Heritage in Schools Annual Conference

HERITAGE IN SCHOOLS ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin

15^th February, 2018

Draft Agenda

9:30 – 10:00                Registration/Tea/coffee

10:00 – 10:15              Welcome (Helene O’Keefe, Head of Education & Communications, the Heritage Council)

10:15 -10.45                Operational matters (Maria Walsh, Heritage in Schools Project Manager)

10.45 – 11.15              Health & Safety (Una Halpin)

11:15 – 11:30              Tea/coffee

11:30 – 12:00              Heritage in Schools and the European Year of Cultural Heritage (Beatrice Kelly, Head of Policy & Research, the Heritage Council)

12.00 –  13:00              Planning school visits - marketing and promotion of services to schools followed by discussion (Geoff Hunt, Heritage in Schools Specialist)

13.00 – 14.00               LUNCH

14:00 – 14:30               Inquiry Based Science Education (Catherine Daly, facilitator with the DPSM / SFI programme)

14:30 – 15:30               Tailoring visit content to support the primary curriculum (Eilís Costelloe, retired primary school teacher)

                                                OR

                                        To be decided

15:30 – 15:45               Tea/coffee

15:45 – 16:45               Overview of the legislation, Children First 2017 National Guidance (Helene O’Keefe, Head of Education & Communications, the Heritage Council)

16:45 – 17:00                Wrap-up