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Pupils add colour and creativity to school walls
By Michelle Crean
The walls of one town school have been transformed after teachers handed over paint brushes and paints to their pupils.
COLOURFUL: Pupils from Gaelscoil Faithleann have added colour to their school walls as part of a recent art project.
COLOURFUL: Pupils from Gaelscoil Faithleann have added colour to their school walls as part of a recent art project.
The children in Gaelscoil Faithleann, working alongside artists David Fortune and Marie Cronin, reclaimed the walls and space of their school, to paint, colour, build and garden the walls, courtyard, window sills and even manhole covers of their school.
And the effect is amazing and the overall result has transformed the school space.
As part of the Irish Arts Council Creative Schools programme, pupils from every class worked with either artist over a number of months, exploring various art skills, planning how best to showcase these skills on the walls, gardens and even manhole covers of the school before jumping in and adding their own artistic flair to the school space.
Teacher Máire Uí Shuilleabháin acted as creative school coordinator with Olivia Howe, Creative Associate for the Irish Arts Council, and together with the pupils of the school they created a plan that would allow pupils make decisions on they could explore the arts within Gaelscoil Faithleann.
"Our school community, including our pupils and teachers really enjoyed our experience with the Creative School project," Deputy Principal, Lisa Ní Iarlaithe, told the Killarney Advertiser.
"We want to thank, in a very special way, Olivia Hope, who gave us such an amazing opportunity to work with some amazing artists on the children's creative works of art. We in the school are very proud of the artwork that the children painted on the walls and the younger classes did an outdoor art project in one of our courtyards. Ní neart go cur le chéile. And a special thank you also to Máire Uí Shuilleabháin who was the coordinator for the project."
Members of the Killarney Soroptimist Society visited the Rockmount Care Centre on Wednesday, to present a cheque for €3000 to Nurse Manager Mary Hussey.
The significant sum was raised during the society’s successful annual pancake morning held on Shrove Tuesday at the Killarney Avenue Hotel.
Rockmount Care Centre provides essential support as a dedicated day care facility for individuals living with Dementia and Alzheimer’s, serving many clients and families from the Killarney area.
These funds arrive at a vital time, as they are earmarked for the centre’s new sensory garden project, which is currently in the design phase.
Pictured at the presentation are Soroptimists members handing over the proceeds to Mary Hussey. The society extended their thanks to the Killarney Avenue Hotel and all those who supported the fundraiser to help make this donation possible.
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