Last November Aoife McGonige from Powerstown E.T.N.S. got in touch with us to tell us about their plans to hold a Heritage Week in January. The Heritage in Schools Scheme was delighted to offer some support for the event.
Working with Creative Ireland towards achieving one of its key goals ‘to enable the creative potential of every child and young person’ the Heritage in Schools Scheme invited applications from primary schools nationwide for an opportunity to creatively explore their local heritage during a series of FIVE FREE VISITS with a Heritage in Schools Expert. Here's how the projects developed:
Working with Creative Ireland towards achieving one of its key goals ‘to enable the creative potential of every child and young person’ the Heritage in Schools Scheme invited applications from primary schools nationwide for an opportunity to creatively explore their local heritage during a series of FIVE FREE VISITS with a Heritage in Schools Expert.
The Heritage Council has approved an allocation of additional funding to the Heritage in Schools Scheme for 2018. This funding will allow for an estimated 500 additional school visits.
Be in with a chance to win five free visits from a Heritage in Schools Expert to your school this autumn by sending us your plans for a Creative Heritage-themed Project by Friday 14 September 2018
Thanks to funding from Creative Ireland a project for Focus Ireland was planned around the Creative Ireland Programme for Children and Youths to ‘enable the creative potential of every child’.
Tuesday, 12th September: A new website aimed at increasing participation in the Heritage in Schools Scheme has been launched today by The Heritage Council. The new website (http://www.heritageinschools.i...) allows schools to find a local Heritage Expert and book a school visit, as well as access a range of classroom resources which teach children how to build a giant nest, create a butterfly garden or make their own family tree, for example.
'Nature is facing a number of serious challenges. We need to help conserve, protect and reinvigorate natural biodiversity in our areas, communities and surroundings. Wild Work is an initiative to help you, help nature, help you. By working together, we can create something special to benefit our people, our communities, the places in which we work and live, and sustain nature and biodiversity.'View promotional video to learn more about the project Wild Work.
The Heritage in Schools Scheme - Call for applications: Heritage in Schools Panel of Experts (2018-2020)
Landscape charity, Burrenbeo Trust, are seeking a suitable person to fill a post based in the Burrenbeo Trust offices in Kinvara, Co.Galway, for between 16-24 hours a week depending on skillset. The Burrenbeo Trust is a non-profit organisation striving for the future sustainable management of the Burren region through conservation, education, information provision, advocacy and research.
Are you or your children timid in the great outdoors? Find your inner wild child. Heritage Week Article
