Maths Week 2022

Maths Week 2022

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 art challenges, quizzes, Maths games on the iPads, an orienteering Maths code-breaker challenge around the school grounds, a “Maths Eyes” trail where the younger classes had to find 2D and 3D shapes around the school, orienteering at the Long Strand for 4th and 6th classes, and Maths puzzles on display on our Maths board.

Everyone was given the chance to guess how many sweets were in a jar, with the winner getting to keep the whole jar. 🍬Looking at the photos, can you guess how many sweets were in the jar? laughing Congrats to Laoise Hurley who was the closest guess. She was only 1 sweet off the actual number! Well done Laoise! 👏

It really was great fun discovering Maths all around our school during the week!!

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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 activities, we were also raising awareness and gaining a greater understanding of why bees are so important and why we need to save them.

Today, on behalf of Scally’s SuperValu in Clonakilty, Emma presented some of our GreenSchools Committee with 2 gorgeous Apple Trees for our participation in the programme.

Thank you Scally’s and Emma, we cannot wait to plant them and see what they produce in the future. laughing

 

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Space Week 2022

Space Week 2022

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 to the galaxies. 🌍 ☄️🚀

We also used a “Space Booklet” for all pupils in our school. The Space booklet was packed full of space facts, information, puzzles, colouring sheets, and much more. During the week, the pupils worked on their booklets which led to some fascinating discussions about Space. 

As well as this 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. 

Our school Space Walk is full of strange looking beings. 👽🧑‍🚀Here is a snapshot of some of the Space activities in the classes during Space Week 2022. 🚀

 

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Step One: Science

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Step One: Science

Experiment One

Strand: Energy and Forces

Class: 6th Class

Activity: Periscopses

Experiment Two

Strand: Living Things

Class: 6th Class

Activity: Designing and Creating Planets

Experiment Three

Strand: Materials

Class: 6th Class

Activity: Design and make a Lava Lamp

Experiment Four

Strand: Environmental awareness and care

Class: Green Schools Commitee and 2nd Class Picker Pals 

Activity: Litter Picking

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Tech Week 2022

Tech Week 2022

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 usual IPad class during the week, where pupils engaged with many educational applications to help with numeracy, literacy, and other areas throughout the curriculum. 

Some other Tech Week Activities from around the school

5th Class was busy coding during the week creating their own “Dance Party” and created “Star Wars” themed movie scenes.  This proved a great hit with all pupils.

 2nd Class created their own IPAD applications, there were some amazing design suggestions from these budding app developers. Also, they designed their own “Under the Sea” movie scenes using Scratch Junior on our Ipads. 

Check out some of the technology-related activities from around the school during the week 

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Engineers Week 2022

Engineers Week 2022

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 learning about different types of engineering.

 Also during Engineers Week, all children from 3rd to 6th class had a really enjoyable visit from climate ambassador and engineer Niamh Ryan who gave an insight into sustainable development and engineering. Thank you, Niamh for a very interesting and fun visit

You can view a snapshot of some of the engineering activities and projects in each of the classes in the gallery below. 

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