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School Tours at Athenry Heritage Centre Galway

A school tour of the Athenry Heritage Centre Galway provides all the elements for an educational and fun day out. Children can learn using our excellent models, story-boards and interactive exhibits, while enjoying medieval punishments in the market square “stocks”. The school tour comes alive with medieval costumes for all the students and the centre provides supervised Have-A-Go archery lessons for budding Robin Hoods. The students can also visit the dungeon of horror to experience the dark side of medieval life. Discover the wooden maze and enjoy a picnic in the centre’s garden. Admission is €9:00 per student for all the activities listed on this page.

Your school tour begins with the boys and girls being transported back in time with our medieval costumes. Choose between a Knight, Soldier, Lady in Waiting or Serf. There are costumes for all including the teachers!

Each group receives a personal tour of the centre by one of our experienced tour guides which includes demonstrations of armour and weaponry. See the towns original Mace and Seal, the oldest known of their kind in Ireland. The school tour continues with interactive exhibits which include Norman, Spanish and Roundhead helmets. Discover the history of archery with exhibits of an English Longbow and a Norman Crossbow. Students can also try on the chainmail of a Norman soldier.

Experience the thrill of Have-A-Go Archery which is suitable for all ages and is provided by trained archers.
The students practice their new skill and then form two teams for a competition. We use balloons on the target to increase the fun and create a friendly competitive atmosphere.

Have-A-Go Archery is an all weather activity with a canopy and seating for your comfort.

  • Have-A-Go Archery is fully supervised.
  • Trained by the IAAA. The governing body of archery in Ireland.
  • All of the centre’s archery instructors have completed Coaching Ireland’s Archery Leader Course.
  • Safe & Secure Environment.
  • All weather activity.

To complete your school tour, the heritage centre provides additional activities which includes, tug of war, a visit to the medieval herb garden and the use of the picnic area. Our wooden maze will enthrall the students as they try to find their way through its twists and turn.

The award winning heritage centre is the ideal location for any School Tour.

The centre is wheelchair accessible and there is easy access for coach parking.

Athenry is also located on the Galway-Dublin and Limerick railway lines which provide a regular service to Athenry.

Timetables for trains to Athenry are available here.

All school tours are met at their drop off point and escorted into the centre. This also includes any tour arriving by train which is only 10 minutes from the centre.

Free admission to Athenry Castle

To Compliment a visit to the Athenry Heritage Centre, why not book a visit to Athenry Castle too. it’s free for all Irish Primary and Secondary Schools and its just across the road from the centre.

This fine example of a 13th century Norman castle was the home of the de Birmingham family for over 300 years.

Operated by the OPW, the tour guides of the castle provide background information of Norman life in the castle whilst the audio visual display provides additional information to students.

Schools must contact the castle directly to book a visit which lasts about 30 minutes.

Contact 091 844797

Email:athenrycastle@opw.ie

Athenry, the best preserved medieval town in Ireland.

Let us take you on a medieval journey that is both educational and fun. Our admission fee is €9:00 per student and we do not charge for teachers or accompanying adults. We also provide free tea/coffee for all teachers, parents and your driver too!

Check out our history page for details on Athenry.

 

Notes for teachers: A school tour lasts about two hours however this may be longer due to food and toilet breaks. if your group requires to leave at a given time please inform any member of staff upon arrival. The centre operates a Child Protection Policy under the HSE Children First Programme. it can be downloaded from the link below.

Child Protection Policy

St. Mary’s
The Square
Athenry
Co. Galway
T: +353 (0)91 844661
Email : info@athenryheritagecentre.com
Web : www.athenryheritagecentre.com

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School Tours at BaySports Roscommon

School Tours at BaySports Roscommon is an ideal day out for your group with plenty of fun guaranteed!

Why choose our primary school tours ?

Principals, school teachers and assistants may relax and allow our staff to conduct the entire tour programme.

Tour groups are accompanied and supervised by our staff from arrival time to departure time.

Insurance cover included for all participants and activities.

Specialist equipment is provided for water activities.

Our priority is the safety, comfort and enjoyment of all school children participating in our tours.

Tour 1 Outdoor Survival & Bushcraft Skills Tour

11am Arrive Baysports – Hodson Bay, Athlone. Introductory talk.

11.15am Pedal Karting obstacle course

11.45am Land & water assault course

12.15pm Bushcraft Survival skills

12.45pm Snack Lunch

1.00pm Water Park (NEW!)

1.30pm Raft Paddling

2.30pm Depart Baysports

all inclusive €25 per child

Tour 2 Adventure Watersports and Team Building Tour

10.15am Arrive Baysports – Hodson Bay, Athlone. Introductory talk.

