Schools

If you have any news from your school please drop us a line and we will include it on this page. 


Schools we are currently working with in 2007/08

Our Lady of Peace, Barlanark
St.Patrick's, Anderston
St.Peter's, Partick
Knightswood secondary
St.Margaret Mary's Secondary, Castlemilk
St.Mungo's, Townhead
Annette.St, Govanhill
Thorntree, Shettleston
St. Agnes, Lambhill
 St.Andrew's secondary , Carntyne
St.Michael's, Parkhead
Glasgow Gaelic School, Sgoil Ghaidhlig Ghlaschu
St.Conval's, Shawbridge
Holyrood Secondary
Croftfoot Primary
Mount Florida Primary
Corpus Christi



Club Supports College Coaching Programme



Club Treasurer Sally lafferty presents Roger McKillop from langside College with a plaque marking 10 years of partnership work with the club at our annual dinner.  The club also presented Roger with twenty O'Neill's footballs to support their work in Glasgow primary schools.
                                                                 Langside College coaches
 

                                       



Holyrood school after school club up and running

An average attendance of 28 pupils are partcipating in the Holyrood  after school gaelic football club thanks to the efforts of Down native Cathie McGroarty who is a PE teacher in the school.
   The club's under 14s will play them in a challenge match in early October.


Two year schools camogie and hurling  initiative launched  

110 p6 children from three east end primary schools had their first taste of the ancient sport of hurling thanks to funding received from Sportsmatch and sponsorship from Advance Construction (Scotland).  Pupils from St.Michael's, Parkhead, Thorntree, Shettleston and Our Lady of Peace, Barlanark, were coached by club community coaches, Louise and Siobhan.
   The club will be working with the same group of children for the next two years.  Among the aims will be to have inter school competition, organize school exchanges with schools in Ireland and the formation of a club under 12s hurling and camogie team in the east end of the city.
  Last term all three schools took part in gaelic football coaching.


St. Michael's, Trim have successful anti sectarianism exchange

Schools Gaelic football team in historic Ibrox visit

 

An Irish primary school made a bit of sporting history by becoming the first schools gaelic football team from Ireland to attend a Glasgow Rangers league match.  The team from St.Michael’s CBS, in Trim, Co.Meath  took part in a unique International school exchange, which is being supported by Glasgow city council, Sense Over Sectarianism and the club.  The Irish youngsters joined a group of pupils from Glasgow’s Annette St and St.Patrick’s primary schools at the game. 

 

    The theme of the exchange was to promote religious and cultural tolerance using the theme of sport.  The Glasgow schools visited Trim, Co. Meath last year on the first leg and included visits to the Dublin Mosque and Croke Park in their programme. The gaelic football coach and class teacher of the Irish youngsters is local man, James Battersby.  James did his teacher training at Strathclyde University, in Glasgow and spent time on placement at a number of schools, including St.Patrick’s.   “The children were really excited about going to the game and were delighted to meet up again with the children they hosted last year.”

  “This trip was be fantastic learning experience for the youngsters and will hopefully make all the participants more tolerant of other cultures and religions.”

 

The school will also be also visited the St.Mungo’s religious museum, the Celtic and Rangers education centres and participated in anti sectarianism workshops with a number of agencies. They visited the two schools were plays and concerts were put on to celebrate the diverse cultures of the respective communities of Anderston and Govanhill.

 

    Glasgow Rangers were also quick to support the initiative “Rangers Football Club are delighted to welcome St Michael’s Primary School from Ireland to the Rangers Study Centre.   Established in 2001 the centre is part of the Club’s Community Programme which is dedicated to making a positive difference to the lives of the wider community.   With over 50,000 visitors each year from denomination and non denomination schools the centre plays a key role in delivering the Club's strong anti sectarian message through its work with the Pride Over Prejudice campaign and projects such as the Old Firm Alliance, Old Firm United and Fans United,” explained Raymond Farrelly, Rangers Community Manager,




Primary schools Tournament

A number of our schools have been very active this year with the P4 and P5 age group.  We are bringing them all together for a sevens tournament at St. Patrick's on Monday 18th June, from 9.30am. 


St.Mungo's Healthy Living Week

Club Development Officer, Tommy Main, coached around seventy pupils from St.Mungo's during their Healthy Living week in June.  The school has a very successful mini harps club, which runs on a Wednesday night, from 6.30pm.

St.Thomas Aquinas win City Council sports award

The Sports School of the Year category, sponsored by the Evening Times - which is media partner of the awards - went to St Thomas Aquinas Secondary and Wellshot Primary.

Graeme Smith, assistant editor of the Evening Times, praised the schools for their dedication to sport and other physical activities.

He said: "The Evening Times is once again delighted to be supporting such a high-profile event and celebrating the efforts and achievements of two of the city's schools."

Pupils from St Thomas Aquinas, in Jordanhill, have taken part in such events as Glasgow Schools Cross-Country, the Great Scottish Run and the Women's 10k.

School activities include body-combat dance, Gaelic football and dance, and it also has an extensive range of after-school clubs and Saturday morning sports clubs.

            Gaelic football was organised by teacher, Adrian Diver, and many of the children went on to join the club.  Adrian now teaches in Knightswood secondary school.


