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Daily Record
03-07-2025
- Daily Record
Shotts senior citizens join digital leaders from St Patrick's Primary School for Driving Digital Locally intergenerational project
This is the tenth session to take place as part of this project and was held over three weeks at Shotts Community Centre. A group of senior residents from Shotts joined P6 digital leaders from St Patrick's Primary School in the latest instalment of the Driving Digital Locally intergenerational project. The initiative, developed and run by North Lanarkshire Council, aims to bridge the digital divide by educating older residents about digital technology through personalised, one-to-one training sessions with young people. This is the tenth session to take place as part of this project and was held over three weeks at Shotts Community Centre. During the sessions, the seniors engaged in lively discussions with the pupils, covering topics such as childhood memories and favourite songs. Using iPads, the pupils skilfully brought these stories to life, creating a vibrant and interactive learning environment. The P7 digital leaders included Chloe Wright, Charlotte Begley, Samuel Begley, Niall O'Hare and Lewis Hanley. They commented on their experience, saying: "Helping adults for a change is so much fun. "We make them aware of the issues on the internet and help them protect themselves. "We also show them how to use it better, showing them how easy it can be." Principal teacher at St Patrick's, Claire Munogee, added: "This project has been a powerful reminder that learning knows no age limits. "Bringing together senior citizens and students created a truly inspiring exchange, where experience met curiosity, and everyone gained something valuable. "It has been a joy to see generations connecting through technology and growing together." *Don't miss the latest headlines from around Lanarkshire. Sign up to our newsletters here.
Glasgow Times
15-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Glasgow Times
Glasgow primary school wins national Eco-Schools competition
St Patrick's Primary School, in Glasgow, triumphed in the tartan design challenge, part of a series of Eco-Schools activities marking 30 years of the programme in Scotland. Organised by Keep Scotland Beautiful, the nationwide celebration included three creative challenges – a collage challenge, bingo challenge, and tartan challenge – with St Patrick's taking the top spot in the primary school category of the tartan contest. Read more: Glaswegians urged to 'light up the longest day' and help feed hungry children Andrea Gabriel, education and learning manager at Keep Scotland Beautiful, said: "Throughout the last few months we've had so much fun celebrating 30 years of Eco-Schools, with visits to some of our amazing schools and now this set of challenges. "It's been so inspiring to see their creativity and love for Eco-Schools and it wasn't easy to select a winner. "I'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who took part and congratulations to our winners. "We're so passionate about environmental education and it is so inspiring to see that passion is shared by young people and educators across Scotland." The tartan challenge invited schools and nurseries to design a tartan inspired by the new Scottish International Eco-Schools Planet Earth Tartan, encouraging pupils to draw on their heritage and environment. St Patrick's Primary School received £200 to support future Eco-Schools activities, while highly commended entries were awarded £100 each, with prizes sponsored by HP. Read more: When to expect thunderstorms and heavy rain in Glasgow this weekend The Eco-Schools programme promotes environmental education and action within schools and is part of Keep Scotland Beautiful's wider Climate Action Schools programme, funded by the Scottish Government. This initiative supports schools in working towards Target 2030, Scotland's commitment to reach net-zero emissions by the year 2030. The Climate Action Schools programme aims to equip young people and educators with the knowledge and tools to drive environmental change within their communities. More information about the programme is available on the Keep Scotland Beautiful website.
RTÉ News
11-06-2025
- General
- RTÉ News
Ecolution visits an outdoor classroom in Wicklow where the kids are learning in nature
This week on Ecolution, RTÉ's climate podcast for young people, we head to St Patrick's Primary School in Curtlestown, Co Wicklow to visit their outdoor classroom. A place nestled under trees where students connect to nature and even do maths! Listen and suscribe to Ecolution on RTÉ, Apple or Spotify! The end of year usually means school trips and sunny sports days, a welcome relief from being stuck in stuffy classrooms. Well, imagine if your school had a way of bringing the outside to you all year long. Earlier this Spring Ecolution went to a school in Wicklow that does just that. St Patrick's Primary School in Curtlestown has a purpose built outdoor classroom, set up by staff and parents post lockdown. The idea behind creating an outdoor classroom is to create a beautiful, exciting, inspirational outdoor learning area that's suited to your school. Whatever amount of space you have. Here, just outside Enniskerry, they found the perfect spot. The morning we visited, the field beside the school was filled with bleating lambs, and birdsong filled the air. We approached a wooden gate which swung back easily to let us in to the large outdoor classroom. Two whiteboards under covers sit at either end of the space, nestled under trees at the base of a forested slope. Filled with picnic benches, there is space for two whole classes of children to be taught at the same time. All out in the elements and surrounded by nature. We visited in March and flowers had just begun to bud. But having an outdoor classroom allows the students to chart the passage of nature all throughout the year. Nature connection is vital, and the main reason the teaching space was built. But the outdoor classroom offers a whole lot more, with Maths, English and History regularly taught outside when the weather allows. One teacher even led a shamanic drumming session in the classroom. This school is built on community. The creation of this space was a great example of the positive collective action we spoke about in last week's Ecolution. Not all schools have the space to create an outdoor classroom, but as the students of St Patricks have found, everyone benefits from taking their class outside. We say how much they love what they have, and it's something that will last long after these kids head off after 6th class.