10.30am Exciting Watersports programme / superfun time surfboard paddling and balancing, kayaking, rafting, pedal boating, currach rowing, orienteering and Water Park (NEW).

12.30pm Challenging team building, group development activity programme.

2.00pmLunch at Supermac’s family restaurant.

2.45pmShopping at Golden Island Shopping Centre.

4.00pmEvening Snack.

4.15pmDepart Baysports

All inclusive €30 per child

Baysports established in 1989 is an ISA accredited boat training and watersports centre located on the shores of Lough Ree at Hodson Bay, Athlone, Co. Roscommon.  

Baysports also provides ISA accredited training courses in various practical and theoretical aspects of water-related activities. Please call if interested in participating in our next ISA National Powerboat Training Scheme which will take place at Baysports 

Users must wear wetsuits which you can rent for €3 if you don’t have your own. Users should also bring a pair of old cotton socks to protect their feet shoes and water boots are not permitted on the park.

Children must be 6yrs or older.  (ability to Swim IS NOT REQUIRED) CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 10 NEED TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT
Children 6yrs to 10 must be accompanied by an adult.
Open from 1000, last admissions 1700 Monday to Friday and 1000 to 1700 SATURDAY 1100 untill 1700 SUNDAYS.

Hodson Bay
Athlone
Co Roscommon
Ph: 090 649 48 01
Email: info[@]baysports.ie
Web: www.baysports.ie

 

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School Tours at Belvedere House Westmeath

School Tours at Belvedere House Westmeath is a very popular venue for visits from pupils of primary and secondary schools as well as overseas schools and students at Language Schools in this country.

Accompanying adults/teachers with child groups (4-16 years inc.) qualify for free admission on a ratio of 1 adult per 10 children (min 20 in a group).

Tour leaders accompanying student groups (17+) qualify for free admission on a ratio of 1 adult per 10 students.

  • Group discounts
  • Free visitor map
  • Child/Student Lunch Specials (pre-booking essential)
  • Educational packs
  • Children’s Play Area

We request that those adults/leaders accompanying the group remain with their party at all times to ensure good behaviour. At no time must children or students be unsupervised.

Belvedere House Gardens and Park is a magnificent parkland estate on the shores of Lough Ennel in the Irish Midlands. the house, built originally as a hunting and fishing lodge, is set in the midst of 160 acres of parkland on the lake shore.

  • Interpretative Area
  • The House
  • Gardens & Parkland
  • Belvedere’s Follies

Group rates for pre-booked school visits are available.
Please contact us for further details or to make a booking.

Belvedere House Westmeath

Belvedere estate today is a very important example of cultural built heritage that has been transformed into a tourism asset of national importance for the region. Currently attracting over 160’000 visitors a year the estate is a multi faceted tourism/leisure site with a diverse range of uses throughout the year.

Belvedere hosts large scale outdoor events such as multistage weekend music festivals to smaller intimate garden theatre performances. A day visitor to Belvedere gets to explore the restored Belvedere House, Victorian Walled Garden and rolling parkland with it’s numerous follies. Belvedere can be a place of quiet contemplation and also a bustling, vibrant, colourful place with the many events held here, it is a place resonant of the past but relevant to the future.

The historic role of the Big House in Ireland was one of dominance and exclusion. The Houses were hidden away behind high walls designed to keep people out and were surrounded by idyllic landscaped grounds for the enjoyment of the few. Now days a big house such as Belvedere (stature not size) in public ownership the aim is for inclusion not exclusion. As well as normal tourism business Belvedere works closely with providing access to large numbers of community based projects, sports clubs, art groups and local initiatives.

Mullingar
Co. Westmeath
Tel : +353 (0)44 9349060
Email : info@belvedere-house.ie
Web : www.belvedere-house.ie

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School Tours at Birr Castle Offaly

Did you know that Birr was once the silicon valley of the world? If you were a scientist, an engineer or an astronomer, then Birr was the place to be.

Why? – Before the days of computers, broadband and smart phones, you had to travel to where the big discoveries were being made. Not only did Birr Castle have the biggest telescope in the world, it was also home to some of the greatest engineering and scientific achievements of that time.

At Birr Castle, your students will embark on an inspiring journey from space exploration, to the engineering of Titanic, to climbing Ireland’s Tallest Treehouse. School tours include scavenger hunts in the gardens, and the Discover Primary Science & Maths workshop. Coming 2016 – New Zipwire.

School Tours at Birr Castle Offaly offer a unique and fun day out for primary school children across Ireland.

