An Post Education Awards - winners and runners-up announced
6 May 2008
Primary school students from all over Ireland took part, hoping to win great prizes for their school and to attend the awards ceremony in May.
This year, An Post asked students and teachers to get together as a class to create and write a story. There is one overall winner and two runners-up in each category.
An Post is delighted with the response from Primary Schools all over the country. The students have put in so much effort and the interest in who will win is huge. This is the first year that literacy and story telling are themes of the Education Awards, while An Post has run a popular schools education programme for over 20 years.
The standard of the entries was really high, with ghosts, monsters, adventures, mysteries, unexpected twists and surprises on every page. Each class also illustrated their story and created a cover for their original story idea.
Each winning student received a (new window 7mb) book containing the four winning stories which we have posted here.
Winners and runners-up:
The Winners
Category 1:
Scoil Naomh Eirc, Co Kerry - First Class
Category 2:
An Spioraid Naoimh Roxborough NS, Co Limerick - 4th Class
Category 3:
St. Mary’s NS, Co Louth – 6th Class
Special Achievement:
St. Brigid’s School, Co Louth – Class 2
Runners-up
An Post would also like to congratulate the runners-up who will receive their prizes at a special presentation at their school:
Category 1:
Grange NS, Grange, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary - Senior Infants
St. Colman’s Mxd NS, Corofin, Cummer, Tuam, Co. Galway – Senior Infants
Category 2:
Barnaderg NS, Barnaderg, Tuam, Co Galway – 3rd and 4th Class
St. Pius X BNS, Fortfield Park, Terenure, Dublin 6W – 4th Class
Category 3:
Christ King Girls’ Primary, Turner’s Cross, Cork City – 5th Class
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál, Ballymote, Co. Sligo – 5th Class
Special Achievement:
Scoil Triest, Lota, Glanmire, Cork – Turquoise Class
St. Mark’s School, Station Road, Piercetown, Newbridge, Co. Kildare – Secondary 1b
Thank You
An Post sends a big ‘thank you’ and ‘well done’ message to every teacher and class who participated in this years competition. It was brilliant to read and enjoy the wonderful stories created by classes all over Ireland.
The main aims of the Education Awards this year are the enjoyment of the students in being creative through words and the participation of the entire class to create a story together based on sharing knowledge and ideas. This is part of a broader campaign by An Post to raise literacy awareness among people of all ages in Ireland.
For more information schools can contact: 01-7058400
Notes to the Editor:
The children’s authors who participated are Brianog Brady Dawson, Judi Curtin, Conor Kostick and Oisin McGann.
Media information contact: Aileen Mooney, An Post, 01-7057447
