Yesterday I had a meeting with the head teacher to discuss the Gaelic medium education (GME) that is offered. I already knew the vast majority of everything we talked about but it was reassuring to have a few things confirmed.
One of my questions was whether or not children struggle with it. In her experience it's children who would struggle at school even within the English medium. There is also extra support for children who are moved into the English medium.
It is complete immersion in Gaelic until primary 4 where they then have an hour and a half of English each week. There are two composite classes. The younger class is primary 1,2 and 3. The older class is primary 4,5,6 and 7. This year they had five children into primary 1 so it is becoming more popular.
I got to meet the teacher and see the younger class. I got to speak to a little girl who blew me away. Her first language is German, second English and now she is learning Gaelic. Amazing.
There are adult classes I can take and as Bug won't start school until 2015 I have 21 months to brush up on the basics. In he city they have a Saturday morning club which has activities for children and means I can speak to other parents. Even though Bug won't be going to the school in the city I can still go up.
If I want to go ahead I've just to give the head teacher a call. She's said she can contact the admissions board to request that Bug is moved into the Gaelic nursery.
Lots to think about.
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