Birr Castle Offaly – Discover Primary Science and Maths

€10.00 per child – A Journey of Pioneering, Adventure & Astronomy

With the significant changes being introduced through the new science curriculum, the emphasis is on taking science out of the textbooks and the classroom and into everyday experiences & practical activities of investigation, experiments and analysis.  Ireland’s Historic Science Centre has taken the opportunity to play a role in working with teachers and schools in celebrating our scientific heritage and fostering, inspiring and encouraging young scientists of the future. We aim to achieve this by providing a fun, interactive tour through Ireland’s Historic Science Centre and through the gardens to end at The Great Telescope.

The programme consists of:

  • A guided tour of the science galleries of Irelands Historic Science Centre.
  • A visit to the restored telescope in the gardens.
  • An interactive workshop where the children work in groups to build and launch rockets, make observations and record results. Within the workshops children will be get a chance to work with measurements, angles and distance.
  • A team game using the rockets to learn about the planets of the solar system.
  • Length of tour: 3 hours. Admission €10 per student. Suitable for 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Class.
  • For Bookings & Further details, please contact our reception on 0579120336

Birr Castle Offaly

Birr
Co Offaly
Tel : +353 5791 20336
Web : http://www.birrcastle.com

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School Tours at Boyne Valley Activities Meath

School Tours at Boyne Valley Activities Meath are run from their Athboy base, at the fantastic Drewstown House.

With a private lake and 9 acres of forest they boast a fantastic array of nature based experiences for your students.

Activities for the school tours include;

  • Kayaking
  • Low Elements Course in the forest
  • Archery

All students will take part in all activities as they rotate groups through their fun filled outdoor experiences.

Each school is booked in EXCLUSIVELY  where there will be no overlap of schools and the tour will typically last from 9.30am-3pm

Boyne Valley Activities pride themselves on delivering fun filled nature based experiences that bring the students back to playing in the outdoors

Teachers are welcome to take part in the activities, but staff will look after the group and they are free to roam around the grounds

 

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School Tours at Boyne Valley Activities Meath

This Boyne Valley region in Ireland is situated in North Leinster – an area or province taking in the eastern counties of Ireland including Dublin. Moving inland from Drogheda, a large and sprawling valley countrywide awaits visitors. The region is a place of immense historical significance in Ireland. With over 9,000 years of history, it encompasses places like

  • Newgrange tomb (which is older than the Pyraminds!)
  • Battle of the Boyne – site of the largest land battle in Ireland
  • The Hill of Tara – the seat of the High Kings of Ireland
  • Trim Castle – the largest Anglo-Norman castle in Ireland

Boyne Valley Activities is managed by local canoeing experts and offers canoeing, kayaking and river tours on the River Boyne in Co Meath. All guides are qualified Canoeing Ireland instructors. No experience is necessary as full safety demonstration and instruction is given. All equipment is provided and all water based activities are accompanied and supervised.

Location: Trim, Co. Meath.
Tel: 086 7342585
Email: info@boynevalleyactivities.ie
Web : http://boynevalleyactivities.ie

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School Tours at Brigit’s Garden Galway

School Tours at Brigit’s Garden Galway offers a wide range of activities for primary school children in Ireland.

At the heart of our ethos at Brigit’s Garden Galway is nature connection and environmental education for all ages. We offer spring, summer and autumn programmes for primary classes from junior infants to 6th class. All programmes are led by experienced guides.
Our seasonal programmes offer a wide range of activities from mini-beasts to woodland and meadow activities, and from seed-sowing to Celtic seasonal festivals. NEW Nature’s Power programmes – renewable energy in action for 3rd to 6th class. Click here for details.

All our programmes address key strands of the SESE curriculum and are activity-based using interactive and observational games, sensory awareness, music, drama, arts and crafts. Activities are held mainly outdoors with indoor options in wet weather, and all activities are age-appropriate.

Brigit’s Garden is a Discover Primary Science and Maths Centre. A DPSM certificate is issued to every participating school.

Our excellent facilities include

  • Four unique gardens representing the Celtic festivals, featuring sculpture, traditional crafts and native planting and local wildlife
  • 11 acres of woodlands, meadows and wetlands
  • A stone chamber, thatched Roundhouse and ring-fort
  • An enthusiastic and experienced staff and education team
  • A Visitor Centre with rooms, Café and Gift Shop

Programme costs

Activities for Kids in Galway3 hour visit €9.50 (1st – 6th class)
2 hour visit €7.50 (option for infant classes)

Beidh an clár le fáil trí Ghaeilge, ach é a bheith iarrtha roimh ré

For further information and bookings :
Phone 091 550905 or email us at info@BrigitsGarden.ie.

