Laois school reaching out to local older generation in lovely project
A Laois secondary school is reaching out to older generations in their town in a heartwarming project to "learn, laugh and grow" from each other.
Mountmellick Community School's Transition Year class of 4D are in the midst of a year long exciting Intergenerational project.
Their teacher Anna Ward explained the project to the Leinster Express / Laois Live.
"The aims of the project are to collect stories and history of participants. This includes significant events that happened, food they ate growing up, games they played, sports they may have done, music they listened to, how events such as Christmas was celebrated and changes to the local area over the years.
"By the end of the year, we hope to create a book containing information collected throughout the year, recipes of both the young and older generation, old wives tales, and cure and remedies from before and now," she said.
The project began in early November and a Christmas concert concluded the project for 2023. It will resume on Wednesday, March 6.
Her students are enjoying it.
"It was brilliant. We got to talk to people we never get a chance to talk to. We learned about the old days and learned lots we didn't know before" Katy Dunne and Muireann Dunne said.
If any older person in the community wants to be a part of the project in 2024 they are welcomed to contact Anna Ward.
Email her on [email protected] or call the school office to leave your name and number on 057 862 4220.