27-05-2025
Primary school art competition to promote farm safety
Teagasc has launched the 'Stay Safe with Jessy' farm safety art competition and webinar, a new initiative aimed at promoting farm safety among children.
The competition is open to all primary school children across Ireland to create pieces of art that highlight the importance of safety practices in agriculture, and on Irish farms.
A live webinar will take place on Thursday, June 19, at 11:00am, with the winners of the art competition set to be named afterwards.
The 40-minute webinar, hosted by Alison Maloney of Teagasc, will be livestreamed from the Teagasc studio in Oak Park, Co. Carlow.
Maloney will be joined in studio by farm safety specialist in Teagasc, Francis Bligh, and Jessy the sheepdog.
The event will also be going live to St. Joseph's National School in Rathwire, Co. Westmeath, where Alma Jordan from Agrikids will be discussing farm safety with students in the school.
Art competition
There are three categories for prizes in the art competition, from which there will be an overall winner and a runner-up in each category.
These categories are junior and senior infants, first to third class, and fourth to sixth class.
The prizes up for grabs in the competition include a €100 voucher for Smyths Toys for each category winner, and an Agrikids farm safety workshop with Alma Jordan for their school during the 2025/2026 school year.
There will be three category runners up, who will each receive a Smyths Toys voucher to the value of €25.
Farm safety specialist in Teagasc, Francis Bligh said: 'Farms can be dangerous places, especially for children. Through this campaign we will be highlighting the main dangers and risks on farms, and how to avoid them, and stay safe.'
The closing date for the Teagasc art competition is 5:00pm on Friday, June 6.
