TODAYS LESSON In todays class we are going

TODAY’S LESSON In today’s class we are going to work in our committees and practise filling in our CSPE Report on Action Project (RAP)

SECTION 1 MY ACTION PROJECT Guidelines for answering A clear, unambiguous and relevant title (3 marks) Presentation by Joe Corr about the Rodgerstown estuary and Fingal beach protections to promote care for the south strand Rush beach environment. Clean up and recycling litter in the south strand beach in Rush to help care for a local part of our planet To be encouraged: A title that clearly indicates to anybody reading, listening or viewing it what the Action Project was about. The examiner should be able to confirm the suitability of the title having read, listened to or viewed the Report completely. To be avoided: Titles such as: My Action Project Report, Civic, Social and Political Education Report etc.

SECTION 1 MY ACTION PROJECT Sample answers Organising an Interview With Joe Corr local consultant about environmental protection for our beach south strand in Rush. Student beach clean up of Rush south strand beach. (3 marks)

SECTION 2 INTRODUCTION In completing SECTION 2 - Introduction - the student should: (a) Identify the concept/s on which the Action Project was based Explain how the Action Project was based on this concept / these concepts Stewardship (b) Give one reason why you chose to do this Action Project. To improve the beach environment for local and for tourists. Sample answers (a) Tick �� Stewardship By understanding the beach protection we can understand how to care for our beach. By cleaning up our beach we create a better local environment for everyone. Recycling is very relevant to the environment because if we recycle our waste our earth would be a better place and CO 2 gases could be reduced along with Climate change. (b) We chose this project because our CSPE class was studying stewardship. This project was very important because everyone should be aware protections for our local environment and of the importance of the keeping our environment clean for locals and tourists for people's well being and for the tourist industry.

SECTION 3 ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN In completing SECTION 3 - Activities Undertaken - the student should: (a) Identify the people communicated with in the course of his/her Action Project Explain why one of these people was communicated with in completing his/her Action Project. Actions committees carried out. Sample Answer: Met tidy towns in Rush on a Saturday morning to see how they clean up the locality. Met principal and office staff to get permission and to organise our guest speaker. We emailed Fingalcoco. ie to see if beach protections were updated recently. Student prepared a survey to see what rubbish gets collected on our beach. Joe Corr spoke to our class and answered all our questions which we prepared in advance.

SECTION 3 ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN (b) List the main tasks/activities undertaken as part of the Action Project and give information on each task/activity Sample answers: We divided into groups. Isabelle , Liam and Amy: Group Leaders Group A: Sean O N, Adam B wrote to Joe Corr, manager of Louth County Council requesting an appointment to visit the County Council offices. Group B: Reb and Eimear Geography department 2 C no job here. Harry. Group C: 5 students made a list of questions to be asked when on our visit Group D: Contacted school management and requested permission. They also informed teachers who would be affected on the day. Shannon, Olivia, Abbie. Group F: Dylan, Kyle, Ryan Borrowed a camcorder for the day and a camera to record the visit. Also they wrote a thank you letter to Joe Corr. Liam, Victoria Newspaper article: Rebecca and Danielle Group: G Meet and Greet: Cian, Thomas Permission: Aaron and Erin Permission of teachers and timetabling: Claudia Caretaker and Mr Mc Ginley: Ciaran and Ethan Supply Team: Bags and Pickers organise: Cian B and Sean Recycling team: Cian and Jessica Inform Office: Aaron Timekeeper: Victoria Computer Team: Joseph, Dara and Ethan Litter collectors : all students Computer set up team: Amy and veronica Maro and Mubarak: Come up with a list of 10 questions about stewardship and beach clean up to help student to reflect. Refreshments committee: Harry and Erin Use groups or call them permisson committee: , recycling committee, survey committee, set up committee, refreshments committee, research of beach protections and Joe Corr presentations committee, secretary, group leaders, communication committee (with other classes etc) Meet and greet committee, thank you committee, photography committee, collecting rubbish committee and questions committee, 4/5 Sentences deceiving each committees work.

SECTION 3 ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN (c) Give a detailed account of one particular task/activity from the list in part (b) that he/she carried out as part of the Action Project Sample Answer: When the class was being divided up into the various committee I was in the letter committee. In this committee I worked with seven other girls to organise the letters of invitation and the thank you letters. Firstly, I worked with the other girls to draft the letter of invitation. Then, as I had a computer at home, I volunteered to type the letter to the speaker. Then I had the job of posting the letter when we got the address and the stamps. After the talk our committee again came together and drafted the letter of thank-you for the speaker. I typed out this letter also, stating in it how much we had appreciated the talk and how much we had learned from it. Finally we posted this letter.

