A round-up of school-related events taking place around the country this week.
Dancing in the park
STUDENTS from Rockford Manor Secondary School Dublin and members of the Dublin Youth Dance Company have teamed up with Artistic Director Mariam Ribon to produce |Tran-si-tion|, an “exciting and absorbing dance project”. The group have been working together on the performance since January through workshops and rehearsals. Three dance performances will take place next Saturday in Cabinteely Park, south Co Dublin, at 12 noon, 2pm and 4pm. Admission is free.
Everyone is welcome and booking is not required. There will also be free dance workshops at 12.30pm (6-9 yrs), 2.30pm (10-14 yrs) and 4.30pm (over 15 yrs). Places for these workshops, however, are limited, so booking is necessary. For more details, you can check out: www.dublinyouthdancecompany.com
The big debate
The Concern Debates National Final 2009 will take place this very day in the Astra Hall Students Centre in UCD, Dublin at 7pm.
The proposition is that “The Irish Governments recent cut in overseas aid is misguided, irresponsible and just plain wrong” and will bring Sandford Park School, Ranelagh head to head with Gort Community School, Galway.
Chaired by Newstalk broadcaster Tom Dunne, the event should be a cracker as the quality of debating continues to improve year on year.
Reaching out to Africa
Amawele develops partnerships between schools in Ireland and South Africa. Each school is twinned with one other, and the students and teachers exchange information about life, culture and society. Irish schools support their South African counterparts through the provision of educational materials, training, food programmes and healthcare. Last week they held an event to highlight all the hard work being done and to try and encourage more teachers, or anyone else interested, to get involved in the project. For more information you can check out www.amawele.org or contact Billy O'Keeffe at 01-4241719 E-mail: billy@amawele.org
Going Up in the World
On Wednesday May 20th, Suas Educational Development and Trinity College will host a graduation day at TCD’s Science Gallery. The event will celebrate the achievements of the nearly 300 Transition Year students who participated on the Bridge to College programme 08/09, which is run in association with the Trinity Access Programme.
The Bridge to College programme explores the potential of technology to mediate a dynamic, creative, cross-curricular, values-based learning experience for second level students from designated disadvantaged schools in the Dublin area. Additionally, the programme seeks to encourage third level access among those who might not otherwise consider this as an option. www.suas.ie/b2c
