DkIT’s Love of H2O is Filmed by RTE
Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) Science Department recently took part in a recent filming for Nationwide (RTE Programme) in Blackrock village. The Nationwide team were on location filming a special segment focusing on Tidy Towns in the village and DkIT was involved as their H2O Heroes initiative with primary school children contributes to Blackrock's Tidy Towns agenda.
The DkIT piece that was recently filmed was with children from the local primary school, St Oliver Plunketts N.S. who are one of the Institute’s pilot schools for Samuel Perpétuo Rodrigues’ PhD project which started in September 2022 and is co-supervised by Dr Caroline Gilleran Stephens, Dr Suzanne Linnane and Dr David Getty (Emeritus).
Dr Suzanne Linnane, DkIT said
“We are absolutely delighted to be able to contribute to Blackrock’s Tidy Town agenda with the children from Blackrock Schools. Children are the future and as such our H2O Heroes initiative aims to equip them with skill sets to allow them to protect and manage their water resources into the future. Both Caroline and I are passionate about water, the outdoor and kids. 10 years ago, we started H2O Heroes to empower children and help them engage in science. We are so delighted to be able to impart our knowledge and love about water with the children from the area”.
The H2O Heroes initiative is an action orientated education package designed for 3rd and 4th class primary school children which is aimed at introducing and exploring key components of the science behind our water resources. The goal of the Institute’s H2O Heroes programme is to inspire, inform and engage and this enables children to become real life H2O Heroes and ambassadors for the protection of our most valuable resource, water (H2O), as well as recognise the value of science in their everyday lives.
Dr Suzanne Linnane & Dr Caroline Gilleran Stephens who were supported on the day by Dr Siobhan McCarthy, would like to thank the class from St Oliver Plunkett's School and their Deputy-Principal Conor Clune.
The Nationwide episode will air on the 16th of June.
