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From the classroom to the Arctic

Heritage in Schools expert Anthony Galvin-Healy has just returned from trekking across the top of Europe. Anthony, who visits schools talking about polar heroes Tom Crean and Ernest Shackleton, has been a regular visitor to the Arctic over the past three decades. This time he was trekking across the extreme north of Finland, in temperatures of minus 23 degrees, to raise funds for the charity SightSavers, which provides medical care in the developing world.

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On Thursday 23 January 2025 the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) welcomed members of the Heritage in Schools panel, both in person and online, to learn about RIA educational resources for primary schools from the RIA Library, Dictionary of Irish Biography, Irish Historic Towns Atlas, Grangegorman Histories and the Digital Repository of Ireland.

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Our Heritage in Schools panel of specialists expands

We are delighted to welcome 24 new heritage specialists to our Heritage in Schools programme and it was wonderful to host an induction day for them at Áras na hOidhreachta last month. We had an informal and enjoyable day which included presentations from Heritage Council staff and long term members of the Heritage in Schools panel, who provided lots of useful tips on delivering programmes and engaging with schools.  We heard more about the work our new recruits will do with schools, as well as expanding our reach and offerings on history, archaeology and biodiversity they will bring some new topics to the programme too, including mosiac culture in Ireland, history of the use of archery in Ireland and Thornton Irish Lace and crochet.  Further information will be available from website profiles which will be activated when we re-open in January.

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Open for bookings from 1 January

Heritage in Schools has had a bumper year with an estimated 3,000 visits delivered in 2024 and our funding is now fully allocated. We will be open for bookings for 2025 from 1 January and we look forward to visiting your school in 2025!

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Heritage in Schools takes to the road

Our Heritage in Schools Specialists enjoy an annual networking day each year, usually at the end of June when schools break for the summer. This year we decided to hold smaller regional events instead of one main event in the midlands, so our team took to the road for a week and met as many specialists as possible. We had a fabulous week of meetings in Tramore Coastguard Cultural Centre, The Burren College of Art and Glenveagh National Park.

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Heritage in Schools day for Carlow schools on 2nd May

On 2nd May Carlow College, St Patrick’s, will be blitzed by a group of Heritage Specialists from the Heritage Council’s Heritage in Schools programme. Carlow primary schools are invited to join us for a day of fun and interactive heritage workshops which will cover topics such as archaeology, biodiversity, heritage crafts and storytelling. This is a FREE day and lunches will be provided.

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Tullamore selected for the first ever Heritage in Schools Blitz 2024!

Over a two-day period, on 25 & 26 April, Tullamore primary schools will be blitzed by Heritage Specialists from the Heritage Council’s Heritage in Schools programme. The visiting Specialists will deliver all sorts of interesting facts on Offaly’s rich built, natural and cultural heritage. Visits can be to the classroom, the school yard or further afield and will be FREE OF CHARGE.

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