We had a fabulous evening of light in the school grounds on Wednesday last Dec 4th. After having to reschedule Samhain Lights ‘Sleeping Giant’ Lantern exhibition and battle with wind and rain in the setting up of it on Wednesday, it turned out to be a wonderful evening of community spirit, celebrating the creativity and artistic skills of our students, the children in neighbouring schools and of course being lead and coordinated by the very talented Tom Meskell.

Along with this beautiful exhibition and ‘Samhain Lights’ stained glass exhibition held in the Arts Centre over the October bank holiday, Tom compiled a piece of work for the children based on biodiversity and the impact of our carbon footprint on the environment. This project was a prototype for an environmental awareness arts project. The idea behind this project was that the ‘The Giant’ represented all of us waking up to the reality of the world we now live in. This highlighted the importance of reducing our carbon footprint to ensure we look after our environment and reduce the impact of climate change.

Please find a link attached below to a survey, in which Tom would very greatly appreciate your feedback on the ‘Samhain Lights’ events, and would like if the children could also give their feedback on it too.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/K7RHY2Q

We would sincerely like to thank Tom, Emma O’ Donohue who worked with our 5th and 6th classes on their stained glass windows and The Mayo Arts Squad for allowing us to once again work with them on this fabulous environmental project. We look forward to working with them again soon.