Irish has always been one of my strongest subjects in secondary school, and Transition Year Irish Studies, has immersed me in the Irish Language, Culture, Traditions & History.
One of the most prominent celebrations of the Irish Language is Seachtain na Gaeilge (Irish Week), which is celebrated every year on March 1-17, celebrating Irish language, and all of its benefits! This year, Transition Year Students in Crana College have been entrusted to arrange all of the celebrations in the school.
Along with our Irish teacher, and Transition Year Coordinator – Ms Bradley, my class – TY1 have began to arrange the celebrations! Our class was split up into smaller groups to organise varying events to occur over the seventeen days. I have been arranged into a group along with four other students in my class – Ciara, Sonia, Niamh & Máiréad, to arrange a ‘Tráth na gCeist’ or a quiz.
In this we have decided to go paperless, and arrange the quiz, and host it on the online quiz site – http://www.kahoot.it, which was introduced to us by our Media Studies teacher – Mrs Morrison, earlier this year. It is unsure as of now, if we will go in to quiz all 5th, 2nd and 1st Year classes in the school, or if my will zone in one one specific year group, however it is almost certain that it will be a digital and paperless quiz, and we are certain that it will promote Seachtain na Gaeilge, the Irish Language, and Irish Culture!
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