The Start...
The EcoScience Writers in Schools project is designed to support a programme of mentoring in primary schools through the use of writing stories with 5th and 6th class students on various subjects related to local biodiversity and environmental change issues. The target audience of the stories are the students own younger peers – infants, 1st and 2nd class students in their own school.  The idea is that students take their learning of a particular environmental issue or area, and translate accurate scientific and environmental information through writing a story suitable for younger classes.  
The project was piloted as part of the Baboró BEAST! project in the 2013/14 academic year with a small group of the then Galway Educate Together 6th class students and Baboró.  It was so successful, that funding was sought and received for the 2014/15 EcoScience Writers project from the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government under the Local Agenda 21 Environmental Partnership Fund through Galway City Council. Practical support was also made available from the Ryan Institute at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
For the 2014/2015 school year, the EcoScience Writers in Schools project leaders worked with 6th class students in Galway Educate Together N.S. (GETNS), developing stories on the subject of North Atlantic sea creatures.  In total, 21 illustrated stories were created, with a limited number of print copies made, but on-line flipbooks developed for all of the stories – available here on this website.

We love new projects!
Let's get started.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation.