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ShareSchool Events Calendar 2009/2010
Our School Event Calendar provides information on events or activities which might be of interest to schools throughout the school calendar year.
If you want to add an event to the calendar please email the details to info@schooldays.ie Events which appear on this page must be suitable for school groups.
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| HAMLET at The Helix | Alan Stanford, one of the Ireland’s finest directors, returns to The Helix with a new production of Hamlet. Hamlet is perhaps the most quoted, but least understood of all of Shakespeare’s plays. Hamlet, Prince of Demark’s world comes crashing down.
The King is dead, murdered by his uncle Claudius. His mother, the Queen marries Claudius and Hamlet must now avenge his father’s death. As Hamlet sets out on his act of revenge, he is fraught by an intense psychological and philosophical struggle that asks some of the most fundamental questions about life and death. Marty Rea stars as Hamlet, with some of Ireland’s finest actors in the supporting roles that include, Stephen Brennan as Polonius, and Maeve Fitzgerald as Ophelia and Barbara Brennan as Gertrude. Start: 21/02 End: 28/03 Times: Matinee 1pm, Evening 8pm Admission: €18 - €25 DCU Collins Avenue, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 |
Weapons of Mass Destruction of the Immune System .jpg) | A morning of short immunology lectures, directly relevant to the Leaving Certificate curriculum, is being organized in association with the Irish Society for Immunology. Each of the four thirty minute lectures will focus on how our body seeks and destroys invaders. Previous topics addressed have included the role and function of the immune system, bacteria, viruses and allergies. Suitable for Transition Year and above. For further information please see www.rds.ie/science.
Start: 12/03 Times: 10am Admission: €3 per student and advance booking is essential www.rds.ie/science. Phone: 01 2407289 RDS Concert Hall, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 |
Undercurrent .jpg) | Undercurrent be performing their creative and acclaimed children’s show, Undercurrent, for schools this March. Undercurrent is aimed at Key Stages 1-2. Dance is now part of the revised curriculum and although it falls under the Physical Education and Movement area of learning, this show also has a clear connection to Drama in The Arts area. Undercurrent contains movement and action to music, voice, language, non-verbal language, use of props and characters, which are all used to create and express the themes. Echo Echo can offer dance workshops with schools to get the children involved in exploring some of these skills and techniques.
Start: 15/03 End: 16/03 Times: 11am Admission: Ticket price for schools now only £2.50 per child! Free tickets for all staff www.echoechodance.com Phone: +44 (0)28 7134 2266 Waterside Theatre, L'Derry |
Science Speak .jpg) | This annual event involves a postgraduate finalist from each of the Republic's seven universities presenting their research in an easy to understand manner to a lay audience. This is a competition that will test both their communication skills and their ability to make their research accessible to all. Come along and ask the questions you have always wanted the answer to but didn’t know who to ask! Suitable for Leaving Certificate students and above with an interest in Science. For further information please see www.rds.ie/science. Start: 27/04 Times: 7pm Admission: FREE but advance booking is essential www.rds.ie/science. Phone: 01 2407289 RDS Concert Hall, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 |
