(To enter a draw to win a trip to Causey Farm for your class, go to the ‘contact us‘ page on Access Schools Direct, enter your details and quote the reference: Clonard House.   Thanks.)

 

Two venues, one amazing ethos of inclusion, learning and exceptional fun!

Causey Farm

Engaging hands-on craic including bread-making, bodhrán workshop, céilí dancing, bog-jumping, milking a cow, mural painting, meeting all the animals and team-building exercises.

Curriculum based Geography, Ecology, Business and Ag Science programmes are also available.

Our activities are fast-paced but accessible to ALL students – we constantly get feedback that the day here is the highlight of Transition Year.

Clonard House

Travel back a hundred years to experience the lows and highs of life at the time. Everyone dresses as servants of the era first and gets busy washing, butter-making, collecting the eggs and general chores (more fun than work!). We also facilitate a very moving, interactive piece on the famine, led by the students, on the actual site of a soup kitchen.

After lunch everyone dresses in the finery of the period (we have hundreds of fabulous costumes) to become Lords and Ladies. We take a turn around the garden gathering information about the house and its inhabitants over the centuries. We play hilarious age-old parlour games and do a Victorian dance – entertainment fit for our elegant guests.

Both events last for 4 hours and cost €17 and we promise you will return to school with positive new memories and a happy, more connected group.

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