2013 Limerick Lifelong Learning Festival Programme - Limerick.ie

Saturday 23 rd March
Thomond Park Showcase
Lifelong Learning Festival Showcase -
Thomond Park - 11.00am – 2.00pm
This year’s festival has a showcase event planned for Thomond Park and will be a celebration of festival
highlights! This exciting ‘Learner Market’ will include a variety of performances, workshops and displays – all
involving the learner in a fun and interactive way. There will be something on offer for all the family, both young
and old!
The event will highlight our Festival Theme – ‘Learn Your Way to the Future!’ – indeed we all learn
something new every day!
All of the participating groups are yet to be confirmed. Please see www.Limerick.ie/lovelearning for more upto-date
information. Make sure to like us on www.facebook.com/limericklifelonglearningfestival and follow us
on twitter @LimkLearnFest for all the latest news on the Festival.
Here is just a sample of what will be on offer: -
Thomond Park Munster Experience Museum
Thanks to our hosts Thomond Park Stadium for opening the museum to our visitors free of charge for
our event. The Munster Experience Museum gives you an insight into the history of Munster Rugby
and Thomond Park Stadium. Discover the powerful phenomenon that Munster has become. See how
the new stadium was built, a video montage with pictures and facts will show you. Visit the Munster
Experience Museum and feel the inspiration and determination which surrounds Munster Rugby and
Thomond Park today!
iMix – LCFE Online Radio: Live broadcast coverage of the event
Limerick College of Further Education is celebrating 50 years providing education in the city this year. To
mark the opening of its celebrations, LCFE’s online radio station iMix will broadcast live coverage of the
Thomond Park event as part of its week-long programming dedicated to the Limerick Lifelong Learning
Festival. The station will bring all the colour of the event to life and review some of the highlight events of
the previous days. Staffed entirely by media students at LCFE, iMix as the ‘voice of the festival’ will bring
live learning to life. Live audio will be streamed through the station’s website www.imixradio.ie and visitors
to Thomond Park will get to hear and learn from LCFE students broadcasting the programme.
Television and Video Production Green Screen Demo Studio
Limerick College of Further Education Media Department students will demo the use of green screen
for compositing images and video streams together. This technique is commonly used for newscasting,
weather forecast broadcasting and in the videogame industries. Visitors to the Thomond Park event will
get an opportunity to try their hand at presenting to camera and viewing themselves on a large-screen
plasma TV. They will also learn how cameras, sound and lighting produce television output.
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Thomond Park Showcase
Playground Science
From skipping ropes, to footballs, from hula-hoops to mirrors, Professor Hussey of Civil Engineering
&Materials Science, University of Limerick brings out the science of the playground. Fun for all the family.
StoryFactory:
A fun event for parents and children brought to you by Limerick City Adult Education Service. Build your
own story and tell it to the world in our story booth. Lots of fun reading activities, face-painting and more.
CPR for Family and Friends
Demonstration by Acute Medical Training on the basics of CPR and how to react and deal with lifethreatening
emergencies in the home or office. Information on how to recognise the symptoms of heart
attach, stroke and how to deal with cardiac arrest, choking in adult, child and infant, and demonstrate the
use of a defibrillator. Try CPR with the help of instructors or simply watch and gather information.
Taking The Past Off The Page!
What was it really like to live in the 16 th Century> Wearing 19 th Century Irish clothing, members of
Iryshe Tudor Companye will take you back to the time of the Tudors. See how livings were earned,
what games were played, and try your hand at some 16 th Century crafts and amusements! See www.
iryshetudorcompanye.ie
Take that First Step Back into Learning (National Adult Literacy Agency)
Literacy students who are members of National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) student sub-committee
will be available to talk about:
- Taking the first step back into learning as an adult
- A new website for parents ‘Help my kid learn’ - www.helpmykidlearn.ie
- NALA’s online learning website www.writeon.ie
- Becoming a learning ambassador
- (Contact: Denise McBride dmcbride@nala.ie)
Laugh for No Reason at All! – Laughter Yoga with Angie
Lindenau
Laughter Yoga teaches to generate laughter in order to improve mood and health, even when you don’t
feel like laughing. Laughter Yoga is an excellent stress buster and its benefits also include boosting the
immune system, creativity and memory.
See www.limerick.ie/lovelearning for all
up-to-date information on our Thomond
Park Showcase event on Saturday 23rd!