Practical outdoor workshops at Tralee Education Centre; discover the biodiversity in your school grounds, the connection between our food and biodiversity, using the outdoors as a classroom, linking outdoor teaching to the curriculum and take away resource ideas, lesson plans and manageable practical biodiversity projects to try with your class.

Session 1 - Biodiversity in the School Grounds - Thursday 22nd September 4 - 5.30 pm

• What is Biodiversity?
• Finding out what’s already in the school grounds (practical in TEC grounds)
• How to maintain and enhance biodiversity through small practical projects – how can each participant do this in their school?
• Curriculum links, including Nature Literacy and Wellbeing
• Outdoor class management
• Outdoor class projects in September
• Resources
• Feedback

Session 2 – Habitats in the School Grounds - Thursday 20th October 4 - 5.30 pm

• What is a habitat?
• How can you increase the habitats in your school grounds?
• Ecological corridors – how are your school grounds connected to the wider environment?
• Curriculum links, including Nature Literacy and Wellbeing
• Practical project – to be agreed with TEC
• Outdoor class projects in October
• Resources
• Feedback

Session 3 – Growing Food in the School Grounds - Thursday 24th November 4 - 5.30 pm

• Why grow food in the school grounds?
• What can be grown and where to put it!
• Curriculum links, including Nature Literacy and Wellbeing
• Practical project – to be agreed with TEC
• Outdoor class projects in November
• Resources
• Feedback