Maths TrailTo wrap up their time in 4th class for Maths this year, we decided to use everything we have learned in Maths this year and explored the school years on a Maths Trail. Back in October 2023, our senior class won the Cumman na mBunscol football final in Tullamore and today the children were presented with their medals. We would like to thank Kathleen Murphy for presenting the children with their medals. Thank you to Ms. Gath and Ms. Flynn for training the children both during PE time and during lunch time. A big thank you to Daithí Feighery for giving up his free time to come in to also train for both the football in October and hurling in March/April. Finally, thank you to Kilcormac GAA and Luke Watkins for doing hurling with all classes over the past few months. The children on the team have put in so much work and dedication and performed admirably and represented the school well during all matches. Just remember where it all started when you're playing for Offaly in a few years time! HurlingWe have been practising for the Cumman na mBunscol hurling the past few weeks. The children have been putting a lot of hard work practising and further developing their hurling skills. We have Luke here with us every Thursday whipping us all into shape. And we had Daithi Feighery here too giving a hand with training and with the matches. A big thank you to both of them for giving their time. Once Upon a Time...Over the past number of week the children have been practising their given fairy-tale. Each class was given a script and they had to put their own spin on it. They could change lines, add lines, make it as funny as they wished to. They all came up with some great ideas and put on great short plays for the rest of the class. Initials ArtIn Art, the children had to make a plaque with their initials on it. They make the back of their clay piece and then made their initials out of the rest of the clay. Some make small images that related to their life and interests. Many waited until they were painting their names to paint images of interests. Great BritainWe have been learning about Great Britain these past few weeks. We learned about some of the history, famous monuments, places to visit, food, culture and much more, The children then designed their own brochures detailing people, foods and places to visit (even Peppa Pig land got a mention!). Breaking down DNA!Today we had Patricia Kolton from Maynooth University come to visit the school and did some great experiments with the children. The Senior Room learned about DNA and breaking down DNA. As you can see they were suited and booted for the task. A big thank you to Patricia for coming in - the children really enjoyed the experiment. Budding Scientists in the making!! All Ireland VEX Robotics CompetitionOn Wednesday 28 February 2024, the children from the senior room made our way down to Cork for the VEX Robotics All-Ireland Championship competition. After receiving an invite after the Mucklagh competition, the hard work continued in preparation for the Cork competition with an opportunity to qualify to head to Dallas, Texas for the VEX World Championships. We didn't qualify to head to Texas but the children performed and represented the school so well. We placed 15th overall in the competition which is a fantastic achievement. Placing in the top 25 schools/teams is amazing but in the top 15 is another achievement. In the coding/programming/driver skills portion of the competition we placed 8th and also placed 8th in the finals. We would like to thank Ray Bell, Dean and David Hodge in Offaly County Council for their continued support and everything they have done for STEM in our school and all schools in the county. We would also like to thank them for subsidising payment for the bus and covering the cost of our Supermac's on the way home. Finally, we want to thank Munster Technological University for hosting the event and all the event organisers. It was so well organised and for making the day so enjoyable. What we have achieved this past few months with the Robotics and STEM in the school is fantastic. The children have learned so much and been given an opportunity I would hope they will continue to get involved in. The majority of the other schools and teams in Cork were all from larger school and for a small school like us to compete against these fantastic teams is a phenomenal achievement. You represented your school so well. Team in action playing in one of the teamwork matches.Team playing in the final |
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June 2024
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