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Compost Makers and Wildlife Shakers Workshop

Lifetime Lab will host the Irish Peatland Conservation Council for a series of composting workshops on 22ND March. “Compost Makers and Wildlife Shakers” workshops are suitable for pupils from 3RD to 6TH class. If your school is working participating in the Green Schools programme or is planning to start work on the programme the workshop would be very beneficial.

Compost Makers and Wildlife Shakers

Is a two hour workshop to encourage students to take an active role in composting and wildlife gardening in their school grounds.Students will be introduced to composting using a compost bin and wormery (40 mins) and following this will make ‘Compost in a Bottle’ (20 mins) to take back to school to show their fellow students what they learnt.  The second half of the workshop will look at simple ways schools can encourage wildlife into their school gardens from making log piles to building insect hotels (30 mins).  To finish students will identify some freshwater invertebrates they could expect to find in their school pond and make a bug box for their school garden out of recycled material

Teacher Notes;

·         Workshop places are free of charge

·         Workshops are available on 22ND March at 10.00am and 12.00pm

·         Open to 3 / 4 pupils per school (Green schools committee) and accompanying adults.

·         Rachel Boyle and Birgit O’Driscoll from the Environmental Education Unit of An Taisce will be available to discuss the 7 steps of the Green Schools Programme.

 

Please let us know if you are interested in taking up this offer and we can confirm with you a suitable time. We will allocate the available places on a first come first served basis and will extend our offer to other schools if you are not available to take part.

To book places on the workshop, please fax attached booking form to 021 4941519, or phone 021 4941500. For further information, please contact lifetimelab@corkcity.ie or 021 4941500.