Holy Trinity National School, Westport named finalists in national Our World
Awards
Pupils and their teacher to travel to Dublin Castle on Friday 30th May to
compete for prestigious national title
Pupils from 5th and 6th Class from Holy Trinity National School have been named a finalist in the 2025 Our World Awards.
The school will join 14 other national finalists from across Ireland at a
ceremony to be held at Dublin Castle on Friday 30th May.
Holy Trinity National School is one of just 15 schools in Ireland to be in
the running for one of nine prestigious Our World Awards comprising the
Global Goals, Irish Aid Programme, Rising Star, Creative Star, STEM, School
and Community Impact, Global Citizenship Education, an Iontráil Ghaeilge is
Fearr and Outstanding School Engagement Awards, as well as the coveted
School of the Year Award.
Pupils from 5th and 6th class at Holy Trinity National School, Westport,
have been recognised for their thoughtful and beautifully presented project
entitled “A Better World”, created as part of their entry to the Our World
Awards.
Their project explored how the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are
shaping both global and local initiatives — from tackling climate change
and poverty to improving access to clean water, sanitation, and promoting
world peace. After learning about the work of Irish Aid around the world,
the pupils turned their attention to their own surroundings, examining how
the town of Westport and their school are already contributing to a more
sustainable and fairer future.
The class reflected not only on what is already working well, but also on
the positive actions they can take as individuals and as a school community.
They each set personal and group goals linked to the Global Goals, showing
how even small steps can lead to meaningful change.
Congratulating Holy Trinity National School on making it to the national
final, Minister of State for International Development and Diaspora, Neale
Richmond TD said:
“I am really looking forward to meeting the pupils from Holy Trinity
National School and their teacher at the national final on May 30th. I know
that there is a great sense of excitement around the event in Dublin Castle.
“I am also looking forward to personally thanking our primary school
teachers for their continued commitment, not just to participating in the
Our World Awards, but also for nurturing an ethos of global citizenship
amongst our young people. It is important that as global citizens we all
play an individual and collective part in making the world a better place.
“Each of the projects submitted by the 15 finalists demonstrate an
impressive level of insight and understanding of what are complex global
issues that have a devastating impact on the most vulnerable in our
world.”
Now in their 20th year, the Our World Awards are the Department of Foreign
Affairs and Trade’s flagship programme with primary schools which, over
its lifetime, has seen thousands of young people become inspired to engage
with global issues and take action for a fairer, more sustainable world.
The 2025 Our World Awards National Final is taking place at the Printworks,
Dublin Castle on Friday 30th May 2025.
