Award of Science and Maths Excellence

 We are working towards our 4th Award for Science and Maths excellence.

All classes  (Juniors-6th) are participating in this project and we will be regularly updating this site with all our progress. Our focus is on the curriculum scientific strands of Living Things, Energy & Forces, Materials and Environmental Awareness & Care. Where possible we will incorporate maths and ICT skills into our investigations.

Key events we will be participating in include;

Space Week 4th-10 the October 2017

Maths Week 14-22nd October 2017

Science Week 12-19th October 2017 

Engineers Week Feb 24- 2nd March 2018   

Tech Week 22-28th April 2018 

Step 1 & Step 5 Science Strand Living Things –National Tree Day Oct 5th 2017

National Tree Day is a very important occasion for the Junior end of our school. First class and Senior infants planted a special alder tree sent to us from the Tree Council. They also did an Autumn nature walk, and had to complete a trail to find signs of autumn.

Planting our alder tree!

Our Autumn Trail

We found haws.

 

We also found hips.

Step 1. Testing soils to  determine which is more

conducive to growing seeds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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