Heritage in Schools - competition winners
Winners of our June competition will receive a €50 One4All voucher (for themselves) and a free visit from a Heritage in Schools Expert (for their school).
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Heritage in Schools - Competition
To mark the release of the second series of Heritage in Schools tutorials and to celebrate International Biodiversity Week we’re running another competition with a prize in four categories.
Heritage in Schools - online tutorials
The Heritage Council, in association with Specialists from the Heritage in Schools Scheme Panel, is developing a suite of online tutorials for primary school children, their parents and teachers.
Heritage in Schools Scheme - now recruiting!
The Heritage in Schools Scheme is inviting applications for the 2020-2022 Panel of Heritage Specialists
Powerstown Educate Together National School holds it's annual Heritage Week
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.
Creative Heritage Competition - project reports
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:
Creative Heritage competition - winning entries announced
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.
Heritage in Schools Scheme - Open for Bookings
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.
Creative Heritage Competition for Primary Schools
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
Heritage in Schools working with Focus Ireland
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’.
Learning about bats, Vikings, Bronze Age horns and much more - Heritage in Schools Scheme new website launched
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.