6th Class attend Interactive Environmental Exhibition for Primary Schools at the Clarinbridge Oyster Festival

Cuan Beo organised an interactive education day for schools in the South East Galway Bay Catchment on Friday 5th October. The event focused on protecting the local marine environment for future generations. Children from primary schools in South Galway and North Clare were invited to the Oyster Festival Marquee in Clarinbridge to engage with the local fishing communities and agencies responsible for the stewardship of the aquatic environment in the South East Galway Bay catchment – an extensive area with streams, rivers and groundwater draining into Galway Bay between Renmore Point and Blackhead in Co Clare.

The interactive education day followed the movement of water from source to sea within the catchment. Almost 480 children from 13 schools in Galway and Clare had the opportunity to learn about their local rivers and what they can do locally to protect them. A number of organisations and agencies established exhibits within the marquee to explain the different aspects of our aquatic resources. These included the Water & Communities Office (water source & river water quality exhibit), the Marine Institute (phytoplankton exhibit), InfoMar (Coastal Mapping Exhibit), Coastwatch & Friends ( Plastic Pollution Station), a marine environment station with aquaria provided by Galway Atlantiquaria and local fishermen who presented a shellfish farming exhibit.

Junior Infants went on an autumn walk to see if there were any signs of autumn in their local area.

First and Second class gathered evidence through observations and documentation of the signs of spring on our walk.