Brigit’s Garden is working in cooperation with Galway Education Centre, and offers in-service training for teachers.

Brigit’s Garden
Pollagh,
Rosscahill
Co. Galway
Tel +353 91 550905
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School Tours Butlers Chocolate Experience Dublin

School Tours Butlers Chocolate Experience Dublin offer a unique and fun day out for Irish school children.

GROUP TOURS – MIN 21 PARTICIPANTS (SCHOOLS, TOUR GROUPS, SPECIAL NEEDS GROUPS

  • Enjoy the full Ultimate Butlers Chocolate Experience.
  • Maximum 53 Participants.
  • Complimentary tickets are available to group bookings over 21 participants
  • 21-30 – receive 1 complimentary ticket
  • 31-40 – receive 2 complimentary tickets
  • 41-53 – receive 3 complimentary tickets

**These tickets will be automatically added to your booking

• Group Bookings   €12.85

Butlers Ultimate Chocolate Experience

  • Watch the chocolate movie.
  • Wander around the chocolate museum.
  • Savour the aroma from the chocolate gallery.
  • Decorate your own chocolate novelty to bring home.

School Tours Butlers Chocolate Experience Dublin

Butlers Chocolates
Clonshaugh Business Park
Dublin 17
Tel : 00 353 1 6710599
Email : experience@butlers.ie
Web : www.butlerschocolates.com

About Butlers Chocolate

Butlers Chocolates began life in Dublin’s Lad Lane in 1932.  The company was founded by a pioneering lady called Marion Butler who named her luxury chocolate creations Chez Nous Chocolates. Marion established the company in the heart of fashionable Georgian Dublin, making her delicious confections by hand.

Marion, who was born in India and moved to Ireland as a young woman continued to make her delicious chocolates until 1959, when the company was bought by Seamus Sorensen from Cork. The company is still owned and run by the Sorensen family.

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School Tours Castlecomer Discovery Park Kilkenny

School Tours Castlecomer Discovery Park Kilkenny

Create a memorable, action-packed school tour at Castlecomer Discovery Park. They have a great story to tell and are enthusiastic about sharing their world with you. The school tours are fresh, innovative, exciting and strive to make it fun for all. Schools can visit all year-round (except December). May-June are the busiest months and fully book out early so book your visit quickly!

school tours castlecomer discovery park kilkenny

Activities take place in the extensive 80-acre woodland, by the lakes and river and also indoors in the dedicated education rooms. All are guided by experienced staff with qualifications in teaching and learning, outdoor activity instruction and First Aid.

Castlecomer Discovery Park is flexible so choose from the wide range of activities to create a day best suited to your needs! They are an accredited Discovery Centre as part of the Discover Primary Science and Maths Programme. The SESE curriculum-based activities include:

  • Water Ecology
  • Woodland Invertebrate Collection
  • Nature Trail with Scavenger Hunt
  • Footprints in Coal Exhibition

Other activities (available September-April only) include a Maths Trail, a Geology and Rocks workshop and a DPSM Day (€10pp).

Why not include some adventure activities in your school tour? There are exciting new additions to the 2016 range of activities. All activities reflect the PE curriculum focus on “team challenges and adventure-activities”

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There is also a small gift and sweet shop in the Visitor Centre with most items priced under €5.

Contact:

Download the NEW Primary School Flier or for detailed information on the Education programme please explore: http://www.discoverypark.ie/education-tours/

Email the Education Officer, Nichola: educationofficer@discoverypark.ie or call 056 4440707 to speak with a member of our Education Team.

 Choose Castlecomer Discovery Park for a safe, fun, inclusive and memorable school tour!

 

School Tours Castlecomer Discovery Park Kilkenny

The Estate Yard
Castlecomer
Co. Kilkenny
Tel: +353 (0)56 444 0707
Email: info@discoverypark.ie
Web: Discovery Park Kilkenny

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School Tours at Causey Farm Meath

The Causey Experience

Since 1998 Causey Farm Meath has built a wonderful reputation as one of Ireland’s most popular  primary school tour venues.  We offer a magical mix of experiences from exploring ancient bog lands to the wonders of giant bubble blowing …

  • Traditional Turf Cutting
  • Bodhrán Workshop
  • Farm Yard Visit
  • Graffiti Art
  • Obstacle Course
  • Nature Walk
  • Bog Jumping (2nd – 6th Class)

Our programme lasts for 3 ½ hours including lunch. All of our activities are tailored to suit the age group of the students from junior infants right through to sixth class; we’ve many indoor venues so we can en sure a successful day regardless of the elements.

