Stephanie O'Toole

Subject(s):

Science, Geography

Curriculum Strands:

Natural environments (Geography), Living things (Science), Energy and forces (Science)

Counties catered for:

Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Waterford

Classes catered for:

All Classes

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We can interact with the natural world in many ways, the most important thing is to go outside and experience it. Visits can include learning how to identify, record and understand habitats. We are all part of a cycle and everything is connected; we can use science, history and eco art to experience and understand the natural landscape.We can interact with the natural world in many ways, the most important thing is to go outside and experience it. Visits can include learning how to identify, record and understand habitats. We are all part of a cycle and everything is connected; we can use science, history and eco art to experience and understand the natural landscape.

Stephanie offers visits on the following topics:

• Field trips to stream,shore, woodland, hedgerow, bog
• Eco arts and crafts based on field trip findings
• Identifying and recording biodiversity
• Metamorphosis; frog, butterfly and invertebrate life cycles
• Time and tides; the Celtic Wheel of the year, moon and tide cycles and how Irish flora and fauna developed

Testimonials

• "Stephanie is just fabulous. A font of knowledge on all topics of gardening, nature and beyond. Great rapport with the children. Visits have far exceeded our expectations."

• "Stephanie offers an active, engaging, age appropriate and fun workshop which the children thoroughly enjoy while learning so much about the health of their local river habitat."

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• "It was a joy to have Stephanie with us. Very structured, very informative but above all that very enjoyable!"

• "Stephanie provides an interactive absorbing workshop that she very cleverly tailors to all age groups. The pupils of Coolick eagerly get involved and were delighted to learn about their own local river. This is education in it’s pure form, local, involved, active, tailored to the child’s age and relevant. Parents were also very supportive of this workshop and reminisced on days spent catching bods at the exact spot Stephanie used. They took great joy in seeing their children returning to the same area enjoying the same, though far more thorough, activity."

• "Stephanie and the children sat hyacinth bulbs together. The older children then sat daffodils tulips snowdrops. We also worked on a winter plan of work for our poly tunnel. The children look forward to Stephanie’s visits with great energy and enthusiasm"

• "The children look forward to Stephanie’s visits with great enthusiasm. We worked on our poly tunnel and then expect loved our river bank. Such excitement when we discovered a badger’s sett!!!"

• "Great visit. We learnt so much."

• "Stephanie has brought so much to our school in terms of sustainability and the local environment"

• "Stephanie is a font of knowledge on designing and building our wildlife garden vegetable garden and poly tunnel. We are so appreciative of this facilitation by the Heritage Scheme. Stephanie is the highlight of the Children's week. They love the hands on experience of growing their own seeds and watching them grow and then we cook and eat them!" - Derrinacahara NS, Cork

• "Stephanie was able to see what was needed in our garden and was tuned in to how we could use what we already had. The staff of the school were very impressed with her level of knowledge." - Ballyheada NS, Cork

• "Stephanie is a treasure trove of information and so practical in her interactions with the children. er lessons are very practical. A testament to her work with us is that many of the children have now started their own garden at home." - Derrinacahara NS, Cork

• "Stephanie is a joy to work with. Always well prepared! Always a hands on experience for the children" - Derrinacahara NS, Cork

• "Very good and covered a lot of work in one day." - Gerald Griffin NS, Limerick

• "Very educational and interactive session" - Derrycreha NS, Cork