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Presenting the award to St Teresa’s NS Kilflynn, were : Cushla Dromgool-Regan, Explorers Education Programme Manager to Nora Falvey School principal also included Jane Sharp Explorers Ocean Champion Schools, Ciara Walsh, Collette Murray, Tomas Quill, Cian Forristal and students . Photo By : Domnick Walsh © Eye Focus LTD
A KILFLYNN school has received a special judges award in the Marine Institute’s Explorers Ocean Champion Awards 2023.
St Teresa’s NS Kilflynn receives the award for their healthy ocean school project: ‘Deep Sea Science Fair’. Presenting the award during science week, Cushla Dromgool-Regan, Explorers Education Programme Manager, congratulated the children, teachers, and outreach team for their great achievement.
“This award recognises the ‘innovative use of creativity and communication’ where the children and teachers transformed their school into an underwater world to engage parents and the community to learn more about the ocean,” she said.
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Mrs Nora O’Regan, school principal explained:, “As part of their all-school project, the teachers and children got involved in practical STEAM project work where the children conducted experiments, developed their IT skills and created amazing poetry and artwork that was put on display for the parents and community to see.
“Working with the Explorers team and getting support from the parents was an excellent way to teach, using the ocean theme in the classroom, and throughout the whole school. We all got to learn something new – from hydrothermal vents at the bottom on the ocean floor, bioluminescent deep-sea species, as well local projects protecting our sand dunes,” she added.
“What was very special about St Teresa’s school project was the clear collaboration with the teachers and children and the pride they have sharing their work,” Ms Dromgool-Regan added. “Seeing the excitement and continued interest in learning about the ocean at the awards ceremony is what makes this project extra special.”
The Healthy Ocean School project and Ocean Champion Awards is organised through the Explorers Education Programme and funded by the Marine Institute. It is the only ocean-themed award for primary schools in Ireland and recognises the effort, commitment and collaboration of the school management, teachers, children and the Explorer outreach officers who have engaged in the all-school, marine-themed project.
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