There are two leaders with each class who will ensure that students have an action packed day where they learn new skills and thoroughly enjoy them.  The children need to bring a packed lunch and drinks. Everyone must wear their oldest clothes and shoes (wellies if they have them) and from second to sixth class must bring a complete change of old clothes and footwear. Please also bring an old towel and a plastic bag to take home the bog-jumping clothes.

Bogjumping is very messy—but it is FANTASTIC fun!

Frequently Asked Questions:

How Much Does it Cost?

It is €13 per child, and you just pay for the number of children who come on the day. We accept cash or cheque payments on the day. Please make cheques payable to Causey Farm.

How Do I Book?

Phone us on 046 9434135 to book in.

When do we need to book?

This tour books out quickly for May and June, so get in quick!

What time do we have to be there?

We have two programmes daily—10am to 1.30pm and 1.30 to 5pm. If these times do not suit just let us know when you are booking on 046 9434135 and we can arrange an alternative time.

What if it rains?

We have lots of indoor activities planned for wet weather so the day will be successful regardless of the elements. We have a large indoor picnic area.

Where is the Farm?

The farm is in County Meath, between Kells and Athboy. Most of the bus drivers will have been here before and will know the way. Directions and a location map are available here.

Now the M3 is open, the trip from Dublin is much quicker – we are about 45 minutes from Blanchardstown.

Are there refreshments available for teachers?

Yes we have tea/coffee and homemade scones available for teachers.

Are you Insured?

Yes we are fully insured for all activities.

Do You Have a Shop?

Yes, but it is optional, and at the discretion of the teacher, just let our leaders know when you arrive whether you want the children to know about the shop or not. A suggested amount of pocket money needed is €3 – €5.

How Will We Know We’ll Get Back to School on Time?

That is no problem, just let your leaders know when you arrive what time you need to be back on the bus and our leaders will make sure the class gets to all the activities in the time you have, and will make sure the children have a great time.

To book the primary school tours at the Causey Experience call us on 046 943 4135 or email us at info@causey.ie

Girley
Fordstown
Navan
Co. Meath
Tel : +353 46 9434135
Email : info@causey.ie
Web address : www.causey.ie

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School Tours at Celtic Adventures Louth

School Tours at Celtic Adventures

Enjoy a range of packages for primary school tours offering something suitable for each age group:

Class ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’ & Gnome hunt Adventure ½ day Adventure Full day
Junior Infants √    
Senior Infants √    
1st Class   √ √
2nd Class   √ √
3rd Class   √ √
4th Class   √ √
5th Class   √ √
6th Class   √ √

Celtic Adventures can also tailor make a package to suit your budget and needs, museum tours, weapon displays and tank rides are available at an extra cost.

‘We’re going on a bear hunt’ tour involves the storybook coming to life and the children re-enacting going on a bear hunt to find the Bear. This is followed by Gnome Hunt where the children go on a treasure hunt around the grounds to find the gnomes hiding places. They also have access to the adventure playground.

The Adventure package includes activities such as: climbing wall, archery tag, archery, space hopper football, orienteering, grass sledging, military boot camp, obstacle course, adventure race, airsoft shooting range, lots of team games and challenges.

For more information, please call 0416863637 / 0858758092

info@celticadventures.ie or visit www.celticadventures.ie

Complimentary tea and Coffee for teachers and SNA’s throughout the day

Land activities

Based at the Irish Military War Museum in Collon.

Activities: climbing wall, archery tag, archery, crazy golf, space hopper football, orienteering, grass sledging, military boot camp, obstacle course, adventure race, airsoft shooting range, lots of team games and challenges and more.

Package Duration  
Half Day Adventure 3  
Half day with museum tour and tank ride 4  
Full Day Adventure Tank ride & adventure race 5  
Full Day Adventure Museum tour and Tank ride 5  
Adventure Race Track only 1.5  
Lunch (chicken curry & rice/ Lasagne & Gratin potato)    

Onsite school activities

Active schools program

Half day team building package

Full day team building package

Activities include: climbing wall, archery tag, archery, space hopper football, military boot camp, lots of team games and challenges.

For prices for these packages please contact Dave directly on 0858752767 as price depends on where the school is located, number of students and times.

Water based activities

Package Duration  
Canoeing on the Boyne (age 12+) 2.5  
Canoeing on the Glyde 1.5  
Canoeing on the Boyne Canal 1.5  

 

School Tours at Celtic Adventures

Celtic Adventures
Adventure Centre
Clogherhead
Co. Louth
Phone: +353 (0)419889852
Email : info@celticadventures.ie
Web : www.celticadventures.ie