Our Project 2022/2023

&

Our Continuing Project 2023/2024

Ocean Champions2023 PDF of the Powerpoint

Ocean Champions2023 Powerpoint

Our school project for these two years is focused on Our Ocean, biodiversity and keeping our ocean free from sea pollution.

Ms. McLoughlin's first class, Ms. Coade's hearing impaired class, Ms. Kavanagh's second class, Ms. Glynn's second class, Ms. Kyne's second class, Ms. Gaffneys' hearing impaired class and Ms. McLoughlin's second class are all involved in this year's project.

Many other classes also took part in many aspects of this project.

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Our school has became a European Blue School 2023

https://maritime-forum.ec.europa.eu/en

https://maritime-forum.ec.europa.eu/en/node/10315

Our school became part of the All-Atlantic Blue Schools Network in 2023

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Our school received a

Platinum Curious Minds Science Award 2023

and has submitted an application for a

Gold Curious Minds Science Award 2024

Our school submitted an application for an Ocean Champions Award 2023

and won the prestigious National Champions Award 2023!

We have also been awarded an "All Atlantic Blue Certificate".

• Our all-Ireland "Ocean Champions Award" (November 2023)
• Making and displaying ocean dioramas (Sept 2023)

• Our September trip to the beach 2nd classes (Sept 2023)
• Our Beach Clean Up (European Blue Schools) (Sept 2023)
• Rubbish in our ocean (Sept 2023)
• Explaining about ocean sustainability, using our Ocean Dioramas 2nd classes (Sept 2023)
• Our Ocean Sustainability Open Day 2nd class (Sept 2023)
• Using clean water from the water cycle to grow plants (April 2024)

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We have twinned with Genevieve Cueff's class in Brittany in France. They are involved in the same project in their country. Our French friends are at school at École Notre Dame de la Charitéin Saint Pol de Leon near Roscoff in Brittany.

• Zoom chat with our French friends December 2022
• Christmas cards for our friends December 2022
• Exchanging packages January 2023
• Playing the marine biodiversity board game May 2023
• Bienvenu to Scoil Chaitríona Junior 9th May 2023
• Erasmus+ Drama, music, games, fun and artwork with our French friends 10th May 2023
• Beach safari withour Erasmus+ French friends 12th May 2023
• Catching up with our French Friends June 2023

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We worked with artist Therese Murphy and the Teacher-Artist-Partnership (the TAP programme) to explore and share our findings about the ocean through the medium of art.

• Our visiting TAP artist November 2022
• Beach inspired artists December 2022
• Artist Thérese and the sea December 2022
• Seascapes and Coral with Thérese December 2022
• Ocean artwork January 2023
• Our Ocean Gallery January 2023
• Learning about turtles and turtle art January 2023
• Art collaboration with our senior school January 2023
• Working with artist Lara Luxardi on a stop motion sea inspired film January 2023
• Making our animated film January 2023

We worked with artist Maeve Gallagher and the Teacher-Artist-Partnership (the TAP programme) to explore and share our findings about the ocean through the medium of art.

• Welcoming our TAP artist for 2023 (Teacher Artist Parnership programme) (Sept 2023)
• Our finished ceramics with our TAP artist (Nov 2023)
• Marine Ceramics with our TAP artist 2nd class (Oct 2023
• Displaying our marine ceramics 2nd class (Dec 2023)

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We have written and produced a musical play Fadhb na Mara, focusing on our quest to encourage all to do our best to keep our oceans pollution free.

• Practising for our drama "Fadhb na Mara"
• Costumes and dress rehearsals
• Our letter to the president of Ireland, President Michael D. Higgins
• Our letter to and from Minister Martin
• Marino Institute of Education looking forward to our visit
• Performing in Marino Instute of Education
• Paintings of our drama and day in Marino
• Writing about our day in Marino
• We are on the local newspaper!
• Our day at the School Drama Festival (Féile Scoildrámaíochta) in Inverin

We have written and produced a second musical drama Is Féidir Linn, focusing on our quest to encourage all to do our best to keep our oceans pollution free.

We won an All-Ireland Judge's Award for being an "Slua Amhránaíocht Cheolmhar" is fearr - the Best Musical Singing Group 2024.

• Dress rehearsals for Is Féidir Linn 2nd classes (Feb 2024)
• Is Féidir Linn on stage in Connemara 2024 (Feb 2024)
• Our drama in Gaelscoil Dara for Seachtain na Gaeilge (March 2024)
• Connacht finals Is Féidir Linn in Connemara (March 2024)
• All Ireland Finals in Mullingar and Winning a Cup! (April 2024)

Many many thanks to Liam Twomey of GALWAY ATLANTAQUARIA

for sponsoring the bus to Marino Institute of Education

so that we can spread our message of Saving the Oceans to all the students training to be primary school teachers.

(Hopefully they will pass on this message to all the students they teach during all the years that they are teaching.)

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• Rubbish in our ocean 2nd class (Sept 2023)
• Water cycle and growing plants 2nd class (April 2024)
• Can you use the water cycle to clean dirty water? 2nd class (April 2024)
• Filtering dirty water 2nd class (April 2024)
• Cloud in a bottle 2nd class (April 2024)
• Mopping up oil spills 2nd class (May 2024)

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We have visited Galway Atlantaquaria, learned about our oceans and have displayed our algae art there.

• Science Week Trip to the Aquarium Special class (Nov 2022) and Aquarium 1st class (Nov 2022)
• Our seaweed art on display in the Atlantaquaria (Dec 2022)
• Special classes at the Aquarium (Nov 2023)
• Science Week at the Aquarium Second Class (Nov 2023)

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We are working with Atlantic Technological University. With them we were involved in a beach clean up

• Beach Clean Up with Atlantic Technological University 1st class (Oct 2022)

and also in a workshop and art session on algae.

• Working with ATU on the Magical World of Algae 2nd classes (Nov 2022)
• Visit from Marine Scientists to teach us about the Effects of Pollution on Marine birds (Feb 2023)

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• Marine workshops with Benny Joyce all classes, Junior Infants, 1st classes (Feb 2023)
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2023/2024

• Our all-Ireland "Ocean Champions Award" (November 2023)
• Our September trip to the beach 2nd classes (Sept 2023)
• Our Beach Clean Up (European Blue Schools) (Sept 2023)
• Making and displaying ocean dioramas (Sept 2023)
• Welcoming our TAP artist for 2023 (Teacher Artist Parnership programme) (Sept 2023)
• Special classes at the Aquarium (Nov 2023)
• Science Week at the Aquarium Second Class (Nov 2023)
• Our finished ceramics with our TAP artist (Nov 2023)
• Rubbish in our ocean (Sept 2023)
• Explaining about ocean sustainability, using our Ocean Dioramas 2nd classes (Sept 2023)
• Our Ocean Sustainability Open Day 2nd class (Sept 2023)
• Marine Ceramics with our TAP artist 2nd class (Oct 2023
• Displaying our marine ceramics 2nd class (Dec 2023)
• Dress rehearsals for Is Féidir Linn 2nd classes (Feb 2024)
• Is Féidir Linn on stage in Connemara 2024 (Feb 2024)
• Our drama in Gaelscoil Dara for Seachtain na Gaeilge (March 2024)
• Connacht finals Is Féidir Linn in Connemara (March 2024)