My name is Dr Sharon Shannon, and I’m part of the UCD team leading Chorus, a fully funded national STEAM education initiative supported by Research Ireland.
We’d love you and your school to take part. Chorus is a fun, creative way to explore how Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Maths connect through storytelling, design, and imagination. You’ll build skills in creativity, communication, and problem-solving and your work could even be published in a national illustrated STEAM book for primary schools.
If you enjoy creative thinking, teamwork, or projects that connect learning with real-world impact, this is for you!
What is Chorus?
Chorus is a creative, curriculum-linked STEAM programme where students take part in short workshops that blend Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Maths, building skills in creativity, communication, and problem-solving while contributing to a national illustrated STEAM book for primary schools.
Why join?
- Free Optional STEAM Creation Crates (€1000 value, limited supply for phase 2 for schools)
- Free Clear curriculum links (JC SoL, TY Student Dimensions)
- Free Workbooks and Video Resources
- Gaisce Challenge Partner Project
- Option to have student/school work published in a national STEAM Art piece and Book
- Links to Classroom-Based Assessment and Research Project Ideas and Methods!
- Chorus connects school learning with future careers and third-level pathways
- Chorus bridges STEM, Arts, Humanities and Wellbeing through interdisciplinary learning
- National visibility for your students and school
- Science Week 2025 and 2026 Activities
Phase One (Autumn 2025)
- Flexible: Engage with some or all, one session or the full block!
- 13 weeks of short, creative workshops guided by university-level student skills videos and illustrated workbooks are available.
- Each one-hour session blends STEAM Skills and can be scaled down to suit shorter class times.
- Chorus is a recognised Gaisce Challenge Partner so that students can count their hours towards the Bronze or Silver Award under the Personal Skill section. Your hours in Gaisce can be from part of each phase or just one! It's your choice.
Phase Two (Winter/ Spring 2026)
- Students contribute stories and artwork from the workshops
- Work published in a professionally printed and edited STEAM book for primary schools
- Recognition at Science Week 2026
Schools can Register their interest here: https://forms.gle/TuvxvYXN1T4SVgMcA
Preview Chorus Videos and Workbooks here:
Chapter 1: Introduction to Chorus and STEAM:
Chapter 2: Storytelling for STEAM:
Chapter 3: Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving:
Chapter 4: Scientific Inquiry, Observing, Questioning
We would be grateful if you could forward this email to colleagues who may be interested, for example, Guidance Counsellors, STEM teachers, Arts and Music teachers, SPHE/Wellbeing teachers, Digital Media or Computer Science teachers, TY coordinators, and Gaisce PALs.
We’d love your school to be part of this creative and collaborative journey!
Very best wishes
Sharon & Team Chorus
Dr. Sharon Shannon,
School of Physics,
University College Dublin,
Dublin 4,
Ireland.
T:+353 1716 2219
