Award of Science and Maths Excellence

Junior infants were exploring how jelly changes from a liquid to a solid.

We explored many areas of the science curriculum during this fabulous workshop. The transfer of energy from one object to another, circuits, the power of air amongst many others. It was a fantastic show that the whole school enjoyed.

We took part in the roaring rockets workshop as part of the Baboró festival. We had a blast (no pun intended). We examined the energy and forces behind our own paper rockets. There were also balloon rockets and rockets powered by the air inside of an empty soda bottle.

We were lucky enough to find a wasps nest (minus wasps thank goodness). We cut it open to see what shapes we could find. It is utterly amazing to see the wonders of nature. It is extremely light and the layers are almost like paper.

We cut it open and saw that they use cells similar to bees.

The children thoroughly enjoyed hour of code this year. They found some of the activities more challenging than others

5th class used the Makey Makey to explore circuits and whether objects were good conductors of electricity or if they were good insulators.

5th class enjoyed using the cards and dice to explore place value. They especially enjoyed playing place value war.

5th class really enjoyed the maths week puzzles they did each day. They certainly weren’t easy and required much cooperation and perseverance! Luckily 5th class have an abundance of those qualities!!

5th class were very lucky to be able to visit Microsoft’s Dreamspace. They were given a small tour and some history of the company. After this they worked on programming their own microbits and later working collaboratively on a project using Paint 3D. They created some amazing projects.

Senior infants had great fun making lava lamps.

5th class had been challenged to build the tallest structure using only marshmallows and toothpicks. The structure had to remain standing unsupported for 15 seconds in order to be considered.

The winners worked really well together sharing ideas and not eating the limited supply of marshmallows given!

Senior infants have been exploring 2D shapes and using geo boards to create their own shapes with elastics.

Senior Infants were learning all about strawberries and how they grow. The also planted out their seedlings in our school garden.

5th & 6th class made parachutes using different materials and with the help of our trusted caretaker they got to see them fall from the roof.

 

Junior and senior infants have been working on their math skills using ready set go maths.

 

 

 

Senior infants were learning about the farm. They loved learning about the animals that live on the farm and how to be safe when out and about on the farm.

Senior infants love their Aistear and were showing some impressive constructions.

First class were doing more hands-on activities when learning about data in maths.

First class were doing some hands-on maths activities when they were learning how to measure.

3rd / 4th Class were very lucky to get to investigate light and how it splits into all the colours of the rainbow. They learnt about light, sound, dispersion and they even got to play with a peppergram which created a type of hologram.

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The children in 5th and 6th learned how to administer CPR. They were really surprised at how much force needs to be applied to perform CPR properly.

 

Fionn & Jonathan taught the junior infants a lot about the mammals of Ireland. The infants really enjoyed their visit.

 

4th class got to investigate the effect heat has on various metals.

1st class were checking the quality of our local river water by examining the insects that live in it. We are glad to report that our local water is not polluted. The children had to identify the insects caught using a chart.

1st class were investigating energy and forces with their balloon cars.

We learned how to dissect a squid and to recognise all its parts. When we were finished we got to write our name in the squids ink.

The whole school got to meet and play with Ohbot the robot head at our Science fair. We got to play knock knock jokes with it.

3rd class were explaining to us how clouds are made. They showed us a cool experiment to demonstrate.

Ms O Malley and her class investigated different soil samples taken from different areas. They observed them over a number of days to see the difference.