End of Term

Dear Families,

As this is the last week of the school term for this year it is also the last week of Cròileagan. It has been a strange few months as we tried to put our activities online and keep up the Cròileagan spirit! We hope you have enjoyed the digital newsletters. The links will remain on the blog so you can revisit them over the summer as you wish.

Usually, in the last few sessions, we would give a big Cròileagan goodbye to those children moving to sgoil-araich or to C1. Sgioba Cròileagan are sad that we won’t get to do that this year and so you can find a certificate to download and fill in if your wee one is moving on from Cròileagan after the summer.

We have been missing you all and are really looking forward to welcoming families back when it is safe to do so.

An Sgioba Cròileagan

If you right click on the image above and then 'save as' you should be able to download the certificate to print off.

Cric crag crùbag

An t-seachdain seo: Cric Crag Crùbag

This week’s craft is based on one of the excellent Leugh le Linda episodes which the Gaelic Books Council has been running weekly throughout lockdown. The whole series is available on YouTube and this is the link to the relevant one for this week’s craft activity: https://youtu.be/087jKFunzr8.

Hopefully we will soon get an opportunity to visit a beach to use some of this vocabulary!

Cùm sabhailte, An Sgioba Cròileagan

You can also download a version of our DF to print out at home.

Abairt na Seachdain

Our words for this week are:

Crùbag -Crab
Faoilleach -Seagull
Tràigh -Beach

Song Time

On the video Linda sings three songs and reads the Cric Crac Crùbag book which many of you will recognise from Cròileagan. We have included all the words of the songs on  as some of them are slightly different to those we normally sing.

Craft Time

The craft is quite easy, just draw one large circle and four smaller ones from red paper or card (or white paper and colour it in) fold over the circles, stick them down and draw on some legs and eyes.

Latha nan Athraichean - Father’s Day

An t-seachdain seo: Latha nan Athraichean - Father’s Day

Fathers Day is this Sunday,so that is our theme this week. You can make a monster hug for the daddy/grandad/other special person in your life, and write a wee message on it.

Why not let us know what you get up to this week? Even if it isn't craft related! Sgioba Cròileagan are here to help with any Gaelic we can.

You can also download a version of our DF to print out at home.

Abairt na Seachdain

Our words for this week are:

Latha nan Athraichean - Father’s Day

Latha nan Athraichean Sona Dhut - Happy Father’s Day to you

Athair/ Dadaidh - Daddy

Seanair - Grandad
Le gaol - With love

You can hear how to pronounce these words by clicking here.

Song Time

Some of you will know this week’s song, in which Dadaidh features.  You can hear it being sung here. 

Craft Time

For this week’s craft, you will need paper, glue, scissors, and some pens, pencils, or crayons. Cut out a monster of any shape you like, give it a face and write a message on it, and then create long arms - maybe by making paper chains - for the monster’s arms, long enough to give someone a hug! Gabhaibh spòrs, and don’t forget to send us some photos of what you make. 

Tog agus Leag!

An t-seachdain seo: Tog agus Leag!

First things first, sorry we were late with this weeks blog update. Keeping track of time and days right now can be tough can't it? This week we are looking at building (a'togail) and demolishing (leag)! There are loads of things you can build and demolish safely at home - cardboard castles, towers of bricks, stacks of cushions, a weeks worth of recycling!

Why not let us know what you get up to this week? Even if it isn't craft related! Sgioba Cròileagan are here to help with any Gaelic we can.

You can also download a version of our DF to print out at home.

Abairt na Seachdain

Our words for this week are:

Tog  - Build

Caisteal - Castle 
Aon- One

Dha - Two

Trì - Three

Leag - Knock down / demolish

You can hear how to pronounce these words by clicking here.

Song Time

Lots of you will be familiar with this week’s songs, as we sing them often. They both use words for parts of the body. 

• Tog, tog, tog an caisteal can be heard at https://soundcloud.com/storlann/tog-tog-tog-an-caisteal and an alternative version at https://seosibh.storlann.co.uk/thigachluich/. The second version is one you might have if you received the ÒRAIN IS RANNAN CHLOINNE cd when you joined us. 

TV Time

Since we are all at home, why not watch something on Cbeebies Alba together? A good programme to start with might be 'Piseag is Cuilean'- this episode is about High and Low (Ard is Iosal) so why not see how high you can make your towers? https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000b1dn/piseag-agus-cuileankit-and-pup-series-1-1-ard-agus-iosal

Craft Time

For this week’s craft, you will need things from your recycling box to make towers, so toilet roll tubes, cardboard boxes, plastic yoghurt pots or things like that, glue, scissors, and stuff to decorate with!  Gabhaibh spòrs, and don’t forget to send us some photos of what you make. 

Pàirtean den Bhodhaig (2)

An t-seachdain seo: Pàirtean den Bhodhaig

This week we will continue to look at some parts of our body. We will use our handprint to make some beautiful flùraichean (flowers). Maybe you could send some to someone you haven’t seen in a while? 

You can also download a version of our DF toprint out at home.

Abairt na Seachdain

Our words for this week are:

Làmh(an)  - Hand(s)

Cas(an) - Foot(Feet)

Corrag(an) - Finger(s) 

Ceann - Head 

Gualann (Guailnean) - Shoulder(s) 

Glùin(ean) - Knee(s)

You can hear how to pronounce these words by clicking here.

Song Time

Lots of you will be familiar with this week’s songs, as we sing them often. They both use words for parts of the body. 

• Uilleam Ordag can be heard at https://soundcloud.com/gaelic4parents/uilleam-ordag
• Ceann, Gualann, Glùinean, Cas can be heard at https://soundcloud.com/gaelic4parents/track24

Craft Time

For this week’s craft, you will need paper, glue, scissors, and your hands! For the stems of the flowers you could use straws or pipe cleaners, if you have some, but strips of paper will work too.  Gabhaibh spòrs, and don’t forget to send us some photos of what you make.