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Cromane children are champions of the deep blue sea

Nov 6, 2022 18:12 By radiokerrynews
Cromane children are champions of the deep blue sea
The students of 'Scoil Realt na Mara' celebrated their win of the Marine Institute’s Award of Excellence - Ocean Literacy Creative Project, at a school ceremony on Thursday October 27. Photograph by Sally MacMonagle repro free photo Kerry school tops Explorers Ocean Champion Award of Excellence for Literacy category The children of Scoil Realt na Mara, Cill Orglan, Co Kerry, celebrated their win of the Marine Institute’s Award of Excellence - Ocean Literacy Creative Project, at a school ceremony on Thursday October 27. Congratulating the teacher, children and the local community, Cushla Dromgool-Regan, Marine Institute Explorers Programme manager said: The children’s enthusiasm, knowledge, and creative ideas for the future of the marine environment is inspiring and is evident in their class work, from creating musical pieces and models to clean the ocean, to cooking with seaweed. The fact that each class contributed to this project was an amazing accomplishment by everyone involved. “We’re delighted that Norma Foley, Minister for Education, presented the school with their official award at the commissioning of the Marine Institute’s research vessel, RV Tom Crean in Dingle earlier this month.” The visit of 5th and 5th classes to Dingle also highlighted their keen awareness of the ocean. Through their ocean literacy project they demonstrated how the ocean impacts all our lives and also the impact we all have on the ocean. The Explorers ‘We Are Ocean Champions’ all-school project reached more than 3,500 children; Scoil Réalt na Mara was one of the top six awards presented. School principal Elaine Kelliher said they were delighted not only to have participated in the Explorers programme but to be Ocean Champions 2021-2022: “We’re a school based in a rural coastal community situated in the beautiful Cromane, Co.Kerry. This project has served to heighten our awareness of the relationship we have with the sea and in keeping our oceans healthy. “For our project ‘We Are Ocean Champions!’, the children created projects based on food, art inventions and music, and participated in seashore safaris on Cromane Beach with LH Sea Synergy marine biologists. “Their work was displayed in the local beach café, ‘The Boathouse’ which was an opportunity for the community to view the work being undertaken in our school. We would highly recommend the Marine Explorers to all schools.” Natasha Howard, Explorers Outreach Coordinator, Operations Manager, Sea Synergy said: “It’s been fantastic working with Scoil Realt na Mara, Cromane, and seeing the enthusiasm, knowledge, energy and excitement the students poured into this project being rewarded.” “The awards have been a brilliant way for students to explore their local environment, to understand how it is affected by national and global issues and to communicate what they have learnt to a wider audience outside their school.” The Ocean Champion Project and Awards initiative is led by the Programme Manager, Camden Education Trust. Media contact: Natasha Howard Explorers Education Programme Outreach Coordinator (Kerry) M: + 353 (0) 87 455 4034 Gillian Mills Marine Institute’s Explorer Education Programme M + 353 (0) 87 2902045
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Pupils at a Kerry school are the undisputed champions of the deep, blue sea!

The Marine Institute has honoured the children of Scoil Réalt na Mara in Cromane for their outstanding project on the ocean.

Their ocean literacy project showed how the seas impact all our lives and how we, in turn, affect oceans.

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The children’s work was displayed in the beach café in Cromane.

They also created models that could be used to clean the ocean and took part in seashore safaris.

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