St Feichin’s NS in running for national award

The work of fifth and sixth Class pupils from St Feichin’s National School, Fore has been chosen to feature in the latest edition of the online magazine of the Our World ‘Global Goal Getters’ Irish Aid Awards.

The selection places them school in the running for a coveted place at the prestigious national final event taking place, in person, at Farmleigh House on Tuesday June 14.

The class created a website (fore-ns-irish-aid-project-2022.webnode.co.uk/) to showcase all the work they have done during this year’s Our World Irish Aid Awards programme which includes creating Global Goals raps and slogans, research on Irish Aid’s focus countries, making wellbeing kits and holding a bun sale. The website also contains testimonials from the class among other things.

Congratulating the pupils at St Feichin’s and their teacher, Minister of State for Overseas Development and Diaspora, Colm Brophy TD, said: “Our second Global Getters magazine is full of exceptional projects that challenge us all about thing we can individually and collectively do to tackle the big issues facing the world today and in the future.

“I am so encouraged not just by the level of participation in this year’s awards, but also by the level of insight and understanding demonstrated by our young people when it comes to making our planet a better home for all.

"This is a testament to the commitment of our national school teachers and their passion for the awards and nurturing an ethos of global citizenship.”

St Feichin’s NS will now compete for a place at the national final ceremony and inclusion in a special edition printed annual magazine to be distributed nationwide.

As well as the School of the Year, there will be additional awards such as Teacher of the Year, Best Performance and the Gaeilge Award for the best entry submitted in Irish. The national final is on Tuesday June 14 at Farmleigh House and will be streamed live on YouTube.