Muintir na Tire School Garden Competition

  Tell us what you think about entering the competition in 2021 “In the light of the current Covid 19 pandemic, how likely is it that your school will be able to enter the Cork School's Garden Competition in 2021?” Please take our short survey

Cruinniú na nÓg, is Ireland’s national day of free creative activity for children and young people up to 18 years of age.The event provides opportunities for Ireland’s 1.2 million children and young people to be inquisitive and curious, to be inventive and innovative, and to learn a new skill, fulfil a creative ambition or showcase an inner creative talent. This year Cruinniú na nÓg will take place on Saturday 12th June.  Cork County Library and Arts Service will be responsible for programming events and activities for this year’s celebration of young people’s creativity. Cruinniú na nÓg addresses a wide range of themes including all art forms, heritage, craft, coding, climate change, and design. This year due to uncertainty over the lockdown measures that may be in place in June it is anticipated taking a blended/hybrid approach of online and live in-person programming that will comply with whatever social distancing measures will be in place. Artists and arts organisations are in...

Be in with a chance to win some great prizes for your school. Get the details below. We are looking for the most creative, enthusiastic and road safety aware students in Ireland to show us, and others, how to cross the road safely! We are inviting Primary School students across the country to take part in our Safe Cross Code Dance Competition. Jack and Annie love making sure that their friends know how to stay safe on our roads and the Safe Cross Code dance is a fun way to learn how to cross the road safely. Last year, schools from all across the country created dance routines for the Safe Cross Code Dance Competition. Against some tough competition, Castletown Girls School in Dublin, Co. Louth were our English category winners and Scoil Mologa in Dublin. were our Irish category winners. See their videos  here . So, we want students to show us that they know the Code by performing the Safe Cross Code dance routine in English or Irish and sending us a video of their class doing the ...

  2021 has been a particularly difficult year for Primary Schools in Cork City and County. We are conducting a poll asking schools to help us decide on whether the competition should go ahead this year. Please take a minute to help us with this. The competition  will take place virtually. Will your school Enter this year ? Please complete our Survey.  It will take less take a minute. https://us4.list-manage.com/survey?u=55db8019ad340f2990dc4fc07&id=90ef0133c2&e=*|UNIQID|*

 Community Classrooms What Is Community Classrooms? Supported by the Tomar Trust, our Community Classrooms campaign aims to establish, support and fund a network of 30 community gardens around Ireland over the next three years (2020-2023) that directly engage with primary schools and provide outdoor, living classrooms for pupils, staff and community members. What Will Each Community Classroom Receive? Development fund of €3,500 to build and run a Community Classroom as a partnership between a community group and a primary school School garden growing plan and associated curriculum resources Applications Will Open Again In Spring 2021 Who Can Apply? The Community Classrooms campaign is open to partnerships between local community groups and local primary schools who have access to a new, developing or established community/school garden. The community group/primary school partnership must meet the following criteria: If You Are A Community Group: Have a community garden, or allocate...