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We have had some fantastic contributions from our presenters & feedback from the participants, some great lesson ideas for the student teachers!! Thank you very much for everyone’s involvement over the two nights – look forward to seeing how we progress over the coming months.

Thanks very much to our presenters from tonight’s virtual STE – Deirdre Hodson @deirdrehodson, Aoife Foley @AoifeFoley2, Paul O’Donnell @DonegalPaul9, Valerie Lewis @Take1_Programme and Pamela Cowan @QUBSSESW and of course, all the students who participated!!

Looking forward to hearing Valerie Lewis presenting an overview of the Take 1 Programme - Education for Sustainable Development in Post Primary Schools.

The next contribution is from Paul O'Donnell, Slane National School where he gives us some ideas on wild teaching. @DonegalPaul9

Aoife Foley who is a Secondary/Post Primary teacher in Davis College Mallow is our next presenter. Aoife gives practical ideas from her school on how they teach sustainability within their school.

Our first keynote this evening is presented by Deirdre Hodson, EAC on “Why we need to teach Sustainability in our schools, a view from Europe" @deirdrehodson

Thanks very much to our presenters from last night's virtual STE - Elaine Nevin @ECOUNESCO Joe Timlin @stcatherines247 Deirdre Doherty @ddoherty684 Patrick Kirwin @growgardeners and a very special thanks to Pamela Cowan, SCoTENS who manages the exchange @QUBSSESW

A great night and start to our Virtual Student Teacher Exchange. We had a very informative session from all speakers, with many excellent resources and ideas to use in the classroom! Looking forward to tomorrow evening to hear more!

Joe Timlin from St Catherine's College Armagh talks about practical ideas on teaching sustainability within the school environment. A very interesting and insightful presentation on environmental sustainability in schools.

Patrick Kirwin is up next with his presentation on the best way to teach climate and biodiversity. He tell us that podcasts are a great way to keep up to date with what is going on and give the following suggestions 👇

Deirdre Doherty teaches at Mill Strand Integrated Primary, Co Antrim. Her excellent presentation focuses on how we can raise a sustainable child.