About the Competition

The Department of Justice and Equality is delighted to announce its new art competition for primary schools, “Someone Like Me”.
This fantastic competition aims to promote disability awareness among primary school children and give them a greater understanding of what unites children of differing abilities. Someone Like Me allows children to learn about and discuss these topics and creatively express what they’ve learned through art.

What Can We Learn?

• Encourages children to consider other people and other people’s feelings
• Builds an awareness of making assumptions about people
• Promotes inclusiveness
• Highlights the similarities between people
• Encourages children to think about treating others the way that they like to be treated

Who Can Enter?

All primary pupils from Junior infants – 6th Class can enter.
We would be delighted to receive entries created by individuals, a class, or even a combined effort from your whole school.

How Do I Enter?

Step 1:

Complete your lesson plan

Downloadable Junior and Senior lesson plans can be found below

Step 2:

Get Creative

Pupils can create a piece of art in any form to showcase what “Someone Like Me” means to them

Step 3:

Label your work

We want to make sure that you and your pupils are recognised for your hard work, so please attach the following information to your entry: School name, school roll number, school address, teacher name, class, pupil’s name and pupil’s age along with a brief description explaining the ideas and motivation behind your pupils’ piece (junior word count: up to 100 words, senior word count: up to 200 words)

Step 4:

Submit Your Entry

Simply post your entries to the address below:

Someone Like Me, Real Nation, 24 Arran Quay, Dublin 7, D07 W620

If any art piece is too large or too heavy to send, we will happily accept photos of it instead.

Please note: There is no limit to the amount of entries your school can submit!

What Can I Win?

By entering, your school is in with a chance of winning fantastic prizes up to the value of €750. You may also get to attend a national prize giving ceremony in Dublin this December.

Prizes are awarded to 1 junior and 1 senior category winner in every county, as well as 1 overall national winner.