Primary pupils Changemakers Award
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| Flossie Donnelly. Pic: GOAL. |
The Awards are open to children from Third through to Sixth classes, and the teachers in participating schools will be provided with curriculum-linked lesson plans to enable the children to get to know the SDGs, signed by all United Nations members with the aim of ending poverty, inequality, stop climate change and protect oceans, flora and fauna by 2030.
Entries can be everyday local actions classes are taking to contribute to fulfilling the SDGs, ranging from giving a special welcome of refugees in school, to organising beach clean ups, or planting trees.
A simple description of the idea can be submitted plus either pictures, a video or poster. The ideas will be shared with other schools and the public all over Ireland, to foster learning exchange and inspire others to take action for a sustainable and fair future.
The judging panel are 12-year-old climate activist and student, Flossie Donnelly; GOAL Deputy CEO Mary Van Lieshout; Children’s author Sarah Webb and presenter and broadcaster Johnathan McCrea.
There will be four regional winning entries, with the Leinster winners being invited to participate in sustainable development-themed workshops in the Cool Planet space at Powers, Co Wicklow.
Every participating class will receive a GOAL Changemakers Certificate of Recognition. Entries must be submitted online via email to goalchangemakers@goal.ie or by post by sending it to GOAL, by the 20th of December 2019. The winners will be announced on 22 January and all the project ideas will be uploaded on www.goal.ie/goalchangemakers and publicised on national media.
(Information sources for this post: GOAL release.)
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