Ballintra school lands national 'Fishy' Award!
The winning class from The Robertson National School in Ballintra visited the Central Fisheries Board in Swords last Friday. They were presented with the 'Something Fishy' National Award by Rob Ross of RTE's ICE show.
The thirty pupils who were accompanied by their principal, teacher and some of their proud parents travelled to Dublin to be presented with their prize. They won the National ‘Something Fishy’ competition with a presentation on eels called “Eel”usive. This looked at all aspects of the life cycle. It examined how eels live and behave as well as looking into the decline of the eel population and what is being done about it.
Dr Ciaran Byrne CEO of the Central Fisheries Board was impressed with the effort and time that the schools and pupils had put into their work.
He stated that “this is great project and everyone involved with it should be justly proud. "We are now in the third year of the national prize giving and each year we are overwhelmed by the high standard of entries as well as the differing approaches schools are able to bring to this work. ‘Something Fishy’ is a project in which all participating students learn about our environment and its importance as well as learning about our fisheries. This knowledge will be carried by the students into adult life and passed on so helping the community protect our environment.”
The ‘Something Fishy’ programme is continuing for the 2010/2011 year and is supported by an interactive website: www.somethingfishy.ie. The Central and Regional Fisheries Boards and the Educational Centres expect that the interest for the 2010/2011 competition will be very strong and the standards will reach the exceptional levels reached in this year’s competition.
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