Every year  the Mission Education department hosts a  primary school teachers'  in-service course. The course, which is called New Eyes to See, aims to help teachers to  get  their students to engage with the natural environment  around them.

The course is run by Ger Clarke, with some inputs from guest speakers such as Sean McDonagh  (pictured left ) .

It is very much a hands-on type of course, with a lot of time spent outdoors, as well as work with microscopes on samples collected from the woods and the river. 

The course is run twice, each one  attended by 25 teachers, and takes place in July and August.

Some web based resources used on the course are available here