Irish For Primary Teaching
SEPTEMBER 2024 – MAY 2025
Our Irish For Primary Teaching course is for students wishing to enrol on a Professional Master in Education PME (Primary Teaching) post graduate degree, but have not achieved at least a H4 in their Leaving Certificate Irish Exam.
The course is designed specifically for students who are no longer in full-time Secondary Level Education and who may not have studied Irish in a number of years.
Throughout the 29 week course, our expert teacher, Nuala Uí Cheallaigh, will support students of all abilities to ensure they excel in the Irish exam.
Students who enrol on this course will also be provided with support for the TEG oral examination free of charge.
Our Irish For Primary Teaching students receive:
- Exceptional tuition from Ireland’s leading teachers
- Opportunity to study through fully interactive ONLINE weekly classes
- Live class recordings to rewatch at any time throughout the year until the end of the State Exams in 2025
- The Institute’s renowned exam-focused class notes
- Exam strategies – answer techniques, marking schemes and time management
Enrol today.
Who will be teaching this course?
The teacher for this course is Nuala Uí Cheallaigh.
Nuala Uí Cheallaigh is an Irish teacher with over 20 years teaching experience.
Nuala’s unique teaching style inspires students to be more confident and self-assured in the subject. She provides her students with the skills necessary to master both the Irish language and the requirements of the syllabus.
Nuala has a deep understanding of the Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate examination process having worked as a corrector with the State Examinations Commission (SEC) for 14 years.
Nuala holds a BA from University College Dublin, a H.dip from Trinity College Dublin and an M.Ed from the University of Ulster.
She works as an Academic Tutor on the University of Limerick’s teacher training programme. In addition, she is a post primary, (school) student teacher placement tutor with the University of Limerick and previously with the National University of Ireland Maynooth. Nuala has also provided Dianchúrsa Gaeilge for students of Dublin City University’s B.Ed programme.
Nuala edited an Irish textbook for the new Junior Cycle syllabus and was awarded the All Island Entrepreneur Educator of the Year in 2007.
The tutor for the course is Luke Rock.
When do classes take place?
This is a weekly online course. The classes are held every Monday evening at 7pm. You can see the weekly schedule here.
Who is this course for?
The course is for students wishing to enrol on a Professional Masters in Education PME (Primary Teaching), post graduate degree, but have not achieved at least a H4 in their Leaving Cert Irish Exam.
This course is designed specifically for students who are no longer in full time second level education and who may not have studied Irish in a number of years.
What are the entry requirements for the Professional Masters in Education PME (Primary Teaching)?
You can find the current entry requirements for the Professional Masters in Education PME (Primary Teaching) course in DCU, Marino Institute of Education, Mary Immaculate College and Maynooth University here. Entry requirement to Hibernia College can be found here.
The course will run over 29 weeks, commencing September 2024. The course will include all aspects of the Leaving certificate course, the written the listening and the oral aspects. There is a crossover on the oral work for the leaving Certificate exam and the TEG exam. Students will be offered the opportunity to attend oral preparation tutorial and partake in a mock oral before their exams.
Course features:
- 2 hour online class once per week.
- Homework exercises set and corrected with feedback provided to students.
- Onsite (or at home) mock exams in March.
- Mock oral after Christmas.
- Attendance at TEG Course Free of Charge.
For the Academic Year 2024/25 this Irish for Primary School Teaching Course will take place every Monday at 19:00 as per the Weekly Schedule below.
NOTE: All classes are 120 minutes in duration.
*Students may join at any stage throughout the year, subject to availability.
| Week | Week Commencing | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2nd Sept 2024 | First Week |
| 2 | 9th Sept 2024 | |
| 3 | 16th Sept 2024 | |
| 4 | 23rd Sept 2024 | |
| 5 | 30th Sept 2024 | |
| 6 | 7th Oct 2024 | |
| 7 | 14th Oct 2024 | |
| 8 | 21st Oct 2024 | |
| No Classes | 30th Oct 2024 | Mid-Term |
| 9 | 4th Nov 2024 | |
| 10 | 11th Nov 2024 | |
| 11 | 18th Nov 2024 | |
| 12 | 25th Nov 2024 | |
| 13 | 2nd Dec 2024 | |
| 14 | 9th Dec 2024 | |
| No Classes | 16th Dec 2024 | Christmas |
| No Classes | 23rd Dec 2024 | Christmas |
| No Classes | 30th Dec 2024 | Christmas |
| 15 | 6th Jan 2025 | |
| 16 | 13th Jan 2025 | |
| 17 | 20th Jan 2025 | |
| 18 | 27th Jan 2025 | |
| 19 | 3rd Feb 2025 | St. Brigid's Bank Holiday, Classes as normal this week, including Bank Holiday Monday 3rd February 2025 |
| 20 | 10th Feb 2025 | |
| No Classes | 17th Feb 2025 | February Mid Term |
| 21 | 24th Feb 2025 | |
| 22 | 3rd March 2025 | |
| 23 | 10th March 2025 | |
| No Classes | 17th March 2025 | St Patrick's Week |
| 24 | 24th March 2025 | |
| 25 | 31st March 2025 | |
| 26 | 7th April 2025 | |
| No Classes | 14th April 2025 | Easter Break |
| No Classes | 21st April 2025 | Easter Break |
| 27 | 28th April 2025 | |
| 28 | 5th May 2025 | **May Bank Holiday. No classes Mon 5th May. Classes as normal Tuesday 6th to Saturday 10th May. |
| 29 | 12th May 2025 |
*Classes will be taught on Bank Holiday Monday 3rd Feb ’25
**No classes on Bank Holiday Monday 5th May’25. Classes will be taught instead on Monday 19th May.
The fee for enrolling in this course is: €1,645.
All students joining our weekly classes now will receive access to recordings of all the classes for which they have enrolled. In addition, they will have access to recordings of the classes that have already taken place since the start of the course. This is an invaluable aid when it comes to revision.
Please note:
- Card payments accepted.
- 10% reduction for the second and subsequent members of the same family, attending the same courses. Please contact our office to avail of this discount.
- Fees are non-transferable.
Q: Am I entitled to the notes from classes that I was absent from?
A: Yes, however you must deal directly with your teacher in relation to this.