Many congratulations and best wishes were extended to five of our delightful, talented, creative, passionate and empowered young people across our senior classes of Primaries Five, Six and Seven, in recent days!
Following South West College, Enniskillen (SWC) and, most especially, its Sustainability Office and Department’s kind invitation to our students to participate in its sustainability-themed art competition for 2025 back in the autumn time, a large number of our students chose to respond in the most positive and creative of ways.
The exciting initiative was very much linked to the College’s outreach workshops (which our students were honoured to attend and participate in) and aimed to inspire young people to think creatively about sustainability and environmental stewardship. As in previous years, it was a fantastic opportunity for our girls and boys to showcase their creativity, whilst engaging with the really vital themes of climate action and sustainability.
Hence, it was with much pride and delight that our school received the wonderful news that five of our students were to be honoured with individual recognition and commendation of their talents, both artistically and in terms of promoting the crucial goals and messages of the importance of sustainability, in our time.
Our school community’s collective congratulations were extended to Ronan McBarron (Primary Five); Cassie McGovern and Emily Donegan (Primary Six); and Primary Seven classmates and friends, Conor Curry and Odhrán McDonald, as they were presented with their beautiful awards and prizes. We paid a special word of tribute to Cassie, Emily, Ronan, Odhrán and Conor, and, indeed, to our wider student body across the three year groups, for the enthusiasm, engagement and awareness demonstrated, alongside the most admirable artistic gifts, talents and creativity, shared.
In expressing congratulations and best wishes to the students, our three respective class teachers - Mrs Maguire, Mr Kavanagh and Mrs Smith - also took the opportunity once again to convey many thanks and appreciation to Ms Supriya Foster and colleagues in the Sustainability Department, South West College, Enniskillen for the wonderful opportunities and learning that have been gifted to our precious young people in the whole area of sustainability and environmental stewardship. May we all continue to view sustainability not as an isolated project or an occasional theme but, rather, woven into everything we do. From the way we learn in the classroom to the way we care for our spaces, may sustainability education and practices become embedded in our school and home life, daily routines and community projects, all the while inspiring lifelong respect for our great world.
