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Sciency or arty type activities for kids

  • 10-11-2019 02:17PM
    #1
    BDI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭


    Hi,
    One of my sons has very little interest in traditional sports but seems to like art and planets and all that sort of stuff.

    It’s not really my area of expertise but whatever kids are into I’m a strong believer that some sort of team activity helps them grow.
    What are his options is there somewhere to drop him once or twice a week to do this stuff while I have to make conversation with other parents who also have to be there :) .

    I’m in Beaumont, Dublin.


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  • #2
    bringupthebook
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66 ✭✭bringupthebook


    Do the school do after school classes? Mine go to Science once a week. Not a team effort obviously but good to mix with kids from other classes


  • #3
    BDI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭BDI


    Yeah he does a fair bit of it but I was hoping for a more continuous thing.


  • #4
    Moonbeam
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,022 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    Have you thought about CTYI in DCU?


  • #5
    BDI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭BDI


    Moonbeam wrote: »
    Have you thought about CTYI in DCU?

    It says he would have to pass a criteria test to prove he is a gifted kid. Sounds a bit much to be forcing on a 7 year old. Bit up their own what’s it if you ask me. Sounds like it’s full of parents harassing their kids to be gifted. Surely they can teach physics to anybody who has the fee. What’s really going on here?


  • #6
    Moonbeam
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,022 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    It was just a suggestion, my kids loved it.


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  • #7
    byhookorbycrook
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 12,557 Mod ✭✭✭✭byhookorbycrook


    BDI wrote: »
    It says he would have to pass a criteria test to prove he is a gifted kid. Sounds a bit much to be forcing on a 7 year old. Bit up their own what’s it if you ask me. Sounds like it’s full of parents harassing their kids to be gifted. Surely they can teach physics to anybody who has the fee. What’s really going on here?

    You can’t “ harass a kid to be gifted .” Ctyi do great work .


  • #8
    BDI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭BDI


    byhookorbycrook wrote: »
    You can’t “ harass a kid to be gifted .” Ctyi do great work .

    Ok


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