For our 5th and 6th classes’ school tour this year, we availed of ESB Ireland’s invitation to visit Ardnacrusha Power Station. The ‘Ardnacrusha Experience’ was a free guided tour of the generating station – home to the story of the pioneering Shannon Hydro-electric Scheme and the birth of the Electricity Supply Board – ESB. The Shannon Scheme at Ardnacrusha was the first electricity generating station operated by the ESB and opened in 1929. Ardnacrusha is a Hydro-electricity generating station – the electric power is generated by the gravitational force of falling or flowing water of the Shannon. Water is the world’s oldest and main source of renewable energy. The tour provided a unique learning experience of the station’s history outside of the classroom.
After lunch we visited the Delta Sports Dome, a spectacular leisure centre where children took part in soccer, tag rugby and martial arts activities.
Later at JK Karting the thrill of speed was evident in the children’s faces as our ‘Whizz Kids’ shared the dream that one day they would make it in the ‘Fast Lane of Formula 1′