Thursday, 22 November 2018: Fifth class children from Castleknock Educate Together National School paid a visit to Government Building this morning (22/11/18) for the national launch of the 2018/2019 Blue Star Programme. The children were joined by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar; Minister of State for European Affairs, Helen McEntee, TD; Gerry Kiely, Head of Representation of the […]
Get creative about Europe! The Blue Star Programme is an education initiative for primary school students across Ireland. The idea of the programme is quite simple: to foster a better understanding and knowledge of Europe and how it affects the lives of Irish citizens among Irish primary pupils, through classroom projects and activities. The Blue […]
Blue Star Programme Update, October Mid-Term 2017 We are ready to go for Year 7 of the Blue Star Programme! We’re delighted to have you all on board and we’re looking forward to an exciting year ahead! Thank You For Registration! This has been a record breaking year in terms of the number of schools participating […]
The Minister for Foreign Affairs & Trade, Charlie Flanagan TD, has spoken about and welcomed the success of the Blue Star Programme. Speaking about the programme in a press release, Minister Flanagan said: “Ireland’s future lies within the European Union and it is really important that our young people understand the origins of the European […]
There’s still a short while to register for the Blue Star programme 2016- 2017! If you are interested, please send us a Registration Form as soon as possible or email us at bluestar@europeanmovement.ie for more information. To those schools already registered, we hope you are enjoying working on the programme! From the many Action Plans we […]
We’ll soon be sending Action Plans to all the schools across Ireland who have already registered for the Blue Star Programme 2016-2017, kicking off phase 2 of this year’s Programme. If you’d like to learn more, act quickly and please fill in a Registration Form. We’ll then send you all the info you need and put […]
The registration process for the 2016-2017 Blue Star Programme is now open! European Movement Ireland is delighted to confirm that the Blue Star Programme will be running for its sixth year over the 2016-2017 school term and the registration process for interested primary schools across Ireland is now open! Go here to learn more.
With the Blue Star Programme 2015/2016 now drawing to a close, we wanted to give you one last update this year of the many goings on. Thanks to the Blue Star teachers, this year’s Programme was another great success! Now in its fifth year, the popularity of the Programme continues to grow, with over 180 […]
With just over a month to go until Europe Day on Monday, 9 May things are really picking up on the Blue Star Programme! We love hearing from schools about how you’re planning to mark this important day and hope to visit as many schools as physically possible! Visits Ambassadors and MEPs have been busy […]
2016 has been an eventful year already! Since the turn of the year we have been inundated with Action Plans from schools up and down the country and we have been blown away by your creativity! Here’s a quick recap of what’s been happening in the Blue Star Programme since our last newsletter and what […]
