!!!! Opportunity for Teachers: Oide Creativity 2025 Workshops
Oide Creativity
Various Dates: February – April 2025
Creative Ireland Programme and Oide are delighted to present a series of professional development workshops for teachers to support engagement with the arts and learning.
Workshops include:
STE(A)M Workshop – Sustainable Design and Creativity with The Rediscovery Centre
Dates & times: 11th March, 7pm – 8.15pm
Location: Online via Zoom
Wool and Wonder with artist Gabi McGrath
Dates & times: 8th March, 10.15am – 3.45pm
Location: Portlaoise, Co Laois
Sketch It with artist Jim O’Farrell
Dates & locations:
1 March, 10am – 3.30pm | Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin
22 March, 10am – 3.30pm | Castlebar, Co Mayo
5 April, 10am – 3,30pm | Enniscorthy, Co Wexford
Get your World Turning with woodturner Willie Creighton
Dates & locations:
28 February & 1 March | Roscrea, Co Tipperary
7 & 8 March | Sligo
28 & 29 March | Blarney, Co Cork
4 & 5 April | Naas, Co Kildare
Poetry Perspectives with Poetry Ireland and writers Pat Boran and Kevin McDermott
Dates & times:
11, 25 February & 4, 11 March, 7.30pm – 8.45pm
18, 25 March & 1, 8 April, 7.30pm – 8.45pm
Location: Online via Zoom
Crafting Connections with poet and writer Colm Keegan
Dates & times:
5 April, 10.30am – 4pm
Location: Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI), Dublin
Shaping Ideas in Clay with artist Susan Herlihy
Dates: times:
22 & 29 March, 10am – 3.30pm
Location: Portlaoise, Co Laois
See creativity.oide.ie/ for full list of available workshops and information on how to register.
!!!! Opportunity for Schools: Oide Creativity Play in a Day 2025
Oide Creativity
Application Deadline: 24 January 2025
Oide Creativity and The Creative Ireland Programme are pleased to invite schools to apply for Play in a Day, an initiative developed by Oide Creativity for post-primary schools.
Play in a Day provides an exciting opportunity for a teacher and a professional drama facilitator to:
- collaborate and learn from each other as they co-design and co-facilitate a one-day practical drama workshop with a class of junior cycle students,
- incorporate the voice of the student in the design process,
- guide students through a collaborative and creative process, culminating in a devised play.
How is Play in a Day structured?
- A 90-minute online evening introduction for the participating teacher.
- One in-person full day of co-design with the participating teacher and assigned drama facilitator. Venue to be confirmed. (Substitution cover provided for the
teacher). - One in-school full day practical drama workshop with class group, participating teacher and drama facilitator. (Substitution cover provided for the teacher).
- A 90-minute online evening reflection event.
Application procedure
- Application deadline Friday 24th January 2025.
- Schools notified by Tuesday 4th February 2025.
- Play in a Day will take place between February and April 2025.
Apply on creativity.oide.ie
Places are strictly limited.