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Dublin Zoo’s DES approved week-long summer course 2025: ‘Cultivating the Next Generation of Conservationists’.

This course aims to provide participants with active engagement in teaching and learning about Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) with an emphasis on conservation education. It provides participants with the skills, knowledge and confidence to teach about nature and conservation in their classrooms. The course will assist teachers in fostering positive connections to nature in their classrooms and motivating their students towards pro-environmental actions.

Topics will be delivered by expert facilitators in our Conservation Education Centre and from our immersive living classroom, the grounds of Dublin Zoo. Teachers participating will have exclusive access to our state-of-the-art teaching spaces as well as the opportunity to explore the zoo after the daily programme.

Note: this course is aimed at those who teach 3rd – 6th class.

We will have two separate weeks available to book. The content will be the same each week, we do not recommend booking both weeks. Please note that your ticket will be valid only for the date you book. We will do our best to accommodate changes to your booking but cannot guarantee a switch will be available. Please note that we cannot offer refunds for cancelled or unused tickets.

Course info:

Week 1: 1st – 5th July – 5 days (20 hours) please note that the last day of the course is a Saturday

Week 2: 7th – 11th July – 5 days (20 hours)

The course will run from 10am – 3pm each day

Your three EPV days are granted upon completion of the full 5 days of the course. Any deviation from this may result in the loss of some, or all, of your EPV days. They are granted at the sole discretion of Drumcondra Education Centre and all queries about EPV days will need to be sent them directly: [email protected]

Cost: €118 per person

When booking you will be asked for the following information – if you are booking for additional teachers, please have their info to hand:

Name

Contact number

Email address

School Name

School Address

School Roll Number

Teaching Council Registration Number

Important: 

• This course will take place in person, in Dublin Zoo;

• If you purcahse a ticket after 5pm on Friday 27th June, please note you will not receive additonal information until Monday at 9am.;

• Tickets non-transferable and non-refundable;

• We provide tea/coffe during the morning break but we do not provide lunch. 

Parent and Toddler Sessions

Start your children on their wildlife learning journey at our Parent and Toddler mornings in Dublin Zoo. Toddlers will get an opportunity to learn more about our wonderful wildlife through stories, crafts and visits to some of our habitats. 2025 sees an introduction of new times and fresh themes - a differnet one each week (see detaisl below). 

Dates*: please note that there is a different theme each week

16th April - Egg-citing Animals

30th April - Red Panda Rangers

14th May - Under the Sea

28th May - Stickie Situation

Times: 9:45am and 11am

Duration: 1 hour

Meeting Point: Discovery & Learning Centre

Age: recommended for up to 3 year olds.

To book: Online only. 

Cost: Prices vary, see next page.  Please note that prices include admission to Dublin Zoo. 

ANNUAL PASS HOLDERS: When tickets are in your basket it is unnecessary to enter your annual pass code in to the Annual Pass/Promo Box as the ticket you are purchasing is already discounted. Please proceed to the NEXT page, you will be asked for the pass code at this point. It is essential to purchase tickets for this event - you will not be able to gain entry without one.

This session requires a minium of 10 people to proceed. In the event that the booking needs to be cancelled, we will offer alterntaive dates and time. 

*If your preferred date is sold out please email [email protected] to be added to a waiting list