The Digestive System: Room 22
The children in Room 22 have been learning about the digestive system recently. They carried out an experiment to demonstrate how food is absorbed in our bodies and created 2D models of teeth using marshmallows!
Robotics Workshops 2nd/3rd class
2nd and 3rd class pupils are participating in Robotics workshops in our STEM room, facilitated by ThinkBigSpace.They used Lego Education Spike materials to work through a series of challenges, practicing coding concepts such as procedual thinking & logic along the way.See pictures of some of the ch
Science Week Room 12
Take a look at some of the great experiments in Room 12 for Science Week recently!
STEPS Young Engineers Project 3rd class
The children in Room 20 are taking part in the STEPS Young Engineers Awards Project this year.The class had a visit from a STEPS Engineer, Mr. Phil O’Donoghue, from Transport for Ireland this week. The children presented the projects they have been working on for the last few weeks. They have learn
Meet the Scientist!
The children in 4th class Room 17 joined a ‘Meet the Scientist’ webinar today with @startschools and learned lots about the very interesting work of surgeons in hospitals.
Science Week 4th class
4th class Room 17 have been exploring static electricity as part of their Science Week activities……
Superpowered STEM in Senior Infants
The children in Senior Infants have been solving challenges and building models using their Lego Superpowered kits. They are exploring different ways to get energy and looking at how we use energy where we live. The children showed great team work too!
6th class Animations
6th Class Room 30 have been working hard on a STEM project for their friends in Junior Infants.They have planned, designed and created animations of some of their favourite nursery rhymes. All the Junior Infant classes were invited to a special movie premiere this week and sang along to all the song
Robotics Workshops Rooms 27 & 28
The children from Rooms 27 & 28 took part in a fantastic robotics workshop today working with Lego materials to create and program robots.Thank you to the facilitators from Creative Hut and Think Big Space for two very engaging sessions.They also brought along an amazing Lego robot that was built
Sphero Art in 6th Class
The children in Room 32 recently completed some fabulous art work using Sphero robots as part of their STEM projects. They created paintings in the style of the artist Jackson Pollack using Spheros instead of brushes! They controlled the robots using the Sphero Edu app on iPads.
A project for their younger friends….
The children from Room 30 were busy this week in the STEM room planning for a very special project they are doing for their friends in the Infant building!What could they be doing??
Bionics Hands in Room 23
We have been learning about ‘Human Life’. We explored and investigated how people move their bones, muscles, tendons and ligaments.Using our STEM skills we created Bionic Hands made out of cardboard, string, straws and rubber bands. Our design task involved understanding the function of the fingers
Paráid sa Seomra Teicneolaíochta Rang 4
Bhí paráid ar súil ag Rang 4 sa Seomra teicneolaíochta inniu le Lego Wedo 2.0.Chuir braiteoir gluaiseachta Milo ar súil!
Dreamspace workshop in 4th class
The children in Room 23 took part in a live online session with the Dream Space and the Garage teams from Microsoft Ireland last Friday. This was to celebrate the end of STEPS Engineers week 2023.The children coded and solved problems like engineers. They created their very own Arcade games while le
Engineers Week 2023
The children from Rooms 19, 20, 21, 22 & 34 took part in some Engineering challenges this week as part of STEPS Engineers Week 2023. See some of the fantastics ducks, bridges and sturdy towers that were imagined, planned, created, tested and improved by our budding engineers.
Wind Farm Project 4th class Room 23
Did you know that 41% of Ireland’s electricty came from wind energy in January? The best month on record!.Last month we investigated climate in Geography and became aware of the importance of the Earth’s renewable and non-renewable resources.We decided to design wind farms to reduce our dependence o
Augmented Reality for World Book Day 4th class
For World Book Day today, 4th class Room 23 read ‘The Dot’ by Peter H. Reynolds. Using an app called Quiver, the children completed augmented reality Dot drawing projects. The children designed ‘The Dot’ colouring page, scanned the QR code and the design came to life.Watch the video to see the fan
4th Class Project Presentations
The children from 4th class Rooms 23 & 24 have been learning with Lego WeDo 2.0 Science materials over the last few terms. They have recorded presentatons of their final projects. See how they have planned, designed, built, coded and debugged their projects.What fantastic science & engineering skill
DreamSpace Hour of Code Workshop @MS_eduIRL
The children in Room 25 took part in a live Hour of Code workshop this afternoon. Thank you to the team at Microsoft DreamSpace for a great coding experience!
Coding with Blue Bots 3rd class
The children in 3rd class have been learning how to code BlueBots floor robots over the last while. Their Blue Bots have been travelling all over the world, counting money, working with shapes and obstacles courses, searching for treasure, designing mazes, retelling stories, and even playing snakes
Bringing maps to life in 5th class
The children in 5th class Room 25 brought their maps of the world to life today using a 3D augmented reality app, as part of their STEM classes. See what they explored in the video below.
Science Week in 2nd class Room 13
Take a look at the children from Room 13 who shared lots of science experiments with the class for Science Week 2022.
BeeBot Coding Room 5
The children in Room 5 have been working with BeeBots over the last few weeks as part of their STEM activities.See some of the activities they have worked on in the video below.
STEPS Young Engineers project in 3rd class @EngineerIreland
Ms. Molloy’s 3rd class are taking part in the STEPS Young Engineers Awards Project this year.They had a visit from an engineer, Mr. Dave Keeshan, this week. Mr. Keeshan is a past pupil of our school and was excited to return and see all the children’s work.They all presented the projects they have