Junior and Senior Infants had a wonderful day at Rumley’s farm. They saw plenty of animals, went on a tractor ride and had a great time playing. The children were all so well behaved. Well done everyone!…
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Primary Science and Maths. Award
Well done to Sixth Class who were awarded a Primary Maths. and Science Award from the Science Foundation of Ireland for their work during the year. Achievements include …. online work of 35,000 Maths. questions to date, mastery of 234 skills, participation in the Junior Entrepreneur Programme, completion and presentation …
Science Day
Sixth Class hosted a Science day for their buddies in Junior Infants today. They investigated sinking and floating, magnets, wind power, static electricity, lava lamps, volcanoes, catapults, egg dropping and even saw a crocodile operated by computer and a home made recorder. A fun day was had by all!…
Science Trip
Third Class enjoyed a day of activities and experiments at the Lifetime Lab today. Under the theme ‘Exploring our Ocean’ they investigated properties of water and learnt about sea creatures in our oceans. A great time was had by all!…
Science Workshops
The Senior Classes had two great science workshops during the week. On Tuesday the children were introduced to the concept of strong and weak acids and the pH scale. The range of colours given by red cabbage juice at the various pHs was demonstrated. The children were asked to investigate …
Science Workshop
As part of Science Week, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth classes had a workshop with tutors from the Lifetime Lab today. The children explored a multisensory approach to the learning of mathematics in this exciting workshop. A series of fun hands-on puzzles, games and activities were organised for the children …
Fun Science Workshop
The ‘funny’ scientist came to school today and did experiments with Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Classes. He did six in all – The Protective Headgear, Tea Bag Rocket, Fire Eater, Volcano, Small rocket launcher inside and Big rocket outside. He did all of the experiments using things you would …
Science Workshop
We had a visit today from a scientist from the Junior Einstein Science Programme who conducted a variety of experiments with Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Classes. The children investigated electricity, lightning, conductors and insulators. It was a great learning experience for all!…