The Award recognises innovative partnership work between schools and parents which supports children to have the opportunity to reach their full potential
The Fred O'Connell NPC Innovation Award 2016 ceremony took place at the NPC Conference on Saturday the 28th of May 2016.
In 2016 there were two outstanding projects and the judges couldn’t decide between them so it was decided to award Joint 1st place to both entries.
- The Parents’ Association of St. Kevin’s National School, Greystones, Co. Wicklow
- The Parents’ Association of St. Colmcille’s Junior and Senior National Schools, Knocklyon, Dublin 16
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The Parents’ Association of St. Kevin’s National School, Greystones, Co. Wicklow with their project ‘Healthy Mind Healthy Body Week’
Purpose of the project:
Reinforce the positive benefits to children of healthy eating and a healthy lifestyle for their overall mental wellbeing in a fun and practical way.
Click here to download information on St. Kevin's National School, Parents' Association's winning project
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The Parents' Association of St. Colmecille's Junior & Senior National Schools, Knocklyon, Dublin 16 with their project ‘Connecting with Parents and Helping Parents Connect’
Purpose of the project:
Their project centred around improving the way the Parents’ Association keeps in touch with parents. Having a combined enrolment of 1584 pupils, the Parents’ Association of St. Colmcille’s Junior and Senior National Schools in Knocklyon found that communication with all the parents can be challenging.
Click here to download information on St. Colmcille's NS Parents' Association's winning project
Click here to find out more about the Award winners in 2015
