My Big Friendly Guide To The European Union

REGISTER FOR BFGtoEU 2023/2024 before 13 October

Ireland’s very first Europe Day Festival in Cork City Hall was a HUGE success.

Get a flavour of it in this video

My Big Friendly Guide to the European Union is an innovative 6 -week teaching and learning programme. It aims at developing awareness, knowledge and critical thinking at primary school level on the European Union and Ireland’s role within it.

It offers teachers all the lesson plans, lesson slides, knowledge quizzes and under 5 minute explanatory videos to feel confident and engaged in the teaching for active European citizenship.

We also offer a fantastic eTwinning project run by Aoife Hegarty.

It is children and teacher friendly, allowing the students to learn about but also question the European Union.  It is about empowering the children to make informed decisions to improve the world they live in. Crucially, it fits perfectly into the current Social Personal and Health Education curriculum, particularly when discussing critical thinking, active citizenship and media education.

Since its creation in 2018, BFGTOEU has grown from being a pilot project in County Cork to being the only national educational programme on the EU grounded in a unique collaboration between primary and third level education. In July 2019, 35 teachers took part in our very first CPD course in UCC.  In November 2020, we took part in Cork Discovers, a Europe-wide event connecting researchers and society.

In 2021, we held our very first Europe Week! Click here to see 1st class students rapping on the EU.

So let’s spark debate with Seamie Shamrock!

Take a look at the explanatory video to hear what my BFGtoEU is all about!

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Europe Day Festival 2023

On 7 May, Ireland’s first Europe Day Festival took place in Cork City. It was a family fun day dedicated…

Transnational Europe Day quizzes 2023

On 10 May 2023, over 6,500 children from across the EU and beyond connected with European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova for European Values and Transparency

Launch of EU TV Junior in Newstalk Breakfast

On 10 May 2021, Barry Andrews MEP launched a new YouTube channel called EU TV Junior. Voiced by children, for children…

Drivetime Europe Day 2019

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Graduation Day 2019

For the second year in a row, my BFGtoEU was delighted to organise a graduation day on 28 May 2019…

BFGtoEU website launch

On 5 April 2019, MEP Deirdre Clune, Deputy Lord Mayor Cllr John Buttimer and UCC President Professor Patrick O’Shea officially…

The Ryan Tubridy Show Radio 1

The day after Ryan Tubridy came to University College Cork to deliver the graduation speech to the very first cohort…

Drivetime 2

In May 2018, the very first graduation ceremony for my BFGtoEU took place. Drivetime was there and took the opportunity…

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