Mayo school chosen to represent Ireland in Little Green Fingers event in Belgium

Gaelscoil Raifteirí in Castlebar have been chosen to pilot An Taisce’s Green-Schools new programme 'Little Green Fingers'.

This exciting project will be launched across Ireland, Belgium, Serbia, Cyprus and the Netherlands through Green-Schools in collaboration with Change of Course, KidHub, CYCERE and Stichting Designathon Works.

The school will join the Little Green Fingers team, along with teachers from each partner country, for a two-day training event in Brussels, Belgium which will be a fantastic opportunity to collaborate and gain insights from different cross-cultural education systems.

During the training, teachers will learn how to effectively implement the project in their schools. 

Clare Patten, Green-Schools Biodiversity Theme Co-ordinator, said, "This is a wonderful way to connect with passionate partners and to exchange visions for the future of environmental education. We have two fantastic pilot schools in St Patricks Junior School and Gaelscoil Raifteirí and we are very excited to see what comes out of the project this year."

The program promotes environmental awareness through activities like school gardens and composting. while encouraging hands-on learning in nature.

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To kickstart the collaboration, Clare Patten and Robert Nelson of Green-Schools joined the Little Green Fingers team in Amsterdam at a recent launch event.

Together, they developed a shared understanding of the project goals, mapped out timelines, and kicked off the collaborative development of the ‘green’ curriculum framework.