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Tomorrow, Monday 25th May, is Africa Day. The virtual celebrations continue online as African United Galway (AUG) have planned a virtual celebration of Africa Day 2020. The virtual celebration will run from 10am - 9pm on Mon 25th May on their Facebook page Galway...

There are some interesting interactive and engaging games on the Waterways Ireland website at the moment. Worth checking out! https://learning.waterwaysireland.org/fun-and-games

A lovely resource from World Book Day (UK and Ireland) Head to our website for lots of colourful ways to join in the fun at home. Let's all make the world a brighter place on our favourite patchwork elephant day!...

There are lots of great activities below courtesy of Galway Public Libraries

There are some lovely ideas on the Outdoor Classroom Day website…..’bringing the outside in’……. 1-view-from-my-window 2-memory-test 3-outdoor-symphony 4-Cloud-Watching

It's time to THINK...MAKE...DO... An Engineering Challenge for you to design and create at home. Share with your students or with families who would love a challenge! Share your design on TWITTER using the #GECSchoolChallenges @ecgalway or email info@galwayec.ie Get...

Today is World Bee Day! There are lots of ways to get involved, for some ideas see: https://pollinators.ie/media/world-bee-day-2020/

Water Safety Ireland’s PAWS (Primary Aquatics Water Safety) outlines the essential life-saving guidelines that every child needs to know. Written and designed for all age groups, with beautiful illustrations, a wealth of tips and advice, and all sorts of interactive...

EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum hope you enjoy their Explorers pack! You can share the fun you're having using the hashtag #EPICMuseum. explorers_pack_FINAL

Our very own future Space Traveller!!

How Mad are you this May? Take part in the Galway Education Centre May Madness Challenge. Design and create your own calendar game. Forward your creation with pictures to info@galwayec.ie or share on TWITTER @ecgalway      

Lots of very busy children out there!!! #Indoor #Outdoor #Baking #Biking #Cooking #Creating #Gardening #Painting #Playing #Planting #Treeclimbing #StaySafe #StayConnected #SchoolCommunity #Together #Beyondtheclassroom

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What a beautiful post from Down to Earth Forest School: It's May and the number of butterfly and moth sightings we are receiving is increasing. Here are just a handful of the species you could see over the next few weeks! Keep calm and count butterflies!...

This week's KPMG Children's Books Ireland #ReadingHeroes Weekly Competition: In less than 250 words, write a book review! Entries close on Fri 15 May @ 12pm, best of luck! Learn more:...

Another very interesting home-school activity pack from GEC with lots to see and do! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PSjvoD8P_7NqMmXGDU70n7dCYX5Apaer/view

How many of these can you figure out before looking at the answers!