Cork City Marathon The 2021 Virtual Cork Marathon will culminate on Sunday 6 th June. To date, there are over 1,600 entries, with a growing number of Sanctuary Runners taking part in the marathon, half marathon or team relay. In association with the Cork Sports Partnership, we launched a Virtual Youth Marathon Challenge in early May. Thanks to the work of the CSP, there was a huge response, with almost 4,000 young people, families, youth clubs and over 65 schools taking part county wide. Cork City Cou ncil’s Environmental Awareness Officer, Mary Walsh, has provided the top spot-prizes of 3 touch-free water refill stations, which will be raffled for participating city schools in early June. The Youth Marathon Challenge finishes on the June Bank Holiday Weekend. Old Cork Waterworks Experience (Lifetime Lab) House of Circuits: The roll out of “House of Circuits” a new in school workshop continued for May, suitable to 3 rd & 4 th class groups, a further 18 sessions to over 397 Cork city primary school children were delivered. This project is supported by Science Foundation Ireland under the Discover Programme call 2020.
Explorers Primary Marine Science
Lifetime Lab is the education partner for the Cork region for “Explorers” a primary marine science education program, which is funded by the Marine
House of Circuits workshop kits
Institute. The team made the transition to delivering workshops virtually requiring new content to be created including video resources. A total of 27 online sessions engaging a total of 505 school children from Cork City primary schools were delivered over the month of May.
Pupils presenting Explorers project online to Shazia Waheed of Lifetime Lab
Cork Mini Boat Adventure Primary School children from Cork City submitted artwork as part of the Cork Mini boat Atlantic Adventure project. A total of 276 submissions were received which are in the process of preparation for inclusion on the mini boat itself, feature as a virtual exhibit and a print version will be provided to participating schools as a memento. The mini boat is approx. 5ft in length and will be launched to sea at a future date. This project is supported by the Creative Ireland Programme, an all-of-Government five-year initiative, from 2017 to 2022, which places creativity at the centre of public policy
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Cork Mini Boat draft graphics
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