Dogs Trust Educates Together.

Students at Carrigaline Educate Together help launch
the new programme of lesson plans!

Last week Dogs Trust Education Officers Liadh and Fiona were delighted to be invited to Carrigaline Educate Together to the launch of a brand new animal welfare lesson programme. Along with Educate Together, the ISPCA and Veterinary Ireland, Dogs Trust were thrilled to be asked to help create these lessons, which are the first of their kind in primary schools in Ireland.

Education Officers Liadh and Fiona with Minister Coveney at the launch.

This new programme is designed to teach young people about pet care and responsibility in a fun and interactive way :) The lesson plans are available for anyone to download and use from our very own education website www.learnwithdogstrust.ie, they are also available on the websites of the other partners! So go on and have a look!



An example of one of the many lesson plans aimed
 to teach Responsible Pet Ownership


The Education team here at Dogs Trust hopes that these plans are a huge success, and has no doubt that they will be enjoyed by all the young people who get to use them!

 

 

Learn with Dogs Trust!

At the very start of our blogging career the Education Team told you about our very own education website, learnwithdogs.ie.  In the last few weeks the Dogs Trust's team has been beavering away, creating a brand spanking new website for us, with even more ideas, curriculum linked plans, and fun games for you to play with Jimmy 'n' Chew! With a new site comes a new address  and you can find our shiny new page at www.learnwithdogstrust.ie .



There are some fantastic new Educate Together lesson plans that Dogs Trust helped create alongside Educate Together, Veterinary Ireland, and the ISPCA, which focus on caring for animals, and animal welfare. As well as these, there are lots of curriculum-linked classroom teaching resources, with, of course, a dog theme! Not to mention two new games, which Education Officer Dawn is slightly addicted to already!

 

On the new page you can also check out who your local Education Officer is, book workshops, and find out a little more about the work of the Education Team.

 



So whether you are a teacher in search of exciting classroom resources or a young person in search of fun activities and games all about our furry friends,  www.learnwithdogstrust.ie is the site for you!

Where in the world....?

Dogs Trust’s Education Officers spend a lot of time travelling in our own areas, delivering fun, free and interactive workshops to Primary aged children, and you may have seen your local Officer driving by in their Dogs Trust car (give a big wave if you do!). As well as having the great job of visiting schools to deliver Dogs Trust’s messages, and teach the next generation of dog owners all about Responsible Dog Ownership, the Education Officers also get to see a lot of Ireland. We drive through some really lovely parts of the country, and sometimes can’t believe our luck that this is part of our job! (Of course it helps when the weather is on our side).

 

So, we decided that we’d give you all a sneak peek into where we go, and the range of places that we get to see on our travels. Here are some places that the Education Team have had the pleasure of seeing en route to their workshops over the last month, we hope you agree that they are stunning! J

If you would like to book a FREE Dogs Trust Educational Workshop in your area, contact education@dogstrust.ie.