Old Cork Waterworks Experience The visitor experience at Old Cork Waterworks Experience continued to operate with restrictions in place namely no guided tours and no indoor activities of any description until Friday October 22 nd . In addition, winter opening hours were introduced, the site now operates Monday to Friday and remains closed at weekends. Krapp’s Last Tape The cast and crew of “Krapp’s Last Tape”, one of
Halloween Play Trail – Thurs 28 th Let’s Play Cork invited families to follow the Halloween Trail at Old Cork Waterworks Experience over the mid- term break. Aimed at children aged 4 to 8, activities include Spooktacular Storytime, Pirate Magic Shows, Garden Games and exploring the visitor
attraction. An online booking system ensured compliance with public health guidelines and a pod system was put in place for indoor activities, the event was fully booked though the OCWE online booking system. Education activities continue to prosper following successful reopening of schools in September. Our primary science engagement program will remain an online of blended offering until the easing of Covid-19 restrictions until January 2022. A third primary workshop, SEAI Energy was reintroduced as an offering over October. All available dates for the three primary level workshops, SEAI, Explorers Primary Marine Science and the House of Circuits are now allocated with an extensive waiting list in operation. SEAI Energy Workshop - School Visit: Lifetime Lab has been an SEAI Education partner since 2010 and resumed the delivery of in-school workshops on a trial basis in late October. The model is to deliver several 90 min sessions per day at the school. A facilitator visited 4 Cork primary schools, delivering 10 workshops to 252 children in late October. A further 12 schools, 765 children will receive workshops over November and December while always adhering to public health guidelines. Explorers Primary Marine Science - Online: Lifetime Lab is the education partner for the Cork region for “Explorers” a primary marine science education program and has been awarded a new 2-year contract funded by the Marine Institute. A total of 37 online sessions engaging a total of 642 school children from Cork City primary schools were delivered over the month of September. A further 30 online sessions to an additional 745 school children will take place over the month of November. House of Circuits - Blended: A new classroom-based science workshop titled “House of Circuits” was made available to all primary schools in Cork City and the greater Cork area. Initial take up was very popular with all available dates fully subscribed to year end. A total of 21 sessions were delivered to 541 children in October with a further 60 sessions to over 1475 primary school children booked for November and December. This project is supported by Science Foundation Ireland under the Discover Programme call 2020.
Samuel Beckets best loved plays, utilised the onsite space for a week of
rehearsals in early October. Produced by Blood in the Alley and directed by Geoffery Gould, the show ran at the Everyman Theatre from October 19 th to 21 st . Cork Mini Boat Atlantic Adventure The penultimate stage of the mini boat project involved the handover of the HVES Cruiser to the Port of Cork on
Saturday October 2 nd . The boat was officially presented to Conor Moulds, Commercial Director Port of Cork by Deputy Lord Mayor Cllr. Fergal Dennehy at the new deep-water facility in Ringaskiddy. The 5ft craft will be put to sea by the crew of the Independent Horizon, an ICL cargo vessel and regular visitor to Cork.
Participating Cork schools will also be able to track the mini boat GPS signal online on its Atlantic journey. Halloween Camp – Tues 26 th & Weds 27 th October Old Cork Waterworks Experience hosted a Spooky Science camp for 6 to 12 yrs. over two days over the mid-term break. Although Covid-19 compliance restricted the number of participants to 12, both sessions booked out within a day of being advertised and an extensive waiting list was put in place. Parents feedback received regarding Halloween Science Camp by email: “I just wanted to say a big thank you for the Halloween camp today. My son (Eoin Ó Conaill) absolutely loved it and it sounds like there were fantastic activities (and they did a great variety during the few hours). Quite a few from Eoin’s class attended camp yesterday and today and there was great feedback from all the boys. Eoin had attended two weeks of camp during the Summer too which he loved. We’re very lucky to have the museum and Lifetime Lab in our locality. Kind regards and many thanks”. Megan Ó Conaill
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