Cork officially has its first two Champion Schools of Sanctuary- Blarney Street CBS the first primary school and North Presentation Secondary as the first secondary school in Cork. On the 22nd of November 2022, Blarney Street CBS (primary) and North Presentation Secondary School in Farranree received their monitoring team visit by Schools of Sanctuary Ireland […]
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St John the Baptist Boys National School in Limerick city and Desmond College in Newcastle West were granted their official status as Champion Schools of Sanctuary on November 30th. Schools of Sanctuary Ireland’s monitoring team of Karen Dervan, Khatira Samim (Sanctuary Ambassador), Hassan Sharif (Doras) and Edel Foster (Mary Immaculate College) were delighted to visit
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On November 15th an inspiring event was organised by @SanctuaryNUIG showcasing achievements of Scoil BhrĂde Shantalla, the only recognised SoS in the West! Frank, Niamh & Michael brought 6 of the school’s amazing young Ambassadors to represent the work. Pledge was re-signed and certs awarded to students.
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On November 17th Schools of Sanctuary organised it’s first Session for the Sanctuary Ambassadors. The online event gathered about 20 participants from different countries, who volunteered to become SoS Ambassadors and support their local schools in developing the culture of welcome and diversity in communities. Schools of Sanctuary staff members, teachers from SoS recognised
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We are excited to introduce our Autumn Newsletter to you! To view the full version, please, click on the picture below.
Schools of Sanctuary Newsletter Autumn 2022 Read More »
On the 20-21 of September Tetiana Murphy, SoS Project and Communications Manager, and Obianuju Ekedozie, SoS Waterford Ambassador were delighted to attend the City of Sanctuary annual conference in Bradford, UK. It was the first time in 3 years that the conference was held in person, and it was incredible. The conference kicked off with
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On September 20, Homayoon Shirzad, SoS Coordinator, Tetiana Murphy, SoS Project and Communications Manager, and Hashem Badran, SoS Dublin Ambassador, attended the Award Ceremony for Schools of Sanctuary in Belfast and Derry/Londonderry. The event was organized by the Education Authority of Northern Ireland and City of Sanctuary Belfast. The Award Ceremony took place at Belfast
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September is a really busy month, with a fresh start for every teacher and pupil in our schools, especially those starting in new schools. We want to wish all our schools the very best for the year ahead. For Schools of Sanctuary, this promises to be the most exciting school year yet! In June, the school year ended on a high,
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Congratulations to the Scoil BhrĂde, Shantalla SOS Ambassadors. Alan Kania, Tudor Fatima, Artur Fedosov, Onome Brownly-Otiede and Farida Aliyu who were presented with their SOS Ambassador Certs on the 27th of June for the wonderful work they did helping children who came to their school seeking sanctuary this year. Some of their accomplishments included, translating,
22 June 2022 In the final monitoring visit of the year, St Mary’s NS Limerick was awarded the accolade of becoming Limerick’s first nationally recognised School of Sanctuary on Wednesday 22nd June. The team was thrilled by the commitment of the whole staff and student body, and we look forward to the many ways they will undoubtedly spread the message
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