BBC News
18-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Rory McIlroy: Masters champion arrives back in Northern Ireland
Rory McIlroy has arrived back in Northern Ireland after his recent Masters title win at Augusta.A private jet touched down at George Best Belfast City Airport on Friday, as reported by Belfast completed the Grand Slam in golf on Sunday, winning the Masters in dramatic fashion in a play-off at parents Gerry and Rosie did not attend his emotional win and he has returned to Northern Ireland for a private visit. Holding back tears before he was helped into the Green Jacket by last year's winner Scottie Scheffler, McIlroy said: "I want to say hello to mum and dad back in Northern Ireland. I can't wait to see them next week and can't wait to celebrate with them." Where did Rory McIlroy spend his childhood? McIlroy was schooled in Holywood - he first attended St Patrick's Primary School before moving on to Sullivan Upper passion for the sport grew from his father, a keen golfer, who took him to the golf course in his local course, Holywood Golf Club, is on the slopes of the Holywood turned professional in 2007 and won his first major in 2011 at the US Open, and in 2012 he won the PGA Championship in then won The Open in 2014, leaving the Masters to complete the career Grand Slam.
BBC News
14-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Rory McIlroy's hometown is buzzing with his Holywood ending
Welcome to town in County Down has always been proud of local boy Rory McIlroy but it has reached a whole new level after his dramatic win on finally joined a select club of just six golfers to achieve the career Grand Slam with victory in the Masters. The boy from Holywood received his Hollywood ending, and the town is buzzing. It may be a grey Monday in Holywood but the faces of sleep-deprived golf fans light up when they are asked about the rollercoaster scenes at Reynolds, who lives in Holywood, said he was absolutely delighted that McIlroy "managed to finally get over the line".He watched every minute of the final day on Sunday."It was tortuous, it was not what we all expected. We were hoping for a triumphant run through the last round," he said the win was massive for the town, and McIlroy's "golfing immortality" was a good reflection on Holywood. David Addis, who also lives in Holywood, was travelling on Sunday so he was listening on the radio as the "rollercoaster" unfolded."It's the first time I've listened to a major sporting event as it evolved and because the journey was broken by a flight my understanding of it was interrupted for a full 55 minutes while it was swinging all over the place," he Addis said he was elated with the result and people were "buzzing" in Holywood."I always thought he had a chance but after the near misses and especially when he kicked off the final day with a double bogey I thought, oh goodness it's going to happen again, but he obviously is a lot more resilient now," he added. Holywood is a coastal town, not far from Belfast. It has a beach, a busy High Street and some pricey time McIlroy wins a major, one of the bakeries makes biscuits with his face on them and they were on the shelves early on Monday morning. TV and film writer Declan Lawn was on his way to edit the latest series of Blue Lights in Holywood when he bumped into BBC News NI. He stayed up "into the wee hours" to watch McIlroy."It was worth every second," he said. "It's one of the greatest sporting stories ever in history. "He was fighting his demons, and fighting the past and fighting himself and he didn't do it perfectly. He had to find courage to come back and he did. It's such a human story, a Hollywood ending." Fellow Northern Irish sporting hero Lady Mary Peters said she was absolutely overjoyed at McIlroy's success."He has been so close in the past and didn't quite make it but this was his right time to do it," she Peters was the 1972 Olympic champion in the pentathlon. "It changes your life forever, the world is his oyster now," she said. Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, Gavin Robinson, said McIlroy had "never forgotten where he has come from.""It is a wonderful achievement for him," he said. "To be able to fulfil that dream is beyond all of our wildest expectations." McIlroy was schooled in Holywood - he first attended St Patrick's Primary School before moving on to Sullivan Upper School. His passion for the sport grew from his father, a keen golfer, who took him to the golf course in his local course, Holywood Golf Club, is on the slopes of the Holywood turned professional in 2007 and won his first major in 2011 at the US Open, and in 2012 he won the PGA Championship in then won The Open in 2014. leaving the Masters to complete the career Grand Slam.
