ABOVE: Cathal Hegarty, IT teacher, pictured with Holy Child PS pupils Melissa McCarron, Cara Higgins and Grace Doherty during Friday’s Cross Community Minecraft Project 2018 at St. Joseph’s Boys School. The event was funded by the Executive Office and Outer West Neighbourhood Renewal Partnership.
St. Joseph’s Boys School was the venue for a primary schools cross-community Minecraft event at the weekend with P6 pupils from The Model, Rosemount and Holy Child primary schools taking part.
Over 100 pupils from the schools, under the guidance of Minecraft expert, Mr Cathal Hegarty, were tasked with building the city’s Peace Bridge.
And the local cross-community children taking part excelled at the task having loads of fun throughout the morning.
‘It was evident the children really enjoyed mixing with pupils from other schools and working together sharing their creative skills,’ said Mr. Hegarty.
The event started on Friday morning with Rachel McDermott, from the Nerve Centre addressing the pupils on the importance of creative thinking and jobs that are going to be available in the IT industry in the years to come.
She said the event would open the pupils' eyes to what is new in technology and how Minecraft can help them explore new things in technology.
Mr Graeme Doherty, Senior Teacher, St. Joseph’s, thanked the pupils and their teachers for taking part and making the event so special.
He also highlighted how the event was another example of how St. Joseph’s Boys School was striving to best support pupils' transition from primary school to secondary school.
‘I would also like to pay special thanks to The Executive Office and The Outerwest Neighbourhood Renewal Partnership who made this event possible through their kind funding. This is something we would like to build on next year in terms of cross community involvement with our primary schools and improving technological ability of all the pupils in the area.’
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