The INTO LGBT+ Teachers’ Group hosted the Different Families, Same Love Awards yesterday evening at 6.30pm in The Teachers Club, Parnell Square, Dublin 1. Speaking ahead of the awards, Sean Hegarty from the group said:
“The ‘Different Families, Same Love’ competition offered teachers an opportunity to explore and celebrate the diverse tapestry of families and peoples who make up Irish society today and to win wonderful prizes for their classrooms. We are delighted to celebrate their work at tonight’s awards.”
Prize-winning pupils, their teachers and families attended the event, where they showcased their spectacular projects. Social Justice and Mental Health Journalist and Podcaster, Dil Wickremasinghe MC’d the event, with Director of Amnesty International Ireland, Colm O’Gorman also speaking at the event.
Delighted that this years @intolgbt #differentfamilies2019 awards is about to kick off – fasten your seatbelts! ?️??️??️? pic.twitter.com/GEVaSH67Np
— Dil Wickremasinghe (@DilW) June 20, 2019
The ‘Different Families, Same Love’ competition, ran during May to celebrate International Family Equality Day (IFED) and International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT). Primary school children began the rainbow revolution in their classrooms in May, by learning about and creating projects celebrating LGBT+ people and families of all sorts. Entries were judged based on creativity, originality, relevance to the theme and how well the learning was shared with the wider school and local community.
Senior Category:
1st Place: @HansfieldETNS – 5th Class
2nd Place: North Dublin National School Project – 5th Class
3rd Place: St Columba's NS, Douglas, Cork – 4th and 5th classes#DifferentFamiliesSameLove2019— INTO LGBT+ Teachers (@intolgbt) June 10, 2019
Mr Hegarty continued:
“This competition has been a true celebration of diversity and inclusion in our primary schools. Competition entries, like our families, took many forms- artwork, comics, stories, poems, plays, songs, videos, or podcasts. We were honoured, delighted and overwhelmed with the variety and standard of this year’s entries. The positive feedback from teachers, parents and most importantly from pupils has been truly wonderful.”
We are delighted to announce the #winners of the #DifferentFamiliesSameLove #competition for 2019.
Junior Category:
1st Place: @DLETNS Dun Laoghaire – Junior & Senior Infants
2nd Place: Claddagh NS, Galway – Senior Infants
3rd Place: St Catherine's NS, Donore Avenue – 2nd Class pic.twitter.com/utjQDWx8b6— INTO LGBT+ Teachers (@intolgbt) June 10, 2019
“We have winning entries from schools in Cork, Dublin and Galway represented at this evenings event. We will celebrate them and acknowledge their fantastic creativity, we will also showcase the spectacular work submitted by all other participating schools. There’s no better way to kick off the Pride season than with an inclusive family celebration like this!”
Overall winners were the 5th class students from Hansfield Educate Together who created their dream Pride.
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