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Úna offers two options: 1) Seed Stories: Exploring autumn trees and seed dispersal 2) Rocks Around Us: Introduction to rocks, minerals and fossils.

Una’s outdoor visits cover a range of biodiversity and geography topics including trees, minibeasts, rocks and maps

Nature and history field trips to Emo Court (https://emocourt.ie/) in Co. Laois. Also available are in-school pollinator workshops.

Ciara's passion is to develop our connection to nature. The Forest School ethos that underpins her work is that of child-led play and personal development so learning happens holistically for each child. Activities offered include games, bug safari, nature crafts, using tools like saws and drills and some wild edible foraging, all in the school grounds.

Geoff's visits include the following strands: biodiversity, art, maths, geography, English, Irish, music. His lessons begin with engagement, prediction, exploration and show the results.

Patrick's nature visits cover everything from school Gardening to exploring the trees, wildflowers, birdlife and insects found locally. He helps children and teachers explore the biodiversity on their doorstep.

From whales to snails and everything in between, Calvin’s visits on Irish wildlife and biodiversity tap into and encourage the innate curiosity all young children have for the world around them.

CuriOcean whale and dolphin workshops allow children to understand and protect the marine environment through hands-on and fun activities! They will join an interactive introduction to marine mammals, play detectives through a photo-identification game and get a deeper understanding on how dolphins and whales communicate.

Willow weaving, storytelling, and heritage arts

'Pollination - How nature makes our fruits and seeds': Introduction to pollination, making the connection between insects and food production through interactive discussions, guided outdoor activities, hands-on flower dissection and creative drawing.

We cover pollination, biodiversity, native tree identification, fresh water animals and seaweeds. We include worksheets, quizzes, hands on outdoor activities and creativity in our workshops.

A fun and interactive way of uncovering the natural world around us and the prehistoric history of Ireland through discovery, fun games, and creative activities. Find out all about the ancient sea creatures that lived long ago and the different creatures that inhabit our seashore today. Learn from local rocks, fossils, and landforms, about Ireland’s ancient past, its earthquakes and volcanoes, and vast mysterious lands where dinosaurs once roamed. We'll leave no stone unturned!

A series of exciting workshops focusing on ancient crafts and technologies which are based on Irish Archaeology. Mark’s uses an active-learning approach with hands-on, practical and stimulating activities which allow children to explore the world around them in a fun, engaging and creative manner.

Tony's visits are aimed at getting children into the outdoors to discover the natural world surrounding their school and locality. Visits are fun, interactive and suitable for all classes and age groups.

Fun, fact filled, interactive virtual sessions are delivered, exploring biodiversity and what it does for us, what is a food web, how to make one and a separate session on native Irish birds.

Aengus explores biodiversity, what it is, why we should care and how we can help in a range of different workshops.

Angie is a passionate and highly experienced ‘forest school leader’ who firmly believes in nature pedagogy. Angie feels that connecting with nature and encouraging student led learning in the outdoors is of great importance in this increasingly digital age.

Music of the Plants: introduction to the wildflowers and trees of the Autumn forest through art, music and stories – virtual visits include a virtual woodland walk with plenty of opportunities for live interaction and questions and answers.

Music of the Plants: introduction to the wildflowers and trees of the Autumn forest through art, music and stories .

Exploring heritage through music and sound

By investigating the materials, technology and influences of everyday architecture, artist Alison Mac Cormaic explores the built heritage in your village, town, city or school. Workshop are coordinated from a range of research, drawing, design and construction activities to match the style and features of your local buildings.

Paddy covers local built and natural heritage. School gardening is his speciality.

Explore the wet and wild peatlands of Ireland from peatland formation, flora and fauna to archaeology.

Explore the wet and wild peatlands of Ireland from peatland formation, flora and fauna to archaeology. Visits can be hosted within the classroom or outdoors on a local peatland reserve.

Outdoor Visits to the local seashore, flower-spotting walks along the hedgerows in quiet laneways, school yard creative activities including species drawing blitzes, sea shell exhibitions and quizzes.

Steve and his colleague Lisanne O’Loughlin from Dig it Kids use a fun, interactive and hands-on approach to make history and archaeology virtual classes fun for children. Steve is a fun-fact guru and dad joke aficionado!

Creative environmental education – Jessica connects children to nature and our environmental impacts through hands on experiences in outdoor spaces, school gardens and workshops in the classroom.

William aims to bring attention to the story of Ireland’s rich food heritage which has largely been undocumented. William believes in the importance of our connection to food heritage and culture and to explore the role that food must play in our own health and the health of our planet.

During a virtual visit David and Sinead explain the concept of pollination and how this leads to the formation of seeds and fruits.

David's classroom activities include engaging sessions on the tides, identifying marine organisms and talks about living marine animals which David brings into the classroom!