Secondary School Activities
Kippure’s secondary school programmes combine curriculum-based field studies with outdoor adventure, giving students opportunities to develop academic, practical and teamwork skills in the Wicklow landscape.
Geography Field Studies
Junior Cycle & Leaving Certificate
Practical fieldwork covering surveying, data collection, analysis and report writing. Leaving Certificate students can undertake their Geographical Investigation on the River Liffey or Athdown Brook, including river velocity, discharge and gradient measurements, valley profiles, bedload analysis, mapping and field sketches.
Ecology Field Studies
Leaving Certificate
Conducted within Kippure’s mixed oak woodlands, students undertake species identification, ecosystem analysis, habitat mapping, biodiversity assessment, food-web studies and conservation discussions.
Bronze Gaisce
Over 14yrs
Kippure offers one- and two-day Bronze Gaisce adventure packages, incorporating hiking, navigation, nature and plant recognition and Leave No Trace principles.
The client’s example itineraries include 20km and 25km routes around Glendalough, the Wicklow Way, St Kevin’s Way and Tonelagee, with routes and distances adaptable to the requirements of individual groups.
Adventure Programmes
Orienteering Challenge
Students navigate a 26-marker course across Kippure’s 240 acres, developing map-reading, route-planning and teamwork skills while competing as teams.
Bushcraft & Survival Skills
Students work together to develop practical wilderness skills including shelter building, fire-making, outdoor cooking and navigation, with challenges incorporated throughout the activity.
Hiking Expedition
A guided trek to Seefin Mountain, home to a Bronze Age megalithic tomb. The experience combines physical activity with opportunities to learn about the history and geography of the surrounding Dublin and Wicklow Mountains.
Our Key Offering
On-site facilities
Classrooms, restaurant and bathrooms on-site, so trip logistics are handled.
Qualified instructors
Every programme led by experienced, fully qualified outdoor instructors.
Risk-assessed & supervised
Every activity is ran & supervised by our team.
Why Schools Keep Coming Back
“The support both before and after in the classroom in Kippure has always been excellent.”
We have been coming to Kippure with my Geography classes for field investigations for over 20 years and in all that time, I have found the quality of instruction, facilities and professionalism to have been absolutely excellent.
My students have always enjoyed the Field Investigations we have done in Kippure and been very well prepared to write up their LC Booklets. The instructors have always been enthusiastic and knowledgeable and very helpful to students when carrying out their field tasks. The support both before and after in the classroom in Kippure has always been excellent.
Equipment has always been top notch, the classroom and the facilities too, and over the years I have been in many locations within Kippure Estate whether it be Athdown Brook or the Upper Liffey and always found that the students were very well stimulated by their environment around them whether that be waterfall, rapid, meander, river cliff or flood plain.
I would have no hesitation in recommending Ania and all at Kippure House Estate and fully intend to keep using them with my own classes.
“Kippure Education is professionally organised with excellent staff. “
Exam topics are well prepared and experiments are well explained and relevant to the Leaving Certificate Field Study projects.
It is student focused and exam orientated.
I have used their expertise for over 20 years and will continue to do so. TY events are team bonding and great fun.
“Our school has been engaging with Kippure Estate for a number of years now.”
The management of the whole process from the booking phase to carrying out the field study has always been very efficient.
The staff members have always been accommodating with our students, giving our students a rich learning experience on site. I would highly recommend engaging with Kippure Estate for any geographical investigation.
Address
Kippure Estate, Manor Kilbride, Blessington, County Wicklow, W91 VE04
Email Us
eco@kippure.com