of GÃ idhlig words, songs and nursery rhymes at home.
There are an engaging range of learning opportunities available online to ensure your child can continue to hear Gà idhlig language in their environment at home. These opportunities are listed below with links to direct you to selected websites.
- Watching children’s Gà idhlig T.V. programmes on BBC Alba between 17:00 – 18:30.
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/guide/bbcalba
- Use BBC iplayer to watch Children’s Gà idhlig T.V. programmes/clips
bbc.co.uk/programmes/b02mms7s/episodes/player
- The Gaelic Books Council has a Youtube channel called Leugh le Linda. (read with Linda)
youtube.com/watch?v=jyL0MCZa9zM
- Play GÃ idhlig songs in the background at times during the day.
storlann.co.uk/bi-sunndach/en/audio/
orain-na-cloinne-bige.e-storas.com
- Create some GÃ idhlig labels for items in your house.
doras – door                                       coire – kettle
uinneag – window                              à bhainn – oven
preas – cupboard                               dèideagan – toys
dealbh – picture                                 drathair – drawer
solas – light                                        leabaidh – bed
Here are exciting links below that provide very useful activity sheets and video clips to maintain and continue to build on GÃ idhlig language development. Choose a topic and focus on the various activities for 1-2 weeks.
For parents
There are a great range of adult Gaelic learner classes available within North Ayrshire. Please see information regarding when they are available and who to contact in the leaflet below.
