Monthly Archives: May 2019

Yesterday, Miss Whittle came into our classroom and told us we were going to do a project on renewable energy. We were split into groups of three but our group and another group had four. The first time Ms. Whittle came to our room we researched renewable energy and our closest source, Croghan Mountain, from 2 o’clock to home time. The next day, the wifi was down in our room, so we went to the junior and senior infants room and sat at their desks. Then we planned what slides and research would go onto our powerpoint. Today, we are learning how to make our powerpoint presentation.  Report by Mikey … Continue reading →

We had a very exciting morning with a visit from Diarmaid Ó’Suilleabháin, brother of Ms. ní Shuilleabháin. Diarmaid is an engineer and we are very grateful to him for taking time out of his busy schedule to educate our students about what engineering entails. There was a question and answer session which Diarmaid answered in great detail. Sample questions:  Why did you become an engineer? What is the best thing about your job? In a typical day, what do you do? What is the best project you have every worked on? What was your favourite subject in school/ what subject was most helpful for engineering? Content:  The classes have been … Continue reading →