Heritage in Schools Day 🪵🌲🌿

This visit is play-centred; delivered through fun, vibrant and exciting lessons which involve Children exploring and learning about nature in their surroundings. Inclusive of lots of activities and games, including objects from nature, with a strong emphasis on the Irish Language; topics include animal sounds and movements / following animal tracks, woodland crafts, Irish plant names, the stories and folklore associated with them.

We will go on and off-site as a nature walk; identifying plants and trees, discussing their symbolism and how they were used by our ancestors. Topics explore how to identify medicinal, harmful and edible plants and how our ancestors respected and used these plants, living connected to and as part of their environment.