2023
Study trip to Brussels and Ypres
From 11 to 14 April 2023, 13 primary school teachers and 13 secondary school teachers, teaching Civic Social and Political Education, Business, History and English, went on a study trip to the European institutions and Ypres. The trip was coordinated by the Irish College of Leuven and included a talk by an academic from the Leuven University. We first visited the Flanders Field Museum in Ypres which gave us such an hindsight of the trauma WWI and WWII inflicted. We then went to the European Parliament where we enegaged with MEPs Sean Kelly and Deirdre Clune. We also visited the Irish Permanent Representation and the European Commission. Finally on the last day, we debriefed the trip and discussed how the information and material could be used in class.