SECTION 3 ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN (d) Describe how he/she applied two skills when the activity described in part (c) above. carrying out Sample Answer: Many skills were involved in my job in the letter writing committee. Firstly we all had to use the skill of listening -listening with patience to everybody’s opinions of what to put in the letter. Then we had to agree on how to word the invitation. I learned and applied the skills of typing out a letter on a computer, which had to be presented in a formal format. Everyone in the group applied the skill of working together as a team. I depended on the other committee members to get the speaker’s address before I could post the letter and they depended on me to type out the letter in time. We all worked together as a team so that our task was successfully completed. Computer skills: we had to use mr mc Garry's website to find out the notes that mr Corr sent to him. Emailed info@Fingalcoco. ie. Had to understand how to make a survey using excel. Had to look up information about Rodgerstown estuary using google search engine.

SECTION 4 SUMMARY OF INFORMATION In completing SECTION 4 - Summary of Information - the student should: Give facts discovered in undertaking his/her Action Project which helped him/her to understand how the subject of the Action Project was related to one or more of the CSPE concepts. Major Facts that Joe Corr Gave us Major Fact we got from www. fingalcoco. ie An Appropriate Fact is (i) A valid fact relevant to the subject of the Action Project. (ii) Two or three tentative facts relevant to the subject of the Action Project (iii) An explanation of a term or concept relevant to the subject of the Action Project. (iv) A relevant illustration (e. g. pie chart or bar chart) (v) Results of a survey presented in statistical form. Make up How many pieces of different types of litter we collected.

SURVEY RESULTS FOR RUSH BEACH CLEAN UP Paper = 50 items Plastic = 30 items Tin = 50 items Fishermen waste = 2 items Total 132 items 50/132 = X 100/1 = % of waste for a chart and then draw a chart using this information for your action project.

SECTION 4 SUMMARY OF INFORMATION Sample answers: 1. I found out a lot about the Beaches in Fingal. I learned that there are by protections for beaches. Give examples here……… 1. I learned that Tidy Towns Rush and Fingal Co Co work together to maintain high beach standards over the summer months. . 2. It is a fact that tidy towns meet every Saturday morning to clean up the town and beaches. However, they mainly do this in the summer and therefore there is a need for students to help out for other times in the year. 2 I learned about Joe Corr and councillors roles in Fingal Co Co and our beach in S Strand Rush when he was a member of the Green Party. 3 We learned from a local organisation called Rage that raw sewage gets pumped into our waters at rush harbour and that it is not treated so it is dangerous to swim or drink the water near there. 4 I learned about Blue flag beaches And the recent Environmental Protection Agency report that failed Rush beach and the whole of the Rodgerstown estuary that includes Loughshinny too for its water quality. EPA was an idea that came from Europe to encourage us to clean up our environment. 5 I discovered the importance of Tidy Towns and well maintained beaches for Irelands tourist industry and for the pleasure of local users and for the many eco systems at the beach. E. g Insects, wildlife, dunes and plant life. 6 Lastly, put a pie chart together of the different materials that we collected down at the beach. 7 Failte Ireland in a survey done in 2016 said that the two main reasons tourists come to Ireland is for the friendliness of its people and Ireland's natural environment, therefore we have a duty to keep our beach clean so that tourists can enjoy our local environment.

SECTION 5 REFLECTIONS In completing SECTION 5 - Reflections - the student should: Give three statements describing how the experiences he/she had while doing the Action Project helped him/her to think about the skills acquired or the CSPE concept(s). For each of these statements, state the reasons why he/she thinks this way. An Appropriate Statement is: (i) A valid reflection, argument, explanation, interpretation, comment or judgement relevant to the subject/process/skills of the Action Project. (ii) Two or three tentative statements (iii) A relevant recommendation or suggestion. Must say because or as here with your sentences to show you are reflecting.

SECTION 5 REFLECTIONS Sample answers I think that the Action Project that I have participated in has helped me to better understand the environment, the fingal county council and our local beaches because I saw it first hand cleaned up there and I found out more from Joe Corr It is my opinion that we need to continue to clean the beaches not only in the summer season but all year round as it would effect tourism and people walking on the beach negatively I feel that it is a shame that people don’t take local politics more seriously and get involved more in the beach protections which are very important for local communities as people who dont understand the bye make the beach environment a less attractive place to be. I recommend that more schools should participate in this type of project, as it would be better for the environment, better for students exercise and makes us more aware of caring for things within our communities and how we can make a difference. Other schools would also learn how good team spirit can be for a class and school.

REFLECTIONS CONTINUED Reflect back on the summary. I believe that everyone in Rush should be concerned about the quality of water in our beaches and they should join. A community group like RAGE because people in big numbers put more pressure of local TD's and Councillors to act. I feel that we as a class should raise more awareness about the beach protections as most other people have never heard of them. I would consider doing the jobs that Joe Corr did as I would like to make a difference to my locality the same way Joe Corr has.