Space Week 2023

Space week took off with a 3….2….1….BLAST OFF! 🚀🚀

We celebrated ‘Space Week’ from Monday 2nd of October to Friday 6th of October.

Everyone was incredibly busy learning all about Space and making their own creations, ranging from aliens to rockets to spaceships to the galaxies. 🌍 ☄️🚀

There were many Space Week themed activities in all classes during ‘Space Week’ this year including; space engineering projects, art, poetry, experiments, space facts, and much more. 5th and 6th Class even got to visit Blackrock Observatory, where they took part in a range of science experiments and activities.

Our school Space Walk is full of strange looking beings. 👽🧑‍🚀Here is a snapshot of some of the aliens that were made, using recyclable materials during Space Week 2023. 👽🚀

STEM Showcase 2022/23

Our annual "Science Showcase" involving the 6th class students was another highlight of this year's Science Week! They explained and demonstrated different experiments, recorded themselves and sent on a recording link to each class for all the children in the school...

Science Week 2022

We marked Science Week 2022 from Monday 14th to Friday 18th November. 👩‍🔬🔬 There was a variety of science activities investigated and explored in each class this year, including a range of science experiments, bug hunts, science shows, our virtual Science Showcase,...

Maths Week 2022

We marked 'Maths Week' this week, from Monday 17th October to Friday 21st October. We have had a very busy week in Knockskeagh doing lots of different Maths activities! Each day there was a different Maths related task which kept everyone entertained. We had Maths...

Save the Bees Apple Trees

"Save the Bees" initiative Last year, we participated in the SuperValu Tidy Towns Save the Bees initiative, in association with the National Biodiversity Data Centre and the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan. Not only did we get to take part in a range of bee-related...

Space Week 2022

Space week took off with a 3....2....1....BLAST OFF! 🚀🚀 We celebrated 'Space Week' from Monday 3rd of October to Friday 7th of October. Everyone was incredibly busy learning all about Space and making their own creations, ranging from aliens to rockets to spaceships...

Step One: Science

Experiment One Strand: Energy and Forces Class: 6th Class Activity: PeriscopsesExperiment Two Strand: Living Things Class: 6th Class Activity: Designing and Creating PlanetsExperiment Three Strand: Materials Class: 6th Class Activity: Design and make a Lava...

Tech Week 2022

We marked 'Tech Week' from Monday 21st of March to Friday 25th of March this year. There were many technology-related activities throughout each class during the week. IPADS Our school is very lucky to be in a position to have a set of 30 IPads. Each class had their...

Engineers Week 2022

We marked 'Engineers Week' from Monday 7th of March to Friday 11th March this year. Engineering Week activities this year included the following activities: Lego challenges, STEM challenges through the use of our STEM Box, a school-wide engineering quiz, and...

Engineer Visits 3rd Class

During Engineers Week, we were delighted to welcome Niamh Ryan to 3rd class in Knockskeagh National School. Niamh Ryan is a climate ambassador and engineer and gave an insight into sustainable development and engineering. It was a really interesting and fun morning....