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Ardfert, Kilmoyley And Sneem Schools Make Final Of SEAI ‘One Good Idea’ Competition

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Pupils from St Michaels NS Sneem at the SEAI One Good Idea National Finals in Dublin.

SCHOOLS in Ardfert, Kilmoyley and Sneem had projects in the Primary Category in the 2018 SEAI One Good Idea National Finals in Dublin on Tuesday and they did very well indeed.

St Michael’s National School from Sneem was the runner-up for their campaign ‘Legendary Light Savers’. The ‘Legendary Light Savers’ invented Mr BEE, a friendly character who reminds you to save energy by switching off the lights when leaving a room.

The team from St Michael’s National School were one of 20 finalists to reach the SEAI One Good Idea National Finals.

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Pupils from Ardfert NS at the SEAI One Good Idea National Finals in Dublin.

‘Team Global’ from Ardfert National School and ‘The Phoenix’ from Scoil Naomh Eirc, Kilmoyley, were also among those to reach the finals.

‘Team Global’ want people to take action against climate change with local community initiatives. They hosted a beach clean-up to inspire their community to play their part in the global response to climate change. Ardfert NS has enjoyed great success in this competition in the past winning in 2015 and 2016.

Pupils from Scoil Naomh Eirc at the SEAI One Good Idea National Finals in Dublin.

‘The Phoenix’ from Scoil Naomh Eirc, inspired by their namesake, want to breathe new life into unwanted items in the home. They’re encouraging people to get creative and upcycle household items.

For the last ten years, the SEAI One Good Idea Competition has encouraged students to create innovative campaigns that can make a big difference in schools, homes and communities to how we use energy in our daily lives. This year, over 200 campaigns were developed by young people all over Ireland.

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Three Kerry Schoolchildren Enjoy Doodle4Google Finals

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Jack Lynch (left) and Kyran Boyle (right) were two of the 75 regional finalists nominated in this year’s Doodle 4 Google 2016 competition.
Jack Lynch (left) and Kyran Boyle (right) were two of the 75 regional finalists nominated in this year’s Doodle 4 Google 2016 competition.

THREE Kerry schoolchildren recently attended the finals of the 2016 Doodle 4 Google Awards, which took place on March 8, at Google’s EMEA headquarters in Dublin and though they did not emerge victorious, the pupils gave a great representation of their schools and the county.

Seanie Feehan from Scoil Naomh Eirc, Kilmoyley, and Jack Lynch and Kyran Boyle, both from Scoil Nuachabháil, Ballymacelligott, were among the 75 that were nominated for the finals. It was a great achievement getting to the final as this year the competition was hugely popular with over 4000 entrants in total.

Seanie Feehan from Scoil Naomh Eirc, Kilmoyley was one of the 75 regional finalists nominated in this year’s Doodle 4 Google 2016 competition.
Seanie Feehan from Scoil Naomh Eirc, Kilmoyley was one of the 75 regional finalists nominated in this year’s Doodle 4 Google 2016 competition.

The winner of this year’s competition was Mia Buckley, from Summercove National School, Co. Cork. She will have her Doodle displayed on Google Ireland homepage on Easter Monday, March 28.

The future is looking good as in recent months, there has been a lot of artistic talent coming out of schools around the county with entries making it to the finals in various competitions.

You can view all the 75 regional finalists’ doodles on www.google.ie/doodle4google.

 

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Listowel And Kilmoyley Kids Look For Your Votes in ‘Doodle 4 Google’ Competition

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09/03/2015***NO REPRO FEE***pictured are Rhys Barry (7) and Carey Barry (4), from Donaghmede as Google asks the public to vote for their favourite doodle. The Doodle 4 Google creative art competition is in its seventh year The winning student will receive a €5,000 scholarship towards their third-level studies and will have their Doodle displayed on the google.ie home page for thousands to see. A technology grant of €10,000 will also be presented to the winning Doodler’s school. Further information is at www.google.ie/doodle4google/ Pic: Marc O'Sullivan
Pictured are Rhys Barry (7) and Carey Barry (4), from Dublin promoting the  Google Doodle competition where the public can vote for their favourite doodle.

THREE Kerry children have made it into the final stage of voting in Google’s ‘Doodle 4 Google’ competition with online voting opening to the public open from March 9.

Mikey Corridon from Scoil Naomh Eirc (Group 1) Kilmoyley along Colm O’Sullivan (Group 1) from the same school are joined by Jane Flanagan, Convent Primary School, Listowel (Group 2) as the three Kerry children who are in with a chance of winning the competition.

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The competition asks children to create their own designs using the Google logo with whoever is chosen as winner is set receive a €5,000 scholarship along with having their image featured on the Google homepage for an entire day in April 2015.

The €5,000 scholarship is towards their third-level studies. They will receive a Chromebook laptop, and a €10,000 technology grant for their school. Each of the five class group winners and their teachers will also be presented with a Chromebook each.

Voting will close at midnight on March 20. The five most popular doodles, one from each age category, will go forward to the Grand final where the overall winner will be chosen by the official Google doodle team based in Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California.

Voting for you favorite drawing can be done here.