On November 29^th Moate Community School Future Leaders students visited the home of the GAA  Croke Park. The students got to experience the dressing rooms, the media rooms, learn about the history of the GAA along with paying a visit to the GAA museum where they got to learn more about our iconic game.

The “Future Leaders Transition Year Programme” is a joint initiative from the GAA and the Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST). It is a cross-curricular programme comprising of a series of modules designed to encourage maturity, initiative, responsibility and leadership skills in pupils. The Programme gives pupils the knowledge and skills to support all roles required in the effective staging of Gaelic Games. As part of the Programme students are challenged to organise and run both on-field and off-field events for younger students.

To date our students have organised a Sports day for our current first years, have got involved with coaching school teams, have refereed matches and are in the process of organising sporting events for our local primary school students. The students have also gained huge leadership skills and have put them to use in their local communities.