Mary Barry

Subject(s):

Science, Geography

Curriculum Strands:

Human environments (Geography), Natural environments (Geography), Environmental awareness and care (Geography/Science), Living things (Science), Materials (Science), Energy and forces (Science)

Counties catered for:

Cork, Waterford

Classes catered for:

All Classes

Book in-person visit

Mary will interact with the pupils using a number of methodologies including hands-on discovery learning, games, group work, art and craft, poetry, story- telling, creative story writing and music . Mary has an extensive range of resources to inspire children including a taxidermy collection of native animals and birds, a set of “singing” toy birds, beehives and beekeeping equipment , games and musical instruments. Mary’s workshops take place in the classroom, school grounds, school garden, in the locality and if required, further afield.

Mary has a range of topics for your school to choose from:

Testimonials

• "Mary was Excellent. An extremely talented heritage expert. The children learned through discovery and hands on activity." - Curraglass NS, Cork

• "Children had a wonderful day. Mary was very informative and the activities were very child centered." - Castlelyons NS, Cork

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• "The children really enjoyed the session and were actively engaged throughout. They learned about composting and Mary brought in a wormery so they got to see the various layers of soil/compost in which the worms work. Mary has a great knowledge of these topics and is passionate about her work and the children got a great insight into same. They asked many questions throughout and did experiments." - Scoil Mhuire Tallow, Waterford

• "Mary interacted wonderfully with the children and they really enjoyed the whole day and learned a lot from it." - Gogginshill NS, Cork

• "Mary was so accommodating, knowledgeable and engaging. We all thoroughly enjoyed the visit." - Gaelscoil an Ghoirt Alainn, Cork

• "Mary was wonderful! She had an excellent workshop prepared for the children. She was animated and informed and kept the children fully engaged. It was an excellent workshop." - Holy Family JNS, Waterford

• "Excellent over view of the life cycle of the Bee. The children were amazed by the hive and the worker bees the drones and the Queen bee.. such a fantastic topic. Well delivered with enthusiasm." - Castlelyons NS , Cork

• "Mary shared her endless knowledge of the flora of our school environment and the interdependence and diversity between nature and humans. We cooked with plants found from foraging and ate delicious nettle soup. We look forward to watching our seeds grow into vegetables and flowering plants in a few weeks. A thoroughly worthwhile experience with an extremely talented specialist." - Curraglass NS, Cork

• "Was a really interesting day and all pupils enjoyed the day." - Conna NS, Cork

• "Mary was a fantastic specialist. She was very well organised with excellent resources. She made it very relevant for the children and the lessons were well planned out. The children really enjoyed it and there were clear learning outcomes. She also made it relevant to our own school setting and the content was engaging and fun. It tied in really nicely with Science Week. Thank you." - Castlelyons NS, Cork

• "The children and class teachers described the visit as 'brilliant'. Mary was a fantastic facilitator who engaged very well with the children. The children were most happy when they were involved in hands on activities. Thank you for a wonderful day." - St. Marie's of the Isle, Cork