Many thanks to parents who have booked places with us for the new term starting 13 September. 

We’re delighted to see so many of you returning and lots of new pupils joining us too.

For those who have already booked, we are working frantically drumming up interest and more bookings so that our language classes can go ahead as planned.  

To help with this we have extended our 5% early bird reduction until 23 August, so please spread the word and forward this email to friends and family who may be interested in joining us. 

In addition, we’d be delighted if anyone would share our little posts on parents groups at school to help spread the word.  We will be in touch with you by text to ask if you are happy to do this.

Individual class Whatsapp groups will be set up week 30 August in order to keep you updated on progress with pupil numbers and location of your class.

We’re still in limbo with St Patrick’s Centre for some of our face to face classes, but we have a fall back option which is to run all our classes from Exam Focus, Burnaby Buildings (above 11 Deli) as this centre is operating in the educational sector.  We will keep you informed.

And last but not least, we’re delighted to be launching a new class for 11-13 year olds (6th class, 1st years).  We have recognised for some time that these important adolescents really need a class of their own, so voilà, it’s available NOW (learn more)

Don’t miss out, book your place soon to avoid disappointment 

We’re looking forward to our new term  
Georgia, Rachel & Janine Xxx

Classes start back on 13 September on zoom and Face to Face in Greystones

Autumn Term from 13 September – 22 November

The award-winning La Jolie Ronde programmes we use allow children to start learning their chosen language in a fun and interactive class

Each child receives a full colour A4 workbook, tailored to their age and stage

All the music, stories and listening activities from class are available on an app that can be used on a phone or tablet

Downloadable parent guides are also available so you can help your child practice at home

Places limited to 6 students per class on zoom and 8 in person to ensure personal attention

Don’t miss out, book your place soon to avoid disappointment

FREE trial class for new children and families

FRENCH & SPANISH CLASSES START BACK THIS WEEK

Welcome back to our French & Spanish pupils

We can’t wait to zoom you into the summer with lots of new songs, games and quizzes

New pupils are welcome to come and join the fun

Our award-winning lessons are designed in such a way that pupils may join at any stage

Key vocab and phrases are reintroduced as pupils progress through the lessons

During the first 5 minutes of every lesson songs and essential phrases are recapped

Fill in our enquiry form

Places for new pupils available

Classes running till mid June

Eight years ago this month, Georgia set up the first out of school French classes for local children in Greystones and Delgany. A small room at the local Parish Centre was the venue where a handful of children, as young as five years old, wanted to see what it was all about.

As word got around, how much fun learning French was and due to demand, Georgia added more and more classes and venues to her timetable as well as introducing Spanish.

Fast forward to today and Georgia’s language school, Greystones Languages for Children, is thriving. Not even the Pandemic has stopped her teaching and her students from continuing with their bilingual journey.

Georgia says, “It’s hard to believe that we have been teaching French and Spanish in Greystones for eight years. It is brilliant to be able to offer language classes in our community and to see children developing great linguistic skills from such an early age.

“Young children have a wonderful advantage in that they pick up languages with ease. When they are exposed to language in an engaging and interactive way, they learn so much more in this pressure free environment.

“Learning then becomes a thoroughly positive experience and by the time the child begins secondary school their foundation of language learning will provide them with a significant head start.”

When the first lockdown happened, schools and venues closed, and all classes ceased. Against all the odds stacked against her, Georgia was determined to keep her students bilingual journey moving, so instead of cancelling classes, she simply took them online.

“Although nothing beats face to face teaching, my online classes are working really well. As well as benefiting from continued learning, my students have really enjoyed working together and seeing their classmates on screen. This week we all celebrated Greystones eight-year birthday virtually, we played fun games and sang songs plus, we even had a cake.”

Article originally published at Wicklow News available online at https://wicklownews.net/2021/03/pandemic-doesnt-stop-greystones-teach-from-celebrating/?fbclid=IwAR2DYHGC5PI8PDB2z74ZG-iC12dZ9CLtbUUPpNZp2kJYK4zn9cw_BNRft-g

In these slightly panicky pandemic times, it’s a joy to see a business that is not only surviving but thriving.

Such is the case with Greystones Languages for Children, celebrating its eight birthday this year.

With Georgia Gallagher helping make the next generation fluent in both French and Spanish, it’s clear the woman loves her work.

And so do all those happy, smart, bi-lingual kids.

Here’s the lowdown…

Eight years ago this month, Georgia Gallagher set up the first out of school French classes for local children in Greystones and Delgany. A small room at the local Parish Centre was the venue where a handful of children, some as young as 5 years old, wanted to see what it was all about. As word got around how much fun learning French was, Georgia was soon adding more and more classes and venues. And, due to popular demand, Spanish was also add to the timetable.

Fast forward to today and Georgia’s language school, Greystones Languages for Children, is thriving! Not even the pandemic has stopped her teaching and her students from continuing with their bilingual journey!

Georgia says, “It’s hard to believe that we have been teaching French and Spanish in Greystones for eight years! It is brilliant to be able to offer language classes in our community and to see children developing great linguistic skills from such an early age.  Young children have a wonderful advantage in that they pick up languages with ease. When they are exposed to language in an engaging and interactive way, they learn so much more in this pressure free environment. Learning then becomes a thoroughly positive experience and by the time the child begins secondary school their foundation of language learning will provide them with a significant head start”.

When the first lockdown happened, schools and venues closed, and all classes ceased. Against all the odds, Georgia was determined to keep her students bilingual journey moving, so instead of cancelling classes, she simply took them online. 

Although nothing beats face to face teaching, my online classes are working really well. As well as benefiting from continued learning, my students have really enjoyed working together and seeing their classmates on screen. This week we all celebrated our 8-year birthday virtually, playing fun games, singing songs and, of course, having some yummy cake!” 

Article originally published at Greystones Guide available online at https://www.greystonesguide.ie/georgia-celebra-huit-birthday/

It’s been a busy time for us, celebrating our 8 years in business during March.

We enjoyed a cake online with our tutors and pupils as well as singing Happy Birthday in French and Spanish!

A press release was sent to the papers and they were very happy to feature our good news.

We have been running our classes via Zoom since the pandemic started and we are delighted to have so much success with the classes.

Just look at Liam’s face , so delighted to receive his summer activity & reward pack in the post , all the way in West Cork That’s how far we’ve been reaching with our ONLINE French and Spanish classes, and Liam is bilingual Spanish, so learning French and Irish means he’ll be speaking 4 languages when he grows up, simply amazing and what a world it’ll open up for him…….. If you have a budding linguist at home, why not sign up for our face to face or online classes this September, we have great FUN in our classes Here’s our enquiry form link http://bit.ly/2Z2NPcg

This is one of our new pupils showing off her well-deserved certificate and enjoying our summer activities booklet with lots of fun activities to practise her Spanish this brave 6 year old, joined us online from Delgany and starting learning Spanish with us for the first time, she even introduced her ducks online to us, yes her ducks Hola, we hope you’re having a great summer and we hope to see you in Sept

Happy #internationalcatday to MINOU le chat our favourite puppet who features in our structured and progressive learning programme for 5-7 year olds and has great adventures with Trottine la souris the kids just adore the 2 of them

Many thanks to everyone for keeping in touch about your children’s language classes. In the current climate, we have decided to stay ONLINE with our classes and not go back to the classroom straight away. As restrictions ease we hope to be able to restart our face to face classes in Greystones. We will keep you updated on social media and by direct mail. If you’d like to join our mailing list to receive regular updates, please email info@greystoneslanguages.com We’re working behind the scenes on our ONLINE class timetable; to be published in the coming weeks.