Schools

SCOIL BHRIDE – SANCTUARY FOR UKRAINIAN CHILDREN Scoil Bhride is a school located on the Westside of Galway city. We are very proud to be a School of Sanctuary. Our school moto is ‘We Care’ and we are determined to live up to this. When the crisis began in the Ukraine earlier this year our […]

STEPASIDE ETSS : DUBLIN’S FIRST SCHOOL OF SANCTUARY On behalf of our school community, we would like to announce that we are now officially recognised as a School of Sanctuary, the first in Dublin, after our successful monitoring visit on Friday, the 29th of April. This monitoring visit was overseen by a panel of five

On Wednesday the 18th of May 2022 Kilrane National School officially became a School of Sanctuary It was a great honour for the staff and students of the school to be bestowed such a prestigious award. Kilrane is now only the 8th school in the Republic of Ireland to have received this status. This was

Andy Pollak was on the monitoring team at Creagh College and contributed this article to the Irish Times. Education Inspirational, cacophonous and joyful: Ireland’s newest ‘school of sanctuary’ Anybody who doubts the richness of a multicultural student body should visit this extraordinary school By Andy Pollak Tue May 31 2022 – 00:00 On Friday, May

Bunscoil Loreto – Book Reading Campaign On Monday the 16th of May, Bunscoil Loreto, Ireland’s first Primary School of Sanctuary, was delighted to host the launch of the Book Reading Campaign by UNHCR with our 5th classes. Jody and Aoife from UNCHR spoke to the children about the life of refugees. Tiffy Allen Co-ordinator of

500 teachers come together to learn about how to welcome Ukrainian refugee children into their schools 500 teachers from all over the country came together on the 23rd March 2022 for a webinar on how to welcome refugee children – and particularly refugee children from Ukraine – into Irish schools. The webinar was organised jointly

WELCOMING REFUGEES FROM UKRAINE AND ELSEWHERE IN OUR SCHOOLS Refugees from Ukraine are arriving daily into Ireland and into our schools. Schools of Sanctuary Ireland is a network of teachers, schools, refugees, and communities across Ireland, with a shared aim of helping our schools to welcome, understand, and include refugees. We want to share our

Supporting children and adults affected by War in Ukraine As Russia’s war against Ukraine rages on and thousands of people are forced from their homes, it’s easy to feel powerless, but there are ways we can all stand in solidarity with Ukraine and make a difference to those who have had to leave everything behind.

“Look at this!” Habib waved a shiny new library card across the computer screen, a huge smile on his face. “It was so easy for me to get this, and it’s free! Now I can borrow any book for three weeks or even longer. It’s wonderful!” Habib is new to Ireland; he fled war-torn Afghanistan

Places of Sanctuary’s Statement on English Channel Deaths Last week at least twenty-seven people lost their lives, drowned in the English channel as they tried to seek refuge in the UK. This was only the latest heartbreaking example of human tragedies as refugees from the Middle East, Asia and Africa try to find a new