Primary Level Education Programme
Rediscovery Centre provides a variety of exciting and interactive workshops on a variety of STEM and environmental topics. Our workshops are linked to the primary curriculum through a range of subjects including Science, Geography, Maths, SPHE, and Visual Art.
Our talented facilitators are all experienced Garda vetted educators who make sure that participants leave our workshops inspired and enthused.
These important workshops are great fun and are available for schools across the country. We can deliver them in your own classroom, online or at our unique eco-demonstration centre here in Ballymun, Dublin. Rediscovery Centre primary education workshops are 90 minutes in duration and feature a presentation, a range of interactive activities and/or games and end with a feedback session to encourage the students to share what they have learned throughout the workshop. Workshops are limited to a maximum of 30 students.
Rediscovery Centre is an accredited Science Foundation Ireland Discover Centre.
Limited Time: Free Water Workshops for North Dublin
The Rediscovery Centre is delighted to offer *free* interactive Water workshops, kindly funded by the Local Authority Water Programme (LAWPRO) as part of the Community Water Development Fund!
The workshop will raise the students awareness of water-related issues, water stewardship, water quality, water pollution, encourage engagement with local water bodies and promote behavioural change. Participation in the workshops will equip the students with the knowledge, skills, values and attitude necessary to actively engage with water in a fun, hands-on way.
We’ll explore water uses, water sources, water properties, water pollution, water conservation and the water cycle. Various hands-on activities and games are included to demonstrate the water cycle, water pollution and the importance of water conservation.
These free workshops are only available until the end of October, and will run on a first come first serve basis – so book now so avoid disappointment!
Suitability: 3rd to 6th Class
Please note: The workshops are free to schools within the catchment areas of the Tolka and Santry rivers.
Limited Time: Free Waste Workshops for South Dublin
South Dublin Council has kindly funded the delivery of Anti-Litter and Waste Education Workshops to primary school students!
Our interactive workshop introduces the topics of waste, how much we produce, and what we do with it. It explores the differences between reducing, reusing and recycling, discusses attitudes towards waste, and includes a variety of hands-on activities promoting reusing and recycling waste materials.
Availability: First-come first-served to schools in South Dublin
Suitable: Junior Infants – 6th Class
Limited Time: Free Workshops for South Dublin
South Dublin council has also funded 40 Environmental Education workshops!
Each workshop is 90 minutes long and each class involved will choose the topic to focus on to explore the theme in depth through group discussion, moving debates, hands-on activities, collaborative learning and project planning.
The workshops will equip students with the skills, knowledge and necessary tools to engage with the environment around them in a positive and proactive way. Workshops include a number of hands-on activities, games, debates and crafts.
Topics include: Biodiversity, Climate Action, Creative Waste Reuse, Energy, Global Citizenship Marine, Plastic Problems, Transport, Waste, and Water.
Availability: Max 2 per school, first-come first-served basis to schools in South Dublin
Suitability: Workshop dependent
Virtual Workshops
We offer virtual workshops using Zoom for a live, interactive, educational experience. They include a presentation on the topic, group discussions and games and hands-on activities and investigations for an engaging experience for the participants. To help you prepare, we send workshop resources to participating teachers in advance of the workshop.
Additional Needs Groups
We offer workshops for mild to moderate additional needs classes, and can tailor the workshops to suit the specific needs of the group. Explore workshops for additional needs groups below.
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Reviews from Teachers
“Perfectly pitched at primary school pupils – interactive and hands-on. Thank you.”
Teacher, Finglas Parochial National School, Finglas, Dublin 11.
“Children thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of the workshop and it engaged them throughout. Thank you.”
High Street NS, Co Offaly.
“Very enjoyable, age appropriate, the educator was superb and pitched well.”
Virgin Mary BNS, Ballymun, Dublin 9.
