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Knockskeagh recently hosted a bridge building competition. The competition this year involved all 6th class pupils.
The students’ task was to work in teams against one another to build the strongest bridge. They were provided with just lollipop sticks and glue guns.
The teams used their engineering skills to design and construct each bridge.
After the completion of the construction of each bridge, the testing of the bridges began. Each bridge had weights applied to it, to establish each bridge’s “Failure Load”.
The overall winners were eventually announced as pupils Olive O’Connell, Kerry Coombes, Leah Egan, and Riona O’Toole.
Their bridge named “Lorky Bridge” was able to hold 20kg which was just over 39 times its own weight. This was an amazing achievement in engineering design and construction.
Along with their name now being etched on the engineering challenge trophy, the winning team also won a number of small prizes. Well done to all who participated in this project.
We’d like to thank Declan O’Shea Engineer in Dunmanway who sponsored the “Engineering Challenge Trophy” a few years ago.
Please see our gallery below for a sample of the excellent design and construction of this year’s bridges.
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Our 1st and 2nd class visited Red Strand Beach on Monday the 21st of June.
They completed a number of science investigations including;
After this, they explored the rockpool areas at the beach known as the intertidal zone. They found and learned about limpet, dog whelk, mussels, barnacles, kelp, anemone, and 3 different types of seaweed. Also, each class was shown how to identify the low tide and high tide marks. They learned about the tides ebbing and flowing too.
After lunch, they had a visit from Mairéad O Donovan from the Scoil an Mara video series. Mairéad was greeted with great excitement. Thank you Mairéad for taking the time to visit and being so patient when chatting to pupils and answering their questions.
Each class finished the day by engaging in a number of games on the beach and sand art. Also, they took the time to pick up some litter around the beach. At Knockskeagh National School, we are advocates of “Leave no trace”.
It was a very enjoyable day for all, made all the better by the beautiful sunshine.
Please see our gallery below for a sample of the fun had by the classes on their beach visit.
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This year the students on the student council have been very busy!
The student council went through students’ suggestions and organised some lunchtime clubs.
Every week each class had different clubs: Lego club, Creative club, and Dance club. Everyone had great fun doing the different activities!!
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Last Friday, June 18th our 2nd Class visited Clonakilty Adventure Centre for their school tour. They had such a fantastic day. In the morning, they tried the ropes course, zip line, climbing wall, and power fan jump. 😊
Soon after, they tried their golfing skills on the crazy golf course. The school tour was made so much more enjoyable with the beautiful sunshine.
Thanks to all at Clonakilty Adventure Centre for all their help, assistance and providing a fun day for us all. 😊
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This year all classes took part in a ‘Walk around Europe’. Instead of hopping on a plane and visiting all the countries in the EU, we went on a trip to all the countries around the track in Knockskeagh!
At every stop we learned about the capital of the country, saw a picture of a famous landmark and listened to some interesting facts, and learned how to say “hello” in their native language, which was great fun to practice!
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They had such an amazing day. To say we were all exhausted after it would be an understatement
Thanks very much to Niall of Skibbereen Sports Centre for having us and a massive thanks to Jenny who helped make our activities fun, active, adaptable and engaging for all 😊
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