Alice Gleeson former student from the Knockaderry NS Farranfore who is the winner of the Lee Strand Homework Journal Front Cover Artwork 2026 and €750 cheque for her school. From left: Teresa Walker and Gearoid Linnane (CEO Lee Strand). Alice Gleeson, Anne Daly (Principal) and Marie Curtin.LEE Strand officially launched the 2026 Lee Strand Homework Journals where, once again, over 10,000 hardback homework journals will be distributed to national school pupils.
This year pupils were invited to design the front and back cover of the Lee Strand Homework Journal. Alice Gleeson, Knockaderry NS was announced as the Front Cover Winner 2026 and won €750 for her school and a trophy.
Eve Duggan, Ballyfinane NS was announced as the Back Cover Winner 2026 and won €250 for her school and a trophy.
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Eve Duggan, a student from the Ballyfinane NS who is the winner of Lee Strand Homework Journal Back Cover Artwork 2026 and received €250 for her school.Speaking at the launch of the 2026 Lee Strand Homework Journal, Gearoid Linnane, CEO stated “Lee Strand is delighted to offer complimentary homework journals to national school pupils over the past fourteen years. We were delighted with the response to our design competition, with over 1,000 fantastic entries. We would like to congratulate Alice and Eve this year’s winners of our homework journal cover competition.
“Lee Strand takes great pride in supporting the local community and what better way to support our community than by supporting our local schools with over 10,000 complimentary homework journals. The homework journals are one less expense for parents to incur when their children return to school. We would like to wish pupils, teachers and parents a safe return to school and wish everyone the very best in the academic year ahead.”
For further information on the Lee Strand homework journals contact Lee Strand on 066 7121084.
The homework journals are valued at €4.50 each and are printed in full colour with a hardback cover for extra durability in pupils’ school bags.
They are filled with lots of interesting and educational material and are printed in English and Irish with over 140 pages.
The homework journal includes: a weekly diary where pupils can record their homework each day; a timetable to record classes & activities; a tables book featuring addition, subtraction, multiplication, division; healthy eating tips; Irish culture & heritage; spelling & grammar; teacher & parent note forms; homework tips for pupils and parents.
The homework journal also includes lots of Mighty Mikey Milk activities and after school recipes including the popular Lee Strand smoothie and cookie recipe.
