Minister Fleming congratulates Kildare’s Global Goal Getters from Rathmore National School

Minister of State for International Development and Diaspora, Sean Fleming T.D., has launched the second edition of this year’s popular online magazine Global Goal Getters,featuring the work of primary school pupils across Ireland taking part in this year’s Our World Irish Aid Awards.

Projects created by pupils from Rathmore National School are amongst the submissions received from schools across Ireland chosen to feature in the publication, which is now available to view online at ourworldirishaidawards.ie.

• 5th Class pupil Morgan Rose Kinsella penned a thought-provoking poem on the work of Irish Aid and the Global Goals which can be read on Page 15.
• 5th Class pupil Rian Dennison Kelly created a colourful poster showing all of the Sustainable Development Goals symbols which can be seen on Page 9.
• 5th Class pupils Georgia Rian and Lauren Cusack created an Irish Aid flag poster comprising the national flags of Irish Aid’s partner countries.  It can be seen on Page 17.
• 5th Class pupil Eoin White created an Irish Aid crossword which is included on Page 16.  Readers are challenged to search for the names of Irish Aid’s partner countries.
• 6th Class pupils Gloria Queally and Georgia Mae Brady created a Global Goals poem and poster which can be seen on Page 10.

As in previous years, primary schools have been working their way through specially-designed teaching and learning materials which link the competition’s 2024 theme Food for Life to the curriculum. 

Reflecting the work Ireland does to help end world hunger and poverty, tackle climate change and make sure everyone in the world has equal access to education, clean water and healthcare, this year’s theme Food for Life is challenging Kildare’s youngest citizens to look at ways in which can all work towards making the world a better place for all.

Congratulating the pupils and their teacher, Minister Fleming said, “It is wonderful to see so many primary school pupils right across Ireland take part in this year’s Our World Irish Aid Awards. The level of commitment from our young people to making the world a better place for all shines through in all the submissions. This reflects the work our national school teachers carry out as part of these Awards to nurture an ethos of global citizenship and help to create a new generation of change-makers.”

This year, entries comprised writing, song, film, art, sculpture, drama and poetry.  Each is being accessed by a panel of judges based on their creativity, understanding of the theme and their impact.  The top entries will win a place at the final awards ceremony in June where pupils and their teachers will gather to hear the names of the winners announced.