Poetry and Memoirs

A collection of creative writing work of men from the Traveller Community

Free Poetry and Memoir Booklet with Activities

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Themes: Entrepreneurs, Recycling, Environment
Company: www.bouncebackrecycling.ie

Reading and Writing

Learn and read about the creation of Bounce Back Recycling by entrepreneur Martin Ward.

Extension Activities:

The learning opportunities are endless with Bounce Back! Bounce Back encourages you to extend your learning through some of the following activities:

SESE & Visual Arts:

Design and make a sustainable business (in pairs/groups). Consider what you could be reuse through recycling and how you would achieve it.
Build a physical or digital model factory to show your business in action.
Create a recycling campaign for your school. Conduct a survey to learn from the other classrooms what they know about recycling and reusing. Interview the principal and find out how many recycling bins the school has, and where the recycling in your area goes.
Create posters to show why recycling is useful/show examples of how materials can be reused and put them up around the school.

Reading and Writing

Learn and read all about the important environmental work of Michael McDonagh.

Extension Activities:

Bounce Back encourages you to extend your learning through some of the following activities:

Visual Arts:

Create your own mattress! What can you find in the classroom or from recycled school lunch packaging to create a mini mattress?
Design a new vehicle for Bounce Back (individually/in pairs/in small groups). Present your vehicle to the class and discuss why it would be useful to have.

English:

Use your dictionary to find the definitions for the following words in the text: approximately, colleague, tonne.

Science/ICT:

Research online how a mattress can become a horse blanket. What else might be made from a recycled mattress.

ICT Exploration

Visit Bounce Back Recycling on their website: www.bouncebackrecycling.ie

About Bounce Back Recycling

Watch the video below to learn more about Bounce Back Recycling.

Connect with Bounce Back!

Share your learning about recycling with Bounce Back and your school could be chosen to feature on Bounce Back's website and Instagram page!

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Tag @bouncebackrecycling on Instagram

with the name and location of your school.

Themes: People in our Community, Inclusive Environments, Sales assistants
Company: www.mrprice.ie

Duties of a Sales Assistant

Learn about what it is like to support our community through your daily work by reading about the important work of sales assistant Shane at Mr Price

Extension Activities

Design an accessible and inclusive shop. Consider the physical and social environments and how their shop would encourage people from all backgrounds and abilities to work there.
Create a inclusive school campaign for your school. Get the children to carry out an assessment on the school environment, what aspects of the school environment make it less accessible and enjoyable for some people?
Create posters to show why an inclusive school environment is important.