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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Andrew Byrne & Joe O'Shea

Cork primary school kids release brilliant rap song and music video on climate change

Primary school kids in Cork have channelled their inner Tupac and Biggie for a rap song about the climate change crisis.

Students at Cappabue National School worked on the project with the help of Cork-based producer Garry McCarthy from GMC Beats.

McCarthy works with schools and youth groups across the region making music that addresses local concerns and issues, CorkBeo reports.

The school, based in the Shehy Mountains outside Bantry, have a track record in film projects with the school winning a number of awards for previous creations.

Olive Creed, who teaches at the school, said the children were inspired by a recent project looking into the plastic pollution in Bantry Bay.

Primary school kids from Cappabue N.S. in Co Cork created this rap on Climate Change (Cappabue National School)

She said: "The children wanted to spread the message to other school children as to how they too could make a difference in their own small way.

"After discussion and brainstorming, it was decided that a music video was the way to go.

"Contact was made with Garry McCarthy, GMC Beats, and he came to Cappabue NS for a 'Song in a Day' workshop.

"Working in groups, the children came up with the entire content of the song themselves.

"Garry set up a recording desk in the classroom and, under his expert direction, 'One Small Change' was born."

She continued: "We are so proud of the end product. It is being shared extensively.

"The message the children wanted to spread is really being delivered, which is what the project sought to achieve in the first instance.

"We can all make a difference in our own small way."

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