Courses
Our schools run a very broad range of hobby classes and professional courses for adults. The best way to find up-to-date information on courses at each of our member schools is to link through to the school's website via our homepage. However, for your convenience, we've included details here on popular courses running across our network, with links to some of the schools running those courses.
Check out the Features blog and our Facebook page for further details of courses running this term.
Check out the Features blog and our Facebook page for further details of courses running this term.
Professional and certified courses
Schools running QQI certified adult education courses - ranging from full level 5 and level 6 qualifications in Health Care Support, Animal Care and Early Childhood Care to component modules in Train the Trainer, Mental Health Awareness, and Special Needs Assisting - include Carrigaline Community School, Kinsale Community School (Cork); Cabinteely Community School, Donahies Community School (Dublin); Scoil Mhuire Clane, Colaiste Chiaran Leixlip (Kildare); O'Fiaich Institute Dundalk (Louth); Boyne Community School (Meath) and Gorey Community School (Wexford).
You can complete ECDL modules at Cabinteely CS, Donahies CS, Gorey CS, Palmerstown CS, Scoil Mhuire Clane, Ashbourne CS, Boyne CS, and Newpark CS. NUI Maynooth certified courses in Local History (Old Bawn Community School), Addiction Studies (Donahies Community School), and Psychology (Old Bawn, Donahies) are also available.
O'Fiaich Institute and Scoil Mhuire Clane run a range of ITEC Beauty courses while you can gain Irish Academy of Public Relations qualifications at Old Bawn Community School, O'Fiaich Institute, Malahide Community School and Hartstown Community School. Irish Sign Language Association certificate courses are run at Old Bawn Community School and you can undertake the Primary Course in Food Safety at Boyne Community School in Trim. Many schools also run certified First Aid courses.
You can complete ECDL modules at Cabinteely CS, Donahies CS, Gorey CS, Palmerstown CS, Scoil Mhuire Clane, Ashbourne CS, Boyne CS, and Newpark CS. NUI Maynooth certified courses in Local History (Old Bawn Community School), Addiction Studies (Donahies Community School), and Psychology (Old Bawn, Donahies) are also available.
O'Fiaich Institute and Scoil Mhuire Clane run a range of ITEC Beauty courses while you can gain Irish Academy of Public Relations qualifications at Old Bawn Community School, O'Fiaich Institute, Malahide Community School and Hartstown Community School. Irish Sign Language Association certificate courses are run at Old Bawn Community School and you can undertake the Primary Course in Food Safety at Boyne Community School in Trim. Many schools also run certified First Aid courses.
Hobby courses
Almost every school in the network runs an Art class, a Computer course and a Cookery course. Pilates, Yoga, Pottery, Patchwork, Digital Photography, Music, Mindfulness, Genealogy, Pottery and Language classes are also popular.
Participants on the Sewing classes at Donahies Community School (Dublin) - which tend to be oversubscribed - produce an enviable quantity of fabric bags, dresses, quilts and soft toys (see their Facebook page for more images). Woodturning, Woodcarving, Woodwork and Metalwork classes have regained popularity over the past year or two, and the schools who run these courses often fill their classes long before term starts.
Cake Decorating and Sugar Craft participants produce incredibly professional looking cakes after just one or two terms; and some go on to set up their own small cake-decorating business. Some of the more unusual courses offered include 3-D Decoupage (Coolmine Community School, Dublin), Blacksmithing (Gorey Community School) and DIY for Women (Ashton School, Cork).
Participants on the Sewing classes at Donahies Community School (Dublin) - which tend to be oversubscribed - produce an enviable quantity of fabric bags, dresses, quilts and soft toys (see their Facebook page for more images). Woodturning, Woodcarving, Woodwork and Metalwork classes have regained popularity over the past year or two, and the schools who run these courses often fill their classes long before term starts.
Cake Decorating and Sugar Craft participants produce incredibly professional looking cakes after just one or two terms; and some go on to set up their own small cake-decorating business. Some of the more unusual courses offered include 3-D Decoupage (Coolmine Community School, Dublin), Blacksmithing (Gorey Community School) and DIY for Women (Ashton School, Cork).
