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THREE Kerry schools have been recognised in the Junior Entrepreneur Awards announced today. They are among just 12 category award winners nationally. Scoil Mhic Easmainn, Tralee received the Finance Wizards Award for Yarn and Bead – hand-crocheted Octopus toys and bracelets. St. Michael’s National School, Sneem received the Go Green […]
KNOCKNAGOSHEL National School was announced as the recipient of the Class of the Year 2025 award while Scoil Réalt na Mara, Cromane, were honoured with the Community Champions Award in the All-Island Junior Entrepreneur Programme (JEP) Awards. The multi-grade 3rd to 6th class created a subscription business called The Mall […]
THIRD to sixth class in Fybough National School, Castlemaine, received the Community Champions Award for their JEP business, Photo Buddies, in the All-Island Junior Entrepreneur Programme Awards announced today. Glenderry NS, Kilgarvan NS and Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn also made the Top 30 in the programme this year. Fybough N teacher, […]
THE Junior Entrepreneur Programme, which was founded in Kerry, has reached a milestone of 100,000 children starting classroom businesses since the programme was launched in 2010. Thousands of Irish entrepreneurs have mentored the 5th and 6th class primary school pupils while they create, invest in and launch mini businesses in their schools […]
PUPILS from a North Kerry school won a national award for their Junior Entrepreneur Programme class business. 3rd-6th Class Drumnacurra National School, Causeway, received the Top Teams Award for their classroom business, The Little Shop of Stitches. A Kilcummin National School pupil won the Bright Spark Award. Around 9,000 pupils […]
GAELSCOIL Mhic Easmainn, Tralee was among the top schools recognised in the national Junior Entrepreneur Awards announced today. ‘An Nead’ was the creation of the 5th Class pupils supported by their teacher Dónal O’Sulleabháin earned them the JEP Community Champions Award 2021. The brightly-coloured bird boxes were handmade and painted by the […]
PRIMARY school children throughout Kerry are busy building businesses and learning skills for the future as the Junior Entrepreneur Programme has returned. Twenty six primary schools through Kerry – with many in the Tralee area – and 602 students have signed up to this year’s programme. The free 12 – 16 […]
IT’S back again for another year and Kerry kids are being encouraged to take part in a programme which has proved a great success over the years. Some of Ireland’s most successful entrepreneurs are calling on primary schools nationwide to participate in the Junior Entrepreneur Programme. The free nationwide programme […]
THE children of 5th Class in Spa National School have been working hard for the Junior Entrepreneur Programme (JEP), coming up with the idea of sketching their own set of unique postcards titled, ‘SPA’s Picturesque Postcards’. And last week they received very special visitors in Colm Cooper and Kieran Donaghy […]
