Uisce is the only centre of its kind in Ireland, mixing adventure sports with Gaeilge in a new, exciting and extremely successful way of learning Irish

The teaching media of windsurfing, surfing, canoeing, sailing, swimming and orienteering takes Irish out of the classroom and gives children a new perspective of the language. In this way Irish itself is being developed by being associated with modern, exciting adventure sports.

Our 8:1 maximum pupil/instructor ratio results in more personal attention for students and consequently higher standards of Irish are achieved during the course.

The incentive for students to learn also exists because not only do they return from the Gaeltacht speaking Irish naturally but they also have achieved Level 1 competency and qualififcations in various sports.

Age
Standard of Irish
Experience in Activities
Swimming ability
Friends on the course.

Each group will have a maximum of 8 students and is assigned both a qualified instructor and an assistant instructor during activities.

This means, the needs of each individual on the course can be catered for and that individual attention and tuition is very much part of the course. On request a written report will be compiled on a student and sent to their parents after the course.

As is clear, another one of our mottos in Colaiste U.I.S.C.E. is

"Quality not Quantity"

"ls fearr beagán den rath ná morán gan mhaith "

Each 'Ceacht Praiticitiil' is a practical lesson in one of the activities i.e. Windsurfing, Sailing & Canoeing. These lessons follow a definite syllabus with a view to achieving national qualifications standard by the end of the course.