Over ninety Primary 6 students from St Patrick's and Seaview Primary Schools (North Belfast) together with children from Nettlefield and Knocknagoney Primary Schools (East Belfast) and St George's National School in Balbriggan (County Dublin) joined to hear their final composition ‘The Race to Banana Land’. Each of the schools had contributed their own unique chapter to the adventures of a totally unforgettable character -Punkey the monkey -and his friends.
During this time when we might find ourselves with more time, it's time for more stories! Fighting Words is inviting children and young people to write and share their writing with us.
Primary School Age Writers (Age 6-12): The Fighting Words Story-Starter
We have invented the Story-Starter, which we hope will spark your imagination and help you get started on a story. You can change anything you want in the story - you don't have to include all the ideas generated in the Story-Starter.
Welcome To The Fighting Words Un-School Club!
All the work included here has been produced by children aged 6 to 17 from all over Ireland. You will also find online workshops, videos and tips from writers to encourage you!
We will be updating this page regularly during the school closure period, so check back for more cool stuff!
This year Cruinniú na nÓg, a day of free creativity for children and young people, is going online! Will you be getting creative? There are only a few days to go and so many ways to enjoy it!
Back in May, Great Lighthouses of Ireland and Fighting Words asked 7-12 year olds to create some lighthouse stories and become Young Storykeepers.
At the beginning of May Fighting Words were asked to take part in RTE's "Operation Transformation: Keeping Well Apart". Mark worked with the four families for the week, helping them to gain confidence in creative writing using different prompts and tasks. They worked toward writing one final piece each that they then read out on RTE.
Now in its 10th year, this year's supplement in The Irish Times features stories from all over the island of Ireland, from different groups of participants, in English and in Irish.
Calling all frontline workers and their children - we want to hear your stories!
Fighting Words – in partnership with Fighting Words NI - is launching a project to draw together a collection of writing reflecting the experiences, thoughts and ideas of frontline workers and their families during this time.
Thank You!
We asked you talented 7-12 year olds to become Young Storykeepers and you certainly delivered!
A joint initiative with Great Lighthouses of Ireland, by the time submissions closed on May 19th we’d received almost 1,300 superb lighthouse-inspired tales.
…well, nearly. Almost. Kind of.
Home is Where the Heart Is: a very special Fighting Words Belfast creative writing project for pupils from five schools across Belfast, in partnership with New Lodge Arts.
Inspired by an interactive sculpture by Fighting Words Belfast volunteer and emerging artist Attila Szabo, P6/7 children met the artist and created stories inspired by Belfast City Council’s theme of (Y)Our Home.