East West Contact Seminar - Liverpool 2nd to 4th February 2007

The 2007 East West Contact Seminar is to be held in Liverpool from the 2nd to the 4th February. The aim of the seminar is to facilitate teachers (primary and post-primary) from Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England to develop 1-year projects under the East West Programme.

The East West Programme was initiated under the Good Friday Agreement to strengthen school partnerships and to encourage friendship and understanding between young people in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Priority is given to projects promoting respect and accommodation of difference through increased knowledge and insight into each other’s culture.

All Irish, English, Welsh, and Scottish primary and post-primary school teachers interested in participating in the East West Programme are invited to apply to attend this seminar in Liverpool, to learn about the programme, discuss project ideas, exchange information, and make initial contacts with potential partner schools.

Funding will be made available to successful applicants in the form of travel coast (flights, train or bus); hotel accommodation and meals will also be paid by Léargas for the duration of the seminar.

Please note that the deadline for submission of your application is 4th January 2007. Priority will be given to schools that have not already been involved in an East West project or have not already attended a contact seminar. In the interest of fairness, places will be allocated on a first-come basis.

If you would like to discuss any issues relating to the East West Contact Seminar please contact Kathleen Carey on 01-8871212 or via email on kcarey@leargas.ie. For more information on the East West Programme please visit our web page


Meath School confirm their exchange visit date
March 28th- 31st


St.Michael's school, Trim, Co.Meath, have confirmed that they will be making the return trip to Glasgow, were they will be hosted jointly by Annette.St and St.Patrick's Primary schools. Earlier this year the Glasgow schools made the trip to Co.Meath on an exchange which was aimed at promoting religious and cultural tolerance and understanding.  The trip had the support of Glasgow City Council and Sense Over Sectarianism.



Knightswood Secondary takes up gaelic football

Thanks to the efforts of club under 14s manager, Adrian Diver, the 1st year pupils of Knightswood secondary school are getting the opportunity to try out gaelic football.  Adrian is a teacher at the school and recently started an after school club which is being well received by the pupils.  It shouldn't be too long before a local derby challenge match against St.Thomas Aquinas  is arranged. Adrian taught in St.Thomas' last year and also had a succesfull after school club going.  Many of the youngsters went on to join the club.



 


These are the schools we have worked with  in 2006

By the end of 2006, club community coaches  delivered 180 coaching sessions to 2,600 Glasgow schoolchildren. 


Primary Schools

 

St.Agnes
St.Mungo
St.Conval's
Spittal
St.Ambrose
Albert
Sunnybank
Annette St
Holy Cross
Sighthill
St.Aloysius
St.Roch’s
St.Peter’s
St.Patrick’s
Calderwood
Victoria
St.Bride’s
Bankhead
Burgh
Burnside

Secondary

St.Margaret Mary’s
St.Thomas Aquinas
St.Andrew's
Knightswood

 


Annette St pupil Osama tries his hand at hurling during the
school exchange to Co.Meath


Annette.St and St.Patrick's Joint Exchange


Fourteen gaelic footballers from two Glasgow primary schools will participate in a unique school exchange with St.Michael’s primary school, Trim, Co.Meath, over the weekend of 13th May..  The exchange is about promoting religious and racial tolerance among young people and to use gaelic games as a tool to break down barriers and introduce non Irish children into gaelic football.

   During their visit the youngsters from Annette St non denominational school and St.Patrick’s RC school will take in the Louth versus Meath championship game in Croke Park.  The exchange is being organised by the club who are supported by Glasgow City Council and Sense Over Sectarianism a Scottish parliament backed group who promote inclusiveness and challenge sectarianism in Scottish society.  A full report of the weekend will appear in the club’s website towards the end of next week.  St.Michaels’ are planning a return trip early next year.

 

 




St.Mungo's on top

St.Mungo's came out on top of a four team tournament between them and St.Patrick's at the Power League, Townhead, on Wednesday 29th April.  There was ceratinly a lot of talent on show and many of the children have signed up for the community club the Harps have set up for after the Easter holiday, which will provide the foundation for our under 12s club team. We would like to thank the Power League for given us the use of their facilities free of charge.
  


St.Margaret Mary's, secondary school gaelic football team
St.Margaret mary's secondary school, Castlemilk, will play host to the first secondary school gaelic football match in Glasgow for more than five years, when the school hosts the footballlers of St.Thomas Aquinas, Scotstoun, on Thursday  2nd March.   Both schools have been active in promoting gaelic football in recent weeks with the 1st and 2nd years  at St.Maragret Mary's getting a four week coaching block.  While over in the west end of the city, club senior footballer Adrian Diver has been  running an after school club for under 14s.


St.Agnes win first ever title

St. Agnes school from Lambhill are the new holders of the annual Drug Free sevens title.  Vice Consul of Ireland for Scotland, Patrick Duffy was on hand to present the cup to the winning team who are coached by ladies football team captain, Fidelma McGinn, who teaches in the school.  St.Patrick's won the David Kean memorial Healthy Life styles quiz cup.





 



 



 







 
 






 


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The Langside College Gaelic football sevens was held in the Kelvin Hall on Thursday 21st February.  Five schools from Govanhill  participated, including Cuthbertson. St Primary, for the first time.  Pictured above is a group from St. Bride's school.